How to use a plane

Posted by Bob Bulmer on Fri 15th August 2008 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Tools

1. If you’re smoothing a piece of timber, simply hold it firmly within a vice or brace using a workbench.

2. Push down on the front end of the plane at the beginning of each stroke.

3. Try and make sure you keep an even pressure as you push the plane.

4. Ease up the pressure towards the end of each stroke.

5. If you’re planing an edge, carefully use push down on the front of the plane whilst guiding it with a flat palm gently pressed to the side.

6. Be careful. Using a plane is straightforward but fraught with danger.

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