Handplane Book
Handplanes evoke the romance of an earlier era, when they performed countless woodworking tasks from preparing stock to shaping moldings. In The Handplane Book, aficionado Garrett Hack reveals the rich heritage of this classic tool with a treasure trove of information and history, including detailed guidance on how to buy a plane, tune it up, and use it. Lavishly illustrated with 175 photos and 152 illustrations, Hack engagingly traces the tool's lineage from Roman times to the present, with...
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Hack reveals the rich heritage of this classic tool by presenting a treasure trove of information about handplanes, focusing on the 19th and early 20th centuries. 175 photos. 152 drawings. Booknews Hack (professional furniture maker and avid tool collector) extols the joys of turning off the power equipment, putting hand to wood, and bringing out the beauty of a project with skill and superior hand tools. Numerous color and b&w photographs illuminate 13 chapters covering every type of plane and techniques for using each, how to read the grain of a board and plane figured wood, how to decide which planes are essential and where to find them, special techniques ranging from essential bench planes to oddities such as spill planes, techniques of contemporary craftsmen, advice from an auctioneer, and stories of a few incurable collectors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction31What Is a Plane?42History of Planes123Plane Mechanics284Tuning a Plane505How to Plane746Planes for Truing and Sizing Stock927Planes for Joinery1208Planes for Surfacing1529Scrapers17010Planes for Shaping18411Specialty Planes21012Contemporary Plane Makers22813Buying Planes242Bibliography258Index260
\ BooknewsHack (professional furniture maker and avid tool collector) extols the joys of turning off the power equipment, putting hand to wood, and bringing out the beauty of a project with skill and superior hand tools. Numerous color and b&w photographs illuminate 13 chapters covering every type of plane and techniques for using each, how to read the grain of a board and plane figured wood, how to decide which planes are essential and where to find them, special techniques ranging from essential bench planes to oddities such as spill planes, techniques of contemporary craftsmen, advice from an auctioneer, and stories of a few incurable collectors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
