The Handplane Book (Taunton Books & Videos for Fellow Enthusiasts)

The Handplane Book is a complete guide to one of the best known and most collectable hand tools. It covers all the basics, including how to buy a plane, tune it up, and use it. Fascinating background information on the development and manufacture of handplanes shows the rich heritage of this versatile tool. Focusing on planes from the golden age of the handplanes (19th and early 20th century), it also profiles tools from many sources around the world.

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.

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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)

"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 emphasis on the golden age of handplanes from the late 19th and the early 20th centuries." --Publisher description If you'd looked inside the tool chest of an 18th-century colonial joiner, you'd have found chisels, gouges, a bit stock and bits, handsaws, hammers, squares, gimlets, a hand adz, and an assortment of planes. More than any other tool, the handplane has come to symbolize fine craftmanship. This guide covers the history, theory and practice for the user and includes how to buy a plane, tune it up and use it. A professional furniture maker presents the history, theory, and practice of the handplane as well as a discussion of everything from tuning and adjusting planes to planing technique