Video: The Essential Handplaneswith Philip C. Lowe
In the first of our 8-question series on handplanes, Philip C. Lowe, the award-winning furniture-maker and teacher, discusses the basic planes for any shop
Video: Flattening a Handplane Solewith Philip C. Lowe
In the fourth of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher discusses how to repair a damaged sole
Video: Setting a Handplane Bladewith Philip C. Lowe
In the fifth of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher discusses setting the blade for the most effective cutting
Video: Smoothing Wide Boards with a Handplanewith Philip C. Lowe
In the last of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher shows how to level a wide board by hand
Video: The Proper Camber on a Handplane Bladewith Philip C. Lowe
In the third of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher discusses blade angles and sharpening
Video: Tips for Planing Difficult Grainwith Philip C. Lowe
Learn how to use a handplane to smooth highly figured woods in the sixth of our 8-question series on handplanes
Video: Using a Scraper Planewith Philip C. Lowe
In the seventh of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher explains how to prevent a scraper plane from chattering
Video: Using Wooden Molding Planeswith Philip C. Lowe
In the second of our series, an award-winning furniture-maker shows how to buy, sharpen, and use antique molding planes
Video: Bench Chisel Techniqueswith Garrett Hack
Review the basics of chopping and paring with a chisel in the last of our 10-question series on choosing and using chisels
Video: Touring the Colonial Williamsburg Shopwith Mack S. Headley, Jr.
The living-history museum celebrates a time when furniture was built only by hand
Video: Chop a Mortise by Handwith Frank Klausz
Learn the basics to cutting a haunched mortise with a chisel
Video: Shaping Tapered Legswith Mario Rodriguez
Shape elegant tapered legs by hand
Video: Easy-To-Carve Diamond Beadingwith Charles Shackleton
Personalize your furniture with just a few simple tools
Video: Using a Card Scraperwith Brian Boggs
Forget sanding -- a properly used scraper will create a mirror surface
Video: How to Use a Router Planewith Garrett Hack
FWW contributing editor Garrett Hack shows two ways that this venerable but often-overlooked handtool can help you work faster.