Using Wooden Molding Planes
In the second of our series, an award-winning furniture-maker shows how to buy, sharpen, and use antique molding planes
Philip C. Lowe
Beverly, Mass.
The founder of the Furniture Institute of Massachusetts answers eight questions from readers about choosing, sharpening, and using hand planes.
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What are the first two or three planes a woodworker should own?
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How do I camber a plane iron, and what’s the right amount of camber?
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I ran over a brad with a smoothing plane and nicked the sole. How do I repair the damage?
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What’s the proper mouth opening between the plane blade and the sole?
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What plane do you use for smoothing difficult grain?
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How do you keep a scraper plane from chattering?
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Can you demonstrate how to level a wide panel with a hand plane?
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