Milling

Flattening a board with hand tools

November 30, 2022

All it takes to make a perfectly flat board is a jointer plane and some patience.
Squaring an edge with a jointer plane

November 30, 2022

Continuing with the jointer plane, Michael squares the first two edges to the face of the board.
Bringing the board to final thickness

November 30, 2022

Michael's jointer plane is the tool of choice for finishing off the milling of this perfect board.
Planing an octagon

November 30, 2022

Michael planes the facets of the octagon using—you guessed it—the jointer plane.
Sawing and truing up the final edge of the board

November 30, 2022

In order to create a perfect octagon, the last edge of the board is sawn and planed to be perfectly square to the face, and the other edges—a difficult task.
Laying out an octagon

November 30, 2022

Michael demonstrates how to lay out a perfect octagon using only a compass and straightedge.
Adding beveled facets to finish off the octagon exercise

November 30, 2022

Bringing it all together are the beveled facets, which will only meet up as they should if everything up to now has been done perfectly.
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Perfect panel glue-ups

August 10, 2022

Jointing with glue-ups in mind is a precise business. Watch how Mike Pekovich breaks it down into simpler steps.
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The jointer and planer are a team

April 18, 2022

Flat and square stock starts at the jointer to get one face flat then to the planer to get the opposite face parallel to it.
Finding and sawing wood slabs

March 7, 2022

Keep one eye open for found wood, and the other on your wallet.

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