Block Plane

If you're blending hand tools and power tools in your shop, here are the planes you should own.

Hanging shelves were a staple in Shaker homes, created in a range of sizes, materials, and techniques.

Mike Pekovich demonstrates how he uses his block plane to create a simple roundover on an edge.

Rollie Johnson shows how to fix up and restore a vintage block plane, converting a clunker into a classic hand tool.

Mike Pekovich demonstrates how he uses his block plane to create roundovers and bullnose profiles, to make parts appear thinner or thicker, to exaggerate a curve, or even to make a straight edge appear curved.

Watch Chris Gochnour explain how to tune up this indispensable hand plane.

For hundreds of years, hand planes have remained largely unchanged. John Economaki of Bridge City Tool Works has done something about that

Learn to add delicate chamfers to parts and to prep surfaces for a finish.

How to use a variety of hand tools to fit joinery, refine furniture parts, and smooth surfaces.

Furniture maker Garrett Hack uses an apron plane for coarse work and then switches to an adjustable-mouth block plane for fine-tuning.