Plane a Board Straight & Square | Build a Cutting Board with Hand Tools | Hand Plane Foundations

Welcome to my Hand Plane Foundations course. In this course I'm going to introduce the different types of bench planes and discuss their setup and use, focusing on the planes you’ll need most as a new hand tool woodworker. I’ll cover sharpening the iron, setting up the cap iron, and troubleshooting and tuning the tool up to perform at its best. I’ll finish up by building a modern two tone cutting board from some beautiful North American hardwoods, completely by hand.

[@markluke8447]

Bob, so glad I ran across your channel, I’m new to woodworking and find your content invaluable. Your topics and teachings are excellent and perfect for the newcomer. Thank you and please keep teaching.

[@stufarnham]

This video and the one on flattening the face are the two most useful I have seen on planing technique i have seen since I learned the basics of plane use. Thank you!

[@dcphill24728]

Why not just use a jointer plane?

[@MatthewHarrold]

After (roughly) 6 years into my woodworking journey, the hand plane is my biggest failure. I can easily sharpen and adjust my block plane, and get good results. I also have a Stanley #4 and Record #7 that I've tried to make useful, but seldom do. No problems sharpening them, but set up and practical use has been a hit and miss affair. Thanks Bob, glad you popped into my activity feed today. $0.02

[@bobweiram6321]

Same here. I always manage to plane my boards into a wedge shape lengthwise and off square edgewise until this video. A lot of the instructional materials leave out or glance over seemingly insignificant details which are often the difference between success and failure. Bob is an incredible instructor! His videos literally saved my ass from insanity by amplifying those details. He also thought me how to saw perfectly straight by simply sighting down the saw from my right side. I don't know why it works, but it does. The precision is scary, as good or better than a perfectly tuned tablesaw.

[@craigsherrill7070]

Nicely thorough!

[@bobweiram6321]

What do you think about only milling and flattening the "show" faces like they did in the old days? The only reason I see for not putting in the extra work is to save the effort and time, and or to make the finish piece look more traditional in workmanship.

[@BobRozaieskiFineWoodworking]

I do it when the mood strikes me or when I’m building a reproduction of a period piece where it’s more appropriate and accurate to the piece. But sometimes I’ll four square just because I can since no one is paying me for my time. Just depends on my mood when I’m building the piece.

[@DRJMF1]

Would a Stanley 386 guide fence (fence at 90 degree in contact with your flat widest face) fitted to a stanley no 6 jointer make it easier to square the edge side ?

[@rostoi6985]

Thé important thing is that you got a straight edge. Il don't understand thé use of a curved Iron here. Jack plane and jointer plane were fine and faster for sure??

[@joeleonetti8976]

Critical info was left out of this video. What it is the wolf's name?

[@BobRozaieskiFineWoodworking]

😂 That’s Shadow. He always wants to be the center of attention. I didn’t even realize that he snuck in there.

[@diowk]

Think ill stick with my 220v jointer...