Discovering Japanese Handplanes (eBook)

Why This Traditional Tool Belongs in Your Modern Workshop

Scott Wynn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017 | 1. Auflage
144 Seiten
Fox Chapel Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60765-938-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Fast, efficient, and effective, Japanese handplanes are attracting increasing notice among Western cabinetmakers, carpenters, and woodworkers. These tools are meant to be used, used hard, and produce rapid, excellent results. Author and woodworking instructor Scott Wynn shows you how to choose, set up, maintain, and use these versatile tools to achieve stunning results. Japanese blades are arguably the best in the world, and Scott shares his methods for keeping those blades sharp. Japanese-style planes are also quick to build, and Scott shows how to make your own custom plane in a special section. Discover why this traditional tool has a home in your modern workshop, with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, detailed illustrations, and clear diagrams.

A fourth generation craftsman, Scott brings a lifetime of involvement in craft, art, and design to his work. He has a broad base of hands-on experience as a carpenter, cabinetmaker, woodcarver, luthier, building contractor, and architectural designer. Scott has maintained a professional shop providing furniture, cabinetry, and woodcarving since 1976. Author of The Woodworker's Guide to Handplanes, he has written and illustrated articles on the craft of woodworking for Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking, and Woodwork magazines.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.11.2017
• Verlagsort: Mount Joy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: chipbreaker • fore plane • handplane • handplane, jack, jointer, smoother, smoothing, rabbet, plane, chipbreaker, fore plane, wood, woodworking • handplane, jack, jointer, smoother, smoothing, rabbet, plane, chipbreaker, fore plane, wood, woodworking • Jack • jointer • Plane • rabbet • smoother • smoothing • Wood • Woodworking
• ISBN-10: 1-60765-938-7 / 1607659387
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60765-938-9 / 9781607659389