Comments on: The Block Plane As A Shaping Tool

By: Wolf

Wolf — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:46:13 +0000

Good use of a plane, but since I have a lathe…believe i’d use it for this.

By: gwilym

gwilym — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:17:10 +0000

I recently needed a small length of dowel to fill an unwanted hole in a door. As the hole was an odd size I took a small offcut and using my blockplane was able to quickly shape it to size. Some 180 grit was used to remove the last of the ridges. No more that 10 mins work.

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:10:46 +0000

I’m in the process of making an 18th century folding camp bed, I used my Stanley No. 18 block plane to to put a comfortable round on all edges of the legs, corner, and rails (there are a lot of edges on a bed!). The block plane is an effective, easy to use, and precise tool for this purpose. I find it leaves a surface that needs little attention. As illustrated in the photos above, I also used my No. 18 to chamfer the ends of the legs to prevent splitting and chipping when in use.