Blue Spruce Router Plane Review
Tool: Router Plane Shop Now Manufacturer: Blue Spruce Toolworks MSRP: $269.99 One of the benefits of being in my position, is that I sometimes get to see tools that are...
Cut Flat Dados on a Round Surface
I needed to cut stopped grooves on a round surface – and while I could have cut them on the stock while it was square, then proceed to turn it...
Router Plane Auxiliary Base
I had a project on which I needed to rout out a large area about 3⁄8” deep. It was a wooden case for a Nook reader, and the eReader had...
Wooden Router Plane
The modern router didn’t arrive on the scene fully evolved; it descended from a hand-powered tool called the router plane. A quick glance at the router plane’s handles – and...
Two Dados, Two Ways
This week I was in the shop working on an upcoming magazine article. On the case back there are two dados that locate and hold the drawer dividers of the...
Veritas Miniature Router Plane in Action
I haven’t joined in the current love-fest for the router plane. It’s way down on my list of essential tools. I find it a fussy thing whose main purpose seems...
New Closed-throat Routers from Lie-Nielsen
In the great battle to make the best router plane (what, you weren’t aware of the war?), Lie-Nielsen has raised the stakes by introducing two new closed-throat routers. For those...
