Router plane

https://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/un6n26tgcy?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Practice Your Dados, Rabbets and Grooves to Build this Box This ship lap box design is certainly not my invention and some of you may remember Roy Underhill building a slightly more complex version…

https://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/rv8pdfp4ax?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 When the Inlay Doesn't Seat All the Way, Start Over I recently completed a new top for my standing desk and added a marquetry pattern that was inlaid into the surface. All was going…

Federal Classic Design with a Contemporary Feel This Sheraton bedside table is my original design, but I borrow elements heavily from the 18th century Sheraton style. The legs especially speak to that period. However in…

  Tricky Layout, Variable Angle Cutting tapered sliding dovetails is not really that difficult, it is laying it out to have lines to cut to that gets complex. The biggest issue is maintaining the structural…

  Plow Planes are Great but Sawing a Groove is Anarchist Sawing a groove? That's what plow planes are for! I tell a lot of people to add a plow plane to their tool kit…

http://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/wpe1jkub77?embedType=async&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=800 Video Quick Links Plow Plane TipsRouter Plane TipsCupped Boards from a ResawTongue & GroovesShip LapsT&G vs. Ship Lap Router Planes Refine Joinery, Not Shape It Using a plow and router plane effectively requires that…

http://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/ya2mrouswq?embedType=async&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=800 It's All About Layout and Good Hinges Installing hardware can give a lot of woodworkers fits. We are so used to being able to tweak both side of a joint and adding a metal…

Internal Dividers In today's live session I cut some stopped dados to house internal dividers in this cabinet. I specifically determined the order that I would cut and fit these dados so that with each…

  Photo Courtesy of Charles BenderThis episode is all about the secret compartment.  These small boxes were quite valuable as the price of tea was very high in the 18th century.…

In this part I build and install the french cleat assembly that not only allows us to hang the cabinet on the wall, but provides the base to attach the upper wings. I then move…

This was originally going to be the last part of the Tool Cabinet, but when editing the clips together and I broke the 2 hour mark with still a few clips to shoot, I knew…

http://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/hnzf32ihzf?embedType=iframe&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=800 Video Quick Links Project Introduction Stock Requirements Layout of Corner Lap Sawing Corner Lap Alternate Smoothing Methods Cutting Moulding Profile Layout of Crosspiece Sawing Dovetail Lap Transfer of Dovetail Lap Cutting Dovetail Lap Assembly…

  Video Quick Links Types of Half Laps 90 Degree Half Lap Dovetail Half Lap Cross Lap Practice The half lap is a very versatile joint. It can be superimposed over just about any angle,…

Video Quick Links Project Introduction Review of Parts Dust Groove Dado Layout Cutting the Dado Auxiliary Base Plate Cutting the Miter Block Fitting the Miter Block Assembly Test Cuts Practice Dados, Rabbets, and Grooves with…

  Rabbets 3 Ways Here is a closer look at making rabbets in a variety of ways using different tools.  Some ways are faster than others when using a specialized tool, but once you move…

  Video Quick Links Project Introduction Sizing Parts Joinery Layout Cutting Side Grooves Cutting Side Rabbets Fixing a Mistake Assembling Sides Layout Notches Cutting Notches Assembly Cutting Saw Kerfs Test Cuts With the upcoming miters…

http://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/ibybzgqyf3?embedType=async&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=800 Video Quick Links Laying Out the Groove Cutting with a Plow PLane Cutting with a Router Plane The Stopped Groove And now making grooves.  You will find that the groove is really just a…

http://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/9fs1szxu4e?embedType=async&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=800 Video Quick Links Project Introduction Layout Cutting Dadoes Sawing Tip Installing on the Bench Practice Your Dadoes With This Benchside Tool Storage Rack This is a great little project to cut your dado chops…

http://handtoolschool.wistia.com/medias/6652svnyd8?embedType=async&seo=false&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=800 Video Quick Links How to Use Housed Joints Tools for Cutting Them Laying Out the Dado Sawing the Dado Chopping the Dado Routing the Dado Fitting the Dado Using a Saw Fence Stopped Dados…

The Router plane is a specialty joinery plane.  It is essentially a hooked blade set into a flat sole.  The angled blade was sometimes referred to as an "old woman's tooth".  You set the depth…

  An Introduction to Casework and Cabinetmaking This shelf is all about precision and creating duplicate parts to ensure a square case. Dados and rabbets are the joinery of choice and I show several ways…