Woodworking with Hand Tools (plow plane, workholding, bench hook)
Channel: WoodSkills
Date: 2024-01-31

Norman Pirollo describes how to select and use specialty hand planes. Learn how to use a bench hook. Advantages of a bench hook and workholding accessories. Embrace hand tool woodworking in your woodworking and furniture making. Hand tools and hand planes used in my woodworking and furniture making are explored. I describe the hand planes you need and what to look for in a hand plane. Hand tool woodworking eliminates dust, noise with minimal space requirements and little maintenance required. Woodworking with hand tools is often quicker than power tools. Hand tools excel at detail work with emphasis on the process.

Techniques presented to use specialty planes such as a plow plane and the bench hook. Discussed are hand tools such as measuring tools, chisels and the workbench itself. The sequence to prepare rough boards to useable boards using hand planes is described. Shooting board, bench hook, portable board jack and workbench accessories are also discussed. 

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Norman Pirollo, woodworker for 3+ decades, has been published in magazines and books and launched woodworking businesses. Norman authored "From Hi-Tech to Lo-Tech: A Woodworker's Journey", a book chronicling his exciting journey into woodworking. His latest books, "Woodworking: From Design To Making" and "Quiet Woodworking: In An Unquiet World".