On Routing Out
…Ten years ago, I hardly saw anyone anywhere using a router plane. At that time I think many had abandoned hand router planes and had accepted power routers and jig…
…Ten years ago, I hardly saw anyone anywhere using a router plane. At that time I think many had abandoned hand router planes and had accepted power routers and jig…
…metal-bodied router plane can. This is the reason why wooden planes give such a sensationally good impression and feel in use. For almost six decades the hand router plane in…
…about the dilemma for those struggling to buy a good router plane. I have designed a router plane that functions every bit as well if not better and the adjustment…
…router plane was otherwise possible. Chiefly, my introduction of the router plane in the much fuller context of refining the faces of tenons for finalising the depth of dadoing, housing,…
…end. Leonard Bailey’s bench plane is possibly one of the very finest plane inventions in the world of woodworking planes. In 98% of cases, modern makers simply copied this plane…
…to maintain and sharpen it Sharpening the Router Plane https://commonwoodworking.com/sharpening-a-router-plane/ https://paulsellers.com/2017/01/sharpening-router-cutters-hand-simple-works-best/ The Router Blade Bevel https://paulsellers.com/2014/10/questions-answered-router-bevels-reversed/ How do I use a router plane? https://commonwoodworking.com/using-a-router-plane/ What are the uses of a router…
…subsequent planing with longer planes like Jack and Try planes. Jack planes also wore down in somewhat equal measure to the shorter smoothing plane cousins through continuous and consistent work….
…work and such too. So why is this plane such a needed tool for me? After my #4 smoothing plane, the Stanley model #71 router plane is the only plane…