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Discovering Japanese Handplanes

Why This Traditional Tool Belongs in Your Modern Workshop
Scott Wynn
$19.99 USD
$19.99 USD
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Product Type: Paperback / softback
Description

Fast, efficient, and effective, Japanese handplanes are attracting increasing notice among Western cabinetmakers, carpenters, and woodworkers. These tools are meant to be used, used hard, and produce rapid, excellent results. Author and woodworking instructor Scott Wynn shows you how to choose, set up, maintain, and use these versatile tools to achieve stunning results. Japanese blades are arguably the best in the world, and Scott shares his methods for keeping those blades sharp. Japanese-style planes are also quick to build, and Scott shows how to make your own custom plane in a special section. Discover why this traditional tool has a home in your modern workshop, with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, detailed illustrations, and clear diagrams.

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Pages 144
Publish Date 2017-11-07
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Size 8.5" x 11.0" x 0.37"
Author Scott Wynn
Product Form Paperback / softback

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CanadianWoodworking.com
Perhaps you're new to woodworking and wondering what all the hype is about Japanese handplanes. Are they any good? What makes them different from Western style planes? How do you use them? What would you use them for? Are they time consuming to maintain? Or maybe you've been woodworking for some time and have decided to give them a try.

Either way, this book is for you.

Scott Wynn knows a thing or two about handplanes. His earlier book, "

About the Author

A fourth generation craftsman, Scott brings a lifetime of involvement in craft, art, and design to his work. He has a broad base of hands-on experience as a carpenter, cabinetmaker, woodcarver, luthier, building contractor, and architectural designer. Scott has maintained a professional shop providing furniture, cabinetry, and woodcarving since 1976. Author of The Woodworker’s Guide to Handplanes, he has written and illustrated articles on the craft of woodworking for Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking, and Woodwork magazines

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