Wood planes are interesting tools as essential as hammers, nails and saws to those who “fix” and “make” wooden objects. While the primary tasks of most planes are to smooth wooded surfaces and even ...

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Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Q We have small shop, and the person running the planer talks about planing, with rather than ...

Woodworking is a blast. It’s deeply therapeutic and satisfying to start out with some pieces of wood and turn them into something, whether it’s a baseball bat, a piece of furniture, a picture frame, ...