# STL213:  Making wooden handplanes

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2020-04-10
- Length: 1h 06m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl213-making-wooden-handplanes

## Summary

Fine Woodworking editors Ben Moseley, Mike Pekovich, and guest Vic Teslin discuss the nuances of making and using wooden handplanes, including blade angles and bevel-up designs. They provide detailed advice on selecting lumber to avoid movement, specifically addressing quarter-sawn white oak and poplar, and clarify the appropriate use of shooting boards for miters depending on whether hand or power tools are used. The group also shares favorite techniques, such as using floats for flat surfaces and 'measuring in the field' for joinery layout, and offers strategies for managing a collection of Stanley No. 4 planes.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=7) Introduction and Listener Q&A: Celebrity Status
- [7:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=457) Blade Angles and Bevel-Up Wooden Planes
- [17:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=1061) Lumber Selection and Avoiding Movement
- [25:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=1534) Favorite Techniques: Hand Screws and Floats
- [37:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=2257) Measuring in the Field and Joinery Layout
- [43:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=2592) Shooting Miters: Hand vs. Power Tools
- [56:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-10-stl213-making-wooden-handplanes#t=3380) Managing a Collection of Stanley No. 4 Planes

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Woodcraft (company)
- Stanley (product)
- Lee Nielsen (product)
- Veritas (product)
- Nicholson (product)
- Tormek (tool)
- Ouchi (product)
- John Reed Fox (other)
- Matt Kenny (other)
- Bob Van Dyke (other)
- Linda Manzer (other)
- Don Williams (other)
- H&T Gordon (other)
- Patrick Edwards (other)

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