However, the right tool for you depends on your projects. Most handheld wood planers are similar in shape, but they come in a ...

Whether you are shaving out the edges of a door or smoothing the side of a bookshelf, hand planers are vital tools to keep closeby for any woodworking project. Hand planers shape up slight ...

Japanese hand planes or kannas are remarkable tools that can shave off layers of wood so ridiculously thin that they look like tissue paper. The wood shaving in the GIF above is only 8 microns thick ...

If you are a craftsman looking for the smoothest finish to your piece, reveal the true beauty of your wood’s grain and figure by sanding, scraping or using handplanes. Woodworker’s Guide to Handplanes ...

Wood is hard. You know that. But if you were to shave it down into layers thinner than a single human hair, you'd see something that's barely there, something that looks more like skin and is soft ...

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 ...