If you’ve done even a little woodworking or home renovation, you’ve probably noticed that hand planes don’t work very well. At least not until they’re sharp and tuned up. In this way, hand planes are ...

Tools lose their edge and become dull. That’s a fact of their existence. But it’s also a fact that they need not stay that way. Sharpening nearly anything, from a shovel to a putty knife to a plane to ...

In this video, I walk through my process of sharpening and tuning a hand plane, essential for achieving those perfect, thin wood shavings on every pass. Watch as I break down each step, from grinding ...