New Classes and a New Jointer Plane Kit, Coming Soon

Three Plane Class – August 2016 Make a Smoother, Jack, and Jointer with me in beautiful Asheville, NC The August Three Plane Class is now full! I will schedule another for later in the year, or next spring. I first mentioned the possibility of having this class last year, but I have wanted to offer … (Read More)

Upcoming Lie-Nielsen Events and Online Class Schedule Update

Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event in Nashville, TN, March 13-14 I am excited to be heading to Nashville for the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event this coming weekend! The event is taking place at Fort Houston, a “creative, innovative, and technological resource for those who wish to teach and those who seek to learn.” If you are … (Read More)

New Ready To Ship Planes, Custom Planes, the Wave Grip

New Ready To Ship High Angle Smoothers At a length of 8″ and an iron bedded at 60°, my High Angle Smoother excels at tackling the toughest wood grain you can throw at it. I’ve recently added two of them to my Ready To Ship page. The first is Osage Orange with an Ipe wedge … (Read More)

New Blade Width Options & The High Angle Smoother

New Width Options For Plane Irons Up until now, I only offered my planes with a 2″ wide blade (other than the Block Plane, of course). My only real reason for that is that I personally like them wider. Well, after hearing from a few potential customers that wished for thinner width options, I have … (Read More)

Glowing review of my planes

I recently received an order for a Tiger Maple Smoother from The Renaissance Woodworker, Shannon Rogers. Shannon also is the man behind The Hand Tool School, an online, subscription based source of a wealth of hand tool knowledge and instruction. He and I had talked on a few previous occasions about developing some sort of … (Read More)