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THE ESSENTIAL Shoulder PlaneLearn to set up and use this great joint-fitting tool. For fine-tuning joints, the versatile shoulder plane is a must-have tool in your shop. It's hard to imagine woodworking without planes; I use a variety of planes on almost every job for smoothing, shaping and fitting. A sharp, finely tuned bench plane will smooth away the mill marks left behind by machines and create a distinctive surface that says "handmade." A set of hollow and round planes will shape a large crown moulding that would otherwise require a heavy-duty industrial shaper and a power feeder. And when carefully fitting tenons to their respective mortises, I reach for a shoulder plane. The shoulder plane is the only tool that will take thin, delicate shavings from the tough end-grain shoulders of tenons. But it's not limited to trimming shoulders. The shoulder plane's open sides, fine mouth and low bed angle make it useful for a variety of tasks - essentially anytime you might want to take fine, controlled cuts into a corner. Whether it's shaving the cheek of a tenon for a snug fit within a mortise or fine-tuning a drawer runner deep inside a case, a shoulder plane is up to the task and will give you good results every time. by Lonnie Bird Lonnie Bird is the author of"The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood" (The Taunton Press) and teaches woodworking. You can learn more about his woodworking classes at lonniebird.com. 70 Popular Woodworking November 2003 |
