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To accurately plane a board's edge, position your thumb and fingers as shown.

Use your fingernails as a fence to help maintain the plane body square to the edge of the board.

1. If the plane is centered over the edge of the wood, then an even-thickness shaving will be removed and no change will be made to the angle of the edge.

2. If the center of the plane is moved so that it is over the left-

hand side of the edge, a tapered shaving will be removed and the left-hand side of the edge then will be lowered.

3. If the center of the plane is moved so that it is over the right-hand side of the edge, a tapered

shaving will be removed and the right-hand side of the edge then will be lowered.

In all these positions the plane is kept completely flat against the edge by firm pressure from the ball of the thumb on the plane body

casting. I do not use the front knob at all. The thumb is always positioned over the center of the edge, regardless of where the center of the plane is. I use the surface of my fingernails as a fence to keep the plane from wandering about during the length of the stroke. The grip on the back handle is gentle, so that we do not twist the plane sole out of contact with the edge. (Editor's note: You can find more details of this technique in Charlesworth's second book and second DVD; see the Supplies box for details.)

Finally, by carefully allowing the plane to drift from side to side towards the high points during the cut you can also correct a twisted edge. This surely has to be the most cunning plan of all time. Of course the curved blade needs to be well centered in the plane for all of these techniques and I will

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Popular Woodworking August 2005