Hand planes 101?

Lots of info and handplane use on the thread here on LJ’s, Handplanes of Your Dreams here

Good luck!

-- Randy "You are judged as much by the questions you ask as the answers you give..."

How about this one?

http://home.comcast.net/~rexmill/planes101/planes101.htm

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I had some good luck flattening a tabletop recently.
However it was with a 50” wide oscillating belt sander at a local woodworking shop!
It is now perfectly flat, and the cost wasn’t bad either.

I look forward to reading the responces, because I would like to get better with a hand plane too.

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

There is a book out there that is a collection of magazine articles dealing with all things hand plane, and that’s Christopher Schwarz’ Handplane Essentials book.

Believe it or not, it addresses every one of points you raised in the original post above. And it’s interesting reading, too.

Good luck!

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I have the the Christopher Schwarz book recommended above… very good reference.

Also, there is a lot of information here about all the planes Stanley has offered over the years and what they were used for.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Rexmill.com and CianPerez.com have a wealth of info on planes.

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http://www.amazon.com/Handplane-Book-Garrett-Hack/dp/1561587125/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1321917098&sr=8-1

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