Earlier last year, I challenged myself to build a cabinet for my wife. As a beginner, I started thinking of buying a workable hand plane to actualize this incredible project. I also began searching online for beginners’ best hand planes, knowing that I would need one to make a good finish for the cabinet’s components. … Read more
If you got transported back a hundred years ago to a traditional woodworking shop, you would indeed find no power tool in it. You would instead find a miter box. The miter box, of course, is the predecessor of the contemporary power miter saw. It is a crude device used by woodworkers to guide a … Read more
If you’re looking to adjust the thickness of a plank of wood, various tools can help you achieve this. Two of the most popular options among woodworkers are the electric hand planer and the bench planer. But, what is the difference between these two tools? And how should you pick one over the other? The … Read more