Flattening a board with hand tools – FineWoodworking

November 30, 2022

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Video by Ben Strano and KT Kaminski

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November 30, 2022

All it takes to make a perfectly flat board is a jointer plane and some patience.
November 30, 2022

Continuing with the jointer plane, Michael squares the first two edges to the face of the board.
November 30, 2022

In order to create a perfect octagon, the last edge of the board is sawn and planed to be perfectly square to the face, and the other edges—a difficult task.
November 30, 2022

Michael’s jointer plane is the tool of choice for finishing off the milling of this perfect board.
November 30, 2022

Michael demonstrates how to lay out a perfect octagon using only a compass and straightedge.
November 30, 2022

Michael planes the facets of the octagon using—you guessed it—the jointer plane.
November 30, 2022

Bringing it all together are the beveled facets, which will only meet up as they should if everything up to now has been done perfectly.

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