Scott Wynn 
Woodworker’s Guide to Handplanes [EPUB ebook] 
How to Choose, Setup and Master the Most Useful Planes for Today’s Workshop

Introduction Chapter 1: Smooth/ What to use when and why Chapter 2: Sharp/ Cutting through the mystique *Grain, Structure, and Hardness *Types of Steel Chapter 3: Plane Anatomy/ Understanding how a plane functions *Blade Angle *Mouth Opening *Chipbreaker *Bevel Angle *Shape of the Blade Edge *Plane Length and Blade Width Chapter 4: Bench Planes/ The classic triumvirate *The Jack *The Jointer *The Smoother Chapter 5: Three More Planes/ Strategies to speed the work *The Panel Plane *The Scrub Plane *The Block Plane Chapter 6: Styles of Planes/ A wealth of traditions *The Stanley/Bailey Plane *Wooden Body Planes *The Norris Plane *The Horned Plane *Japanese Planes *Chinese Planes Chapter 7: Choosing Your First Planes/ A guide to a suitable toolkit Chapter 8: Planes for Joinery/ Tools and techniques for making and fitting joints *Rabbet *Filllister *Dovetail *Shoulder *Bull Nose/Chisel Chapter 9: Planes for Shaping Wood/ Tools for forming and decorating your projects *Compass *Hollows & Rounds *Chamfer *Spoon bottom *Chiba Kanna Chapter 10: Getting Your Plane to Work/ Tuning and troubleshooting Chapter 11: Sharpening/ A basic skill that leads to others *Bevel Shape *Grinding *Honing Chapter 12: Bench Work/ Of slaves, dogs, dead men, and donkeys *Holding the Work *Dimensioning the Work Chapter 13: Making & Using a Shooting Board/ Getting at that last thousandth of an inch *Why a Shooting Board *Make a Shooting Board *Shooting Edges *Trimming End Grain Chapter 14: making Your Own Planes/ You can have whatever you want *Make a Set of English-style Planes *Make a Japanese-style Plane * Make a Chibbi Kanna *Make a Compass Plane Index

A fourth generation craftsman, Scott brings a lifetime of involvement in craft, art, and design to his work. He has a broad base of hands-on experience as a carpenter, cabinetmaker, woodcarver, luthier, building contractor, and architectural designer. Scott has maintained a professional shop providing furniture, cabinetry, and woodcarving since 1976. Author of The Woodworker’s Guide to Handplanes, he has written and illustrated articles on the craft of woodworking for Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking, and Woodwork magazines.