Your hand-planes can do a lot more than smooth a board.

Most woodworkers reach for a hand plane when it's time to clean up a surface — and then put it away. Bob Van Dyke uses his throughout builds as a precision tool for solving the exact problems that show up on real projects. A door that binds. A miter with a hairline gap. A panel glue-up that won't sit flat. A tenon that's just a hair too proud.

In this course, Bob shows how a single hand tool can fix problems that most people solve by reaching for sandpaper, a router, or a table saw. You'll learn to see a joinery error and correct it with a few confident, controlled strokes.

What You'll Learn

• How to square a leg blank and true-up stock for dead-accurate joinery
• How to plane a glue-line edge joint to ensure a flat panel, including when and how to build in a spring joint for lasting clamp pressure
• How to fit a door and drawer face for a clean, consistent reveal, then tune a full drawer box for smooth action
• How to true-up and adjust frame and case miters, closing gaps without starting over
• How to pare a tenon to a snug, glue-line fit and correct minor mortise-and-tenon errors
• How to shape a clean roundover and bullnose by hand for consistent detailing

 
Running time: approximately 4 hours

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