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Category: plane shavings

Wavy Shavy

February 12, 2016

← back plane shavings These dynamic shavings were hand crafted by my talented colleague Peter Bingen. Peter uses a different grip on the block plane […]

A new bass bar

February 11, 2016

← back plane shavings A new bass bar is shaped with a thumb plane, holding the plane at a diagonal makes the shavings roll off […]

Toothed plane shavings

February 11, 2016

← back plane shavings Planing deeply figured maple ribs can be tricky; half of each stroke is cutting up into end grain and the wood […]

Bangles

February 11, 2016

← back plane shavings While hollowing plates with this scrub plane many of the shavings would wrap themselves around my wrist.

Purfling

February 11, 2016

← back plane shavings Sometimes shavings are not a waste product, these pear wood shavings will be used to make purfling, similar shavings are used […]

Flores shavings

February 11, 2016

← back plane shavings Beautiful bicolored shavings by violin maker Andrea Castañeda Flores, Mexico. What an artist! This is from planing the underside of a […]