EDG - Hand Plane Skills II -Joinery Planes 25-1

Class: Hand Plane Skills - Joinery

Instructors: Tim Moore

Class Assistant: Dave Cebula

Class Level:  Beginner, Intermediate

Students: 6 (if you're directed to the waitlist, class is full)

Prerequisites: Introduction to Guild Safety 

General Description:

This class will focus on four of the most common and most useful joinery planes. After using bench planes to smooth and square up stock, these planes would be used to make rabbets, perfect tenons and cut grooves for drawer bottoms or box tops. They are fairly simple to adjust and to use when adjusted properly but hands-on instruction will speed up the learning process.  Students will receive an article  by Vic Tesolin to read prior to class.   It will be discussed briefly before moving straight to hands-on application. We expect you to be comfortable with all four planes at the end of the session. - The Rabbet Plane is used to cut rabbets along a board that could be filled with a bookcase back, for example.

 - The Shoulder Plane is a precision tool to clean up a rabbet or even out the shoulder of a tenon, to create a gap-free mortise and tenon joint.

- The Plow Plane quickly cuts a groove for a box lid or bottom, but can also be used to create decorative edges, like beading.

- The Router Plane smooths out rough-cut grooves and dadoes, flattens tenon cheeks and does many other jobs where a smooth surface will enhance glue-up.

Class Goals: Class goals include mastering traditional joinery techniques, understanding hand plane setup and sharpening, and gaining the skill to use joinery planes for tasks like rabbeting, edging, and routing grooves, dadoes and tenons.

• Staying Home When Sick: Members are urged to prioritize their health and the health of others by refraining from attending guild events, workshops, or gatherings when experiencing symptoms of a contagious illness, especially those associated with COVID-19.  
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