sharp edge on it and then over one that has a slight chamfer
you’ll notice a big difference. Making a chamfer along the
edge of a board is pretty simple. Tilt your plane at an angle
and move it along the board in a straight line. Keep the plane
at the same angle down the entire length of the board for even
chamfers. (See fig. 7) Practice this on a scrap piece of wood at
least 12” long until you get consistent chamfers. This also
makes some really long curls! Chamfering end grain is done a
little different. To get smoother results plane the chamfer up
and down instead of across. (See fig. 8)Fig. 7 Chamfering Fig. 8 Chamfering end grain
- The next thing we’ll look at doing with our block plane is
shaping a curve. Woodworkers use curves in their work for
many reasons. Sometimes it’s just to add a different look to a
piece of furniture. But sometimes its how a piece is put
together such as in guitars or boats. Again find a piece of
scrap wood that’s at least 12” long and ¾” thick. On the end
grain draw a slight curve like the one in figure 9. Draw the
same curve on the other end as well. If you have a hard time
drawing the same curve on both ends cut
outacurveonapieceofconstruction
paper. Trace the pattern on one end then
flip it over and trace the same pattern on
the other end. Using your block plane,
remove the wood up to your line. If this
were for a project you would then use
sandpaper to remove the flat spots and
smooth it all together. Fig. 9