Planing defects such as snipe, ripples and raised, chipped or fuzzy grain can ruin a project. Here are simple solutions. Have you ever planed a piece of wood and then found that the first 6 inches or ...

Below are some questions and answers pertaining to lumber and best practices for solid wood machining operations, as submitted to Dr. Gene Wengert, the Wood Doctor. Q. We have been buying steamed ...

Wood planing is the art of shaving wood into really thin strips. It's a Japanese carpentry technique, and it's become competitive. Some people are able to shave wood thinner than the size of a cell.

The more wood a planer removes in a pass, the harder it must work, which can lead to overheating if the user is planing a lot of boards. Many woodworkers will find little need to remove more than 1/16 ...

Regardless of the woodworking project you’re tackling, your workpieces should be as flat and smooth as possible. A benchtop planer–a portable version of the industrial machine commonly found in ...

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