Build a Krenov Style Smoothing Plane
Course Description
Join us and learn the steps to make your own wooden body smoothing plane in the Krenov style starting with a blank. Divided into two sessions to allow for glue dry time.
Building your own plane will give an understanding of the parts and their relationship to each other. A wooden body plane can be made to fit the hand and offers a different kind of relationship to your woodworking. We will also go over laying out the bed angle, creating the mouth for the blade, shaping the body and making a wedge. Having comfort with making a square blank and experience with woodworking fundamentals is needed for the best experience in this class.
Please Note: This is an intermediate class and not for beginners. You need to know how to use a chisel, plane, and saw. We will not be covering how to use these tools or how to sharpen them.
Tools Needed
Tools Needed:
Band Saw or hand saw
Drill press or drill
Drill bit 1/4″” to match dowel width
Rasp
File, with a safe edge if possible
Chisels
Clamps
Glue
Angle finder (Harbor Freight $5 or Shinwa protractor $21 for example)
Combo square
Sandpaper on a flat or block plane
Router table with a 3/4″ wide bottom cleaning bit or comparable for a dado. (This can also be done with chisel if you are all hand tools.)
Blade and chip breaker – Hock 1.5″ wide, 3.5″* length, cost is roughly $50 = https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/hock2planeironwithchipbreaker.aspx
*Ashley will be using this size blade and chip breaker. It is recommended you use the same size as all the measurements covered in class will be consistent with this size.
Lumber need:
Small piece of plywood or MDF, 4″ x 4″
10 – 1/4″ x 1″ Dowels (you can buy a long 1/4″ dowel and cut it into 10 – 1″ pieces)
Quarter Sawn or Rift Sawn blank milled flat and square to 2 1/2″, at minimum 2″, you can have a contrasting wood for the sole milled to 1/4″ thick if you prefer
Piece for cross pin 1/4″ square, 2 5/8″ long (make extra just in case of mistake)
Course Dates
October 25th and 26th 8th, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. EST to 5:00 p.m. EST