BJS Planes and Woodworking

Here are some photos of my latest planes. (Click on any photo to enlarge). If you would like to follow more of my day to day plane making p...

I was excited to get the opportunity to use some of this beautiful Gidgee burl in one of my low-slung smoothing planes. (Click on any phot...

The next step is to dovetail in the lower and upper stretchers. This is the lower stretcher detail with the entire frame turned upside down....

Wow! This year is flying by. As I said in my last blog post, my wife and I are doing some house renovations and we are neck deep in tearing ...

I just finished this commission. Here is a picture with its first coat of finish. 1¼” Low-slung smoother – 6⅛” long, 1¼” wide blade, 01 ...

Where to start? Well I guess I should talk about why I started making planes. As an apprentice in Canada in 2003, our first project was a do...