Hand Planing Wood Floors

Or thicker you can use the planer for this step.

Hand planing wood floors.

This process took two people 3 hours to remove nails and sand. This gave them a finished edge on all 4 edges. As with a hand planer it s wise to initially make shallow cuts. The typical carpenter lugged around a whole chestful of planes each with its own special function.

The front hand grip doubles as a depth adjustment gauge. This old house general contractor tom silva demonstrates the proper way to use hand planes. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscribe to t. Hold the boards together as they enter and exit the planer.

Often this is via a hand operated crank that lifts the planer s housing the higher the housing the shallower the planer will cut. Mount hope planing produces unique hand made solid hardwood mhp flooring primarily from native ohio hardwoods. Like a jointer the planer has blades mounted on a cutter head or drum that spins at 20 000 rpm removing wood equal to the difference in elevation between the front and rear shoes. Join prime to save 1 69 more on this item.

If the board is 1 1 2 in. Or if you have several thinner boards of the same thickness you can gang plane them all at once. It took one person 6 hours to plane all of the edges. You can t do anything with the ends but saw them straight.

Like a hand plane the power hand planer or electric planer rides on a shoe or sole plate fig. Now take your plane and rotate it from 30 45 and push forward. Cut the boards to final length and you re ready to start your project. Mini hand planer katfort hand plane for woodworking wood plane hand tool flat bottom trimming planer for wood planing surface smoothing with 1 planer blade and 1 metal fixer.

Given that the plane is tuned up to your satisfaction and having a freshly scary sharp blade then it is all about technique. After planing each side of the boards i put the them through the jointer. Time was a hand plane was an indispensable tool used to smooth shape and straighten just about every piece of wood in a house. Today power tools routers jointers belt sanders and power planers do the same tasks much faster.

We offer many species of woods with numerous stain and finish options and special finishes and techniques which include hand scraped hand planed saw cut and thresher s floors.