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 ...

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 ...

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