Plane Shaping

This book describes in detail 'How To Make A Surfboard'. It covers all the pitfalls, secrets and tools required. Includes from basic shaping to laminating, sprays, sanding and finishing. In fact it covers everything. With this book you will make a surfboard that will make you proud...!

This is the Black & White version of 'Plane Shaping'. It is a complete 2020 update on 'How To Make A Surfboard', new data, new pics, da works...! It covers all the secrets, pitfalls, shortcuts, materials, premises & tools. It covers everything. With this book - you will make a good surfboard...!

Hack reveals the rich heritage of this classic tool by presenting a treasure trove of information about handplanes, focusing on the 19th and early 20th centuries. 175 photos. 152 drawings.

A comprehensive reference that has been called "a work of clarity and imagination so influential it virtually defines its subject," this book describes, illustrates, and classifies all types of wooden planes from the common to the rare and unusual -- tracing their development and explaining their use. Included are both American and English planes, and also French, Dutch, German, Japanese and Chinese. Over 500 pages long, with more than 1,000 illustrations, it also includes: Chapters that describe and illustrate over 90 simple and 300 complex molding profiles; a description and explanation of the planes used by specific trades: the Cooper, Sashmaker, Coachmaker, Wheelwright, Planemaker, Organ Builder, Staircase Builder, Basketmaker, Rulemaker, Chairmaker, and Patternmaker; an Appendix that outlines a system for naming and classifying molding profiles, and another for identifying and classifying any plane based on its physical shape.