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Video: Hand Tool Techniques with David Charlesworth

Remarkably cogent explanation and demonstrations of flattening, squaring, and sizing lumber with a bench plane. Woodworkers don't normal think or work to thousandths of an inch, but David shows how it can be done simply and even routinely. While I don't sharpen a curved edge on my plane blades, his approach and techniques have already made a notable improvement in the quality of my planing.

This is my first Charlesworth video. I liked it well enough to order the other videos in this set. This is in sharp contrast to his books, which are reprints of his magazine articles. Those suffer from the disjointed nature of magazine columns, as well as a certain unsubtle slant toward promoting sales of shiny kit in the topics and writing. The video, on the other hand, is solid, no nonsense information from start to end of the what, why, and how. You'll find it money and time very well spent.