Making a Scraper Plane

I picked up the planemaking bug when I studied under James Krenov at the College of the Redwoods in California, USA. The year I spent at what is now known as the Krenov School of Fine Furniture was part of the apprenticeship I did with Barnsley Workshop in the UK.

James Krenov taught his students to make wooden handplanes and I’ve carried that tradition on by also teaching my students at Robinson House Studio in London. Over the years I’ve made a variety of wooden planes, but this one, my scraper plane, is the one I find most useful and now teach as a set project.

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The design for this plane is my own and quite different to the traditional James Krenov wooden planes, but it wouldn’t look out of place next to them. It’s not easily replaced with a metal alternative. It’s also very light, easy to adjust and the blade is made out of high speed steel