Hand plane sharpening and tuneup

[Sean Troy]

Hey all, any recomendations on a good book to help me learn sharpening and tune up for hand planes? Thank you, Sean

[Sam Yerardi]

Hi Sean,

Been out in the shop all day so I haven't been checking email, etc. There are a lot of good books out there:

The Complete Guide to Sharpening by Leonard Lee
Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Sharpening by Tom Lie-Nielsen
Garret Hacks's book

Everyone has a different approach and they will swear by it. I read as much as I can 'cause I'm always trying to learn things. A lot of good information here. There are as many methods as there are sources of info.

[Steve Schoene]

There is an old Badger Pond article by RJ Whelan on 19 steps to tuning planes that is useful. It's now on Wood Central, another forum site, so I won't provide a link.

[Eddie Darby]

This one comes to mind.

"Hand Planing & Sharpening" by Rob Cosman

http://www.robcosman.com/dvd.php

About 3/4 of the way down the page. You can download a preview of this video.

[Mike Cutler]

Sean

I'm not trying to be a argumentetive or anything here, or stop you from buying a book, but the absolute best info on handplanes is online, and free. I have a number of books on handplanes and handtools, but I still find the best source is online.
I will warn you upfront that you might as well buy some new printer cartridges. I've printed out a lot of material to take to the shop.;)

These folks put a lot of detail into their presentations and weren't constrained with publishing costs, or deadlines.

Here is a link to get you going.

http://www.cianperez.com/Wood/WoodDocs/Wood_How_To/INDEX_How_To.htm

[Sean Troy]

Thank you all for the help, Sean