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Handmade Woodworking Tools, such as hand planes, workbenches and sharpening jigs.

03/24/2026

Handwork’s is now open for registration! Don’t miss this great event happening in Amana, Iowa on Sept. 4th and 5th. I’ll be there along with 60 or so great vendors. Go to handwork’s.co to find out more and register. On instagram it’s . Oh, and stop by my booth and try out my tools!

03/20/2026

Mesquite no. 4 smoother and mesquite no. 5 1/2 jack planes. As with all my bench planes, equipped with the exclusive adjustable cambering system. The 5 1/2 is just a great all- round plane to use. Adjust in some big camber and use it to hog off material on a glued up panel. In seconds, adjust it down to where the corners of the blade don’t leave any plane tracks, set your chipbreaker distance close, and finish smoothing the panel.

03/16/2026

A couple of my new styled jointers. Cherry no. 7 and walnut no. 6 1/2 (19”). All of the bench planes have had a re-do. I replaced the front k**b with a bun (which I have really grown to like), made new adjusting k**bs in house of stainless steel and brass, made a different handle shape and tapered body, and made the walnut and cherry bodies solid so the maple is just on the sole. Also, my planes are the only ones in the world where you can adjust the camber in seconds without removing anything. All are made by me in my shop in Walnut, Iowa USA.

03/25/2025

Our line of patented ‘Bench Horse’ portable workbenches. All easily fold up and are flat, solid and stable. The first picture shows the‘Original’ and the ‘pony’; the second picture shows the’plus’ and the ‘Colt’. One not shown is the ‘original’ with a fold up metal legset. It’s actually my best seller.

12/06/2024

2 smoothers?
Well, yes. Technically, a #4 mesquite smooth plane and a block plane, but the block plane makes a great small smoother. It has a 1 1/2” blade, a double iron to eliminate tear out, and on top of that, the blade can be quickly cambered just like the bench planes with our exclusive ‘adjustable camber frog’. And like the others, has zero backlash in the adjusters.

10/25/2024

2 Fine Jacks. My no. 5 and no. 5 1/2 infill jack planes with brass sides and fittings and steel soles. Precision surface ground soles. The 5 has a 2” blade and the 5 1/2 has a 2 1/4” blade. Both come with our exclusive adjustable camber frog and dedicated sharpening jig.

09/03/2024

My # 4 1/2 and #6 infill planes in Mesquite with brass sides and steel sole. They come standard with 2 blades, adjustable camber frog, and their own sharpening jigs.

08/27/2024

My # 4 1/2 infill with stainless steel sides and walnut infill. The sole is steel.

My infill planes are available with steel, stainless steel, or brass sides and your choice of walnut or mesquite wood infill.
The soles are surface ground flat.

You’ll notice in the second picture that the infill doesn’t quite go tight to the sides. There are pins that go through the infill that do go tight to the sides, and they are tapped and secured like the sides are to the bottom. The infill is about 1/64th” short on each side and is pinned in the middle to the cross pins.

Therefore, the wood is free to expand and contract without pushing and pulling on the sides. This is the main problem with all infills, no matter how well made or seasoned the wood may be.

So, if you like choice, you can choose 3 kinds of wood planes, 3 kinds of metals, brass or stainless fittings, in 9 different sizes(including the block).

All are available with an adjustable camber frog, the Blum patented blade system, an included sharpening jig, and an optional scraper frog.

02/27/2024

Mesquite #6 1/2 with stainless steel fittings. 19” long. Adjustable camber. My favorite size plane to use. , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

02/20/2024

My holdfasts are 5/8”, so they have enough room in a 3/4” hole to angle a bit and lock. They also have just enough spring in the curve when struck to help hold. And then as extra insurance against slippage, I include a strip of 36 grit ‘gravel road’ sandpaper that can be used around the shaft to rough it up. Guaranteed not to slip.
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02/02/2024

Some recent planes ready for sending out…

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06/28/2023

Added a leather hanger to the mallets to, well, be able to hang them. Your choice of a cherry or hickory handle and solid hard maple head mortised through for a wedged fit.

Address

Walnut, IA
51577

Telephone

(712) 784-3678

Website

http://www.blumtool.com/

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