Wood planes are interesting tools as essential as hammers, nails and saws to those who “fix” and “make” wooden objects. While the primary tasks of most planes are to smooth wooded surfaces and even ...

Body surfers use handplanes to get more lift in the water, thereby generating more down-the-line speed and a greater opportunity for a surfer to make a wave. They come in various shapes and sizes, ...

Japanese hand planes or kannas are remarkable tools that can shave off layers of wood so ridiculously thin that they look like tissue paper. The wood shaving in the GIF above is only 8 microns thick ...