oscar390•1d agoOG Member

Realized I was using my block plane all wrong for like 2 years

I was at my buddy's shop in Detroit last month helping him with some custom cabinets and he watched me try to plane a edge. He just laughed and showed me I was pushing it sideways instead of with the grain the whole time. No wonder I was getting tearout on pine boards every single time. Has anyone else had that moment where an old habit made you feel stupid in front of another carpenter?

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henry_hernandez1d ago

Man, that's exactly the kind of thing that makes you want to kick yourself. I spent a whole summer fighting with my hand plane on a bunch of oak boards before a old timer at the lumberyard pointed out I was holding it wrong the whole time. Feels like we all have to learn the hard way on some basic stuff.

morgan_lewis1821h ago

Feel you on that one. There's nothing like having a pro casually point out you've been doing something basic wrong for years.