Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas

How Hands Make A Home
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Craft

Woodworking

Wood
Hand Plane and Wood Shaving Curl

The craft of shaping wood into useful and beautiful things: furniture, cabinetry, carving, joinery and turning. One of the oldest of all human skills, developed to a high art in ancient Egypt and China, and still the gateway craft for most home workshops, where a few hand tools and a bench are enough to begin. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Craft Class
Wood 1
Earliest Evidence (Circa)
The oldest known worked wood is a set of shaped, notched sticks from Kalambo Falls in southern Africa, dated to roughly 476,000 years ago, older than Homo sapiens itself. 1
Origin
Chinese woodworking tradition traces its origin to the legendary craftsman Lu Ban, placed in the Spring and Autumn period (roughly 771 to 476 BC), credited with introducing tools including the woodworking plane and the chalk line to China; the manual of techniques later attributed to him was compiled roughly 1,500 years after his death. 1
Origin
Documented as a developed craft in the ancient civilizations of Egypt and China, with joinery, carving and fine furniture surviving from both 1
Woodworking
Filter Results1 entry

Scriber

Woodworking
Connections

Associated With

Adirondack Chair Plan, Projects and Patterns
Classic Birdhouse Plan, Projects and Patterns
Dovetailed Keepsake Box Plan, Projects and Patterns
End-Grain Cutting Board Pattern, Projects and Patterns
Farmhouse Trestle Table Plan, Projects and Patterns
Folk Art, Concepts and Movements

Wood carving is catalogued among folk art's own materials, forms and crafts.

Additional Source Folk Art (Wikipedia)Materials, forms, and crafts section
Mission Style Table Plan, Projects and Patterns
Morris Chair Plan, Projects and Patterns
Shaker Ladder-Back Chair Plan, Projects and Patterns
Shaker Oval Box Plan, Projects and Patterns
Traditional Roubo Workbench Plan, Projects and Patterns
Weathervane Woodworking Plan, Projects and Patterns
Windsor Chair Plan, Projects and Patterns

Has Figure

George Nakashima, Figures
Source George Nakashima (Wikipedia)
Sam Maloof, Figures
Source Sam Maloof (Wikipedia)

Tools Used

Adze, Tools and Equipment

Adze is used in Woodworking.

Backsaw, Tools and Equipment

Backsaw is used in Woodworking.

Bedrock Plane, Tools and Equipment

Bedrock Plane is used in Woodworking.

Belt Sander, Tools and Equipment
Source Belt Sander (Wikipedia)
Bench Dog, Tools and Equipment
Source Bench Dog (Wikipedia)
Bench Hook, Tools and Equipment

Bench Hook is used in Woodworking.

Block Plane, Tools and Equipment

Block Plane is used in Woodworking.

Brace (Tool), Tools and Equipment

Brace (Tool) is used in Woodworking.

Bradawl, Tools and Equipment

Bradawl is used in Woodworking.

Broadaxe, Tools and Equipment

Broadaxe is used in Woodworking.

Bucksaw, Tools and Equipment

Bucksaw is used in Woodworking.

Card Scraper, Tools and Equipment

Card Scraper is used in Woodworking.

Chamfer Plane, Tools and Equipment

Chamfer Plane is used in Woodworking.

Chisel, Tools and Equipment

Chisel is used in Woodworking.

Combination Square, Tools and Equipment

Combination Square is used in Woodworking.

Coping Saw, Tools and Equipment

Coping Saw is used in Woodworking.

Crosscut Saw, Tools and Equipment

Crosscut Saw is used in Woodworking.

Drawknife, Tools and Equipment

Drawknife is used in Woodworking.

Finger Plane, Tools and Equipment

Finger Plane is used in Woodworking.

Fore Plane, Tools and Equipment

Fore Plane is used in Woodworking.

Fretsaw, Tools and Equipment

Fretsaw is used in Woodworking.

Froe, Tools and Equipment

Froe is used in Woodworking.

Gimlet (Tool), Tools and Equipment

Gimlet (Tool) is used in Woodworking.

Grooving Plane, Tools and Equipment

Grooving Plane is used in Woodworking.

Hand Plane, Tools and Equipment
Source Hand Plane (Wikipedia)
Handsaw, Tools and Equipment

Handsaw is used in Woodworking.

Jack Plane, Tools and Equipment

Jack Plane is used in Woodworking.

Japanese Plane, Tools and Equipment

Japanese Plane is used in Woodworking.

Jointer Plane, Tools and Equipment

Jointer Plane is used in Woodworking.

Lathe, Tools and Equipment
Source Lathe (Wikipedia)
Mallet, Tools and Equipment

Mallet is used in Woodworking.

Marking Gauge, Tools and Equipment

Marking Gauge is used in Woodworking.

Miter Box, Tools and Equipment

Miter Box is used in Woodworking.

Moulding Plane, Tools and Equipment

Moulding Plane is used in Woodworking.

Razee Plane, Tools and Equipment

Razee Plane is used in Woodworking.

Rebate Plane, Tools and Equipment

Rebate Plane is used in Woodworking.

Router Plane, Tools and Equipment

Router Plane is used in Woodworking.

Scriber, Tools and Equipment

Scriber is used in Woodworking.

Scrub Plane, Tools and Equipment

Scrub Plane is used in Woodworking.

Shooting Board, Tools and Equipment

Shooting Board is used in Woodworking.

Shoulder Plane, Tools and Equipment

Shoulder Plane is used in Woodworking.

Slick (Tool), Tools and Equipment

Slick (Tool) is used in Woodworking.

Smoothing Plane, Tools and Equipment

Smoothing Plane is used in Woodworking.

Spill Plane, Tools and Equipment

Spill Plane is used in Woodworking.

Spokeshave, Tools and Equipment

Spokeshave is used in Woodworking.

Steel Square, Tools and Equipment

Steel Square is used in Woodworking.

Thickness Planer, Tools and Equipment

Thickness Planer is used in Woodworking.

Try Square, Tools and Equipment

Try Square is used in Woodworking.

Winding Stick, Tools and Equipment

Winding Stick is used in Woodworking.

Wood Auger, Tools and Equipment

Wood Auger is used in Woodworking.

Woodworking Vise, Tools and Equipment

Woodworking Vise is used in Woodworking.

Sources
1. Woodworking (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworking
    shaped sticks displaying notches from Kalambo Falls in southern Africa, dating to around 476,000 years ago
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworking, Ancient China section
    Lu Ban is said to have introduced the plane, the chalk line, and other tools to China.
View the Source
Hand Plane (Wikipedia)
WikipediaTools Used: Hand PlaneView the Source
Folk Art (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Folk Art, Materials, forms, and crafts section
Quote, Associated With: Folk Art, Materials, forms, and crafts section
Wood carving
View the Source
Bench Dog (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Bench Dog, Body text, dog holes sentence
Quote, Tools Used: Bench Dog, Body text, dog holes sentence
Dog holes are arranged in a line perpendicular to the jaws of a vise, typically in intervals of four to six inches.
View the Source
Belt Sander (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Belt Sander, Body text, sanding process sentence
Quote, Tools Used: Belt Sander, Body text, sanding process sentence
Belt sanders can have a very aggressive action on wood and are normally used only for the beginning stages of the sanding process, or used to rapidly remove material.
View the Source
Frequently Asked Questions

Who is credited with founding Chinese woodworking?

Tradition credits the legendary craftsman Lu Ban, active around the Spring and Autumn period.

Chinese woodworking tradition names Lu Ban, working in the Spring and Autumn period (roughly 771 to 476 BC), as its founding figure, crediting him with introducing tools including the plane and the chalk line. The manual of techniques later attributed to him, the Lu Ban Jing, was compiled roughly 1,500 years after his death, so the historical craftsman and the craft lore built around his name are not the same thing.

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.