Bench Plane Blades
& Cap Iron Sets
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 Buy by the Set & Save!
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We love to receive photos of the tools you make with Hock Tools kits, blades and such. You inspire us and other woodworkers. Just send your photos to linda@hocktools.com. Linda selects photos for the album. We look forward to seeing your pics, you'll hear back soon after you send them. Thanks!
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WOODWORKING HANDTOOLS:
The Proud & Unplugged
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is produced
by a handplane.
You can feel it.
There is nothing like
that satin touch
under your fingertip.
No plug, no noise.
A single woodworker,
a well-tuned handtool,
and the rhythm of work
on a nice piece of wood.
Proud & Unplugged
Since 1982
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Ron Hock
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Happy New Year, everybody! Surprised as I am that it's 2014 already I'm also quite excited about our prospects for this shiny new year. Hock Tools enjoyed a record year in 2013, thanks to you, and I'm nothing but optimistic about the future. So here's to a healthy, happy and prosperous 2014!
Please read through Linda's interview with Ejler Horth-Westh in the People Profile column. He is very direct, thoughtful of his every move and a real romantic in his pursuits in woodworking - something I believe you'll relate to. And of course, please let me know if you need anything from Hock Tools.
 
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P E O P L E P R O F I L E:
Interview with Ejler Hjorth-Westh, a 5,000 Year Old Man
 Ejler Hjorth-Westh gave three pithy workshops at Woodworking in America last October - Chairs: Style & Substance, Working with Curves: Design & Execution, and The Nuts & Bolts of Commission Work: Business, Customer Relations, Failure and Success. As a fine furniture maker and woodworking instructor, he lives and works these issues everyday. Hjorth-Westh works regularly on commissioned furniture in his world-class wood shop, and is a popular instructor during the school year at College of the Redwoods Fine Furniture Program - the intense, apprenticeship-like woodworking school originated by James Krenov. Plus, during summer at his own shop, Ejler teaches boat building to a select group of woodworking students who by then come with skills and woodworking techniques a perfectionist can trust. Each year these students and teacher produce a hand-crafted and seaworthy vessel that is sold to a lucky buyer...He's worked hard to create a life for himself that so many of us only dream about. And Ejler lives that life to the max. I've asked Ejler a few questions, just to get and pass on some insight into one of today's finest makers. TO READ MORE...
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A D V A N C I N G H A N D T O O L S:
Because the depth adjuster lever reaches through the blade to engage the breaker, a thicker blade may prevent it from reaching and working properly, or at all.
Ron's book, The Perfect Edge; The Ultimate Guide to Sharpening for Woodworkers continues to be a strong seller to both novice and professional woodworkers.
Understanding the geometry of how plane, iron and cap iron work together with the work surface is basic to getting the best performance out of your plane. Ron addresses geometry of plane irons beginning on page 99, within Chapter 6 of The Perfect Edge. Here is an excerpt:
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