It's All About the Fundamentals

The real tragedy of professional carpentry is that most of the people I work with had no idea what this is or how to use it.  To me, that is a sad state of affairs.  I don't know whether they're not doing their job, or I'm not doing mine.

The Stanley block plane is your friend.  It has a permanent home in my box.  I use it every single day.  It's not an anachronism, or an affectation in a mechanized age.  It IS carpentry.  If you call yourself a carpenter, you have to know how to use it well.  Using it teaches a carpenter the how and why in the most reliable way.

And, you know, I had to come up with a post in the 15 minutes I had to spare this morning.  :)

Seriously, though, who doesn't know how to use a plane?