The Joy of Using and Restoring Vintage Moulding Planes
There is something uniquely satisfying about picking up vintage moulding planes at an estate sale and realizing they still have decades of work left in them. While most modern woodworkers reach for a loud, screaming router whenever they need to put a profile on an edge, there's a dedicated group of us who prefer the quiet, rhythmic "shush" of a hand-sharpened blade through wood. It's not just about being a traditionalist or a "Luddite"—it's actually about the results you can get when you stop relying on electricity for every single task in the shop. ...