Build a Krenov Style plane with Bill Anderson

[jglord]

Saturday and Sunday June 24 & 25 Bill Anderson will be teaching a class at the Raleigh Woodcraft on building a Krenov style plane. Each student will come away with their own plane with a Hock blade.
Many of you have been in classes with Bill and know what an excellent job he does. To enroll call Woodcraft at 781-1911.

The cost of the class is $165 and includes all materials and the Hock blade.

Here is Bill's description:
Learn how to build a Krenov style smoothing hand plane with a Hock iron. You will leave this class with your own plane and knowledge of planes, plane sharpening and handplane techniques. Students will have the opportunity to include an adjustable throat option on their plane. Students may be asked to bring some handtools to the class. There is an example on display at the store.

 

[jglord]

:-? I'm real puzzled by the lack of interest in this class. Many of you know from the TWA rough to ready workshop Bill did a few weeks ago what a great job he does. Why no interest in this class?

Thought I'd attach a picture of the sample plane Bill left in the store:


These planes are a real joy to work with and can easily rival top of the line planes.

 

[woodguy1975]

Price and duration? I offer a single day Krenov plane class over here in Hickory for $65 including the custom made blade. The last class we had 6 folks come and make a plane. Maybe the market here on NCwwer is a tad saturated for that particular class, but I've had requests to rerun my class.... and will probably in September.

Making a Krenov plane should not be a 2 day class. We glue the bodies up and let the glue set while at lunch. When we return we work the body and set the iron. I think total class hours was only like 6-7hrs at a very relaxed pace. Two day classes are usually for a little more involved project than this.

Good Luck,

John

 

[Travis Porter]

Personally, for me, it is a matter of time. I get very little shop time and would get beaten if I took a 2 day class over the weekend when I am out of town so much in the first place. I am considering the I think July 8th class on tuning and using hand planes.

 

[willarda]

There are five reasons why my Krenov plane class costs what it does and lasts as long as it does, and they all relate directly to my philosophy of offering superlative value to participants in my workshops:

• I supply a comprehensive color illustrated manual (33 pages in the case of the Krenov class) that covers every aspect of the workshop including sharpening techniques, handplane techniques, complete bibliography, and a step by step construction section that includes illustrations of all jigs used in the class.
• I use the highest quality of materials for the planes, personally selected by me, which includes quartersawn maple for the body, quartersawn exotic hardwood for the sole, straightgrain rosewood for the cross pin and a Hock blade with chipbreaker
• My students also make a plane adjusting hammer. I fashion a polished brass hammerhead and the students shape a riven hickory handle to fit.
• I focus as much time, maybe even more, on explaining why each step of the project is done and how the jigs to assist in this are made and used. I want the students to be able to walk out with a plane, but also to be able to know exactly how to make another one if they desire.
• Lastly, my planes incorporate a shaped, flat face crosspin (in the original Krenov style) which provides maximal support for the wedge and blade and will extend the working life of the plane. It takes a bit of time to make these, but it is this attention to detail that exemplifies my classes.

I love to each and am excited to see the people in my classes come to appreciate the value and utility of handtool woodworking. My goal is to give everything I have to make these classes a positive experience and top provide excellent and comprehensive instruction.

I will be teaching foursquaring with handtools (Rough to Ready) on July 8 and Handtool Sharpening (planes, chisels, scrapers and spokeshaves) on July 16. There will be a second session of my Krenov class at Woodcraft in the Fall. Lastly, I am presenting another session of the Handplane Skills and Techniques workshop that I did in March for the Triangle Woodworkers Association. That workshop is currently filled up but openings may happen. Email me if you are interested.

 

[woodguy1975]

There are five reasons why my Krenov plane class costs what it does and lasts as long as it does, and they all relate directly to my philosophy of offering superlative value to participants in my workshops:

• I supply a comprehensive color illustrated manual (33 pages in the case of the Krenov class) that covers every aspect of the workshop including sharpening techniques, handplane techniques, complete bibliography, and a step by step construction section that includes illustrations of all jigs used in the class.
• I use the highest quality of materials for the planes, personally selected by me, which includes quartersawn maple for the body, quartersawn exotic hardwood for the sole, straightgrain rosewood for the cross pin and a Hock blade with chipbreaker
• My students also make a plane adjusting hammer. I fashion a polished brass hammerhead and the students shape a riven hickory handle to fit.
• I focus as much time, maybe even more, on explaining why each step of the project is done and how the jigs to assist in this are made and used. I want the students to be able to walk out with a plane, but also to be able to know exactly how to make another one if they desire.
• Lastly, my planes incorporate a shaped, flat face crosspin (in the original Krenov style) which provides maximal support for the wedge and blade and will extend the working life of the plane. It takes a bit of time to make these, but it is this attention to detail that exemplifies my classes.

I love to each and am excited to see the people in my classes come to appreciate the value and utility of handtool woodworking. My goal is to give everything I have to make these classes a positive experience and top provide excellent and comprehensive instruction.

I will be teaching foursquaring with handtools (Rough to Ready) on July 8 and Handtool Sharpening (planes, chisels, scrapers and spokeshaves) on July 16. There will be a second session of my Krenov class at Woodcraft in the Fall. Lastly, I am presenting another session of the Handplane Skills and Techniques workshop that I did in March for the Triangle Woodworkers Association. That workshop is currently filled up but openings may happen. Email me if you are interested.

Sounds like you provide some great info. I've found that 2 day classes are just harder to fill unless there is a major project involved. A krenov plane is a wonderful tool, but not a major project. When I mentioned the duration it was only ment to say that full weekend classes are harder to fill. The things you are doing does warrant the time and cost, it is just tougher to fill a class of 2 days.

My class is ment to be a fun relaxer class with some good information about usage, tuning, sharping, and what ever else we can fit in the time frame. We use irons that have been custom made for the class. Between the dicussions we make a simple Krenov plane. They are one peice bodies that are resawn, cut, and reassembled. The krenov planes I've made will out perform any iron bodied plane (LN or Stanley)

The weekend classes I run are classes that idealy would be 5 days long. The cabinetmaking and woodworking essentials would be great over 5 day duration. The pace would be more relaxed. I provide as much info and we accomplish as much in my 2 day classes as is in the 5 day equivalants. We just move at an acclerated rate and run longer days (usually closer to 10-11 hrs).

Thanks,

John