Adjustable Sliding Dovetail Plane 燕尾刨 - Traditional Chinese Woodworking Tool

中国传统木工木匠的燕尾刨。In this video I show you how to make a traditional Chinese woodworking dovetail plane. This is the fourth in a planned 7 video-series focusing on Chinese woodworking tools that are both traditional and different from European and English tools. Project 30.

Checkout the links below where I show you how to make a variety of traditional Chinese woodworking tools.

How to make 7 traditional Chinese woodworking Tools:
1. Chinese hand plane 刨子 (   • Hand Plane 刨子 - Traditional Chinese W...  )
2. Chinese frame saw 锯 (   • Frame Saw 中国锯 - Traditional Chinese W...  )
3. Chinese dovetail Plane 燕尾刨 (   • Adjustable Sliding Dovetail Plane 燕尾刨...  )
4. Chinese Knife Saw 刀锯 (   • Knife Saw 刀锯 - Traditional Chinese Wo...  )
5. Chinese cutting gauge 勒刀子 (   • Cutting Gauge 勒刀子 - Traditional Chine...  )
6. Chinese bevel gauge 活尺 (   • Bevel Gauge 活尺 - Tradition Chinese Wo...  )
7. Chinese styled half moon marking gauge 线勒子 (   • Half Moon Marking Gauge  半月线勒子 - Trad...  )
7b. Offset plate for easy layout of mortise and tenon (   • Offset Plate - Angled Mortise and Ten...  )
7c. Foolproof Angled mortise and tenon with the half moon Chinese marking gauge and Offset Plate (   • Foolproof Angled Mortise and Tenon La...  )


DIY frame saw plate (   • DIY Frame Saw Blade from Carbon Steel...  )
Dovetail Gauge (   • Project #3:   Simple 3 Cut Dovetail T...  )

Traditional Chinese woodworking sliding dovetail plane by master Xing Quian Sheng (幸全生)
   • 【传统手工木工教学——工具制作】穿戴燕尾刨子制作第一集   （1/2）

   • 【传统手工木工教学——工具制作】穿戴燕尾刨子制作第二集   （2/2）

Sliding dovetail plane plans:
中国传统木匠燕尾刨图
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The next planned Chinese woodworking project (4of7) is a knife saw. Thank you for watching, enjoy. Let me know if you have any questions.

John Z Zhu

@polywright
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