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The Ultimate Guide to Making Easy, Perfect Moldings
Plus: How to time travel (really)
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Abraham Hyatt
Bonus: A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes is now FREE online
This book is the ultimate reference guide to thousands of planemakers
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Abraham Hyatt
June 2023
I trained an AI chatbot on antique plane research
It was a train wreck
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Abraham Hyatt
1
May 2023
How to Run a Plane Factory in 1853 (It Was Surprisingly Complicated)
Plus, the wooden plane song and Inuit planes from the Canadian subarctic
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Abraham Hyatt
4
Rhyken: Did the Ancient Greeks Really Have a Word for "Plane"?
Plus: A new video! And the rarity of cast steel in the 18th century
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Abraham Hyatt
6
March 2023
Everybody's Making Planes! (2023)
Plus: Making a kanna with Scott Wynn and more GIANT planes
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Abraham Hyatt
February 2023
What ancient hand tools do to our emotions
Plus: The plane that joined a town together, and learn how to draw a jack plane in Telugu
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Abraham Hyatt
1
October 2022
What Actually Killed Off the Wooden Plane?
Plus: Terrifying AI-generated planes
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Abraham Hyatt
3
July 2022
The Tote-ally Complete Guide to Holding a Wooden Plane
Plus, woodworking planes for your feet
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Abraham Hyatt
2
The problem with Eric Sloane, the godfather of American tool collecting
It's difficult to overstate the role Eric Sloane played in how we appreciate American hand tools today. Sloane was a prolific author, artist, and tool…
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Abraham Hyatt
4
June 2022
Everybody's Making Planes! Part 1
Plus: Tracking down the mysterious B MAN
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Abraham Hyatt
1
May 2022
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