Slant-top writing desk #2: Long live the scrub plane. Oh, and I need a workbench. Like real bad...
I’ve spent the last few days flattening and thicknessing and dimensioning all the lumber for this project. It seems so simple with Norm Abrams does it. Alas, not so when I do it. I managed through it mostly. I have a few pieces that are 8 inches wide, and I only have a 6” jointer. And, of course, those wider pieces happened to have a ton of twist to it. So, I busted out the brand new 100-year-old scrub plane that my dad gave me recently (which I had just sharpened). I was amazed at how efficient it was to take the high spots down with the plane, then follow up with my new #4 smoother. Shockingly, even though I’m a total hand tool newbie, that board was about as flat ...
