Woodcraft Ninjas

Continuing with the jointer plane, Michael squares the first two edges to the face of the board.

Michael’s jointer plane is the tool of choice for finishing off the milling of this perfect board.

Michael planes the facets of the octagon using—you guessed it—the jointer plane.

In order to create a perfect octagon, the last edge of the board is sawn and planed to be perfectly square to the face, and the other edges—a difficult task.

Michael demonstrates how to lay out a perfect octagon using only a compass and straightedge.