Beading Plane Apr 2026

Traditionally fashioned from solid beech wood, the sole often includes "boxing"—a piece of dense boxwood inlaid where the iron cuts the bead—to protect the wood from wear.

Many modern woodworkers, like those featured on Lost Art Press , consider the side-beading plane a "gateway drug" to traditional molding planes, due to its satisfying, relatively easy use and beautiful, precise results. beading plane

simple version called a "scratch stock." Traditionally fashioned from solid beech wood, the sole