Making A Wooden Grooving Plane

When I was a student at Rosewood Studio, one of the most memorable weeks for me was when we were introduced to toolmaking. There is something quite powerful about making tools that you can then use to make objects out of wood. All of a sudden, you can make custom tools to do special tasks in your shop and they can be made to suit your own personal methods of work.

That is the case with this wooden grooving plane. I’ve realised over the years that I cut many 6mm grooves, 6mm deep and 6mm from the edge of a board. Most often, this is seen in a drawer, box or