This video originally aired on December 14, 2010.

Sometimes, tuning up a wooden hand plane requires a little more than sharpening the iron. While most of the time I prefer the thickest cut that gets the desired results, I don't always want that. For specialty smoothing planes, a fine, wispy cut is desirable.

Flattening the sole can often help achieve this, but sometimes, flattening the sole isn't enough. In those cases, the next thing that I suspect that needs attention is the bed of the plane. An iron that isn't solidly bedded will chatter a little and still only cut a relatively thick shaving, even after sharpening the iron and flattening the sole. So if you have an old wooden smoother that you just can't get to work like you want, here's one more thing you can check that just might be the ticket.

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