- narrow or wide
- bevel up or down
- with mallet or by hand
- across or along wood
With the bevel facing down, it is easier to control by hand, allowing for clean fine shavings when run along the grain.
Rasp to smoothen edges/surfaces.
Similar to a file, but rasps are recommended for wood (files for metal).
Other types of rasp (surform, smoothing plane, block plane) allow for shaping of the wood, also depending on the shape of wood and space available around it.
Saw to cut.
- tenon (straight), coping (curves)
- use a bench hook and/or clamp
- drag backwards to make groove, resting blade on thumb
- coping saw's blade can rotate by loosening teeth
