New Hollows & Rounds Maker Course

Discover the art of traditional plane making with the new Hollows & Rounds Maker Course from WoodSkills. Taught by furniture maker Norman Pirollo, this comprehensive online course guides you step-by-step through building a precision matched pair of hollow and round molding planes. Through over 10 hours of detailed video instruction, printable CAD diagrams, and guided demonstrations, you’ll learn wood selection, body shaping, escapement layout, wedge fitting, iron tuning, and final plane setup using both hand tools and machinery. More than simply building planes, the course teaches the underlying system behind hollows and rounds so you can create molding planes that work accurately, consistently, and produce clean, traditional profiles with confidence.

Across detailed, step-by-step video instruction, you’ll be guided through the complete process of designing and building a matched pair of hollows and rounds. You’ll learn how these traditional planes are used in practice, how they interact as a system. Printable CAD drawings support the instruction, making it easier to follow along in your own workshop whether you prefer hand tools, machinery, or a hybrid approach. By the end of the course, you won’t just have a working set of hollows and rounds, you’ll have the knowledge to build additional sizes with confidence and accuracy, expanding your capability in traditional hand tool woodworking.