The standard cycle of my life when watching one of Rob's videos;

I’m mostly a hand tool woodworker … these videos are absolute gold. Rob is a great teacher and very skilled too. So grateful that he puts out such good quality content. 👍

This is great. Y'know what'd make a great short video - a video of you taking a rough board, and working all 6-sides, with no talking, no cuts, no edits. "Recorded live" as it were. These videos are excellent and are the true instructional content, but I'd also like to see a video where you are free to just get on with it as if the camera wasn't there. Partly to get a feel for how long it takes (years upon years of practice notwithstanding, of course), but just to admire a craftsperson at work. You could have occasional captions and/or a voice-over where necessary, and of course link to this video before and after the work is done.

The knowledge you have and share deserves a Nobel prize. Thank you.

Every time I watch one of these, I can’t decide whether to try to improve or simply burn my tools.

Love the blue tape trick for this - my eyes thank you!

Thank you for the series on preparing a piece of lumber. You cannot imagine how helpful this is. Have a great day.

i like to mark any exposed wood with a dry erase or even a marks alot before i take blue tape off (when i use it) that leaves a perfect darkened line to remove that remains clearly visible until even the feather is gone.

I really like that trick with the tape. I switched to progressive lenses which has helped seeing my lines, but the tape will make it so much easier. Thank you!

“…enough to bother me.” I hear you 😊 Thanks for this series Rob, it is very much appreciated. Love the blue tape idea too 👓👍🏼

Precisely done, thanks Rob, another great tutorial! Even with failing eyes, I know that feeling too well.

That has to be the most helpful thing I've watched anywhere. Going to have to try this next time I have a board to plane down..

I found that when I slow down my passes, making sure the blade engages and doesn't skip at the start, I get a smoother, more consistent pass. There are times when I get a "skip" further into the board though. Sharpening seems to help eliminate that issue, as well skewing a bit more seems to help keep the blade engaged.

What's great is that you've covered just about every bit of information here and there I was wondering along the way. A question comes up in my mind and you answer it at some point. One of the best one was the problem with the plane jumping off at the starting edge. I was fighting with that one once and conquered it somehow, that "ah-ha" moment came when you explained it. Thanks!

don't ya just love the sound of a plane zipping through wood?

Another great addition to the training library. Time to study, study, study (= plane, plane, plane). Thanks Rob~!

Always great. I instinctively done most of the things that you cover out of many mistakes yet great to have someone with your knowledge explaining the why and also there are always little gems here and there to help my work. Thanks.

Just have a look at how planing brings out the colour, vibrancy and detail of that timber. And did you see the gloss that sharp blade is giving the timber? Wow!

Can't tell you how glad I am that I have jointer and planer after watching this series. Rob's work is incredible, but I can handle that much time on one board. However, I have recently picked up a couple hand planes and enjoy using them for thing that power tools won't do. Still have a lot to learn with the hand planes but I'm getting there. Thanks Rob.

So good, Rob, thanks! I have been thicknessing by hand for a couple of years, with varying degrees of success. I am going to watch this again, but take notes this time!