Hi Paul. I just wanted to thank you for being such an inspirational teacher. I attended one of your weekend courses at Penrhyn Castle back in 2014 and it really opened my eyes to the fact I wanted to make a change in my life. While I wasn't in a position to do so right then and there when my wife and I moved back to New Zealand at the end of 2015, I decided to make a change and at the age of 46, became an adult apprentice carpenter. Now, fully qualified, I get to enjoy building and renovating residential houses here in Auckland. I enjoy getting to work outdoors every day and actually creating something with my bare hands. If not for your kind advice and thought-provoking conversation, I might still be in a dead-end office job, I just wanted you to know how much you are changing people's lives with what you do. Thank you. Adrian.

@philmull3877

3 жыл бұрын

You are an inspiration by yourself sir

@newtonmiller8810

3 жыл бұрын

Well done, although I enjoy my office job, yes I really do, I can see and appreciate what you have done. I never had the courage to do what you did. Hats off to you from an Aussie!

@sweetriver9063

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on taking the step for yourself!:)

WOW.. I so appreciate your master abilities.. I am 69 and like the refining of my skills I get here.. Just a bit better then I used to be.. always a good thing.. thanks my friend!

1:55 "bad engineering by somebody at Stanley" If there is anything I've learned from watching these videos, it's that the tools that I inhherited form my father hold way more secrets than I could have figured out for myself. A company like stanley doesn't do "bad engineering", pretty much everything is done for a purpose. If you see the same "mistake" on every tool then it's probably not a mistake, it's a feature that you don't understand yet. Learning about these things is half the fun!

@scottmartin7717

3 жыл бұрын

A company like Stanley *didn't* do bad engineering.

@davidrustylouis6818

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottmartin7717 absolutely true, & is really a shame.

@ugaladh

3 жыл бұрын

I understand the reason for the blade to be slightly wider than the sole, but man do I get a lot of minor finger cuts when using my rabbet plane. you'd think i'd learn to just wrap the ends of my fingers with some of that protective tape first.

@davidrustylouis6818

3 жыл бұрын

@@ugaladh Ikr, the very same happens to me. You could tell that I've been using my rabbet plane by the random short cuts on my fingers from adjusting the fence, the blade, the throat opening....it's as if it is inevitable that I'll cut myself at some point when using that plane. I still very much enjoy using it though.

Just got a Stanley #75. First stop was your how-to-use video. Second stop is here. Different make but same idea 😊

I had one sitting is a drawer for the past 20 or so years. I set it up per your instructions and it works beautifully! Thank you very much!

Thank you Mr Sellers.

Hi there from Portugal, Nice info :D Obrigado(Thanks)

Thanks Paul. We had our broadband upgraded recently so I'm now able to view the video at the higher resolutions. Thanks for providing such high quality video. Terrific to be able to see all the parts of the plane so clearly in explanations like this.

I see I'm not the only one that sometimes has trouble replacing the blade on this plane. Quite versatile. I can use it as a shoulder plane, a rabbet plane, and a small block plane in tight spots. Thanks Paul & team. ps: getting closer to 500,000 subs !

ive often had trouble with these. thanks again paul

Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge sir! Much appreciated. George

Thank you Mr. Sellers for all these videos. As a brand new aspiring woodworker your videos are the best I've seen online and I appreciate that you cover all aspects of woodworking from the wood itself to all the different tools. They're so informative and well done that it makes me far more confident to enter the world of woodworking.

I always have one at the bottom of my toolbox, they can be troublesome little things though, particularly if there are knots about ! as a chisel plane they aren’t much good,they are so short they try to dive, I find difficulty putting enough pressure on the heel to stop that, I just use a chisel.

Fantastic, Paul! Thanks a lot! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

I'm simply here as I can't remember the angles to sharpen my bullnose I've not used in a long time. I've slightly adjusted profession but as a site chippy I would always remove the nose to shoot the bottom of a door in that's still hanging rather than whip it off it's hinges, came in very useful!!😃

Mine is the No78, Stanley model. Not as refined as yours but seems to work well enough. I have found that when setting it up, rounding off the top corners of the blade very slightly helps it preventing the iron digging in (it has to be wider than the body of the plane like you pointed out). And when I adjust the iron for depth of cut I sight from the rear end of the plane and set the iron level with the sole with just a little of the bevel showing. It's great for precision shaping too. Mine used to be my dads, who had model making ambitions that he never got around to. But it should have been great for that. It can be used like a precision spokeshave.

Great video, thank you Sir!!!

I love your videos.

Thank you Paul for this video and the many others you have done on tuning up tools for hand woodworking. You have provided me and many others with the knowledge needed to move from frustrating work with hand tools to smooth and efficient use of those tools.

Thanks Paul! I’ve been power tool woodworking for several years now, but I’m trying to get into hand tools. I recently bought a #4 Stanley sweetheart plane and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to set it up and use it… I’ve been hoping that you’ll do a setup and use video for it one day as it seems to be quite different from a regular #4.

thanks...good info

Hi paul, Did you know about the small grub screw on the underside of the top part at the nose end, thats for use to keep the mouth set inplace and to stop it closing up in twisted grain.

@davidrustylouis6818

3 жыл бұрын

& possibly from slamming into the blade when adjusting the mouth opening.

I was taught to treat a bullnose plane just like a shoulder plane, since it's technically, a copy of a shoulder plane with an extension to the "nose" or toe. Great video, cheers :)

I do not currently own one of these gems, but I do own a Veritas medium shoulder plane. What can I do with this plane that I cannot do with my shoulder plane?

The 'Paul Sellers effect' is now rippling through online selling platforms of awesome tools.

I've always struggled with these. I have one but find I can't use it. If I start in the middle of the rebate like Paul did then I'm not planing the first half, and if I pull the plane then I'm going against the grain and get tear out. The nose is too short to start at the front of the rebate as there's no lead up. I haven't yet figured out where it fits in with how I work. I'd like to though.

@paulsellers7953

3 жыл бұрын

Starting in the middle and pushing into the cut so that you feather into the rebate will put a super-shallow incline that is indetectable. The set needs to be perfect before the plane will work well. `persevere and you will win.

What you should’ve also said, when you shoot the plane down a machined rebate the finish will be cut much better. Especially someone at your skill level that passes the plane with one single shoot….. is it spelled chute, not shoot? I often wonder, any advice please 🙏

What was the word you used for the hard sharp edge? The Irish?iris?

Lovely video, now I don't wanna tell granny how to suck eggs... I'm a carpenter/joiner of 30 years, I'm 44 now I've actually been picking up tools since the age if 2, I served a fluke awesome apprenticeship with an old stool chippy, when I was 16 he was 63, he told me never to knock the plane on timber like half way in you should always come in from the end, as with every time your crashing the plane against the blade which is just peeping proud of the sole your potentially knocking it back (out of set) and will dull the blade quicker.. I know your probably just doing this for demo purposes... I admire your worship with wonderful tools.. do you own a compass plane? Always wanted one such lovely tools...😃

I have one of these and set about getting it up to working order. I found that a screw that holds the cap iron/chip diverter device in place seems stripped. I can't determine the thread and am finding it tough to find a replacement. Any help? And thanks, Paul, for your great videos!!

@kg3225

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve found all the old Stanley stuff used proprietary thread pitches/sizes. In the past I’ve always had to drill out the hole (make it large enough that it completely removes the old threading). Then you have to re thread it with a tap and just get a new screw that is similar in size/shape. It’s worked great the couple of times I have had to do it. Hunting down those old parts is just almost impossible unless it was a really common tool (which this is not).

@cfbarnett

2 жыл бұрын

@@kg3225 Yes, that is what I ended up doing. Went with a poor choice of screw and thread size. Learned after I did that and talk to a guy who knows a lot more than me, that the number sizes of screws, for example #6, #8, #10, etc., are going away. I tapped the whole out to 12-24 thread. But finding a knurled bolt was tough. Did find a place and ordered three. Shipping was three times the cost of the screws I ordered.

Hi l have just watched your video in Plane Restoration from a few years back. I have a Stanley Bailey No4 which I am overhauling at the moment. I have found that the pin that holds the Yoke to the Frog is missing. My question is whether this "pin" is a screw or a roll pin, and how do I obtain one? Thank you.

@paulsellers7953

3 жыл бұрын

It's neither, it's just a mild steel pin peened over.

Great tool, a pity they are so incredibly expensive:(

@davidrustylouis6818

3 жыл бұрын

They are great tools. I bought an antique Stanley #90 on eBay several years ago for around $75 U.S. & it works great though I'm sure they cost a good bit more now. Also thought I'd mention that I got a brand new premium bullnose plane from Veritas & it works wonderfully. The Veritas one is about one fifth larger than the old Stanley 90. I believe the Veritas bullnose costs around $180 U.S. so you're absolutely correct, they're very expensive. I had to save up for the Veritas one. Hope you're able to get one or already have one. Peace.

@nickharrison7281

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidrustylouis6818 I shall count myself very lucky then....my younger brother sent me one a couple of years ago because he thought "it might come in useful".....he was correct by the way!!

@davidrustylouis6818

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickharrison7281 that's always great to get an expensive & relatively rare but highly useful tool...esp if it's antique. Congratulations.

So I've got a Stanley of this type and the base (part holding the blade) is not co-planar with the nose part - it sticks out past the nose.

@paulsellers7953

3 жыл бұрын

It's not supposed to be coplanar because when you offer the plane to the work the blade creates a stepdown where the transition from one level allows the plane to be seated at the two points before and after the cut soi that the plane is always fully seated on the wood.

@jensdavidsen4557

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulsellers7953 interesting...I suppose this is because the blade comprises the entire width of the plane while bench planes have body on either side of the blade. This step seems to dictate that one can only take a shaving of one single thickness...the thickness of the step for if your blade protrudes less than the step so as to take a finer shaving, the plane will bump on the edge and you'll create a taper...protrude the blade beyond the step and you'll also get a taper right?

hello, how could i work with you? we provide fasteners and tools like screwdriver, vernie caliper, corner clamps etc.

thanks, what model would you suggest ?

@newtonmiller8810

3 жыл бұрын

Lee Valley have a great one, if you want new, or Stanley second hand

@goldendogwoodworks6675

3 жыл бұрын

@@newtonmiller8810 thanks, off to eBay I go,

@SAHBfan

3 жыл бұрын

Record made a few different versions which seem to be reasonably common and good quality. Model 77 looks just like the one here - but there was also a 76 and 75 which were a bit different.

@RueFondary

3 жыл бұрын

Paul is using a Stanley 90 I believe (and which I'd recommend too). The version with an extended front plate which makes it into a better shoulder plane is called the Stanley 93 (There is also a 92, which is a narrower version of the 92, but which doesn't have a bullnose version IIRC). The only difference between the 93 and 90 is the front plate, everything else is interchangeable.

@goldendogwoodworks6675

3 жыл бұрын

@@RueFondary thank you

Some people uughh!