Love the video...even if it is over 6 years old. :) To be clear for your future viewers, the technique used to remove the iron is based on inertia (not action-reaction); the iron and wedge tend to remain at rest, while, when struck with an impulse (the hammer), the body moves very quickly (faster than the friction force will compensate). While the two concepts are related, they are distinct; students should know that. :)

Great video!

Just bought a very old one £5 ! (Alexander Mathison) he had a company in Glasgow Scotland 1821. Its a bit beaten and bruised but after a few hours of cleaning, sharpening and just plain staring at it in wonderment! I used my first Joiner Plane! What a tool, a dream to use. I can plane a straight edge at last. Cant stop, got to get some more glue !. Many thanks for a great vid. Picked up a good couple of tips. Cheers and Happy days.

Well done.

I enjoy your videos. I'm an experienced woodworker, but we can alway learn more.

verry helpful

Very well presented tutorial ,I've just picked up my first antique plane and I've never used one so found your video very helpful Cheers Tim from Wood 4 Nothing

@davidlee2822

3 жыл бұрын

Terrific! Your knowledge is rare and really needed. I've learned so much in this 10-minute presentation. Thank you for being willing to be videoed for the Internet. That takes courage! I would really like to make this 18th-century jointer planer. Your students are really blessed to have you for a teacher. I've had to pick up info where I could. With so much appreciation, David

Nice video! Bill Anderson seems like a great teacher

@WoodAndShop

9 жыл бұрын

KingNast Yes, a great teacher and an even better person.

Very nice video and education!!

@WoodAndShop

9 жыл бұрын

Andreas M Thanks Andreas!

thanks! i'll be trying this as soon as i finish bringing my wooden jointer back into shape.

@WoodAndShop

9 жыл бұрын

Willem Kossen Sounds great. The DVD will certainly help with refurbishing jointer planes also.

A well done instructional video! Thanks

@WoodAndShop

9 жыл бұрын

Maine Homesteaders Glad you enjoyed it!

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Would you say wood planers are good enough for a hobby wood worker, or should I just buy metal?

@WoodAndShop

6 жыл бұрын

Most welcome. You can certainly figure it out as a hobby woodworker.

@HondoTrailside

5 жыл бұрын

I made my own wooden planes starting around 1980, when you more or less needed to figure it out yourself. I made some mistakes, but the planes worked great anyway, and I still use some of those planes today. I would say that the only advantage I can see in metal bench planes is that they hold their reference better in a situation where you have wild changes in climate, but even that is not much of a problem, and some of those climate change type situations will rust a metal planes badly. But say a basement shop with central heating can swing a lot yet a metal plane will be fine there. I have lots of wooden planes and only two of them move much at all. So even that isn't a huge problem.

What happens when the blade is flat (without camber)?

I was looking for the info on the mallet mass required for jointer adjustment. Now I know. Circa 0.5 kg.