"These are just two oil stones, one's coarse, one's fine. I ain't got a clue what grit they are but they work" I love it. Your teaching is simple, to the point and no nonsense

I’ve been using my Stanley No. 5 for over a year and a half and have never really understood how to prepare my chipbreaker. I totally ground it down using the butt as a reference and it fills with debris sooo easily, so I just pulled it back from the front of my blade edge a couple of millimeters and it doesn’t get jammed up anymore. I think what you’re showing here will get me those nice, beautiful curly streamers for plane shavings. Thank you!

The tip about the flex in cap irons is priceless. I have spent a lot of time fettling the edge and checking that it is indeed straight only to have shavings find their way beneath the cap iron anyway. Not all of my planes have this issue but those that do have been a major source of irritation. God only knows how long it would have taken me to spot the problem by chance. Thanks for your videos, well made and packed with valuable information. God bless.

its great to listen to someone not rabbiting on about grit sizes

@Rocketninja200

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Microscopic perfection is a perfect waste of time.

This is outstanding. A light bulb just came on. What a fantastic find. Can't wait to try this. Got yourself a new sub. Thanks much !

Maybe the only video that explains the 'flex' in the chip breaker to the point where "the penny dropped" for me. Well done English Woodworker.

We had just this problem in a forum. The cap iron had been honed flat but was still grabbing chips. This video was posted and solved the problem!

This is so good how could it only have 795 likes?? I can’t wait to give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing.

I love your mime / gesture for "kak handed"!

Thanks sooo much for this rant. I have always wondered how important setting up the cap as well as the iron. Keep the video's coming

Hi Richard. Iv seen a lot of videos in my time and and not only are you good with knowledge but bloody bril at being a comedian. you are simply fresh water on a labour mans spine a very well done me thinks we have another fred dibnar in the wood work world. wonder if the BBC has seen you. Now subscribing.

I am just getting into woodworking and had no idea what a chip breaker even did. this video did an amazing job of explaining it.

Thank you for a great and instructive video. I went straight to the shed and realised that my cap iron was thoughtlessy placed to far away from my cutting iron. I modified it, and your approach turned my motivation from despair to joy when tackling the hickory wood!

@syamalsen5531

Жыл бұрын

You all are omitting the position of bevel side .

This is a must see video. Best explanation I ever got on this matter. So I picked up my least favorite plane. And did precisely what you recommended. This plane juste became a superb gem. So far my other planes are probably by chance just tuned up enough to be okay. Can't wait to have a run a them with this process. Thank you so much!

@29ginad

5 жыл бұрын

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I have followed your advice concerning the chip-breaker set-up.. I find that your advise is spot-on, I purchased a Woodriver No.7 plane, and was plagued with tear-out no mater how I planned.. After watching this post, I got it licked!.. Everyone worries about the flatness of the blade, well, What I found was that the chip-breaker was humped down the middle and would not mate-up to the blade or lever-cap properly. After flattening the chip-breaker and removing its sharp-edge and replacing it with a small bull-nose, made all the difference in the world.. I am now 98% tear-out-free... I believe that putting the Bull-nose on the chip-breaker really breaks those fibers so much better than that knife-edge it originally came with.. Like you, I set the chip-breaker at about 1/64th to 1/32nd of an inch back from the blade-edge and get some pretty-sweet-shavings and a great flat-surface... Thanks for your sharing of your knowledge, many hands make lite work!

Thanks for these videos! Lots of great tips, and I appreciate your sense of humor! I will be adjusting the camber on my smoother and preparing the cap iron a bit more carefully after washing these two about cap irons.

KZread classic series :) Insights that other similar videos fail to deliver. And precision "within a Gnat's nadger", even if you're "a bit kack handed". :)

Absolutely amazing 🤝

As usual BS free. I could listen to these videos everyday...no pressure ;) You talked me through this at the first EWS. Since then this has been a real game changer for me. Are you showing there this year? Keep up the great work, cheers.

@TheEnglishWoodworker

9 жыл бұрын

J Blako Thanks J, I'm not sure if we're showing this year but we are hoping to make it along and enjoy looking round ourselves. We've shown every year it's been on but I've never had the time to look round!

A very Interesting and helpful video. Thanks Richard

I really enjoy your channel. Great content. Keep up the good work! So happy that I came across your channel! Greetings from Vienna!

Good video. Really enjoyed it!

fantastic help love your videos. if you want a giggle watch the video with subtitles on

@TheEnglishWoodworker

9 жыл бұрын

aarontash Thanks for that, had a quick look, "Kimberley's fourteen tea bags"??

I just watched your last video which was really great! and I'm just about to enjoy this one. Would high angle blade achieve the same thing as a well set cap iron please? for example a blade with a 50 degree bevel on low angle (bevel up) jack plane. Thanks

Cheers for the reply Rich, I've ordered one of the AI butt chisels so will have a go with that. I do have an old Marples that I inherited from my uncle, which has been sharpened that much it's almost a butt... Definitely have a go with one of the SW if you get a chance, I think they are definitely a competitor to back to one of the "premium" planes I tried up at Axminster recently.

Another useful video. thx.

2:05 This is what I did initially. And of course the chip breaker "opened up" when I tightened it. It clogged right away haha. Thankfully its a cheap kobalt no. 4 but it does a pretty good job.

hi there great video thanks I have an issue with a plane I picked up fairly cheap it's all amazing condition but that chip breaker doesn't look square any tips for getting it square and also the edge an even thickness all along ?

What type of stones are those? Nice vid! Thanks for sharing. I like your down to earth attitude to woodworking, keep me coming mate :)

Another brilliant video, I really admire your no nonsense, straight to the point, no frills style. Are you going to be at the north England woodworking show in Harrogate this coming November? I'd love to meet you in person to shake your hand and have a natter, I'm sure it would be a good laugh and im bound to learn something. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to Sunday's follow up video.

@TheEnglishWoodworker

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Starbuck Hi Daniel, I'd love to natter, I'm not sure just yet if we're going... I haven't planned quite that far ahead but will keep you posted.

i bought a used hand plane the other day and the cap iron had never been taken off i think. The edge was rounded over and chipped and dull. no wonder i kept getting bad shavings while planing

This is interesting and also a bit relaxing. (It reminds me Bob Ross's videos in some sense :)

@LaoZi2023

2 жыл бұрын

Bob Ross has always put me to sleep, no matter how hard I try to stay awake. So far, The English Woodworker has not put me to sleep! He is very engaging.

Great video, I am looking forward to part 2. Just out of curiosity, what is the spray lubricant you are using. It almost looks like WD-40.

@TheEnglishWoodworker

9 жыл бұрын

harley75us Yep, it's just good old WD. I use anything to hand, I'm not too picky.

Eyup Rich, just got the new Stanley Sweetheart, and it's the first time ever the cap iron fits perfect "straight out the box". Love the videos mate, and I'm learning loads so keep up the good work. One thing, what type of chisel do you have in the rebates video?

@TheEnglishWoodworker

9 жыл бұрын

derek4dragons Cheers Derek, there's a first time for everything! I might have to have a little look at those Sweethearts. The chisels I believe if I'm remembering correctly, are the Ashley Ilses butt chisels, they're the nicest user chisel I've ever come across.

Can you address the chip breaker on diamond sharpening plate instead of oil stones?

Hey, I have seen every single video on how to prepare a chip breaker but it just doesn't work. The blade is either convexed, concaved, bent to the side or everything at the same time. I even tried it with sandpaper, glued to a piece of glass because I wasn't sure if my stones were flat enough, but same results!! Is there an unholy demon in my cap iron? Should I call a priest?

You mentioned that you never saw a chip breaker that came out perfect from a box, you probably never held a Lie Nielsen hand plane in your hand, I'm guessing. Good video for the rest of us who can't afford a Lie Nielsen plane...

Your videos are all pretty quiet. Just fyi. My phone is on max and it's still a whisper! Keep up the good vids.

Get some light!!

i never ise cap iron on my planes

Why does the back wall look like there should be a barber and a baker grinding people into meat pies on the other side of the room?

I'm so surprised that Cack-Handed is in the dictionary.