Simplify Wood Plane Adjustments with Newton - Throwback Thursday
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Published 2022-07-07
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All Comments (21)
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It was at a medieval museum village in Germany. I once saw an old carpenter using continental style European hand planes and I can tell that adjusting these things is much faster than with any adjusting screw. ... Because there are no screws to mess around. The adjustments he did were done by just tapping the plane against the work table. No hammer needed. I had to look carefully otherwise I would had overlooked his adjusting tapping at all between planing strokes. True carftmanship ...
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Not only WorthEffort but also worth watching. Thanks a lot!
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I really need to get one and give it a shot. I cheat and use an electric plane but I dream of being the cool hand tool guy. It looks so much more rewarding.
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Seeing how they adjusted their planes makes us appreciate museum pieces more
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I much prefer wooden planes, but they are also much more common than metal planes where I'm from.
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An excellent video as always. A simple and effective technique.
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Great instruction.
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Good video. Years ago I got a wooden hand plane from a participant on the rec.woodworking Usenet (yes, I’m old) forum who started building and selling them for a few years. I still have my Knight Steelworks hand plane and it still performs well. He was building them with Hock blades; great steel.
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It's just as easy or even more easy than the metal planes. Sometimes I don't even use a hammer. a piece of wood or even the bench top or the vice handle works too.
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Hock makes excellent blades and chip breakers. I noticed the difference in my smoothing plane.
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I was watching you well before 2018 so i have already seen this video, but i liked it then and i have given it another like this time, but i am not watching it as i need to catch up with all the other videos i watch
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Thanks for sharing those tips!
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that was a great explanation. I was hesitant to do this myself when I have so many metal planes with mechanical adjusters. But I do have the itch to make my own now....;-0
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If you ever look at really well used Japanese handplanes the top of the blade is mushroomed sometimes and that's really something that doesn't bother them in the slightest so I think it's strange that people think it's bad.
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Sound advice.
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I picked up a couple of old metal planes that top edge of the blade was mushroomed. All I can think is that someone was use to adjusting the plane with a hammer. I left it alone because as you said it really effects nothing. Besides it’s part of the history of the plane. So why mess with it.
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Thanks Shawn, Any plans to make a video (or two) on making your krenov style plane?
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Great video. Since I'm a beginner at using a Hand plane which one do I order? I'm looking forward to ordering the kit from Hock tools!
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Do you have a video on how to make wooden hand planes?
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Not hitting the blade? What? Since when? There's also the Japanese, who (guess what) hit their plane blades with a friggin' metal hammer. And supposedly those are mystic, secret ninja powered masters (or somesuch). Best tip to get the wooden plane working is of course getting the bed right. That's it. Oh, and a correct, Krenov style pin / wedge holder.
