Thanks for sharing. This is an good project to start for someone like me who is just starting woodworking. Question : is there anything you do/need to do to make the arm square with the block? Or does it not matter, and doesn't have to be exactly 90deg?

Nice! Jorgensen trigger squeeze clamps have built-in interlocking heads feature to connect 2 clamps.

I really like your approach to everything you do!

I really like your approach to everything you do!

Thanks!

Have the drawer bottoms split yet, because you didn't allow for expansion… You nailed them in place…!!

The sandpaper dulls directionally. The individual granules dull on the cutting side, but they have sharp edges on their other sides. When it gets slower, go to the other side of the bench and go at it. You'll see that it cuts a lot better. When it gets dull in that direction, try from the sides. Just remember to never extend the plane sole over the edge of the plate to avoid creating a concave surface (even though it is much more likely to create a convex surface).

I went to a granite countertop shop and asked if I could buy some scraps. They just pointed me to their dumpster and said 'Help yourself". Of course, a 1.5" thick countertop-grade granite slab will not be as flat as a Starrett laboratory grade surface plate, but it's a lot cheaper and is certainly good enough for woodworking tools and certainly more rigid than a half inch plate of glass. When I'm not using my granite stones to flatten or straighten things, they are handy weights to hold things while the glue dries, or really straight and stiff clamping cauls. I have a 12" x 3" piece that I use to level frets on my ukuleles and cigar box guitars. They have no radius to the fretboards so this works out perfectly.

Excellent video Thanks for sharing

Great video

this is the best explanation that i've come across as a newcomer

youre the only video i found that made this make sense, thank you

Very useful video 👌 thank you ❤️

He clamped the clamps, the answer was clamps all along!

Great video! I will try to make one myself. Where can I find the template please? Thank you very much!

Best hand planing guide on the internet? 👏

Thank you for cutting through right to the point. I've watched countless videos on mixing the dry ingredient with water only to be left in the dark about consistency and time to let it gel. Thank you for your straightforward teaching.

some people dont appreciate just how much handholding a novice requires. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Rozaieski! An excellent tip video! Another good tip, if needed, is use valve lapping compound between the frog and the body. If the frog tips or wobbles on the body valve lapping compound can 'fit' them together. I use Permatex 80036 Valve Grinding Compound, if needed, to seat the frog to the body.

thanks

I'm having a really hard time understanding the geometry of how a plane actually flattens the wood. If you shift your weight to the back at some point, wouldn't that still also cause the blade to cut slightly more into the wood, since the other pivot point is right infront of the blade?

Urgent message for Bob. We are glad you are back. Now we need to get access to your podcast episodes. I'm in a woodworking group online with many interested. Way?

I just started using a #4 to plane the surface of a small table I am making with alder, using spline joints of sapele. My plan is to make the understructure from sapele as well. My electric planer can handle those but it's only 13" wide which is why I moved to a hand planer. I started on the underside of the table so I could hide my mistakes while I learn. Thank you for this video it helped out tremendously.

So much nicer than 3D printed! Reminds me of my grandfathers shop - nothing was wasted.😊

Glad you're back!

Good stuff, Mr R! Room for both kinds of tools in this craft

Happy to see you back! Will happily suffer through the noise of machines in wait for the hand tools work.

I like that you’re using hide glue! That’s my favorite

Love the explanation, hadn’t thought about the progression from hand tool to chisel to hand plane! Thanks for sharing!!

I don't know why you expect hate mail, I do stuff like this all the time, my biggest frustration in my man-cave is time wasted looking for things, when I prefer to put my hand on what I want, when I want. I guess that makes me a shop nerd. You just motivated me to collect a few wood pallets from down the road, break them up and make some more boxes. Love your work. 🇦🇺👍

Awesome

no hate mail here!

that totaly makes sense

that looks super good. Only way youll get a perfect fit is do it yourself haha.

well its a great idea for sorting nails and screws and such personally i repurpose the empty plastic cylinder containers that are used to store depakine (a family member uses it so i said why not make that useful)

Like I like the boxes you made but thats a whole lot of work when you could just buy some plastic ones for less than 10 dollars

Bob, thank you, thank you, thank you. I started wood working almost 18 months ago, and 4 months ago, I decided to buy my first hand plane ever, ended up getting Woodriver 5 1/2 Jack Plane, which I love so much, better than regular sanding and you are the first person, that described how to tight the lever cap as 99% of other videos, just saiid: tight enough so it pushes the blade down, but how much tightness? Nobody explained it at all except you. I was having difficulties advancing the blade because I super tightened it or it was too loose (a lot of backlash) and after using your 3 fingers only screwing technique, my hand plane started shaving off curls down to 1 thou or less. Again, thank you so much. 😄 This may sound like minor detail but as you said, proper tightness of the lever cap will affect blade cuts and lateral adjustments, no matter how sharp the blade is, so I wonder how come most videos ignore its importance, humm …🤔

Wow! This looks really interesting. I'm looking forward to your hand tool videos.

I wasn't bothered by the jointer/planer or tablesaw, really. I was rather disappointed though in the pneumatic nailer used for boxes to hold cut nails. 😂 Great stuff as always Bob. Good to see you posting again, thanks!!!

Eew…box joints…boo! [How's that?]

Never thought I would see the day. Have you started a woodworking business?

Always a pleasure to see you work old friend. You are the reason I do hand tool work with wood. Thank you!

You do what makes sense. - Chris

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Good Explenation

I'm amazed by this leasons. I'll push it to the Brazilian hobbiests and show them your leasons.

Outstanding work! You are very talented.

This was such a thorough and helpful video and straight to the point, thank you ❤

Why did you leave the piece in the middle free to move rather than make rebates on the side to keep it from sliding up and down ? Does this serve a purpose?

Best video on KZbin that describes this. So many things casually mentioned that is absolutely genius or at least very pragmatic. Thank you!