A Helping Hand - THE UNPLUGGED WOODSHOP

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Flattening the back of a hand tool can be hard work. With nothing to hold onto, tools that require a lot of attention on a sharpening stone can be a daunting task.
I decided to build a shop made tool that will help in this task. All you'll need is a reclaimed hand plane knob, a Rare Earth Magnet and a bit of epoxy to keep it all together.
You can find more about hand tools and wood working at the Unplugged Woodshop website.
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[@carlogle6207]

Making one . Nicely done.

[@flash7355]

Just built one It works great for me. Thanks a lot, saving my fingers from aching.

[@gaynorjasonjack]

Great video, Thanks

[@josephkerley363]

Great idea! Nicely executed.

[@phillipyeager3176]

Outstanding.

[@davidgendron1953]

That is one tall knob lol. Good idea for the helping hand... Japanese use a long piece of flat wood that is longer than the blade to be sharpen so when laid flat on top of the blade(plane or chisel) they have one hand on either side of the stone and can apply quite a bit of pressure for the initial flattering.... Happy to see a video of you at work!

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

the knob is tall...from an old German made plane.

[@pauloaten]

@@theUnpluggedWoodshop ah yes - one with the over-engineered depth adjusting ratchet? I have one!

[@con-f-use]

I use a switchable grounding magnet (originally for welding) on which I have replaced the thumb wheel for switching the magnet by a beefy wood handle.

[@juanchipesoa5596]

Muy lindo y muy ingenioso!!!! 👏👏👏

[@raysmith1992]

Thanks for this, I have an old file handle and some small very strong magnets so will give it a try.

[@MrBassjan]

Great idea! Really love the music (maybe because I know what it is about)

[@thegreatestjose]

MrBassjan what’s the title of the song?

[@MrBassjan]

Jose Garcia oh, i was mistaking a bit. Someone i Know played it as an intro to another song, but it's the funeral march of Chopin :)

[@randypowell4799]

That is to cool. Thanks

[@adamking4090]

Very clever

[@neilatkinson174]

Do you have any suggestions or tips for sharpening gouges, good sir?

[@oakleyjack7600]

Your guitar leaning on the wall was weeping thru the whole piano solo ! Show it some Love !

[@DarrylHebbes]

Only one problem, the metal take off is not being washed away but will be magnetically drawn back to the surface, which may affect the quality of the grind

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

the magnet isn't that strong that it affected anything.

[@DarrylHebbes]

Ok nice... else I love the idea.

[@flash7355]

..and finish without magnet just like ordinary polishing holding with your fingers no problem for me yet.

[@bigmacca99]

It said this was blocked my sme in my country before? What was that about?

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

It was something about the music violating copyright laws in certain countries. I had to change the soundtrack-; )

[@androidgameplays4every13]

That's the problem with diamond plates, you have to push them really hard to remove material, for flattening the back of a chisel perhaps low grit sand paper on glass could be a better choice.

[@OneBlueLagoon]

If I might be so bold, I would personally take this idea and finish the face of the magnet with something grippy, like Sugru or maybe Plastidip, so I could gain just a little extra traction and also avoid marring the finish in any way. But, I've gotten real lazy since I discovered my neighbor has a Tormek... :|

[@HeavyOpera1]

Great idea and good video, as always. But....Much prefer your music, Tom.

[@marcin0208]

great vid, but why Chopin's funeral march? :)

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

ha! because of the chisel....not really. I originally uploaded it with another track but it was a copyright infringement in some countries. I had to change it and this was about the same length as the video...I like it.

[@davidstephenson3615]

should have picked something by Handel :)

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

originally it was an upbeat piece by Glenn Gould...

[@groundhogssplit]

With the opening bars I initially thought of Nirvana's 'Something in the Way' :)

[@groundhogssplit]

LOL! Or the Australian band, Cold Chisel.

[@hasanzakeri8708]

Do you seriously have a Persian carpet in your shop?!!!

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

LOL- we used to... the shop moved since this video.

[@steverochon1620]

Are your guitar calluses so thick that it's no issue to run your finger tips over the rasp. Oooowwww!

[@rpnp2]

I use one of those Magswitch welding magnets a lot for a handle.

[@rick91443]

Wife was sewing hems on curtains beside me and suddenly thought my watching woodworking videos a pretty good thing. She also loves playing the piano...Great to see you back Tom...cheers...rr in normandy

[@sheslop888]

Very nice. I came up with the same idea. The one I made is a small rectangular piece of wood with two magnets in the bottom. I like the more robust handle on yours. Mine does have a larger surface area, which I think spreads the pressure better on the tool that you're sharpening. And, mine, even with the two magnets, can slide around on the tool that you're trying to hold onto. Maybe I need to experiment with some stronger magnets. I had plane blades in mind when I made mine, but I think a smaller one for small chisels might be a good addition.

[@pauloaten]

brilliant! why didn't I think of that? I'm gonna make one and use it when flattening my plane blades. Thank you!

[@brucestuart8180]

Brilliant!!! I new there had to be a better way. I had some times used a block as David Finck suggests in his book about wooden handplanes, but doesn't work well in all situations. Maybe I'll drop by the unplugged woodshop sometime and see the genuine article, I love it! Cheers

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

Thanks Bruce!

[@clemmcguinness1087]

Excellent. Great idea. Thank you

[@caigner]

Great idea! I also have to make myself a helping hand(le). :-)

[@TheOlsonOutfit]

Brilliant!

[@wlial]

I liked that, Tom! Good thinking! 👏

[@rweait]

Fabulous!

[@tbayboater]

Isn’t that tune “The Funeral March”?

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

yes it is...

[@Controvena]

Amazing tip! Thanks

[@SurfcastingVideo]

welcome back

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

thanks!

[@tomas6700]

Yeah Tom. Your KZbin presence is important.

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thank you Tom.

[@theUnpluggedWoodshop]

my pleasure!

[@cactikev9685]

Great idea, also loved the background music - goes so well with what you do!

[@gunterschone8402]

Nice video, Tom. Not bad the helper. I really like this idea. Especially long you can edit the mirror side, if you want to rework old used chisel new. I once bought Japanese (10'er set) chisel, which may indeed be revised first workable. Mirror side, sharpen blade, etc. I needed 13 hours for the set. :-)