Just found your channel today. Ive been watching woodworking videos for the better part of a year. Finally decided to dip my toes into it. Your videos protray such a more achievable expectation for me instead of watching these guys who have these massive shops with thousands of dollars worth of tools. Im sitting here with my cheap entry level tools going "how the hell am I supposed to do these things without investing a ton of money into what is essentially a hobby right now. Your videos make my problem seem a lot more solvable than i originally thought.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm definitely one of those guys that's been doing this long enough to have a big shop with significant machine/tool investments. BUT, I like to focus on the basic knowledge needed to solve the problems - not "THIS is the best tool, bet you wish you could have one too."
@B_COOPER9 ай бұрын
Look up Paul Sellers, he’s exclusively traditional but I don’t know a better woodworker to recommend for beginners.
@chrisschmitt3860 Жыл бұрын
I use a Rali block planes in my cabinet shop for the obvious odd tasks. Always sharp, no maintenance, easy, cheap, and give great results. No time for tedious sharpening. Love them.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
They’re super handy for just that reason.
@christopherharrison6724 Жыл бұрын
I must admit have a number 10 with changeable blades but still go old school
@MemphisCorollaS Жыл бұрын
I agree with you on how deep and broad the hand plane rabbet hole goes😊. I’ve really enjoyed that new part of my woodworking journey for about a year and a half from guys like Rex Krueger, James Wright, and Paul Sellers, but I’ve been making rough carpentry grade projects off and on since I was a teenager. This is a hobby and a kind broadening journey on purpose for me. If I had never built a thing and had no tools as a beginner, then my time, money, and limited attention span pre-hyper fixation would be best spent on affordable, available, and low learning curve tools to start building some projects. If someone starts realizing how much they don’t know about even how much they don’t know about a thing, then they’re more likely to become too hesitant to even take a single step. Paralysis by analysis is a real struggle for many. Glad I recently found your channel, especially since I think we’re in the same part of Tennessee. Hoping to see more great stuff from you in 2024!
@degendad1066 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Hand planing can get confusing especially with how much info and products in the market. This simplifies everything! You are awesome!
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful!
@calleeharris4182 Жыл бұрын
I always like watching you use your hand planes. Good info on this often used tool!
@afroblue94277 ай бұрын
Great advise, great discussion, and tips! I own 3 of them, just learning! Thanks for the tips and great showing quick uses!
@FearsomeWarrior Жыл бұрын
Years ago I started watching some German woodworking channels and eventually crossover videos from them led me to more European countries. Saw RALI planes being used by French channels. Before that I saw them on Advanced Machinery. They are the guys I bought my Hegner scrolls back in 1991. I still buy blades from them. If you are curious about European woodworking channels you only need to search using the translated words for DIY and woodworking for the language you want.
@WoodWorksKentucky Жыл бұрын
Great video! I have been wanting to get some hand planes but was unsure of where to start. This was a huge help and will be ordering the RALI products. Thanks for all you do to educate us!!
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Happy I was able to help! There’s a code in the description to save 10%, I don’t get any kickbacks or anything. It’s just for you 😊
@RexKrueger Жыл бұрын
I'm totally into the high-tech construction and innovative controls of these tools. The only thing I don't like is the disposable blades. I feel like woodworkers need to sharpen. I mean, everyone needs sharp chisels, right? Good video. Really enjoyed it.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
They make chisels too... but yeah, I know. Like, I'm a straight razor guy. Sharpening is a bridge that's gotta get crossed at some point. If they had a resharpenable blade option too somehow, I think it'd be unstoppable.
@RexKrueger Жыл бұрын
@@YouCanMakeThisToo i totally agree. Make a resharpenable version with all the high tech features and that's a killer product.
@rrs19129 ай бұрын
I was convinced and bought one…. It is just GREAT…. I could never master the sharpening process. From the box it shaved perfect paper thin…
@YouCanMakeThisToo9 ай бұрын
Glad you're enjoying it!
@danielspangler13 Жыл бұрын
So forgive me if you've been asked this before, but what are the blue squares you have on your wall, and where could I find some of my own? Awesome video btw, this is the first video I've seen from you, and I'm already hooked. Can't wait to explore the channel.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
It's Wall Control
@robert.brokaw3829 Жыл бұрын
I have always felt if you can't do things in small increments (using hand tools) you will never have the quality of any piece you are working on. Great context video.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Very true. For the best quality work you really wanna sneak up on each joint.
@JohnScharwath Жыл бұрын
These look super interesting!
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
I think so too!
@Erth11 ай бұрын
🎉 Fantastic explanation!
@YouCanMakeThisToo11 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😃
@Goalsplus Жыл бұрын
Every time I see someone joint an edge with a plane I wish I had their ability to maintain a perfect 90 degree angle to the face. Amazing people.
@tektrixter Жыл бұрын
Until you get the feel for it, use a small square against the sole of the plane and the side of the board. I've not used a plane yet, but that is how I would learn. I think there is also a longer version of a shooting board that could help.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
It's definitely a feel thing.. after enough time eventually it just kind of clicks. That said, if I know an edge isn't square I have to keep checking and re-checking as I go to bring it square. But once it's close, muscle memory just does its thing.
@MCsCreations Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the tips, Caleb! 😊 I hope something like that gets here to Brazil! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I hope so too!
@edwardliu1154 Жыл бұрын
Im tempted to buy these after collectimg a couple regular planes and a couple of successively better honing guides and getting mediocre results!
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Tell me about it! I love traditional planes but it took me forever and a good chunk in diamond plates, the veritas jig, and quite a few hours before I had a handle on them. The RALI will have you running out of the box. Doesn’t quite have the same romance, but can’t argue with the results.
@mariushegli Жыл бұрын
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@tektrixter Жыл бұрын
What can a traditional plane do that these cannot? You mentioned that traditional planes can have the iron at positions/angles, is that ever beneficial vs square?
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Nothing. You can skew the blade to help bring an unsquare edge to square.. but it's just a different technique. With the blade square you'd just use hand position, a fence, or tipping the plane. The adjuster in planes is there because it'd take really tight tolerances to index a heavy iron perfectly every time, and it'd also require perfectly square sharpening every time. Without being able to adjust the iron, if you sharpened one side unequally.. now you can't take a full cut and have to go chase square on your stones.
@christopherharrison6724 Жыл бұрын
Or a chisel 😊
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Chisels are handy too
@jimrosson6702 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting thanks for sharing
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@MASI_forging Жыл бұрын
Great work as always 🙂🙂
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jslowick Жыл бұрын
First link doesn't work to the 105...
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Accidentally got a space in there, it's fixed now.
@Theandrew189 Жыл бұрын
Hell, I'm curious why you suggest these are great beginner woodworking planers due to the price point of them all being over 100$. Is the point due to a more expensive hand planer going to correct imperfections by budget or secondhand table saws, or only having a circular saw? I suppose what I am looking for is a selling point. As a DIYer I don't see myself paying 100 bucks a pop for some hand planers when I could just use some sand paper like you dissuaded me from during the video.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Hand planes and sand paper serve different functions in fine furniture. It depends on what you do. And when you compare ~$100 each for these planes to what you’d pay for a Veritas or Lie Nelson, and then you still need a sharpening set up.. it’s a bargain. Being a bargain still doesn’t mean it’s everyone’s budget though.
@dc-wp8oc5 ай бұрын
Right at the outset in this video, it is puzzling when woodworkers mimic metal machinists by invoking "20 thousands of an inch" in their craft. All materials expand and contract; wood especially. If one wants a product that looks like it came out of a CNC operation, then go that direction. The look of a less that "perfect" joint does not bother many, especially when the project was produced by a human hand. The snobbery of many woodworkers is beyond the pale and the race to obtain rare, expensive and named brands is endless.
@TheGreatIceCreamTragedy10 ай бұрын
You have a great video format, so I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way. This seems to be a sponsored video and I think it's a bit misleading to state that the rali planes are the best hand planes without mentioning in the beginning of the video that it was sponsored or had incentives. Personal opinion, the Lee Nielsen or Lee valley veritas planes are the best planes on the market right now. They're usually ready to go, without worrying about setup that you mentioned. Budget wise, if you have to go cheaper, woodriver, Stanley sweetheart and Jorgensen are my recommendations but require setup like the rali. Also, re sharpening is a skill that all woodworkers need to know (e.g. chisels). It's a disservice to new woodworkers to downplay the importance of tool maintenance/knowing how your tool works in favor of jumping in right away. Imagine the dangers this mindset would introduce for table saws and such. Rali is the plane equivalent of budget disposable razors. And I learned the hard way that rali planes soles werent flat at all and still required setup.
@YouCanMakeThisToo10 ай бұрын
Not the beginning of the video, but before I make my case for those planes in particular - I disclose the agreement ( 6:56 ) and why I’m making the video. Everything up to that point applies to hand planes in general, so I disagree I was misleading in anyway. I don’t play games about sponsorships. I agree about the importance of learning to sharpen, set up tools, maintain machines, and many other supporting skill sets. They’re invaluable and if you want to get into ‘fine’ woodworking are absolutely essential. They’re also challenging to learn by yourself, at least for me. My goal is to encourage folks to just be in the shop making and remove anything that keeps them from that, especially early days. To use an analogy, it’s like if you have a voluntary music student any good instructor will have that student doing some simple melodies or rhythms as soon as possible and use the music as the practice as long as possible. The theory, the scales, the exercises that are purely practice.. come after you’ve locked the love of the craft. Though not the fastest way to build skills, it’s a lot faster than quitting will get you. I try to postpone the frustration until one’s interest is definitely stronger than frustration will be. Frustration isn’t fun, and hobbies are meant to be fun and fulfilling. I’m not claiming supremacy in my approach, but it’s mine and I think well reasoned and helpful to many - I accept not all, and maybe not even most. People are too varied for one approach to work for all, there’s plenty of others out there also giving their suggestions on how to approach this craft that’s different from mine and more applicable to their audience. I don’t mean this to be disagreeable, just thought I’d explain my reasoning more deeply since you had concerns, and want to match the thoughtfulness you showed in your comment. I appreciate the conversation
@astronemir7 ай бұрын
Have you tried it? If not, you just sound like someone repeating what someone else heard
@mikeking7470 Жыл бұрын
Cool planes but the price is about the same as a good used traditional plane.
@kz.irudimen Жыл бұрын
A used plane is a LOT cheaper. Takes more setup/research time but if money is a concern I don't think Rali planes are a reasonable option.
@ZeoCyberG Жыл бұрын
@@kz.irudimen Forgetting the added cost of the sharpening system and time is money most in most cases, and it's also time to learn to use the tool that's going to be effected. So it's reasonable, you're getting a lot of convenience with these, just different trade offs and everyone has to decide which trade off is better for them...
@kz.irudimen Жыл бұрын
@@ZeoCyberG That's true but you'll have to learn sharpening at one point or another, unless you also want to use Rali chisels, which are also extremely expensive. You can start sharpening with 15€ of sandpaper. Convenience/time saving is definetely an argument, budget is not.
@ZeoCyberG Жыл бұрын
@@kz.irudimen There's a lot more to learn with sharpening a plane iron than a chisel and they don't have to do anything with each other. Like the choice between Japanese saws and Western doesn't have to effect your choice in chisels, similarly the Japanese saws tend to be easier and cheaper to just replace and they have different pros and cons vs the western ones... It's the same with these planes. Like he said, for someone starting out these are just quicker and easier to get to working.
@kz.irudimen Жыл бұрын
@@ZeoCyberG I don't know why you're still telling me these are "quicker and easier" when I never argued otherwise, I'm only saying they are more expensive. I'm talking about chisels, bcause sharpening a western plane iron or chisel is the exact same process and requires the exacte same material. You're going to have to buy sharpening equipment at some point, it doesn't make sense to say you're saving money by buying Rali planes. Also, you'll need to keep buying blades, which makes it more expensive over time as well. Again, I'm not arguing these aren't easier and quicker, they are. But they cost a TON more money than going with a regular vintage plane.
@youarenotthetarget4301 Жыл бұрын
No thanks.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
Perfect screen name.
@johnfithian-franks8276 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I watched the latest “worththeeffort” where he went on at length why you do not need all these planes and can use a ½ “chisel instead. I have been doing woodwork for over sixty years now and I agree with him about the planes.
@YouCanMakeThisToo Жыл бұрын
A plane is basically just a chisel holder. Just comes down to how you prefer to work. Personally I’ll grab a plane over a chisel if it’ll do the job because now I have a mechanical reference instead of just my best efforts at alignment. Definitely agree with him that you there’s lots you’ll see on KZbin that you don’t need. I’m big on buy tools when you need them. I used to make a lot of small projects and got the tools best for that. But now a 6’ table is a “small” project for me and my shop is outfit accordingly. That’s also why I’m big on going deep on the “why.” The only tool I can think of that every shop should have is a drill… other than that it’s always “what do you make… how do you like to work”