Making a Mini Thickness Jig for Hand Planes | Hand Tools

[@glennirwin4710]

I have been watching from the beginning of your journey. Your skill level has really gotten much better. Nice work!

[@YRTi]

Thank you! I stopped saying it in my videos but I still tell myself that I must try my best and it's the way to show my appreciation to whoever spend their time on my videos. It actually made my skill level improved over the years so yeah, again, I have to thank you for watching my videos:)

[@deborahf3738]

You always put a lot of thought into your design, rather than just producing a random jig. Thanks for informing us that we can customize.

[@YRTi]

Thank you! Yes, because I made this to use by myself so I want to be sure that it at least fulfills my needs:)

[@sandman2651]

Great lil jig thanks for sharing

[@YRTi]

Thank you as always. To be honest, I wanted to somehow integrate the end grain shooting board on it but for the size, I had to give up...but this is handy!

[@rollingstone3017]

Many ingenious ideas. Love your creativity!

[@YRTi]

Thank you my friend. I found this more useful than I thought:)

[@dagger6498]

Good Work! Your videos are so satisfying!

[@YRTi]

Thank you! Haha, my effort to make videos paid off:)

[@madmikemakes3056]

Really great idea thanks for posting. Love it going to make one.

[@YRTi]

Thank you! I hope you'll find it handy, too:)

[@rawr2u190]

This was enlightening, thank you

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment!

[@PCaggy1974]

nice job man!

[@YRTi]

Thank you my friend!

[@Greyotterstudio]

This is excellent - good job!

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment!

[@iangatley199]

Love this.

[@YRTi]

Thank you:)

[@dannyhale7645]

Nice project. I'm going to put that on my list of things to build. I have a DeWalt power thickness planer, but this would be less trouble, and more enjoyable for small projects.

[@YRTi]

Thank you! Nice that you have a good planer! and yes, this jig is still handy when it comes to small pieces:)

[@shengjiazhou135]

I’m going to try to make this myself!

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment! This jig is really handy for making small parts! I hope you enjoy making it:)

[@shengjiazhou135]

@@YRTithanks!!! I made it and it works amazingly!!! Now I can make my Kumiko pieces perfectly! Your videos is amazingly easy to follow!!!

[@YRTi]

Oh how quick! I still haven't started my next project, haha! I'm glad to hear that it works. For the spacer, I'm actually planning to buy some polycarbonate sheets and make strips:)

[@michaelemancipator8573]

Your videos are so cool! Nice job :) ☺

[@YRTi]

Thank you! I enjoy making them:)

[@skippylippy547]

Thank you for this video. Very helpful. Looking forward to your next video.

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment again! I will do my best:)

[@shanematuszek9009]

Thanks!

[@YRTi]

Thank you so much! I hope it'll work for your needs:)

[@davewest6788]

Well done and a great idea

[@YRTi]

Thank you! This one is very handy to me:)

[@xjj99]

Do you have any insight on how to reliably get the plane blade parallel to the sole, so that it does not cut more on one side than the other? I manage it, but the process feels slow and clumsy. Many thanks for your videos, I really enjoy your mix of humility, skill, humour and willingness to try things out!

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment! I don't see your plane so it's just my guess. If you are using a mass produced hand plane like ones from Kakuri, the cutting iron may not be symmetry (most likely this)... If that is the case, you should regrind the iron. Both edges of the iron is tapered so it's difficult to use a honing guide but if you can fix it, I think it'll make the adjustment process a lot easier. I did it with a metal file and 220 whetstone for my planes and it took a long time...

[@xjj99]

Thank you for your reply! So if your blade edge is perpendicular to the blade side, it just slides in perfectly straight for you, if you tap it in at the centre? No need to correct alignment by tapping one side more than the other? On metal planes there's a lateral adjustment knob for this (but also hard for me to tell when the blade is properly centred). Maybe with more practice it'll become more natural.

[@YRTi]

Hmm, maybe what I was saying wasn't right to your point. As I had a hard time adjusting the blade and found the blade issue, I mentioned it but when it comes to a lateral adjustment, you just need to tap the iron. Anyways, I had time today so I just made www.yrti.net/here/ Hope it helps.

[@xjj99]

It does help, thank you! One final question though, how do you tell when it is straight and no more tapping is needed? Eyesight? Trying shavings on both sides? Examining a full-width shaving? Apologies, if I wasn't so confused, I would ask better questions.

[@YRTi]

It's just by eyesight. Right under the mouth on the sole is supposed to be flat(about 1/2" width) and the blade is right there so it's not that difficult to see. For the accuracy/fine shavings, Japanese people set the mouth opening width on their smoothing plane like less than 1/64" (0.3mm) so the flat line is literally by the blade. FYI, in the picture on the website, the blade actually wasn't set all the way(I just took the picture of my plane sole) but my plane has about 1mm mouth opening when blade is set properly. It's considered more like a scrub plane but I can still set it parallel enough for my use.

[@darrenmacmartin9392]

Great video, awesome project! Is the larger plane you use a 60mm? Seems like a good size for most projects.

[@YRTi]

Thank you! I actually use 65mm ones that I bought it from Japan(online). This seems to be a popular size over there and I like this size. Next time I go to Japan, I'm planning to get some 70mm ones from a decent blacksmith:) In the mean time, I have to practice more to deserve good ones!

[@DRJMF1]

Is there a jig for larger parts eg sash window parts 50mm thick wood, 600mm long ? Use a no.7 jointer plane.

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment sharing your idea. I use 65mm Japanese hand plane for that size fabrication.

[@ibrhemahmed170]

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[@YRTi]

😎👍

[@woo1818]

Thickness Jig is what they used to call twerking back in the day fyi

[@YRTi]

Thank you for the comment and the information:)