Making A Red Head Plane Restoration

[@iainmcculloch5807]

Restoring old planes is always a lot of fun. Everyone should try it. 🙂

[@professor62]

“We did it Wright!” Yes you did, brother! I love your Frankenplane especially because it’s real-world restoration. And as many dozens of these videos as I’ve watched, you still taught me a thing or two or three. Thanks, James!

[@egbluesuede1220]

nice job on the tote repair and good tip on getting that stubborn screw out. Best "user" restoration I've seen on YT.

[@LaraCroftCP]

On a worn out wooden plane, you can resole it, on a metal plane you just use a thiccer iron. Anyway, you can restore everything and that is what i love so mich on old things🥰!

[@4Truth4All]

Love it! Using what you had on hand... I have an older school shop plane as well, makes sense to keep the history and get it up and going again. The stories these old planes could tell.

[@brendanlangord1687]

Love the Frankenplane. Bits and pieces from different things, but it works , and it's a one of a kind. Great job. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Heseblesens]

Very informative and inspirational video 👍🏻. One little tip for the part of boring the hole for the bolt and nut through the «new» wood at the top of the rear handle/tote or the knob: I use a 3-12mm step bit to bore from the top of the tote/knob using the brad mark as the center of the hole. After 12 repaired totes and 2 knobs this way I can say that this way has saved me hours of filing, sanding, head scratching and frustration compared to the knife/gouge/dremel way. 😄 The cheap 3-12mm (I am certain there is an imperial counterpart to this metric step bit) I use leaves a very crisp and fuzzy free edge and the fit for the nut is just about as perfect as you would want.

[@dizzybee7386]

Gorgeous improvement. I like that you made the handle a feature instead of a "patch".

[@stephenlines9431]

Despite a whole bunch of 'I wouldn't do it like that' moments you got it working exceptionally well with relatively little effort. My theory vs, your success? you win!! Humbled, but learned a whole bunch. As always, thanks for sharing. You're a star!

[@WoodByWright]

That's always the fun of restoring an old tool. There are so many different ways to do it and everyone has a different idea or a different goal. One of the things I love about woodworking. There is no right way to do it.

[@MCsCreations]

Amazing work, James! Nicely done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@dwainlambrigger3769]

This was a fun video! Thanks for your time and effort to provide it. While I would have searched to get a new lever cap, I would never claim what you did was wrong. BTW, I LOVED the use of Purpleheart for the tote repair. I'm sure you thought it this, but it kind of matches the read at the end of the plane. Very, very cool, enjoyed all of it.

[@dpmeyer4867]

good job

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

Thanks for sharing that!

[@timwhite9255]

I have a can of min wax polish and it is about half full and it dried up, what can i do to bring it back so it doesn't go to waste?

[@WoodByWright]

When it dries up that means that the solvent has evaporated out of it. So you can heat it up and melt the wax and then add in more solvent. Then you can choose which one you like. Personally I generally use mineral spirits. Or white spirits if you're in other English speaking countries

[@timwhite9255]

@@WoodByWright Thanks i will try that.

[@MartinPaulsen87]

Another great one!

[@thomaszaccone3960]

Awesome. Thank you. Love restoring old tools and have to try this on some old planes I have. For the finest abrasive and a fine metal polish. I use toothpaste and elbow grease. Finest abrasive around.

[@adkpiper]

I'm curious why you chose epoxy rather than wood glue for the tote patch. When I've done this, wood glue has worked fine. Nice restoration--thanks for sharing!

[@WoodByWright]

With South American woods you tend to get a lot of oily residue over time. Pvas will generally work well but sometimes they're not quite as solid. The other big benefit is in this case I needed to get the project done in one day. And I didn't have time for the PVA to wait so in that case epoxy is the way to go. But in this case it really wouldn't make that much difference either way as there's not an incredible amount of strength difference between them.

[@adkpiper]

Thank you!

[@tristangreen6366]

Are there different challenges from woodworking in the winter than in the summer. Like does the wood act differently or any little things

[@WoodByWright]

It has more to do with moisture than temperature. If the air is dry the wood will shrink and contract. And if it's moist it will expand. It does that along the rings of the tree. So in some cases that will cause the board to twist or cup. But most of the time it doesn't slow enough you don't notice it. And if you work in an air conditioned shop it's usually not something you have to worry about. But you do have to make sure you're joinery will allow the wood to move throughout the seasons.

[@chriscunicelli7070]

Interesting

[@misinformationwithrandy]

On the lever lock, how do you clean out rust behind the spring? It doesn't look removable on the plane I'm trying to restore.

[@WoodByWright]

you can put it in a bath and then run a rag behind it. but most of the time I just oil it and move on.

[@standswithfish]

I expected something fancy. It turned out so, well, plane.

[@charleslanier1992]

I'm wondering if you have a table jointer. It's like a 6'long plane. It a long I beam with a #8 plane upsidedown in the end. Instead of pushing the plane over the wood you push the wood across the plane to shave the end to take out a bow on the end of a board. I seen it on the old Yankee Work shop. I'm wondering if you don't have one could you make one on your show. All you need is a long flat I-beam and a#8 plane. You make it by setting the Ibeam up like a saw horse on legs. Mount the plane in the end of the beam level with the top. Enjoy the straight long boards you make. 😎👍

[@mm9773]

“All you need is a long flat I-beam”

[@mehdikoschin5651]

👍

[@johnhiemstra1464]

Nice Job. Aaaand...you don't need a pilot's license to run that plane.

[@martinparmer]

Is that a 7?

[@WoodByWright]

Yes. That is a number seven.

[@Hansenomics]

First! Let’s party!

[@WoodByWright]

Woot Woot!

[@narayananvasan5590]

Pleas give me old plane

[@robertlunsford1350]

Why polish the brass and leave the rust? "Patina" is oxides and rust. The rust will continue to corrode the iron while the brass would be fine. What is the purpose of leaving rust and oxides on a user?

[@1pcfred]

There are different kinds of ferric oxide. Not all of them, "continue to corrode the iron". In fact black oxide is used as a protective finish.

[@svetlanagavrilova9186]

Ну так себе реставрация одно название