Making a Wooden Rabbet / Shoulder Plane

I recycle an old German and African plane, reuse the blades, mechanic and wood plus carnelian curly birch. Woodworking with hand tools, no power tools beside a press drill. Open the full video description for more information!
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-How did you get the idea for this plane?
One day in the sawmill of a friend, during lunch break we have been warming us on the fire. There was a piece of firewood (visakoivu/carelian birch), which simply did not want to burn. It had other plans in its mind. After thinking about it, it decided to come with me. Getting known with its new home it found two friends and after a while they had decided to get into some kind of joint venture. One morning, they had been waiting on my workbench asking my hands to assist them for this step, a life transformation.
Well, that is how it all began...
What kind of wood-glue do you use?
I would like to use ecological glues and my workshop is not frost free.
Fishglue can be frozen and melted without loss of quality. It is very strong, stays flexible and can be opened with warm water if needed later on. This results that it is not water proof. It is a waste product and is biodegradable.
I also use alcohol based wood adhesive. It can be used till -20°C. It is liquid plastic, no ecological but the best i found til now if it needs to be water resistant.
Why you wear these fancy skiing-gloves while working?
I hardly manage to keep this workshop above 0°C. So, specially in the morning some gloves are helpful. Somehow these old skiing gloves are simply the most comfortable ones i found till now.
Why to use poppyseed and tung oil instead of linseed oil?
Advantage is, that they do not turn yellowish with time compared to linseed oil. Disadvantage is, that specially poppyseed oil dries very slow; which can on the other hand be an advantage: it goes deeper into the wood before drying.

[@Mr_Rick]

Outstanding work and attention to detail. Great filming as well! Loved it.

[@GeorgeLowrey]

The curly birch adds visual interest that I really like.

[@ValRabozzo]

Super! Vor allem die Idee mit dem Verkeilen der Dübel beim Verleimen der Hobelsohle... Ganz große Klasse!

[@marvistawoodworks7624]

Some interesting & clever techniques.

[@MarkThomas123]

Wow.. I wish I had the time to even think about doing that much hand tool work.. Excellent craftsmanship and skills.

[@rawr2u190]

16:54 - it's a unicorn Oh beautiful, especially like the adjustible mouth.

[@Ariovistvs]

This carelian birch looks stunning! Your videos are very inspirational for me. They show that it's possible to make great things with only a few hand tools and dedication. I started woodworking for fun about a year ago. The first year I spent mostly buying and restoring old planes. Now my tool arsenal is vast enough to do almost anything without ever using a power tool. I feel so proud and satisfied when I can say "I made this - just with a few traditional hand tools, many of which are much older than me." And the work ist so much fun. Just made a shooting board Paul Sellers style. Next is a mortise reamer for chair making and my new bed is also almost completed. I found a new passion and I wouldn't have found it without awesome YT channels like yours! Greetings from Germany, have a great weekend!

[@littleforest]

Oh, that is nice to know :-) Also me, i got much inspired from some YTvideos. Would never have thought, that this internet is so useful, and now, there is a own channel ;-) Good to know, that it is useful to someone! All the best to you and your projects!

[@CandidZulu]

Very interesting plane, being a noob, I haven't seen this design before! Nice craftsmanship too... and my workshop don't even go above freezing in winter! Subscribed!

[@Andreas_Achleitner]

Very beautifull and great work

[@antoniogonzaganeto958]

De Manaus Amazonas Brasil muito legal vosso vídeo ajuda muito mesmo obrigado.

[@tonywatson987]

That is a thing of beauty - I think that Birch is a much under-rated wood, especially with burl, so close-grained and silky. You have inspired me to convert some of my Birch logs.

[@littleforest]

Oh, that's nice to hear. Me too, a shared this ( common?) belief. But now, as I worked much with it I like it more and more.

[@michaelcastro2077]

Looks Classic western cool im enjoy watching traditional saw

[@gaylanbishop1641]

Dang! Excellent videos! Just found you recently and I really like your stuff

[@Craftsman1984]

Snyyyyyggt! Loved it, that looks like some old school theraphy!

[@timothymallon]

I would challenge you to make the next one using sliding dovetails instead of dowels for the sole! This how gorgeous that would be.

[@genardusfaberus6514]

Great job. Congratulations

[@RomanArzumanyan]

Consider making cutoff slightly bigger at one side of the plane. That will help shavings to escape and prevent plane from clogging.

[@littleforest]

I have been thinking about it, but to be honest, I just could not decide on which side. I so like to use planes pushing & pulling. So, I am still taking out the shaves by hand - handtool ;-)

[@stantilton2191]

Beautiful job, love the woods.

[@torstenk.007]

Super Arbeit, ganz toll! Danke für's Teilen! Und zum Schluss noch der KK (Kollenrott'sche Kanalklinker)! 😉

[@davestinyworkshop]

Love all your traditional woodworking, very inspiring!

[@kevinelmore4626]

Very fine work. I really appreciate the investment you made in making this video and honoring those trees by making something so beautiful and useful. well done.

[@nickstoic2944]

Awesome work of art, great craftsmanship. Pretty high tech stuff, I guess if I will even use one of these tools, I'll go buy one.

[@pierrerousseau8770]

Beautiful plane !!

[@SergioLomazzi]

Bravissimo complimenti ottimo lavoro sei un grande artista 👏👏👏👍👍👍👋

[@davidchanwoodworking]

Nice, I will make one

[@mehdikoschin5651]

Danke für sehr das schöne Video. 😊

[@WoodfulProjects]

Loved this build. It came out really nice.

[@klabam3944]

Kaunis höylä & kaunis höyläpenkki!

[@littleforest]

Kiitos :-)

[@benjaminluna7073]

Your editing is on point maybe one day you could build furniture for the cabin

[@Disappointed739]

Poppyseed oil is also useful if someone kidnaps your tools and tries to escape by air. The police dogs will detain your tools,, which you can later claim at the airport.. ;)

[@edinilsonsilva6130]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Brazil.

[@jorgkomesker7149]

Wow. Tolle Arbeit

[@hammeredanvil7377]

Real nice mate. Well done

[@donniehudson5525]

awesome man

[@ЕвгенийБерезовский-ь8ь]

Super 👌

[@masterskay_na_naberezhnoi]

👏👏

[@ankece6617]

Klasse Arbeit. Gefällt mir sehr gut.

[@JayCWhiteCloud]

Brilliant...!!!...and wonderfully done...Thanks for sharing this...Your Etsy link does not seem to be working properly (if you still have an account there that is?) Would love to see the work you do sell. They remind me of another KZbinr, a dear friend, and a student of mine...Mr. Chickadee. Blessings, and looking forward to your next video...

[@littleforest]

Hello Jay! Thanx for your comment and for mentioning the issue. Yes, it seems, that there was something wrong with the link. Hope it will work now. As a professional carpenter, i got used to beleave that hand-tools can't be used any more (and yes, the numb ones found in most workshops are useless!). Mr. Chickadee; so much inspiration and courage came through his videos. I am happy to be able to now reflect some of this inspiration back to the world and that i found back to my dream of a hand tool workshop i had during apprentice. Best greetings from here :-)

[@JayCWhiteCloud]

@@littleforest Hello! You are most welcome for the comment and deserving of it. This is a fine channel you have created, and I hope it grows in following as your style of sharing (like Josh's) is inspirational to those developing traditional (and still applicable) skillsets... As a professional woodworker and facilitator of traditional and indigenous life skills for over 40 years, I often hear from.... "modern wood mechanics" ...how the "old ways" are simply not efficient enough nor competitive with "modern" wood machining modalities. This so often comes from those with little (usually zero!!!) traditional skillsets of any kind...or only the parochial basics... I do employ power tools as I work alone often and there is no need to be a "purest," yet all work is finished with traditional means, and many steps are only done with those historical methods. More importantly, the traditional vernacular means and material applications have been virtually left behind by most modern tradespeople within most professions. Case in point, as just one example, I have worked almost exclusively in my entire professional career employing only..." green wood"...by the modern standard of understanding that only "dry wood" that has come out of a kiln can be used, which is utter nonsense!!! I design and create everything from chairs, tables, and cabinets...to full architectural timber frames, finished floors, and related installations all from what most today would call green lumber. This would not be unusual a hundred years ago, but today is almost nonexistent in most "first world" nations... Your Etsy account now works wonderfully and I will pass along your kind words to Josh about his channel... Blessings, j

[@512banana1]

more of this pls!

[@Grumpyneanderthal]

An heirloom tool….extraordinary. I’ve been collecting the components for years…..time to get moving in this project. Thanks for the inspiration!! Not a criticism but I’m curious why you didn’t flare the escapement so that the shavings roll out on their own?

[@littleforest]

Hello Neanderthal-man :-) While building i've been thinking about your suggestion, but something hold me back: First, i do not really know yet, what i'll use it for. If it goes bit deeper, than these out-coming shavings will be on the way to get deeper straight. The second point is, that the area, where i would open bit more is where is the most tention in the wood. That is where many old shoulder planes got a crack, even the dark one i used for this project had a crack exactly in this place, even if made of hardest wood i ever user. But, the good thing about self made things is, that they can be improved when ever needed... Nice to hear, that some inspiration came through ;-)

[@Grumpyneanderthal]

@@littleforest I was thinking that weakening the plane was probably your reason. by the way - you are the quintessential Neanderthal Man. In America, a small group of “hand tool only” woodworkers called themselves Neanderthal because they refused to use electricity to power their tools. That’s why I started using that name, however I’ve not broken away from power tools completely and likely never will due to age. I’m over half way done with my Moravian workbench.

[@derjman]

Wow, that turned out gorgeous! Could you comment on the grain orientation on the spalted birch part of the plane - looks like it might cup along the height of the plane body. Or do you figure that the wood was dry enough that this will not be an issue?

[@littleforest]

Hei Julius! Take a look to the beginning of the video, where i cut the piece of birch out of the trunk. The grain orientation might be more clear than if i explain with words. And yes, it's dry wood. It has been cut about 5 years ago. By the way, this birch is not spalted. Carelian birch is a subspecies of the silver birch. So, there is no mushroom inside. Hope, i could help you..

[@memilanuk]

I'm curious abut the angle gauge used @ 6:40... any details or link on that? Thanks!

[@littleforest]

I do not have a link for it, sorry, i found it in my grandpas workshop.

[@benjaminluna7073]

Here is the Bahamas we don’t have beech but we have lignum vitea and hard sapele to build planes

[@JamesSmith-su3oz]

Nice.