Learn to use your hand plane!

[@PaulJSchneider]

Great job Nate! Rex, you should consider including Nate more often in the Woodwork for Humans series. The translation by a true beginner really works well for this series. Keep up the great videos.

[@RexKrueger]

I'll tell him you said so!

[@brandonogden3498]

Agreed, I have some really basic tools and purely "utilitarian" ugly furniture I've made, but after seeing Nate learn - I think I'm ready to try something a little more. Might even head over and buy that plane / plan set for $10. I mean, it's $10, what have I got to lose?

[@robertkarlsson1960]

@@brandonogden3498 10$

[@Argosh]

@@brandonogden3498 you came from nothing, and you'll go back to nothing, so what you got to loose is: nothing!

[@JLabanz]

This was perfect for how I learn!!

[@Titus9508]

This is like listening and watching my Woodwork teacher from 50 years ago, pure pleasure!

[@NonFerricIrony]

Using Nate as a stand-in for your viewer was brilliant. This should be a recurring feature from time to time. Was very helpful. Good job Nate.

[@Crushercorp]

This was an Awesome idea, I do not do wood working but I love the how to and this one was gold to me! I finally understood how a plane was supposed to be used. You just made me realized that I bought an old planer and from this video and the sharpening one I realized I probably found gold without knowing it. Thank you :)

[@Crushercorp]

For those wondering (if any) a website I found help me identify it as a 14 inch Type 17 Stanley Bailey Hand Plane. Yeah I feel pretty lucky :D. Had it for over a year sleeping on the top of my tool cabinet.

[@robertnewell5057]

Stunning! You have precisely the correct teaching format, because it involve TEACHING, not demonstrating. Thank you

[@douglaspollock102]

I learned more about planing with this segment than I did while watching about an hour of other plane videos. Thank you.

[@jbabcock]

I think this could be the start of an awesome video series! Rex teaches hands-on!

[@markquinlan4876]

Agreed

[@snarkfinder2621]

Definitely.

[@SpecificLove7]

This is an Awesome video. Please start a teaching series with Nate.

[@Raven00714]

And Nate has to shave his head twins

[@thomasarussellsr]

@@Raven00714 hahaha! Agreed. And get his brows done to more similarly look like Rex's brows too.

[@clintsmith2564]

Bring back Nate!

[@whaleh8er991]

^^^^ yes please!

[@mohdalisyed]

Couldn't agree more

[@steelpennyforge5152]

In 23 minutes and 26 seconds of observing your one on one instruction you showed more than I could have gotten out of pretty much the rest of the KZbin platform. Super well done and I strongly encourage you to do more like this format!

[@gautambarua8260]

I just love your teaching style. It's clear and very helpful for beginner hand tools enthusiasts like myself.

[@puritan745]

I never saw this video before, must have missed it, That intro with Nate was hilarious, pure comedy gold!!

[@bosweg10]

Thank's a lot Rex. Bought me an old Stanley plane for EURO 3. All rusty and dirty. Cleaned it up, sharpened the blade and re-assembled. Didn't have a clue how to prepare it for use. Watched your instruction video, tried it and now have a hudge smile on my face.

[@lizpaiva6315]

My dad recently gifted me a bunch of antique planes of varying sizes from my late grandfather's tool collection. They're in great shape, but with no prior experience I've been searching for videos to help me understand how to start using them. This was hands down the best video I've seen on the subject. I now have the confidence - but more importantly, the direction - to start building my planing skills. Thank you!

[@A1BASE]

It's interesting as someone who lectures teams watching not only the learning from Nate, but also how hard it is to teach. Rex hit the nail on the head - as an expert you unconsciously correct for common errors, so you leave them out of your teaching.

[@RexKrueger]

I'm so glad you liked it and found it useful! On thing, though, I'm no expert. I'm still learning and I have a long way to go.

[@karlrovey]

It's difficult to teach physical tasks as well. I teach music. I can give students examples of how their voices should sound if they're using good technique. I can't go and physically guide them through it. I can guide them to discovering pitch control, but it is ultimately something they must learn through trial and error. Same with teaching brass. They'll have to develop their own feel for how their lips move within the mouthpiece as well as tongue height, etc.

[@zachbrinkley1195]

after messing around with an old plane i bought for six months this video finally helped me figure out what i was doing wrong. i needed to adjust the horizontal lever. now i'm getting long smooth shavings. thanks rex

[@Bang-C4]

I think your first instincts about Nate was spot-on. Anybody that thinks a green t-shirt will mix with woodworking is crazy. Thank you for making this video. I had bought a few used planes, cleaned them up and sharpened them but had no idea how to use them. I found this video very helpful thanks again.

[@BeholderThe1st]

This video is excellent. You nailed what most people fail to do when putting the video's together. The frustration for new users is that the instructor makes it look easy. When you don't get the expected results, and have no clue on how to correct them, this can be frustrating. Stellar job on this one.

[@ChattanoogaDan]

Do not let Nate back in your workshop without filming the whole experience. Also, have Nate in your shop often, it's amazing how much teaching comes out when once you realize how someone is struggling. Without that type of demonstration, you are simply speculating on what advice is needed

[@bascostbudde7614]

Lots of words, I hope some of this is helpful. In terms of plane stroke, there are three areas of attention in movement that you would want to develop consciousness in. - straight, not curved. Our body moves less than the plane, so the natural tendency for the hands is to move around the body in a circular fashion. The plane tends to veer to the left towards the end of the stroke (and may wobble a bit as the left arm changes from moving sideways to extending). - flat, not rolling. As your left arm extends, you left hand that keeps the knob is pulled to the left. This will cause the plane to try to roll to the left. The end of your board may be low on the left. Nearer to the start of the board the effect is opposite. Or, alternatively, as the left arm extends, it starts to push down and away more, causing a roll to the right. - level, not cupping. When both hands just exert pressure down, and at the start of the stroke the plane is resting only on the toe, at the end only at the heel, the part of the plane that is not supported by the board tends to weigh down. This introduces a low start and end, resulting in a little high in the middle I learned to observe my deviations one by one, and mentally do counter-movements mitigating the tendencies. Yours, and everyones, may be different, but I found isolating the various planes of direction most helpful. I'm stating my countermeasures as a starting point for ideas. - since I know I tend to pull to the left near the end, I feel for pressure on my left hand, indicating I'm correcting for that towards the right; - pulling left almost automatically also entails rolling left. The same pressure will tell me. - at stroke start I slightly lift up the heel, and towards the end I'm lifting up on both hands actually, heel first. Paul Sellers calls this "feather in, feather out".

[@ukype]

Good point. I have a tendency to not feather out and I end up with a slope where I take more off at the end of the stroke.

[@Sailor376also]

@@ukype Wrong tool. Use a jack plane for straightening edges,, a different animal entirely from a smooth plane. Particular jobs,, pull out the coopers plane. That will straighten the back of a buffalo.

[@Sailor376also]

Too simplistic,, I believe. 'feather in, feather out' Begin with, I have used hand planes for 50 years. I am whiz bang at sharpening, setting the frog, the chip breaker, keeping the bottom ground flat, and done it professionally. A single job, 25 plus years ago, a truck load, 4,500 board feet?, of poplar for a particular house,, delivered, plane two sides, straight rip one edge. That load of poplar built the front doors, all the stair and balcony parts, fluted columns, windows and trim, baseboards throughout the house,, etc.,,, All of it trued and smoothed with hand planes. Just the 150 plus spindles, square, amounted to a half mile of edge. So,,,, I am unsure I could teach anyone, except the mechanical parts of sharpening and set up. My hands know what to do,, not my conscious mind. First, choose the correct plane for the job. There is zero one size fits all. A smooth plane cannot do the job of a jack plane, and a jack plane is useless on a smooth plane job,, a joiner plane is different, if you have block planes,, there are four or five separate types. A smooth plane,, the 9 inch most often seen,, the bit is not normally ground straight across. You are taking a very slightly dish shaped cut through the wood. And by slight,, I mean very slight,, a few ten thousandths?. Planes are routinely used either at a strong angle to the planed edge,, or only straight down the sole,, and every angle between is best for something. I believe what you just described to me,, please forgive me and allow that I am making fully unwarranted assumptions,, it sounds like you are using a smooth plane where you should have pulled out the jack plane. Smooth planes are very much hand pressure controlled. They are intended to make the surface,,, mind you,,, the surface not the edge,, absolutely butter smooth. A smooth plane surface shows up the Sahara rippled sand dunes face of a power machined planer/surfacer,, or even the sander type surfacer,, for what they are,, rippled rubbish. A jack plane, however is the common tool to straighten or 'shoot' a board. If you want flawlessly straight, a cooper's plane. I am not a fan of a fixed body and all the motion and power and travel is in the hands and arms. a 42 inch spindle and I am likely to be moving my body 2 feet on each stroke. This is where it gets dicey,, really dicey to try to explain. You know,, or should have,, at all times when truing an edge, your try square. The try square lives its entire life on the shelf beside the planes. The reason a try square is often the ultra fancy, wood, brass, steel bit of art work,,, is you are going to use it a few million times. The word million may not be misused. If the proper word is not million it is certainly at least hundred thousand times. Normally,, every board each end, multiple times per edge,, you stop to check. Now at some point,, measured in decades, you rarely have to pick up the try square. I true an edge by some feeling between my shoulders, up my neck, between the ears. Something in me locks on level, straight, and square to the part in the vice. I decidedly do NOT,, do not, feather in and feather out. This is what had me writing a response. That suggestion of feather in and feather out rubbed me strongly the wrong way. Yes,, there is a place for that feather in and feather out,,,, when surfacing a board or table top with a smooth plane, but,,, the bit on a smooth plane is not straight. it is taking a slightly dish shaped cut out of the surface. The bit depth, breaker position, and frog setting depends upon the wood species,,, a perfect set up for a pine is worthless for an oak, and vice versa. Here may be a gauge for you. When smoothing a surface with the normal ripples from a power feed surface planer, my net bit depth of cut is something like 1/10 the depth of the ripples,, maybe less? I am actually using the depth of the ripples to gauge how deep to cut. The final stroke for a given spot is a long continuous ribbon,, that I have 'feathered out'. That ribbon,, I really have no idea,,, is 1/10th or 1/20th the thickness of a sheet of typing paper? I will use a smooth plane to rough something out at times. Use it at a strong angle across the work,, the blade shearing at a strong angle,, maybe only 4 or 5 inches of shoe in contact,,,, the continuously curved and constant angle change while planing a canoe gunwale? Did one just a few months ago. That is entirely done by that 'spiderman sense' of what is true and square. I could not begin to tell you how to do it,, I haven't a clue. Something deep in the center of my brain, connects with the hands,, and absolutely skips all the neurons between. That is where I cannot teach you or tell you,, I just don't know. Somewhere around the 100,000th or 600,000th time you pick up your try square,, you will begin using your try square less. You won't know when you don't,, you may still always pick it up the check the part after you have taken it from the dog or vice. I do truly apologize. I mean zero offense. I don't think I could teach anyone, anything. And maybe the reason for some of this,, several of these jobs were time dependent, professional, I have honestly stood in the same place at a bench vice and not moved except the repeated action of the plane and shifting the side or next part, until the coffee was a lifesaving need and the curls were drifted around me fully knee deep. And to be clear,,, there is not,, absolutely not a power tool alternative that is faster or better than a good hand plane. Not a one, not even close. Joiners are nice, but then you have to plane out the ripples anyway.

[@jonnya6107]

All good stuff this vid, thanks Rex. Just to add a little if I may, slightly more pressure on the toe at the start of the cut, going to equal pressure for the main chunk of the cut, lifting off the toe pressure and applying a little more to the heel at the end of the cut was what my dad taught me

[@GraemePayne1967Marine]

And for those of us who have the benefit of being left-handed, just reverse all instances of "left" and "right". The body mechanics are the same, just different. 😃

[@Chris_M_Romero]

Rex, I'm gonna be honest with you, at first when I discovered your channel, I found your methods a bit unorthodoxal, but with this video you nailed it. YOU NAILED IT! Not a word that I used very often: Genius!

[@johnbart3746]

I've been wondering about planes for years. I am completely stunned at the quality of this video. Thank you so much!

[@snarkfinder2621]

Learning is easier when you have a teacher that is an expert with a passion in his/her subject, is a good communicator and works with the student. Excellent video which I will watch a few more times before I apply plane to wood.

[@simonabbott]

I found an old Record plane a couple of months ago that belonged to my grandfather. It was rusted and blunt and although I cleaned it up and had a go at sharpening it, I couldn't get it to work. It just dug into the wood like a spade or slid across it with no effect. I discovered your channel shortly after that and this evening I finally got around to setting the plane up according to these instructions (and sharpening it according to your sharpening video!). Now it drives like a Ferrari, peeling of long, feathery shavings that I thought were the outcome of years of practice. Thanks!

[@petermoore8811]

One thing we were always yelled at in school in woodwork class, was resting the plane flat down. This was a real no no because the blade could be nicked (don't mean stolen either). But its a good habit if the blade is in cutting position to lay it on side. Also we had a deep trough in the middle of our benches with 2 wood vices (one either side for each student). One of your videos reminded me of the bench hooks. Forgot about them. Nice job on the videos.

[@SAHBfan]

This is exactly the video I was looking for! There are so many vids ( even from the really big names) that demonstrate how to sharpen a beautiful, pristine, well adjusted and set up plane.

[@MrCakerape]

I have spent the better part of 2 weeks trying to figure out why my plane wasn't giving me nice shavings. 2-3 minutes into this and my main problem was solved. Praise be! Though i was going insane trying to get this sorted

[@saraksez]

Fantastic video that takes the mystique out of plaing and opens up a new world of woodworking. I have to say that you are becoming my go to channel for learning new skills.

[@pkcjr55]

I appreciate your style, a great deal of information without the chit chat and filler. Thank you for that. In addition this video brought it all together. I watched a number of videos on planes, restoring planes, and sharpening blades but still felt in the dark. This video cause the sun to come out. I now feel ready to tackle planing, as I am an old dog learning new tricks. Thank you for your knowledge and pedagogical style .

[@0ddSavant]

You magnificent bastard! This is exactly what I needed. Using a knuckle to register was something I missed watching people do projects as opposed to explaining how to do projects.

[@jonahbrame7874]

All of the things that are incredibly basic about plane usage that no one ever told me because they assumed I knew them. You explained and taught this incredibly clearly. Thank you for sharing this!

[@AaronSprague1]

Loved it I feel I am a veteran at hand planning and I learned a lot. One tip I have for edge planing is "plane less and verify more" I find that checking for square after 2-4 passes keeps you from chasing your tail.

[@RexKrueger]

That is a really good point. I should suggest that more. The problem with a little experience is you forget what you know or how you got where you are.

[@thomasarussellsr]

Teaching something makes you think about it in a different way. Often, your own skills will improve as well. Your instruction will most definitely improve as you teach more and realize what steps need to be added or subtracted from the instruction. Also, as an instructor, you will learn people and how your choice of words can be interpreted differently from one student/apprentice to the next.

[@soranuareane]

I can't possibly overstate how important this video is in beginner wordworking.

[@edwardmedina1236]

I with I could give this Video Two Thumbs Up! If you get the reference then you are as old as I am. I have to tell you that for the first time today I was able to actually use the No. 4 Sargent Planer I have from 1304 (I don't know how old it is, but it's old). First of all I followed your instructions and in an hour I had it sharpened correctly. Second I was able to setup the blade correctly so I didn't leave gouges in the wood. Third I actually understood what I was doing. I've owned that planer for at least 4 or 5 years and I have watched dozens of videos on how to setup and use a planer without ever getting any good results. I watch knowledgeable seasoned woodworkers setup and explain it but because you used Nate and explained it to him. I was able to do it. Awesome. Additionally, I was also able to sharpen and actually use successfully my very crappy and annoying Stanley Block planer (which I'll probably donate to some organization I hate so it will frustrate them when they use it).

[@Scatyricon]

Extremely informative! As a 52 year old total noob to woodworking this kind of in depth look into what many consider a very basic subject is absolutely invaluable.

[@sukmykrok3388]

Man, the more I watch your videos the more I love your intros, lol!

[@danielparrott4286]

I'm not a prolific commenter but I have to say that this was a great video! I think I learned more from this than any other woodworking video I've watched in the last two years since I started my journey... I just wish I could get to the workshop more - but that dang masters degree keeps giving me homework! Keep it up!

[@RexKrueger]

You have my sympathy. Grad school was miserable.

[@williammueller768]

Probably one of the best instructive videos on how to use a handplane

[@jeffreystewart6571]

I think having Nate in this video gives me more confidence to try using a plane myself. Thanks Rex!

[@brettmasek9453]

Ok, that video was awesome. I am not a hand tool worker, nor do I strive to be one. But I do use them now and again. You are pretty much the only hand tool guy I watch in an effort to get better. Loved having Nate there, even the cornyness of it, and especially that you couldn't keep a straight face while doing it!

[@davidlouk8409]

Excellent video for a noob like me. Thanks so much for this. Using the stand-in guy was bloody brilliant.

[@stevebenson1802]

Thank you Nate for being our noob Guinea pig! Very brave and very helpful!

[@AvilerED]

I understand that this just scratches the surface (pun intended) of the possibilities of hand planing. But this is what many people need, just the beginning. Thank you for this style of approach.

[@bloodgain]

I was recently making a coat hook to hang over a particularly thick cubical wall. My saw cut to make an inch-wide strip of poplar was way out of square, so I was over a quarter-inch wider at one end. Following techniques I learned from one of your videos well over a year ago, I clamped it up and took short, then gradually longer strokes toward the wide end with a recently-acquired Bench Dog block plane. I did the whole series twice, but when I was done, I was within 1/16 of 1 inch all the way across, which is more than accurate enough for knocking together a quick coat hook. So, thanks for the lessons! :-)

[@RexKrueger]

I'm REALLY glad you found my stuff useful. I need to do more videos on common household repairs.

[@Jimbo878]

I've been hooked on your videos from the first one I watched, and now my 10yr grandson is too 🤗. One little tip I would like to offer, instead of using a pencil/carpenter pencil to scribble a "witness mark" on the timber? try the flat "soapstone" sticks welders use, lay it flat, pinch either side between fingers and thumbs and drag it along the wood.

[@BATTO1]

What a Champ nice to see someone taking the time to teach and learn in front of a camera Good points of reference to keep a good hold of proper technique and being able to personally reflect on my own technique seeing if there was stuff I have been doing wrong. Good form gentleman

[@steveconlon8936]

Excellent help for starters...would recommend "what does against the grain feel like", and "how long did that take". We see these things happen on the tube and go to try, but we're at it for a LOT longer than the few minutes of video would have us think. That can be discouraging, and I think that it's helpful for new workers to understand that getting a board true, especially on the broad side, can take a bit, and if you don't have Rex sitting there giving you expert pointers, this might take you an hour for your first time.

[@rafaelaurelioknebel6191]

Thanks, Rex and Nate. This video helped me a lot. I've had a bit of a hard time sharpening my blade and setting it properly, specially that primary, secondary and sometimes terciary bevel stuff... I found out I actually don't need all that. If it's sharp, it's sharp. If it cuts, it cuts. And sometimes you don't even need to sand the peice all that much. This is great content.

[@ErikBongers]

Sometimes you come across these videos that sum up all the info on a subject you need, presented in an intuitive and concise way. Of course, you only find that video after you already spent years in frustration gathering that wisdom and knowledge the slow and hard way. #thanksrexkrueger!

[@bruceb.harrison3470]

Rex, I just discovered your channel a week or so ago, and I love it! This video is great because using a plane well looks simple, but there are complexities that are not obvious. You’ve captured all that beautifully AND made me want to return to woodworking. I basically stopped years ago because I can’t afford the fancy power tools. You’ve made me want to try again with tried-and-true hand tools. Thank you!

[@kenwaller676]

Rex I know you think you have explained how to set up a plane but I couldn’t get my planes to cut anything and yes I am a beginner after six months of trying everything I could think of an after watching hours of videos what I found was the bevel needs to go down and that fixed them all. Sharpening them to a razors edge had nothing to do with it I even got the harbor freight 33 to smooth a piece of wood like a baby’s bottom! I have to think there are others that could use this info.

[@nalinux]

I don't think I'm a beginner at wood work, but those explainations are clear and very useful. Thanks.

[@mgabbard]

Wow - this is a fantastic video!!! In 20 minutes you walked a beginner through how to setup their plane, how to adjust their plane, how to edge plane, and how to face plane. All without overwhelming them with all the minutia that honestly I think some woodworkers do just to intimidate beginners. With the techniques you showed and some practice he's on his way!

[@qaszim2012]

If more chanels did this, people would learn 10x more. Great job.

[@GraemePayne1967Marine]

Thanks Rex and Nate! I first learned about using planes in high school in the mid-1960s. You just demonstrated that either there was a lot missing in my education back then, OR (and more likely) that I have forgotten more than I thougt. THANK YOU for the memory refresher!

[@justinsane332]

One of your best! I think seeing someone get instructed versus a tutorial type video is not only fairely unique still, but teaches a lot that the tutorials can't. Just the amount of experience as you guys demonstrated can change how the information was delivered. I'm newish to handtools, and knew this stuff already, but it still helped to see another person taking the instruction, and creating the situations most beginners face. By far some of your best content, which says a lot since I really like all your content!

[@Incandescentiron]

I thought I knew hands planes well enough, but I definitely learned more details and adjustment techniques that I would eventually fumble through. Great idea to use someone inexperienced. It helps to keep you from skipping something you consider to be obvious. Well done!

[@stufarnham]

So ... my woodworking experience is limited to two things: wood shop when I was a kid and dinosaurs roamed the earth, and using power tools to build components for beehives and jigs for that work. I remember enjoying the act of planing way back in shop class. I recently saw a couple of videos on planes and planing and decided to get a couple of old planes, restore them, and start making shavings. My entire objective was to learn and enjoy the whole process. I picked up an early 1950# no. 4 and a post WWI no 5, restored them, and started planing. This video had been enormously helpful. I did not know about clambering blades, so I am going to learn to do that now. This winter I will do a “real” woodworking project using chisels, hand plans, and Japanese pull saws (I always hated sawing but find pul saws a joy to use. Thanks for your videos. I am off now to watch your sharpening video and then head out to the shop and put a camber on the blade in my no. 4. Stu

[@davanders2006]

I have been watching your video's a lot lately. I love your whimsical humor. The one thing i would really see your take on is making molding planes for crown molding or a decorative trim molding for furniture. I'm wanting to teach my grandsons how to make their own wood working tools and have them make home made gifts for friends and family. Thanks so much for sharing your time and abilities to teach.

[@Pibblepunk]

Honestly there's good reason the long-sleeved button-up is so ubiquitous among folks who work in shops. It's good for keeping splinters and dust and oil off your skin while you're working.

[@Scarletxrosex]

Thank you Rex, I'm only halfway through the video and I'm already glad to have watched it. I have quietly been feeling like a complete idiot every time I try to handplane. I also realize I need to sharpen my blade differently. Invaluable video!

[@gingebrien2408]

Rex an awesome video for the novice. I was not aware of how to set up a smoothing plane. Thank you. And Nate was great.

[@rogergreen2270]

Hello Rex. You saved me sooooo much worry . I do some Woodworking . small stuff that so far has come out well, thank goodness. However, I did want to upgrade. But when the thought of spending $400.00 or more on a wood planer I thought how about a hand plane. They are quiet and less wood chips flying around. and my Wife can't complain about NOISE as there would be none at all. So after some reviews I picked up two Stanleys, a Jack and a Smoother. Both look beautiful. But I could not get the Jack to work like one sees in the videos, till I came across your video here. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. My Charcuterie board ,that I had sanded and sanded and sanded rocked like a rocking chair. After watching your video and taking things a bit at a time and doing all that you did with Nate I finally have a board that sits flat. Yes and on both sides.too. Wow. I could not believe how things turned out. Next I have to work on the big Smoother. Thanks again for the slow instructions. I hope more people watch and learn from you.

[@rickshick8544]

I was really hoping for a quick mention right at the start of whether the bevel is supposed to be up or down in that plane. That said and out of the way, wow what a great video! Thank you. I wish plane irons had a "This side up" etched into them.

[@ilive4livemusic]

This removed a huge intimidation/ignorance factor for me. Clever way to present your content.

[@multibusa]

Nice one, very informative. I knew the smoothing blade was sharpened with a slight camber, and I’d pretty much guessed that it was to prevent or reduce tramlines. However being perfectly honest, I didn’t know how to set and tune the plane to work at maximum efficiency. Nate looked a bit too comfortable for a novice that’s never used a plane before, but I’ll take your word on that. I have had very mixed success with using my plane, and mostly poor success, if there is such a thing. Now I now how to set the blade and cap iron, and keep taking passes, adjusting as I go, following your easy to understand instructions. 👍

[@hbert06]

I am a bloody newbie. And therefore I like to say: THANK YOU! ☺👍

[@tonylenge424]

Very well done. Thanks. Nate is a natural in front of the camera.

[@WPGinfo]

Hi Rex and Nate, This was VERY helpful indeed! I now have a video with structured examples and actions of what to do and how to 'fix' // respond to get a better result. WONDERFUL! Keep up the good work, Willem

[@Painteagle]

Using what I learned from this video, i3 was able to plane down an old fence slat into a usable board. And thats without cambering my iron and with a 3 year old edge. Technique goes so far and you really helped me learn!

[@tinadriskell4469]

Third time I'm watching his video. First time I realized I needed to clean up my planes and sharpen them. Second time I watched it then played with some wood. Third time through I may actually get a square board. LOL. Thanks!

[@Tekila0]

I recently got my first set of planes (jack and block) due to your videos and after a unsuccessful attempt at figuring it out you post this video the literal next day. Thank you! Can't wait to get back in the shop.

[@shodanlieu7705]

This is just what I needed. I got a plane for Christmas and this was really helpful. My plane has two screws (one on each side of the iron) so I will have to play around a little to figure out how to it properly but this is a great starting place. Thank you.

[@lordrichard8184]

That’s pretty much how we teach the new guys how to use a plane. Just let them work with it giving them guidance. Great info!!

[@BTSlack]

I have had a Stanley plane for years. It is amazing what you can do when you finally learn how to use it! Thank you for a great lesson. I just trimmed couple door in my house like a champ (kinda).

[@sherizaahd]

This video is pertinent for me now. For Christmas my dad gave me a couple of planes that were my grandfather's (i actually have a couple of wooden planes that were his too) and I restored them using your videos, and now I've been like, where do i go from here? (aside from not having any time for anything) so this was perfect for me! You Rock!

[@j14kworks46]

I took a paid lesson from someone years ago. He wasn't as good a teacher as you are. I still have trouble setting up the plane and then finally using it correctly

[@robohippy]

I picked up a Winchester plane a couple of weeks ago. Dang thing has the advance/retract knob on standard thread rather than reverse thread like most planes do. On the bottom, some one scribed a line across on the edges of the mouth for where square is supposed to be. I found that really handy. For lateral adjustment, I have taken to just tapping it with a small dense block of wood. The levers seem to be kind of sticky and not always good/accurate.

[@gregmislick1117]

Nice Vid .. I do this with new team members at work - walk them through the processes which are "2nd nature" to me - they find all the things that I "just do" and we both learn. Welcome Nate !

[@pwd26atg]

Brilliant, I could never get the hang of a plane and was very confused about how to make it work. Thanks for your video, very informative and has now given me the info and confidence to able me to pick up my plane again and not be scared. Cheers.. Paul U.K.

[@heyemcali]

Man! i have always struggled with planes!! I want to understand how to use them but i have never been able to set one up well! This is the single most useful plane video in all of KZbin-land! Thank you Rex!!

[@joseramos3217]

Really liked this video with Nate in it. Definitely a good way to show beginner skills.

[@mattg6262]

This helped me a lot. I'm still getting into using the new quality plane I just got and refurbishing my grand dad's old Stanley. This helped answer a bunch of the issues I was having with my first planing practice especially getting the edge flat and square to the face. It was alarming to me at first that I wasn't producing a square flat edge very quickly. But seeing this video helped me see that I'm normal and on the right track. Thanks again.

[@edwardmedina1236]

That was awesome! I've owned a plane for years and I have never been able to use it properly. I believe this is the first time I've seen a video detailing what to do and how to do it. Every time I've watched a video is just been how to sharpen and how to set the blade. However, never once did anyone tell me it was supposed to fade to nothing at the edges of the blade. Honestly, that makes sense.

[@bityard]

Fantastic video as always, Rex. Don't forge t to add this video to your "All about handplanes" playlist!

[@merkarmerkar3974]

Rex, I am currently building an arbor with an arch that has a 42inch radius on top. I assembled the arch with some 2x8's and cut it out with a jig saw. The next step is smoothing the arch out on both the concave and convex sides of the curve. I'm not very excited about sanding it and wondered about planing both types of curves. I saw that a compass plane is used for both types of curves for various reasons. As much as I would like to buy a Kunz 113 or a Stanley 113, I couldn't justify the $300 for something I would probably never use again. After watching a few of your videos on planing, I thought it would be pretty cool to see one where you tackled concave/convex curves of various radii. I don't know it would be a very long project for you, but I imagine you could bring more creativity to the table versus what I have seen out there. Awesome videos btw.

[@nigelmtb]

Well I just popped out to the shed and dialled in my plane using the method described here. Wow. What a difference! Thanks, Rex & Nate!

[@SigynsHope]

This is possibly the most useful video you have made, thank you! I'm at the point of making a bench hook, after borrowing dad's speed square because none of my gear is actually square. Thanks a bunch! This will follow up on my last masterpiece, the "Chisel in a Stick" poor man's router I bragged about to all my friends. Which required planing a stick. And thus sharpening a plane. And thus a holder for my sharpening plates. Which is what I needed the router for in the first place... :-P

[@dametrian83]

Followed the advice and got the best shavings I’ve been able to achieve. So I came back to this video just to say thanks.

[@Athazago]

Carpentry is not hard to understand. Its just hard to find someone as nice as Rex to explain the craft properly

[@billffromnh]

They say a picture says a thousand words. Lots of useful information in this video.

[@ddddddddd345]

This is a perfect format of teaching videos.

[@TonyBullard]

Just inherited a couple planes knowing I could learn how to use them with help from Rex. Thanks for your hard work!

[@nw24153ns]

Thank you very much! Now that I understand how I SHOULD be working I'll be going back to review and start watching your videos again.

[@kengibson402]

I like all of you videos but this one is a REALLY great teacher aide and can be used very effectively. Awesome, keep up the good work!

[@RGormanJr]

Having a newbie do this on your instruction was a stroke of genius. Thank you!

[@midlandlongroad]

Well done Rex and Nate, nice to see a craftsman sharing knowledge, no secret notebooks, my trade is electrical fitting. You can only teach people who are interested, if you are too much "mastercraftsman/woman", people lose interest, and it's the most unlikely people, with the worst education, poor opportunities will be ones that gain the most from your sharing and not being made to feel stupid. Yes women can do anything apart from perhaps heavy physical lifting on a truck clutch. You explain fantastically, repeating basics and reasons why, no secret bits missed out. Rex you are giving people with very little access to libraries and trade education great transferable skills. I bet there will be people in far flung poor parts of the world still watching on old smart phones in 20 years time.

[@animalivaganti360]

Truly one of the best videos on the basic planing technique. Many things that I wanted to know at the beginning explained in a simple way. Congratulations to both of you.

[@rojirrim7298]

Just came home from the longest workday in the last three months, was feeling sad and tired. Seeing you had uploaded a video made me smile and you took all worries from my head for 23 minutes. Also, this covers really well the topic of smoothing planes, have you covered scrub planes yet on woodwork for humans? Thanks a lot for what you do :D

[@deckdriver]

it is like going back to high school wood shop class! I wish that I would have paid more attention back then... The old adage of youth being wasted on the young comes to mind.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Matt Estlea did a series on the same idea. Making a box then getting his cameraman friend who hasn't done anything in woodworking since school, follow his guide and see if he can make it.

[@mikepettengill2706]

Nate did great and yeah, what an eye opener about what is really going on when you are planing. I have only ever used planes to fix doors.