Scrub Plane Use and Care

Deneb Puchalski shows us a few uses of this wonderful tool. The Scrub plane was originally used as a carpenters tool to quickly dimension boards. That ability to quickly remove large amounts of wood has made it a wonderful tool for any furniture maker.
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[@samp4656]

I usually hate any commercial or brand related content but your channel is so concise and full of useful information that it equals the best youtube channels on woodworking!

[@johnalbers6422]

I inherited the equipment belonging to my great great grandfather, who was a master carpenter. I've been very careful to make sure that his equipment has been cared for. Surprisingly, he did not own many planes. This was because there was a job back in the 1800s that doesn't exist now. According to his journals, these men were called lumberers, and it was their job to straighten boards after they had been cut and seasoned at the sawmill. That way, carpenters could generally rely on stock they ordered to be straight; no bows, bends, or twists. And one of the primary tools they used to do this was also called a scrub plane, though it's unclear if this the same tool that carpenters employed. The description for lumbering scrub planes was a plane with a relatively narrow but thick iron which provided plenty of room to the sides and front of the mouth for chips and large curls to fly. One particular aspect of them is that the mouth of the sole as well as the iron were curved. This was to allow one line of cleaned would to smooth into the other since the scrub plane was pushed diagonally across the grain of the woodrather than with it or directly across it. I was able to track down the history of each of his planes, in the model constructed back in the 1880s was listed as a scrub plane. But it did not fit the description, as the mouth was not much wider than the iron, and both were completely straight. I've been trying to look for a lumberer's scrub plane for years, and this plane is, frankly, the closest that fits the description I could find. So, is this particular iron capable of reshaping a twisted board, as well as taking out bows and bends. These planes were relatively long so that the sole would run flat quickly once the problem had been worked out. I don't mean something as long as a Stanley #7, but a 10-12 inch sole, a wide and curved mouth with lots of room for large chips, and a narrow and curved but extremely hardy iron for overpowering poorly shaped lumber is essential. Would you say this plane is capable of that kind of work on rough-cut and misshapen lumber? If not, what would?

[@kewlbns69]

i love how chill this guy is. :D

[@Bogie3855]

I ground a blade to scrub and put it in my 5-1/2. Works like a hot damn.

[@barkebaat]

Just ordered one of these to replace my old wooden scrub. Looking forward to trying it out. Lie-Nielsen planes are a treat !

[@BlackSwan912]

One day I will pop the money for a series of L-N planes. I think my first needs to be a router plane, though. These are amazing tools, and built with such great attention to detail!

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Make your own router plane. Paul Sellers has the hardware kits available for a very affordable price; all you need to add is the wood and woodworking. He has a few videos on the process. The hardware quality is amazingly good, made in Sheffield, UK.

[@deezynar]

you should've had a really twisted board to us as an example.

[@DRJMF1]

You can use a scrub plane to plane a sloped window sill which needs rapid stock removal across a narrow width. Thank you.

[@charleswood2182]

I wanted to mention what worked for me to remove nicks from a LIe-Nielsen scrub plane blade. Today I used the Veritas® Camber Roller Assembly with the Mk II and it was much easier for me than other methods I've come across. Plus I was able to hone to 8000 shapton grit, not that I needed to do that, but why not?

[@silvermediastudio]

Can this be used to remove board wind or is that not advised?

[@brianm.9451]

Yes, the scrub plane can be used to remove wind in a board, but it is very aggressive so take fewer passes and it will cause tear out. Deneb does a fantastic job of demonstrating the technique. I made my own scrub plane using a 5 1/2 jack plane. I use it to flatten stock all the time.

[@laurencelance586]

A hugely under appreciated tool. When my glue up for my bench went south I discovered how very useful this tool is. And I bought one!

[@stuffoflardohfortheloveof]

Interesting and well presented 🙂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@radinsyah1574]

9:06 And you’ll have a wonderful set of wooden bracelets. 😂

[@electrogato]

muy buenos sus videos, me gustaría que pudieran poner subtitulo en español.

[@jamesmediallc8933]

What's the camber on the iron?

[@edwardog]

A 3” radius

[@jerrystark6766]

Great tool!

[@tigranminasyan3222]

Great tool, but really bad review!!!

[@tpistor]

Pretty lame demo of thicknessing a board. Tons of tearout. Tiny board. Took it down maybe 1/16". Try thicknessing a 48" x 8" board from 1" down to 3/4". The tear-out will mess it up completely and it will take forever. Unfortunately (for hand tool users and LN) a powered thickness player is really the only practical solution.

[@silvermediastudio]

It's a demo. If tearout is a problem, take more shallow cuts.

[@brianm.9451]

Tom Pistor try face jointing a 14" wide board when you have an 8" jointer. By the time I've built a planer sled, a scrub plane and a jointing plane have done the work beautifully. Afterwards, I can send it to my thickness planer and bring it down to size. It works super well and I don't have to keep building sleds/jigs for that one application.

[@738polarbear]

No ,just put a camber on the outward edge and tearout ceases to be a problem.I see from your comment you are unable to use hand tools.

[@johnpejakovich8848]

I guess all those artisans of the 17th and 18th century never finished a job then

[@sly9263]

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