Testing Cheapest Hand Plane on Amazon - Stanley No. 4 Clone

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[@wranglerstar]

Order Amazon plane here: amzn.to/2rXzteZ (Amazon affiliate link)

[@samcq5088]

Can you change your playlist name from hot to charge a car battery to how to charge a car battery

[@lilsammich8252]

If you can hold a sharp blade over a flat surface you have a plane.

[@Saw_Squatch]

Hey Wranglerstar have you heard of JK boots before as a fire boot, supposed to be similar to Nick's and Whites? I started getting adds from them and they've got some weird marketing especially on their $950 "the north" boots, they're supposed to be a full custom version of their normal boots with full expedited services, 1 "free" resole, and a can of obenauf's but I crunched the numbers and for a basic fire boot it comes up to $100 less than the North's to just do a custom build. Might be a cool video to do if they are making boots as good or better than Nick's or a really helpful video if they're ripping off guys in the wildland fire and timber industry with their advertising.

[@ColfaxJones]

Mine arrived today. Xmas gift to myself.

[@pusswhakker]

Here is a followup video. HF has a #4 hand plane WITH a smaller one for 14.99...before coupon. Give it a review

[@daftnord4957]

i never would've thought i'd see the amazon basics logo on a hand plane

[@cypsrp7924]

As much as we all love Amazon (I live way out in the boonies, 2-day shipping), they've been using their 3rd party seller data to build their own products, and take over product segments for years. It only recently came out in the news. So, if you're selling on AMZN, watch out, and good luck!

[@Mitchdvetter]

@@cypsrp7924isn’t this what Walmart does too? You make a widget, they sell more than you can produce, they buy it from you and take over production, ending your business… yah?

[@poepflater]

I recently got a real old no 4 from a local pawn shop for about $7 in USD. Took a bit of polishing to get back its lustre, but now getting used almost on the daily.

[@jameschippett2177]

Your right, there are quiet a few originals out there, and they are cheap when you find them.

[@aideningram434]

Well keep it it being an original they will be rare someday

[@poepflater]

@@aideningram434 I doubt the kids will be into woodworking still. I had woodwork as a school subject from grade 6 to grade 12, so at least I know my way around tools. We live next to the same school and my daughter attends.. they don't even offer it as a subject anymore

[@aideningram434]

Mostly weed oh well it’s sad that it’s like that at least we grew up right have a good day brother

[@jasoningram2006]

@@aideningram434 they offered a shop class at my high school (class of '03) but I was even more stubborn and hard headed back then so I dropped out in 10th grade. I never one time took a single shop class. In fact I never had any interest in woodworking or anything growing up. It wasn't until I came back from the Bahamas after falling out with my brother that I asked a friend of mine who have been doing construction on remodels for 4 or 5 years to give me a job because I didn't have any means to make money that I started learning a skilled trade. Even then I didn't really have any interest into actual wood working. It wasn't until about 2 years ago that I really started learning to appreciate high levels of craftsmanship and details into building things with wood. In fact I finally managed to talk my mother into giving me my father's old vintage #5 Stanley Jack plane. And within the last year I have decided to try my hand and building custom-made wooden furniture and start a business with it. Now granted I haven't built a piece of furniture for anyone in quite some time it hasn't changed my insane love for working with wood and trying to get my name and business out there. In fact if anything it's actually push me into getting my craftsmanship level even higher so that it would be almost impossible to not take notice of the things that I build. Just because I shot classes offered or not offered or mandatory or not mandatory does it really mean all that much. Now what I have benefited from taking that class probably depending on how good the teacher was but given how I was back then I probably wouldn't have paid too much attention anyways. I just happen to get lucky with the DNA Lotto and happened to be born with a very high intellect but it wasn't until about the age of 25 or so that I really really started to appreciate learning even if it's self education. I can see what you mean though when you say praise the right I think that they should offer extra regular courses like that and they should be mandatory throughout high School only if to help teach a kid more about themselves as far as what they enjoy doing or what they possibly have interest in doing or even what they might have untapped talent into doing that they were not aware of. I am the last male Ingram of my family my daughter makes the very last Ingram in my lineage unless something else or to change and I am trying hard to get my daughter into a skilled trade early on but I actually have been trying to expose her to just about everything I can because I want her to do something she enjoys not something that could be expected I'm not one of those heirloom business type folks just because I did something in my grandfather did something etc doesn't mean that I'm going to force it on my child ever. Just like my grandfather taught me a long time ago do something that you love everyday you'll never work today in your life.

[@ericwood2863]

Hi Cody! I don’t leave many comments. This might actually be my first on KZbin... but it’s about time I let you know how grateful I am you do what you do. I’m sure I’ve watched hundreds of hours by now and somehow each episode is timely, educational, the perfect refresher, or makes me sit alone in the dark to rethink a thing or two. Often it’s all of the above... Your humble delivery is accessible, encouraging, and quite refreshing. Funny story... today I was literally standing in the hardware store looking at hand planers. While scratching my head, it occurred to me you probably had a video on planers. Out came the computer in my pocket and I watched this one in the isle by the hickory axe handles. Talk about timing. I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling like we are old friends. Maybe I’ll drop in one day. In the mean time, I hope you and the family have a Merry Christmas. Stay warm and feel the love.

[@tinkeringeekkissimmeefl4495]

Thanks for being open-minded about cheap products and for an honest, fair review. All things considered, the value is in preparing the tool so it can do what it is meant to do. Just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's bad. Having the best quality product means you paid someone to do the prep work for you. And the bragging right! LOL.

[@RefinerSimilitude]

All of my grandfather's stanley planes were sold at a yardsale when I was a kid. I hate to think of it.

[@ВасильСарчук]

the people who inherited them are most likely pencilpushers

[@jasoningram2006]

I finally talked my mom into giving me my father's #5 Stanley Jack Plane last year. It is sat in her utility room my entire life. Hell even when I told him about it he was shocked that it was even still around. He was not a carpenter but I guess seeing is how they built a few of their own houses forever ago it makes sense that he had one. I had never used one before but after getting it and trying to fix it up and learning about it it's one of the reasons why my company name is what it is. Planes, Stains and Polyurethanes is what I decided on naming my start up. Eventually should it become successful enough I'll split it up and do painting as a separate business. Living in the bible belt in south ga I've come up with the name holy rollers and brushes commercial and residential painting for when that day comes. Both of them seem like very catchy names for companies. I can thank John Candy and Steve Martin from custom furniture business' name though.

[@JensRoland]

When you ran the sole over the sandpaper I thought you were supposed to do that with the blade assembly installed and retracted since the plane can flex slightly from being under the stress of the blade, chip breaker etc.?

[@JasperJanssen]

Cody isn’t always a hundred percent on things like that.

[@timothyvolkers5343]

It really depends on the person doing the repair refurbish or restoration. I've watched several different people that are very respected and well known in the woodworking or KZbin areas. I've watched Paul Sellers a master craftsman and woodworker, Cody here on KZbin and a few others. Some of them make sure that they either pull the blade back far enough in too the plane or remove the blade but keep the frog securely attached to the bottom of the plane, and then other craftsman restoring or refurbishing a plane completely remove the blade and frog then begin flattening the plane. So it definitely depends on the person and craftsman refurbishing the plane and possibly how much flattening is needed.

[@warrensreptiles]

Thank you for taking the time to educate on keeping and using old school tools. I've been woodworking for almost 30 years and I learn something every time I watch your videos.

[@forreststrong797]

I have a very old wood tool box that my granny gave me it was her grandpa's tools so my great great grandfather I believe it would be, but there are some very cool old tools in it. Nobody has used anything in it since the 40s she said. There's mostly different size hand drills with 60 or 70 different size drill bits then an old plane a few small saws and other miscellaneous. Its really neat. I'm a automotive technician so I'm very familiar with tools but nothing like these old tools and I'm terrible at wood working. I am good at metal working and fabrication. I've been getting into wood working a little bit lately I made my first axe handle the other day and now I'm trying to make a wooden spoon haha.

[@TheMaritimeHorror]

I love these budget wood working tool videos. It really has inspired me to build up my tool kit and get started. Would it be too much trouble to ask you to put together a playlist of the Poor Man's Wood Working Kit? I'm trying to hunt all of the videos down and make my own, but I think it would help other save some time in the future. Thanks for making these videos!

[@gregoryhalye8907]

I got my cheap hand planes from Harbor Freight. I paid 27 dollars total... got three planes. One is a mini box plane, worked well out of the box after a good quality sharpening. The one packaged with it was a knockoff of the Stanley #4, and set up pretty well also, just needing sharpening. This was a twin pack for about 12 dollars. Their single boxed plane (the expensive one at 15 dollars) was a messed up item, the plane iron was molded skewed, it would never cut straight. I took it back to replace it. It's the one they offer with the wood handles. The replacement was finely sanded and refinished to my liking, and the blade sharpened. I use all three and am quite happy with them, but of course I know how to take proper care and maintainence of my tools. :)

[@classydays43]

I bought a $30 hand plane from the hardware store because I needed to make a fence. It was cheaper to buy the tools and make the fence palings out of limbs and stuff than to buy the already machined timber so at the time it made sense. I swear the amount of time it took to make it work was ridicululous, but the woods here are Australian hardwoods that take forever to whittle down. Watching this, I realise that I still have a lot to learn about the plane and a lot more to do to make it even better. It's a satisfying tool to use so it'll be worth it!

[@classydays43]

One year later and I'm happy to say that my plane is shaving fibres like the big boys.

[@JayBates]

Also, a blade upgrade will make this plane a great performer on a budget.

[@thathandtoolguy]

By the time you buy a quality blade from Hock or IBC (about 40 bucks) and pay 30 bucks for this boat anchor then you are out 70 bucks. For that price you can buy one or two vintage Stanley, Sargent, Millers Falls, or Record planes that will perform a hell of a lot better than this junk. This isn't a budget plane, its a complete time waster.

[@gigel99324]

@@thathandtoolguy not everyone has access to good quality dirt cheap tools

[@casychapin4647]

Amazons business model is to track what's selling among the third party sellers, anything above a threshold, they will attempt to source it direct from manufacturers, anything that they can rebrand I believe gets rebranded. Then they price it lower than all equivalent items while still making more margin and typically outsell the original

[@j.blocher9081]

@Wranglerstar there is a technique called lapping where when your sanding the bottom of the plane flat if you sand in a figure 8 it helps prevent waves in it.

[@colerussell2781]

I think this guy is my favorite KZbinr

[@jaynaforsgren4755]

He’s mine 😀

[@jonathanisham3596]

I love how you explain things. You explain it like you would explain something to a son.

[@Anna_and_Tiger]

This was my first handplane, for smoothing the blade upgrade is a must but remember to save the chip breaker as the upgrade chip breaker may not fit. The surface of the mating surface will be painted but is machined nicely, to reveal this use a old brass cartridge to scrape the paint away only on the small mating surface. The buck bros jack plane blade is excellent for using as a true jack plane by grinding a 8-10inch camber, this should only need sharpening a few times a year. Cheers and take care folks.

[@ni7suj]

Thanks for your videos. I will say I think part of the problem I see with using old tools... or tools at all is the fact there are less people using them. Used to be a part of every day life. Now there are people many decades old having never touched one. I grew up without a Father figure so I have been self teaching myself my whole live, 44 years, to use the old tools my Dad had and your videos has helped me doing that over the years I have been a subscriber. Thanks again.

[@Bolockaye206]

One of my favorite things about your channel is that I live in Washington (Seattle area) and whenever I get bad weather you get it too! It’s a fun thing to think about..

[@hobypatrick]

I have a small plane I got from home depot 20 years ago. I have a project to use it one and I never had sett it up originally. Thanks for the instructions as I never gave it a thought back then that it didn't come that way. I can still learn in my 50's LOL!

[@WizardLizard1899]

Lately have been binging alot of your videos and you have rekindled my love for making things and really loving and taking care of your tools. Merry Christmas to you and your family from Australia

[@rjtumble]

The lighting in the shop is really helping to bring out the highlights of your hair piece, very nice.

[@wranglerstar]

Thank you for noticing, great lighting doesn't happen by accident, you know.

[@timothygiarmo144]

@@wranglerstar it would be nice to see a dyi on hair pieces for us folicly challenged viewers

[@karenserfaty5786]

thank you for all the helpful insights. really appreciate your comments and all the experience you share :)

[@joshuacone9232]

I have some old planes and your videos have helped me put them in shape and keep them that way thank you

[@kennethesterhuizen1624]

Haven’t seen this shop for some time...

[@motorcityman99]

I remember my grandpa plane a door when I was a kid it’s a lost art. Merry Christmas to you and family.

[@samhughes8990]

I bought a number 4 original at a yard sale for a 1 doller and all the parts were there to

[@lilsammich8252]

Nice find.

[@benlikebike]

I am entering woodworking on a budget. But in all my time in the world I worry about not spending enough. Glad I've got you and a few other KZbinrs to help me!!

[@benlikebike]

I'm trying to hold out to find me a few vintage planes that are affordable if I can. I see a few pop up on Craigslist that aren't absurdly priced occasionally. Just have to be able to react immediately when I do 😄

[@PatrickMatherne]

This was the first plane I ever bought, took forever to get it set up correctly. Nothing was flat. The blade was not perfectly square, kept having the sides touch before the center. After a few days of work, was able to get it working. To me this makes a good training plane, to learn how to tune up a plane since it requires so much work. Overall, I would rather take the time required to set it another plane, and work odd jobs to make money to buy the better plane.

[@aumann0452]

You need to make a video about the european/German wooden planes. They are cheaper and have a really good blade (?) most of the time. They are also far easier to flatten and you can push them with both hands.

[@Phil_Goodman]

Thank you so much for posting this! I never realized you could test brass by using a magnet! i always learn something new from you on every video you post.

[@kingkevin267]

I would have loved to see you take it right out of box and try to use it. Most guys today, and especially guys who are buying a $29 plane, have no idea how, or even that they need to, do everything you just did. It would also so how much of a difference doing everything you just did actually makes.

[@ganggreen9012]

I have my great grandfathers Stanley Bailey #27 1/2 transitional plane, with the wood body, all original parts. I recently went through the sharpening process on the iron. After nearly 2 hours on the diamond stones I finally have a sharp plane.

[@danwheeler182]

You should really have the blade, chip breaker and lever cap in place when you flatten the sole. Just a helpful thought as the plane would be under tension when they are in just as when you use it.

[@LarryDoolittle]

Merry Christmas to Cody, Mrs. W, Jack, Sweet Loaf and of course Heartracer.

[@330FoeSho]

Been loving the passive protests in the videos Cody.

[@mpowers56]

I enjoy almost all the videos you do, but your wood shop ones are my favorite! Merry Christmas.

[@ricmarsh7877]

I bought a No. 33 hand plane from Harbor freight to learn on. It cost me $15. It needed a lot of fine tuning but in the end is a decent plane for its price. I've recently purchased a Craftsman No. 4 plane & Craftsman 3704 BB block plane from an antique store. Both are clones of the Stanley No. 4 & 12-020 9 1/2 block plane. I'm completely satisfied with both.

[@cmrosell]

it would have been a great lesson to see the performance before and after your modifications. A little experiment that can demonstrate the value of the additional steps you did.

[@The_Zilla777]

You lucky duck! I'm in central Oregon and there isn't a snowflake to be seen. I really love your channel, thanks for all you and your family does.

[@Rickmakes]

Just a notes, I know a lot of woodworkers will avoid silicone because it can cause problems with finish later.

[@Steelcrafted]

You are technically supposed to flatten the sole of a plane with the iron installed, but above the throat....it affects the shape of the sole when there is tension on the frog.....

[@FoulOwl2112]

Nahhh...

[@kristopherhilton8065]

Well thats sone useful information right there. Thanks man

[@lightfoot1789]

That’s looks wonderful compared to the $13 paper weight I bought at harbor freight.

[@nomorecancelculture544]

Always the best reviews!! Merry Christmas!!!!

[@sdolman79]

As I don't want to loose or risk the theft of my grandfather's Stanley Bailey type 12 (1919-1924) when working on site I recently purchased a type 20 (1962-1967) for £15 from a antique emporium here in the uk, it was in good condition/working order and ready to use if needed but I've still semi restored it to improve its performance. I would say that semi restoring a classic #4 is the better option as its the same amount of work as tuning the amazon one.

[@gregoryhalye8907]

My old woods teacher, Mr Woods, quite appropriately... always taught us in woodworking class how to set up and use hand tools before introducing the setting up and use of any power tool. If you can use a hand tool properly and safely, your ability to use a power tool for similar jobs will be much improved, and you will also respect and use appropriate caution with those power tools. Dont forget to wax your plane, that lets it glide more easily. A very light coat is fine.

[@supremechiptunes2108]

I actually have 2 old planers from my grandfather. One at home, and one at my cottage.

[@midwestoutlaw9236]

You should do a tour of the workshop and talk about how you made the shelves and benches

[@heavymetallife398]

hes done a whole series of videos making the bench, the shelves and the entire workshop renovation

[@robertcoffin6030]

you should have tried it out of the box. the average joe won't do most of what was done.

[@richardsolomon5375]

Then the average joe shouldn't be doing wood working. These are the steps that you have to take on any new plane to one degree or another. Though I would buy a new plane iron and chip breaker, for this plane before doing anything else with it. Probably a hock or lie nielson

[@kevwebst]

I agree with rob. I would have liked to see what it did right out of the box before sharing just to see how bad it was. But good video anyhow like always

[@richardsolomon5375]

@@Deactivated1122 good for you, your that 1 out of 100,000 with a very special circumstance. I'm glad you were able to fix your problem and secure your family. Everyone else needs to tune up their plane before working with it. It's not that complicated or difficult and it makes a crappy tool into a useable tool. You can get granite countertop cutouts from manufacturers for free and good sanding paper is pretty cheap. Unless you are paying 350+ for a number 4, you definitely need to check the flat of your sole and the bevel/sharpness of your blade.

[@richardsolomon5375]

@@Deactivated1122 lol. Caulk and wood putty make me the carpenter I brag to be 🤣

[@Vincent-S]

I actually got one not long after they put it on the site as a learner. I tried it out without any flattening and some sharpening and, at least the one I got, did pretty well despite me being an absolute learner. After, I borrowed the blade out of a friend's actual Stanley no. 4 and I got it to do some whispy, if a bit ragged tufts of wood out of a random piece of softwood (some kind of redwood?). I think the first to do, when I'm able to and after flattening the bottom, is replace the blade with something else, like those Hock blades. All in all, I think it's alright, though when I took the frog off, one of the contact spots of the base (it had like 4 little rear subs for the frog to connect to) was still covered in japanning as opposed to seemingly machined flat. And the face of the frog had reeeally obvious marks from the milling. Like mountain range kind of rough. Also learned that I really prefer levercaps I stead of the screwcap. A week later, I found a corrugated sole smoother at an estate sale (3 bucks!) that cleaned up nicely after a day in rust remover and scrubbing with a detail brush. After like a month and a half of searching. Old vintage planes are seemingly rare where I am unless you want to pay highway robbery for one in an antique store.

[@pyrokiller4682]

Tip about that putting a plane down flat work in a wood floored shead and leave your shavings on the floor in a pile perfect for putting it down on 😶

[@spanky4446]

Perfect timing, I was actually just looking at this plane the other day!

[@justgonnagetbetter1037]

Thanks for the glass tip! And for always sharing your knowledge. Try out the Amazon basics snip set.

[@JBBAllC]

“Chinesium Smell” I’m stealing this

[@especiallyleavish]

Such a sweet cottage core video compared to these days

[@ared18t]

I recommend starting at 80 grit or 60 grit with one of these.

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

I don't do much woodworking anymore and a plane like this would fill the need. The local lumber yard change hands so the liquidated a lot of stock in their Hardware side I picked up a Buck Brothers Jack plane for about 20 bucks and for most of the stuff I'm doing it works just fine. And no I haven't done any tinkering with it I just used it as it came out of the box.

[@benf8487]

Love the video! Great advise for young guys like me just getting into woodworking

[@glensmith766]

Another step in the ladder near the Lie-Nielson is the line from Lee Valley. They make very nice hand tools. Whelp, I just did a search and apparently they are priced very close together. I have some older ones that were more competitively priced.

[@thelasttaarakian]

I just got myself a No.4 stanley type 6 (1898) in excellent condition for $36

[@charlesrodgers5928]

If, and when, you get around to flattening the sole, you really should fully assemble the plane with all fastenings - frog screws, cap iron and chipbreaker -properly tightened,, That way, it will be flattened to the same level as when you have it assembled and in use. The only difference is that you (obviously) don't want to extend the iron below the surface of the sole.

[@ejleos6216]

Love you Mr. Wranglerstar. Your such a mentor and example for me a young man with two children. I found you a Christmas gift that you'll love to have. It's a Gerber knife with original sheath just like the one your grand dad had. It was given to me and I want to send it to you for you or jack. Your very much appreciated Mr and Mrs Wranglerstar. Merry Christmas and God loves you Jesus loves you.thank you

[@TheMoparPogue]

Maybe I missed it. Did you see if parts were interchangeable between the AmazonBasics Plane and The Stanley No 4? Specifically, could you use the Stanley chip breaker to replace the bent steel from Amazon?

[@ekulretlas]

PSA: dont forget a dust mask or respirator when lapping the bottom of the plane

[@seanwatts392]

What amazon does is they have all these data points on what products are selling on Amazon and they see what's selling the most and what they do is start to sell those products under there Amazon basics brand. It's kinda smart on there part. They sell everything you can think of from kitchen plates to usb chargers.

[@dottiehildebrand3123]

Nice demonstration. Learned a lot.

[@MrGrisu56]

Love that song at the end of your video. She has such an amazing voice

[@yobentley7274]

I love Ballistoll. I used it today on some of my axes; handles and heads. Guns and any metal tools love the Ballistol.

[@PhoenixMcSwiftly]

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[@stuartstjohn5598]

Got my first gransfors bruks for Christmas today!! Got the Scandinavian Forest Axe and love it!!

[@hotdogs5265]

Cody, I really enjoy your live streams too. Thanks!

[@flyinguy86]

If I’m the guy on a budget and getting started, my impression is I need a fair bit of kit to go along with my reasonable priced amazon tool. How much would the restoration and daily maintenance cost to keep my wanna be Stanley going? Thanks, as always, for a fun video that I can share with the kids. God bless.

[@codybryant8684]

In regards to the comment you made about flattening the back if you buy lie Nielsen or Veritas chisels or hand planes and you have to flatten the back send it back to them they will send you a nother one that they guarantee them to be perfectly flat enjoy the video great budget tool for someone

[@stevebosun7410]

Hi Cody, a good honest review, but, at the end of the day, "you get what you pay for". Non-flat soles are to be expected, especially at this price point, precision cast iron requires "seasoning" before machining. It's also important for the sides to be square if you expect to shoot with it (oops, that'll get the comment banned). The chip breaker needs to be flattened at a slight angle, so that when it's clamped up, only the tip contacts the blade. Have a look at the David Charlesworth "ruler trick" when it comes to the back of the blade.

[@nekonohiki]

I received today from a private buy a No 4 in box, in grease, no name but with a N logo on the corner of the box. It seams from 90s, was stocked somewhere. 6 bucks, this world is crazy.

[@totes_muhgoats]

It's great to see you in the wood shop again!

[@toolsandtrash6911]

I always have your videos playing while I'm working in my shop. Thanks for the content merry Christmas

[@owenmorse3136]

The Amazon basic is something for the guy who doesn't have a lot to spend and likes the look of the expensive style plane . The modern man made handles trade Stanley plane no4 is probably only few amount of dollars more , but would be a lot better option than the Amazon basic.

[@zingsting9595]

I got the plane recently and had to return it and it's replacement because the blade depth adjuster ran out of adjustment and could not extend the blade enough to cut when the chipbreaker is set to the recommended 0.5 - 2mm position away from the edge of the blade. It could be made to work when the chip breaker was set further away from the blade but that reduces the function of the chipbreaker. Maybe I hit a bad batch but I wonder if all the folks who gave it good reviews actually adjusts the chipbreaker. I was so disappointed.

[@tomasu556]

I love how Amazon can just about perfectly recreate a Stanley plane and yet every time they go to make a show based off a book they don't get anywhere close. LOTR, Witcher, starwars.....

[@grumpyoldsodinacellar4065]

At last, someone singing the praises of a budget hand plane, these plane's by the way are made in India, they seem to be rated for quality and the better ones get badged, much like computers. As you say, "if your willing to put the work in ..... " My second hand plane, my first one got borrowed, was a budget plane that was a lot worse than the Amazon, it was also a lot cheaper and I couldn't afford anything else. I have better plane's now, but I still keep that budget one. Because it works fine.

[@offroader9488]

Welcome Back Friends...

[@calihuntfish7163]

OFFROADER 👦🏿

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

As a wood hacker, and I think there's more of us than wood workers, getting the iron sharp will take you a long way. I have a Horrible Fright plane that I sharpened the iron on, following Cody's recommendations on how to sharpen. If you do "rustic" or "farmhouse" type stuff, that'll take you a long way. This Amazon plane is probably way better than the one I have.

[@whiteshadow324]

Ever planer I have ever gotten I have had to work to get them flat. Cheap, pricey, new, or old. It is one of those things that come with the territory .

[@turnersparadise8368]

Option #5: Get an old used one but get a Craftsman. They are much cheaper than the Stanley and they are the EXACT same tool. Stanley made them and just branded them Craftsman. You can get a good #4 on ebay for the same or less as you paid for this one. Yes, you will have to clean it and tune it, but you had to tune this one too.

[@jakemckeithen3812]

My grandfather gave me a Stanley No. 2 sweetheart plane! That I found in one of his sheds 🙂

[@elcam84]

That is a good base for a very good plane. With a little work it can be very serviceable. I have old planes and my most used one is a no name one that works just as good as any other. It's all in the sharpening and set up. I have never liked the lever lock on the stanley so that thumb screw might be an improvement. My dad asked for a block plane for christmas at the last minute. He has very little use for one so he didn't want a pricey one. I ended up picking up a Kobalt branded one.... Well after a little filing tuning and sharpening it works as good as any other. They just need that finish machining done to them, that's where the cost is in making good planes. And yeah put the plane down however you want just not on a metal or other hard surface.

[@yeboscrebo4451]

Very nice! Thanks for the video

[@jaynaforsgren4755]

Thank you 👍🏼 and merry Christmas 🎄

[@frostfirei]

Did you ever hear of Rock Maple, a splitting maul not to spec, can bounce off it, with no effect?

[@cbrowning762]

The Grizzly #5 14 inch plane is $39 and is surprisingly good. I have a collection of old Stanleys that I've restored, and i have no problem reaching for the Grizzly

[@bryanrichardson9683]

I recently found a planer at an antique store that has a wood base. I would like to refurbish for use. Any thoughts? Can you talk about on a video?

[@PhilippTimokhin]

Merry Christmas Cody! Praying you have a wonderful time with your friends and family! Love all of you content! God Bless!

[@nunyayourbusiness7327]

please do a vid on adjusting the plane's blade

[@Intelligent_investor]

It must be so nice to have snow, in Europe I haven't seen snow since 2018.

[@josenandorossipr]

Thanks for sharing, honest knowledge! :)

[@stevec9669]

Thank you for the review. Now I know what I will get with $29.

[@gregoryhalye8907]

Flattening the plane is fine, but you skipped a vital step. To avoid putting an angle on the foot of your plane, set a 90 degree angle block on top the sandpaper and run the plane back and forth over it, up against the angle block to maintain a perfect 90 degrees. The throat of the plane really doesnt matter, as it never makes contact with the work surface. If it bothers you, just stand or file the throat to your liking. Only the very bottom of the plane and the blade iron itself ever touches the work surface.

[@bluekestral8316]

Protip. Check flatness with the iron and lever cap in place

[@leonkarpienko3873]

Thank you, this video helped me with some questions. Goodluck.

[@blackfire0x0]

What about a comparrison with this one and faithfull bench plane's? They are the one's i see all the time on amazon.

[@silmarils94]

I have a Nb 4 and 7 they are great value for the money, believe it or not they were nearly flat out of the box and blades are decent, however I prefer my hold stanleys and records