I can't wait for the next episode, I always wanted to see how the joints were made, looking at these when finished and how tight the joints seem like an esoteric skill to me.
Ok, this looks very straightforward planing (sp?) a side of a board to have the shape you need for a window sash, do you have a video you can point me to where it shows how they used to plane the end of a board or thin piece of wood to meet that ovalo like what you would need to have a divided pane of glass with thin wood strips in the middle? I'm guessing you might need three different planes designed to fit together to make a full divided light window sash?
1. Great video. Looking forward to pt. 2. 2. Where and how do you store your samples pieces. How do you know which sample piece relates to which plane. I intend doing this for the 55. At least with that the blades are numbered and there is a page detailing the shape and size of each number. I can copy and keep it with the samples. 3. When using moulding and special planes do you need to shift weight from front to back like a bench plane?
I try to keep small samples (with the plane info written in them) close to the planes, but it tends to be a constant job. After a while you just get to know what each plane does. 3. Yes!
Great Episode Sir. Really enjoy what you are doing. Turns out I have a sash plane and no idea what it was for. My family were carpenters for several generations and I have a bunch of hand me down planes and tools. I love to use them, and you are teaching me how. Truly appreciate your videos and your books! To everyone else pick up the books, you won't regret it!!
It continually amazes me how many specialty planes there are. How simple, practical, efficient and safe they are compared to their motorized, generic counter parts that cut fast but take more time to set up and adjust everytime. I am really enjoying your channel. Thank you!
Please help! Which hand plane cuts end grain cope to reverse match the profile? Such as...where the profile of the low rail meets a stile? Thank you and love your show!
Thanks for sharing. Note for the video editor: If possible, would be really nice to have the spoken part of the video at the same sound level of the music at the beginning and the end.
Graham you’re a mind reader. I remarked just yesterday to my wife that I really want to get to grips with making sash windows from scratch, I’ve repaired so many recently! I have to say though that your moulding plane looks to be far more user-friendly than my Stanley 45, I always found the all-in-one blade a bit tricky to sharpen / use The more I use wooden hand planes, the more I prefer them over the ‘newer’ metal versions (though I do love my Record block and Stanley 5.5), many thanks to you :)
Sash is fun to make, when it works. When I make mistakes it is usually most easily fixed by throwing out a piece and making it anew instead of trying to 'make it work'. I've generally used an ovolo and sash fillister instead of the single plane. Probably not a lot of difference.
Fantastic video! Absolutely at the right time for me! I am looking into rebuilding original 1864 windows in my old cottage! Invaluable information, thanks so much for making these videos, I have enjoyed every one of them!
Brilliant stuff. I once had the chance of buying what looked to be a full set of molding planes on a car boot sale for about £25. I should've bought them but never mind, you sometimes have to draw a line somewhere on gear acquisition syndrome.
Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge of how to use these beautiful antique planes. I have a few of these wonderful tools and have used them with “success” this past week to replace worn or rotten parts on siding & windows. They’re amazing!
I just signed up for your work shop. I'm very excited to see that you are such a great instructor. You have a great way of explaining how to do the job and the tools used to make the project.
I am looking forward to this series after this episode; very interested in learning and using these old methods which I see were used around here until routers took over trade work. I imagine you are familiar with the county of Essex - going by your partial london/thames accent that is indigenous here. Cheers.
Thank you very much for taking the time. Quite interesting that a molding plane can be used on the edge, or the flat, resulting in a variation from the same iron.
These videos are very informative and interesting. My only problem with them is that if I want to, or need to employ the methods shown in these videos, I would have to hunt down some of these old, highly specialized tools. More than likely they will require several hours of restoration, tuning-up and perhaps even sourcing or manufacture of parts. Who has time for that?? I am the owner of a relatively unmolested +100 yr old house. Lots of repairs necessary. I like to keep it as original as possible. I prefer working with hand tools and not investing in power tools that may never see enough use to justify the price. Don’t get me wrong. I recognize the value of what Mr. Blackburn is doing here. It’s just not very practical for my situation which no doubt, is not uncommon to others in need of certain results.
Wooden planes are fairly easy to come by in the UK, relatively inexpensive. Maybe £35 for a good sash plane I think (although it's been a while since I've checked). But you can probably get an ovolo cheaper on its own and a plough plane that will do the two parts of the joint separately. The plough plane can be used for all sorts of other stuff (drawer bottoms etc).
Adapted from Ital. uovolo, diminutive of uovo, an egg; other foreign equivalents are Fr. ove, échine, quart de rond; Lat. echinus... [as used] in architecture, [for] a convex moulding known also as the echinus, which in Classic architecture was invariably carved with the egg and tongue. In Roman and Italian work the moulding is called by workmen a quarter round.[1]
Fascinating Graham. I have an old house with weighted sash windows, and the work gone into them is considerable. 100 years old and still running smoothly. Great work Sir!
