Choosing and Tuning Your Hand Plane like a Pro 

Welcome back William!

4:30 🤣🤣 Welcome back. Never clicked on a video so fast.

Love Mr. Ng’s dry sense of humor and of course his expertise.

"I use hand tools because it makes a lot of people think you know what you're doing." I love it! Sir, you do know what you're doing imo.

The yellow cedar joke, You just earned my subscription. Hahah!

Getting an alert that there was a new video from you made my quarantine a little more bearable. Thanks for the video, William! You are consistently the best instructor on RU-vid.

Best chipbreaker explanation I've seen yet.

I took a class from William Ng, it was expensive and worth every penny! I've had several classes at Palomar College but the best instruction was from Mr. Ng, he's simply amazing! ❤😂 As far as planes go, if you want three, a low-angle block, a #4 1/2 and #6 from Lie-Nielsen (expensive) or Woodriver from Woodcraft (less expensive), don't waste time on Rockler. There ARE better planes but these have great blades and are pretty flat , easy to use!

Love Mr. Ng’s dry sense of humor and of course his expertise. As someone who went the Ebay/refurbish route before buying a Lie Nielsen jack plane, I wish I had considered buying the Lie Nielsen or Veritas Jack with the extra blades first. I would recommend that path for anyone starting out.

Your comment about the side screws to enable the lateral adjuster to function was a Eureka moment for me. I baulked at spending so much on any low angle Jack plane, so I made a wooden one with the Veritas Norris style adjuster. The side screws will improve its deficiency with the lateral adjuster. Shavings turning was also enlightening. Your jokes are terrible.😀😀 They made me chuckle.

Nice to see you back William,thanks for the video and the humour.

YES! So happy you are back! Thanks for another great video. 👍🏼

Oh and another RU-vid notification, let me dismiss this real qui-- Wait, what?! Well I'm done with whatever else I was doing!! Welcome back!!

Love your sense of humor Willam.

I am so happy to see you back! You are one of my favorites.

Welcome back, really looking forward to more...thanks for sticking with it

It is great to see you back on RU-vid. Love your work.

Yes, I was just thinking the same thing! Welcome back William!

SO Happy to see you back! Love the humor my good man!!

I'm very happy to see you posting again! You're the best!

William, great to see you making videos again, I hope you keep making great content like this! Thank you!

This is the best plane video yet! Thanks for your effort and great humor!

Love your sense of humor ! Thanks for posting a new video, this was a very nice surprise!

I sure hope you do consistent videos. As soon as l saw this in my feed l opened it with a big smile. That was excellent, very informative.

So happy to see you back.

That's a good looking studio. Good lighting. good to see you back!

Welcome back William. You explain things so well. I always look forward to your next video.

Thanks for the return William. I loved seeing that sense of humor once again.

Absolute best hand plane instruction video. This is every explanation I have ever needed with regards to setup and the reasoning behind it. Thanks 🤙

Awesome to see you back William. Very good explanation on planes and how to adjust them. Love your sense of humour as well. Excited to how to sharpen a blade.

Welcome back! So glad to see you again.

Your instruction is invaluable and humor is priceless!!! Keep up the great work and glad you're back.

Great to see these videos again. I bought one of your Big Daddy bits a few years ago and it's awesome.

GREAT to see a new video William! You had me crying a few times. 😂 You're a national treasure.

He was on fire with this video! Hilarious and packed with info. I look forward to every video of his

Really great to see you all the best

Welcome back Mr. Ng, so happy to have you teaching in the only classroom I can afford to be in at the moment.

This the BEST video on planes that I’ve seen. Lots of practical information that I can use to improve my knowledge and use of my planes. Thank you.

Love your sense of humor sir! Please make more videos.

I can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but this video did a much better job explaining setup than others I have watched.

Just when I’d about given up hope that you would ever return, you are back. That’s the best news I’ve heard in a long two plus months of social distancing. Your content is always superb interjected with subtle humor.

Love your sense of humour and of course your knowledge.

Love this. Thank you. I always feel like a block plane is a good place to start.

I really like your subtle humour. Good hand plane tips too. Thanks.

I remembered your videos and instruction were amazing, I had forgotten how funny you are. Great to see you back!

Good to see you back.

I was very happily surprised / excited when I saw you had put up a video again. Welcome back

Welcome back! Great to see you again. Always fantastic info.

Love you videos. So much information even serious woodworkers like myself end up with helpful information. Thank you

OMG, I freaking love you so much! The way you blend in your sense of humor with your knowledge is incredible. Jonathan Katz Moses has nothing on you! (But he is a close second). Another great video. thx.

Great video! Got excited when I checked my phone and saw the thumbnail. Now I have to go to your website and get your class. Awesome to see you back!

Seeing this thumbnail in my in box was a hell yeah moment! Been looking forward to a knowledgeable drop from the master. Good to see you back!

Great video William! Welcome back! I can't believe that I've had all these quality planes and didn't know how to set the throat. Thank you very much.

Really enjoyed this video, just like all the others. Very helpful and entertaining.

I will have to admit, I not only missed your great instruction in your videos but also the humor. Glad to see you back.

I’m so glad you are back!

Always great to see another video from William. Some woodworkers on RU-vid seem to get their knowledge from other videos. William is a great teacher, and you gotta love that sense of humor.

Great information William, loved the little William!

Young William was amazing. We need to see him more often!

William, it's so good to see you back on RU-vid. I missed your videos. Like Ben, I went straight from what I was doing to here.

This video is perfect timing for me. I need to buy my first plane and had no idea what I would benefit from best. Thanks for sharing 👍

So good to see your video and to know that you are healthy. Your dry sense of humor left me laughing out loud several times in this video. I own several antique planes and had a Lot to learn from you today. Thank you again for all your efforts to make these videos available to all of us with less experience!

Good info. thanks and welcome back.

Great to see you back!

Welcome back. Since your last video, I've probably used the five-cut method to line up three or four fences. I've enjoyed the humor having learned to appreciate your interesting brand. I hope to see more videos. Again, I really appreciate your contribution. Thank you so much.

Very informative video William, thanks for sharing your knowledge and humor with us. Air plane, I have to remember that one...

I didn't forget to hit the like button or to subscribe. Good length to digest, a little on the longer side. Good flow of speech. Recorded well and with care. I enjoyed hearing and seeing what I've seen and heard a dozen times before from skilled people like you. Thumbs up!

Understated worker but very skilled.5:08 little William ha ha ha .Great teacher .probably the very best explanation of how planes work that I have seen.He deserves so many more subs and likes.

Welcome back!!! Can't wait to take your online class.

I'm in! Thanks for the online courses.

Good to see you back Sir. I agree I’ve refurbished several old Stanley planes but my go to planes are the 5 1/2 or 4 1/2 Lie-Nielson.

Nice to see you back!...Nice demo😉👍

Welcome back William love your humor

Welcome back, even if I already knew all the information given in the video, while I did learn something very useful from some of your other videos, it is always a pleasure to see them, you are always spot on and very clear and simple in your explanations while being accurate, one of the best examples of the highest possible quality of instructional videos we can find on YT.

So happy to see a new video!! Welcome back ☺️

William who? Oh that guy who used to be on youtube. I remember him. Welcome back friend. Missed your videos and dry humor.

Woohoo! So glad you made another video, love it! Thank you!

Saw a new William Ng video. Had to stop work and watch immediately. Wasn't disappointed. This is actually the first instruction on how to adjust a plane that I have properly understood.

Welcome back William. It's widely known that you are an amazing woodworker. But you toss your silliness and sense of humor i will be sitting up for one or more of your online classes. Can't wait to learn something.

This was a great lesson on hand planes. Thanks for sharing

Hi William! Great video! I work in Anaheim as an RN and would love to take one of your classes one day. Saving my pennies and building my skills first. Until then, keep the videos coming. You are an awesome teacher

Welcome back. Great information in this video.

Oh, at last! Welcome back! you are so eagerly awaited!

So excited to see you doing a video again - have missed your very dry sense of humor. Welcome back. I will take a look at your online school.

Thank you William. My greatest joy is using my (cheap, very cheap) 9" bench plane that is too small for my hand. I will definitely get a Veritos #5 standard plane to replace it. I also enjoy your humor so keep em coming..

Welcome back William. As an average Joe woodworker I can vouch for the therapeutic effect of using a sharp, well set hand plane.

Little William Ng was a cute little tyke! All kidding aside, This was the most informative video I've seen on hand planes, it helps me put in order of preference which planes I buy.

What a sense of humour😀.....good to see you back on YT

Funny, I was just getting ready to review your video on sharpening planer blades! So funny!

William: you are a wood surgeon who has mastered the task of scalpel selection for every type of surgery. Thank you for the most thorough treatment of hand planes. Excellent video.

This is the best explanation for frog location and mouth opening I've seen.

Absolutely enjoy your videos just fantastic!

Waking up to find a new William Ng video available is the best.

Good to see you back, even with a plane video. Actually I just learned a great deal about adjusting planes that I didn't know so now I'll have to think about doing something besides my usual wood butchery.

That was a ridiculous shaving, amazing. So glad to see you back on video. Hope there are many more to come!! Great content and those jokes were painful but funny!

Wow William, your closeups of your demonstration are so timely! I just hit that like button and subscribed to your channel!

I have been waiting for another one of your videos! Keep em coming!

Wow William, your close ups and demonstrations are so timely, I would hit the like button and subscribe to the channel if I hadn't already done those things. 😁

Thank you William. very nice video.

Hi William, Great video! I especially appreciate your elaboration on setting up the low-angle jack plane by Veritas. I love this plane. However, one surprise I had was the shorter plane irons don’t fit my standard honing guide. So I ended up purchasing the Veritas Deluxe honing guide, and this set me back a mere $125.