Homemade Router Plane - Scrapwood Challenge ep25 

I seem to be on a roll making tools at the moment and here's another one for the collection! :) A guide with the template and measurements can be downloaded here paskmakes.com/plans/

I'm sure when you brought the load of scrap wood home you didnt know that you would be inspiring woodworkers from all corners of the world but you surely have. Thanks for another great video. I hope the scrap wood pile never runs out.

getting the impression on the screw with the file and the vise made my day. So simple, so effective.

I can think of two things to stiffen up the blade so it doesn't chatter. First would be to make the groove a bit lower in the body so it doesn't have to stick out so far just to get down to level. You're sort of going to do that with the modified opening so more of the blade is supported. But that's going to make the hole pretty small and harder to view what is happening. Next up might be to make the dado for the blade twice as deep and epoxy in a second non moving blade that extends out and down to just shy of level with the sole. This would aid the stiffness of the blade by extending the support and hopefully again reduce the chatter. A very slight arc bent into the moving cutter blade would also focus the bed pressure at the ends of the blade too. I'm liking these ideas and I need a larger size router plane of my own. I think I'll have to have a go at a similar design but with these changes

Great video. Thank you for giving pros and cons for different steps in all your videos, that is greatly appreciated. Finally! You are the first person on RU-vid that drilled and tapped wood and used ca for strengthening the threads. I learned that when building R/C airplanes.

Discovered your channel a few days ago and it is quickly becoming one of my favorites!

I’ve got a Stanley router plane and love it... but I’ll definitely be making one of your versions as well... I think that’s the best ‘home made’ design I’ve seen 👍🏻

I have a playlist for everything I dream to make and have in my workshop when im older. Your videos are a majority of whats in there xD

love the way you make your knurled nobs

Hi Neil, the scrapwood challenge is meanwhile my weekly must-watch ;-)I hope you never run out of scrapwood

Thank you Neil for making this one. I've been waiting/hoping for you to make one and see your approach to it... !!! Once again thanks mate, excellent work !!!

That thumb screw turned out great. Neat idea on the knurling.

The knurling using an old file, vise and some tin...was GENIUS! Love the build!

Great tip using super glue to help keep the thread. I do that on a part for my double bass (instrument) - that bears the tension of all 4 strings and the CA glue works a treat. 1st time I have seen it outside that application. Lovely tool you made!

thank you, often i get stuck in the creative department, not knowing what or how to make something, or even the idea of using scrap for these projects, now i know why i saved my scrap. it really does have value, thank you

Nice one. Great to see a different design. When i made my own quick&dirty routerplane i started a youtube playlist with all the home made routerplane vids i could find, and i keep adding new ones as i discover them. So your video is on the playlist now. Anyone who needs a routerplane can find all the ideas in one place.

A few drops of denatured alcohol will dissolve a very very fine layer of hot glue which lets you peel it off much easier. It’s an old trick hobby plane makers use when they want to take hot glue off things with minimal to no damage :) awesome video!

Yet another great video. And in my opinion, I came here to watch you MAKE stuff lol. So you making a blade was worth the watch, I don't want to destroy my chisels, love them too much. Also love the fact that you don't add background music, and lengthy explanations.👌

I can't watch all of this right now. My valentine's date is staring at me.... I will be back after our dinner date is over! Looking great so far!

Creating organic forms are a hard thing for me to get my head around. Not only is this beautiful it seems very ergonomic at well. I'm well impressed... as always.

Hello, you're definitively a nice inventive guy : this serie is one of the best ever seen on wood working. I wish you all the scrapwood you need for ever😉👌👍🖖

Yet another awesome project from Neil for my list of must dos. Thanks Pask

Fergus the Forge Pig is back !!!! love it !

This challenge has become a bit predictable.. You start with scrap and end up with something beautiful and useful. Don't change a thing.

That knurling trick is amazing!

Great video! Loving the scrap wood series!

Another great scrap wood challenge Neil. Great looking piece.

Hey Pask! Big fan of your channel! You should make a jointing plane and other tools, so you can make scrap wood projects WITH scrap wood projects!

Really like the design! Your knurling method just made me shout "FUN!" Out loud. Fantastic idea

Great job dude and that stop motion is great. You seem to enjoy the project and the making of this video. Keep it up man.

Really good job Sir ! Having done a mechanical apprenticeship, many, many years ago 😮 (whose duration is invariably 4 years), I still seem to hear the "barking" of my teacher, when I unconsciously wanted to use the gauge as a marking tool 😉

Scrap and imagination equals functional art. Love this series!!"!

Simplest and best router plane build I've seen. Very cool!

Another beautiful piece of work.

Amazing mate. I love watching your tool builds! 👍👍👍👍

I love working with metal and wood, I can do something myself, and I really respect the Real Masters. Compliment!

I had no idea what was happening until the end. Pretty slick!

Seeing the pig furnace that appears to be lined with expensive ceramic fibre an article I read in ME describes using an outer shape such as a tine and lining it with sand and cement to which aluminium chips from swarf have been added with a central removable xylinder to leave a cavity. The aluminium swarf fizzes and leaves a series of air pockets making a refractory liner in situ. I have not tried this but photos in the article showed it to work and be very good as an insulator. He added a metal tray to put stuff on, might be worth a go.

Thanks Neil, I enjoyed this video. What a neat little tool, I hope we see you use the new one you are going to make in a future video. Thanks again.

That method of adding knurling is genius!!

Never heard of this kind of plane but I see the advantages immediately! Lovely design

Watching you introduced me to the Shinto SawRasp, MAN that thing is great! Really love these Scrapwood videos, I get a smile every time I see one of your projects pop up. :)

Man I love that nurling trick. Very cool mate

I've been looking for an old router plane to restore but no luck in VIC. Watching this has been excited to try my own

Good work ! And very interesting knurling technique ! Thanks for sharing !

Love your work and got a kick out of your knurling technique! Can't wait to try it sometime.

Wonderful job my friend. I learnt how the check the level with the hand plane by watching this video.

Cool. Knurling that bold head was particularly clever.

Very cool design! I'd never heard of this type of plane until now. I always learn something from your videos! Thank you.

I love what you did with the bolt! Clever man.

Another cracking project. I will be making one of those!! Thanks Mr P

Very nice work mate. Inspirational and satisfying

Very cool tool turned out. Thank. I always watch your videos with pleasure and smile. Good luck.

Well done once again. Great little tool.

Fergus the forge piggy ..... dear god that's too cute for words. And watching you take "junk" and turn it into so many gorgeous things? The reason I subbed (at first) to be honest. Though now, I'm going on a binge of all your projects lol

Great video, love the design. Another project on the list.

I love the file trick. Love this channel.

clever ideas for knurling and thread strengthening

the theme song is awesome and that dog chillin on the concrete

I love these videos. I would like to see one where you drag out all the ones that you said "I'll remake this" in some way or the other and show the new one and the old one. Maybe you could do a video like that once a year or so.

There a show on PBS here in America where a guy used tools like that all the time. I think the name was "the yankee workshop" the guy used all hand tools no power tools. Alot of the tools and gauges you make remind me of him. 👍😁

love that dog Thanks for the video ... great teaching ! glad to see the Ol' pig back

Kind of like a fancier, more refined version of the Paul Sellers "poor man's router". I think I'll try making one out of hickory, I've been wanting to make a router for ages. BTW, a little methylated spirit or isopropyl alcohol can help to release hot glue.

I’m always surprised at how well the file trick works! Great build!

That is great! Thanks for the idea of making a knurled knob.

That is a lovely plane & you have had the fun of making it, love it

love the dogs guest appearances

Great video. To reduce chatter, I would lower the blade in the body of the plane. There is plenty of room to lower it without compromising the rigidity of the blade.

Great looking project sir. I love to see your 'make do' methods, such as the knurling. You have a new subscriber.

So many wonderfull little tips in a single video ! Would love it only for that :-) The router plane is awesome. Just a little idea : at 5:45, clamping a small piece of wood above would help holding everything in place while tightening ;-)

It looks beautiful !

Another great video! This one I'm really inspired to have a go at. Going to start by making my own forge.

Absolutely Outstanding!

RE tempering the blade: I used a toaster oven to fabricate some acylic laboratory equipment, and I discovered that the thermostats are quite good at maintaining a desired temperature. Hmm, maybe the makings of an electric kiln at a very reasonable price, if the temperature control range can be extended ?.

OK... I'm impressed.. Your skill with the HAND SAW was the clincher...

Brilliant - thanks for taking the time to share!

It looks like a great tool. Rather than remaking the whole tool, which is still a great option, could you insert a pin that rides against and perpendicular to the blade, near the working end, to prevent it from chattering?

Really cool plane. Thanks.

Awesome build!

That was brilliant start to finish. Thanks

Can you do a video on the different types of hand planes and their uses. You are an excellent teacher and I want to learn more about when to use what plane and why.

My man! Incredible stuff; Keep it up!

I may never do any of this, but I do like your videos and the intro is cool.

That is a beautiful thing. I'm glad I stumbled upon this channel

Absolutely Brilliant!

Great build! Thanks for sharing! I learned a lot from this video. Pask rules!

I was given one of these when I was an apprentice 45 years ago and it was an antique then,a very useful tool, another name for it is "old woman's tooth "

You are an amazing craftsman! Respect!

Always enjoy thank you again.

Very interesting tool you made. I have never seen anything like it.

Not trying to sound like Mr. hindsight, but if you ever make another one, You should try a nutsert or a Rivnut for your set screw. Prob a bit more durable in the long run. Keep up the good work!

Brilliant work!

lots of good tip and tricks. great video

"Chatter" might also be coming from the fact you only have ONE pinch point (the set screw) acting as a pivot point. A second inline screw might resolve the issue.

Excellent work. Congratulations!!

Definitely doing this one thanks for the inspiration

I really like the larger opening. Do you think adding a perpendicular support under the blade would be enough, or does it need support on all sides? It would be cool if you could add a straight piece of metal underneath (maybe copper would look nice) and still have the larger opening.

Nice, putting this on my to do list.

I love the dead dog hahaha

Crushed it as usual. I wonder if moving the nut further down would also reduce chatter