How to Clean and Setup a Handplane (better than Katz-Moses) 

who is Johnathan Katz-Moses?

I was looking through the drawers in my dad's router table and found a brace for sharpening a handplane blade. It reminded me that I had seen Katz-Moses scary sharp video. So I started looking for it again. I came upon your video while looking back for Jonathan Katz Moses. I had the time today to bring out my ol 1977 Stanley for a going through. Enjoyed your vid a lot, and I also am appreciative of your good natured competition with Jonathan. Main thing though was that I was inspired to break down my planes for a good cleaning, de rusting and sharpening. Thanks!

What a difference! much better then where you started with it. Thanks for sharing how you did this

This has come in at the perfect time as I got 2 planes I know not how to use! Thanks for sharing!

LOL I love these jabs between you guys!

So nice to see a youtuber go freehand when sharpening, congrats

Love all those close up shots. Nice work WW.

LOL love watching this battle unfold!

Nice restoration and useful tips about setting a handplane. Thanks Will.

I had not seen JKM's content, so that made it more video's for me to watch. Excellent video, thank you so much

Paste wax and polish while still in pieces is critical for where I am because of the dampness. Vinegar bath leaves a layer of carbon on the surface as it eats away the iron which is messy to deal with. Doesn’t look like that’s a big problem with this product. Thanks for the video.

Great video Will, thanks. 🙏

Thank you for this creating video.

Man! That is good work

One step that I recommend after de-rusting is to rub everything down with light oil and wipe of any excess. It will keep the micro pits from immediately turning black or begin rusting again in a garage or workshop.

Great video Will. I am glad that you and JKM are friends.

I have a old transitional plane that I restored I just can't get it dialed in to get good shavings, can I ask for advice

Greetings! Thank you for the very informative video! Beginning wood worker and new subscriber. Could you do a tips and tricks video and explain how to use and explain how the yhe parts on a Hand plane works? Thanks again!

Love your channel. I was wondering as to why you changed the look of your videos from your old ones. Your color grading and lighting seem really different. Your old videos had a cinematic quality about them. There's nothing wrong with the new format, its just different and I was curious. Keep up the good work.

Thats now a lovely looking tool

Dang, shots fired.

Great video but I have a question. How far forward do you set the frog? I'm having issues with getting thin shavings and I have yet to see a video on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Good video

Nice will!

Yea that is what I am talking about using a smoothing plane f-ing gossamer shavings WHILE SMOOTHING not edge jointing. Did some one say squirrel !!!! gotta go

It would be nice if you referenced the "ruler trick" to Charlesworth .The man who first came up with it.

Just watched JKM's video and jumped to your page, love the pissing contest between yourselves. Made my night :-)

And the feud continues! Ha ha. Good video, Will.

I dig it.

Wow, nice

Nice job Bill, you're certainly no Johnathan Katz-Moses though Haha

Dude you rock!👊🏽 Great vid.

Like I said on Instagram... I want a scrub battle. Who can take the thickest shaving?

Haha, the #katzmoseswalkerfeud battle has a clear winner now! The shavings you took are stunning, can't believe my eyes. Do you think this smoothing plane would be able to take a good shaving from a random-grain-direction surface? I recently tried using a number 5 jack plane on a cookie slab (3 trunks grown together, very unique piece) and couldn't get a decent pass even though the plane is nicely tuned.

Any tips on how to free a depth adjustment knob that is frozen in the frog? I cannot move it to save my life.

Forgive me, but why wasn’t the sole flattened out too?

Is it safe to handle without gloves ?

I thought high boy knobs and kidney bean lever caps were much later Bailey features?

Vinegar can take the nickel plating off your plane parts. I speak from experience.

Just to set you straight Will .it's NOT a chip breaker . Chip breakers are on machines . The part you are referring to on a hand plane is a CAP IRON. Well at least it was 60 years ago when I started my apprenticeship.

What's a levver. Do you mean leaver.

I like how you don't assume we want to hear you blather on and on like JKM. Your vids are much more concise and to the point for those of us with some experience.

So many jabs throughout the video 😂

Well at least it wasn't a tik toc battle

Lol, l like a bit of fun like this. Secondary bevel though hmmmmm.

Pillor Drill not drill press , Cap Iron and chip braker are the same thing perhaps you meant ,leaver cap.

Katz-Moses says you're doing it wrong. He's the best. You should check out his site. You will learn something. BTW, where's your Sawstop table saw?

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! .... winner takes on Logan Paul ;) Seriously though nice way to present a restoration without over complicating it.

I was going to subscribe to your channel until you claimed that besting Jonathan Katz-Moses was something to brag about. Oh what the hell, I’ll subscribe... I watch him for a laugh too.

That's a type 16, the kidney bean lever cap started after type 15

I love restoring old planes. Every time I’m doing it I just thing about what they’ve made or who they’ve been used by. Most of my planes are over 100 years old. Great video 👍🏼 much better than that katz fella

You cant argue with your results - superb, but maybe your implementation/explanation of the ruler trick isn't what David Charlesworth had in mind.

Two planes enter, one plane leaves...

That weird named guy needs to get his act together before coming at the one and only Will Walker. Lol Lol Lol. #sorrynotsorry Katz-Moses

How dare you call out the king! 😡😡😡. Lol jk.

Buy a lie Nielsen and go on with your life 👍😊

Rest of the world just shakes their heads and goes on with their business hearing about all the nonsense going on in th US.

Nice video 👍 plus I'm not a fan of Katz Moses

You pissed all over twat Moses good job man

Thats a thin shaving

I love your videos, but PLEASE don't be sponsored by TOTAL this company as EXXON or SHELL don't give a shit about nature and u, they are just making money on the collapse of our planet. I'm sure you can manage to have more decent sponsor (and it's not coz they're french (I'am) but really coz they're just not good people) THX