New method of planking using progressive bevel planing 

You can see why apprenticeships are 5 years long when you watch the level of skill and knowledge displayed in these videos. Then a lifetime of working is spent refining those skills to the point we see here. Fantastic!

It’s so inspiring to see a master craftsman at work, particularly on a wooden boat. This gentleman is likely one of a handful of artisans in the United States capable of this highly skilled work.

I'm by no means a boat builder but I am however a traditional jointer by hobby . The rounded bottom "Coffin " plane with radius iron is magical . I am making one my next project now as I could think of at least a dozen other uses for this . I love watching this guy . #hooked

i have absolutely no interest in boats however i could watch these videos all day! Great narration and a very skillful craftsman.

Thank you for posting. I really enjoy these videos.

Fantastic to see this actually done in a video. As they say a picture IS worth a thousand words.

I've been a carpenter for 42 years and I love learning from Louis!! It's amazing what transfers from boat building to house building, I too have an old porter cable trim worm drive, love it, one of the most useful saws there is.

Skill, ingenuity and sheer perseverance. Hats off.

This video shows the awesome power of retaining the timeless subset of traditional wisdom and adapting it with a completely open and inventive mind. This is a fantastic example of what once made America truly great.

You make it look simple, but there's years of skill, technique, experience, and craftsmanship behind it.

A practical and direct approach to a subject that has so many variables. Thank you for sharing your craft with us mere mortals.

great video, really enjoy your techniques, I've worked on a ton of wooden & glass boats, Ive never stop learning. I've used so many little tricks I've picked up watching your videos. Thank You for sharing. Vinny

MAN, what a craftsman! Thank you for the GREAT video and transference of knowledge. You, Sir, are a great craftsman!

I really admire your skill and the way you explain what you are doing. Thank you.

Just watched your whole skiff series in the last two evenings.. thanks mate for sharing your knowledge and know how..great stuff mate!

Awesome to watch a master like this at work!!

I'm very happy I found your videos. You get bonus points for your accent. I'm a Californian, but my folks were from Rhode Island. It brings back fond memories.

Skills you can really admire, from a time when work was satisfying and challenging. I take my hat of to you Tips from a shipwright.

Super, prawdziwy Szkutnik, min maszyn i narzędzi - max wiedzy i umiejętności!!! Prostymi środkami osiąga wspaniały efekt. Gratuluję!!!

Great information and a lot of useful tips for all kinds of woodwork, Thanks !

Incredible work as always, thanks for taking the time to show us mere mortals.

Wow! Real craftsmanship. Love it!

Superb technique - really enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing👍

Love to see a master at work. Thank you

This is a lovely method, very clean, very simple. The bevel planing is very clever.

Louis, sir, thank you so much for the tip (around 2:20) about laying the side of the plane on the bench to ensure 90 degrees on the top of the plank. So simple, so excellent!!

thank you for teaching me something new.AGAIN!!

Brilliant idea, all the better for its simplicity. Thank you 👍

I really enjoy this video. Thank you Mr Louis

Wonderful video, thank you for the thorough demonstration.

Just loving these videos. Binging on them actually.

Very interesting to see these practical tricks for getting a perfect fit. I imagine that boat and shipbuilders in the past used the same techniques

Amazing... Great video and great instructions. You sir, are a great teacher.

Incredible craftsmanship!

This bring memories as my father did seam thing as kids we help but when we did put to mach pressure on planks bending on fire or let get smoki than we ran for life ha ha . I am looking in to all the different speciality plane to collect them and still wishing to build similar boat soon. Thank you is not many old timers who know this art of boat build and fix,God bless you and keep teaching as long as you can. In my family in Dubrovnik Croatia still is going on and second oldest Ship yard is in World 18 ml from my house there.In Korčula birth place of Marko Polo . part of my house is coll Šangaj similar to Shanghai. All the best to you from Chicago,I wish I do that with you,

Wonderful - the sharing of such skill to me is the best the internet can offer

I allready love this channel: quote: … I used a metric measuretape because it divides in the 10-system… splendid!

Incredible work here, years of experience in action...

Woah. That was something it was. :D Awesome techniques, awesome filming, awesome everything :)

THANK YOU !!!!😇😇😇😇 YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE !!!😀😀😀

An old shipwright's saying: "The only straight line on a ship [boat] is the 'North Line' on the compass card."

Makes it look so easy . Incredible to say the least.

u are a mSter at ur craft kind sir for sure and u have a knack for teaching and explaining wat u are doing and why u are doing it ,if the world had more people like u it would be a much mor brighter and beautiful place to live in ,thank u for ur videos ,i hope u dont stop making them love the skiff u built i wish i had the talent u have ,or even a 3rd of it ,if i could id work for you for the experiance and education alone ,

genius idea to such a complex thing so easily! you are a master!

I am very impressed. Thank you for your video.

Excellent craftsmanship!!! After so many labor hours, that's a very expensive boat for it's usefulness. 2 centuries ago not so much.

Great job mate I like your chops

Fantastic tutorial - thank you, Louis!

Nice job with the plank and by using the metric system....a lot easier! I think I have may have met you many years ago when I was looking for material for my Alden designed Indian. Dennis

Very informative! glad I found your channel!

Luis Sauzede... I LOVE YOU! This video beckons a mans soul to pick up a plane and start wrighting a boat.

Fantastic to watch, thanks for sharing.

Wow, what an idea, If I keep watching your videos I'll be able to build any boat. Thank You.

Tips,i love these tutorials.I was a boat builder once upon a time but using steel and aluminum.These techniques are useful for many other things making for faster,ease of construction,and more durable end product.Your videos should be mandatory in vocational technical carpentry schools and you would naturally be the professor.By the way my father's neighbor would pass for your identical twin.

You are one smart cookie......compliments and regards from central Texas, fm

Wow. True craftsmanship.

One of the first shipwrights I worked with showed me the curved coffin plane technique. He made one right in front of me! Great video. I’m sure I’ll come back and reference it soon.

Great technique!! Thanks for sharing!

Fantastic work sir.

Brilliant way of planking!

YOU SIR ARE A VERY SKILLED MAN

Very nice! I'm learning a lot of good stuff here.

Great trick for the progressive bevel. Have not heard of that one.

pretty much just one comment.......Wow, you sir are a true craftsman.

Wow, I just learned a ton!!! Thanks...

Thanks for this very informative video

Fantastic post!

love this channel!

I love your videos!

Love the videos

nice work lou

That's what's know as "Brilliant Craftsmanship. " Well done!

That is beautiful!

Thank you,I really appreciated it.

fascinating work just wow

Very nice job !

Amazing craftsmanship. It is wonderful to watch you performing this soon to be lost art. I owned two wooden sailboats. A 26' sloop while I was in Coco Solo, Panama and an all wood 5.5 meter US46 when I was in Pensacola, Florida.

Really looking forward to seeing the Remora when she's all shipshape again.

Great tips!

Great stuff!

Great idea for planking !

Am I ever likely to be planking a boat?... NO! Did I find your video interesting, entertaining, and useful?... HELL YEAH! Thanks very much for a clear well-paced video. :o)

You sir, are a genius!

great stuff man !!!!

All those small trix and details. What a great way to pass this on to future generations of boat builders. If I had more than two thumbs to put up, you would get them.

This guy is Magic

Brilliant!

cool stuff and so simple

It's like using the previous plank as a shooting board. I like!

nice work!

Excellent.👍😀

For a very brief moment there, I thought he was going to say, "The reason I use a metric tape is because it's the sensible thing to do, and so simple to understand". But no, he stated the obvious, it works on units of tens. I DO like his work though, very therapeutic and he has a great, easily understood way of explaining what he's doing and going to do.

This is a AMAZING video. I learned a LOT!! You make this look easy....but I know it is not. Thanks

excellent

Fantastic!!!

Lou, absolutely love the videos. Am trying to follow your explanation about using the metric tape to divide the hull into 7 even boards. My hesitation comes from the fact that the lines on the interior have to be smaller since the two measurements have to be different, do you just measure it twice inside and outside??

Hammer der Typ! Der hat es echt drauf

Great info

What a master!

Belo trabalho.