Restoration of a very rusty Record No4 Plane - ASMR 

This is resurrection, not restoration! You have made this poor little piece of trapped rust become a work of art. You deserve praise, encouragement, and respect. You have brought this old marvel to another "plain". Hats off to you Sir. My deepest respects. (I just love that beautiful English Racing Green- so much warmer than the original cold Record blue- which I don't like either)

Outstanding job. I love to see hand tools brought back to their former glory. 👍

Good lord there are too many videos of plane restoration. But really, good lord I watch too many. And somehow- this one is still near the top. Makes me want to take my sort of restored planes to a new level. But why.... my woodworking needs more work than my planes need paint! Thank you for this. Keep em coming.

Landrover Green? Absolutely! The colour, they should have been. Bravo! Cleaning out a deceased estate and have picked up a number of old tools, including planes. I have enough projects, but this has inspired me to have a go. Thanks

Looks great! But here's two tips for better performance while planing. Don't sandblast the interior ground surfaces of the plane body, those have to mate well with the frog to eliminate chatter. Also don't use the buffer on the plane sole, it needs to be dead flat especially around the throat for best performance.

Excellent work, it looks like it came out of the factory.👍🏽

Thank you for posting this. You have raised the bar in my tool restorations.

The shaving call to action got me. Done. Beautiful result, excellent work. ❤ed it!

I have restored a number 4 plane. This restoration is however on another level. Everything has been restored to perfection. It's better than new.

Nice. Work. Excellent attention to detail!

I have to say... this was an amazing transformation. I am getting back into wood-working after a 40 year absence... and am looking at older/vintage hand tools rather than the new power tools since the vintage tools are what I was taught to use. I have an old Stanley No. 4 plane that a neighbor is giving me that is almost as rusty as this one you showed. Hoping I can do as good a job in restoring it as you have done with this Record. Great video and thanks for sharing.

Brilliant restoration, I like the colour. Particularly impressive new handle and knob.

Думаю что с момента продажи, много, много лет назад, этот рубанок не был так хорош как сейчас 😁 Гениальная реставрация 👌 Браво 👏❤️!!!!!!!!!

A most impressive restoration! Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks.

I'm an avid consumer of plane-restoration vids and have to say, this is one of the best! What a transformation. You could have glued the rear handle successfully using epoxy but that doesn't matter when you can demonstrate making such a superb replacement - one of the best hand-made plane handles I've ever seen, so major kudos for that alone! I knew as soon as your caption said it that you were referring to lapping the sole with the frog and irons not fitted and I know the supposed truth that this is necessary, but actually this has been debunked numerous times. Guys have lapped empty plane bodies then later fitted everything, squiggled the sole with a marker and run the plane over abrasive and the marker that was immediately removed shows there was no change in the geometry. That's not to say it can't _ever_ happen, but it seems it's not normally an issue to do as you did initially. I don't know if I can post a link to it but one of the best demos of this if on the YT channel *Plane Collector* who also has lots of other great content showing his restoration methods in detail.

Memorizing video and amazing restoration, especially the new handles!

Tip for drilling holes on an angle: take a piece of scrap wood, draw a line on it, clamp it to the side of the work piece so it lines up with the hole you want to drill, line the drill up with the reference line as you go.

I really like the green you've gone with. Not only does the paint have depth, but green goes well with the brown wood stain, and with the brass parts. Plus the white lettering looks good on it.

Loved your process! Another antique tool saved from the scrap yard!

Excellent in every way and your humor and dedication to your craft kept my interest and focus throughout.

Loved the way you got rust of the brass . Another top five for tumeric and PVA with a touch of iron fillings. Well done

Seen lots of restorations, from some of the best woodworkers! This is by far the best yet. Well done

C'est du bon travail bravo encore

I have always been a fan of the brushed metal look, but good color choice. I love watching these videos; they tend to be calming and mind clearing, thank you for posting!!

Love the color change.

WOW that’s so beautiful.

It's your plane. you paint it any color you like. At least you'll recognize it a mile away. And you have a drill press. It's a step ahead of me. lol Great job!

A fine job and excellent recovery. A+!

Exquisitely done! Thanks for sharing!

That's one of the best restoration I have seen The handle and knob are fantastic the colour is spot on and it looks and works fine. Thanks for sharing your time and skill and remember stay safe and make more great videos 🍺🍺👍👍🇬🇧

Very impressive. You have given me the inspiration to go and haul out my old collection.

I loved that. You’re a craftsman!

“Subscribe” at the end. That was so cool. I recently restored a yard sale find.... a Stanley No. 4. Not nearly that bad to start and not nearly as nice a plane. But it made a decent plane for me to add to my shop.

Very cool. It’s yours, paint it any way you like. I think it works well. It’s just like a Christmas present

Amazing job, perfect restoration. Colour choice was good and it's a classic colour anyway so you can't go wrong with that choice. Fabrication of the wooden handles were perfect so over all, it's a 10/10 in my opinion.

Инструмент - просто фантастика. Но и Мастер, выполнивший все работы, так же на высоте.

I really enjoyed that. Great job on the restoration. Love the colours. Thanks for sharing 😊

BRAVO, BRAVO! This had me mesmerised from start to finish. I'm just about to restore my first, a Stanley No.4 plane. Was watching this for tips, if mine turns out a half as good as this one I'll be a proud man. Excellent work fella.

I love it, finally i found someone that did a serious restoration

It's your tool, you decided on what color you desire!

Wow! Thanks for sharing. This is restoration done to the max! I plan to restore a similar plane but it will only be to return to fully functioning state. A bit of old patina left over will make it look just perfect.

I love the finish in green, incredible job!!!!

Not sure how I came here but it is great. It is the best plane restoration I have seen. It requires knowledge on the use of the tool to restore it correctly. It is a perfect, better than new restoration but with technical details in mind. Perfect. Sole flattening - ✅ Frog flattening - ✅ Blade sharpening - ✅. Assembled correctly - ✅ Final result: a usable tool that actually takes some fine shavings.

OMG this is an awesome restoration video, so thank you so much for sharing your craftsmanship and talent

Well done and well worth doing, Stewart, south west Australia.

Awesome! Love the green!

Very nice result … Good Job Sir 👍🏽

Excellent restoration job, well done 👏

A restoration to aspire to. Beautiful end result.

Loved the snack-grab!😂😂😂

Excellent work!😊

and many thanks for no distracting music!!

That was more enjoyable than I had any right to expect. Well done...the plane, and the sound, too.

A work of Art. Outstanding.

Beautifully done. I like the deep green color. I don't think I'd worry about the flatness of the bottom. None of these planes were flattened when they were made. If you watch the Plane Collector video dated 01/18/18 (Lapping a bench plane fully assembled v. bottom only ) that myth was busted. You work was stunning!

Awesome restoration. Looks like it had been at the bottom of a lake!

That green also looks great with those beautiful new knobs you made. 👍🏼

Great video!!! The drill press/lathe was a great idea!!!

Beautiful!

Lovely job. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this. I've done a few planes but never to this standard. Well done.

That is now a thing of great beauty; well done!

Absolutely Fabulous, well done sir.

Great work, great transformation…the day I bought a 4-1/2 in similar condition….! Thanks for the video

Looks like it came straight from the shop.Stunning restoration and great choice of colour

I’ve restored several old Stanley planes and appreciate the quality of your work. I don’t mind color change, just not sure about green. 😊

Great job and you did a heck of a nice job on the handles. I also wanted to say, you don't take a 'back seat' to anyone. You are a master at restoration.

Wow! Frikkin beautiful restoration! 💯💯💯

Hermoso trabajo, muy profesional.Mis felicitaciones!!!

Absolutely incredible, what a brilliant restoration 😊

That was a beautiful job, I like the green paint

Beautiful work, dude. Keep it up. I love it.

It looks great. Most of mine are black, some red, even o e gold. As long as they work for you it doesn't matter what color it is.

Great job

I dig the green. That thing looks great!

Just beautiful well recovery

Very, very, nice job. Thank you.

Beautiful outcome!

Fantastic. Looks great 👍

Very nice! 👍🏼

Gracias. Excelente trabajo!!! Felicitaciones.

Great job on the handles. As for color...your tools, you choose! I would paint everything in my workshop in shades of purple if I could :)

I think when the purists refinish their own plane, they can chose how they want to finish it. Until then, they should just enjoy this masterful work. Well done!

Beautiful job! Btw it's nice to see the next project at the end 👍

Well done. I like how you turned a stuff up with your handle into a win by thinking outside the box.

Beautiful restoration performed. I like your style and color choice !

Excellent restoration 🎉🎉🎉

Great filming and lighting. Loads of editing. 👍👍👍

Masterpiece brother. Keep up the exceptional tutoring....

Excellent work!!! I recently refurbished one of these.

I'm jealous and dumbstruck. Fabulous end product.

BETTER THAN BRAND FREAKIN NEW. EXCELLANT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic work!

Sod the purists! It's your plane so finish it in whatever colour you choose. Excellent job on the resto. 😎

The video was well on watched, nice reatoration 👍

fantastic restoration. there is nothing wrong making your tools unique to you using whatever color you want.

Very nice!👍

Wow that's absolutely amazing you made an absolutely fantastic job of that it's better than new.

That handle and knob came out absolutely and insanely great!

Very nice result, I like it!

I too like the green far better than the blue great job!