Restoring a Wooden Hand Plane 

The irony of the foot powered grind stone with the air conditioner unit behind it -- was not lost on me

Using a planer to square up a planer ... that's kinda meta! LOL! This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

I work for a historic site in North Carolina, and I do woodworking like this at work. Seeing this was SUCH a helpful video. There are more than a couple planes at work that need love and this is a VERY helpful video for that.

Thanks for all your videos. Even if I never try half this stuff myself it's always calming and a joy to watch your craftsmanship at the end of a long day.

I know a lot of people who play recordings of "white noise" to help them sleep like rain or wind in the leaves, etc. You ought to do one with the sound of planes and sharp saws

Mr, Chickadee es extraordinario

You've inspired me to put down the power tools now and then, and get back to basics.

Your videos are a perfect combination of art, information, and relaxation. I can't get enough.

At last!!!! A video from the Mr. And Mrs.!!! All is well!!!

I saw that you had a video today and got overly excited. Obviously, you are extremely busy this summer so that videos were not the top priority, understandably. It’s always a pleasure to view a new video from you. I learn a lot from you by just watching. I like your format style!

Been forever... hope you feel relaxed and were able to do what you wanted, and get to where you wanted to be. As much as your fans want to see you making videos, remember that your life needs to be about you and your loved ones and seeing to their and YOUR needs... the biggest problem vets have is failing to take care of our own needs, don’t forget, you can’t take care of your loved ones unless you first take care of yourself. Take care, brother.

Another example of wood engineering perfection Chickadee.. Bravo.

When you're cleaning stuff and I see the toothbrush come out, I know it's about to get serious! Thank you for another installment of the "This is what I do so shush up and listen" Class of Living Better. Your instructions are taken to heart, even if a dose of cancer has shortened my time to do such 'important stuff' as this. But fear not, its been a well-fought thirteen year battle, and it ain't over yet. I still have much to learn, from you and many others. So thank you for being one of the lights shining on my path of life.

oorah, thank you, you have a gift. Great to see craftsman at work.

I always get so excited when a new vid comes up. Everything stops right now to watch.

Awesome. I will never get tired of watching this kind of video

EXCELLENT JOB with the planer. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing with us.

Only someone with the skills of working wood would know how to redo a hand plane the right way!!! Awesome video!! 👏👏👏🤟🏼🤙✌️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯💯💯🤜🤛😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I like the way you reduced the gap on the plane. One of the planes I bought had a huge gap. It must have been for a scrub plane. But I like what you did! Very nice! RWB ❤🎉

Great to see you back , perfect timing as I have some wood planes to restore , thanks again for great quality work

Thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge. Each time I‘m impressed by all these methods. You are a real craftsmen with heart and mindfulness🙂

I have been watching you from early on. I always appreciate the quality and value of your videos. I also have used hand planes for years and thought I understood the need for small tolerance from cutting edge and cap iron BUT never adjusted it to smaller tolerances to adjust for tear out. I just figured it was inherent with working with difficult grain and knots. I will experiment and hopefully have found the fine detail I was lacking. Thanks!

Excellent job Mr. Chickadee. I do love your videos.

This was just plane fun to watch.

A simple joy. Thank you.

Thank you, it's so good to see a tool go back into use. I am currently cleaning up my great grandfather's tools, and getting them back in working order. When I got it cleaned, oiled, and sharp I was surprised how easy it was to use an egg beater drill.

I was searching the Mr. Chickadee site earlier this week to make sure I didn't miss anything. So glad to see you're back. That plane went through that knot like it wasn't even there. So smooth, so nice. Keep up the great work!

Just a comment to say thanks and please make more videos. Be well.

I enjoyed this restoration. You sure have allot of the good tools for wood working. We're removing the carpet in our home reveling some amazing oak hardwood floors. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful job as always Mr C!

Something very pleasing about seeing you restore old tools. It might be the fact you never know who owned that tool or what was built with it. Thanks for the video. Good to see you back.

Thanks Kindly Mr. Chickadee! I've restored many planes I use of all types. To use an old tool that contains the spirit of the previous users, taken care of and put away lovingly and finally coming into your hands to be restored and used, is a great honor to those who went before us. I've seen many beautiful tools hanging on walls or piled up in a box. When you lovingly restore a tool to use bring a satisfaction that you just can't explain until you do it. The sound, the result and the ancient vibes? Wow! You can't beat it! Thank You Kindly! Love, Light and Peace to You and you Family! DaveyJO in Pa.

Zip goes the smoothing plane and zip I went when I saw that you posted a new video. Great video and great wood work.

Beautiful hand plane enjoyed the video, and I liked that you showed how to fix the cracked sole with triangle and that the mouth was to wide from tear out.

That is a handy plane! I bought one at a flea market for a few bucks, thinking it would be a beater, something I could work too hard and abuse then throw away. It has so far stood up to all the punishment I could throw at it. Thanks for showing us a sweet bit of repair on yours! Very satisfying, seeing you bring that back to life.

Awesome job glad to see you back

My favorite part of this video is the strop-topped oil stone box. I may have to steal that idea.

very nice as usual, glad to see you back

Excellent work, and glad to have you back. Semper Fi!+

Nice coffin plane! Good seeing you again! RWB

Excellent... just excellent. Thank you for sharing this treasure with us.

Good to see you back! This is a beautiful tool. Nice work!

You can never have too many Wooden Hand Planes.

Good to see you back brother, hope all is well on your end✌🏼

I inherited a wood plane almost simular to this. Although in very ruff shape, much more so than your's, it's been a pleasure in trying to restore it. The fixing of the cutter irons was always a conundrum, I'm pleased to have your expertise in how they are to be sharpened, and assembled.

Welcome back! Great restoration and a great find. Butcher is supposed to be top notch steel in plane irons.

Great restoration...fixing the mouth was really helpful to me...I have one I'm going to fix now that I've seen how you did yours...thanks for making this video its very helpful and you did an awesome job!

My God, I have been more afraid than if I had witnessed my vasectomy operation! What philosophies, what precision, my friend was not a job, has been a prayer! ... It has also helped me restore the old planes from my father, not so perfectly, but they do their job well again, thank you very much

Very nice repair and restoration!

Beautiful ribbons of wood! I purchased a beat up jointer plane (wood) for a couple bucks. A man had all of his grandfather’s woodworking hand tools and farming implements but needs to start letting them go. My purchase needs even more love than this one in the video, but it doesn’t look beyond help. I tried to find out what type of wood was used for these old planes but came up dry. Once I clean her up, maybe her wood will become more obvious. I’m sure many woodworkers who built these used whatever hardwood was at hand, but the Beech you grafted in gave me direction. I look forward to undertaking these rescues. These are our history. Once they go to the landfill, another piece of history we can’t get back goes with them. This video was very helpful. Thank you.

Hi, you're so so rare, glad to see you again.

Quality as usual. Cheers from New Zealand.

Very nice. First I’ve seen it done with a patch. 👍

Beautiful work, as usual. Thanks for sharing.

It’s good to see your treadle lathe in action!

Very nice tool . Great video 👍🇬🇧

That is wicked awesome!!!

great video as always

Fantastic 👍🏽

Very good work ! Cheers from France !

That's a pretty plane.

Great example of what one can do scouring flea markets or 2nd hand shops...there's many great tools gathering dust. I've restored several very old Stanley planes and admit there's something therapeutic about working wood with hand tools, feeling it take shape with the whisper of a well sharpened plane.

You obviously have some kind of crazy ex or something, I can’t see any reason why anyone would dislike any of your videos. You’ve given me so much inspiration. Just bought 2 acres and am refurbishing my 100 year old garage/shop so that I can get back to building again

Como siempre, es un placer aprender viendolo trabajar Maestro, muchas gracias.

I need to do this to a couple of mine. Great work!

Yesterday on a flea market I saw a plane with a triangle hole next to the mouth. Now I understand someone was making an insert like in your video. Thanks, really nice tutorial!

Nice job on the patch.

Great to see you back! Beautiful shavings you're getting out of that plane :0 and the finish on the knot! That's a dream right there. Thanks for sharing :)

Beautifull job!

Love your videos

Nice work, you'll probably get another 100 years out of that plane now!!!

Nicely done Josh.

great job, great tools.

Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up

As usual ... a beauty to see you work, Sir.

Well done Sir.

To quote Roy Underhill may the grain be with you

Toujours beaucoup de sérénité dans vos vidéos, merci :)

Very impressed!

I inherited a few old planers like yours from my Grandma's husband. Time to make them shine again, Merry Christmas✌

Fantastic inspiring work, deep honest thank you!

AC in the window! Blasphemy!! 😋 Happy to see new videos. Perfect as always.

Great stuff sir

Excellent

Very nice, great work!

Poetry in motion.

Yay! You've been missed.

I was asked Recently what my Favorite Channel on RU-vid is. Easily It's Yours. Not Only Does It Calm Me to Watch but Equally Inspires Me to Push Harder to Utilize Every Tool in My Shop's Arsenal. Always Amazing Work. You are a True Artist of a Quickly Dying Trade. Keep Up the Great Work. My Wife Describes You as the Bob Ross of Woodworking. I think thats Quite Fitting. Tried to follow Your account on Twitter. Its Private though which is ok because Im Not much of a Social Media Person but was interested enough to make sure I wasnt Missing anything You make on other platforms if that makes sense.

That plane is lucky to have made it into your hands

Nice job!

Very nice. I really enjoyed watching this video to the very end. Thank you.

That is a work of art sir, amazing.

Very talented young man. Cheers Pete from Australia

I love the pedal powered sharpening stone with the ac powered window shaker ac unit!! lol keep up the good work !! love the videos

Nice to see another video.. keen to see what’s next on your build list.. Totally get what your about with you way of working.. My power mitre saw gave up on me on a new build.. had to go book it in for repairs and order parts.. so while that was being done.. went and got a hand mitre box and just continued the job. Having all these fancy Dewalt power tools skill saws, nail guns is all well and good.. but when they go wrong.. which they do from time to time.. dose kind of leave you screwed. Or how about no power in site.. have to spend more money on a generator.. or left your charger at home.. got to go home and get it losing time at work. So yeah love what you do and are all about.. Something to be said using the hand tools in this day and age.. come as a great back up.. and they last a lot longer. Know how to sharpen tools like hand saws folks? Well.. they don’t teach that at college? Just go and by a new one.. But as you say josh.. learning old skills before they dye out.. sharpening all your kit saws included.. caring for it all.. then they will last you for generations .. not just the length of a few jobs.. Besides nothing nicer than ripping a plank to length with a good old rip saw.. get a good work out and it’s satisfying to do. Doubt the Japanese and Egyptians shad fancy nail guns and chop saws etc when they built the pyramids and pergodas and look how long they have lasted. Japanese temples withstand earth quakes to.. and they are on joints.. amazing.. So totally with you Mr C on your methods. But would be interesting to know how long it takes you to build a house.. compared to the modern way of framing.. be nice to see how the framing industry has moved on over the past years.. from the way you and the Japanese do it.. to now. Keep up the good work and can’t wait to see your next project. On a totally different note.. have you see this guy.. amazing and check out his machine.. he is doing a updated one now.. but talk about a carpentry project.. enjoy.. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IvUU8joBb1Q.html

Nice job, thanks

Very nice job 👏 👍

Wow, a decent small plane costs upwards of $100. Beautiful restoration to an extremely valuable and useful tool!

At first I was wondering why you were carving out the bottom of the plane...then it all made sense! And using a plane to flatten the surface, most would use a belt sander... Awesome rescue! Thanks for this Mr. Chickadee

Absolutely wonderful. Kudos. I would have expected hornbeam for the patch, I suspect it grows in your location...