Thanks for up uploading and teaching us how to continue history. Just used your videos to fix up some coffin smoothers for my brother so he can start his tool collection. They aren't as good as you can get them but for someone like me who has no idea they're great
I picked up an old plane about a year ago. It's a craftsman but I have been seeing a lot of very old planes appearing at local thrift stores, garage sales and the local habitat for humanity restore. I restored the old craftsman plane. Now I need to sharpen the blade and test it out. Watching your channel has caused me to want to get into hand-made woodworking. I am really interested in the lathe you made with the string and pedal. I want to create one at my home and learn to use it.
Hi Eoin,been in construction all my working life and have an obsession with vintage tools and equipment! Your enthusiasm is admirable, love your videos keep up the good work pal! BILLY.
I've recently come across so many old tools that my friends told me to just burn 😅 I've restored a spinning wheel abd now a wooden jack thingy because I came across your videos and i knew it was possible! Thank you ❤
I've been watching your tiktoks for a couple months now, and I'm always slightly sad when I don't get to see parts of the process in action. I should have checked your youtube sooner, it's got all the things I was missing. Such a great time watching this happen.
Quick one, I could be completely wrong on this 😅. I didn’t see if you oiled the sole of the plane, but if you did do you not need to check if it stayed flat. I just know from my work that oil and water raise grain and thought even a slight change could make the sole not completely flat. Obviously if it planes well it doesn’t really matter but just food for thought 😊 and Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you lad!
I very much enjoy your videos! I just wanted to mention that boiled linseed oil can contain some nasty compounds and/or metals, so you might want to wear gloves or use a rag when applying it.
Orbital sanding pads are nicer anyway. They have the cotton bottom so it's more comfortable to hold for longer and it's more durable than the actual paper stuff.
Great video, when the workshop is finished I have one just like that one I want to get back into use as a small jointer, and a small coffin plane, Happy New Year Eoin and may all your shavings be with the grain
Oohhh! I'm about 90% sure I bougt exactly the same plane from an antique shopbin Prince Edward Island, (Canada) last summer. It really looks the same down to the shape of the handle and even the wooden wedge. Pretty cool!
If you put a heavy camber on that blade and set the chip breaker far from the edge, you'll get a magnificent plane that is super efficient at removing a lot of wood quickly, great for the first stages of stock prep
Dammit Boy i wished I had your youth when I was a union carpenter st Louis area I carried a box of tools plumb bobs saws planes nail diggers n flat bars prolly weights 75 # in all string lines n torpedo levels and tape measures 100 ft down mist guys would ask if they could enter my box for a chisel or beater big hammer was glad that they ask first but sum scribe s n squares were passed down from my grand father's side and I wished I'd left them at home my Dad always said your only as good as the tools in your hands n ever borrow the same tools twice if you need it go buy it 4 the rest of your life
Eoin you've really got to ease the cheeks on this one. It has pretty much lost the lateral adjustment, but there's something even worser that that. Seasonally planes shrink and expand, so in the winter the body can shrink too much and iron will blow out sides where cheeks join the bed and it might take out the eyes. The repair isn't pretty and I've seen too many planes like this. Alternative is to grind the iron a little bit, but without a belt sander I would just pare the cheeks a wee little bit.
Inspired me to restore my grandad's old number four. I have a wooden plane of some sort to restore as well. Thanks for putting out quality content like this!
Very nice, quick restoration. I feel a lot of folks make these restores waaaay to complicated. Clean it up, flatten the sole, sharpen iron, start planing. Love it.
Hi boss, great work but be wide of that linseed oil, that version has metallic drying agents in it and it can cause problem drying into your skin. Please wear gloves.
Suggestion about the metal parts:Boil them on a pot for an hour, then scrub them dry with 0000 steel wool, then add WD40. This restored and preserves any blued finish on them. On the other hand, Linseed oil always goes sticky, for me.
Does this boiling trick work for any high carbon content steel? I have an old kitchen knife I'm about to make a new handle for so maybe I'll try your suggestion when I have it down to bare metal.
@@TheRedWon It should work fine, as long as it's light surface rust. If it's deeply pitted, you may need to go to Electrolosis, or use Evaporust, but in general this does remove active rust quite efficiently.
What brand diamond stone are you using? Or where do i find one? I thought you said it was 30 quid on ebay but I can't find a double sided one in that size, only little tiny ones. Would really appreciate a clue. It's exactly what i need at the moment as im restoring a lot of old tools. Cheers and happy new year to you!
Wow. A huge thanks for this video. Picked up an (almost) identical plane at a market in Lincoln for £10. Had no clue how to do a refurb - watched this video and now it works like a dream. Not sure how old it is but it says ‘Best English Hand Made’ on the top. Thanks again.
New subscriber. Had to Google how to pronounce your name. Who knew? My name is Owl. It's actually AL, but a little tyke years ago couldn't say AL, instead, called me owl. It stuck.
I got a Stanley number five Jack playing for Christmas I can’t get it to take shavings I got a number four as well I just can’t get the number five to take any shavings I’ve never used a jack plane before End it is clogs up with pieces of wood between a cheap breaker in the iron
You need to lap the end of the chipbreaker so it beds on the iron. Just take it a bit below the hone stone and flatten it good. Put the breaker together on the iron and look closely for light between the two. If you see any light keep at it until you don't. the top of the breaker needs to be polished too. Make it one with the iron.
Hey mate, quick question: What is your rig to measure the edge angle? Saw it in the video, but couldn’t figure out what it was… thanks!! Great content!!
Lovely video mate, might be a shout to take a bit off the width of the iron and cap with a grinder and a shaving off the wedge for a little easier adjustment and weatherproofing!! Nadolig llawen from Wales!
Hi mate great videos, to adjust the depth of cut on the timber plane tap top of the the plane near the front this lowers the blade. The button on the front of the other plane is there to tap this saves the timber and back of the blade see what you think. I joy your videos.
Thanks to you, I've started shopping for planes. Hand planes, ofcourse. I'm no pilot. Even vintage hand planes are 300 dollars in my area. Absolutely ridiculous.
@Eoin Reardon ...no... I have no idea about any of this stuff lol I've never touched a plane before. Built furniture but always with finished boards. If I'm honest, I haven't seen a single one for sale secondhand that was under 250$ (Canadian) ... maybe they are just hard to come by around here.