Hand plane basics #1: Hand plane basics part 1

I watched the you tube thing while it was OK I think what you really need is a woodworking vise. :-)

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Yea i do what kind do you recommend

-- kosta Virginia Beach, VA http://www.kostasworkshop.blogspot.com/

Is this a joke?

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what

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you say that you start your milling with a jointer plane- then a bench plane – then a smoother?
from my experience you start with a bench plane/jack plane/scrub plane to take off high spots, then you use the jointer to flatten the board, then a smoother to smooth it out.

Also you mention that there is a bench plane, and a jack plane, and a smooth plane…. both smooth plane and jack plane ARE bench planes… just of different sizes.

Seems like you’re putting a whole lot of effort trying to work that board with a block plane, where a bench plane would be the one to use…

you also mention that your second and thirt and forth choice of a hand plane would be x y and z, but then you clearly say that you don’t have your 2nd, 3rd…. but you do have your 7th priority … just seems out of place- I’d edit that part out as it’s inconstructive to the video educational value.

Other than that – nice video. nicely put together…

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yea well I dont have the money to buy even a $30 dollor bench plane so all of those were gicen to me by my grandfather but if I find a good cheap bench plane then I will buy it. If I had the money then I would have bought a bench plane first a block plane second a jointer third and a smoother fourth but I dont have the money so I have to make do with what I have

-- kosta Virginia Beach, VA http://www.kostasworkshop.blogspot.com/

not trying to knit-pick or anything – but your last comment says you’d bought a bench plane FIRST, and a block plane SECOND, but in your video you say it the other way around (if my memory serves me right). I understand that you might not be abel to afford planes at the moment – and that is a fair case. but the more important comments were regarding your naming conventions, strategies, and techniques which might not be in line with proper/standard hand plane usage. now – if it was just for fun – thats all good, but I’m considering the possibility that someone new might see this post, and take it as “THE” way to do things- which might confuse some people.

All I’m saying is that with posting tutorials and training online – there should be some responsibility. personally I’d add a disclaimer that “this is how I do things… maybe not the way it should be done, but it works for me” ... that usually clears a lot of confusion.

how is the restoration on that smooth plane going? (PS.. you can use a smooth plane as a regular bench plane, not necessarily for smoothing purposes only)

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Hang in there ,Kosta….....WE all have had to go through the plane orientation …..
and PurpLev has some good info for ya.

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yo yo yo dog. love that southern accent. like john said, hang in there. you’ve got the will to go for it. i commend you on that part. not many young men interested in an old man’s hobby. glad to see you aboard. wish i had of started at your age.

peace out bro

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Aside from the fact I can,t understand a word you,re saying ( joke) I think you,ve done really well with the tools you have .Take any criticism constructively and take note of any advice given and you,ll go a long way. Purplevs raised some good points. Just keep doin, what your doin, and best of luck.

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Kudos for going with what you got to gitterdun! Bravo!

always,
J.C.

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purplev just wanted to say something I had a lot of coffee that day and I don’t even remember what I said but thanks for commenting I know that a bench plane or a block plane would be on first on my list of choices but I know in the video I said that a block plane would be my first choice but That was before I read fin woodworkings hand tool basics and realized that a bench plane would be first on my list. The plane restoration is coming along real good but it is not finished yet probably in about 2 days it will be finished.

-- kosta Virginia Beach, VA http://www.kostasworkshop.blogspot.com/

I can’t wait!

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

oh david roberts im from brooklyn new york thats the first time someone said that I was from the south

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