Antique Wooden Planes and the Furniture Maker #1: How to Handle a Moulding Plane

This is a nice video, Allan. I will freely confess that I have neglected development of my skill with hand tools. But this is a condition that I am trying to remedy. I found this video to be informative and, from my standpoint at least, eductional.

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I enjoyed watching your video Allan. I have quite a few planes that I have collected over the years but they get very little use. Part of the reason is I don’t know how to properly sharpen the complex shape of some of the blades and also never learning the correct way to set and adjust the blade. After watching you video at least I have learned a bit about blade adjustment. Keep up the good work.

Great video and thanks for sharing.
Of all the hand tools I have, hand planes and backed dovetail saw (and surely mallets and hammers) would never slip out of my grip. I feel I’m getting to love hand tools more and more.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

I really enjoyed your video.In my case being a new guy I found it very informative and look forward to more. JIM

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Great information. I am looking forward to seeing more posts of this type. This helps to preserve the understanding of traditonal approaches.

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lethentymill

Thanks for taking the time to impart a bit of your knowledge to the rest of us, nothing quite like a hands on demonstration.

For those who are interested in developing their basic hand plane skill set LieNielsen's You Tube channel has a lot of videos on hand planes and their proper use.

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Allan, I really enjoyed your video and I hope you continue with the series. I think this class of of old planes is often forgotten or ignored.

Many thanks!

CB

-- Chesapeake Bob, Southern Maryland

I realy enjoy the vidio as a person who has desited to go the unpluged way I say let them comming as fast as possiple so all of us can learn how to keep the old trade alive and so we can teach the next genneration´s as well

happy holydays from denmark

Dennis

thanks for showing how to adjust these planes

I have seen many but never knew how to use and adjust

Thanks

Hooky

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Nice video. I’m interested in this. I have a few of them I got off ebay a few years ago. I must admit, I haven’t tried them and know nothing about them. Keep up and I’ll keep watching. I’m going to put youi on ethe budy list so i don’t miis your videos. thanks. Bob

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Interesting stuff!. Hopefully I will soon try out your tips in real life. I would love to hear you opinions on these wooden planes I am bidding on right now, they are in my blog (“Need Advice”) Thanks

-- L-H Johnsen,Sweden

Great Video Allen. I have put off getting any molding planes because I knew I didn’t know how to use them, and knew even less about tuning them. The more you share the more the rest of us will know. I am really looking forward to more of these great videos.

-- RayCurtis