Making a Wooden Rabbet / Shoulder Plane

I recycle an old German and African plane, reuse the blades, mechanic and wood plus carelian curly birch. Woodworking with hand tools, no power tools beside a press drill. Open the full video description for more information!

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-How did you get the idea for this plane?
One day in the sawmill of a friend, during lunch break we have been warming us on the fire. There was a piece of firewood (visakoivu/carelian birch), which simply did not want to burn. It had other plans in its mind. After thinking about it, it decided to come with me. Getting known with its new home it found two friends and after a while they had decided to get into some kind of joint venture. One morning, they had been waiting on my workbench asking my hands to assist them for this step, a life transformation.
Well, that is how it all began...

- What kind of wood-glue do you use?
I would like to use ecological glues and my workshop is not frost free.
Fishglue can be frozen and melted without loss of quality. It is very strong, stays flexible and can be opened with warm water if needed later on. This results that it is not water proof. It is a waste product and is biodegradable.
I also use alcohol based wood adhesive. It can be used till -20°C. It is liquid plastic, no ecological but the best i found til now if it needs to be water resistant.

- Why you wear these fancy skiing-gloves while working?
I hardly manage to keep this workshop above 0°C. So, specially in the morning some gloves are helpful. Somehow these old skiing gloves are simply the most comfortable ones i found till now.

- Why to use poppyseed and tung oil instead of linseed oil?
Advantage is, that they do not turn yellowish with time compared to linseed oil. Disadvantage is, that specially poppyseed oil dries very slow; which can on the other hand be an advantage: it goes deeper into the wood before drying.

[GeorgeLowrey]

The curly birch adds visual interest that I really like.

[ValRabozzo]

Super! Vor allem die Idee mit dem Verkeilen der Dübel beim Verleimen der Hobelsohle... Ganz große Klasse!

[Mr_Rick]

Outstanding work and attention to detail. Great filming as well! Loved it.

[RomanArzumanyan]

Consider making cutoff slightly bigger at one side of the plane.
That will help shavings to escape and prevent plane from clogging.

[CandidZulu]

Very interesting plane, being a noob, I haven't seen this design before! Nice craftsmanship too... and my workshop don't even go above freezing in winter! Subscribed!

[gaylanbishop]

Dang! Excellent videos! Just found you recently and I really like your stuff

[MarkThomas]

Wow.. I wish I had the time to even think about doing that much hand tool work.. Excellent craftsmanship and skills.

[Disappointed]

Poppyseed oil is also useful if someone kidnaps your tools and tries to escape by air. The police dogs will detain your tools, , which you can later claim at the airport.. ;)

[torstenk.]

Super Arbeit, ganz toll! Danke für's Teilen!
Und zum Schluss noch der KK (Kollenrott'sche Kanalklinker)! 😉

[timothymallon]

I would challenge you to make the next one using sliding dovetails instead of dowels for the sole! This how gorgeous that would be.

[marvistawoodworks]

Some interesting & clever techniques.

[SergioLomazzi]

Bravissimo complimenti ottimo lavoro sei un grande artista 👏👏👏👍👍👍👋

[rawru]

16:54 - it's a unicorn
Oh beautiful, especially like the adjustible mouth.

[Craftsman]

Loved it, that looks like some old school theraphy!

[tonywatson]

That is a thing of beauty - I think that Birch is a much under-rated wood, especially with burl, so close-grained and silky. You have inspired me to convert some of my Birch logs.

[Ariovistvs]

This carelian birch looks stunning! Your videos are very inspirational for me. They show that it's possible to make great things with only a few hand tools and dedication. I started woodworking for fun about a year ago. The first year I spent mostly buying and restoring old planes. Now my tool arsenal is vast enough to do almost anything without ever using a power tool. I feel so proud and satisfied when I can say "I made this - just with a few traditional hand tools, many of which are much older than me." And the work ist so much fun. Just made a shooting board Paul Sellers style. Next is a mortise reamer for chair making and my new bed is also almost completed.

I found a new passion and I wouldn't have found it without awesome YT channels like yours!
Greetings from Germany, have a great weekend!

[davestinyworkshop]

Love all your traditional woodworking, very inspiring!

[nickstoic]

Awesome work of art, great craftsmanship. Pretty high tech stuff, I guess if I will even use one of these tools, I'll go buy one.

[antoniogonzaganeto]

De Manaus Amazonas Brasil muito legal vosso vídeo ajuda muito mesmo obrigado.

[benjaminluna]

Your editing is on point maybe one day you could build furniture for the cabin