Why are there so many different types of planes

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[StoryWoodWorks]

Great video James, I am a tool junky and it is so reaffirming to know I am not alone. I show my wife your tooling related videos and tell her "see.... it could be worse" her response is normally "Not by much". She isn't wrong.

[darriandorr]

Love your videos man I am 13 and I love woodworking and love making things

[PeteLewisWoodwork]

I started woodwork as a hobby when I was a kid and went into carpentry/joinery as a trade when I left school aged 16. I am 61 now. I cannot - dare not - even think about how compulsive buying tools becomes. I have, as yet, managed to evade the interest of the psychiatrist but I fear it's only a matter of time...!

[sigogglin]

I know people want to
go the frugal route when starting out and rehab antiques (and I enjoy rehabbing some things) but I think everyone should maybe get just one plane (router or smoother) that is new and solid so they know what to rehab towards.

[tedgreen]

Great ideas to tell my wife what to get me for x-mas! Once you've gotten some time to tune the cooper's plane, it would be great to see a video on buckets, casks, or other cooper vessels.

[AlexDiesTrying]

I briefly thought about switching to paper planes. Much cheaper. But it seems like it'll take forever to get anything done with them.

[Mike-prhx]

The same thing goes for mechanics's tools, carpentry tools, the list is endless. Until a specific project requires another tool I make the ones I own just work.

[tommoeller]

Nice to hear a complex subject in plane language.

[christophervanmeier]

Thanks James. Very informative and fun. Now I just need to find the money to buy some of these goofy planes!

[lindsaydickson]

This is one of the questions I’ve always had.

[ga]

My favorite tool in the shop…..thanks for the eye candy. Thanks for all your videos James I’ve learned loads from you.

[iainmcculloch]

Thank you for that, James.

A thought occurred to me while watching. The early wooden biplanes were made by men and women with hand-planes. As was the body of the De Havilland Mosquito in WW2. Cutting-edge technologies created using cutting-edge technologies.

[lincolndickerson]

fore plane… aft plane?… tail plain… squirrel tail plain… wait!?!… is he reading my mind as I am watching in the future. This is getting a bit timey wimey

[marcbarash]

Another great video James. You've done this type of video before, but they never get old or boring...

[MCsCreations]

Thanks for all the info, James! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[anthonyseiver]

It would be good to do a video on Stanley's competitors like Record, Millers Falls, Sargent, etc. I know some were rebadged Stanleys others made their own. Good to discuss their merits and problems. I see them in the second hand market all the time but have no knowledge of them. Unlike Stanleys there is little info online.

[vstraylight]

I would love to see a video (you might have one already) on the blue block plane you were using in this video. Several years ago, my ex-wife's father died and left several large and well organized storage units. She told me to grab whatever I wanted when we went, and I picked up a couple of planes. One of which is that model of block plane. I'm not great at setting it up and using it. I've got it nice and sharp, but putting it together and getting the mechanism to move the blade properly is eluding me. Thanks!

[triune_blades]

You should do a video on a Japanese ink line(don't remember the technical name).

[markelder]

James, thanks to your video I finally know a no. 40 is a scrub plane. Keep up the great work!

[rawru]

Ooh the wooden moving fillister plane looks cool