How to Set Up a Hand Plane - All of the Hand planes!

How to set up a hand plane. we will be looking at how to set up a smoothing plane, Scrub Plane, Joiner plane, Jack plane, and even a wooden plane. come with your questions and we will have a fun time live.

00:00:00 James Wright: What are we going to do today?
08:00 Alan Smith: JAMES when are you going to make Sarah a Secretary Desk? Huh? Can’t hear ya!!!
25:00 Aubreykun: When would you choose to use an extremely tight mouth single iron vs an extremely fine set double iron plane for smoothing?
27:00 Tiller Tomažin: ​I asked on Facebook about how often to sharpen. I'm also interested in the precise functionality of (duplex) Rabbet Plane, vs. Plough Plane, vs. Combination Plane.
36:00 Steve Combs: ​Why don't low angle planes have a chip breaker? Wouldn't that improve them?
44:00 clockman45: when I put a chip breaker together it bent the plane blade, why?
45:00 Jared a. Sohn: ​Will you still use the homemade lathe, once the new lathe is finished?
47:00 Matthew Dobbins: Anything special for setting up bullnose/shoulder planes or stankey no. 98 and 99s?
50:00 Sober living with Brian Franklin: ​I have a number 4 as a smoother, should I get a number 3, is that better?
52:00 Blue Kestral: ​I recently bought a molding plane and no matter how hard I wedge it the wedge pops out. What am I doing wrong?
54:00 Spencer Goddard: Could you describe how your auger bit holder is put together? I just got some from an antique store and was thinking of making one like it.
56:00 Cody Bryant: ​James when joint income board and the grain changes on you in the middle of the board what is a good way to help deal with the tear out?
57:00 Matthew Caird: Do you believe in putting your planes down on their sides or on there soles when putting them down? whatever your answer why do you think that?
01:00 Aubreykun: do the large plane-like surforms or autobody files compare to a scrub plane or no?
02:00 Cody Bryant: Why, when I'm planing, are my shaving rolling up and not shooting straight up out of the plane
03:00 Alan Isaac: ​James, do you recommend using paste wax on the sole?
04:00 Cody Bryant: ​james is that hock iron o1 or A2 steel?
06:00 billffromnh: ​How often do you check the sole for flatness? Or does it depend upon their use?

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[christopherharrison]

True sharp is an evolving thing, a bit like gold at the end of a rainbow 🌈 you get closer but never find it

[whknee]

I recently put a pmv11 in my no. 7 jointer, I had to file the mouth a little because the iron could barely escape the mouth. I ended up having about 1/32 or less gap left once the iron is proud. Sometimes the gap is even less than that. I was tempted to go back and widen a little more because the mouth can get a little packed while working, and it's not shavings catching on the chip breaker (Stanley chip breaker). But from what you have shown, I shouldn't widen the mouth more than what it is?!?

[gnomad]

Could the auger bit box have been in three parts (back mid & front) with the different auger holes being routed or profile planed out in a half circle & then glued together so the two half circles make a tube (with the mid-piece being routed on both sides"?

[LegoMan-czmn]

Me and my dad both share 3 no.4 planes, two of them I own and one is my dad's, we have all of them set up differently, one schrub, one normal and one absurdly fine smoothing plane

[onealflynn]

I’m still pushing for mine suggestion lol. Wood Done Wright

[justplanebob]

I have often wondered about making an auger box like that. I love that design. All Grandpa's augers are sharp and complete except the 12. 3/4? Since he has doubles of nearly all the other sizes, I'm guessing he had two sets and broke both of the 12's. To drill 3/4, he had an adjustable auger. I watched your video on sharpening auger bits and set about to do the same. I discovered Grandpa left them all clean and sharp when he put them away. I found them resting in a tray in his tool box. There are also regular drill bits that appear as though they fit the Brace. Did they use those?

[jan-reiniervoute]

... he is my slab dealer... All Terry Pratchett readers smirk.

[trellis]

Sharp, perfectly set up (super fine), and produces only a little dust clog = biG FaIL...


Next time that happens I'll try skewing the plane a lot to see If the fibers clear sort of sideways. If that doesn't help I really like your "file the mouth back at an angle" advice, thanks.

[alangknowles]

When did you set up the wooden plane? As promised.

[brucewelty]

I hear the old wive's tale of the wave riding plane. I have YET to see it proven. It sounds, to me, like a guy needed an excuse to buy (make) more tools and he cobbled up that idea to horn-swaggle his wife into letting him have a new toy.SOooo, a challenge! Take a good #4 and a #7, Raggedly cut (both with choppy cuts and long wave cuts) several boards. Edge plane ( will allow feeler gages and visible light test) Plane one with the #7 and one with the #4 the inspect the edge with careful scrutiny. IF you find more than .001" variation in undulation with the #4 I will shut up and back your tool choice.