Hand Plane Basics - How to Prepare Your New Plane

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Hand Plane Basics - In this video Rob Cosman shows you how to prepare your new hand plane right out of the box. These simple tasks are a hand plane basic method if you want to achieve success with your hand plane.
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Just got my new Wood River 5 1/2 day before yesterday. Beautiful!! Except for the quarter to half dollar size area of serious rust on the right side of it. :( Not happy. I called Woodcraft. It took all of about ONE minute for them to say they would send me a new one ASAP. No recording or choosing this number or that one. A real person answered the phone, very nice lady, looked up my order, said a new one would be shipped immediately, and that I would get a email in 24 to 48 hours with a return label to send the old one back. Just like clockwork that happened. I received an email from UPS, with a tracking number, saying the new one was en route. I'm in shock!!! I haven't experienced customer service like that in long time. Consider me a fan of Wood Craft!!!!

jeffdamon

This has to be the most Canadian man on earth. A thick accent, good teacher, and wicked good at woodworking.

fuzzytractor

Unheated, dank workshop expert here. Simply keeping precision and edged tools free of dust and storing them in a simple cabinet cabinet of drawers makes a big difference. If it’s raining out, I won’t leave a plane or calipers on the bench over night. Chisels I sharpen enough and have enough of a patina that it doesn’t matter. Gouges, though, I want to protect that inner flute so they always go away.

przybyla

After 10 years of woodworking I finally purchased this wood river. I followed robs advice out of the package and it totally changed the way I wood work. I know some people love Stanley but please save your money and follow this advice. It’s worth the money and time.

bigal

Your videos are always excellent! While I’ve been a serious woodworking hobbiest for over 40 years, it is not uncommon for me to learn something watching you.

One thought: you put a heck of a lot of work into the plane before you checked the flatness of the sole. At about 23:46 into the vid, you stated that if the sole did not pass the flatness check, you should return the plane. Wouldn’t that be the FIRST thing to check? 😁

Also, I have lapped soles very flat on diamond plates. That is an option too…. A VERY time consuming one, but still an option.

Lastly, it would be great if you had discussed setting the gap between the blade and the front of the mouth.

Keep up the great work! As a retired USN vet with over 30 years of service, I very highly commend your support of the troops from both our countries!!! Bravo!!!

capti

I’m an amateur woodworker and after watching this and the other on how to sharpen a plane I think I’ll stick to sanding. Way over my pay grade!

edlundin

You are the god of wood working 😂 vary happy to understand ❤

Mohitpanchal-

The one thumbs down was probably thinking it was supposed to be a power planer! ONLY DECENT REASON LOL, TKS ROB!

J.A.Smith

Just wow. You are so concise and quick, yet easy to follow. Having your YouTube videos has given me a new confidence that I can get into handtool woodworking.

madamerosario

This video has helped me finally resolve my planing problems - no tearout with or without the grain in soft and hardwood...and no more tearing out my hair wondering why my neither a cheap or an expensive handplane seems to work for me!! Thanks for all the great videos, Rob.

RolloZx

Thanks Rob, I'm 58 with zero woodworking experience and after building a roubo split top bench from YouTube guidance I needed to start with the hand tools, today I copied your low angle 62 plane setup, my new one is quangsheng so very similar, I got out the whetstones and within 30 minutes was cutting see thru full width beech shavings, I'm thrilled and grateful for your advice

adrianbuckley

Tool prep and maintenance is the key of a master craftsmen and also the difficult part to master. The actual craft seems to be side effect, though it sounds like undermining the craft itself.

karthickb

I just tuned up my new Woodriver 5 1/2. The lever cap was way out of flat. I had to go at it with a file for about twenty minutes and then finish it on the 300 diamond stone.

The blade was the second worst option: twisted. I spent quite a while on the 1000 diamond. Probably should have used the 300 side to get it closer. Ended up with about 5/16 polished on one side to get 3/32 on the other.

The chip breaker was high on both ends but comparatively easy to flatten in a few minutes. All the rest was easy.

Between the blade and the lever cap perhaps I should have sent it back and rolled the dice on a new one. But it’s done now. And a good learning experience. This was probably about the worst it could be without it being so bad as to just return it.

It’s always useful to learn in the fire since it only gets easier from there.

CarlYota

I’ve used this great info for a couple of new bench planes (a Lie-Nielsen #4 and a WoodRiver #6) as well as three vintage Stanleys. Wonderful info! Thank you.

BarryinFredonia