An Amazon Basics Hand Plane… How Bad Can it Be?

[geoffb]

Sharpening tuning and fettling a cheap tool untill it works almost perfectly gives one a sense of achievement and education.
I have a fleet of planes, some old some new ( Faithfull brand) . Some old wooden ones and a couple of home made ones. They all need a bit of fettling occasionally, but they all work fine.
Spending big on a Neilson or similar maybe good for a professional but most woodworkers are hobbyests
Who like exercising a variety of skills .

[MagneVikjord]

Very nice. This just convinced me to not cheap out on a handplane

[MCsCreations]

Pretty nice work, man! It definitely woke up after tuning! 😃
But yeah, you get what you pay for...
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[Philosopherseyes]

These videos are helpful and you talk more about hand tools than other woodworking on youtube. I know know getting a good quality hand plane ain’t negotiable.

[bdcochran]

thank you for this video. I have one of these units. Didn't need precision. 80 year old house. Had the back door (which was ok) and the frame (worked on with damage) by a very good workman. However, it was clear that the door would need planing in the future.

[j.r.tidwell]

That’s why I always save my money and buy Lie-Nielsen hand planes. Great video!

[mattslater]

The adjustment slot was so far out it wasn’t possible to lower the blade without a huge gap between the chip breaker and tip of the blade. Not possible to fix it so I rounded the blade off and made a scrub plane. Works well enough as a scrub but useless as a smoother

[ping]

For sure something to turn into a scrub plane... The blade steel is nonetheless a bit too soft and frequent sharpening will be needed 😉

[toto]

The machine screw on top of the frog, the one that anchors the top cap, does it need to be adjusted? Thx

[darkob_]

Compare spear and jackson csp4 vs amazon basics no4

[sirllama]

Looks like the only thing it’s good for is changing it into a scrub plane

[marcinch]

I bought Draper no.5 cost 45€ and I already spend 5 hours to make it work 😂😂😂 completely shit

[wandamccartney]

You just wanted to release a new video, stop lying 😂