Can a cheap smoothing plane be good?

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[kitsurubami]

Man, you're on a different level than the other youtube content creators even within the woodworking subcategory. There are some amazing educational woodworking channels on youtube. The content you make, the way you present everything, it's better than i could imagine. Thank you for doing what you do. I'm so happy to have found your channel, and i look forward to the results of your plane research.

[bertbert]

since you said the chip breaker has a lot more curvature than it needs, you can put it in the vise and flatten it quite a bit. that makes it longer and moves the notch backwards so maybe you can still use it as a smoothing plane.

[avrampowell]

So I bought the Buck Bros bench plane (same Co. Come to find out) I was able to fix the chipbreaker issue by flattening the curve on the breaker thereby extending the reach of the adjustment. After re adjusting the curve and flattening the bevel on the breaker I was able to get full thin shavings on some soft pine and some black walnut. This is the first plane I have ever used and with some albeit major adjusting I was able to make it work pretty good. Thank Rex for showing me how and what to fix on this almost good cheap plane 😉

[suzisaintjames]

Thanks for the tool review and for all the patrons who's support allows you to do these great works. 💝☀🌵

[johnallison]

A breath of fresh air. Clear, articulate and watchable. Thanks Rex.

[BeInspiredwithDominic]

Looks I need to get into planes after all. And I even got some that might thrive with this treatment! Thanks for sharing, Rex!

[johnkelley]

Thanks for the review. It helps knowing what the plane can do well. I have a similar one myself and I think using it as a scrub plane is a good idea.

[Aubreykun]

Something you might want to mention for woodwork for humans: A hacksaw as a dovetail/detail saw. Even places with only a local hardware (no big box, no amazon) store should have them. And it's one tool to do more than one thing - wood and metal. Especially useful for cutting the heads off of nails, and some have a way to adjust them sideways so you can flush/infinite depth cut easier.

[Victoria-jowr]

It's a bummer it didn't work out! But I've been looking for a scrub plane too, and I didn't want to ruin an heirloom, so this just might do the trick, thank you :) I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!

[Cadwaladr]

That reminds me of when I visited my friend in Chile, in Puerto Williams, the southernmost city in the world, he wanted me to make him a little holder for bird bands (he's an ornithologist), and we had some rough wood and some basic tools, a plane among them, but this was the cheapest, crappiest no-name plane I've ever seen. The chip breaker, for instance, was just a bent piece of stamped sheet metal, it was't even ground to fit the iron. Chips just went right under it and jammed up instantly. But I did have a file, so I filed it down until it fit properly and then it actually worked. It's pretty satisfying when you get a decent shaving with a tool like that.

[Johngfed]

I have to agree with Kitsurubami- you are on another level and its a pleasure to watch and learn from you. Ive only watched 2 of yours so far, but im looking forward to seeing what other content you're doing. There are so many useless channels, but yours is exceptional, you're a natural. Thanks !

[bevanstuart]

Rex, thank you for another great video. I learn a lot watching your channel and can honestly say you have saved me quite a bit of money. As a retired pensioner that really is appreciated. Looking forward to the rest of this definitely "not" plane series.

[georgepalchikov]

I have an identical hand plane with the same problem. I managed to fix it by gluing some additional aluminum on the depth adjuster, therefore, extending its range.

[salimufari]

I got a Bench Dog brand #4 bench plane for about $60. It's one of the newer Indian made bench models & have been very happy with it.

[jonwolf]

Another great video Rex. Keep up the good work!!! Cheers from Canada!

[Liquidcat_]

Since I started watching you, I have come to learn that I enjoy doing woodwork all by hand instead of using machines and I have learned that even without machines, I can still do everything that I need to be able to do. You have also inspired me to buy my own hand planes. I don’t have the most money so I decided to get the cheapest possible one I can get. I ended up buying a $13 AUD block plane. It doesn’t have any chip breaker, depth adjuster, and it doesn’t have a lateral adjuster. I have to do everything by hand. I also had to spend hours on the wet stone to get any edge on it and I just gave up and used a strop. Even though it is no where near the best possible plane, I have managed to get it to shave the wood very nicely.

[TheRaven]

I have a harbor freight windsor design #33. Now it's a scrub plane. Works well for that job.

[treeman]

I was going to buy a plane just like this, So this will be a awesome watch,

Definitely got me on the edge of my seat!.

[bigdaddycole]

Can't wait for the new series! Thanks!

[PentaxEnthusiast]

Been watching a lot of your videos over the last few days, and I decided to search up my particular plane that I bought at Home Depot years and years ago and came across another video of yours! Mine is branded "Buck Bros.", and I've done a lot of these fixes (had to file down the lateral adjustment as well) and I just can't be happy with the thing. I should have just cried once and sourced a quality, vintage plane.

Definitely loving the content!