I know you were presenting to the camera, so a mask would have been bad for audio, but just so other people know, steel/iron dust is really bad for your lungs. Wear a respirator if you have it and a mask if you don't.

I'll utter something that has never been uttered before (except maybe by Rob Cosman) I can't wait to flatten my plane! :)

I tuned up a cheap Harbor Freight plane and got it to work decently. I had no one but KZfaq teach me what I needed to know. Anyways I successfully used it for a year before I upgraded to a name brand plane. By then, my skills at sharpening and planing were honed and the transition was easy as pie.

I did pick up a copy of that David Finck book. Shall we say it is very basic, as in beginner level. This made 80% of so of the book redundant to anyone who has a woodshop, and knows what to do with the tools. I did pick up some ideas though.... Side note, no matter what plane you buy, always take it apart and examine everything on it. I check the plane iron for square, and make sure the sides are straight. Check the sole, check the handles, check all the screws and bolts to make sure they are tight, and check the sharpness of the blade. They all seem to need some work.

The mag jig magnet trick - Genius. Great video.

So much good stuff here. Glad I found your site. I bought two of your replacement blades so far, now need to fill out the rest of the cabinet. Stan S

I purchased a couple of your harder 2" replacement blades, one with a chip breaker, awhile back and had a problem with the back of the blade having a "Hump" [for lack of a better term] and couldn't get it flat for the life of me. Since it was my first purchase from you I wasn't sure what to expect for a response, if any. Boy was I pleasantly surprised. I not only heard directly from you, you sent me a replacement blade free of charge & I didn't even have to send the problem one back - period. It flattened and sharpened up just fine, as did the other one so I bought another, all of which are working just fine. In fact, if I hadn't put one of your blades in my , made in Mexico, Stanley No. 5, I might have tried getting rid of it (& I'm a tool pack rat) because of the way Stanley has changed the configuration of where the sole and the bed of the frog meet, it no longer fully supports the back of the iron all the way to its cutting edge. The new, thicker style of irons do not need that final 1/4" of support to work well, w/o so-called chatter. Anyway, I was impressed enough with your service and products I went ahead and purchased one of your No. 7's through Amazon. It was good, but had a cosmetic problem so I had it replaced and it's great. Now, I'm thinking of your rendition of the Stanley No. 93 1" shoulder plane to augment the 3/4" Bench Dog No. 92 I already have - despite Rob Cosman's doubts regarding the adjustment semi-circular grove destroying the brass(?) adjustment wheel. [You may read my user comments/reviews of almost all tool products I post either under my Nom d'Tool-Comment as JBarleycorn, or my Nom d'Blog, Myron J. Poltroonian.]

Great Video!

FYI, Hock blades for Krenov style planes: 2" x 3 1/2" = $55, 2" x 4 1/2" = $59. David Finck also has a video version of the book and it is amazing.

Well, I do a LOT of turning, and have used nothing but V10 and M42 high speed tools for years now. Veritas has their V11, and it surprises me that no one is making plane blades out of the M42 steel. It really holds an edge on my turning tools. Any idea why not? I know they have 1/8 inch stock. Bought some blanks from D Way tools up in Washington, and am going to make my own marking knives. Have one 1/4 inch thick piece I made a 1 inch wide chisel out of. Works great.

When you said, "I changed the paper to 220 because this (180) wasn't cutting fast enough...." did you mean you changed it to 120? Or did you mean you were trying to get a more polished surface? Thanks for sharing this idea. It's a real game changer for lapping plane soles!

You just sold me on Cubitron abrasives.

does it really matter to put the blade in and all that stuff? I find it way easier to put accurate pressure when i only got the sole and no handle , frog, blade....

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Stanley plane irons. They work fine for me. But I know how to bed an iron on a frog and that may be the critical factor. If your iron is flapping around in the breeze it will chatter then.

I have the one from harbor freight and it is complete garbage. The iron anyway. I got it razor sharp and the first pass it was dull and chipped up like i never touched it. And that was pine lol now I know what im ordering from Tay next

The 220 cubitron cuts faster than the 180..?!

This came up on my feed. not noticing the creator, 3 mins I think, I wonder if Taylor toolworks sells a decent plane...

Geeze, I wonder how those thin irons on planes managed to do so much high end woodworking 100 plus years ago without ruining everything... It seems ridiculous to me that everything that was perfectly find 100 years ago is now considered inadequate. Are new irons good? Sure, but the irons from 100 years ago managed to make everything with no problems.