You are building an invaluable library of videos, Graham. It's such a treat to all woodworkers that you've decided to continue your tireless work of spreading the good word of woodworking. I quite honestly feel lucky that you are making this resource which should be available for many, many years to come (hopefully indefinitely, but who knows how KZfaq and the internet works in the future). I haven't missed a single of these videos! And reading your books too makes it even better! So thank you!

Last week I ordered and received all five volumes of Mr. Blackburn’s woodworking books, which are as delightful and educational as the man himself. Highly recommended. Thank you for these treasures, Mr. Blackburn!

Thank you Sir.🎉

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, sir!

Thank you

Thank you!!

Excellent, thank you for sharing your knowledge

Thank you Mr. Blackburn.

Again, thank you Sir for your knowledge

Thank you very much. As usual, interesting and informative.

I always look forward to watching your videos. Very good presentation on block planes.

Wonderful, down to earth presentation. Thank you!

Thanks Graham. I have enjoyed your videos and your books.

Fantastic as always, Graham! Thanks a lot for another lesson! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

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Another great video, down to the ground, and straight to the point. Congratulations from Brazil.

Great lesson on my favorite plane. Have a very basic Stanley block plane I bought at a hardware store 40 years ago, still a great tool.

Thank you for another interesting video. The best parts of these are the little tips such as why to keep the mouth opening as narrow as possible to avoid tear out.

Thanks for your information on traditional tools and how to use them. Since I was younger my family where woodworkers, but I was not introduced to the art. I picked it up from people like you. ... OORAH!! 🔰

Thank you Graham! These small planes are handy for small jobs like chamfering.

Thanks, your knowledge and willingness to share is very helpful. So many times it is assumed that concepts of woodworking are common knowledge. You don’t make any assumptions. I really appreciate your approach!

Wonderful presentation. Thank you, Graham! I just saw that I have 4 block planes, for no known reason, each one different. Now I'll understand the differences.

Thank you Sir, this clears things up! I have noticed that in German these are called Hirnholzhobel, meaning "end grain plane". In Swedish they are called Stöthyvel. Stöt means to push, and is the equivalent word for "shooting" in this instance. A shooting board is called a stötlåda, meaning "push-box". So I assumed block planes were sort of a pair to this device.

A request for the audio editing: would it be possible to boost the volume of Graham's voice? It is rather low compared to the tool noises and the commercials.

Good afternoon from Copperhill Tn.

Excellent as usual! I never knew why they were called Block Planes; what an interesting source of name. I have an old Stanley Sweet 16 block plane, and I struggle with getting it set so that the palm/lever cap doesn't pop off at inopportune times, even with that annoying attribute it works amazingly well in all situations.

Hi Graham. Thank you for the videos. They are invaluable. I enjoy the way you present the information and appreciate the depth of content. I ALWAYS want to drop what I’m doing and go to my bench after watching…. One request: could you do a video about planing very thin stock? Or working with thin stock in general? I find it very frustrating, and have a difficult time getting stock a consistent thickness. Mainly, this is a question of how best to hold it all down. Very grateful if you would address it. Thank you

I always struggled to use a shooting board on end grain with a 4 or even a 5 plane, mostly because it's so uncomfortable to hold, but it also just didn't cut well. I also never used my block plane much, because I figured my 4 would always work better. But when I finally tried the block plane on my shooting board, I saw the light! Cuts better and is much more comfortable to hold! You lose some width on your cuts, but it still works for most boards. I'd highly recommend it!

I love my block plane!! A joy to watch your videos. Your workshop makes a great backdrop in the videos as well. Always inspiring and I admire your imagination to keep coming up with great ideas. Well done. One Handed Maker - Australia

Hi Mr Graham. I just happened across your channel recently and enjoy it immensely! I wanted to ask if you had any videos regarding tear out, especially on more figured wood or wood grain direction changing. I usually just fall back on my scrapering cards when this happens however when building a large table top and flattening I ran into quite the tear out problem. Thanks for the great content!

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I've been wondering what the lever was on the front off my vintage stanley 9.5. It's like the first plane you showed. In fact I was going to ask you in the comments. Thanks.

thank you that was very useful. I've been given two planes and had the blade sharpened but I notice the feet on both are not flat. How do I flatten them?

Good afternoon Graham just watch this video on block planes I have an assortment of planes from steel to wood and transitional just wondering if you had a transitional block plane to show. Thanks

What do you think of the argument, that block planes are more for carpentry, for conveniently having a plane in your pocket (say for trimming a drawer on a jobsite). Thanks for the great video!

Hola i gràcies per les classes mestre. Els seus llibres estan traduits a l'espanyol? Gràcies

It is NOT perfectly square. Ever. Nothing is. Everything has tolerances. (Perfect is a Platonic ideal). When talking about blade angle, it is quite important to note that most block planes are bevel up. It is the cutting angle that matters, rather than the iron angle. Perhaps you should have covered this?

Thank you