I hear the "I'm Rob Cosman, welcome to my shop" and instantly want to learn!!

Have just started watching Rob's videos and have to say that he is organized and is an excellent speaker/teacher. No ahs, ummms, or redundant stuttering. Easy safe shop technics.

i enjoy alot of youtube woodworkers and being involved in their communities, but i have learned more from you than all of the rest combined not to mention how inspired, motivated, and thankful i am that you and yours have allowed all of us the opportunity to be involved in something as amazing as PHP. thanks for what all of you do and have a happy new year.

I got this! Before doing any hand tool woodworking in the new year, sharpen your tools first!

It's amazing Rob and crew can put out a 30 minute video on something I already know yet; 1. I always learn something new and 2. It is entertaining. Good good and Happy New Year!

Thank you Rob for the videos. I appreciate them more then you know.

Happy New Year to you, Rob, and to all of the Cosman Crew.

I have that "violent" stone wheel dressing tool. I have a restored very large antique dual wheel grinder, and a 6 inch two stone grinder. All needed dressing. I didn't get the largest of these dressing tools, but it is at least the size of the one you demonstrated; maybe the next size up. Lot of good tips Rob, so I must share too, as you were using your "violent" dressing tool incorrectly,...according to the instructions that came with mine, and also according to the industrial supplier catalog information, from whom I purchase the odd tool from. According to the instructions I have, you would need to back off your tool rest a bit, as the tool has a ledge that hooks over the edge of the tool rest. You should have a sturdy tool rest for proper use as well, IMO. You should not be seeing that shower of sparks; that is a major indicator you are using the tool incorrectly; you are wearing the metal of the tool, not the stone, if you are seeing sparks like that. The tool is meant to be a bit more "violent" in fact, LOL. You are supposed to use the hook over the tool rest to create a greater and steadier pressure against the stone. When you do, the sparks will stop and you will see quite clearly that you are dressing the stone. Now that I think of it, I meant to order an extra set of blades, once I had verified that the tool did the job. I actually should have purchased the largest/widest version of this dressing tool, for my antique, restored to working, big grinding wheels. They run on a thick shaft in lead poured bushings, and thin brass shims! I got a smaller dressing tool though, as I figured I would be using the smaller grinder much more. Hope this helps Rob, and all.

Very good sum up about grinding plane irons. Thanks a lot.

Happy New Year to You, your Family and all your Crews . Rob's crystal clear instruction takes our sharpening skill to the new level. In fact, I had an old plane that have curves on both sides and I had put it away for a long time. Gonna give it a new life.

I always learn something from you, but I found this especially useful - Thank you! (and Happy New Year)

Scanning my subscribed channels. Next..next.. next.. my brain says STOP>>> Rob got new video... me runs to the kitchen makes a big pot of coffee and starts watching ... what an amazing way to start a day 👍

Sharp video, thank you.

Thanks Rob, that is exactly what I need about now, and more !

Love the level of details !!!

Happy new year Rob and to the whole of the Cosman family 👪 love your videos love what you all do sharing your knowledge to us I have learned so much I would say my dovetails are high quality my furniture making is amazing and that's thanks to you all my skills have been refined . May 2021 bring good things to you all and the purple heart 💜

So, I mustered the courage to do this having not done this before. I practiced on an older plane blade that was skewed and then went to work on my blade from my 5 1/2. I was able to square the end and after I put a new edge on, it makes beautiful thin shavings once again. So, if I can do it anybody can...just believe in yourself!

Great info, Thanks for sharing Rob. Happy New Year to you guys. 👍👍👍👍👍👊👊👊👊👊❤

Happy New Year to you Rob , the team and family

Perfect timing. I just got a new Rikon slow speed grinder for Christmas. I have several old plane blades to practice with before I regrind my woodriver 5 1/2. Thanks for the lesson. Happy new year!

I really enjoyed this video. Well-researched, thoughtfully prepared and presented without all the noise that so many videos contain. Thank you for your good work. Best wishes in the new year.

Thank you so much.

God bless you and yours. Thanks for all you gave us in 2020. Looking forward to 2021 and the lessons you will share.

I love my Oneway tools and lathe. Happy New years ! Stay safe

Thanks Rob for the great education and entertainment through these crazy Covid days 👍

Happy New Year. Great episode, learned a lot. At least I made some good decisions in my equipment!

Great instruction for this job. While this task is a must, to me it's one of the most intimidating in the shop. Thanks Rob~!

Like I said in the live chat Saturday this scares the hell out of me but when the time comes I’ll go for it !

Very well presented and engaging.

Retired tool grinder, and you did a great job of explaining on how to do it! Definately use a CBN if possible.

That is the plane I have it took me two days to put the frog back fairly right and sharpen the blade but in this video you taught me more to take into consideration and I don't mind the hardship I'm having I'm learning more of an understanding of the importance how other parts of the plane function thank you very much

Happy new year to you and all your family rob .from all of us in the uk pete

For trueing up chisels or plane blades I use diamond stone , oil stone , whetstone and leather strop in that order . Leaves a mirror finished bevel and scary sharp edge . For maintenance after each use I just use an oil stone . Takes time but effective and great therapy too .

This is a great and honest video. Too many folks online claim to do everything by hand and I can tell you from experience that it takes hours to re-establish a primary bevels by hand. My new CBN Wheel can do it in under a minute :)

Great video. I learned a lot. Thx

Outstanding work again - well done, Rob. The informative demonstration clearly shows why the extra investment will always pay off, even for a hobbiest.

Happy New year rob and family (and work family)

Happy New Year Rob!

Happy new year Rob!

Interesting video Rob. I have a 6" grinder with 2 grades of stone, one finer than the other so, I use the coarse grade first then touch up with the finer stone before using the stone. One tip I might offer is that I use the knuckle on the forefinger of my lower hand as a depth guide to achieve an even grind across my blade be it plane or chisel.

As an old machinist who often ground his own tools, including drills, I love the craftsmanship you show in tool sharpening. You are demonstrate what is meant by the old saying "it's a poor craftsman that blames his tools."

Very well taught and laid out. Having been a general machinist I know how important a good grinder and well dressed and balanced grinding wheel is. I would have been tempted to hurt someone for a CBN wheel!

happy new year! what was the brand of tool rest you recommend?

Well you made that look easy enough Rob , , how come every one of your vids makes me feel I need to get on and do what You’ve just shown? It’s 03:40 am New Years Day here, and I am sooooo wanting to go and turn on my little workshop! - is it OK to blame you if my neighbours complain? Simply another master class - great job, thanks.

Love the T-shirt! Go Canada!

I got a 10" wet grinder recently, and then about a week later realized that what I really needed was an 8" grinder and a cbn or norton grinding wheel. Hollow grind is so fast to finish on the stones. Really surprised the hell out of me.

This video popped up on KZfaq at the perfect time. I'm reconditioning several old planes that need the blades to be reworked. Good news is I already have the One way setup on my grinder. Thanks Rob for the lesson!

Happy new year master

If you're going to invest in a can wheel, you might want to look at a slow speed grinder also. If you go with a 3600 rpm grinder, you really need a light touch to avoid damage to the blade or wheel.

I noticed that the board arrived with corner holes, but I didn't see that in your gerber spec. Did the manufacturer just add those, or am I missing something? Great video, super helpful, thanks for your investment in time.

Happy New Year Rob and the whole team. I am fairly new to hand tool woodworking. Yesterday I re-profiled my Woodriver 5 1/2 plane blade. Came off the grinder square. I sharpened it using your method and for the life of me I can not get an even edge. About a 1/3 to 2/3 of the blade will provide a .001 shaving then it falls off. To get a full width shaving it is hacking off a good .005. I am either doing something wrong or still need a bit more practice. A work in progress.

Hello mister Crosman happy new year from Italy

Rob, this is really helpful. You need to check out Wood by Wright’s video he just published about the best plane blades. He did a really great job in testing a large number the blades. Woodriver came out to be the best value. They beat out Lie Nelson toe to toe and are a good bit cheaper. Anyway, it’s worth checking out and there are a couple of surprises out there as far as some good quality and expensive options.

Yes, but can you see your reflection in the mirror finish of the primary bevel? Happy New Year!

Thanks Rob. I really like your style of presentation - especially so when your opinions and humour is shared. Publicly stated opinions seem to be in short supply these days, so please keep 'em coming!

Amps / Current are important on any grinder as well. Higher the amps less it will stall out, and time waiting for it to get back up to speed.

Hey Rob! Thanks for all of the good instruction. Without realizing it I made a back bevel on my bevel up block plane. I now realize bevel up blades should not have a back bevel. What should I do?

Happy new year Rob! Regular viewer from South Jersey (Philadelphia suburbs). I apologize if this was asked in the comments already, but how do the friable, white wheels compare to the CBN and classic stone wheels, as far as heating the blade is concerned? I have a rikon grinder that came with the white wheels and have been kicking around the idea of replacing one side with a CBN wheel. Thank you for the hours of entertaining education you’ve provided us with. I hope to spend six days at your handwork class soon, once this pandemic is just a memory.

I have already seen this video.... only me? 😂Happy new year!!!

I really underestimated the preparation required in working with these hand tools. Can’t wait till I get it right though.

Very informative video but it took a while to get to the actual grinding stuff. As a side note how about a video on making an adjustable tool guide for grinding.

What do you do if you don’t have a bench grinder?

One of the best wood working channel out there. Thanks.

I was hoping you would address the grinding, sharpening and honing the back of your high bevel blades for difficult wood. How do you do it without making a mess?

Once you find center of the blade, put a wixey on there and make note of the angle. Much easier to come back to it later if you have changed the platform for any reason.

Tapping the rest (top or bottom edge) with anything is easier to make minor adjustments.

Had to grind a new wood river plane blade square yesterday. Came with a new plane out of square. A few minutes and up and running.

I use a Burr King belt grinder that I use for grinding knives. It doesn't leave a hollow grind. On my pedestal grinder I use a Norton white wheel and a regular wheel on the other end. Nice to know the steel wheel exists but I rarely use my old grinder since i got the Burr king. The other advantage of a belt grinder is the plethora of different belts available for specific grinds and belt changes only take a minute. ...And I don't like hollow grinds.

I don't have another blade to set the tool rest angle, so how do I do that?

Looks like a nightmare, how much for a 2nd hand Tormek 4?

Good video. I was trying to re establish the primary bevel by hand it was just taking way too long. I’ll have to try this

Cbn does seem to hold onto sparks

Thanks Rob, will look into a CBN wheel... there's nothing worse than bluing the edge of your expensive chisel

You should get yourself a Tormak

M The side edges on many older plane blades (pre-Hock and pre-L-N) are not parallel. Therefore, it is impossible to grind the edge square with both edges.

I have two cbn wheels. Both have rounded edges which is good for some things but bad for others. I want someone to make a wheel with one round edge and one square edge.

I can't find your tool rest. What's the brand / make?

Can I use the side of the wheel?

Where's the product links?

Rob instead of changing the tool rest plate angle to remove the chip why not just turn the plane blade over? Grind until the bottom of the chip is at the base of the new reverse angle. Turn over again and grind until the reverse angle is removed. No lost time reseting angles.

Rob have you ever once suggested the inexpensive choice of tool?

Great video, can you point us to the site of this tool rest, i google for it and didn't find it

Faster speeds risking changing microstructure in the steel compromising hardness by annealing. Slowly speed means rate of heat transfer is lower, so lower annealing temperatures are more likely. Cool blade in water.slower cutting is best.

I fought for ages with the squareness issue of the grind on one old plane iron that was on a plane owned by my late father. I finally put the calipers on the blade and found that the long sides of the blade were not parallel. The blade tapered from the cutting edge toward the "back" end.

When you say "tangent to the wheel," you mean "normal" to the wheel. (sorry, math teacher). Thanks for all you do.

My first fear is to go out of square with this method. It could be easy to add a horizontal guide and a slide on the bottom of the plate, cheap and safe. If you want a project design just let me know! Happy New year to all the Crew!

My shop is built entirely of plywood with lots of sawdust everywhere. Do you worry about the sparks starting a fire ?

I think I watched this video a few days ago. New version perhaps?

What do you think of Tormac T8 sharpener and its jig ? Probably not as fast but would it be more accurate , and is it worth the price ? Really like your videos and instructions ! Thanks !

Diamond wheel will cut better than boron nitride.

Wouldn't it be faster to just jam the blade against the wheel until it becomes molten so you can mold the bevel? :)

Happy New Year! I would venture to guess that sharpening is the weakest ability in the shop of possibly 85% of woodworkers. I know it is mine.

This is the exact video that i need. I sharpen with a jig so i dont really need to re-grind, but i want to start making wooden planes and this video answered all my questions Happy Neew Year Mr.Cosman

Some people say... re establish... others say sharpen

Does it make me a horrible person that I prefer to use a jig on both my grinder and coarse diamond stone to re-establish my primary bevel, then only free hand sharpen day to day ?

I did it by hand because I don’t have a bench grinder and if you have 4 hours to spare I highly recommend you still go buy a bench grinder.

Why not a belt sander

Für die Deutschen. Philipp Konter verkauft die Vorrichtung. Einfach mal Philipp Konter schopp suchen.

Sorry brother hit the dislike by accident fat thumbs. I really enjoy your videos