love the "poor man" tool segments. keep them coming Paul, you Rock!

I very much appreciate the poor man's tools series after a lifetime of working offsite, never having my own workshop, limited tools or being outside in my dad's trade; gardening and landscaping. Tree work and assembly/fabrication with wood was common, always in the rough. My Dad did not like me going off site to get my own materials, even when out of my own pocket, so you could not just pop off to the ironmongers (which was often miles away anyway), and there was no internet or screwfix yet. Therefore you had to make do and mend with what you had to get the job done. I definitely always have a junior hacksaw and spare blades in my general toolbox, therefore fabricating a toothing plane to key wooden surfaces would be easy, and as demonstrated, does the exact diamond striations you look for in any good keyed surface. As ever, thanks for your tutorials and sharing of thoughts and work, to me they are the best woodworking videos on here.

You, Mr. Sellers, are the best woodworking teacher I have come across. Thank you for teaching us how to make these inexpensive shop-made tools.

A beautiful day, a cup of freshly brewed strong coffee (no cream or sugar) and your fantastic videos! What a way to start my day! Thank you, Sir!

I really enjoy your videos Paul. I hope they keep coming for a long time. Thank you.

I've used every one of your poor mans tips and they are all great. Thank you so much for them

Iever get tired of watching paul. I watch and learn for hour after hour. keep up the good work paul. thanks.

Another WOW moment with Mr. Sellers.

Love your tilted shelves in behind you holding the hand planes. Love the channel! Subbed.

Now I need a toothing plane. Didn't need one 14 minutes ago, =0)

You have the most amazing ideas and very easy to follow. I make these tools you describe and use them in my shop, Thankyou!

Always a wealth of information. Thanks Paul.

Great way to get the job done, You're a wealth of information and never lacking to get the point across, Thank You. I am now thinking of this tool method to breaking down old oil paint finish i have on the house trim.

Thank you so much Paul for sharing your tips. Just wish I could at least sweep up around the shop ! lol

Another big step up from Mr Sellers. I have a toothing plane iron lacking the plane body, which we've used for years to claw at our substrate while trying to smile about the gruesome results; meanwhile all along there was this great solution waiting patiently, in our case possibly forever, but not anymore - now it's payday. Thanks very much.

Very usful and rewarding tips.Thankyou.

Excellent presentation! Very useful education. Thank you.

Thank you for a great idea to add to my tools.

Sublime! Already made the Poor's Man chair devil: still some tweaking to do but does the work pretty impressevely and learnt doing it. Cheers for all that you do, and your team. We will have to clone you!

Fantastic! You have the best ideas! I never seem to have the right tool when I need it and this would be a perfect remedy. Thanks for another great video!

Thanks for another great video.

Simple and effective. Amazing.

hi paul i made a poor mans router, just as you described and i have used it to cut rebates in the back of a recycled wood picture frame, and after i learned how to handle it it works perfectly, thank you...PS the body was a piece of pallet wood picked up from outside my sons business where people leave old pallets for passer by recyclers.

Exciting as usual!

Any man who can draw 2 straight lines with 1/64 difference between them is a real woodworker.

Thanks for sharing great trick.I will use this in making my bamboo & hickory long bows.

Love the countersink bit you used. I prefer your design more then the original. It looks more comfortable and less cumbersome.

Elegant!

I made my own toothing plane a few years ago. I used a dremel cut-off disc to make fine grooves side by side length wise on an ordinary plane-iron. It takes patience and a steady hand to do it. Accentuate the grooves as much as you want. The cut-off disc tends to stay in the rut once you make the first pass. You can stick masking tape to mark the lines 1mm apart or whatever distance by eye. The grooves may not be perfectly parallel but the end result is the same. But honestly i find that 60 grit sandpaper on a block, works just as well and the adhesion is the same.

Although I do have a toothing plane, I love this idea!

Thank YOU

thank you for making the poor man videos. I don't have the poor issue as much as I'm 75 miles away from the nearest semi big city and finding tools is difficult except at specialty stores. I was wondering if a hacksaw blade would be aggressive enough to be an adequate tooth pattern. Everyone has hacksaw blades.

"Car Boot Sale" in the states, we refer to that as the trunk. I presume this refers to the folks who set up in a parking lot and sell old stuff they have lying around, similar to a garage sale?

Thanks I have been looking for one I saw one in very good shape but they wanted $70.00 US I think I will give your tip a try.

It looks like a damned good use for broken hacksaw blades.

oh man i love you

There are new ones from EC Emmerich No 108 S it costed me about 60 pounds and it is excellent. (Well, to me their all products i have tried are superb).

What about taking an extra iron for you No 4 & cherrying it up with a torch then notch it with a V file & then cherry again & temper in dirty oil? Very cool Idea Paul.. Gary/Hk

I'm thinking it would be a good idea to keep that powder in a marked container. You never know when you could use it to mix with glue to color a glue line, for an inlay, perhaps.. [edited for spelling]

Last I checked Lee Valley Tools at least sold a replacement blade that was toothed, even if they didn't sell it with a body.

I wonder if you could use a hacksaw blade broken to length?

You should have a poor man's section

I SEE, It has to do with the angle of the iron.. Gonna make me an toothing iron for my No 80 scraper from the many many that grandpa had in his stash..

hacksaw blade?

Paul with an electric drill (-: Looks very unusual.

Quid? Thanks, good video.

I had a toothing plane a few years ago before i was into woodwork. I sold it on ebay. How much do i regret that. Gutted

Would 60 grit sandpaper work well enough, to rough the surface for veneer adhesion?

you can easily buy a 40 euro one with amazon prime from pinie planes cz. still, this is even cheaper

Just throw a cat at that piece of wood and it'll tooth the wood for ya...

Why not just a quick swipe with a piece of 60 grit?