Paul I was fortunate enough to grow up with my pa. He was a boilermaker old style hot rivets heavy engineering in Victoria Australia. He built his own house raised his family. Nana was ill so both moved into our house. I had the privelage of his time after he retired in the 60's to late 70's. Built a workshop and made toys for underprivileged children. He passed. I ended up in the army and for many years after was working interstate. Went home 5 years ago to spend time with my elderly mother Spent considerable time restoring the tools. I have considerable quantity of high quality tools having spent working in construction and boat building industry for 30+ years. Mum tells me that pa's father was a boat builder during the late 1800's. Many of the tools you are refurbishing are the same as I have inherited. I really enjoy working with his tools. Two reasons 1. I feel the connection. 2. They are so tactile and comfortable to work with. Your teaching brings value and credit to the tools from previous generations. Thanks.

I love how Paul looks so pleased with himself at the end of this video.

One of the reasons I love your videos so much is that you don't show everyone how awesome you are, you show everyone how to do proper woodworking, tool maintenance, etc. Thanks Paul.

This has given me the confidence to bring my wife's grandfathers identical plane back in to use, he was a ship wright during WW1, it now works beautifully ...thanks

I bought a new, cheap wooden plane for 20 dollars. With the help of this video i was taking thin shavings after 10 minutes of sharpening, fiddling with it and adjusting the blade. I hope you know how helpfull those videos are. Thank you for making them! They are appreciated.

Best Teacher ever! I am sorry to get to this content so late,any ways, i have to say, thank you! Sergio, from Brazil! 🙏

This man is a treasure.

I was talking to a retired cabinet maker at my local jam night, we both build guitars and he swears by old wooden block planes. One just turned up in the local charity shop. I never thought I'd happily watch a 43 min video on restoring one but many thanks! I'll add the wooden model to my grandfather's tools that I love using and which have served me for three decades now. You get out what you put in with these old tools! :o)

I said it in other of mr. Seller's vids but... how can you not love Paul? So informative, so kind, so clear, such joy from doing what he does. And all this without any snobbery of some seasoned experts of all kinds. What a great man.

Mr Sellers, you are a marvel. Thank you for the videos.

Thanks for bringing back a fond memory. As a young child I used to hang around an old man who lived in the area and I still remember him opening a cardboard box and removing a brand new factory made Jack plane. The first thing he did was to take it apart and stop the mouth with glaziers putty, put the plane in an old enamel dish and then fill the mouth with a mix of boiled linseed oil and pure gum turpentine oil until it ran out the end grain. The oil that accumulated in the tray was brushed all over the plane body and wedge. the items were placed in the full sun to warm everything up, then he did it all again. He said it was to strengthen the plane and to prevent it splitting. A few days later my job, before the plane was assembled, was to dip a piece of beeswax in gum turpentine oil and rub it onto every surface of the plane except the throat then rub as much off as I could with some old hessian sack material. Then he went about setting up the plane much as you have shown in the video even though it was a new plane.. After he died I often wondered what became of that plane. Thanks for another top video.

Terrific. Not just great craftsmanship and fascinating information, but a really well made TV programme - the BBC should buy this and put it out to the nation. Thank you.

Well done videos! Subject matter is thoroughly discussed, nothing is being sold, the Master is passing knowledge to the Grasshoppers. Great lighting, good camera work, excellent resolution, good audio. It's not easy to find such well-rounded videos on KZfaq. Thank you Mr. Sellers, I've watched several of your videos today.

I just picked up a 160 year old block plane for just £8 and I needed to know how to restore it. Awesome video, thanks!

I like the antique train sounds as he restores the antique wooden plane.

Watching Paul with a steam train in the background is a special reminder of bygone times.

Every single time I tune in I learn so much. Thank you for addressing this issue of obsessiveness in flattening, sharpening, etc ... to break free from all of that truly was liberating, and my woodworking took a giant leap forward. Please keep up the good work - the jobs a good one. Thank You!

WOW! That was bloody awesome mate....and I am not a craftsman or even a carpenter. I enjoyed every single minute, even the train. So good to see people with such great knowledge, both general and specific. Love how you paid your respects to the craftsmen of the original Iron factory. Bringing history, craft and technical information into 1 superb video.

After this Video i bought 4 wooden planes on the fleemarket for a few bugs Now they are rest in my shop for climate in their new home Iam Happy like kids on christmas Thank you so much Paul Love your Videos and teaching so well

The last couple of years I have gravitated to hand tool woodworking, and I thoroughly enjoy all of Mr. Sellers video tutorials. I am learning the craft and feel like your videos have given me an opportunity to learn from one of the Masters. It is so satisfying to "feel" the wood as you work it. I have been collecting a few "previously loved" hand tools, and the first place I look for restoration advise is right here. This one was very well done and I can't wait to apply what I have learned. Thank you Mr. Sellers !

Thanks Paul. As the saying goes ..."I love work ...could watch it all day", but watching your work is inspirational.

I love your videos, very clear, concise instructions. No doubt about the quality of your work and how well you maintain your tools. My first woodworking mentor drove home that you never lay a plane down on it's sole on the work bench, always on the cheeks. Apparently he drove this home all too well. I cringe every time you set a plane down.

Mr Sellers, I can't thank you enough. I've been looking at these old german wooden planes I inherited and had no idea how to use them. I just finished sharpening and adjusting them with a slight tap of the hammer and I'm producing translucent shavings like you are. You are an well of knowledge and inspiration. Thank you from Canada.

Paul, You are just too "cool"... I can watch your videos all day! I have learned a lot watching you!

Don't change anything it is a pleasure to watch you work.

thx kindly for this. I am in the process of restoring an old 60cm long Raubank plane and now I know what to look for with the blade and chip breaker. This video is a confidence booster, thx.

I've been looking for a video on how to sharpen the planer blade, and almost none of them really did it, in fact one video was named "how to sharpen wood planer blade" and all what she did is disassemble and re assemble the plane again!!!!! Your video got every thing, let me tell you, you have the gift of teaching, which is different than the knowledge itself, ofc you have the knowledge, but not every one can teach, now I start by "Like" the video then watch it, because I'm 100% sure I will like it and it will be informative. Well done sir and thanks so much for everything you've taught me.

In lockdown thanks to Covid-19 and found my dad's old wooden plane in the shed. What a great video to help me try and pass some time usefully by putting it back to work. As has been mentioned before please continue to pass on your skills and knowledge. A pleasure to watch and help me learn a thing or two.

Paul You must have been teaching, tutoring or lecturing for a long time. I know this because this was so easy to watch and understand. Great stuff.

What an excellent demonstration! Thanks for taking the time to document your great knowledge. You have a very clear and succinct teaching method. I've passed on the video to my father who has been hoarding his fathers old hand planes on the garage for many years. This may just inspire him to get them working now that he is retired.

Absolutely amazing video - thank you so much. I was lucky enough to be gifted this exact same model that you restored. You answered all the questions I had about it, and many more. I’m a beginner, but really looking forward to adding this plane to my growing tool collection, as it looks very forgiving and versatile, :)

I just picked one of these up while down in eastern Tennessee. I could not resist the price of $18.00. He had two.....I almost bought both....because old woodworking tools intrigue me senseless! Thank you, Paul, not only for an educational video, but one that was both enjoyable AND relaxing to watch!

Holy mother of God. This video was as enjoyable as anything I can imagine. What a gift. My god! I'm gonna go home and bring my 200 year old jack plane back to life! Thank you Paul. Love you man.

Always great to see a master woodworker at work and someone that knows how to set up a tool...

Thank you for the great video. I‘m a complete newbie and yesterday i bought 3 of these. I‘m so excited to start.

I am a time served Shipwright worked in the boathouse in the Her Majesty Naval Base served my time stating in 1974, this guy is spot on, have my own workshop and this video brings back lots of memories great teaching for any apprentice or woodworking enthusiast

Paul, your videos are a lucky find! I love woodworking with hand tools. Good health to you and keep the videos coming.

Once again Paul, thanks for sharing your vast experience with us.

Thanks Mr Paul. I now finally will tackle my great grandfather’s plane with confidence.

As always thank you Paul. I always come away after one of your videos feeling that I have gained knowledge and anxious to apply it.

Beautiful. I saw you were proud in the end and you should be. Very enjoyable to learn about these older techniques and how good they worked when done correctly.

love watching you paul, I like you am a mold timer . but I'm a plumber for 57 years. so I like listening to the old timers because ai know that they know what they are doing. thanks for the vids keep them coming. I'm doing my best to learn wood working with hand tools and your the man to learn from.

I just picked up a very similar plane from an antique dealer and this video is a perfect tutorial on how to set it up! Thank you Paul for sharing your knowledge on this subject - I hope we can keep all these old planes at work for another 100 years.

Today I noticed an old jointer plane on top of a beam in my mother’s house. I’d seen it many times before but honestly didn’t really appreciate what it was. Today I knew exactly what it is and brought it home. I also knew that I could find out how to fix it up and tune it from one of your wonderful videos. Thank you sir!

I really appreciate the time and effort you take in showing and explaining these skills.

This is great! I inherited three wooden planes and had no idea how to prepare/set them. Almost bought an expensive one made of metal. Thanks for that video, Mr. Sellers!

Absolutely the best plane sharpening and set-up video I’ve ever seen. Thank you. My skill level just went up two notches.

Just having your time to show us your skills is invaluable to us. I know now how and am putting this in to practice with the smallest learning curve possible as many are. Thank you so much.

Paul I learn a lot from your videos, I keep running from the PC to the shop to try the bits I learn from you, keep the good work going.Thanks.

Thanks so much for this video, and all of your others. I've been a member of your WWMC site in the past, and once I get financial things in order I plan to rejoin. Thanks so much. I have a plane very similar to this that I picked up on a trip to the eastern United States. The sole and iron need some serious work, and I'm so pleased you have a video one restoring these great old planes. You make a big difference for me and my love of woodworking, as well as so many others. Thank you sir.

Great to see this Paul. I frequent a salvage yard where there's hundreds of wooden planes like this of all sizes, some giant ones even. So many that I'm tripping over them. I've never known what to look for or how to get one to working order but now I do, thanks.

Paul, Thank you for this awesome video! I just came across a Kellogg jack plane. This video has saved me hours of trial and error. Cheers mate! Wil

Very thorough with your explanations and easy to understand, and its very clear you take much pleasure from your work. I am a complete novice myself but after only a few videos from you I feel confident to start my woodworking journey, and I hope I enjoy it for as long as you have, and maybe even get to the same level of skill.

The detail of the explanation is outstanding....thanks. I have a few of my grandfather's wooden planes I am bringing back to life after sitting for thirty years accumulating dust! Can't wait to work on them now!

I am restoring a Butcher plane now and this was the most enthralling, educational, thorough video I have ever seen on a subject that I was trying to learn from. Thank you fully. And the train whistle is a great crossover interest that hits me right in the feels!

Well, I'm sat here going thru my collection of Wooden planes at 12.30 am checking for square on the soles holding them to the kitchen light! Thanks LOL great video.

A superb example of a master at work!

Yet another masterpiece form the Master who so generously and benevolently shares his vast knowledge. Thank you Mr. Sellers! 😄

OMG. brilliant. I have my fathers jack plane, nearly exactly the same as the one you worked on. I'm inspired to get it up and running and use it. Thanks!

I was just given one of those planes yesterday, now I know what to do to tune it up and use it, thank you. excellent tutorials.

Excellent video Paul, thank you for this. I just picked up a 40+ year old E.C.E. Primus Reform Smoothing Plane that had never been sharpened properly. Your instruction gave me great confidence to fine tune this gorgeous plane.

Your info is priceless and your videos are the best ,Thank you Paul.

What a fantastic intro into setting old style planes thanks a lot Paul.

Top man and always a pleasure to take instructions from and expert. Thank you Paul will wait for the next one with anticipation. Mike

Complete! I so love your videos, so full of useful information for a beginner.

The shavings don’t lie! Awesome content

Thank you Paul. I have a long wooden jack plane that I picked up at an auction many years ago. Through your help I now know how to sharpen and set it properly.

Brilliant! Another great video packed full of information! Now I just need to go get good at it. Thank you for all of the expert instruction!

Excellent video! I just bought myself a wooden jack plane from a flee market. It's an old plane from an old school and it looked like it had never been used! Sometimes you can come across them because there are times that schools here have auctions and sell off old stuff before a renovation and such. The price was 3€ (2.7£ or 3.4$). I just polished the blade and it took hairs off my arm. Really glad I found this video, because now I know how I can finish checking the plane up! Thank you!

'Keep persevering'. Thanks a lot for these very useful videos.

Paul you’re an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to’ keep up the great work 👍👍

Thanks Paul. It is always a pleasure to learn from your videos. I need a long plane. Maybe I can find an old wooden one to work with.

Just a truly excellent lesson. Thanks for your detailed tuition, Paul. It’s the little things -angle on the back of the iron - strike the iron here - “that’s what the angle’s for, of course...”

Paul, thank you for this video. Years ago, I inherited my great-great-grandfather's wooden plane. The handle had broken, and the irons were heavily rusted. I recently started the process if restoring it. This video has helped me understand a bit better what I need to do, especially with making and installing a new handle, so that you for pointing out how these were glued and installed originally.

Thanks for this instructive and complete video applicable not only to this old but still serviceable wooden tool but also to any metal plane. Most appreciative of your considerable skill so thanks for taking the time.

As it is always nice to watch your videos, Thanks Paul. it is always joyful with skillful teachings.

Absolutely amazing craftsman. Thank you!

Superb video. The camera angles your team achieves is a really great tool for me to learn from. Thanks for all the hard work gents.

Learned a lot as usual. I have god two long wooden planes someone put out as garbage…. Now i know exactly how two bring them back to working order. Thank you!

Always rewarding and interesting watching your instruction and tips, thank you.

Loved the info you gave what a blessing! Thank you

Another invaluable video Paul. Thank you. Derek

This is the best instruction video on the subject, Thank you.

I never get tired it watching your demonstrations of experience and skill, it!.is a pity this level of ability and knowledge is slowly fading away and these wonderful abilities are forgotten. As always, Many thanks Paul. Superb Video.

Just inherited a big wooden jack plane. Thanks for showing me how to make it usable again!

Hey Paul great video, just finished re-tuning one very similar but much longer 26" found it at a yard sale in Vermont for 20 dollars. thanks for the wonderful tutorial it works better than any of my Jack planes stay well

Wow! What an education Paul, outstanding job!

Outstanding tutorial paul, one of the best I've seen on KZfaq!! THANKYOU

Last scene is always the best part

Love the sound of the steam train in the background, while bringing back a tool from the past.👍🏻

This is great. I picked up a wooden jack plane a few weeks back. Cleaned it up and honed the blade, but couldn't really get it to do anything useful. I look forward to watching this video in its entirety and maybe having a nice plane to use.

Perfect timing Paul as my almost identical jack plane is ready for work. Thanks

Great teacher, I am grateful to you because of your knowledge & sharing.

Superb instructional video Paul. Thank you. Cheers Mike

Paul I thought you were a fuddy duddy BUT I am coming around to your way including making my own tools, THANK YOU. 👍👍👍

Great! I'll take care now for the wooden planes my father gave me. Thanks. Hubert - Germany

That's great Paul, I have just picked up a plane pair about the same size as you have in the vid. Have (I think) sorted them out, but have had a hell of a job setting the irons. THANK YOU. Solved the problem.

You are awesome, Paul. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this great information!

Best video I've seen on using older wooden plans. I learned a ton off this video. Thanks.