+AA_powered - Check out the new e-magazine on our website. There's a big variety of woodworking videos and articles, even some that aren't on our KZfaq channel.

+fryefoto -- I know how that is!

Rone Marshall could go with the scary sharp system first. Glass or marble tile with sand paper spray glued to it

Enjoy!

Don't get all crazy now

+John Pleier - If only shop teachers in those days had a Sawstop! (Hand tools also sense flesh, I hear!)

+Warren Downes - One Wood - Sharpening is the key. Most of the frustration people have with hand planes comes down to dull blades.

Tape a sheet of 320 grit sandpaper to a piece of flat glass and flatten the sole. Buy a bottle of DiChem or gunmakers bluing to rub on the sole before you begin so you can see your progress. Depending how wavy it is you may spend an hour or two, or more, sanding/flattening the sole. When the blue color is gone the sole is flat. Next look at the mouth. You may need to touch it up with a small metal working file. You want the edges square to each other so don't get carried away with your file. Hone the blade and off you go. If you don't have any glass, find a glass and windshield replacement company near you. Ask them for a scrap piece of glass at least a few inches larger than a sheet of sandpaper. Tell them what you want it for and offer to pay for it. Ninety-nine times out of one hundred they will give you the glass free. The time this takes is very well spent. Save the glass for your other planes and use again 20 years from now. I don't know why but over the years my Stanley block plane acquired various knicks in the sole, proably because I use it often and don't pay much attention to it because it didn't cost much. Another 30 minutes flattening the sole made it new again. If you have a more productive use for your time than doing this then buy a Lie-Nielsen and hone the blade bit.

+NordboDK - Hand planes to the rescue!

+Brian Lasch - Thanks!

They must be hedging. I can't imagine they hope to sell planes with a three year wait, LOL!

+ShadeTreeCNC - I get a lot of them in antique shops. Sometimes people think they're rare and over price them, other times they are a steal.

+Lifeis Wonderful - My pleasure!

+Andrea Arzensek -My Pleasure

We do the joking around in the Behind the Sawdust newscast. Look for the green thumbnail images on our video list. We do a new one every two weeks

+Bruce Hurlburt - I sure will in a future video!

Awesome, thank you good Sir!

Agent_Blackwing Doesn't work as well though.

+Tayler Made - The #4 is very versatile for sure!

+poophead689 - HARD!

+Anthony Eaglebarger (toysoldier46552) - I still think planing is much more enjoyable than sanding. But to each his own.

Stumpy Nubs power planer ftw :P But seriously I own a block plane for when the wood decides to chip out on the edges other than that I tend to use it to reshape the edges on end grain.

Man a smoothing plane can run over 300 bucks lol, and a jack plane that isn't beat to crap (and some that are) are still not just the $50.00 tool they're supposed to be. I did find one that is around $30.00 but it isn't Stanley so I am not sure if I trust a company like Great Neck to produce a tool that is for precision work.

+Matt Eggleston - Harbor Freight is great, but not for every tool. I use their "Windsor" hand plane for rough work occasionally, but the steel is very poor and doesn't stay sharp long. The mouth is also too wide for smoothing. I would pass on their hand planes. Perhaps I will make a video on what people should expect to spend on used hand-planes...

+Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) Don't me wrong I love HF, some of their items you can't beat. The set of 2 planes for around $13, which I did purchase a while back,. Not havoing a clue how to sharpen it or even use it, really, it mainly just added frustratoiun to a project. [That said, the block plane is mtill my only block plane. I do need to upgrade but it's better then nothing. I actually purchased a Stanley, Jack Plane (I think) new from OSH for around $20. It works ok, the blade doesn't stay sharp for long and gets banged up pretty easily, but since I've masterd the Stumpy Numbs Scary Sharp method it's, once again better then not having a Jack plane. I would love to find some quality used Plane and other ideas Toolls It's time.

I own both brands. Wood River is better, but more expensive. Bench Dogs is good but will take more work to flatten the irons and get them tuned up.

Stumpy Nubs thank you! I love your videos and respect your advice!

As long as it fits, sure.

To flatten a bench top you need a longer plane, at least a #5.

A No.7 would be ideal, but they're a little harder to find for cheap.

It's a hard choice because the low angle gives you more options, but few people really take advantage of the options. So is it worth the extra cost? I think it depends on the user. If you are a hand tool guy who likes to use planes, then the low angle may be the best buy. If you are a power tool guy who wants to use a plane just a little bit for certain tasks, I'd go with a WoodRiver 5- 1/2. Here's a video that explains why: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npeWZq2jrr_PgoE.html

@@StumpyNubs thanks!! I’ll check it out

Yes Carl, any new Stanley plane, the build and finish are truly appalling.

I like them, but the quality control still needs some work. Sometimes they come in really nice shape, sometimes they take a lot of work to tune up. I expect they will eventually compete with Wood River in quality, but they aren't there quite yet.

@@StumpyNubs Thank you!

+James Carr - There are a lot of stories about this sort of thing. I don't think it's possible to know what is right and what is wrong.

Hock tools. Fantastic irons!

@@StumpyNubs thank you!

Hock tools sells top quality replacement blades for Stanley planes.

In the late 70s I worked for a small high end Furnature company. I thought it would be the last job I would ever have! They went belly up three years after a started working there. I always thought I would return to woodworking when I retired and here I am. I forgot all that I forgot but I still have the passion. Keep up the good work. I’m leaning on you a lot. Thanks for the quick response to my question.

The price for used one are all over the place. I got a #4 craftsman for under 20 dollars. at antique store. but have seen them for over 100 at other antique stores

+Dan -Tired Dad Workshop - Watch them on ebay for a while and see what they sell for. Condition is a big factor. Use the "completed listings" option to see the auctions that ended.

+Wine Box Woodshop - I've paid $10 for a #4 Stanley at a yard sale that needed tuning and cleaning, and I've aid $100 for a #4 on eBay because it was a beautiful "sweetheart" version (the one in the video). The thing is, both planes worked equally as well once they were tuned and sharpened!

+RedEyeRobot Robot - It was a gimmick. Stanley had a lot of little selling gimmicks.

+JayWC3333 -I suppose I could see how it would be a little easier to flatten the sole. Of course when a plane came new from the factory you would expect the sole to already be pretty flat!

+RedEyeRobot Robot corrugated are more rare, they are lighter, and I've never seen one cheaper than the comparable flat sole.

+John Zhu - They are more rare because they weren't very popular among users at the time. But they are far from truly rare in the common models. (#3-5)

Stumpy Nubs Agreed, that is one of three ways rarity arise.

Patrick Leach www.supertool.com/oldtools.htm

That is cool. I would like to see a video on that.

+ansiaaa - Low angle block planes have always been very popular and are not rare. Low angle Jack planes were popular among cabinet makers, but the vast majority of jack planes Stanley sold were to carpenters and handy-men, who had little need for low angle versions. That's why they are very rare. Recently companies like Leigh Nielson have begun producing interchangeable irons for their low angle jack plane, which has increased their popularity.

+Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) thank you so much for the explanation! I've always wondered why I never saw as many low angle planes and it seemed to me they were only becoming popular lately with all the brands that are selling them now.

sound seems just fine to me

+Michael LaHonta - It's a multi-directional mic. Pointing a little to the side doesn't make a difference. The reason it's like that is because it had to go on the apron, and the shape of the strap made it tough to get a good grip without skewing it to the side like that.

+Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) Well I can notice. When you are looking at the camera the sound was softer, when you would look down to your left to pick up an object the sound was sharper.

+Joe Cahill - Congratulations!

Yep, you're the only one.