Super video Rex!

I learned as an apprentice is that your arm is like a piston rod just going back and forward. Start to learn slowly and gradually increase speed.

1:19 no sense going to the store for Polar Seltzer water. Rex bought it out 😮😂 buy 8 cases, the 9th is free? Damn, I’m thirsty.

It goes almost without saying that sawing straight demands a sharp saw that is properly set.

Great video. I just have a comment, I've seen another video where it was advised against starting with a pull stroke (10:06) : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMugp9OcqsCum2w.htmlfeature=shared&t=403

Just had to check the Bad Axe No 9 saw using the link and it costs *AUD$553 PLUS shipping* 😱😱😱😱all for a USD$98 tool. Even at USD$98 (AUD$148.00) that is about my total outlay on hand tools that I have to spare. I have to make do with a AUD$5 saw but even with that I still can't afford to purchase wood here in Australia. I guess the material doesn't grow on trees anymore.

I wouldn't fret over it either way. Led to a good video with lots of helpful advice

Practice, practice and practice

That was "Steve Austin" of hand planes

The plane owner lied.

I honestly don’t care you got trolled. It was a good vid which covered all the things one can encounter when restoring planes! I enjoyed it!

Grow up Chikki

Most important is to keep the board clamped/secured. You cannot saw straigt when the board is wobbling around.

Thanks Rex! You're a gentleman and a scholar!

That orange handle saw is just the ugliest thing in the world and should be a crime to use

I agree with many of the previous commenters. This is bit of a con by the viewer who is trying to take advantage of you. They could use your video to sell the restored plane at a premium.

great video rex as always. My suggestion is: stop trying to do so much with your hand! The harder you grip the saw the more likely you are to twist it out of line in one plane or the other. Instead, use it just to lightly hold the saw upright and then then think about guiding and pushing it not with your hand but your elbow. Works for me. Cheers, johnnyangel

Ah yes, it's good ol Will 'Content' Krueger aka Rex.

yes

noone is that incompetent, he was probably joshing you

Nice video Rex, thank you for it! I have reworked brand new Stanley Bailey No 4.5 few days ago. TBH, i was kinda amazed how this one got through final inspection. Body was twisted, bowed and crooked. But the main problem was those two holes at back of the frog being 3 mm off center. Frog itself was machined out of square too. I have milled entire body and frog, milled those two holes in the right spot (i have used oversized screws), smoothed everything, reassembled, properly adjusted and now i have finaly plane able to produce paper thin shavings. Well, i was not expecting much for the price, but this was reall bummer.

Somehow I didn't get a notification on that video. Tricked, I don't think so..I get all my stuff from a local flea market and sometimes to sell a plane guys will miss match parts to make it a "working order". Judging by what quick clips I saw, this maybe the case, just spitballin ideas

GREAT video

There is a hand plane you can get at Harbor Freight for $13, and I think you should review it. I got it myself, and I don't think I've been able to set it up properly. I am curious what modifications you would make for the plane.

Probably just a VERY inexperienced person who got a junked plane for free who thought "it can't be THAT hard".

I'm kinda lazy, so I think I'll stick with the miter saw, but this still shows good techniques. I am definitely more of a power tool woodworker, but I still like watching your content. I definitely plan on building one of your workbenches once I have the time to do so.

$90 for a saw pffttt you’re a joker mate

Woah woah woah, as a woodworker I cannot use my imagination! 🤣😂🤓

Yes I can knifewall each and every single cut in my tool cabinet with 96 inlaid dovetails, I don't recomend others do it, but it can be done, if you don't have a deadline.

i like to call it Sawyer elbow instead of Tennis elbow 🤣😂

echoing some others here - Who cares. I dont typically watch lengthy vids but this spiked and kept my interest! Fantastic content. Went on to download your in-depth restoration content. Keep up the great work. Youre and inspiration!

Maybe not tricked per se, but it's just kind of amazing how someone could follow all the "right" steps and do such a bad job. It seems strange.

Awesome video. Really love your chill voice versus the hyped up voice lol 😊

This got me pondering... I'm a former shipwright and I've known scores of shipwrights. I've never seen this saw take up space in any of the master woodworker's shops. Japanese style saws are the dominant theme for that spot in woodworking from my experience. I'm not saying anybody is right and someone is wrong, it's just an observation. Kinda interesting for me to reflect on.

If there was an award for most credulous restoration personnel, you would win. Hands down. I love that you saw what seems to my cynical self as a level 4 troll extravaganza - and just went head down, full steam ahead on the diligence. Nicely done. Cheers!

another great video

Love the 'fred flintstone handle. Honestly I think this video is scripted and not real. No one would state, "I did everything you said" and came up with this result with all the things wrong starting with the packing. I'm not biting. cutting the video short at 3 and a half minutes in. I'm not much for being trolled.

I always use the fingers of my off hand to guide the saw, or just feel where it is. Does anyone else do that?

More benches all the time. It fun and educational every time.

For the Japanese saw users: To get perfectly vertical cuts, look in the reflection of the side of your saw (after you line it up across the top of your board!). Wiggle it back and forth, and see how the board's reflection bends. When you look in the reflection and it looks like the board is strait, not kinked, you are perfectly perpendicular to the board. This is super handy since you can't look on the back side of your board as you start cutting at the corner away from you instead of near you like a western saw. Now you can look at both axis at once by following your line and the reflection without a game of twister to see a vertical line to follow.

Finally the video I really needed

Either you got tricked, or the story you told us about the plane wasn’t true. Yep.

Glad you mentioned the Japanese Dozuki. I’m only using pull saws now after using European style saws for decades. A good Ryoba and a small Dozuki are about all you need for basic work. To really up your pull saw game. Add in a flush cut, a cross cut Kataba, a rip cut Kataba and a large Dozuki.

If you were tricked, you had fun doing it. So what if you were. I bet you taught someone something. It’s a good video.

Now this is a darn good video - just what the doctor ordered. The 1st key skill to get squared away for any woodworker. Rex's channel is the place to start your woodworking journey on KZfaq. Just the most teaching focused woodworking channel on KZfaq.

Yes he was

You got a great voice, great video, great looks and a great explanation style. I am picking up what you're saying, even as a non woodworker

A great way to practice your saw technique is to make a bunch of stakes. They require right and angled cuts and I use them all over my lawn and garden.

appreciate the tricks.. I can do it but my goodness it takes every ounce of effort and concentration, where as a pro like you can be talking at the camera and nail it every time lol. I need more practice (hand sawing I can do it pretty well with a power saw, but those are going so fast you can make micro corrections. I use hand tools more often being in a house with 2 small kids in the middle of a dense neighborhood I dont or cant fire up a loud machine to do a couple cuts after bedtime lol)

I'm trying something with my plane restorations that might be of help to beginning woodworkers. I'm finding some of those off-brand planes that collectors ignore, but that are good tools and restoring them as well as tuning them to be ready for use. By avoiding the planes that collectors have made expensive, I can keep the price competitive with box store planes.