Do Power Tool Woodworkers Really Need Hand Planes? You Might be Surprised at the Answer!
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Video highlights multiple reasons why power tool woodworkers should consider having hand planes in the workshop. Even some of the most well known hand tool woodworkers disagree about the use or value of certain hand planes such as a shoulder plane vs a rabbet plane. I don’t get caught up in that and I’ll let those experts battle it out. Instead, I look at the types of woodworking projects I build and what capability that specific hand plane can provide. For example, I use a smoothing plane a lot and I never use it for smoothing. I find it is the perfect size for the other things I use it for. That’s okay! You’re allowed to do that!
Here is a list of the hand planes that I commonly use, including the ones in this video:
• Veritas shoulder plane: www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/...
• Veritas router plane: www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/...
• Lie-Nielsen block plane: www.lie-nielsen.com/products/...
• Lie-Nielsen smoothing plane: www.lie-nielsen.com/products/...
--⏱️Timestamps⏱️--
0:00 Intro
0:12 Jointing Wide Boards
1:22 Fixing rabbets and grooves
2:37 Mortise and Tenons
3:28 Inspecting Wood Grain
4:12 Sponsorship TersaKnives
7:13 Super Quick Chamfers
7:57 Ensuring drawers fit
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A good sharp chisel is really handy too, especially on smaller stuff like tennons
I can't recall any project I've ever made that I didn't use a hand plane or a chisel on. So much cleaner than sandpaper for removing mill marks.
I love this! Thank you so much! I have a hand plane but rarely use it before I didn't know how. I learned a bunch! 😄
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The whole part in the beginning about pressure, answered so many questions I’ve had that are now obvious. I’ve had this issue cutting cabinet dados and grooves on the router table recently and wondered why it was out of square although the work pieces were cut on a cnc. Thanks for the metaphorical flick to the temple, I’ll adjust my woodworking!
A great tool for things like that is a router plane. And you can even make one yourself.
@MC's Creations very much so, they're ridiculously easy to make, and really not hard to make an adjustable one that works awesome for not a billion dollars (sorry JKM awesome tool, but not for someone that's just peeking my head out of the poverty line hahaha). You can make a blade for it out of an Allen wrench with just a file, there's a ton of different ways to make them, do some digging. I personally love the one YRTi made and I'm planning on making something similar. It's a little more complicated than necessary, but its super cool, and the guy is hilarious
@connorhart7597 Check out the one Rex Kruger made, it's even easier and you could use a chisel as blade. 😊
@MC's Creations yeah I like that one okay, I'm in the process of throwing a quick one together that still uses a chisel, but I cut the tang off, and it's gonna be a bit different but same premise
"safety is a personal thing"
So true. Some things I've seen others do comfortably scare me, and I'm quite sure more than a few things I do repeatably and comfortably, scare the crap out of others, lol.
I love my hand planes. Those ribbons of wood are so satisfying...
I understand they sponsored the video but I love the idea of using them for initial and bulk cuts. And the interchangeable blade is an amazing idea. I would finish up with a good plane afterwords but the Tersa would do the majority of rough work.
The only answer for me is yes, I need hand planes.
Great video Billy totally agree I have 1 hand plane granted could do with block plane but I find them hand as u say just to shave wee bit off board see what's what. 🏴👍
I love my hand planes and use them all the time. I appreciate your honest review… I don’t think everyone that does reviews are always truthful. They just want you to buy the products so they get paid. I think your review will help potential buyers, but I think it can help the company as well. Maybe soon they’ll develop a sharper blade that is easier to adjust. Anyways… Thank You!
Much appreciated. If I don't have my integrity then I have nothing. Got to be honest with people and let them decide. I never want to bash something when it functionally works, but it's simply not for me. At the same time I can't say something is great when it isn't. I hope other people appreciate it too.
Fantastic tips, Billy! Thanks a bunch! 😃
But yeah, it's kind of difficult to find planes here in Brazil... But I'm going to keep looking!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Maybe some friends in an online woodworking community can ship you some. Hey people! Send @MCsCreations some hand planes!
For me, there are plenty of times when one would come in handy, but they're just not worth the time and expense for what I'm doing.
Personally, I'm not concerned with being a "craftsman",... I just want to produce quality products in the cheapest, and most efficient, manner possible.
Always remember,.. what impresses other woodworkers, is very rarely what impresses paying customers.
To each their own, of course. Everyone has to find what works best for them.
Some people want to go slow, and make something special,.. and some of us just want to make decent products that we can turnover cheap and easy. Ain't no shame in this game, baby!
Hahaha!
Hmm, the idea if that plane is interesting. I am a turner first, and do flat work as a side. There has been a huge influx of micro or nano grained carbide tools in the spinning world. Thanks to the advances in carbide technology, the cutters they supply are far sharper than the old carbide that was common for circular saw blades. Just about every one who has the carbide tools will try to resharpen them when they get dull. They never seem to get back to 'factory sharp'. Me, I just can't buy 'replaceable' tools. I do have the money to buy them, but I am in the habit of using my tools till there is nothing left....
When starting on my woodworking journey, I would watch Norm Abrams and Roy Underhill on PBS. Both were very useful in my journey. Resorting more to hand tools now days....
I love Norm and Roy. So much knowledge.
For the most of small or medium jobs I'm faster with the hand plane than using a machine. And I still use the old wooden planes.
Did you try the carbide blades? If so, how did they perform compared to the steel blades?
No, I mine didn't come with one so I focused on using softer woods.
Question: At the end of the video you put that tight fitting drawer into the box. How much trouble was it to remove that tight fitting drawer. No answer required.
Absolutely zero trouble. It was a perfect fit. I tilted the box up and it immediately slid out.
1:55 isn't that what featherboards are for?
It's woodworking. As I said in the video, there are usually several ways to perform tasks.
I'm a power tool user but, I don't believe that it has to be all or nothing. I have no problem picking up a hand tool if it is the best tool for the job. My only problem with a hand plane is, I suck at getting it setup. I have no problem sharping the blade, just getting it setup in the body correctly. I don't use it enough to get good with it. Power tools hand tools doesn't matter, get out in your shop and make something. Stay awesome.
That plane is an interesting concept but at that price point, why not just buy a quality standard plane. Also, isn't that groove on the side of your jointer called a rabbeting groove?
Bill
I think that's the decision, right? Is the idea of not buying sharpening stuff and spending time working a blade worth spending money on the tool? Not for me, but perhaps someone else. Yes, I can cut rabbets on my jointer but I've never really liked the process. There's just something about it that isn't for me.
Then it have people like me that doh have jointer nor thickness planer...
I agree. I use power tools almost exclusively, but every time I use M&T joinery, my router plane comes out to tune my tenons. My shoulder plane gets regular use, too.
Great, now we can't have anything that doesn't require a the same price but needs a subscription service or replacement parts in order to use it. I wish they would stop this, it's really fricking annoying.
Hopefully, your next video will get back to building things. That piece of steel that resembles a plane has no place in any self-respecting woodworkers toolbox