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This one is very old and needs some TLC to get it just right again. I had the blade sharpened which was a start.

Yes it is now it was rough and missing a wheel when I got it. I stripped it down to tidy it up a bit and as I stripped it down the missing wheel dropped out. With the wheel back in and latches sorted it’s going nicely now.

There’s plenty I will round some on the list up and make a video

No problem.

It’s coming later in the summer

Saddle templates are so simple yet effective well worth it.

No it’s bent the wrong way to be plane damage. it’s got damaged in the van as it has been on site a lot and has done several demonstrations away from the workshop. I also set them out of the planing line for that exact reason. You generally only catch a screw once or twice before you learn it’s not a good idea.

Thankyou. Wooden planes really are lovely to use.

Thankyou!

I look forward to your shining examples of how to make videos please send me a link when you have uploaded some of your perfect examples. Thanks for watching.

American saws are not something I see a lot of other than Disstons. That’s a very kind offer Thankyou.

Yes as do I. It’s a skill that every bench joiner needs to learn.

I have an Atkin one too. If they are miles and miles out fair enough but that’s not been my experience of a plough.

Could you provide some details of your sticking board (video?). It looks to be reversible - do you reverse it to use the 45 deg slope? How do you secure the end of the boards - do you use screw heads or have you another method? Is one of the clamps shown holding the work piece and the other two holding the sticking board?

Thankyou for your comments. Yes I will do a video on sticking board at some point as it’s essential to use moulding planes etc correctly. This the second one I made when my first one fell apart after 20 years. It does have a 45 degree slope but I never use that side I thought it would help with certain planes that have to be tipped a long way. There is a little wooden stop at the front that I can use on wider work like this on thinner parts I put a spacer in and use screws at either end. I prefer nails but screws with an electric screw driver are easy to whip in and out. The clamps are solely holding the sticking board to the top I can push a single one forwards. A nailed strip on the bench to shove sticking board is better and what I will do when I build a proper planing bench in the coming months.

@@whitacrebespoke Thank you for that detail - very useful. I look forward to the video.

@ no problem any further questions please do ask

They are not socks they are gaiters go over top of boots and socks stop shavings getting in

And yet ask a modern joiner and they will tell you it must be a spindle. I like my spindle and do use it a lot but a lot of the time these planes do it better

Thankyou. A little more time to make a share videos is available so instead of filling it with more work as normal I have chosen to give TH-cam one last push. You would be welcome any time drop me an email whitacrebespoke@gmail.com and we can get a date in the diary

I like that theory and maybe it’s the case. If I had to put money on it the ink was all written by same so I wonder was it all done by the merchant and in which case your correct in that it’s a pricing code. Or was it a job code? I have others marked in ink that relate to the job or that’s the sense I can make of it. Either way this is the history that’s lost over cleaning these tools. Thankyou for watching and I shall be doing a lot more in the coming months both on using the planes and their history

Certainly a lot quieter. I do use my spindle a lot but I use planes a lot too

The jacks I buy cheap in mixed lots the jointers are all mine. The jacks and smoothers I give to students that have done long placements with me. They are also the subject pieces for my plane restoration courses. I have one Jack in the van and 5 in workshop I use regularly.

I’m only dipping my toe at the moment as to the planes I have there’s another bay of the shelves out of shot!

Thankyou

They stay as they are I rarely find the wedges swell in the shop if anything the shrink occasionally. If your backing wedges out they need to sit on their nose in a tool box I guarantee the iron will fall out everytime you pick them up otherwise. I’ve not seen overly many that have blown sides out and those that have are usually bowed anyway. Wooden bench planes will do it fairly regular but I think that’s to do with being knocked home hard equally as much as moisture.

Will look at those next time will drag one out and make a moulding with it.

Thankyou. It’s looking like I’m going to have to now!

Thanks for that info I did not know that. I do have a Currie or two it might take me a day or two to find them though as I can’t remember which they were when I loaded the shelves there definitely were some.

@@whitacrebespoke no problem , I made myself a spread sheet to keep track of my planes by maker and where I keep the planes I have no where as many as you do a hundred plus

@@MrZOMBIE170no chance that’s happening it took long enough to put them on the shelves in something like groups together

I do have a Currie, I’m sure there’s more that one but the one I can put my hands on it is rough and has done a lot of work with me as it matched a moulding I needed to replace. I came with the rough Matheson in the video marked 48. This one’s numbered 45 and was 5 or 6 that came from Inchmartine tool Bazar

@@whitacrebespoke the tool Bazar usually have nice and rare plane but can be pricey I bought a Mathieson shouldering plane from them yesterday , I'll have a look back at the vid and see if i can see the Currie plane i think it a good they get used even if they are rough

Thankyou. Not so Young sadly! It’s surprising what an education it is being taught to be proficient in hand tools before graduating to machines. I’m fluent in both now how ever the hand tools are what interests me.

I now volunteer at clumber park joiners shop with 2 apprentice bench joiners love every minute of it

@ excellent and what a setting to work in

It’s a Rogers made in Sheffield 16-17 years old that one I have a new one in the drawer because I like this one so much.

It’s in the pipe line I have done it at demonstrations in the past. I need someone to video it for me though I can’t do that level of recording on my own as it’s difficult to tell what’s in frame when you’re the wrong side of the camera. It will happen though

Sadly it seems the microphone gave up on me.

Do it. There’s a lot of history in these planes.

It seems they used glass check plans for display cases and I believe wooden aircraft cockpit screens. None of the research or period texts I’ve seen on sash making say they were used for sash. The Scottish sash moulder makers made their planes differently to English makers with a much deeper fence and sometimes two irons. I have examples of Scottish sash planes. I’ve not studied Scottish sashes in detail because it’s not something I see in my day to day work but they have for a long time used a much heavier parting bead that we use south of the border in England and Wales. A counter check plane is again not something you see used in English or Welsh windows. Most meeting rails are ripped from the same board (after the lay out is done) a simple straight cut at around 22.5 degrees thats then jointed with a plane to give a tight fit is most common here. The only deviation I’ve seen to that is were a moulding akin to a drop leaf table had been used in a Georgian set of 6 over 6 but they were high end windows as they had very fine cove and astragal bars. As I say Scottish windows have not been my study. The only place I could see a glass check used is in the meeting rails are ripped of a bottom sash. I used my standard plough plane with same cutter as my parting bead groove as I think historically that’s what was happening. Sadly the last generation that made sashes solely by hand has now died out so unpicking these things takes investigation and educated guesses

@@thevillagecarpenter the process is super simple once you have the right tools. There’s multiple ways to approach the job but from the shear volume of these tools still out I think planes, templates and or scribe planes were common with most joiners.

I need help filming to do that but it is in the pipe line for later in the year.

@@whitacrebespokeI might be able to help with that. Happy to chat about it.

@ sounds good to me!

Thankyou. The shop is very much work in progress. I have spent the last 12 months trying to get it right. Still a few bits to do in there.

I’m not sure about the Women manufacturing the handles but they definitely used apple until around 1928 I believe. The early apple handles are by far my favourite Disston handles. They seem to stand up really well to the abuse they have seen over the years too.

I have very few genuine museum pieces. So all of mine get used or are to be used. I do go mad on the odd piece and really go to town but it’s unusual

Give it a go. I don’t particularly like it but compared to other options it’s one to try.

@ will do. Looking forward to part two. 👍

I’ll send you a pic when they’re done.

@@nickjones3222I killed the file so just need to film the final touch up after setting and try it.

@@nickjones3222do send some photos.

I have not got a blog link yet that’s in pipeline at moment. All way to tech for me!

Blog is on the website www.whitacrebespokecarpentry.co.uk

Really sorry I have only just seen this comment. Not all boxes are tounged earlier Georgian windows were often just nailed together it was victorians that added tounge. 778 is a great tool. For parting bead use a plough plane ideally a wooden one. Use a mortice gauge first to scribe your groove. If you have further questions drop me an email whitacrebespoke@gmail.com

So sorry I have only just seen this comment. If you still need help ping me an email whitacrebespoke@gmail.com and I can go through it in more detail

Really sorry I have only just seen this comment. Top price tup record is £1200 but ewes make between £80 & £300 or so at the breed sale. You may be able to find sale results on Monmouthshire auction Centre website.

Very versatile plane for rebates and tenons etc. I’ve got several some with some with out fences both equally as useful

@@whitacrebespoke Mine was a from a carboot sale, £8 when I was but an apprentice! Wish I could still find good tools for that money these days!

@@englishhomestead eBay did for most of that. Occasional bargains to be had. But few and far between these days. I brought a record 4.5 for £1 on eBay in 2003

@@whitacrebespoke I did get that big set of carving chisels a few years back off ebay. Not cheap but it did set me up!

@@englishhomestead seems good carving chisels never really depreciate if looked after.

Yes a real pain in the posterior

It’s a Bosch and believe it or not it’s about a 2006/8 some where like that. It still works so great for sticking board work.

There certainly is not

Hi Luke, sorry it’s taken so long to reply yes is the answer the video you requested is in the pipe line. Taken me a long time to get to grips with editing and voice overs etc.

Hi Luke the video you requested is now live