Yes, I know many people make router planes with an allen key as the cutter. Yes, I like this approach. But, it requires a grinder, which many people don't have. This version requires no power-tools.
I bought a modern blade instead of the allen key to make a router plane. You can get the all the micro adjustments of the metal planes with that or the allen key. It still isn't free though.
"Fool proof", "even a beginner" Heh, challenge accepted! But seriously, thanks, Rex, for this video. After seeing your vid on the spokeshave (i boughr one of the irons you linked) i thought "maybe something similar can be done to make a router...." And here you are, right on cue!
I love that you love the old tools and crafts so much. And that you care for people not being able to invest lots of money into their hobby. Thank you very much for showing how I can build a router plane on the cheap (and yes, the plans are very fair-priced)!
i expected either something overly simple, like paul seller's version, or over complicated. nice job making something beautiful yet attainable for us average folks!
The two planes you have affiliate links for are no longer available on Amazon. Instead they have an Amazon basics version of both of them. I wonder if Jeff Bezos has been watching your videos 😂
Since I have only tv/modern media to learn from I have only known this a as a Router Plan, until this moment! It will now be known to me as Hag’s Tooth! I get away better visual with that name. The Thanks Rex, your a beast.
Jeez, Rex, where do I start? I'm 21, and just started to pick up woodworking for the first time since I took shop classes in high school. You've encouraged me to build an entire fireplace surround during my winter break! I think it came out great, used rough cut cherry and maple, and your videos gave me the confidence to design, route, shape, sand, and install all of it by myself, using my grandfathers' (both my mother and father's dads were carpenters/machinists) 100+ yr old tools to create something new. Thanks for all of the help, and here's to all of the other fine projects in my future, thanks to you! Keep it up man!
You are an inspiration to us all! You will have a lifetime of great woodworking ahead of you, and the satisfaction of looking around your home and workplace, and seeing the fruit of your labors all around you. It is a wonderful feeling.
"Get Woke" ... LOL -- I don't think so :P I hope you're just being Sarcastic? PC Culture is just ignorant of how it's ruining the Human Character! I love the name "Hag's Tooth"... now that name has Real Character :D Are we not to "offend" actual Hags? Hags are Hags for a reason LOL
Love me a router plane. Love me a plane I can build myself. And, l love being able to leverage existing tools to perform more tasks. Furthermore, I have to say the technique of splitting and reassembling is inspired. Off to the shop!
Very nice - Thought comes to mind that the inside curve on the front side (from the original) would be easy to make if you drill a large hole through the piece and then saw off the waste. Then all you'd have to do is blend the curves to fit your grip!
@@RexKrueger Didn't say it would be easy, just that you (someone) could do it! 😁 I've got a couple of old chisels, no handles, that might just be the thing for a project like this. Keep up the good work!
Great idea cutting it apart. Side note - I’ve seen wooden planes with wooden strike buttons from a dowel glued into a hole. Save some cost on the bolt and epoxy
You shouldn't use salt in your glue up. It makes the whole thing a bit salty. You could use some finishing nails and cut the top a bit to make sure it doesn't move. Like Paul Sellers does on his version of the router plane. Time mark 35.50 on his first video th-cam.com/play/PLqyeNiM0BJuUI6wPPe5huuv6fpbd7VZIW.html
Speaking of getting woke, and this is totally not about politics, Rex, but I have never supported you on Patreon because I refuse to support Patreon. It's not about politics, it's about atrocious business practices... and they're in some serious legal trouble right now as fallout from those practices. I would love to support you. Please be smart and set up an alternate way to do so... and please go watch some legal analyses of what is going on at Patreon to get an idea what kind of financial problems they're going to be in while they're holding your money. I recommend Viva Frei for someone who did a great analysis and tries to remain politically neutral.
This is really nice! A great melding of modern consumer goods (the steel chisel) and older tool-making (the body). The trick of cutting the body for access to the mortise is really nice, and I've seen it applied to other plane constructions. The channel is very informative and entertaining, with excellent production qualities. Good lighting, great camera angles, steady shots, and no wasted time! It is a pleasure to watch. Finally, all of the work and techniques feel accessible to mere mortals, especially when the videos are viewed in sequence. They really build on each other, building the skills and confidence of the student as they go. The channel truly turns the aspiring beginner into a real craftsman.
Hag's tooth is a great name. Where i live (nld) they are called 'heksentand' (witches tooth), 'ouwewijventand' (old hag's tooth) or 'grondschaaf' (ground plane) I made on a while ago from big nail i flattened (and hardened). I never even thought about using a chisel. Great idea
Another awesome video, Rex. Thank you. A suggestion for another video that I’d find immensely helpful-when should we be using our beveled tools with the bevel down and when should we have them bevel up? Both chisels and planes. Thanks again. Love all your vids. And although your most recent hammer build could certainly be used as a weapon, I think we’d all love another vintage weapon build. 😁
That's a clever idea, going Krenov on the construction of this kind of plane body. I have a nice router plane, but I might make one of these just for giggles. Thanks!
Years ago i made a routerplane as a quick hack (not hag lol). I also started a playlist and added every other routerplane build i could find or found since. I'll add this video to that list too. So many ways to make a routerplane.
Well, it only took me a month and a half, but by following your videos I was finally able to construct my very own router plane and all it cost me was a 6mm chisel. And it even works! Thanks mate! Keep up the great work.
What resources do you read on these old masters? Finding these videos has me really interested in the methods they were using prior to power tools. Great video! This is on my to do list now.
Great Video Thnx Rex THAT is what i was looking for I looked on ebay and try to hunt a routerplane without get in trouble with my wife $$$ Iam a beginner and that technic seems i can deal with Thank you
You should make a video on small builds because some of us only have small wood "blocks" edit: i dont mean on this video but u see i said "blocks" so what i mean is maybe not mostly use flat wood
What's the difference between this and the rabbet plane you've also shown us how to make? Is it just those flat wings on either side helping to keep you flat, cause otherwise isn't the rabbet in there at the same angle/able to fit in your groove to clean it up?
@@RexKrueger Yeaaaaaaaaah I just rewatched your video on it and saw how one side was longer than the other. For some reason I made-believe it was just a skinnier version of what you made in this one. In my defense I haven't updated my prescription in 20 years.
I think I'll make one of these. I've needed a router plane for awhile, and I hadn't thought of the "Split and glue back together" approach for a router. Thanks :)
Love it and will definitely be making this. I have some old chisels I picked up at a flea market that would be perfect !!! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge Rex !!!
LOL, I tried finding a router plane overhere (NL) no idea what they were called (google translates 'plane' automatically as airoplane, so that was NO help at all), but oh joy... the alternative names for our "grondschaaf" (plane = schaaf in Dutch) are... "horletoet" or "oudewijventand". Yes...the Old Wives Tooth again! (Hagtooth). Some things never change I guess :), anyway, our non-woke ancesters helped me find the equipment I was looking for! (and I think you may help me buil my own some time in the future ... first I have to get a real bench)
Elevator bolts are cheaper than carriage bolts and have the square shoulder. It is just that the outer head is flat. They make excellent bolts for T-tracks and hold downs. Unfortunately, I could not find them locally, but found out that they are $0.30 each if you buy in a box of 100. They are 1/4 -20 and every bench tool I have uses a different sized t-bolt head. At $0.30 each,I don't mind grinding them to size. They have become a go to fastener around here.
At one point you mentioned the woodworker’s paradox, and I wondered if you had heard the term “bootstrapping” as in “to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps”. I’ve come into contacting it in the contexts of computers and operating systems. If you want to make a compiler, to take source code down to machine language, you can’t program it because you don;t have a compiler, so you have to use machine language in binary to build an assembler which can then allow you to program a little easier using assembly language which is at least made of words instead of binary. Then you can make a more advanced language using the assembly language, and keep recursing that process until you have a full fledged compiler. It’s a little easier these days because you can cross compile from other computer systems, but the idea still comes up in many contexts (for example, this is why starting a computer is known as “booting up”. The operating system has to load progressively more complicated things into memory but at the beginning as to rely on the bare minimum) . This is exactly what you are doing...building the bare minimum and spiraling up. Or with money one can choose to shortcut some of the steps. But it’s still super helpful to know how you could do that if you needed to for some reason, or to understand the evolution of tools so that you understand different components of the neeesttools in much better detail.
I followed your video and made this project about a year ago and, well, it works as good as my fancy new traditional router (huh...?), to be honest. Tap here and tap there is just quicker for micro adjustment. I didn't use any fancy timber, just some random offcut of construction 4"x2" and an old good quality chisel that was looking a bit worn out so I got it back in shape. As for that new old router I mentioned; it's a Cowryman - traditional...but modernised, if you know what I mean. :-|
Rex, I've been loving your videos! I think I've watched this one at least 3 times now. This time through I realized the half moon doesn't open up all the way to the blade opening. Is that by design? Can you see the blade beyond the opening once it's deep enough? Thanks!
Alright, hag not a great word. But then you haven't seen what the hag can get up to. (look up welsh mythology, that bit is very real, dark things.). Its not a term used for women in general, it's specific to nasty characters. So no need to feel awkward... Unless your choosing to include all women, then it could be awkward :p 😂
Most Ikea furniture is not melamine. For example, the popular Billy shelves are soft plastic wrap over chipboard. Perhaps the kitchen cabinets are hard melamine but I haven’t checked.
Hey Rex...I see you've added a boiled linseed oil finish. When I've used BLO it smells "fishy" and takes about a month for the smell to go away. Have you ever had this experience ?
I built a router table for doing housing joints and rebates (dados and rabbets), then remembered I mostly only have time to woodwork at night, and cant use any power tools cos of the noise 🤦♂️so this is something I'll be making soon....s My sister wants a six board chest for christmas!
Thanks Rex. I've been semi - agonizing about this for a bit. I first thought about buying a power router, but discarded that idea after I realized that it wouldn't get enough use in my shop to justify the storage space, as my shop isn't just small, it's outright tiny. I've since been trying to find a used metal router plane, but they're kind of expensive, and like I said the tool will get only occasional use. This build is my next project for sure. It's outstanding, since I can disassemble the plane into 3 pieces for storage as well.
i have come to the point where my plane isnt fun to work with anymore. big gauges in the bottom and the mouth is getting bigger and feathery that the chips jam themselves. I'd love to see a "wooden plane restoration" - video at some point, it would help me a lot. keep up the awesome content
Another great video from true woodcraftman. Thank you bringing back the traditionnal way to woodwork. This helps me figuring out new tools for no cost. Can I be bold and give you video suggestions? What if you would go in a hardware store, look at all kinds of modern tools there and try to make them at home. Another one would be making a full project, like a bird house, a desk, bookcase. Looking around my desk at work (dont tell my boss) a topdesk file organiser. Thanks for the great video. Cheers from Canada!!!
Well I may not use everything in the pack I'm buying it just the same because I have found that your videos are interesting and provide inspiration as well as useful ideas etc... And I wish I could give you more. Which i will when I am able. Just because you give your work away for free nearly all of the time doesn't mean it didn't cost you something to do
So Rex, the router turned into an excellent project after the wife declared “No more tools”. My plea fell on deaf ears so, there was only one answer. Your plans were complete but quite naturally, I had to add my mods 😊. In the end, a couple chunks of oak turned an excellent tool. Give me a hammer, a hand saw, a chisel, and this tool, and my the world suddenly needs grooves
Thanks, very useful. I reckon you could add a microadjuster to this design as well if you drilled a hole through the chisel & got creative with some nuts & bolts.
Thanks for the video. Do you think this would work ? before cutting the block in half, Drill a hole on each side of the center kerf and run a dowel all the way through (front to back). With this, a dry fit, and a test run could be done before gluing, so any adjustment could be made. It would also secure the piece from moving while gluing, and help keep it together, especially when a wedge is tapped into place.
I think I will actually make one of these. Thanks for the video. The only change I might make is to make the frips symmetrical from front to rear, so I can pull or push. I think my pull-strength is stronger, and even if the job is light, after a few pushed cuts, its nice to switch-up the muscles I'm using over the course of a day.
actually that mortis IS easy to cut. you take 2 pieces of 2x4, route a flat path through the sides of them, glue them together, then cut the base and roof on the pieces to match the angle you want. ive no idea. ive never tried. im a terrible guesser.
I gotta make this now for the simple reason of helping me make scabbards for my chisels. Is there any way someone could make a multi size version to incorperate various sizes of chisels, or is that not feasable?
Awesome video as always Rex, thank you! And such prodigious timing too--I was just about to give up on my router plane project out of frustration. Your method feels so much more doable!
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx I do. It's short and kind of rude and violent, especially if you were an old lady. However, there is a lot of "just so" about how carpenters learned their trade back then (before WW I). The method works. I was about 5 at the time I heard it, and I'm almost 70 now. I never forgot the tool, how he used it, or the explanation of why it was invented (what if you couldn't find an old lady with one tooth in her upper jaw?).
You should, and you have to otherwise you aren't a real man, put a 'buy me a beer' button and point to it at the end of your videos $3 is less than the bank charges you to give you your own money from someone else's atm and they didn't give u a great video to watch
thank you Rex. hags tooth lol hey they were woke how ever. they were not putting down old ladies they were just describing a tool to something that they had knowledge of . they also had thick skin . which we need to reembrace too. mean no offence .
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Yes, I know many people make router planes with an allen key as the cutter. Yes, I like this approach. But, it requires a grinder, which many people don't have. This version requires no power-tools.
Do you happen to have a link to how that would be done? I'm curious about this.
@Cole here's a simple one I found th-cam.com/video/QtaQ7SLllv4/w-d-xo.html
@@JohnJbVlogsyt Thanks! I did find another here:
th-cam.com/video/BeFVaQ4u1TM/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=self-build.%E6%9E%97%E4%B9%85
Love you rex! Keep being you-nique
I bought a modern blade instead of the allen key to make a router plane. You can get the all the micro adjustments of the metal planes with that or the allen key. It still isn't free though.
After watching so many of your videos I firmly believe that your catchphrase should be " Let's just make one"
That's actually a pretty good idea...
Its a dangerous game and a rabbit hole!
@@RexKrueger it feels a bit like the practical version of Ian McCollum, archiving forgotten tools.
Thats my go to phrase
Its always been known as a granny's tooth in Britain.
"Fool proof", "even a beginner"
Heh, challenge accepted!
But seriously, thanks, Rex, for this video. After seeing your vid on the spokeshave (i boughr one of the irons you linked) i thought "maybe something similar can be done to make a router...."
And here you are, right on cue!
Glad to help out!
Use a bit of bannister rail [ staircase rail ] for the wood bit. Already moulded.
this was mentioned in the video
I love that you love the old tools and crafts so much. And that you care for people not being able to invest lots of money into their hobby. Thank you very much for showing how I can build a router plane on the cheap (and yes, the plans are very fair-priced)!
Thank you!
i expected either something overly simple, like paul seller's version, or over complicated. nice job making something beautiful yet attainable for us average folks!
The two planes you have affiliate links for are no longer available on Amazon. Instead they have an Amazon basics version of both of them. I wonder if Jeff Bezos has been watching your videos 😂
Hmm. That's a bummer.
Since I have only tv/modern media to learn from I have only known this a as a Router Plan, until this moment! It will now be known to me as Hag’s Tooth! I get away better visual with that name. The Thanks Rex, your a beast.
Jeez, Rex, where do I start? I'm 21, and just started to pick up woodworking for the first time since I took shop classes in high school. You've encouraged me to build an entire fireplace surround during my winter break! I think it came out great, used rough cut cherry and maple, and your videos gave me the confidence to design, route, shape, sand, and install all of it by myself, using my grandfathers' (both my mother and father's dads were carpenters/machinists) 100+ yr old tools to create something new. Thanks for all of the help, and here's to all of the other fine projects in my future, thanks to you! Keep it up man!
Man, what a great story! Thanks for sharing!
You are an inspiration to us all! You will have a lifetime of great woodworking ahead of you, and the satisfaction of looking around your home and workplace, and seeing the fruit of your labors all around you. It is a wonderful feeling.
I like the way of using simple tools keep it up Rex all the best from far² north eastern India
That’s a great story !! Your Grampas would be proud
"Get Woke" ... LOL -- I don't think so :P I hope you're just being Sarcastic?
PC Culture is just ignorant of how it's ruining the Human Character!
I love the name "Hag's Tooth"... now that name has Real Character :D Are we not to "offend" actual Hags? Hags are Hags for a reason LOL
I agree I hope he was just kidding, but he was a teacher at one time. So you know what that usually means.
Love me a router plane. Love me a plane I can build myself. And, l love being able to leverage existing tools to perform more tasks. Furthermore, I have to say the technique of splitting and reassembling is inspired. Off to the shop!
Very nice - Thought comes to mind that the inside curve on the front side (from the original) would be easy to make if you drill a large hole through the piece and then saw off the waste. Then all you'd have to do is blend the curves to fit your grip!
Except then you're drilling a big hole through end-grain. Much tougher than it sounds.
@@RexKrueger Didn't say it would be easy, just that you (someone) could do it! 😁
I've got a couple of old chisels, no handles, that might just be the thing for a project like this. Keep up the good work!
Great idea cutting it apart. Side note - I’ve seen wooden planes with wooden strike buttons from a dowel glued into a hole. Save some cost on the bolt and epoxy
You shouldn't use salt in your glue up. It makes the whole thing a bit salty. You could use some finishing nails and cut the top a bit to make sure it doesn't move. Like Paul Sellers does on his version of the router plane. Time mark 35.50 on his first video th-cam.com/play/PLqyeNiM0BJuUI6wPPe5huuv6fpbd7VZIW.html
Speaking of getting woke, and this is totally not about politics, Rex, but I have never supported you on Patreon because I refuse to support Patreon. It's not about politics, it's about atrocious business practices... and they're in some serious legal trouble right now as fallout from those practices.
I would love to support you. Please be smart and set up an alternate way to do so... and please go watch some legal analyses of what is going on at Patreon to get an idea what kind of financial problems they're going to be in while they're holding your money. I recommend Viva Frei for someone who did a great analysis and tries to remain politically neutral.
This is really nice! A great melding of modern consumer goods (the steel chisel) and older tool-making (the body). The trick of cutting the body for access to the mortise is really nice, and I've seen it applied to other plane constructions.
The channel is very informative and entertaining, with excellent production qualities. Good lighting, great camera angles, steady shots, and no wasted time! It is a pleasure to watch.
Finally, all of the work and techniques feel accessible to mere mortals, especially when the videos are viewed in sequence. They really build on each other, building the skills and confidence of the student as they go. The channel truly turns the aspiring beginner into a real craftsman.
Hag's tooth is a great name.
Where i live (nld) they are called 'heksentand' (witches tooth), 'ouwewijventand' (old hag's tooth) or 'grondschaaf' (ground plane)
I made on a while ago from big nail i flattened (and hardened). I never even thought about using a chisel. Great idea
My hags tooth cuts my wood.
Another awesome video, Rex. Thank you. A suggestion for another video that I’d find immensely helpful-when should we be using our beveled tools with the bevel down and when should we have them bevel up? Both chisels and planes. Thanks again. Love all your vids. And although your most recent hammer build could certainly be used as a weapon, I think we’d all love another vintage weapon build. 😁
Almost lost me when you said get woke
"Get Woke"????
You've got to be kidding.
Precisely. I'm kidding. That was the point.
I started watching your channel a few weeks back... I felt like I have learned more from you than any other TH-camr. Thank you for your videos!
And thank you!
The veritas small router plane (not the miniature) is surprisingly usefull and afordable, recomended
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60$ is not what everyone would call "affordable" ! :(
Suggestion:- make a wooden holder for a card scraper
It's hard to wake up, when you are dead!
Get woke go broke.....
(They're not woke)
(They're hypnotized)
Hags tooth it is.
"Ger woke!" Lol !so how about the " non binary person of senior years tooth" :)
That's a clever idea, going Krenov on the construction of this kind of plane body. I have a nice router plane, but I might make one of these just for giggles. Thanks!
My pleasure! That laminated technique really opens up a bunch of tools for beginners and then final product is very strong.
Changing name to Giggles, looking forward to my new router plane. 😁
@@akbychoice 😃
I see a Mora sheath in the background at 14:30.. Looking forward to that discussion!
The Hag used to take out her iron tooth to sharpen it before eating the children she'd taken; hence Hag/granny's tooth
In between this and the rabbit plane... Why cant we use chissels as regulatrplane irons?? Imma gonna try now anyways...
Only because they're a bit narrow. Otherwise, no reason.
Very cool idea - splitting the block to make cutting the mortise for the blade and wedge easier.
I'm thinking a left over chunk of handrail would work great for this
Hagtooth! Great! I shall call mine nothing else.
Years ago i made a routerplane as a quick hack (not hag lol). I also started a playlist and added every other routerplane build i could find or found since. I'll add this video to that list too. So many ways to make a routerplane.
Check out Paul Sellers poor mans router
Well, it only took me a month and a half, but by following your videos I was finally able to construct my very own router plane and all it cost me was a 6mm chisel. And it even works! Thanks mate! Keep up the great work.
What resources do you read on these old masters? Finding these videos has me really interested in the methods they were using prior to power tools. Great video! This is on my to do list now.
I just did a video on books two weeks ago!
@@RexKrueger awesome! I'll look it up. I just found your channel last week
Old timey names: "Hag's tooth", "Old Lady's Tooth". Modern name: "Meth Tooth".
I got a good laugh out of hagstooth, it's just banter m8
Great Video
Thnx Rex THAT is what i was looking for
I looked on ebay and try to hunt a routerplane without get in trouble with my wife $$$
Iam a beginner and that technic seems i can deal with
Thank you
She cannot fault you for this one!
Also the satisfaction of building your own tools cannot be beaten
I think most of my future woodworking will be done by powertools, but I still love your videos :)
Excellent tip on the strike button!! Would never have thought about that! Thanks again for an excellent tool build!
You should make a video on small builds because some of us only have small wood "blocks" edit: i dont mean on this video but u see i said "blocks" so what i mean is maybe not mostly use flat wood
I'm not sure I understand. Isn't this pretty small?
Your head looks cool. ;)
Thank god SOMEONE thinks so!
What's the difference between this and the rabbet plane you've also shown us how to make? Is it just those flat wings on either side helping to keep you flat, cause otherwise isn't the rabbet in there at the same angle/able to fit in your groove to clean it up?
Not to be smart, but the rabbet plane is for rabbets, while this tools cleans the bottoms of joints that are closed on 2 sides.
@@RexKrueger Yeaaaaaaaaah I just rewatched your video on it and saw how one side was longer than the other. For some reason I made-believe it was just a skinnier version of what you made in this one. In my defense I haven't updated my prescription in 20 years.
I think I'll make one of these. I've needed a router plane for awhile, and I hadn't thought of the "Split and glue back together" approach for a router. Thanks :)
Love it and will definitely be making this. I have some old chisels I picked up at a flea market that would be perfect !!! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge Rex !!!
LOL, I tried finding a router plane overhere (NL) no idea what they were called (google translates 'plane' automatically as airoplane, so that was NO help at all), but oh joy... the alternative names for our "grondschaaf" (plane = schaaf in Dutch) are... "horletoet" or "oudewijventand". Yes...the Old Wives Tooth again! (Hagtooth).
Some things never change I guess :), anyway, our non-woke ancesters helped me find the equipment I was looking for!
(and I think you may help me buil my own some time in the future ... first I have to get a real bench)
Elevator bolts are cheaper than carriage bolts and have the square shoulder. It is just that the outer head is flat. They make excellent bolts for T-tracks and hold downs. Unfortunately, I could not find them locally, but found out that they are $0.30 each if you buy in a box of 100. They are 1/4 -20 and every bench tool I have uses a different sized t-bolt head. At $0.30 each,I don't mind grinding them to size. They have become a go to fastener around here.
Ok, new drinking game... Every time he says uh-specially instead of especially, drink! (-:
At one point you mentioned the woodworker’s paradox, and I wondered if you had heard the term “bootstrapping” as in “to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps”. I’ve come into contacting it in the contexts of computers and operating systems. If you want to make a compiler, to take source code down to machine language, you can’t program it because you don;t have a compiler, so you have to use machine language in binary to build an assembler which can then allow you to program a little easier using assembly language which is at least made of words instead of binary. Then you can make a more advanced language using the assembly language, and keep recursing that process until you have a full fledged compiler. It’s a little easier these days because you can cross compile from other computer systems, but the idea still comes up in many contexts (for example, this is why starting a computer is known as “booting up”. The operating system has to load progressively more complicated things into memory but at the beginning as to rely on the bare minimum) . This is exactly what you are doing...building the bare minimum and spiraling up. Or with money one can choose to shortcut some of the steps. But it’s still super helpful to know how you could do that if you needed to for some reason, or to understand the evolution of tools so that you understand different components of the neeesttools in much better detail.
I followed your video and made this project about a year ago and, well, it works as good as my fancy new traditional router (huh...?), to be honest. Tap here and tap there is just quicker for micro adjustment. I didn't use any fancy timber, just some random offcut of construction 4"x2" and an old good quality chisel that was looking a bit worn out so I got it back in shape.
As for that new old router I mentioned; it's a Cowryman - traditional...but modernised, if you know what I mean. :-|
Thanks Rex. I've actually been wanting to make one of these...
Rex, I've been loving your videos! I think I've watched this one at least 3 times now. This time through I realized the half moon doesn't open up all the way to the blade opening. Is that by design? Can you see the blade beyond the opening once it's deep enough? Thanks!
Alright, hag not a great word. But then you haven't seen what the hag can get up to. (look up welsh mythology, that bit is very real, dark things.).
Its not a term used for women in general, it's specific to nasty characters. So no need to feel awkward... Unless your choosing to include all women, then it could be awkward :p 😂
Hey Rex, curious about work surface hung off back wall with underslung drawer cabinet…? Did you do a shop tour video? Maybe you could?!
Rex: woodworkers of the past. Get woke!
Based & Red Pilled Woodworkers of the past: git gud.
Most Ikea furniture is not melamine. For example, the popular Billy shelves are soft plastic wrap over chipboard. Perhaps the kitchen cabinets are hard melamine but I haven’t checked.
Can I call it "Mytooth" as a joke about my own age? Spose I could just call it a tooth or a beaver tooth too. In any case, great video as always.
Ha!
Eric Romano
Beavers have iron in their teeth
Get woke, go broke, unsubbed
Hey Rex...I see you've added a boiled linseed oil finish. When I've used BLO it smells "fishy" and takes about a month for the smell to go away. Have you ever had this experience ?
I built a router table for doing housing joints and rebates (dados and rabbets), then remembered I mostly only have time to woodwork at night, and cant use any power tools cos of the noise 🤦♂️so this is something I'll be making soon....s
My sister wants a six board chest for christmas!
Thanks Rex. I've been semi - agonizing about this for a bit. I first thought about buying a power router, but discarded that idea after I realized that it wouldn't get enough use in my shop to justify the storage space, as my shop isn't just small, it's outright tiny. I've since been trying to find a used metal router plane, but they're kind of expensive, and like I said the tool will get only occasional use. This build is my next project for sure. It's outstanding, since I can disassemble the plane into 3 pieces for storage as well.
I think you'll be happy with this one. It's effective and easy to use. Takes up very little space.
i have come to the point where my plane isnt fun to work with anymore. big gauges in the bottom and the mouth is getting bigger and feathery that the chips jam themselves. I'd love to see a "wooden plane restoration" - video at some point, it would help me a lot.
keep up the awesome content
Okay!
Another great video from true woodcraftman. Thank you bringing back the traditionnal way to woodwork. This helps me figuring out new tools for no cost. Can I be bold and give you video suggestions? What if you would go in a hardware store, look at all kinds of modern tools there and try to make them at home. Another one would be making a full project, like a bird house, a desk, bookcase. Looking around my desk at work (dont tell my boss) a topdesk file organiser. Thanks for the great video. Cheers from Canada!!!
I second the hardware store suggestion . That would be interesting to watch.
Well I may not use everything in the pack I'm buying it just the same because I have found that your videos are interesting and provide inspiration as well as useful ideas etc... And I wish I could give you more. Which i will when I am able. Just because you give your work away for free nearly all of the time doesn't mean it didn't cost you something to do
So Rex, the router turned into an excellent project after the wife declared “No more tools”. My plea fell on deaf ears so, there was only one answer. Your plans were complete but quite naturally, I had to add my mods 😊. In the end, a couple chunks of oak turned an excellent tool. Give me a hammer, a hand saw, a chisel, and this tool, and my the world suddenly needs grooves
Thanks, very useful. I reckon you could add a microadjuster to this design as well if you drilled a hole through the chisel & got creative with some nuts & bolts.
Maybe...
@ 2:33, just because you said that, I am going to make one, call it the Hag's Tooth only, and credit you
Thanks for the video. Do you think this would work ? before cutting the block in half, Drill a hole on each side of the center kerf and run a dowel all the way through (front to back). With this, a dry fit, and a test run could be done before gluing, so any adjustment could be made. It would also secure the piece from moving while gluing, and help keep it together, especially when a wedge is tapped into place.
Or, instead of doing all the shaping, leave the body square and mount a pair of wooden knobs on either side... see Peter Sellers' home-built plane...
Rex, how about a pic of the shelf/bench with the drawer cabinet behind you to your right? Also have you seen the Veritas Chisel plane? Pax.
I think I will actually make one of these. Thanks for the video. The only change I might make is to make the frips symmetrical from front to rear, so I can pull or push. I think my pull-strength is stronger, and even if the job is light, after a few pushed cuts, its nice to switch-up the muscles I'm using over the course of a day.
I make all kinds of jigs and mock ups from old ikea furniture! Lol
Me too! If it's free; it's me.
I like that wall attached bench with drawer cabinet situated behind you. 😉
Thanks. I made everything but the drawers from garbage.
actually that mortis IS easy to cut.
you take 2 pieces of 2x4, route a flat path through the sides of them, glue them together, then cut the base and roof on the pieces to match the angle you want.
ive no idea. ive never tried.
im a terrible guesser.
I gotta make this now for the simple reason of helping me make scabbards for my chisels. Is there any way someone could make a multi size version to incorperate various sizes of chisels, or is that not feasable?
Yeah, show some respect! It should be called a "senior's tooth" ("elder's tooth" would also be appropriate)
What angle of blade do you use? It's not 45°. Thank you for video
it looks like your old hags tooth has a plow plane iron which would make it adjustable if you have a full set for a plow plane
Awesome video as always Rex, thank you! And such prodigious timing too--I was just about to give up on my router plane project out of frustration. Your method feels so much more doable!
It's really easy. Promise!
that's not bad a very well presented tool.An allen wrench would not work that way anyway angle is wrong
Have you seen the measuring jig that this guy makes? th-cam.com/video/UcVpItyocms/w-d-xo.html works with a standard steel ruler.
My granfather called it the "Old lady's tooth." He used one into his seventies. He also had a story about "why" they called it that.
Do you still remember the story?
@@xXx_Oshino_xXx I do. It's short and kind of rude and violent, especially if you were an old lady. However, there is a lot of "just so" about how carpenters learned their trade back then (before WW I). The method works. I was about 5 at the time I heard it, and I'm almost 70 now. I never forgot the tool, how he used it, or the explanation of why it was invented (what if you couldn't find an old lady with one tooth in her upper jaw?).
Nice! I just watched your tool box build and I saw the PMR by Paul Sellers.
I have an old chisel with an acetate handle that is split and falling off (lucky me). I can just finish knocking off the handle and use that blade.
Scraps of premade railing?... So what you are saying is that we can use some modern railing to make one? That is a great idea!
Make something, learn something. Buy something, learn nothing.
You should, and you have to otherwise you aren't a real man, put a 'buy me a beer' button and point to it at the end of your videos $3 is less than the bank charges you to give you your own money from someone else's atm and they didn't give u a great video to watch
Woke is a joke! Hag's tooth sounds fine to me. Old woman's tooth is a mouthful though.
doweling it would have kept it from shifting during the clamp up.
Thanks for the knowledge on how to make my own Router Plane , Rex !!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you Rex. hags tooth lol hey they were woke how ever. they were not putting down old ladies they were just describing a tool to something that they had knowledge of . they also had thick skin . which we need to reembrace too. mean no offence .
“Random round object” is also my favorite corner profile. 😂
i usually just split a block i want acces to inside, when you glue it back after making a mortise the seam will be invisible
I liks the classic look. I need to try one of these. thanks for the information on the strike button I was wondering what they used for it.
Nice Build Rex👍
Yes,i will make this to.thank buddy.
Thanks for sharing this. You have a lot of good ideas for making the plane without a lot of tools.