Also we don't understand it yet - but something knows the difference between the wood that was planed by hand and the one that was force-fed. The body probably does too - if energy is real.
This is a great video. I watched videos for five years before I came to similar conclusions. Might not be the right choice for everyone, but it worked for me. If I had seen this a bit sooner, I’d be further along in the journey. Well done. There is nothing wrong with using traditional skills alongside modern machinery. They each have their place. I love traditional skills, but if I can get more projects done in my finite time, I’m all in.
You're absolutaly right. Planing by hand is very sporty but tiresome after a while. That planer has changed my life in the shop. And with its 30 cm width it gives a ton of possibilities. Best tool I ever bought.
I used to be a little hyper preoccupied with how much noise i make and how it effects others but i love making music and very recently woodworking. I'd like to give an opinion that might be difficult to put into practice, it certainly was for me, but its been better for my mental state and that is, stop worrying about making noise and who can hear what your doing. So, of course i dont mean running your power tools at 2am or even 10pm but if its a reasonable hour, dont even think about it. For one, the people that can hear it, most definitely are not as bothered by it then you imagine they are, especially if its not constant, most likely they're not even paying attention to it with all the noise around them and the noise they are making. The best musicians that I know, are completely unapologetic about the noises they make whether its an instrument or singing,they dont care who hears it. I think its freeing to realize that within reason, we are allowed to make as much noise as we want, people are used to noises all day long and if they are bothered, its not for very long and its not extremely uncomfortable and the vast majority don't care at all. It is nice to be considerate but when we worry ourselves over it and think about it excessively its not healthy. Make some noise, try to make it louder, go ahead, no one cares! (Too much) 🎉
Really interesting video, I have been using a lot of pallets to build various items in my garage/ work shop, not the best wood but it does save a lot of money, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hey mate, I got the same Metabo. Really nice for the price. Dunno if it is cheaper here in germany tho. I eliminated the snipe in a different way, that also helps with getting long boards flat. I took a ~300mm wide and ~1500mm long melamin board (Siebdruckplatte) and made a fixed food on one side and an one that is held in with magnets and loose dowels on the other side. These feets are the exact height of the infeed and outfeed table of the Metabo. Now if I want to use it, I just slide it thru the planer, attach the magnetic feet on the one side and have a 1500mm long and perfectly straight bed. I only lose 16mm maximum heigt, but it makes a HUGE difference. Btw, regarding helical head, there are some interesting videos out there, that explain why most cheaper ones are worse, than a normal cutter head. Has something to do with angle of the blades and overlap.
Ah nice! That sounds like it works super well. I’ve just done some really long, 50mm thick boards and they would have been a lot easier to handle with a setup like yours. The Metabo is genuinely brilliant for the price.
I kinda enjoy using a hand plane, haven't actually made anything useful for several years though. Woodwork is just one of my many hobbies, watching You Tube video's seem to take up most of my time since retirement though (plus posting comments on 'everything' 😁)
@@krissk77 The oak boards I cut from fallen tree (used chainsaw) seems very hard, couple of swipes and plane starts skating. I'm going to use a carbide bit in router to flat it off somewhat
Thanks. This was really timely. Looking to get going on my own and get out of a day job and I was all wound up worrying about how I'll get thousands of dollars of equipment to get started, when I needed to get started to get the money to invest in myself.
Cutech has a beautiful planer for $300, as a dogsitter it took a while saving up for it, $25 here and there, but now I have this awesome machine, there's more affordable benchtoo versions of virtually all the big dogs
How refreshing…. Keeping it real for all us blokes working from home in a single car garage. Liked & subscribed :) A pal asked me to make her a scaffold board dining table…. I explained all the reasons why is wasn’t a good idea, but she insisted. I Bought flat seasoned boards, then biscuit jointed them together. But after a few days in my workshop, they had developed some cupping. My only option was to break out the hand plane…. Cheaper than a gym membership 💪💪💪 If you don’t mind me asking, how do you find the Metabo thicknesser for noise? I’d like one, but I’m thinking of my neighbours 🦻😮
Nice to hear from you! The Metabo is not quiet 😅 There's are a couple of tools I save and only use at certain times (like, not Sunday morning!) and the thicknesser is one of them. Adds a bit more planning to my builds, but I try and batch out my planing and then do quieter things.
Thanks for this, useful and interesting episode, v well put together. I got a thicknesser in the spring, with the price of wood it meant I could reuse my old decking and other random stock rather than shelling out on new wood. If you’ve no rush on your projects it will easily pay for itself.
Great video. I've got that same thicknesser, had it about 3 years and it's had a pretty hard life, lots of long hardwood boards. Biggest downside for me is that the manufacturer blades are expensive, and the unbranded ones I've tried chip very quickly. I definitely want to do a helical cutter upgrade at some point. For boards >2m I got some cheap rollers from Rutlands, which help a lot. It's pretty much impossible to totally avoid snipe with long boards though, I just allow extra length, and trim it off.
Fantastic video thank you! Can't believe John was clowning around like that, pretty sure the first time I went near a big bladed machine some old dude told me not to lean off balance into it... Heard a good tip recently for noobs to find grain direction, run a thin smooth cloth over it, you'll feel it catching if the grains are poking up into it.
Gotta make sure that your in feed and out feed table are perfectly level to your planer bed by using a proper straight edge and what I like to do is get a roller stand one that folds up and easily tucks away I pull it out when I need it for extra long boards and you can pick one up for like 30 bucks
Getting a combi planer thicknesser is a good way to go it does both, just need to watch for planer snipe, lol as I wrote that you mentioned snipe in video
I did use a electric plane for a while to put out the high spots but now that I've settled up my hand plane perfectly I just love to use it. You can, also, put some wax under it if you got some disabilities or if it's just becoming too much over time.
@@northernworks I mixed cheap bee wax and mineral oil together in a 28 oz soup can by heating slowly at low temperature in a pan with water. I think it was 4 to one bee wax ratio. After the towel I use got full of it I just drilled it to the side of a plank and generally just wipe the bottom of the planer on it frequently when planing.
Your content and production quality are typical of a channel with 100x the subscribers. Keep up the fantastic work. What are the dimensions of your shop? I'll be building mine soon and am trying to have the smallest footprint with the most efficient use of space.
i’m always getting snipe on my planer and my solution I hope will be to build a planer sled, but I’ve also seen people suggest that I just use extra off cuts that are roughly the same thickness at the ends so that they can eat the snipe instead, and put those on the planer sled. either way the planing isn’t so bad. It’s always the jointing that gives me the most anxiety.
I thought this was good info. (Frankly, I don't put too much stock in what the thumbnails show for any vid. We all know they're just attention grabbers) Got a new Sub!
It's good to present budget and hand tool options for flattening boards. However, the list of skills and tools grows. One needs sharpening stones or plates for the plane iron. Then there's work holdings which go beyond clamps. Then there's acquiring the skills to sharpen and set up a plane. Then there's winding sticks and learning to use them. Then after all that, a lot of work and patience, a flat board face is a result. But...now the board is much thinner on one end and the two faces are not parallel to each other...and so forth. It takes many hours of frustrating practice to get some of the basic results. Or drop 600 on a thickness planer and use a sled.
Great video, but one of the biggest drawbacks for most aspiring woodworkers is work holding, and technically should be the start of flattening wood, a proper manner of holding the piece? "
Just get a stanley no 4 or 5 from before about 1950. They are still cheap and available - about £100 in the UK.. Easy and enjoyable to use. Loads of videos explaining everything you need to know. There is a simple and age old technique to flatten boards within a thou of an inch. It works every-time. Takes a bit of practice but even early attempts will look great because the no 4 smoother is such an amazing tool.
I'm going to look into the Metabo thicknesser you've got. I've spent past years using handplanes only, gives nice finish but some boards require so much work, be nice to just throw them through a machine aha. Everyone raves about the Dewalt 735x but at this point i don't see Dewalt ever making it available in UK and people sell imported ones for ridiculous prices. If anyone has any recommendations of a good thicknesser available in UK would be appreciated :D
It’s been great so far. I chose it for decent reviews, and the wider boards it can handle. And the price - it seems much better quality than others at that price point
Well... I bought a small wood planer. It makes short work of any board I use... and in no time at all. SO the time and mistakes it would cost me are more than worth the cost that I spent on it!
The other vital tool you were using with that thicknesser was a festool dust extractor ... Prob really boring and doesnt get as many clicks but dust extraction vital for us home gamers
I had enjoyed your video, though using a Jack plane to do the work of the longer bodied smoothing plane is not the best way. If I did the amount of smoothing you do I would invest in one. I have no idea who Paul Sellers is.
I am an amateur who makes and sells furniture using both hand tools and machines (professionals only do it for the money). And consider myself a Paul Seller’s apprentice. Yes, there is no “rule” of laying planes on their side. If you go back in time, past two hundred years, it was not in practice until maybe the last 40 years. I do not and never will lay my planes on their side and have never had a damaged blade.
Nice stuff but where I live the vast majority of PAR, either in wood merchants, trade outlets or DIY stores is wildly out of straight. I reckon I it takes 10 pieces off the rack before one is acceptable. Not properly straight but acceptable.
I’ve found with smaller boards it’s not too bad, but longer boards I’ve usually had bow that I’ve had to then deal with after. That’s one of the reasons I got the thicknesser
Hello there, What do you mean "raise the angle of the tables"? I see you're fidgeting with the screws, but are you making the tables \ / \ / \ / \__________/ OR /-----------\ / \ / \ / \ I hope I made my question clear haha. Please let me know. I have the same thicknesser and I'm tired of snipe.
Hello! I raised the angle like picture 1, so the end of the tables are VERY slightly higher than the centre. That keeps the end of the board pointing down and doesn’t allow it to tip upwards and get a that deeper snipe cut
if i were to go back to carpentry classes or even the old shop class in high school id teach all the kids PROPER use of the plane. i find it funny that our classes are directed towards framing. i bet 90% of the carpenters(framers) around me cant flatten a board. or even set a plane
Enjoy your channel, but the rage bait thumbnail of the unsafe use of an electric planer clamped in place is not needed. You didn't demonstrate using it like that in the video for good reason.
@@northernworksfor real though, n of 2, it’s a garbage tactic and it makes the rest of your communication decisions suspect. There is no shortage of woodworking discourse on TH-cam, so it’s an easy and necessary decision to only pay attention to folk who communicate well. Good luck, maybe do differently but unfortunately I won’t know because I’ll be clicking the ol’ “hide from this user” button.
@@northernworksbro you know exactly what you’re doing. Don’t know why you got haters shaming you for knowing how to run your business. I guess it comes with the territory. Congrats on the moderate success. I thoroughly enjoyed your content. Not a lot of fluff. You managed to plug your plans for sale without eating up more than a minute or two. Totally respectable guy and really inspiring.
This was the first video recommended to me from this channel and the thumbnail very nearly made me hit the "do not recommend" button. Which is sad because having watched it, your content and presentation is really good. A suggestion: same thumbnail but with a big red cross over the inverted plane. Most of the same clickbait impact but also makes it clear this isn't a channel run by an idiot - which you clearly aren't.
Most wood workers stsrt with power tools and hv no idea how to use hand tools ehen there's no power. That's why some Japanese woodwork are expensive...hand made.
This was oddly not useful. Everything in here is very basic logic that didn't need a video for. You didn't even show how to flatted a twisted board with hand tools, cause it sure as hell isn't the same as a bowed board. This was clickbait for him to show off his benchtop planer. His other method was just using a hand plane on a bowed board. Everyone knows that, even people just starting. It's literally the first thing you do, lol.
I just restored an old wooden hand plane and this video just made my day. You explain it so well and I love your accent. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it - and hope you love using your new (old) plane!
When you know how a man does one thing he cares about, you know how does everything he cares about!
You are a fantastic thinker, thank you!
Just wanted to say that that was as close to a perfect introduction to a video that I’ve ever seen. Keep it up!
Really enjoyed the well explained concepts and your down to earth nature.
Glad you enjoyed it
great, simple and informative video Pete. REally nicely done. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Use a plane? you just took me back to Mr Percival in school 40 years ago with the old planes. We spent hours making wood flat. Thank you!
Also we don't understand it yet - but something knows the difference between the wood that was planed by hand and the one that was force-fed. The body probably does too - if energy is real.
This is a great video. I watched videos for five years before I came to similar conclusions. Might not be the right choice for everyone, but it worked for me. If I had seen this a bit sooner, I’d be further along in the journey. Well done. There is nothing wrong with using traditional skills alongside modern machinery. They each have their place. I love traditional skills, but if I can get more projects done in my finite time, I’m all in.
So true - as a hobbyist, the mix of hand tools and power tools is perfect for me
I'll start the first leg by hand and end up doing the last leg by machine.
Great video, straight to the point and no filler
Thank you that you preserve the traditions
You're absolutaly right. Planing by hand is very sporty but tiresome after a while.
That planer has changed my life in the shop. And with its 30 cm width it gives a ton of possibilities.
Best tool I ever bought.
I used to be a little hyper preoccupied with how much noise i make and how it effects others but i love making music and very recently woodworking. I'd like to give an opinion that might be difficult to put into practice, it certainly was for me, but its been better for my mental state and that is, stop worrying about making noise and who can hear what your doing. So, of course i dont mean running your power tools at 2am or even 10pm but if its a reasonable hour, dont even think about it. For one, the people that can hear it, most definitely are not as bothered by it then you imagine they are, especially if its not constant, most likely they're not even paying attention to it with all the noise around them and the noise they are making. The best musicians that I know, are completely unapologetic about the noises they make whether its an instrument or singing,they dont care who hears it. I think its freeing to realize that within reason, we are allowed to make as much noise as we want, people are used to noises all day long and if they are bothered, its not for very long and its not extremely uncomfortable and the vast majority don't care at all. It is nice to be considerate but when we worry ourselves over it and think about it excessively its not healthy. Make some noise, try to make it louder, go ahead, no one cares! (Too much) 🎉
I appreciate your delivery. Subscribed.
Nice. I agree about the biggest tool needed. If there is a twist, I remove it manually, but I also thought about your solution of wedging.
Really interesting video, I have been using a lot of pallets to build various items in my garage/ work shop, not the best wood but it does save a lot of money, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hey mate, I got the same Metabo. Really nice for the price. Dunno if it is cheaper here in germany tho.
I eliminated the snipe in a different way, that also helps with getting long boards flat.
I took a ~300mm wide and ~1500mm long melamin board (Siebdruckplatte) and made a fixed food on one side and an one that is held in with magnets and loose dowels on the other side.
These feets are the exact height of the infeed and outfeed table of the Metabo.
Now if I want to use it, I just slide it thru the planer, attach the magnetic feet on the one side and have a 1500mm long and perfectly straight bed. I only lose 16mm maximum heigt, but it makes a HUGE difference.
Btw, regarding helical head, there are some interesting videos out there, that explain why most cheaper ones are worse, than a normal cutter head. Has something to do with angle of the blades and overlap.
Ah nice! That sounds like it works super well. I’ve just done some really long, 50mm thick boards and they would have been a lot easier to handle with a setup like yours. The Metabo is genuinely brilliant for the price.
Great vid! Well done!
Probably the best upgrade I made for my small shop was my Thicknesser.
Great video Pete.
Thanks 👍
What a great ASMR voice, & great technical advice too, subbed
Why thank you
Nice and well produced video. You deserve much more views and likes. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼
Thanks, will do!
Great Vid ! So clear and entertaining ! Thanks for sharing mate
I kinda enjoy using a hand plane, haven't actually made anything useful for several years though.
Woodwork is just one of my many hobbies, watching You Tube video's seem to take up most of my time since retirement though (plus posting comments on 'everything' 😁)
Have made cutting using just hand planes... 🎉
@@krissk77 The oak boards I cut from fallen tree (used chainsaw) seems very hard, couple of swipes and plane starts skating.
I'm going to use a carbide bit in router to flat it off somewhat
Thank you for making and sharing this.
Great job on the video
Thanks. This was really timely. Looking to get going on my own and get out of a day job and I was all wound up worrying about how I'll get thousands of dollars of equipment to get started, when I needed to get started to get the money to invest in myself.
Cutech has a beautiful planer for $300, as a dogsitter it took a while saving up for it, $25 here and there, but now I have this awesome machine, there's more affordable benchtoo versions of virtually all the big dogs
How refreshing…. Keeping it real for all us blokes working from home in a single car garage. Liked & subscribed :)
A pal asked me to make her a scaffold board dining table…. I explained all the reasons why is wasn’t a good idea, but she insisted. I Bought flat seasoned boards, then biscuit jointed them together. But after a few days in my workshop, they had developed some cupping. My only option was to break out the hand plane…. Cheaper than a gym membership 💪💪💪
If you don’t mind me asking, how do you find the Metabo thicknesser for noise? I’d like one, but I’m thinking of my neighbours 🦻😮
Nice to hear from you! The Metabo is not quiet 😅 There's are a couple of tools I save and only use at certain times (like, not Sunday morning!) and the thicknesser is one of them. Adds a bit more planning to my builds, but I try and batch out my planing and then do quieter things.
Thanks for this, useful and interesting episode, v well put together. I got a thicknesser in the spring, with the price of wood it meant I could reuse my old decking and other random stock rather than shelling out on new wood. If you’ve no rush on your projects it will easily pay for itself.
Exactly this, it’s going to open up a bunch of new possibilities for me
Nice video
I've got the Metabo thicknesser and it's brilliant, but I love to get out the No5 plane and give myself a workout now and then!
Great video.
I've got that same thicknesser, had it about 3 years and it's had a pretty hard life, lots of long hardwood boards. Biggest downside for me is that the manufacturer blades are expensive, and the unbranded ones I've tried chip very quickly. I definitely want to do a helical cutter upgrade at some point.
For boards >2m I got some cheap rollers from Rutlands, which help a lot. It's pretty much impossible to totally avoid snipe with long boards though, I just allow extra length, and trim it off.
Fantastic video thank you! Can't believe John was clowning around like that, pretty sure the first time I went near a big bladed machine some old dude told me not to lean off balance into it... Heard a good tip recently for noobs to find grain direction, run a thin smooth cloth over it, you'll feel it catching if the grains are poking up into it.
Sounds a good tip, I’ll give that a try
Well explained. Definitely a worthwhile addition to the workshop. I've got the cheaper Titan planer thicknesser, but it suits my current needs 😊
Is that one with the both planer and thicknesser? How’s the noise on those things - anything to worry about?
@northernworks yes it is. I generally use the machine 80/20 in favour of thicknessing... and yes, ear protection on 🫣
Well, I've subscribed
Gotta make sure that your in feed and out feed table are perfectly level to your planer bed by using a proper straight edge and what I like to do is get a roller stand one that folds up and easily tucks away I pull it out when I need it for extra long boards and you can pick one up for like 30 bucks
great video, thank you
A small shop?? I'd wish I had that much space! That is about 4 times the size of what I've got :-)
I don't hv one... But I hv some tools.. noisy 😊
Luxury! We had to plane a hundred boards a night in a hole in the road for three shillings a month!
@@John-jn2lw hhahhahhahhaha!!!
epic video, good job there! subscribed :D
Grteat content! Thanx. BTW - METABO, the company is based in my home town ;) (Nuertingen - Germany)
Very cool! Put in a good word for me 😉
Getting a combi planer thicknesser is a good way to go it does both, just need to watch for planer snipe, lol as I wrote that you mentioned snipe in video
This is great, thank you!
I did use a electric plane for a while to put out the high spots but now that I've settled up my hand plane perfectly I just love to use it. You can, also, put some wax under it if you got some disabilities or if it's just becoming too much over time.
Sounds like a good tip
@@northernworks I mixed cheap bee wax and mineral oil together in a 28 oz soup can by heating slowly at low temperature in a pan with water. I think it was 4 to one bee wax ratio. After the towel I use got full of it I just drilled it to the side of a plank and generally just wipe the bottom of the planer on it frequently when planing.
@mathquir190 that’s a good shout - I’ve been putting a dab of wd40 on the bed, but wax would be a better choice
@@northernworks Works too. Wax just stay longer I think. I wonder now if pam spray oil would be good.
You are just a cool guy
1:16 Any wood you buy from Wickes has all three.
And that includes the plywood and MDF.
Great video. Thank you.
That was very useful. Thank you
Glad to hear it, you’re welcome!
Your content and production quality are typical of a channel with 100x the subscribers. Keep up the fantastic work.
What are the dimensions of your shop? I'll be building mine soon and am trying to have the smallest footprint with the most efficient use of space.
5:15 A lot of times I think having every tool you need can stifle creativity in multiple ways.
and oil the sole of your handplane boys! makes a big difference
Great advice, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
nice one pal
Thanks 👍
You use a festool vacuum for your planer.
What bag or do you use the cyclone from festool ?
i’m always getting snipe on my planer and my solution I hope will be to build a planer sled, but I’ve also seen people suggest that I just use extra off cuts that are roughly the same thickness at the ends so that they can eat the snipe instead, and put those on the planer sled. either way the planing isn’t so bad. It’s always the jointing that gives me the most anxiety.
Router with a very simple router sled if you wanna do the quicker version on the cheap.
Great vid though! Solid advice
Not sure that’d be quicker, but worth a try!
Thanks Pete.
No worries!
I thought this was good info. (Frankly, I don't put too much stock in what the thumbnails show for any vid. We all know they're just attention grabbers) Got a new Sub!
It's good to present budget and hand tool options for flattening boards. However, the list of skills and tools grows. One needs sharpening stones or plates for the plane iron. Then there's work holdings which go beyond clamps. Then there's acquiring the skills to sharpen and set up a plane. Then there's winding sticks and learning to use them. Then after all that, a lot of work and patience, a flat board face is a result. But...now the board is much thinner on one end and the two faces are not parallel to each other...and so forth. It takes many hours of frustrating practice to get some of the basic results. Or drop 600 on a thickness planer and use a sled.
Where do you get your rough timber from - local woodyard, ebay?
Great video, but one of the biggest drawbacks for most aspiring woodworkers is work holding, and technically should be the start of flattening wood, a proper manner of holding the piece? "
excellent. Thank you
You are welcome!
Just get a stanley no 4 or 5 from before about 1950. They are still cheap and available - about £100 in the UK.. Easy and enjoyable to use. Loads of videos explaining everything you need to know. There is a simple and age old technique to flatten boards within a thou of an inch. It works every-time. Takes a bit of practice but even early attempts will look great because the no 4 smoother is such an amazing tool.
Outside of the UK and the US the old planes are very very hard to find.nIn much of the world, flea markets and eBay aren't the same...
Thanks!
great video, thank you o7
I'm going to look into the Metabo thicknesser you've got. I've spent past years using handplanes only, gives nice finish but some boards require so much work, be nice to just throw them through a machine aha. Everyone raves about the Dewalt 735x but at this point i don't see Dewalt ever making it available in UK and people sell imported ones for ridiculous prices. If anyone has any recommendations of a good thicknesser available in UK would be appreciated :D
It’s been great so far. I chose it for decent reviews, and the wider boards it can handle. And the price - it seems much better quality than others at that price point
Ah, winding strips. Takes me back to the early 50's when in a school woodwork class.
The classics are the best!
Well... I bought a small wood planer. It makes short work of any board I use... and in no time at all. SO the time and mistakes it would cost me are more than worth the cost that I spent on it!
The other vital tool you were using with that thicknesser was a festool dust extractor ... Prob really boring and doesnt get as many clicks but dust extraction vital for us home gamers
What sort of dust do gamers generate that needs a festool dust extractor? Dandruff? Dorito crumbs?
Too true!
Много полезно видео, много ти благодаря
Awesome video, very helpful
7:57 hahahahahahahaha!!! poor little good boy!
I had enjoyed your video, though using a Jack plane to do the work of the longer bodied smoothing plane is not the best way. If I did the amount of smoothing you do I would invest in one. I have no idea who Paul Sellers is.
I was taught to put the hand plane down on its side, avoiding any risk of damage to the cutting blade.As a professional why do you take that risk?
Wooden surface much softer than the plane blade won’t do any damage. Don’t take my word for it tho, Paul Sellers says as much.
I am an amateur who makes and sells furniture using both hand tools and machines (professionals only do it for the money). And consider myself a Paul Seller’s apprentice. Yes, there is no “rule” of laying planes on their side. If you go back in time, past two hundred years, it was not in practice until maybe the last 40 years. I do not and never will lay my planes on their side and have never had a damaged blade.
50 years ago, I was taught to put a plane on its side…. Have done so ever since.
I can't wait to see the episode where you install the dust collector. All that sawdust was triggering.
😂
Nice stuff but where I live the vast majority of PAR, either in wood merchants, trade outlets or DIY stores is wildly out of straight. I reckon I it takes 10 pieces off the rack before one is acceptable. Not properly straight but acceptable.
I’ve found with smaller boards it’s not too bad, but longer boards I’ve usually had bow that I’ve had to then deal with after. That’s one of the reasons I got the thicknesser
Hello there,
What do you mean "raise the angle of the tables"? I see you're fidgeting with the screws, but are you making the tables
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OR
/-----------\
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/ \
I hope I made my question clear haha.
Please let me know. I have the same thicknesser and I'm tired of snipe.
Hello! I raised the angle like picture 1, so the end of the tables are VERY slightly higher than the centre. That keeps the end of the board pointing down and doesn’t allow it to tip upwards and get a that deeper snipe cut
@@northernworks thank you, I appreciate your response. I'll give it a try
if i were to go back to carpentry classes or even the old shop class in high school id teach all the kids PROPER use of the plane. i find it funny that our classes are directed towards framing. i bet 90% of the carpenters(framers) around me cant flatten a board. or even set a plane
what's your dog called Pete?
He’s Archie, a black and sawdust cocker spaniel 😅
@@northernworkshe's ace, love the channel 👍
one other option is buying plywood and glueing your own veneer
Admit it already…it’s less about saving the money and more about the feeling you get when those shavings curl out of the hand plane.
🤘
Don’t need ear protection, sawdust removal vacuum, and safety glasses. Nice using hand planes
Enjoy your channel, but the rage bait thumbnail of the unsafe use of an electric planer clamped in place is not needed. You didn't demonstrate using it like that in the video for good reason.
I debated it, for sure! Definitely would not recommend anyone use a planer that way
@@northernworkszzzz..snore...zzz
@@northernworksfor real though, n of 2, it’s a garbage tactic and it makes the rest of your communication decisions suspect. There is no shortage of woodworking discourse on TH-cam, so it’s an easy and necessary decision to only pay attention to folk who communicate well. Good luck, maybe do differently but unfortunately I won’t know because I’ll be clicking the ol’ “hide from this user” button.
@@northernworksbro you know exactly what you’re doing. Don’t know why you got haters shaming you for knowing how to run your business. I guess it comes with the territory. Congrats on the moderate success. I thoroughly enjoyed your content. Not a lot of fluff. You managed to plug your plans for sale without eating up more than a minute or two. Totally respectable guy and really inspiring.
This was the first video recommended to me from this channel and the thumbnail very nearly made me hit the "do not recommend" button. Which is sad because having watched it, your content and presentation is really good.
A suggestion: same thumbnail but with a big red cross over the inverted plane.
Most of the same clickbait impact but also makes it clear this isn't a channel run by an idiot - which you clearly aren't.
Without expensive tools? Like an electric plane?
Most wood workers stsrt with power tools and hv no idea how to use hand tools ehen there's no power. That's why some Japanese woodwork are expensive...hand made.
Ridiculous and extremely dangerous thumbnail.
Clickbait thumbnail 👎
This was oddly not useful. Everything in here is very basic logic that didn't need a video for. You didn't even show how to flatted a twisted board with hand tools, cause it sure as hell isn't the same as a bowed board. This was clickbait for him to show off his benchtop planer. His other method was just using a hand plane on a bowed board. Everyone knows that, even people just starting. It's literally the first thing you do, lol.
Just waste of 15 mnts for me. What is this video about? Plane wood with thikness planer?
Ffs 1 quid === 1 pound sterling
Stop confusing the rest of the world with your bad definition
for those who actually want any work done while they are still young - buy a machine. It will pay for itself