If you would like a Router Plane kit to work with rather than building from scratch, you can purchase them here: rokesmith.com/product/router-plane-kit/
Paul is the only man on YT making videos being “almost” live, meaning recorded in one go. For those who already have made videos, they know how difficult it is. This is the reason why this man is my reference for everything relating to woodworking.
Yeah and I think there's a lot of careful planning, prototypes and work that goes in before ever shooting that makes it so high quality and well executed. The team behind the man is brilliant.
Mr Sellers, I have done it! Whilst I have been handy all my life, I've never been a wood worker. After restoring a few old planes for a project, I saw this video and knew I'd need one, but can't afford them these days on ebay. I sourced the hardest to work woods for a newbie: hard maple and mahogany. I had to learn how to use my new planes to cut down the oversized stock I got. I had to source, cut, grind, and bevel square steel stock and then learn how to heat treat it at home...I quenched with oil. Then I made my very own BLO and shellac cuts, thanks to you. If you'd like I can send you a link to the build with pictures and descriptions. It took me well over 150 hours to put in all the work to make this project come together, but I've learned so much I'm thinking of looking into an apprenticeship at 50 years old. You're a gift to us all.
For coming generations, these videos are absolutely critical knowledge. Mad respect for providing these videos, us youngsters need this kinda thing more than you could know.
I just received my router plane kit. I ordered it March 22, so just short of 5 weeks from when I placed my order. The packaging arrived in perfect condition (looks just like the kit in the picture) and I did not have to pay any customs charges. Now to decide on the perfect wood to use for the plane - sounds like a trip to my local hardwood supplier is in order! :)
Thank you so much for designing this plane and giving us the golden opportunity to make our own, and even providing the plans for free! I grew up watching Roy Underhill, and now I can put your wonderful content on in the background while I am doing my normal job and you are showing me all about how to fix up some of the tools I bought years ago and how to build the ones I wasn't able to afford, like this one. I don't know why, but toolmaking always appealed to me far more then actually making furniture so this is the sort of thing I love to watch.
I purchased the parts kit, and have been having more fun building this plane. I have made a few missteps, but that is a part of learning... The wisdom that Paul imparts is priceless! I love it!
"I'm gonna find the centre of my sole... oooh!" Time only makes you more charming, doesn't it? This build is beautiful and useful! Fantastic work as always, maestro.
As an American, i really appreciate the conversions from the metric system to imperial. Big fan- really thought this was an awesome project, looks like it works incredibly well!
In the uk they switched from imperial to metric and it left us all with a mush of figures in our heads. Half the nation was rejecting metric and half rejecting imperial. By the time I was in junior school in the 80's they quite literally banned imperial figures, we we got in trouble for using them. I still have the mush, depending on the size of the measurement I'll flip back and forth between the two formats, which is bad, because it's fitting the measure to the part. Hence the mush 😂 Tiny things are in mm, larger measures I do in inches with a conversion reference in my head to metric, and then large measures over say 40ft and I'm back to fully metric again. Metric I find easier to see the sizes in my head, so many products in the middle that use inches so that stuck. And mm just make sense for tiny measures. Apparently metric won the war as most parts on the global market are in mm, the big manufacturers are switching to it for compatibility and cost reasons. I still prefer pints of milk to litres 😂
@@luminousfractal420 yeah I kinda wish the US had switched to metric.. I feel it's easier to be more accurate without having to think much, and is much easier to do the math in your head with metric... plus it really does seem much more widely used. Imperial seems like random numbers with how things break down- and metric just seems way more straight forward based on multiples of 10/100/1000... I can totally see how it could cause some chaos and confusion having a country transition to using another measurement system though...
I am a serious hobbyist and like many, was mad about sophisticated machine tools. So, I ended up buying quite a lot. After some router bits flying or failing and a close call with hand planer machine, I developed some kind of tools phobia for cutting/routing/planing machines...But after discovering some incredibly well made bench planes and other hand tools (manual), I feel refreshed again. This router hand plane is certainly another one that I will enjoy for years and you showing it in detail is a big blessing for me. Videos like this are true blessings and precious. Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏
Paul Sellers was referenced to me by a colleague, I just watched a 1st video, and I must say I'm bluffed by the no nonsense approach and very very clear steps to building tools and/or furniture.. And as mentionned in a comment below (cf Woodful Projects) he is to my knowledge, the only person who does a video "almost live" and it really brings value to the teaching delivered. I will subscribe. Thank You Mr Sellers.
I bought a router plane from eBay for just less than £100 UK pounds after two and a half years looking. Nightmare. In some ways I wish I’d waited and made one but I presume Paul is going to grind a bevel onto the tool steel. I have neither a grinder or the patience for that.
Ingenious engineering and the project is well thought out. My son bought a kit for my father's day gift. We will be making them together. Thanks so much!
Paul l am one of your fans, but in this video I think it was not you drilling the one and quarter hole, but it does happen, l so much appreciate your not editing it. Honest craftsman. I just came back from my little Workshop after drilling the same hole in one go, noticed that watching the video again for more details. Thanks Paul for your design, l have been wishing for a router, Stanleys are not found in my part of world, the environment is too harsh for them they are happy in cold places. Thank you again l am also 74 now, just few more years to enjoy wood working. Regards and best wishes for a happy and healthy life.
Man I'd buy my neighbor out and give the home to Paul if that's what it took to get such a cool gent like him living next door to me. What a wealth of information you provide and how you explain it all is ll s pot on. At 64 years young I'm just taking up working wood with nothing but hand tools, well maybe the occasional bandsaw and drill press, but my passion is with the other. Thanks for all the inspiration Paul, I view your videos almost nightly while practicing my mortise and tenons and then often work them more in my dreams while I rest.
bonjour Paul, having seen you offer us a new video, ( in fact 2 ) i just seat with a great pleasure to know i will watch you demonstrating your expertise for long minutes. It is such a pleasure the see and hear you, and learn from you as done since years. Thanks in advance Paul, ready for a delicious moment watching you. Lucky we are
I grew up with Norm Abrams and Roy Underhill convincing everyone you need $100k of tools to get started - Mr Sellers was the one who broke that spell for me and convinced me you only need a couple things to get working. Of course everyone's doing that on YT now but they're all following Paul's lead. :D
@@fisharmor I have always been a competent DIY carpenter, because my late father taught me the core skills and gave me a have-a-go mentality. Then I yielded to the New Yankee school of ‘if-a-job’s-worth-doing-then-there-has-to-be-a-dedicated-power-tool’. While I still rough out on my table saw or bandsaw, in the last couple of years, Paul has completely changed where I go from there and now I love being a hand tool woodworker.
@@davidhutchins3986 If you don't think Roy has showcased $100k of tools over the course of any five seasons then I think you haven't tried shopping for them! :D
Holy hell Paul it’s been years since I’ve seen you ! You sir taught me so much about working with older tools and I still love it , just getting back into woodworking more after a couple years of learning metal fabrication. Time to join the two and make some … hopefully good stuff lol . Cheers from Canada and thanks again for your great teaching skills
Just finished my Paul Sellers router and loving it so far! I really enjoyed making it and the kit you provided was great. Made with Sapele and some beach cabinets handles to last me a lifetime 😊
I made something like this but it didn’t work well with a chisel at an angle. Instead I have just made one using an Allen Key. I ground it and sharpened it. I drilled a hole for a tight fit in a 1.5” square hardwood. I angled the base side to tilt the cutter and screwed it to a base with a 2” hole. I adjust it by tapping with a hammer to the base of the rebate and then another tap. It works a treat. If it works loose I shall add a screw clamp. I might add handles but it works fine without. I might also buy a Veritas cutter if this blunts too easily. Paul Sellers is a huge inspiration.
So hyped by this! Glad to see Paul and crew safe and sound and back at full speed! We missed you guys! For folks in countries where it isn’t easy to come by tool steel stock in retail, like Brasil, you can use a (quite) large allen wrench, of maybe some masonry or metal chisels (talhadeiras), and shape them a little bit.
The global shipping costs went crazy. Like on ebay anything from the uk they add a $48 shipping charge, it could be a beer mat, it's $48 postage. Brexit perks 🔪 I'm actually ordering from Australia instead these days as it's about $4 And they have a lot of British goods. Crazy world.
Hey Paul. You probably won’t see this as this video is 4 months old, but when using a drill with a keyless chuck like that dewalt you used, you tighten the chuck to the bit and then loosen it by hand until it clicks once. That’s how you lock a keyless chuck so it won’t loosen on you during operation. I threw away a perfectly good ridgid hammer drill not knowing that little tip.
Uncle Paul is so enthusiastic that he "might change his mind", "use metric but might stray" and calls 50 degrees 45 a few times. Splendid. This engagement is part of what makes a great teacher. And the project is stunningly good. Chapeau.
Paul, two things, one is that a flat bit is intended to run fast to be efficient, they put a lot of strain on the drill if run slowly ! and two, a sharp adjustable bit in a brace cuts the outer periphery of the hole first so you get about the neatest hole you can get, now I know you know this so just reminding you ! if your bit is sharp you should not have to work too hard, I have drilled holes up to 3” in big lumps of timber with these (boat work) without too much strain.
Thank you. I did sharpen the brace bit fgresh before I began and it took all of my strength to get ot through the beech. I too was very surprised at this and so I could not advise people to do what was as near to impossible as it was for me, despite my 56 years of experience using one regularly. I thought I made that clear but perhaps not. I also try not to use what the vast majority of my audience do not have readily available to them, as best I can, that is. I would guess that 98% of my audience would not have the bit size nor the bit brace to use either as my audience is across the globe and also in the poorest regions thereof. As for the flat bit question. I do understand this but even so, I had to work with it to go through.
Paul, thank you for this. Working within a budget (which I've already blown out several times) this is a great project for me to get started building my own hand tools. I have a nice piece of walnut and/or cherry I can dedicate to this build.
"Cooking with gas." Lol. The first shop teacher I had , in middle school, when he saw one of us students had finally get something figured out, he'd declare "Now your cooking with gas, dope". Lol. Mr. Neilson! That was 50 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday.
Thank you, really interesting and enjoyable with the added bonus of the calm atmosphere. NB as a retired sound supervisor I very much appreciated your comment re. the harmonic when filing !
Good Evening Sir,,,It has been some time since i last wacthed a film by you,,Have missed you,, Glad to see you back looking well,, looking forward to wacthng a lot more of your Films,,(Reckon i have seen all you have made,) but nice to have a quailty trade man showing work and why we do this,,and a method in the right order of operations, Thank You Paul
I have only recently discovered this Chanel but everything you do it is like that is obvious but also genius I would have never thought of techniques like you use for simple tasks to ensure accuracy. I am always amazed how much everything makes sense but I couldn’t have came up with it
I've been looking up and down for an affordable Stanley No. 71 to restore for a while now with no luck, but it looks cheaper and easier to make this instead. Thanks for putting out the video!
Mr Sellers, thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate you taking the time to teach us and impart your wisdom. This video comes at the exactly perfect time. I've been looking at router planes for a couple of years and almost decided to spend too much money just to have one. Now I think I'll make an heirloom tool that my son and (someday) grandkids can use. Thank you again Sir! God bless
Thanks for the great video. @11:00 you can change the chuck in those dewalts to 1/2 inch, seems to have more clamping than the stock one especially for large drills
That was the fastest and most enjoyable 43:55 video I have watched in months. Thank you so much Paul and crew. Looking forward to getting started on this project as soon as possible.
Love your style of teaching. You are a true educator; it’s obvious your passion for sharing the craft comes from the heart (not the pith)! As always, Thank You -CY Castor
I really enjoyed your video. Thank you, for blessing us with your wisdom & craftsmanship. If you don't mind… I'll take this knowledge until I am… no more. Thanks again… for sharing!
An outstanding video. There's nothing more satisfying than making a beautiful tool. Router planes are so expensive this is project I will definitely be undertaking. Thank you Paul.
Your first drill had the clutch engaged (numbers = screw driving mode) which is why it was stopping. If you turn it to drill mode there is no clutch. Also speed 1 for larger bits as you need the torque rather than speed. And great tutorial, thank you!
I seriously slam the subscribe button so fast on all of these maker channels. This information is extremely valuable. Thank you so much for sharing this and making it publicly available.
I've been hoping and waiting for this video! This is a treasure. On an amusing side note, YT gave me an opening ad for a ridiculously complicated and expensive looking jig device that can do anything, so that you can do nothing except push the start button. When will they ever learn? 😁
I love how Paul always puts measurement conversions on the screen from metric to imperial. As an American this is so extremely useful! You can argue the benefits of the metric system all day long and whether or not we should use it, but as someone who didn’t grow up with it, it’s extremely hard to visualize in everyday life. Ask me to guess how long something is in inches and feet and I’ll probably get pretty close. Now ask me to do the same in meters and centimeters and I wouldn’t even be close. I realize we’re like the last holdout in the world through our own doing, but Paul putting up both measures on screen makes his videos so much more practical and user friendly to those of us across the Atlantic. Incidentally I personally think there’s more to be said for the Imperial system at least where woodworking and other trades are concerned…try quickly dividing anything metric into easily measurable halves, thirds, quarters, or sixths, and then do it with the imperial system, which is easier? If you need to break something into 3 pieces it’s easier to measure out in terms of 3x4 inch pieces than try to guess where 3.3334 cm is. And that’s just one example : ) In the science fields then metric is probably better. I think that both systems have their benefits in reality. Imperial for the everyday practical application of quickly dividing things into measurable fractions and metric for when when extreme precision is required.
Hey Paul. Really enjoy watching you work with hand tools and your "Easy" nature. I have gotten on notification list for the router plane kit. Hopefully you'll have more soon. I want to purchase one as a gift for my dad who is 83 this year, but enjoys hand tool wood working as well
Thats amazing , I stumbledon this video tonight and I thought i saw all your video but this one is new or one i never saw before . It good to see you again stay safe and healthy
As I made my poor man router plane I used the tool steel itself (an allen key) to fine adjust the groove it will rest in. Thus I got the perfect hexagonal fit. No guesstimating. The tool steel itself is the best scraper/chisel. Clamp it flat on your table and ride the piece of wood on it. Use paper/scrap vernier for elevation to just the tenth of a millimeter you want on the finished fit.
Hi @Paul Seller, instead of a sharpie i tough on using tape and cutting to depth with the marking knife. Since i have a sight problem, that may work better for me
I've been looking for a good video on making my own router plane and bang! there you go, one pops up from my favorite old school woodworker. Cheers Paul.
@@willemkossen Thanks. I may film my build, then you can add another one. I have a block of extremely hard Teak that intend to use. I have a few ideas of my own to add too :)
Amazing project. And fantastic videography as always, Paul & crew. So very glad you're here to provide us these videos. I continue my paid sub at WWMC and will continue to do so as long as you keep providing videos.
NOTE on difference from Video and Online Instructions: I'm in the process of building my plane from the kit. It is worth noting that the instructions on the website the kit links to takes a different approach than the video does on preparing and cutting the upper portion of the plane. In the video, Paul prepares the 50 degree angle and then cuts the slot for the iron. In the web page instructions, he cuts the slot for the iron first which is simpler for work holding since you are working at right angles for the challenging part. I wish that were noted as if I had noticed that earlier on, I would have likely taken the approach from the online instructions. Now... on the plus side, I spent a day designing and building some vice jaw inserts to create a way to mount my pipe clamp like paul does his window sash clamp. My vice jaw sits flush with bench apron and ... well... a pipe ain't held best by a face fice. My jig is absolutely essential for work holding the upper portion with video instructions. Especially if you need to do some tweaks on it after cutting away from the extended piece of wood. I can see that this vice-jig will be a true game changer for future projects. Paul, as always, I appreciate your videos, blogs, and websites. Thanks a million!
If you would like a Router Plane kit to work with rather than building from scratch, you can purchase them here: rokesmith.com/product/router-plane-kit/
Paul is the only man on YT making videos being “almost” live, meaning recorded in one go. For those who already have made videos, they know how difficult it is. This is the reason why this man is my reference for everything relating to woodworking.
Yes - there's always a risk you might invent a new word when live. 'Fundlemental' - for example, within the first 10 seconds!
he should be bc he's a master woodworker spreading his vast knowledge to keep the trade he loves alive
@@thebrokenbone he is indeed a true Master. He has inspired so many people.
He’s keeping it simple. No fancy editing. It makes the slower nature of hand tool wood working realistic.
Yeah and I think there's a lot of careful planning, prototypes and work that goes in before ever shooting that makes it so high quality and well executed. The team behind the man is brilliant.
Mr Sellers,
I have done it! Whilst I have been handy all my life, I've never been a wood worker. After restoring a few old planes for a project, I saw this video and knew I'd need one, but can't afford them these days on ebay.
I sourced the hardest to work woods for a newbie: hard maple and mahogany.
I had to learn how to use my new planes to cut down the oversized stock I got.
I had to source, cut, grind, and bevel square steel stock and then learn how to heat treat it at home...I quenched with oil.
Then I made my very own BLO and shellac cuts, thanks to you.
If you'd like I can send you a link to the build with pictures and descriptions.
It took me well over 150 hours to put in all the work to make this project come together, but I've learned so much I'm thinking of looking into an apprenticeship at 50 years old.
You're a gift to us all.
For coming generations, these videos are absolutely critical knowledge. Mad respect for providing these videos, us youngsters need this kinda thing more than you could know.
I just received my router plane kit. I ordered it March 22, so just short of 5 weeks from when I placed my order. The packaging arrived in perfect condition (looks just like the kit in the picture) and I did not have to pay any customs charges.
Now to decide on the perfect wood to use for the plane - sounds like a trip to my local hardwood supplier is in order! :)
Hi Jim, I am from South Africa.Interested to know from which country you are?I am sure I will probably pay 100% import duty.Regards, Martin
My word, you can hear how sharp that handsaw is when Paul saws down the back part of the router plane! There's sharp and then there's Sellers sharp!
Thank you so much for designing this plane and giving us the golden opportunity to make our own, and even providing the plans for free!
I grew up watching Roy Underhill, and now I can put your wonderful content on in the background while I am doing my normal job and you are showing me all about how to fix up some of the tools I bought years ago and how to build the ones I wasn't able to afford, like this one. I don't know why, but toolmaking always appealed to me far more then actually making furniture so this is the sort of thing I love to watch.
I purchased the parts kit, and have been having more fun building this plane. I have made a few missteps, but that is a part of learning... The wisdom that Paul imparts is priceless! I love it!
"I'm gonna find the centre of my sole... oooh!" Time only makes you more charming, doesn't it?
This build is beautiful and useful! Fantastic work as always, maestro.
As an American, i really appreciate the conversions from the metric system to imperial. Big fan- really thought this was an awesome project, looks like it works incredibly well!
In the uk they switched from imperial to metric and it left us all with a mush of figures in our heads. Half the nation was rejecting metric and half rejecting imperial. By the time I was in junior school in the 80's they quite literally banned imperial figures, we we got in trouble for using them.
I still have the mush, depending on the size of the measurement I'll flip back and forth between the two formats, which is bad, because it's fitting the measure to the part. Hence the mush 😂
Tiny things are in mm, larger measures I do in inches with a conversion reference in my head to metric, and then large measures over say 40ft and I'm back to fully metric again.
Metric I find easier to see the sizes in my head, so many products in the middle that use inches so that stuck. And mm just make sense for tiny measures.
Apparently metric won the war as most parts on the global market are in mm, the big manufacturers are switching to it for compatibility and cost reasons.
I still prefer pints of milk to litres 😂
@@luminousfractal420 yeah I kinda wish the US had switched to metric.. I feel it's easier to be more accurate without having to think much, and is much easier to do the math in your head with metric... plus it really does seem much more widely used. Imperial seems like random numbers with how things break down- and metric just seems way more straight forward based on multiples of 10/100/1000...
I can totally see how it could cause some chaos and confusion having a country transition to using another measurement system though...
I am a serious hobbyist and like many, was mad about sophisticated machine tools. So, I ended up buying quite a lot. After some router bits flying or failing and a close call with hand planer machine, I developed some kind of tools phobia for cutting/routing/planing machines...But after discovering some incredibly well made bench planes and other hand tools (manual), I feel refreshed again. This router hand plane is certainly another one that I will enjoy for years and you showing it in detail is a big blessing for me. Videos like this are true blessings and precious. Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏
Paul Sellers was referenced to me by a colleague, I just watched a 1st video, and I must say I'm bluffed by the no nonsense approach and very very clear steps to building tools and/or furniture.. And as mentionned in a comment below (cf Woodful Projects) he is to my knowledge, the only person who does a video "almost live" and it really brings value to the teaching delivered. I will subscribe. Thank You Mr Sellers.
The timing of this video is perfect. Have been looking at both new and used router planes here in Australia and the prices are nonsense.
Same. Stumpy Nubs also has a video but, you know, it’s Paul. 🙂👍🏼
Same here… nonsense is right.
@@willemkossen thank you
I bought a router plane from eBay for just less than £100 UK pounds after two and a half years looking. Nightmare. In some ways I wish I’d waited and made one but I presume Paul is going to grind a bevel onto the tool steel. I have neither a grinder or the patience for that.
problem here in the uk is the wood makes it almost rediculous. if you dotn have it already the cost is ineffective you mgith as well get a new
Thanks for teaching such gem for free! God bless
This is wonderful, your excitement and enthusiasm are infectious too, great tonic in this era. Thank you from NZ🙏
"I'm going to find the center of my sole"
"Oooh"
I love these little puns and humor, as well as this exceptional video.
Ingenious engineering and the project is well thought out. My son bought a kit for my father's day gift. We will be making them together. Thanks so much!
Paul l am one of your fans, but in this video I think it was not you drilling the one and quarter hole, but it does happen, l so much appreciate your not editing it. Honest craftsman. I just came back from my little Workshop after drilling the same hole in one go, noticed that watching the video again for more details. Thanks Paul for your design, l have been wishing for a router, Stanleys are not found in my part of world, the environment is too harsh for them they are happy in cold places. Thank you again l am also 74 now, just few more years to enjoy wood working. Regards and best wishes for a happy and healthy life.
Man I'd buy my neighbor out and give the home to Paul if that's what it took to get such a cool gent like him living next door to me. What a wealth of information you provide and how you explain it all is ll s pot on. At 64 years young I'm just taking up working wood with nothing but hand tools, well maybe the occasional bandsaw and drill press, but my passion is with the other. Thanks for all the inspiration Paul, I view your videos almost nightly while practicing my mortise and tenons and then often work them more in my dreams while I rest.
bonjour Paul, having seen you offer us a new video, ( in fact 2 ) i just seat with a great pleasure to know i will watch you demonstrating your expertise for long minutes. It is such a pleasure the see and hear you, and learn from you as done since years. Thanks in advance Paul, ready for a delicious moment watching you. Lucky we are
I always appreciate the little things I pick up from Paul’s videos, like the clamp in the vice.
I grew up with Norm Abrams and Roy Underhill convincing everyone you need $100k of tools to get started - Mr Sellers was the one who broke that spell for me and convinced me you only need a couple things to get working. Of course everyone's doing that on YT now but they're all following Paul's lead. :D
@@fisharmor I have always been a competent DIY carpenter, because my late father taught me the core skills and gave me a have-a-go mentality. Then I yielded to the New Yankee school of ‘if-a-job’s-worth-doing-then-there-has-to-be-a-dedicated-power-tool’.
While I still rough out on my table saw or bandsaw, in the last couple of years, Paul has completely changed where I go from there and now I love being a hand tool woodworker.
@@fisharmor
I can see that with Norm but never got that from Roy Underhill
@@davidhutchins3986 If you don't think Roy has showcased $100k of tools over the course of any five seasons then I think you haven't tried shopping for them! :D
Holy hell Paul it’s been years since I’ve seen you ! You sir taught me so much about working with older tools and I still love it , just getting back into woodworking more after a couple years of learning metal fabrication. Time to join the two and make some … hopefully good stuff lol .
Cheers from Canada and thanks again for your great teaching skills
I like the way of working and teaching of Paul Sellers, he is the best!!..
Just finished my Paul Sellers router and loving it so far! I really enjoyed making it and the kit you provided was great. Made with Sapele and some beach cabinets handles to last me a lifetime 😊
Man this is going to be the longest hour I'm waiting for a glue-up in my whole life.
Paul that nail registration was awesome 👍
I made something like this but it didn’t work well with a chisel at an angle. Instead I have just made one using an Allen Key. I ground it and sharpened it. I drilled a hole for a tight fit in a 1.5” square hardwood. I angled the base side to tilt the cutter and screwed it to a base with a 2” hole. I adjust it by tapping with a hammer to the base of the rebate and then another tap. It works a treat. If it works loose I shall add a screw clamp. I might add handles but it works fine without. I might also buy a Veritas cutter if this blunts too easily.
Paul Sellers is a huge inspiration.
The wisdom, experience, speed and craftsmanship is amazing!
So hyped by this! Glad to see Paul and crew safe and sound and back at full speed! We missed you guys!
For folks in countries where it isn’t easy to come by tool steel stock in retail, like Brasil, you can use a (quite) large allen wrench, of maybe some masonry or metal chisels (talhadeiras), and shape them a little bit.
An old chisel would work too i think.
The global shipping costs went crazy. Like on ebay anything from the uk they add a $48 shipping charge, it could be a beer mat, it's $48 postage. Brexit perks 🔪
I'm actually ordering from Australia instead these days as it's about $4 And they have a lot of British goods.
Crazy world.
Hey Paul. You probably won’t see this as this video is 4 months old, but when using a drill with a keyless chuck like that dewalt you used, you tighten the chuck to the bit and then loosen it by hand until it clicks once. That’s how you lock a keyless chuck so it won’t loosen on you during operation. I threw away a perfectly good ridgid hammer drill not knowing that little tip.
Quick, order your bar of 10x10mm tool steel now before it triples in price, due to the Paul Sellers effect!
Soo true
@Old Man Henderson, the one with the Trousers Chester hobbie store
Wood by Wright caused all the Bench Dog router plane blades to sell out until next August! Thankfully, toolsteel should have a slightly better supply.
The ghosts I called… 👻
Totally! I ordered mine right 15 mins after the video dropped, and the price is 50% higher now.
Uncle Paul is so enthusiastic that he "might change his mind", "use metric but might stray" and calls 50 degrees 45 a few times. Splendid. This engagement is part of what makes a great teacher. And the project is stunningly good. Chapeau.
7:20 Such a great tip from the Master Himself
These videos are full of them
4:57 Paul finds the centre of his soul!
😂 I loved the look of utter contentment when he admires the drilled hole😊
I need some of that. I need to slow down 😅
Paul, two things, one is that a flat bit is intended to run fast to be efficient, they put a lot of strain on the drill if run slowly ! and two, a sharp adjustable bit in a brace cuts the outer periphery of the hole first so you get about the neatest hole you can get, now I know you know this so just reminding you ! if your bit is sharp you should not have to work too hard, I have drilled holes up to 3” in big lumps of timber with these (boat work) without too much strain.
Thank you. I did sharpen the brace bit fgresh before I began and it took all of my strength to get ot through the beech. I too was very surprised at this and so I could not advise people to do what was as near to impossible as it was for me, despite my 56 years of experience using one regularly. I thought I made that clear but perhaps not. I also try not to use what the vast majority of my audience do not have readily available to them, as best I can, that is. I would guess that 98% of my audience would not have the bit size nor the bit brace to use either as my audience is across the globe and also in the poorest regions thereof. As for the flat bit question. I do understand this but even so, I had to work with it to go through.
Paul, thank you for this. Working within a budget (which I've already blown out several times) this is a great project for me to get started building my own hand tools. I have a nice piece of walnut and/or cherry I can dedicate to this build.
I just sat and watched this with my 10 yo daughter. We thank you for the video, and hope to put what we saw into practice some day.
"Cooking with gas." Lol. The first shop teacher I had , in middle school, when he saw one of us students had finally get something figured out, he'd declare "Now your cooking with gas, dope". Lol. Mr. Neilson! That was 50 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday.
Thank you, really interesting and enjoyable with the added bonus of the calm atmosphere. NB as a retired sound supervisor I very much appreciated your comment re. the harmonic when filing !
Love watching a skilled craftsmen. And appreciate a gentle backing track. Well done.
I'm so glad that you have gone back to building videos, love these so much!
Good Evening Sir,,,It has been some time since i last wacthed a film by you,,Have missed you,,
Glad to see you back looking well,,
looking forward to wacthng a lot more of your Films,,(Reckon i have seen all you have made,)
but nice to have a quailty trade man showing work and why we do this,,and a method in the right order of operations,
Thank You Paul
My favorite woodworking channel. Paul is the best!
I have only recently discovered this Chanel but everything you do it is like that is obvious but also genius I would have never thought of techniques like you use for simple tasks to ensure accuracy. I am always amazed how much everything makes sense but I couldn’t have came up with it
I've been looking up and down for an affordable Stanley No. 71 to restore for a while now with no luck, but it looks cheaper and easier to make this instead. Thanks for putting out the video!
Mr Sellers, thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate you taking the time to teach us and impart your wisdom. This video comes at the exactly perfect time. I've been looking at router planes for a couple of years and almost decided to spend too much money just to have one. Now I think I'll make an heirloom tool that my son and (someday) grandkids can use. Thank you again Sir! God bless
You are truly welcome Joe. Very welcome!
Thanks for the great video. @11:00 you can change the chuck in those dewalts to 1/2 inch, seems to have more clamping than the stock one especially for large drills
You are great. I love learning with you. A very natural way to teach so special techniques. Thank you indeed. Best regards from Brazil.
Siempre ha de haber un atontao y me temo que es español. Congratulations Mr Sellers. You are a constant inspiration.
Team Paul: Thank you for your kind words.
It is a pleasure for the senses to see Master Paul's teachings.
Thanks.
Excellent idea. Show people how to make their own hand tools. 👍
Thank you so much for sharing your admireable techniques of fine handwork.
Спасибо! Очень приятно смотреть Ваши работы!
That was the fastest and most enjoyable 43:55 video I have watched in months. Thank you so much Paul and crew. Looking forward to getting started on this project as soon as possible.
Yes, I didn't realise the video was that long, until i saw your comment. It really felt like 15 minutes or so :D
Real life shop "stuff"! Love you Paul!
Its good to have you back sensei. I am hoping you've got more of these coming!
God bless you Paul! Thank you!
Love your style of teaching. You are a true educator; it’s obvious your passion for sharing the craft comes from the heart (not the pith)!
As always, Thank You
-CY Castor
Thank you Paul for the amazing content!
love the sound of your chisels and planes and saws cutting through timber, so crisp and clean ! :)
Paul, you are a cherished resource for us all.
Hi Paul, would Box Elder be a suitable wood for this project?
Great video! Built the poor man’s router plane years ago when I built the work bench. Now I have some winter projects.
Center of your soul. Deep
love the clamp in vice hack - gonna remember that
I made a simpler version 4 or 5 years ago thanks to Paul, looks like I'll be making a new one!
I really enjoyed your video.
Thank you, for blessing us with your wisdom & craftsmanship.
If you don't mind… I'll take this knowledge until I am… no more.
Thanks again… for sharing!
Thank you very much for share this master piece with us Sir. Best regrads from Argentina
Always a delight to watch Paul work!
If the brace and paddle bit beat Paul up, we don't stand a chance! Paul is as tough as they come.
An outstanding video. There's nothing more satisfying than making a beautiful tool. Router planes are so expensive this is project I will definitely be undertaking.
Thank you Paul.
Your first drill had the clutch engaged (numbers = screw driving mode) which is why it was stopping. If you turn it to drill mode there is no clutch. Also speed 1 for larger bits as you need the torque rather than speed. And great tutorial, thank you!
The Shinto rasp might be the best wood working investment I ever made. I love how it makes quick work of any piece of wood
Thank you! I am going to be working on making one of these this winter. Been enjoying all of your videos.
This is my favorite video yet (and I've binge watched many of yours). Your enthusiasm is exceptionally contagious & encouraging!!! 👍😁😍
I seriously slam the subscribe button so fast on all of these maker channels. This information is extremely valuable. Thank you so much for sharing this and making it publicly available.
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Love that accent. The sound of Sheffield steel.
Paul you are a master craftsman. and a fantastic educator too. tyvm.
My kit arrived, having some trouble sourcing the knobs but will start it over the holidays.
I've been hoping and waiting for this video! This is a treasure.
On an amusing side note, YT gave me an opening ad for a ridiculously complicated and expensive looking jig device that can do anything, so that you can do nothing except push the start button. When will they ever learn? 😁
I love how Paul always puts measurement conversions on the screen from metric to imperial. As an American this is so extremely useful! You can argue the benefits of the metric system all day long and whether or not we should use it, but as someone who didn’t grow up with it, it’s extremely hard to visualize in everyday life. Ask me to guess how long something is in inches and feet and I’ll probably get pretty close. Now ask me to do the same in meters and centimeters and I wouldn’t even be close. I realize we’re like the last holdout in the world through our own doing, but Paul putting up both measures on screen makes his videos so much more practical and user friendly to those of us across the Atlantic.
Incidentally I personally think there’s more to be said for the Imperial system at least where woodworking and other trades are concerned…try quickly dividing anything metric into easily measurable halves, thirds, quarters, or sixths, and then do it with the imperial system, which is easier? If you need to break something into 3 pieces it’s easier to measure out in terms of 3x4 inch pieces than try to guess where 3.3334 cm is. And that’s just one example : )
In the science fields then metric is probably better. I think that both systems have their benefits in reality. Imperial for the everyday practical application of quickly dividing things into measurable fractions and metric for when when extreme precision is required.
Hey Paul. Really enjoy watching you work with hand tools and your "Easy" nature. I have gotten on notification list for the router plane kit. Hopefully you'll have more soon. I want to purchase one as a gift for my dad who is 83 this year, but enjoys hand tool wood working as well
Thats amazing , I stumbledon this video tonight and I thought i saw all your video but this one is new or one i never saw before . It good to see you again stay safe and healthy
You´re amazing Paul, my next project for sure, thank you.
Go for it!
I can't wait to get started working on my new plane. Thank you for sharing!
As I made my poor man router plane I used the tool steel itself (an allen key) to fine adjust the groove it will rest in. Thus I got the perfect hexagonal fit. No guesstimating. The tool steel itself is the best scraper/chisel. Clamp it flat on your table and ride the piece of wood on it. Use paper/scrap vernier for elevation to just the tenth of a millimeter you want on the finished fit.
Hello Sir ...
Really I am enjoying watch you videos, the perfection is the key of any work
Excenllent projecto. From Brazil my friend.
Paul is the coolest guy I know
Hi @Paul Seller, instead of a sharpie i tough on using tape and cutting to depth with the marking knife. Since i have a sight problem, that may work better for me
Excellent as always - Straight forward simple steps as usual. Many thanks Paul
Beautiful work. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Fantastic instruction!!! That will be my new project. Many thanks :)
Thank you Paul, Your experience shines through your amazing video. Subscribed!
I've been looking for a good video on making my own router plane and bang! there you go, one pops up from my favorite old school woodworker. Cheers Paul.
@@willemkossen Thanks. I may film my build, then you can add another one. I have a block of extremely hard Teak that intend to use. I have a few ideas of my own to add too :)
Amazing project. And fantastic videography as always, Paul & crew. So very glad you're here to provide us these videos. I continue my paid sub at WWMC and will continue to do so as long as you keep providing videos.
Paul has the highest ratio of thumbs up: thumbs down on TH-cam. I still don't understand the thumbs down people.
NOTE on difference from Video and Online Instructions:
I'm in the process of building my plane from the kit. It is worth noting that the instructions on the website the kit links to takes a different approach than the video does on preparing and cutting the upper portion of the plane. In the video, Paul prepares the 50 degree angle and then cuts the slot for the iron. In the web page instructions, he cuts the slot for the iron first which is simpler for work holding since you are working at right angles for the challenging part. I wish that were noted as if I had noticed that earlier on, I would have likely taken the approach from the online instructions.
Now... on the plus side, I spent a day designing and building some vice jaw inserts to create a way to mount my pipe clamp like paul does his window sash clamp. My vice jaw sits flush with bench apron and ... well... a pipe ain't held best by a face fice. My jig is absolutely essential for work holding the upper portion with video instructions. Especially if you need to do some tweaks on it after cutting away from the extended piece of wood. I can see that this vice-jig will be a true game changer for future projects.
Paul, as always, I appreciate your videos, blogs, and websites. Thanks a million!
Brilliant video! Thank you, Mr. Sellers!
Wonderful project..masterfully built and a great teacher..this combination is beyond awesome..