you have a great channel! i studied Ohio history at Ohio State University. the correct pronunciation of SCIOTO. is " sy-oh-ta" The Scioto River runs through Columbus Ohio and empties into the Ohio River. there are a few mistakes about pronunciation of Scioto on-line. it ia a Shawnee Indian word meaning "deer" which are abundant all along this river. great channel! peace. my grandfather built homes in Columbus in the early 1900s using wooden planes which he passed to me in working order. thanks for the info
I think I have the same plane. I would have liked to see you set the blade height from zero to just taking shavings. I like your low key approach to all this, relaxing to watch! subbed.
19:25 I own an Owasco Tool Co. wooden jack plane. It's funny you mention it in this video since I literally just picked up this jack plane over the weekend.
Second that. Just missing the sentimental music and zoom effect or articles and pictures of documents about Ohio tools.... JK, love watching the plane brightening up!
Well done! Great presentation, very much like the bit of background information as well. You were able to show a down to earth preservation very easy to follow and shows what we can expect to run into. Nothing high tech just great info. Keep the videos coming and the history lessons also!
Boy you had me going on this video until I saw you use that crummy screwdriver to remove the chip breaker screw I think it's time to rethink that repair methodology! I cannot believe you did that!
I have a wooden smooth plane my father bought me almost 50 years ago that has a Sandusky iron. Very hard cast steel. A real keepsake, although I use it occasionally.
Owasco Lake is one of the Finger Lakes and just on the south end of Auburn, NY. Maybe the Owasco brand was an offshoot of the Auburn Tool Co. or a different line to meet a certain price point?
Good video, clear explanation on Ohio History, cleaning materials and why, I agree to use sandpaper rather than a plane. You have to be very careful, know what you are doing shaving with a plane and why take the risk?? Great Job. Paul from Toronto Canada
I've got some molding planes from Ohio tool company that had dates from 1829 and it has some of the early 1800s style to it you see from very old ones before they changed shape
Thank you for the history lesson! Metal (Bailey type) plane user here, but I just got my first 2 woodies: Auburn Thistle Coffin Smoother and a Schaefer @ Cobb skew rebate. I am looking for more information on Auburn and any information on the Schaefer & Cobb. I’m about to paste wax and rag them to see how they clean up. Least impactful method first to preserve the history; it’s my motto for old tools. Thank you again, may the always rise and shavings always fall. -Castor
That's a great motto! Charles B. Schaefer and Joseph E. Cobb were plane/edge tool makers and hardware dealers in Cincinnati Ohio, active 1853-55. Auburn Tool was active 1864-93. It was a major planemaker, for instance in 1865 alone it produced 35,000 planes. It used prison labor at Auburn State Prison from 1864-1867 and 1874-1877. It used a lot of brand names that you might encounter: New York Tool Co., Genesee Tool Co., Excelsior Works, Thistle Brand. Auburn merged with Ohio Tool Co. in 1893. I recently did a newsletter on Auburn and prison made planes that you might be interested in: woodenplanes.substack.com/p/a-terrible-place-of-torture
@@WoodenPlanes Holy shenanigans; the community here on TH-cam is freaking priceless! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and that link. I am laughing out loud with disbelief that I got such pertinent detailed information from a comment posted months ago! This is like fishing with everlasting bait! Thank you for being willing to read and share!! Cheers! You made my day! -CY Castor
I found this video while researching an old block plane my step-mom brought over. Quick question, if I don't have Murphy's on hand, can I use Pledge spray, or should I just run out and get some Murphy's?
I've never used Pledge. I like Murthy's because it does a good job breaking down heavy grime. I'm not sure how well Pledge would do. If your plane isn't that dirty, just wipe it down with paste wax. That's actually my preferred way of cleaning a plane
I've watched all of your videos, and they are incredibly helpful and informative! I don't recall you ever saying where we can find replacement irons and chipbreakers - do you have any suggestions?
Thanks! I think ebay is your best bet. People sell individual irons for stupidly high prices but you can sometimes find bundles of irons in lots for not too much.
I'm curious as to why you didn't redo the mouth. Wooden planes were engineered make this a relatively easy operation. Do you know what dimensions of the original opening were?
That's a great question. I don't. But the wooden jack planes I've seen that appear to be barely used all have big mouths. I think we make a bigger deal about mouth size for jack planes than those guys back in wooden plane era did. Smoothing planes are obviously a different story. You need a really tight mouth on those. But I think that a tight mouth on a jack plane would have just jammed all the time on the rough work that these planes were originally used for.
Great video. Fantastic restoration. Nitpicking here, but the word Scioto is pronounced more like sy-OH-tah in Ohio. I'm from Columbus. The Scioto River is a tributary of the Ohio River.
Harsh. I never even heard them. He’s doing this out of love of the craft, not as a professional. Can we please cut him some slack? I’m SURE you also have things that are annoying.
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you have a great channel! i studied Ohio history at Ohio State University. the correct pronunciation of SCIOTO. is
" sy-oh-ta" The Scioto River runs through Columbus Ohio and empties into the Ohio River. there are a few mistakes about pronunciation of Scioto on-line. it ia a Shawnee Indian word meaning "deer" which are abundant all along this river. great channel! peace. my grandfather built homes in Columbus in the early 1900s using wooden planes which he passed to me in working order. thanks for the info
Yes but don't forget we also have towns pronounced Versayles, and Rooshy. When we all know how those are spelled ;)
nice plane, dang! the tote caught my eye, but the reveal around 3:13 of that timber? My goodness!
Thanks for a great video. Very interesting and informative. Love these old wooden planes.
I really enjoyed this video and the combination of history with restoration. Thanks.
I think I have the same plane. I would have liked to see you set the blade height from zero to just taking shavings. I like your low key approach to all this, relaxing to watch! subbed.
19:25 I own an Owasco Tool Co. wooden jack plane. It's funny you mention it in this video since I literally just picked up this jack plane over the weekend.
Good job, I found a wooden plane in a antique shop in south Carolina that's Ohio tool company, I wish I could date it some how.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the new and storytelling format of this video.
Second that. Just missing the sentimental music and zoom effect or articles and pictures of documents about Ohio tools.... JK, love watching the plane brightening up!
I like the how & why for using Murphy’s wood soap. That was really all that the body needed. Nice history lesson.
Well done! Great presentation, very much like the bit of background information as well. You were able to show a down to earth preservation very easy to follow and shows what we can expect to run into. Nothing high tech just great info. Keep the videos coming and the history lessons also!
Boy you had me going on this video until I saw you use that crummy screwdriver to remove the chip breaker screw I think it's time to rethink that repair methodology! I cannot believe you did that!
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awesome videos, keep up the good work!
Abraham! Another quality yarn.. thank you
I have the same plane by the Ogontz tool company with a Sandusky cast steel iron.
I have a wooden smooth plane my father bought me almost 50 years ago that has a Sandusky iron. Very hard cast steel. A real keepsake, although I use it occasionally.
Owasco Lake is one of the Finger Lakes and just on the south end of Auburn, NY. Maybe the Owasco brand was an offshoot of the Auburn Tool Co. or a different line to meet a certain price point?
Good video, clear explanation on Ohio History, cleaning materials and why, I agree to use sandpaper rather than a plane. You have to be very careful, know what you are doing shaving with a plane and why take the risk?? Great Job. Paul from Toronto Canada
There is no risk. Only things happening
I recently picked up a New York Tool Co 22” jointer. It has an Ohio Tool Co iron. I’m wondering if it’s from around the time of the merger.
I've got some molding planes from Ohio tool company that had dates from 1829 and it has some of the early 1800s style to it you see from very old ones before they changed shape
Thank you for the history lesson! Metal (Bailey type) plane user here, but I just got my first 2 woodies: Auburn Thistle Coffin Smoother and a Schaefer @ Cobb skew rebate. I am looking for more information on Auburn and any information on the Schaefer & Cobb. I’m about to paste wax and rag them to see how they clean up. Least impactful method first to preserve the history; it’s my motto for old tools.
Thank you again, may the always rise and shavings always fall.
-Castor
That's a great motto! Charles B. Schaefer and Joseph E. Cobb were plane/edge tool makers and hardware dealers in Cincinnati Ohio, active 1853-55. Auburn Tool was active 1864-93. It was a major planemaker, for instance in 1865 alone it produced 35,000 planes. It used prison labor at Auburn State Prison from 1864-1867 and 1874-1877. It used a lot of brand names that you might encounter: New York Tool Co., Genesee Tool Co., Excelsior Works, Thistle Brand. Auburn merged with Ohio Tool Co. in 1893. I recently did a newsletter on Auburn and prison made planes that you might be interested in: woodenplanes.substack.com/p/a-terrible-place-of-torture
@@WoodenPlanes Holy shenanigans; the community here on TH-cam is freaking priceless! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and that link. I am laughing out loud with disbelief that I got such pertinent detailed information from a comment posted months ago! This is like fishing with everlasting bait! Thank you for being willing to read and share!!
Cheers! You made my day!
-CY Castor
@@WoodenPlanes Well-researched AND cited. Good job.
A horrifying revelation though. Not sure I would ever want to own one of the brands.
I believe locals pronounce "Scioto" with the "c" silent and the final "o" as an "a" as in "Siota." Interesting history, thanks.
I found this video while researching an old block plane my step-mom brought over. Quick question, if I don't have Murphy's on hand, can I use Pledge spray, or should I just run out and get some Murphy's?
I've never used Pledge. I like Murthy's because it does a good job breaking down heavy grime. I'm not sure how well Pledge would do. If your plane isn't that dirty, just wipe it down with paste wax. That's actually my preferred way of cleaning a plane
do you know what type of wood was used to make these planes?
Most planes made in the US in the 1800s were made of beech. Occasionally exotics like ebony were used but that was usually on high-end plow planes
Uh, Ah Ummm ..... Still a very good video.
What is length , breath height of this plane.nice video.
Love the history
7:49 and the BLO question gets answered....
I've watched all of your videos, and they are incredibly helpful and informative! I don't recall you ever saying where we can find replacement irons and chipbreakers - do you have any suggestions?
Thanks! I think ebay is your best bet. People sell individual irons for stupidly high prices but you can sometimes find bundles of irons in lots for not too much.
Hey, great video. Thoroughly enjoyed both the restoration and the history. Btw, do you happen to sell planes online? Thanks.
I don’t. I should. My collection is getting a bit out of control but I have a hard time letting go of any of them
I'm curious as to why you didn't redo the mouth. Wooden planes were engineered make this a relatively easy operation. Do you know what dimensions of the original opening were?
That's a great question. I don't. But the wooden jack planes I've seen that appear to be barely used all have big mouths. I think we make a bigger deal about mouth size for jack planes than those guys back in wooden plane era did. Smoothing planes are obviously a different story. You need a really tight mouth on those. But I think that a tight mouth on a jack plane would have just jammed all the time on the rough work that these planes were originally used for.
The pitting on the back of that blade looks bad.
Very good
Nice video. I normally use alcohol to clean dirty planes
Paste wax is boiled linseed oil & beeswax.
Ive been using linseed oil for 20 years and ive never seen it darken any type of wood...
Great video. Fantastic restoration. Nitpicking here, but the word Scioto is pronounced more like sy-OH-tah in Ohio. I'm from Columbus. The Scioto River is a tributary of the Ohio River.
Appreciate your videos but you really need to stop saying um and pausing so much, it's very difficult to listen to.
Nice
Um, um, um, um, um, um, um,um,um, um,um,um,um,um,um,um! Had to turn off um just too much um!
Harsh. I never even heard them. He’s doing this out of love of the craft, not as a professional. Can we please cut him some slack? I’m SURE you also have things that are annoying.
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