Thank you for showing all this tools. You are the hand planes historian. I haven't seen any other YT channel that shows so much information about the hand plane world.
I am wondering something for a long time. Since a plane iron has to have a straight and sharp edge, how did the carpenters sharpen their irons in very old times? What stones did they have? What steel did they use?
@@bogdanaasarbu8038 Good questions. Yup, the plane is a very ancient tool, but I'm not very knowledgeable about planes older than about 1800. I suspect that sharpening was done with natural stones (like contemporary Arkansas stones) but I have no idea about metallurgy. This is a good question for Mr. Google or something similar. Thanks for watching the videos!
Thanks John! Indeed, there aren't many videos on this tool on YT. You are correct, I focused on marking out hinges because that was the original purpose of the 95 and because of that extra special feature where it automatically provides clearance. But it makes a scratch in wood about as well as any other marking gauge. Those marking knives are a fairly new addition. They are hand file blanks that have been ground to make a skew. Because of the hardness of the file, that take and hold a good edge. I didn't comment in the video, but I was making extra sure to keep my fingers clear of the cutting edge!
I bought one of those at a flea market because I had no idea what it was. So then I researched it and found out what it was. Yes I laughed when I found out it was a butt gauge! That really never gets old.
@@1pcfred I had a junker in addition to the one in the video. I was curious, so I tried to remove one of the nickers. It appears to attached with a rivet. In the place where your nicker is missing, is there a little rod in the center of the bar? If so, the nicker has a hole in it that fits over that rod. If you ever found a replacement nicker, you could probably press it onto the rod and peen it to make it stay attached.
@@MarkSLSmith1 I'm missing the little nicker that goes in the slot. Both of my bars only have one nicker each. It doesn't look to me like either bar ever had another nicker on it. They're both rounded on the nickerless end. It doesn't look like a nicker was ever there to me. Mine doesn't have the patent date on it so it's a later one. It is a Stanley 95 though. I'm thinking it's a feature they may have dropped during production. Or mine just didn't come with a double nicker bar? Could it be a factory defect? Someone just assembled it with the wrong part? I don't know. I only have it because I saw it and I had no idea what it was. So I picked it up just to find out. I think I paid a dollar for it? Whoever I got it off of had no idea what it was either. I mortise hinges with a router and a template so I wouldn't even use it. But it is a nice piece for the collection. I have a whole Kennedy box with measuring instruments in it and it lives in there. For me it's just an oddity. I've thought about what I could use it for. It is a nice square block. So far I've never actually used it for anything ever though. It's something you break out and show someone and then ask them if they know what it is. Then when you tell them it's good for a laugh.
Thank you for showing all this tools. You are the hand planes historian. I haven't seen any other YT channel that shows so much information about the hand plane world.
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback!
I am wondering something for a long time. Since a plane iron has to have a straight and sharp edge, how did the carpenters sharpen their irons in very old times? What stones did they have? What steel did they use?
I saw pictures with roman planes and that made me wander.
@@bogdanaasarbu8038 Good questions. Yup, the plane is a very ancient tool, but I'm not very knowledgeable about planes older than about 1800. I suspect that sharpening was done with natural stones (like contemporary Arkansas stones) but I have no idea about metallurgy. This is a good question for Mr. Google or something similar. Thanks for watching the videos!
Thanks for doing this! I've never seen anyone else talk about this tool. There must be other uses as a marking gauge. Love your marking knife😀
Thanks John! Indeed, there aren't many videos on this tool on YT. You are correct, I focused on marking out hinges because that was the original purpose of the 95 and because of that extra special feature where it automatically provides clearance. But it makes a scratch in wood about as well as any other marking gauge.
Those marking knives are a fairly new addition. They are hand file blanks that have been ground to make a skew. Because of the hardness of the file, that take and hold a good edge. I didn't comment in the video, but I was making extra sure to keep my fingers clear of the cutting edge!
Heck . Yeah.. !!!!!!!!!!!!
Have had one for years, but like you did not grasp usage. 😮
I bought one of those at a flea market because I had no idea what it was. So then I researched it and found out what it was. Yes I laughed when I found out it was a butt gauge! That really never gets old.
Yup, I debated about putting more off color comments in the video. But it was already too long, so I opted not to. Thanks for watching!
@@MarkSLSmith1 in this video I learned mine is missing one of its nickers.
@@1pcfred I had a junker in addition to the one in the video. I was curious, so I tried to remove one of the nickers. It appears to attached with a rivet. In the place where your nicker is missing, is there a little rod in the center of the bar? If so, the nicker has a hole in it that fits over that rod. If you ever found a replacement nicker, you could probably press it onto the rod and peen it to make it stay attached.
@@MarkSLSmith1 I'm missing the little nicker that goes in the slot. Both of my bars only have one nicker each. It doesn't look to me like either bar ever had another nicker on it. They're both rounded on the nickerless end. It doesn't look like a nicker was ever there to me. Mine doesn't have the patent date on it so it's a later one. It is a Stanley 95 though. I'm thinking it's a feature they may have dropped during production. Or mine just didn't come with a double nicker bar? Could it be a factory defect? Someone just assembled it with the wrong part? I don't know. I only have it because I saw it and I had no idea what it was. So I picked it up just to find out. I think I paid a dollar for it? Whoever I got it off of had no idea what it was either. I mortise hinges with a router and a template so I wouldn't even use it. But it is a nice piece for the collection. I have a whole Kennedy box with measuring instruments in it and it lives in there. For me it's just an oddity. I've thought about what I could use it for. It is a nice square block. So far I've never actually used it for anything ever though. It's something you break out and show someone and then ask them if they know what it is. Then when you tell them it's good for a laugh.
Thank you Sir