Is there nothing that this man cannot make in his workshop? Genius, I always enjoy seeing the creativity and resourcefulness that I see in these videos.
It's some of the toughest wood you can find, one of my great uncles was a fabricator that worked on the USS Nautilus the first nuclear submarine. They used lignum vitae for the rear bearing of the propeller shaft, because it's very resistant to salt water and it self lubricates.
+xl that...wasn't part of the joke... but you obviously have said different sense of humour, so why waste our time? wasting mine stops with this very last comment. just so you know.
+Jayden Isem Nice selection for sure. My Collection is called the "B***ard Box" because the B***ard is in there somewhere, but then I am an Australian.......
I've been watching your videos pretty diligently for the past year, and I have to say this one is my new favorite. The range of skills and materials is a testament to your versatility. Congrats, and beautiful result!!
Great video Matt! The 2 best parts: seeing you make everything using materials you already had, and the boxes of screws that you have. It's amazing what you can make with just what you have lying around. Thanks.
I use my squirrel tail plane quite a lot for a quick trim and removing arises because it is really comfy and being a one handed plane i can hold the work instead of using a non-slip mat or the vice, I've not previously considered making a second one but I'm now feeling inspired thank you
it absolutely stymies me how some people thumbs down videos like this. if you read the title, you KNOW what you're about to watch. all things considered, I think it came out GREAT! will you be putting Stanley out of business? no! but damn dude, you did great! ATB ~Michael
I think when someone has a lot of subscribers it's just a given that they're going to make a few enemies, then they thumbs-down every video that comes out. Weirdos.
+Primal Edge perhaps out of 6000 odd people, 20 or 30 have real bad hand eye coordination and click the wrong one. I always thought it would be best to put up and down some distance apart.
+ramdor72 I don't know whether you're kidding or not, but I actually had that problem once. I accidentally clicked on thumbs down... I don't remember who it was to, but I felt so bad about that. I quickly explained in a comment, haha.
+Dustin Penner Thats just awesome... but seriously... it does not make any sense :) but i do get the point... Where i live they used to say the phrase: "Knee high cress" and nope does not make any sense either :D
I never thought to use a saw blade for a plane blade. Fantastic work! Every time I see someone use a tap I kick myself for not having purchased a tap and die set yet. For years I could just run down to the neighbors and use his if I absolutely needed it. A quality set just costs so much! Well it's moving up higher on my list now.
I'm amazed. We tend to take a lot of things for granted, especially little tools like that hand plane you made. If we lose or break one, we'll just zip by the hardware store and buy a new one, never thinking of all the work, craft and cunning that goes into the making of these tools. Thank you for making this video.
Particularly like this vid because of the way you made it mostly of old scrap stock you had lying around. Truly admire the engenuity and resourcefulness demonstrated. Would like to have a mind that works in a similar manner. Long may you upload...
I have one of these metal palm sized planes and love it for round overs. I have to admit I really appreciate the aesthetic of the wooden design you have here… Form and function!
Oddly (to most at least) I much prefer hand-made hand tools. They are so much more of a pleasure to use, I always felt more in contact with the work.....if that makes sense. They are also more pleasing to the eye than those castings, brrrr ugly things lol. One of the fondest memories I have is of my grandfather's workshop, he made all his planes himself and he had some truly beautiful planes too. I don't remember many of the details but one that stands out to this day - just about all of them had brass soles affixed with brass screws, you could barely tell where the periphery of the screw head ended and the sole began.
Great work. Why did you use epoxy instead of wood glue? Just curious. Also, softening the steel isn't necessary when you are cutting it with an abrasive saw and deburring it with a bench grinder.
Fantastic! Beautiful job,and love the touch of Lignum vitae. We have some beautiful standing Lignum vitae here in southern Florida,and the Keys.We just can NOT molest them. Soooo,,I wait patiently for construction,tree trimming crews,accidents,LOL Thank you for sharing,I'm very pleased I found your channel. C-Ya!,,,,Peace!
Absolutely phenomenal creativity, as usual. Being a skilled woodworker is one thing. Being a skilled woodworker who's made his own plane, both body and blade, is another.
Hi Matthias, I really enjoyed watching the video, beautiful plane. For the little I could see, I must say that you have a very well equipped an very nice workshop. Well done Matthias. I am a violin maker and your idea with this plane is going to be great, the only difference on mine have to have round sole to shape the top and back of the violins and cellos. Thank you very much to share your idea.
I present to you my thanks about this subject. And I like the work of carpenter I am astudent in prepartary school I live in Iraq my name is Zain Alabedin
Really cool project! For some reason, hand planes are this magic thing in my head that are too precise to make yourself. Now I think I'll try to make one. Thanks!
I'm surprised. The woodworking guy isn't afraid of metal. But oddly it seems most channels I'm familiar with, the opposite doesn't seem so true. Nice job!
Just viewed your video again found it very useful. I just picked up a few old tools at a Habitat for Humanity store one of them being a small block plane body but no blade nor cap iron. Now, I know how to remedy that. Thanks for yet another informative video.
I've watched a fair amount of making own plane vids (shaddup - they soothe me) and yours is by far the best method and the best result. Keep up the good work Pal. Also - because you do so much bandsaw/tablesaw work, go have a look at Celox and add to your immediate first aid kit. I shudder when I see some of your cuts even though I know you wouldn't put a vid up of losing a tip.
Dear Matthias, perhaps some comments to your last project seem to you … greek… in fact they are! you have to know that you have a quite large number of Greek big fans! best wishes from Hellas!
C'mon, guuuuys!! It's a fun chant to express how I hold him in high regard as a total legend!! xD You're seriously whipping out facts of the Wandel family tree? :D (To be fair - this type of "there's only one" chant is better received in the UK - I think.) :p
I was taught that when working with files, that if you draw back on the file while its touching the metal that you are working with the teeth of the file curl over and render the file useless after a while. Did the file that you used have teeth that file in both directions? Also great job on making that planer. You make so many nifty things I wish I was as confident and creative.
That turned out well. I've made some larger planes, this gave me the inspiration to go for a smaller one, it would be handy to have for quickly rounding corners like you do.
+Mike Wiebe I did, but way overheated it, so I had to re-harden it, then didn't bother. When I made the knife from that steel, it wasn't britle after tempering.
Great build Matthias (as usual i would say). I wanted to make this for such a long time now but everytime I was just wondering what to use for a blade. I guess that is now sorted out. Super stuff man. Thank you!
cool , and fairly simple to build, like the leaver cap and blade iron ideas, making a router plane out of a large Allen key for the cutter blade ,and this fits with my tools from old bits and blades that i have in mind to build for me and my son and a few friends ,lol so x4 of each ,lol tks
That's awesome I want to make a shoulder plane I've got some red hard wood that I found on a pallet. I didn't think about using an old saw blade to make the knife.
When i look this video i remember my home town.. Build the house and we use the plane like that.. You are very nice Carpenter, I always look your channel..
After watching this, going to dig out my great grandfather's long plane , as a Carpenter apprentice he had to build one. Believe was made out of old growth cherry, very tight grained wood. Would of been middle of 1800’S , gram was born 1899 , he was late 40ies then. Most likely apprenticeship was in his early teens. ( about 1860???ish) Imagine done with all hand tools due to time frame.
That chunk of lignum vitae is huge! Must have cost a small fortune. The biggest I've ever seen was a pen blank (makes for a very heavy pen) and I don't remember the board foot price but it wasn't cheap.
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Is there nothing that this man cannot make in his workshop? Genius, I always enjoy seeing the creativity and resourcefulness that I see in these videos.
Awesome little plane! One of the most useful tools in the shop for me! I really liked this build!
That's some interesting wood, looks dense and oily.
+NightHawkInLight Just like my uncle.
+NightHawkInLight So dense that it sinks in water.
+YasumotoUS +Dingoart Thats pretty dark...
Actually a joke, i don't even have any uncles left living.
It's some of the toughest wood you can find, one of my great uncles was a fabricator that worked on the USS Nautilus the first nuclear submarine. They used lignum vitae for the rear bearing of the propeller shaft, because it's very resistant to salt water and it self lubricates.
planing a small plane with a bigger plane, and sawing a sawblade with a saw. i Wandel where it goes from here.
+lolindirlink This dude expects upvotes I guess... for no reason
+xl everyone has a different sense of humour.
Also he's not sawing the sawblade with saw, but with a grinder which is technically abrasive cutting.. so your joke doesn't really work
+xl that...wasn't part of the joke... but you obviously have said different sense of humour, so why waste our time? wasting mine stops with this very last comment. just so you know.
+xl He was pointing out the irony of the situation.
nice screw collection
I second that.
i thought my random screw box is impressive...
+Gavin Lewis I third that
+Jayden Isem He doesn't screw around!
+Jayden Isem Nice selection for sure. My Collection is called the "B***ard Box" because the B***ard is in there somewhere, but then I am an Australian.......
I've been watching your videos pretty diligently for the past year, and I have to say this one is my new favorite. The range of skills and materials is a testament to your versatility. Congrats, and beautiful result!!
Matthias, you are the MacGyver of the woodworking community!!!
I really enjoyed watching you manufacture metal parts.Something pretty unique.
Great video Matt! The 2 best parts: seeing you make everything using materials you already had, and the boxes of screws that you have. It's amazing what you can make with just what you have lying around. Thanks.
I use my squirrel tail plane quite a lot for a quick trim and removing arises because it is really comfy and being a one handed plane i can hold the work instead of using a non-slip mat or the vice, I've not previously considered making a second one but I'm now feeling inspired thank you
it absolutely stymies me how some people thumbs down videos like this. if you read the title, you KNOW what you're about to watch. all things considered, I think it came out GREAT! will you be putting Stanley out of business? no! but damn dude, you did great! ATB ~Michael
I think when someone has a lot of subscribers it's just a given that they're going to make a few enemies, then they thumbs-down every video that comes out. Weirdos.
+KingNast that's a good point!!! never thought about that.....
+Primal Edge perhaps out of 6000 odd people, 20 or 30 have real bad hand eye coordination and click the wrong one. I always thought it would be best to put up and down some distance apart.
+ramdor72 I don't know whether you're kidding or not, but I actually had that problem once. I accidentally clicked on thumbs down... I don't remember who it was to, but I felt so bad about that. I quickly explained in a comment, haha.
Johnny Crochet or just click the like button after🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
And here I just found one at a Minnesota garage sale! Very nice build and thanks for sharing it!
Colour me impressed. Nice build
Color what?
me impressed... and it Colour*
Dustin Penner It still doesn't make any sense...
Samyueru Nekogami Your inability to comprehend does not make me wrong. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Color+Me+Impressed
+Dustin Penner Thats just awesome... but seriously... it does not make any sense :) but i do get the point... Where i live they used to say the phrase: "Knee high cress" and nope does not make any sense either :D
I absolutely love the product shot at the end, it's so perfect.
I never thought to use a saw blade for a plane blade. Fantastic work! Every time I see someone use a tap I kick myself for not having purchased a tap and die set yet. For years I could just run down to the neighbors and use his if I absolutely needed it. A quality set just costs so much! Well it's moving up higher on my list now.
I'm amazed. We tend to take a lot of things for granted, especially little tools like that hand plane you made. If we lose or break one, we'll just zip by the hardware store and buy a new one, never thinking of all the work, craft and cunning that goes into the making of these tools. Thank you for making this video.
The way you transform imagination to reality just blows me away more than any other woodworking channel on TH-cam.
It is a thing of beauty. Most people would just buy one. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
I'd be impressed if you just quickly turned the wood into a plane shape and added pre made steel components. But you made those too, I am blown away.
Particularly like this vid because of the way you made it mostly of old scrap stock you had lying around. Truly admire the engenuity and resourcefulness demonstrated. Would like to have a mind that works in a similar manner. Long may you upload...
You are the man Matthias. Your channel is by far my favorite.
Not only wood and the common tools, but also steelworks, anglegrinding and forging show some awesome skills. Great project, nice result, Matthias.
You are an engineering wizard. You just eyeball things and it just works!
showing,teaching,inspiring,creating......you are an extraordinary artist and person. from argentina with respect.
I have one of these metal palm sized planes and love it for round overs. I have to admit I really appreciate the aesthetic of the wooden design you have here… Form and function!
Very cool build! Although I almost think it's more practical to just buy one, the homemade one is so cool it's totally worth it! :)
This is nearly always true.
Oddly (to most at least) I much prefer hand-made hand tools. They are so much more of a pleasure to use, I always felt more in contact with the work.....if that makes sense.
They are also more pleasing to the eye than those castings, brrrr ugly things lol. One of the fondest memories I have is of my grandfather's workshop, he made all his planes himself and he had some truly beautiful planes too. I don't remember many of the details but one that stands out to this day - just about all of them had brass soles affixed with brass screws, you could barely tell where the periphery of the screw head ended and the sole began.
LOVE the idea of using an old saw blade for the plane blade!
Great work. Why did you use epoxy instead of wood glue? Just curious.
Also, softening the steel isn't necessary when you are cutting it with an abrasive saw and deburring it with a bench grinder.
Fantastic! Beautiful job,and love the touch of Lignum vitae. We have some beautiful standing Lignum vitae here in southern Florida,and the Keys.We just can NOT molest them. Soooo,,I wait patiently for construction,tree trimming crews,accidents,LOL Thank you for sharing,I'm very pleased I found your channel. C-Ya!,,,,Peace!
These are skilled hands and clever idea. Thanks you Mathias !
Absolutely phenomenal creativity, as usual. Being a skilled woodworker is one thing. Being a skilled woodworker who's made his own plane, both body and blade, is another.
I love the unzippy noise a well sharpened plane makes!
It's so satisfying! Sometimes I plane a piece of pine just for fun.
+KingNast Haha! Me too!
+Peter Collin My favorite is that little "fwinng" noise the table saw made at around 3:52
Holy crap that was impressive. Nice job. Pretty cool how you fabricated all the little parts out of scrap.
Hi Matthias, I really enjoyed watching the video, beautiful plane. For the little I could see, I must say that you have a very well equipped an very nice workshop.
Well done Matthias.
I am a violin maker and your idea with this plane is going to be great, the only difference on mine have to have round sole to shape the top and back of the violins and cellos.
Thank you very much to share your idea.
I present to you my thanks about this subject. And I like the work of carpenter I am astudent in prepartary school I live in Iraq my name is Zain Alabedin
Really cool project! For some reason, hand planes are this magic thing in my head that are too precise to make yourself. Now I think I'll try to make one. Thanks!
So good. I love that you sourced all the materials from stuff just lying around. Including used motor oil and an old saw blade.
I love the practical ingenuity! It's always impressive to see clever builds, but making something practical is what really matters.
Your blade looks like it does a better job than the original! Nice to see a bit of metalwork too, I would love to see you do more.
It's lovely when you have all the shop tools and materials to build with. Good job.
As an hobby blacksmith, I am very impressed with this whole video. Thank you!
Just wanted to say, you have a brilliant mind, your videos never seize to amaze me,
That was wonderful. God your videos are so soothing. If the whole world just watched a few Matthias Wandel videos, we might just achieve world peace.
That came out looking amazing. At some points this video was very meta... using a plane to plane a plane!
Wonderful! You made it better than the sample. That to material cost is negligible. Your art is valued, My brother.
Awesome!! That thumb screw look like an IKEA screw. I've saved a few of those and they are very handy
I'm surprised. The woodworking guy isn't afraid of metal. But oddly it seems most channels I'm familiar with, the opposite doesn't seem so true. Nice job!
Wow! That was satisfying to watch. Didn't even know you were that much into planes, let alone enough to make one. True artisan work! ;-)
I'm always impressed by your craftsmanship.
Matthias that is a gorgeous little plane. I am continuously intrigued and subsequently amazed by your builds and ingenuity. Thank you!!
This is one of my favorite projects from you, Matthias.
Nice build. It is inspiring to see tools being built from scratch like this.
Not all heroes wear capes. You amaze me with every video.
Just viewed your video again found it very useful. I just picked up a few old tools at a Habitat for Humanity store one of them being a small block plane body but no blade nor cap iron. Now, I know how to remedy that. Thanks for yet another informative video.
It even looks better than most of the modern hand planes!
Matthias Diresta! Jack of all trades. nice one!
I've watched a fair amount of making own plane vids (shaddup - they soothe me) and yours is by far the best method and the best result. Keep up the good work Pal.
Also - because you do so much bandsaw/tablesaw work, go have a look at Celox and add to your immediate first aid kit. I shudder when I see some of your cuts even though I know you wouldn't put a vid up of losing a tip.
Very creative work. I found one of these at an antique sale , not as rustic but works well. thanks
This channel is my new addiction
What a fantastic project!
Wow... I thought you were just going to make just the wooden parts... but you made the WHOLE thing...
Excellent result Matthias, I've not been subscribed to you for long but i think I've gone through 80% of your videos in the last week.
Dear Matthias,
perhaps some comments to your last project seem to you … greek… in fact they are! you have to know that you have a quite large number of Greek big fans! best wishes from Hellas!
Sweet project. Great work my friend.
Wow, Mathias, you amaze me. Awesome, and very detail build.
Beautiful. It's a real joy to watch the process. Thanks.
Dude... That finished product shaving wood is a great finish to the video. Nice!
+Matthias Wandel : Have you ever stated what you do will all your shavings? (or other wood leftover byproducts) ???
+igounfazed Yes, have. Burn them in the wood stove.
WOW! I really believe there is not anything you can not do. Love your videos!
There's only one Wandel!
+Xander didn't he have a brother? Markus was it?
+Xander I believe there is also some offspring... He made some rocking mechanics and a contraption to ride around the garden.
+tyler ”sarcastic” roberts yeah he have a brother. matt.wandel.ca/family/family.html
Only wan onedel...
C'mon, guuuuys!! It's a fun chant to express how I hold him in high regard as a total legend!! xD You're seriously whipping out facts of the Wandel family tree? :D (To be fair - this type of "there's only one" chant is better received in the UK - I think.) :p
Hand planing lignum vitae. Insane! That must be one very sharp plane!
This is a great video - I'm hoping YT's algorithm will present me more since I'm commenting here.
Oh wow... You weren't joking o.0 You actually made the whole thing from scratch.
Impressive! Keep it up!
I was taught that when working with files, that if you draw back on the file while its touching the metal that you are working with the teeth of the file curl over and render the file useless after a while. Did the file that you used have teeth that file in both directions? Also great job on making that planer. You make so many nifty things I wish I was as confident and creative.
How sweet did that come out ! Really awesome. Aaaaaand the price was right.
Gorgeous. It would make Krenov proud!
This made my Saturday morning, lovely piece of work.
That turned out well. I've made some larger planes, this gave me the inspiration to go for a smaller one, it would be handy to have for quickly rounding corners like you do.
i told you, you are a damn genious!!! im your fan
Well that was just awesome. How can anyone not like this video?
man thats one of my favourite projects you've done. You make it look too simple haha
+Mike Wiebe I did, but way overheated it, so I had to re-harden it, then didn't bother. When I made the knife from that steel, it wasn't britle after tempering.
Well that worked out quite nicely! I like seeing you take on metal work more lately with this and the German carving knife!
The screw collection made me smile, and great plane, awesome to me
Great build Matthias (as usual i would say). I wanted to make this for such a long time now but everytime I was just wondering what to use for a blade.
I guess that is now sorted out. Super stuff man. Thank you!
cool , and fairly simple to build, like the leaver cap and blade iron ideas, making a router plane out of a large Allen key for the cutter blade ,and this fits with my tools from old bits and blades that i have in mind to build for me and my son and a few friends ,lol so x4 of each ,lol tks
Wow. Nicely done, Matthias! Your creativity and ingenuity always surprises me.
Matthias you are an inspiration to get me off my backside and go and make somthing.
Very nice shot at the end with the rotating plane! Do you have a turn table or was that some fancy CGI work?
+Carsten Avenhaus Pice of particle board balanced on my vertical axis grinder
you are an artist and an artisan!!! that was realy good!!! thanks for sharing!!!
That's awesome I want to make a shoulder plane I've got some red hard wood that I found on a pallet. I didn't think about using an old saw blade to make the knife.
When i look this video i remember my home town.. Build the house and we use the plane like that.. You are very nice Carpenter, I always look your channel..
After watching this, going to dig out my great grandfather's long plane , as a Carpenter apprentice he had to build one.
Believe was made out of old growth cherry, very tight grained wood. Would of been middle of 1800’S , gram was born 1899 , he was late 40ies then.
Most likely apprenticeship was in his early teens. ( about 1860???ish) Imagine done with all hand tools due to time frame.
That chunk of lignum vitae is huge! Must have cost a small fortune. The biggest I've ever seen was a pen blank (makes for a very heavy pen) and I don't remember the board foot price but it wasn't cheap.
Instantly one of my favorite Wandel creations.
This is a special kind of channel, it's epic
That thing looks and works like a hot damn, very impressed, very very good job! You should sell these! I'd buy!
I'm so impressed with this build. I was thinking of doing the same thing with some ipe I have laying around.
That is a nicely made, useful little plane! Well done indeed, sir.
Great job Matthias! I really liked how it turned out.
Nice job Matthias. I love it when I find what I am looking for in my extra bolt/screw bin.