Early Access Video: Make a Router Plane from a Chisel
Added 2020-01-11 13:01:01 +0000 UTCFriends:
Woodwork for Humans returns with a fantastic specialty plane build!
Router planes are hard to find at an affordable price, but the old-timers didn't have these fancy cast-iron planes. No! They made their router planes from a chunk of beech and a plough plane iron.
We can do the same thing...well, almost. I'm going to use a bench chisel for the cutter and the tapered, angled mortise of the original will be hard to cut, so I've devised an easy, laminated design so we can get this thing done and build some furniture.
We're almost done building these specialty planes. I think we just need a grooving plane and we'll have all the standard joints covered.
Hope your weekend is off to a great start!
--Rex
Comments
Whew, I don't know. That little quip is about as political as I feel like being most days.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-18 21:39:53 +0000 UTCI just watched this one again and thought of something... you need to make a new shirt and offer it up with "GET WOKE" on it lol... I loved that bit
The Idle Hands Workshop - Stephen Miller
2020-01-18 20:12:17 +0000 UTCGreat job Rex!
Alan Smith
2020-01-17 04:39:10 +0000 UTCYeah it was kind of strange she kept commenting about how nice your eyes were and stuff like that
Kenny Raby
2020-01-16 23:40:42 +0000 UTCWow. Just wow. Personally, I think I was blessed to by born a man. I'd make a hideous woman.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-16 11:32:48 +0000 UTCSo I was watching this on YouTube on the big TV in the living room. My wife comes in and says "with a wig and some makeup this guy would be a nice looking woman" I am not sure why she would say or think such a thing but I had to share with you
Kenny Raby
2020-01-16 03:26:55 +0000 UTCThose stores can be GOLD!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-16 01:45:12 +0000 UTCInspired by the flea market/antique videos, I went to the local Habitat for Humanity Restore. I found an old saw which I'll clean up but the find was a 6ft length of banister rail which I think is Oak- it's pretty heavy. So now I've got some material to play with. $10 for both with small donation as I know I'll be coming back again and again. BTW, they had a Craftsman Table Saw for $775. It was enormous.
Steve Hawker
2020-01-15 23:02:35 +0000 UTCI think a range of angles will work. I copied the wedge from the old one you see in the video. I'm sure 10 is fine as well.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-15 11:27:07 +0000 UTCFor both of these, you're going to use one chisel, but I've chosen a size that will work for most things. I'm doing a grooving plane right now, and we might make a couple of those for work with different cutters.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-15 11:26:19 +0000 UTCI do find the small hammer really works well.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-15 11:25:11 +0000 UTCThank you!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-15 11:24:51 +0000 UTCI bet!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-15 11:24:42 +0000 UTCI was planning to build one of these planes and such a mortise, i tought, was hard to build accurately. Many Thanks! Why an 8° angle for the wedge? Old school is about 10°...I'm not pedantic here, i just own a parallel plane iron and i'd like to know whatìs the correct wedging angle...
carlo pieracci
2020-01-15 08:48:32 +0000 UTCWith this and the rabbet plane, do you make different sized planes for different chisels or can you use multiple sizes in the same one?
Mike M
2020-01-15 02:09:26 +0000 UTCDo I need to get a teeny tiny hammer to hit this plane? Lol. Thanks for the great video - I’m looking forward to eating up some of the this spare oak from our cabinets and this might work!
Adrian Abshire
2020-01-14 19:33:51 +0000 UTCA wonderful and elegant little tool.
Mark L
2020-01-13 13:54:21 +0000 UTCGood to know, I do have a bench grinder so I might give it a try when the weather warms up. Though it isn't extremely cold at this moment, it's not a lot of fun to work in a small, unheated, wooden shed...
Frans van Ballegooijen
2020-01-13 13:00:21 +0000 UTCTotally not your fault. I get the video out to Patrons early, but the plans aren't done yet. I'm drawing them now and they'll be up for Patrons by Wednesday.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-13 11:54:17 +0000 UTCI love the allen key approach. I didn't go that way because I know that many of my Patrons and viewers don't have grinders. Otherwise, it's a great way to go!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-13 11:52:53 +0000 UTCThat would be great! Post the video if you make it!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-13 11:50:59 +0000 UTCgreat build, perfect time, just one more thing ive been needing in order to make a couple sharpening plate holders. I think I will even do a video of the plate holder using your hand router.
Dwayne
2020-01-13 04:19:32 +0000 UTCJust great how you always come up with these projects. I love them. But for the routerplane I've been looking at a video on a Japanese channel (self-build.林久). I don't speak the language but that's not necessary for this video. Take a look at this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeFVaQ4u1TM I specially love that he uses an (old?) allen wrench as a chisel.
Frans van Ballegooijen
2020-01-13 04:04:19 +0000 UTCMark Fannin
2020-01-12 14:45:26 +0000 UTCI'll have to look up Stump's.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:31:05 +0000 UTCSince the cutter on this one is pretty far below the plane body, the shavings basically cannot get jammed.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:30:47 +0000 UTCThe depth adjuster on my Stanley probably is the best feature. I very much like the allen-wrench version, but it's been done so much. I think I'll only do it, if I can really add something new.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:30:16 +0000 UTCPound for pound, the metallic version with the L-shaped cutter is better. The low profile is easy to use, you can see your work better, and the cutter is at a better angle. That being said, this one is free, rather than costing $100 or more. Also, the straight cutter needs less room to maneuver, so it fits in some tighter spaces. On some woods, this higher-angle cutter leaves a better surface.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:28:40 +0000 UTCI'm glad I could deliver!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:24:23 +0000 UTCYou too! If you've got an old chisel iron, this is the build for sure!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:22:34 +0000 UTCIt's kind of amazing how little the router plane gets discussed. You can do a lot with them.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:22:07 +0000 UTCIt's not hard! And the tools works great.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 12:20:41 +0000 UTCBevel-down; just like a bench plane. I guess I should have made that clearer...
Rex Krueger
2020-01-12 00:54:17 +0000 UTCExcellent build! I'm going to have to make one of these
James Kison
2020-01-11 22:44:00 +0000 UTCA good guideline to follow is bevel down for planes with the exclusion of low angle planes.
Nic Beurskens
2020-01-11 22:35:30 +0000 UTCbevel down - go to 9:18 and you will see the chisel in the mortise, looks bevel down to me. https://youtu.be/-FdA0ImXjbI?t=558
Jim "Mr. Measure Twice" Marchetti
2020-01-11 20:44:22 +0000 UTCOne question... Which way does the chisel go in?
Matthew Leigh
2020-01-11 20:18:26 +0000 UTCThis is awesome. I was just debating on making the one that Stumpy Nubs built, but this one seems much more accessible.
Joshua Nicholson
2020-01-11 17:32:21 +0000 UTCDefinitely on my to do list !!!
The Idle Hands Workshop - Stephen Miller
2020-01-11 16:41:44 +0000 UTCAnother great accessible build! The last two I tried making seem to struggle with shavings getting jammed and clogging the cutting edge. Those were 45 degree bed angle though. I'll give this a 60 degree version try next time.
Todd Fox
2020-01-11 14:39:00 +0000 UTCGreat build, Rex. I like that you went with the chisel and didn't complicate matters by using a purchased router iron or making one from a hex wrench. However, maybe that can be an advanced video sometime down the line. I know there are a lot of router plane build videos out there, but I like your approach to tool making and would love to see what you would do with an iron and the possibility of adding a depth adjuster.
Yohann_M
2020-01-11 14:22:36 +0000 UTCI’ve seen another version of these that employs a ground Allen wrench that’s had threads cut with a die to allow you to dial in the depth in a manner more similar to the Stanley 71. Given that you’ve used both styles (wedged blade and the 71s L shaped version), did you notice much by way of difference between them?
Ethan Chitty
2020-01-11 13:45:27 +0000 UTCI was waiting for this :)
Ramin Chalili
2020-01-11 13:45:03 +0000 UTCHa, i just got a broken chisel from eBay, it has a missing handle, I am planning on dong something like this with it and bam, you post a how to video on it. Thank you sir and have a blessed weekend.
Heartland Makes & Outdoors
2020-01-11 13:35:23 +0000 UTCSuch a good tool. Of all the planes I've made ( like 4 ever) this was the easiest; minus the mortice. Since getting gifted some quality metal tools, this is the shop made one I still reach for most often.
Nic Beurskens
2020-01-11 13:27:53 +0000 UTC
