Early Access and Quality Test: "Easy Smoothing Plane Pt3"
Added 2018-02-28 14:25:11 +0000 UTCFriends,
Here's the last part in my smoothing plane build. Hilariously, this was supposed to be a single, 20 minute video. Instead, it's a three-part monster that clocks in at almost an hour.
Anyway, some of my videos display at 480p for some of my viewers and that is not okay, so I've encoded this one with a new format. When you have a moment, could you just look at a few seconds of it and tell me how it looks?
I'm not posting it to YouTube for several days (because you all get it first), so I've got lots of time to mess with the encoding and try to make it the best possible.
Thanks so much for any feedback!
--Rex
Comments
Maybe! Although I think it might be awkward.
Rex Krueger
2020-07-12 15:33:48 +0000 UTCHow about using the entire chisel rather than removing the handle & using the blade portion? This would save the work involved in removing the handle & finishing the blade and would allow the use of the 2" chisel by removing it from the plane body.
Daniel L. Quigg
2020-07-09 22:38:06 +0000 UTCBarbara, no that's not cheating at all. Let me know how the blade works out for you! As to your coffee-table plan, it sounds great. I know NOTHING about modeling, or trains for that matter, but I'd love to see the final product. Your overall plan sounds ambitious and interesting. Solving these kids of problems and making things for yourself is the best reason to do woodwork!
Rex Krueger
2018-03-07 00:22:19 +0000 UTCHi Rex, I didn’t have a problem with the video except that a couple of times when you were showing a closeup of the plane it was out of the camera field. Nonetheless, I was very inspired by your instruction on these videos so I set about to get the supplies to do it. I looked for the Buck chisel on Amazon, but they had raised the price; however, a Buck 2” replacement blade for a hand plane was available for ~$7.00. So I bought it. I hope that isn’t cheating. There isn’t any resource around here for me to find some old plane or unchecked 3x3 wood, so I found a place online that sells hardwood and got a 3x3x12 inch piece of red paduak for about $20. I read about the species and I think it will work well for this application, so I bought it. I’m nearing the finish of my bench, then I will put up the band saw and then I will do the plane, I think. It will be a lot of fun. I don’t know if I told you why I’m doing this. My niece and I are going to build for ourselves a coffee table and end tables that will house an operating model railroad in z-scale. We want to be able to slide the end tables into the coffee table to “extend” the layout. But we want it to look nice. It will require so much trial and error with a high demand for redo from time to time that it is better to prepare a small shop for the build than to rely on paying someone else to do it. By the time we pay for the change up charges, and still not be done, we could have purchased a shop. So that’s what’s happening.
Barbara Schulz
2018-03-05 05:59:25 +0000 UTCFantastic! Thanks to both of you. Oh, and Eric, welcome aboard! We're happy to have you!
Rex Krueger
2018-03-01 11:14:56 +0000 UTCYup second link worked in 1080p, not the original.
Eric Kvamme
2018-03-01 05:39:19 +0000 UTCyes, it shows in 1080p! yay :) my channel is too lame, I'm not too proud of it and I'll need to clean it up a bit before I show it to anyone.. lol
George B
2018-03-01 01:19:06 +0000 UTCAlso, please tell me you channel so I can subscribe!
Rex Krueger
2018-03-01 00:31:57 +0000 UTCOkay, that's all helpful. Try this one: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BlGXChV7U&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BlGXChV7U&feature=youtu.be</a>
Rex Krueger
2018-03-01 00:31:37 +0000 UTCwell, if it helps - the 1080p videos I uploaded to YouTube are encoded in H264 and saved as MP4. they play back fine at 1080p. I checked one of them with my local media player and its properties read: "MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 29.97fps 7327kbps [V: h264 constrained baseline L4.0, yuv420p, 1920x1080, 7327 kb/s]" YouTube's recommended encoding settings: <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en</a> you can also do a short, private test vid. I know YouTube doesn't automatically show new vids in 1080p. it takes a couple of minutes until you can actually watch it in 1080p.
George B
2018-02-28 21:52:00 +0000 UTCYeah, I'm uploading at 1080...This whole thing has only recently been brought to my attention. I encoded this video differently, and was hoping that was the fix. I'm going to go back and have another look at the settings, encode it again and re-upload. Thanks very much for the feedback!
Rex Krueger
2018-02-28 21:43:54 +0000 UTCI haven't watched the whole thing yet, but for me it only shows at 480p. also, the Quality settings don't allow more than 480p. By the way, ALL OF YOUR VIDS are showing in 480p max. Rex, are you sure you uploaded the video at 1080p? I usually check the video file itself just before I upload it. also, it might happen if you upload from your mobile phone and the YouTube app decides to cut down on quality because of your internet connection. better to upload from a PC or laptop
George B
2018-02-28 19:06:32 +0000 UTCIt looks good to me, but I'm watching on a small screen and hadn't noticed any quality issues with your other videos.
Jason Bailey
2018-02-28 16:13:02 +0000 UTC
