Planer Sled - waste of time!
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Published 2022-07-30
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks for the no nonsense advice. It's hard to navigate with all the information out there.
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Yea mate, another good one thanks, I prep all my timber by hand, got no planer thicknesser, jointer, old fashioned kinda guy me! have a great weekend dude, thanks for posting, keep 'em coming
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Great video man! Good advice that is actually accurate. I’m beginning to see that so many of these YT videos are very bad information. Watched a ton of barn door build videos that are just gonna warp like crazy. Just like when you mentioned the Mdf sled. You’ve tried it. Doesn’t work. I followed one of those videos and had a very pretty door that will warp like crazy come winter. As someone who is about to try to buy his first rough lumber and mill it, this was a super helpful video. Thanks!
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Good one. I was literally heading out to the shed today to make sled for my thicknesser. Made me rethink that. Cheers
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Lovely juxtaposition of classic hand planing technique with shelves of Festool toys in the background :) Thanks for the video.
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Top tips mate as I start to get interested in hand planes. Yep, a thicknesser was always going to be first on the list, but I'm in no rush. Lots of workshop project before then.
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Short, simple and informative. Probably wikipedias definition of a good youtube video. 👌
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love the content and rawness on how you explain, well done with the editing too....
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Brilliant video, thanks. Just picked up an old No.5, looks like I'll be getting a workout next time I'm in the workshop.
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Mat loved the video, and you’re so right, it doesn’t take much to hand plane a board relatively flat then whack it through the thicknesser. Although my thicknesser bed works a treat and I’ve had no problems with it, all my stock comes out very square and it’s made from MDF 🤷🏻♂️🙈😂
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Simple and effective instruction, love this video.Thanks ever so much.
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I haven't seen that edge guide stabiliser doowhackey before, but it looks uber handy. I always end up with an angled edge after the first passes with a handplane, and I end up spending way more time getting it square than I should. Same as hand sharpening, freehand just doesn't seem to work for me. I don't blame the tools though....I blame the uneven workshop floor 😄Couldn't possibly be me...
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Great video and nice tips. Thanks for sharing.
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Great video, thanks. I feel like most people are intimidated by having to sharpen/keep sharp plane blades. You should do a video on how you do it.
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Good advice! I got rid of my jointer and built a dead flat assembly table. Flatten one face of a board so it doesn't rock on a flat surface, run it through the thickness planer, and you're golden! Shoot, I don't even have a table saw anymore.
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Converted a old knackered no 5 to a scrub plane, works a treat. Regards Jim.
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Great advice very informative Thanks
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Hi Ben. Love watching you use your hand planes but I'm one of those who hates a nice little workout lol, It's not me it's my arms. I must say though I enjoyed watching you use them and looking at your fantastic collection, some types I've never even heard of. I agree with you if your on a budget and preparing wide boards that's the way to go. Well demonstrated. You shown two really hard timbers for hand planning beginners to avoid. Brilliant Ben, enjoyed watching. Tony
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I use an old timber jack plane belonged to my great great uncle it'd be around 140 years old fuckin lovely thing to use, then it's a trip through the thicknesser it's a cheap Ryobi but it does a good job for what it is and what the timbers I work with are (Australian hardwoods mainly blackwood atm). Just got a old 10" planner that I'm restoring.
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Nice one Ben. Some very useful information and advise. Love a bit of hand planing. Maybe a run through all your Hand tools would make an interesting future vid. Just a thought.
