I thought I should slow it down for this hand plane restoration. I haven't done one in so long and I miss it! Hand planes are the reason I got hooked on restorations in the first place. Enjoy!
Has a strong Art Deco vibe to it, like Gadsbys Carpenter finally had enough of his extravaganza and put the Plane to rest - happy you ressurected this one - such a enjoyable video - Thanks Dude!
I would love to see a retrospective of the tools you've restored! You know, like a "Where are they now?" kind of thing. I believe that a display and a little back story of all these functional works of art would be of interest to a lot of viewers.
Several months ago I asked HTR to restore my life. And honestly with minimal effort on his part I'm glad to report that he came, through! I have a job I like, I found new hobbies, and my kids are even behaving better. Thanks Hand Tool Rescue!
It is great to see the old hand tools being made new again. I would guess that most carpenters or cabinet makers wouldn't know what this tool is. Superb.
Hey it's the one and only Stanley no. 113! These are great for boat building and other types of carpentry that requires complex shapes. The Stanley 113 is a coveted tool and they go for around $100- $200 on ebay, even in bad condition. I've seen good ones on sale for $500. Curved planes used to be made out of wood and you needed one for every thinkable radius, both convex and concave. Even a small difference in the radius and the plane won't cut properly, so the adjustible ones are super useful. There is an electric hand plane that does the same thing, made by Italian manufacturer Virutex. It is a poorly engineered machine with terrible ergonomics, but as far as I know, it is the only modern electric plane on the market that has a adjustible, curved base. The base plates on the Virutex plane are not syncronized as on the stanley, but you have to bend the base to the right curve and lock it in place with a screw in each corner. It also doesn't use the standard 82 mm hardened steel blades as 90% of electric hand planes do, but proprietary 80 mm ones. (But you can grind off 2 mm from a standard blade and they'll fit)
Watching the parts basket come up out of the evapo-rust barrel is so satisfying. That stuff is the bee's knees. Sometimes I pick up rusty bits of hardware off the street and de-rust it just to feel alive.
Speaking as a woodworker who knows what a good compass plane is worth, the intial hammer-banging steps hurt me deeply, but then the cleaning and getting-it-back-together steps were heavenly. Also, I am happy to find out I am not the only person whose standard for sharpness is to be able to shave my forearm, instead of the dumb old paper cutting.
It's always fun to see the creative ways they did things back then. We don't see as much of those ideas anymore now that the problems we're engineering for are different.
I love old tools.....if only they could show you all the things they have made/fixed ! I don't think I have ever seen a hand plane like this . I think this most versatile plane so useful.....and you did a GREAT job restoring this !!👍👍
Should have japaneed the knobs then sanded them to bring out the detail. Also, I love how there's the fractal vise in the background at the end to emphasise how much they "dont make them like the used to"
Complex problems solved with ingeniously simple mechanical solutions. And on top of that, a sprinkling of 'let's beautify the thing a bit, we're not savages..'
I recently became aware of this tool from a Matt Cremona video. It was awesome to see one restored and learn how the mechanism functions! Great video, and really conveniently timed! Thank you.
Your restoration of this compass plane brought back many memories from my boat building apprenticeship- and wishing I had as nicely redone a plane as that one!! Finishing out the interior planking with one that wouldn't hold adjustment really taught patience! 🤣 Great job!
That is a sweet planer. No doubt a big help to early air plane manufactures and old ship wrights that had to make mock-ups of vessels. Really handy tool.
Even after so long, the intro still makes me smile when you take off the glasses and smile at the camera. Loved the restoration so much I would even offer to buy the plane !
Dude, I love the content and it just keeps getting better. The intro's are getting even funnier too. I thought it was really cool watching you repair that square bolt head that was cracked in half. It didn't even occur to me that was an option haha. Thanks for all the rad videos
Nice job! I have one of these that I inherited from my grandfather who built boats. I was always fascinated by the gear mechanism on the side that equalized the arc of two halves of the plane's sole.
I never realized how relaxing your videos are and how much I love restoration videos. I’m hitting that bell and no one can stop me. But I’m hitting it gently of course. My Intention is to relax after all.
Another fine job, you sir are an accomplished restoration pro, I enjoy watching the many items you get in your shop, some I have never seen before. Thank you
Merci pour cette nouvelle découverte, c'est la première fois que je vois un rabot de ce type et je comprends en te voyant l'utiliser à quoi il pouvait servir 👍
I always enjoy watching your restorations. Thank you so much for sharing them. I don't have even a hundredth of the tools that you do so I have only restored some cast iron cookware and a couple smaller tools but I received a Dremel Tool for Christmas. I hope to restore more complex things in the future.
Saw this type of plane for the first time on Matthew Cremona's RUclips channel just a day or two ago while he was building a curve-faced drawer set. Great restoration. Thanks.
So happy to see you restore an actual hand tool again haha! Maybe start a secondary channel where you only restore hand planes? Just go through that massive collection you have upstairs one by one. :)
Just a pet peeve of mine. (Cabinetmaker with 35 years in the field) On the return stroke, LIFT the plane iron of the work. It’ll extend the life of the edge between sharpenings by quite a bit. Also, never use tool steel on your work AFTER sandpaper. The grit impregnated in the pores of the wood will dull your edge.
![Vise Drill Anvil [Restoration]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yZQQhkFjVLM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Vise Drill Anvil [Restoration]](/img/tr.png)
![The Most Unnecessarily Complicated Antique Tape Dispenser [Restoration]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fxieKFowcjE/mqdefault.jpg)
![1870s Ornate Inclinometer [Restoration]](/img/1.gif)
I thought I should slow it down for this hand plane restoration. I haven't done one in so long and I miss it! Hand planes are the reason I got hooked on restorations in the first place. Enjoy!
I was wondering when you'd need a palate refresher after those huge intricate ones!
Your work brings me great joy, thank you for sharing your passion with us.
I like fire!
Has a strong Art Deco vibe to it, like Gadsbys Carpenter finally had enough of his extravaganza and put the Plane to rest - happy you ressurected this one - such a enjoyable video - Thanks Dude!
I see you have picked up ToT's "Subscribe" tactics and I love it. XD
I would love to see a retrospective of the tools you've restored! You know, like a "Where are they now?" kind of thing. I believe that a display and a little back story of all these functional works of art would be of interest to a lot of viewers.
Agreed! would love to know if any have been sold on, see regular use etc.
Yeah this.
agreed
Several months ago I asked HTR to restore my life. And honestly with minimal effort on his part I'm glad to report that he came, through! I have a job I like, I found new hobbies, and my kids are even behaving better. Thanks Hand Tool Rescue!
Well done!Just watching the intro cheers me up!! Keep up the good work!
It is great to see the old hand tools being made new again. I would guess that most carpenters or cabinet makers wouldn't know what this tool is. Superb.
Hey it's the one and only Stanley no. 113!
These are great for boat building and other types of carpentry that requires complex shapes. The Stanley 113 is a coveted tool and they go for around $100- $200 on ebay, even in bad condition. I've seen good ones on sale for $500.
Curved planes used to be made out of wood and you needed one for every thinkable radius, both convex and concave. Even a small difference in the radius and the plane won't cut properly, so the adjustible ones are super useful.
There is an electric hand plane that does the same thing, made by Italian manufacturer Virutex. It is a poorly engineered machine with terrible ergonomics, but as far as I know, it is the only modern electric plane on the market that has a adjustible, curved base. The base plates on the Virutex plane are not syncronized as on the stanley, but you have to bend the base to the right curve and lock it in place with a screw in each corner. It also doesn't use the standard 82 mm hardened steel blades as 90% of electric hand planes do, but proprietary 80 mm ones. (But you can grind off 2 mm from a standard blade and they'll fit)
This and the fractal vise are so interesting. Tools lost to history and still useful today. :)
Compass planes are still around in boatbuilding!
Yes! Come to the boatbuilding corner of youtube
Thanks for single-handedly reviving Japanning all by yourself :D
He really did.
as soon as i saw the finish on the body and knob i thought, " Eric loves Japanning". great job, once again
That big front knob, all engraved and etc. is gorgeous.
Watching the parts basket come up out of the evapo-rust barrel is so satisfying. That stuff is the bee's knees. Sometimes I pick up rusty bits of hardware off the street and de-rust it just to feel alive.
Just bought a 113 last week. Missing the handle. Thank You for posting.
Speaking as a woodworker who knows what a good compass plane is worth, the intial hammer-banging steps hurt me deeply, but then the cleaning and getting-it-back-together steps were heavenly.
Also, I am happy to find out I am not the only person whose standard for sharpness is to be able to shave my forearm, instead of the dumb old paper cutting.
It's always fun to see the creative ways they did things back then. We don't see as much of those ideas anymore now that the problems we're engineering for are different.
I love old tools.....if only they could show you all the things they have made/fixed ! I don't think I have ever seen a hand plane like this . I think this most versatile plane so useful.....and you did a GREAT job restoring this !!👍👍
The ornate details old tools have never ceases to amaze me. Awesome restoration.
Blasting cabinet scenes are the best. Love to see it!
It would have never occurred to me that such a thing would work. Always amazed by some of the old tools you come up with. Well Done.
Amazing plane! Never seen one that could cut curves before. Beautiful work.
In my 73 years this is the first one of this type I've ever seen. Nice restoration.
The only show I watch where I hit the like button before the intro starts!! Your craft is amazing, Bravo!!
I always do it after the intor, too captivating intro to do it before ;)
My Dad has one just like that in an old tool chest in his cellar. I remember playing with it when I was a kid. Beautiful tool and great restoration.
I have my dads one of these, still used quite often for arch finishing on jobs. So good to see one being given the love it deserves.
I am glad you slowed this restoration down. It worked, plane and simple.
That seems like a ridiculously logical tool that I've never seen or known about.
Today is a glorious day, another hand tool rescue video.
I always take a long time to watch your videos completely because I always fall asleep watching them. Too relaxing for me.
I enjoy your personal sense of humor in each video sir. Good job!
I couldn't imagine what that type of plane was used for. Fascinating.
Should have japaneed the knobs then sanded them to bring out the detail. Also, I love how there's the fractal vise in the background at the end to emphasise how much they "dont make them like the used to"
I was thinking the EXACT same thing - the knobs would look AMAZING!
Wow! I haven't seen one of those for decades. He was a boat builder and had three in different sizes. Thanks for posting this!!
I sure others have said so, but the "sitcom" opening to your videos is AWESOME!
That's pretty smooth... The engineering and ornate tools of that era never cease to amaze me. I love the videos! Keep up the fantastic work!
Complex problems solved with ingeniously simple mechanical solutions. And on top of that, a sprinkling of 'let's beautify the thing a bit, we're not savages..'
I'm actually amazed that you still keep using that old vaporust solution and its still effective even after using it for many projects.
Здравствуйте! Очень интересный рубанок! Как всегда ваша работа понравилась!
Incredible craftsmanship. Looking forward to viewing more. 👍
Mind. Blown. I've never seen or heard of a compass plane and now I need one.
Must admit japanned and nickel-plated surfaces are a really beautiful combo.
Very cool differential screw mechanism.
I recently became aware of this tool from a Matt Cremona video. It was awesome to see one restored and learn how the mechanism functions! Great video, and really conveniently timed! Thank you.
never seen a plane quite like that interesting design great job restoring it look forward to more like it thanks
Never seen a plan for a plane like that?
Designed for ship building. Planing inside curves
I saw Matt Cremona using one earlier this week on his furniture build.
I am so glad to see you again, thank you for allowing me to watch you work. I know this is going to be great . I am from the USA a small town in Ohio.
The only thing more satisfying than this video is using a well-made and well-tuned hand plane! 😊
Beautiful restoration for an awesome antique tool!
Your restoration of this compass plane brought back many memories from my boat building apprenticeship- and wishing I had as nicely redone a plane as that one!! Finishing out the interior planking with one that wouldn't hold adjustment really taught patience! 🤣
Great job!
What an interesting and useful tool. Thanks for selecting this for our viewing enjoyment.
Of all the antique planes I own, have restored, and seen, I haven't found one of these. Very cool.
Thank you for showing this model. This is a big surprise to me, I had no idea a thing like that even exists.
I work in a boat building training college and our 3 compass planes get used regularly. Beautiful pieces of kit.
That is a sweet planer. No doubt a big help to early air plane manufactures and old ship wrights that had to make mock-ups of vessels. Really handy tool.
HTR restored my hard drive, the wetlands in my backyard, my faith in humanity And my will to live!
Thanks Hand Tool Rescue!
Even after so long, the intro still makes me smile when you take off the glasses and smile at the camera. Loved the restoration so much I would even offer to buy the plane !
I am glad you demonstrated the bend. It makes a lot of sense in an age of hand tools that one would be made to more easily plane an arch.
Dude, I love the content and it just keeps getting better. The intro's are getting even funnier too. I thought it was really cool watching you repair that square bolt head that was cracked in half. It didn't even occur to me that was an option haha. Thanks for all the rad videos
Glad you enjoy it!
This is one of the coolest tools I’ve ever seen. Well done sir!
didn't know I needed one of these until now
Such an elegant, smart yet simple tool, impressive. Great restoration!
That is the coolest planer I have EVER SEEN!! Awesome job!
I love seeing all the different tools you get in, I've not seen a plane like this, only flat ones. I always wondered about curves 😁
I come for the sand blaster shenanigans and stay for the high quality restorations and ASMR
That's excellent, Eric. Thanks for sharing that.
Nice job! I have one of these that I inherited from my grandfather who built boats. I was always fascinated by the gear mechanism on the side that equalized the arc of two halves of the plane's sole.
Looks good. Can't think of a better way to relax and recover from surgery
Excellent restoration 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing
I never realized how relaxing your videos are and how much I love restoration videos. I’m hitting that bell and no one can stop me. But I’m hitting it gently of course. My Intention is to relax after all.
Beautiful job Eric!
Dude, you are one of the coolest guys I have ever not met. Keep on doing what you do. Please.
Never seen anything like this. Every now and then I am reminded of old tools I did not know existed existed
Beautiful job on that plane. The new Japaning and nickel plating set each other off well.
After that Transfomers sound effect, I was half expecting the Transformers transition between the scenes. Great job and entertaining video as always.
What a beautiful little plane!
A very fitting restoraion too! Not everything needs to be polished to a mirror finish.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
I very much enjoy seeing you bring these unique tools back to life.
So glad to see you posting. Thanks very much.
Very nice restoration. Very BEAUTIFUL plane.😎
That is the first time I have ever seen a plane like that. Great work. Wow, it even carves a round surface in the wood.
Your intro is the only intro I don’t skip.
That blasting cabinet is a source of so much fun. :-D
Another fine job, you sir are an accomplished restoration pro, I enjoy watching the many items you get in your shop, some I have never seen before. Thank you
You always find the best and most interesting tools!
I have an early model 113 myself. It doesn’t get a ton of use but comes in handy when I do need it.
COOLEST HAND PLANE IVE EVER SEEN! Great job brother.
the ingenuity of mankind, oh how we tend to fail to remember. thank you for restoring all the examples of early necssity keep up the projects.
Compass Planes are my favorite tool at this point. So nifty. And the Transformer sound effect at the start earns a like and a comment!
Merci pour cette nouvelle découverte, c'est la première fois que je vois un rabot de ce type et je comprends en te voyant l'utiliser à quoi il pouvait servir 👍
That is a fantastic tool. A worthy addition to your collection.
i was so impressed with his big shiny knob ,great work :P
Wonderful restoration! The nickle plating of the knobs is excellent and really shows what it looked like new.
That’s fantastic. Love the narration too!!! Lol. Absolutely awesome. I do enjoy watching you and the tools you have e found to restore!!! Thanks!!!!
This was magical to watch. Beautiful work, per usual. 😍
I always enjoy watching your restorations. Thank you so much for sharing them. I don't have even a hundredth of the tools that you do so I have only restored some cast iron cookware and a couple smaller tools but I received a Dremel Tool for Christmas. I hope to restore more complex things in the future.
Good job 👍 love the old hand tools that actually work 👍
Pure joy and love!
Saw this type of plane for the first time on Matthew Cremona's RUclips channel just a day or two ago while he was building a curve-faced drawer set. Great restoration. Thanks.
You did a beautiful restoration on that hand plane well done sir well done
Una herramienta muy bella y elaborada a detalle. La restauración es espectacular y digna de una pieza igual. Saludos desde México!.
The most versatile and most gorgeous plane I’ve ever seen! Beautiful restoration Eric, chapeau 🎩!!!
Pure genius, a plane that only works when pointing north
So happy to see you restore an actual hand tool again haha! Maybe start a secondary channel where you only restore hand planes? Just go through that massive collection you have upstairs one by one. :)
Just a pet peeve of mine. (Cabinetmaker with 35 years in the field) On the return stroke, LIFT the plane iron of the work. It’ll extend the life of the edge between sharpenings by quite a bit.
Also, never use tool steel on your work AFTER sandpaper. The grit impregnated in the pores of the wood will dull your edge.
You sir are one talented man. To God be the glory!
That is a sweet tool. Well done, Sir!