How to make a Plane Front Knob | Paul Sellers
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Don’t have a lathe, lathe tools, or lathe turning skills? You can turn the knob for your bench plane using hand tool methods, and we walk you through the steps to take square stock to a finished knob to rehandle your plane.
The steps are very simple, and you need only hand tools to complete the task of customising the shape of the knob. Enjoy!
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Thanks for all of you and stay healthy👍👏
Paul, you've brought my hand-tool skills on and encouraged purchase of some tools that are a pleasure to use. I have scrapers, no.62 low angle jack plane, detail shoulder plane, router plane, two block planes and restoration project on my beloved and now sadly departed father-in-law's No.4 hand plane. My son bought me a lovely Draw-knife, and I have a beautiful set of chisels, which thanks to your videos and Matt Eastley's on how to keep the blades razor sharp, make my woodworking something to look forward to. Unfortunately my power router table and table saw are now ancilliary tools I use more for prep work or profiling. In fact I'm currently running my Power router on my slab flattening sled, for a Burr Walnut in epoxy resin, coffee table I'm making. Check my Instagram if you're interested, (henry.siegertsz).
Thanks as always for helping me to constantly improve my woodworking skills and enjoyment.
Hi, Mr Sellers! I've become a spare time carpenter who makes some extra money! Mostly smaller projects, small funitures, book ends etcetera, a lot from recycled teak. I learned a lot from my father, who was working with hard wood floors, but having a big family to support he didn't always have the time to teach me the way you can. I learned a lot from just watching him work, and then try by myself. If it didn't go right he often corrected me. Especially I learned to take care of quality tools and how to sharpen them properly, but I also learned to work hard, using the body as the best machine, and to finish on time. With your help on this channel I learned a lot of things and to be even more accurate. The knife wall technique was new to me and I use it all the time now. I miss being with skillful men, and women. When I was young many around me where hand crafting, but today to many are falling into the trap of lazyness. I combine being an electrician with carpentry and weight training, swimming and always cycling everywhere. Being fit helps because I do my carpentry by hand, no machines, I've got an intact body, no parts are missing. A few scares from not thinking ahead, thats all. I'm very greatful to you and your crew! Take care, and keep bringing them on! //Mikael Johansson, from Sweden.
Paul, I must apologize to you.. I saw my first video of yours a while back and thought it was rather .. well, silly and I made some immature comment to that effect.. I have since seen many of your videos and have come to respect your abilities and your insite. You probably just skipped over my foolishness (as you should of) But I must come to you with hat in hand and ask you to forgive this foolish old man.. Sometimes I get so stuck in the way I have been doing things I find I have no room for other opinions and abilities.. thank you for sharing your skills with us and, even I, as a long time woodworker (well over 50 years now) have shut up and learned some new things.. Thank you my friend.. I am sorry I was so short minded.. That was beautiful!
Well in this day you have gained my respect for seeing but most importantly to apologise for your error 👌
@@jimdoherty5010 Thank you.. as a man of 68 I should know better.. It is just sometimes I revert to stupidity and have to course correct.. Must be a defect in the thinking apparatus! it might be backed up a bit.. thank you again for easing the pain of stupidity.. I will get better! ;-)
Every time I see or read someone acknowledging their mistakes and apologizing, I feel more trust in mankind. No kidding.
@@ValentinaFaussone Well, I appreciate that comment and I try not to be stupid.. But even at 69 years of age my inner spoiled child still manages to get out sometimes.. We all have to make right our stupidity.. It is what I taught my children is the right thing to do after making a mistake.. There are still lot of good people out here.. It is just they are not news worthy..
We all make mistakes, but very few apologize for them. I respect people like you, I hope when I grow old I become more like you.
"But I believe in you"
Thanks Paul. I'm only really starting out on woodwork, and hoping to make a career of it, as a way back in to the world after suffering with depression.
Most days I suffer doubts and fears about my abilities and choices. You help to allay them, and keep me moving
Mr. Hague, I saw that you too have suffered depression. I just wanted to offer to you that woodworking really helped me battle depression in so many ways. Listing them would be too long to post but I feel very connected to the natural environment, and like I'm doing something worthy, and making others happy with gifts, and being productive, and just a great feeling. For whatever its worth, know that here are others like you and welcome to the community of people trying to better their lives with an assist from woodworking. I have found Mr. Seller's videos inspiring not only about the woodworking but about life in general. Take care.
@@d.l.sawyermann9523 thank you for sharing your thoughts. I too have found peace and solace in woodworking and it calms me down and the world does not look so bad after all. I have very poor skills and poorer resources but am glad i found this positivity and enjoyment
I am happy that these people who suffer from this DEVASTATING illness find hope in doing somple woodworking . Keep going people .
Mr. Sellers, You mentioned when you are gone. You are always cheering us up so I'll spread some cheer your way today. With Blessings, medical advancements, etc. 70 is the new 50. You have a long ways to go my friend!!
No lathe, I needed this technique, thanks!
Drill press.
I’d normally exclaim “You beauty!!” but, in this case, it’s better to exclaim “Yew beauty!!”. Anyhow, Paul, I think this was one of your more instructive videos. We’re used to seeing demonstrations of “perfection”. That is, getting everything right the first time without mistakes. In this case, you showed us the human side of making a mistake but then demonstrating a method for correcting it. The final result was a thing of beauty. Also, your video coverage of the demonstration was markedly improved over the last one as far as I’m concerned ( i.e. clear close-ups, etc. wherein we could clearly see the fine details of layout and execution). You’re a master of wood craft, but you’re learning to master the video craft! Life’s for learning.Thanks for you generosity of spirit in sharing your lifetime of experience.
Love the fact you leave the mistakes in the video. We all make them. I truly enjoy fixing my mistakes as much as making my projects. Having to problem solve to make it all work out. Thanks for the video tutorials.
you know he did it intentionally, he said it himself, just for us to learn. i refuse to belive for 1 second Paul is capable of making mistakes when it comes to woodworking.
When you said, I made a mistake I jumped from my sit, those are the most interesting moments to me, to resolve and fix the problem is the most important learning. Thank you Paul, you made it, you inspired people to woodworking ❤
J'ai suivi votre vidéo avec la plus grande attention, c'était passionnant !
Bravo, quel talent !
You know why I trust Paul Sellers . Because he shows you the lot. Mistakes,warts and all . No cover ups here.
I’ve watched this four times and now feel ready to try my own handle.Thanks Paul.
You’re an absolute national treasure Mr Sellers, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and equally as importantly inspiring us to pick up our hand tools and use them to make beautiful creations.
Paul, thanks for doing the tote and knob videos. I have a fleet of planes to make them for.
Skill building alternative to a lathe well done master sellers.
I watch a good bit of RUclips. I don’t know how I’ve just now come across your videos Mr. Sellers. I think you just became my favorite wood shop teacher. It might be just because you measure things in inches and fractions of an inch. Nothing against metric just grew up with inches. I don’t know why there are any dislikes on here.
Something I love doing is taking an old rusty tool, removing the damaged handle a d replacing it with one I made from some nice hardwood. It gives your tools a real character and makes them look so much more interesting and feel much better in your hand than the cheap plastic rubbish we get today.
What’s amazing to me is that just 2wks after this posting, my father picked up a #7 Bailey, missing the front knob. Thank you Paul
I will definitely do this when the handles on my plane break. I probably wouldn't have thought it's possible to make it without a lathe. It's good to watch just to remove limitations in my mind. Not too long ago people made pretty much everything just with their hands and brains. Too often I thought I could do things if I just had this or that machine. Tomorrow I will receive my first spokeshave (old record). I have to say I bought a record 5 1/2 plane because of Paul Sellers. I love using it and it's just handy to have (and also cheap compared to power tools). Making wood shavings like that is so much fun. The sound and feeling of a sharp plane is like nothing else.
I am fond of working with hand tools and this project gave me a lot of insight in working with hands.
Truely a fount of knowledge and, seemingly, a real nice guy.
I enjoyed this episode specially the end where you got yourself out of an oops per say, that’s where years of knowledge shines and helps, thanks so much for all you do!
I've just started getting into woodwork recently, just built a bench and a few tools, but it's great experience and you gain some really valuable knowledge.
My cats had started scratching up the leg of a table last year and I had no idea how to go about fixing it except to sand it down. Now I've got many more options: plane it, make a new leg, or maybe just make 4 new legs, or reshape them, or a whole new table, etc.
And obviously a scratching post would be an idea too. That might be my next project actually!
It’s really a joy to watch a Master Craftsman how to layout a simple relatively knob and work it without a lathe to the final shape as predicted.
Absolutely beautiful, bravo Sir Paul.
Watching this, time well spent!
Thank you.
Thank you Paul, it's a pleasure to watch your videos and appreciate your skills. ( Retired carpenter. Peter.D. Australia )
Little mistakes lead to so much work.. Story of my life..It would seem 90% of all the work I've ever done in my entire life has been the direct result of little mistakes.
I've enjoyed watching. I don't particularly have the need at the moment for such a project, but it's wonderful to know that if I ever do your video will remain for reference. Come to think about it I may just make a few to replace old handles. I have a fine old Miller Falls plane I'd like to pretty up a bit.
Martino Amello: same here and I suspect for most people. Also a source of learning. We learn how to correct, how not to do it again, acceptance of our selves and, hopefully, tolerance for the mistakes of others.
I just finished making a tote for an old Record plane (in Russian Olive) and it looks so nice I want to do the front knob as well.
All that knowledge in your brain is invaluable. This is the only way we have so far of passing on this knowledge, and I for one, thank you very much for passing on what you've learned.
Absolutely wonderful! I gave you a shout on my channel yesterday, Paul. A Short, just to say "Thank you." 😇
It's not what you - it's how you do it. That's a quote from you!. Nobody gets everything right all the time, for a myriad of reasons. Therefore, how you adjust for and work with discrepancies to achieve the end result is paramount. Go, Paul!
Fascinating!! I am faced with replacing the knob and tote on two planes as they came with those ridiculous plastic handles. After viewing this I haven't the first hesitation taking this on. As usual, nice work; particularly overcoming small obstacles! I really enjoy all of your videos
Another brilliant tutorial. Actual woodworking for the actual ordinary human. Excellent. Puts other sites to shame.
Dear Paul,
very nice and precisely made tutorials.
EVERY step expalined, also mistakes and the solutions showed, with love to detail like in yoiur woodworks..
Gave me e relaxing evening after my own energy ran out.. Thank U so much!
Greetings from Germany
We The Few ... enjoyed watching and learning how to resolve situations that pop up .... Oh Yea!
We will always follow you and your well of knowledge ... OORAH!!
Thank you Paul, I enjoyed watching every minute! I don’t have a lathe and have some projects upcoming that need knobs and rounded type handles. So glad you made this video, it’s a very approachable method and process.
Always such comprehensive videos covering every nook and craney and possible hickup you might encounter. Another masterpiece from the master. Thank you so much!
I am unable to make such a knob but its so, so nice! Thank you.
Fabulous! Thank you!
Iam so happy to watch your videos and learn from the best teacher i have found on RUclips
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Não vejo a hora de por em prática essas aulas incríveis. E parabéns pelo trabalho incrível tanto em madeira quanto nas gravações. Abraços do Brasil. 🇧🇷
I can't wait to put these incredible classes into practice. And congratulations on the incredible work both on wood and on the recordings. Regards from Brazil.
I hadn't thought much about it until a moment ago, but I have a chunk of crape myrtle with a nice knot on one end I used very similar techniques to carve out the handle of a nice, heavy cane/walking stick. I wish I had a lot more crape myrtle for walking sticks. Great stuff for them.
Correcting the mistakes are the best part of this video.
Great project. I recently inherited a few Stanley's from my grandfather I'm planning to restore and one is missing the front knob, so this is a great inspiration to do it myself.
That is gorgeous looking timber !!!!
The colour is beautiful!!
Beautiful work, Paul. Thank you for planning in that “mistake” for the benefit of us mere mortals. 😉
lol, "whoops" (wink wink)
This turned out beautifully I totally respect your craftsmanship and honesty (the mistake at the end drilling the final hole) many would cut that out but folks like me make these mistakes all the time leading to frustration it's great to see how to resolve these points calmly and easily huge thank you
When someone auctions them off on ebay... lol!! Paul is awesome.
I assume Paul's tools will fetch a very pretty penny
Very pretty amber timber that, but unobtainium here in Australia. Personal choice will be hard local Jarrah.
I want metal lathe though... fair use for timber too. Personally, I'd be mounting the near formed and drilled item on a shaft, then in a corded drill machine to final form/sand the curves. Those abrasive pads for polishing stainless steel have a good fine cut and conform well to radius edges. They cut better with a little mineral turps., which also suppresses dust.
Did enjoy watching, thank you, Paul.
turps! I'm dutch, but used to work for a painter in Katherine and he called turpentine turps, too. Must be british english.
@@zbnmth I'm not sure of the origin of shortening the word... pretty common here, especially with names and adding a "-ie" or "-y" suffix. I speak the colloquial language of my " old man." [Father - joiner]
The other common use of the word 'Turps', you may hear, is used along the lines of... "Is s/he on the turps again?" ... a loaded question, inferring the subject s/he on the grog [alcohol] and pissed [drunk rotten] again.
I'm not sure if that is a British saying or just here - olde school people from UK can advise.
.. or if there is a history of desperate drinkers actually consuming the turps.
Crazy cool!!! Always a joy to watch a master!
Good plane!
I like your videos because i can tell you really like what you do.
I'd have bet hard cash Paul sharpened his pencil with a knife not a pencil sharpener! Great video thanks.
Thank you Paul
A very informative tuition. I too have decided to back track away from the use of power tools and appreciate the older technology for what it really is.
Generally speaking hand craft is the only way it should ever be done when it comes to woodwork. 👍
Many thanks Paul for the video and the great skill and tradition you are passing along.
I thoroughly enjoyed viewing it all.
Awesome attention to detail, I guess if you're restoring an old plane this is something somebody would do, most folk don't have this time though.
The technique could be used for larger pieces, like a door knob, or smaller ones, like a drawer pull. Many of these videos are really about the technique, using the technique to make a tool is just bonus.
This is great inspiration. I've not been using hand tools that long and I purchased a Stanley No.4 recently which after sharpening and a bit of tidying it works a treat. But it has those brown plastic handles which I'm not too keen on and I'd love to have a go at making my own replacements one day !
This is one of the most amazing feats of woodworking I've ever seen. Thank you for taking the time to do it. It's very encouraging, since I don't have the money, or space for a lathe. I wonder what size would work for your router plane?
Love watching you work...truly a master craftsman. When scoring the wood around the circumference, could you not have clamped a block at the end of the stock...at your pencil marks. It would help keep it lined when turning the stock
Under certain circumstances the clamp of the distance-holder would stay in the way or You hurt Yourself in the "heat of the fight", but to be honest, this was my first thought too. I use this "technique" very often as not so experienced woodworker.
I greatly enjoy your videos. I enjoyed how you did the layout on this and many of your other projects. Watching you use the compass and dividers made me laugh at one of my methods for circles. I do have all of the tools such as compass, dividers, etc. I spent about 25 years working a a carpenter and cabinet maker. I have built several hundred countertops, tables, stools, etc. I cheated when i needed to layout a radius that did not have to be any specific dimension. The two most common for me have been a chewing tobacco can (which I always have) and a drywall bucket (which has always been in my shop). Over the years I ended up with a can collection for the same purpose ranging from small pill bottles, food and coffee cans, etc. Unless a specific division was required I could always find a can that met my needs. It may sound silly but the system has served my needs well over the years. I am retired now and have a small but pretty complete shop with all the power tools. I now find myself doing much more by hand than ever before as it is enjoyable and rewarding and I have no time line to meet.
It might be just a plane knob to some but anything worth making is worth making well. Thanks for you're hours, months, years of showing us the way to making better 'things'. These crafts must be carried on by all of us. :)
Edit: your mistakes are many persons best work.
I have the same "Love, Hate" relationship with Yew. I'm currently making a lot of hand made English character Yew jewellery boxes. Beautifully demonstrated video again Paul. Fantastic!
Sir, with utmost reverence as one of your pupils, i wish you health and happiness for all that you do for us. God bless you, i have learnt so much from you and hope to see more of your wonderful work and benefit from your knowledge, kind regards from pakistan
I picked up a German made no. 3 from my neighbour for about $1, it had no iron or screw cap, so I made those myself, and it's a great scrub plane. I made the iron out of an old wrench (the flat, stamped kind that happened to be 1 3/4" wide), and the screw cap out of hickory. It works great.
Lots of great tips in this one. I made an oak handle last weekend, not for a plane. I didn’t clamp it so it was a long process of holding it in my left gloved hand and using a carving knife and a rasp. Turned out perfectly symetrical in the end but it was tough going.
I have a lathe but it's always good to learn these skills.. I might need something shaped like this one day when the power is out!
That was marvellous work Paul. Doing it by hand makes you a better craftsman. Please do a video on wood finishing - using Linseed oil, Tung oils. Thanks. Srinath Rao, INDIA
Real nice work Paul. I’ve done the knob on my lathe and I made some totes out of walnut and cherry which I really enjoyed doing. They were really fun projects
Thank you Paul! I followed your video on making a tote and it came out really well I'm so pleased with it. I made it out if Mahogany. Now I can make a matching knob! Looking forward to trying this one!
Brilliant! It takes you an hour, but I’d say even the 10 hours it might take a beginner like me would be time well spent, they’re beautiful Paul! Thanks for this & all your videos that enable us closet, aspiring wood workers
You are amazing. Always a pleasure to watch your videos
Cheers Paul, as chance would have it my brand new Stanley low angle Jack plane stripped the hole of the front knob, tried to glue it without success, so now I’ll make a new one
Brilliant video Paul, thankyou for sharing.
I make lots of mistakes, if I've learnt from them all I must have learnt a huge amount!
You Sir make it look so easy. A true master. B’yew’tiful.
Paul, you always seem to make it look so easy to achieve remarkable results. Thank You once again for a very fine demonstration of your superb skills.
@2:00 Cheez-It crumbs on the bench? I hope you brought some for *everyone*
We love your videos, Mr. Sellers!
Rather than a line on your jig as you cut the 1/4", why not clamp a pce of scrap and butt up your cylinder to that?
You’re a true great craftsman
thank you paul for releasing this, i was just thinking about making a knob and tote no too long ago after i purchased some walnut.
Thank you Paul
Nice job Paul. I've got some salvaged spalted wood from logs I dragged out the garden over a year ago. I'll be making tote and knob for a 5 1/2 so this will help. I think what I'll do though is, when making saw cuts to the initial dowel, I'll clamp in a stop to ensure its true when rotating.
Malcolm Smith I too thought a stop was what I would need.
A really swell video.
Thank you, Paul.
Always it's fun & learn from watching your videos mr paul , thanks 👌 .
Great recovery! Thank you
Put some strong tape on the back of your sandpaper strips and they won’t rip so easily.
Love those handles, the colour, special.
Obrigado eu consegui fazer o meu aqui no Brasil!!!
Great job thanks for showing us this
thank you
Thank you Master !
We choose to make a plane knob and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone.
Love it Paul. Thanks for sharing your skill and expertise (and problem solving!). I've done this - handle only, however, not the knob - once before, but I'm not happy with the results. Thanks to your inspiration here, I'll have another go, only this time I'll make both parts. I've got around 12 planes (of very varied quality), so plenty to hone my skills on. Now... where to get me some yew? Best, Seb.
HI Paul,loved this tutorial funnily enough as i have an absolute train wreak ofa stanley no4 1/4 ,,,at some point someone took a dremmel with a sanding drum to the sole then plastered it in stove paint, front knob missing as is the brass nut and the adjustment wheel(nut),anyway great vid i thought the close ups were particulary helpful.regards A
Just awesome and it's cool to see how you fixed your slight blemish Notice I did not say mistake
Hits me hard when Paul said "when I'm gone and somebody auctions them on eBay".
Great job!
Just getting into to this. This is amazing love your vids
Nice. Thank you.
Beautiful
I hope you're holding up in these times. These videos help me to do that. :)
Seems like a lot of wood for one knob and so much time - shows the benefits of lathes but well done for persevering Paul.
1:11:58 People like Frank Sinatra and Harry Connick Jr must have a bit more fussy, because they disagreed... they said: "It had to be yew...." :) Both of these plane tote videos were very interesting. Thank you. Greetings from down under.