New to the channel. Love the hand tool use. The use of both hand and machine is how I also do my woodworking. I so need a router plane. I will be building one soon. Thanks so much for the video. This is like ASMR. Sound of wood shaving from chisels and hand planes. Birds chirping in the back ground. Gorgeous finished product.
Thanks! Glad to hear from another "hybrid" woodworker. I do most of my milling with power tools so I can get to the fun part of cutting joinery by hand.
I enjoy watching hand tool work. I am beginning the hobby and want to develop skill within me rather than relying on machinery, Also, I don't want to be enjoying the craft in a haze of sawdust! Thanks for the videos.
Is it my imagination, or does the ryoba saw cut really slow compared to a western saw? Fun router plane build. Very nice looking tool you ended up with.
Thank you! And yeah, in regards to a ryoba saw I would say it probably cuts slower. An advantage for me with the ryoba is that it got me up and running working with hand tools for a low cost compared to buying a western saw. I think for the price you get a really great multipurpose tool.
Great, Great work. Congratulations!! One question: the blade... where did you get it? I have seen allen wrench in other videos.. Do you think that one of them will work good?
Thanks! I got the blade from Lee Valley. It's a 1/4 inch router plane blade that cost around 15 US dollars. You could use an allen wrench although I've never tried it. It would for sure work if you ground it to the right angle, but I'm not sure how well it hold it's edge. Plane iron's are usually made from a certain hardness of steel that walks a balance of being able to be sharpened easily yet still hold it's edge and stay sharp for awhile. That being said, an allen wrench would work, but you may have to continually keep sharpening it to really work the way you need it to and at that point it may just be better to buy a router plane blade. Basically, if you are really really trying to save money and have an allen wrench and a bench grinder or some other way to grind an angle then go for it and it'll get the job done! But, if you have somewhere around 20 US dollars and are willing to spend that then I'd suggest just buying a router plane iron. Hopefully that all makes sense! Good luck if you're trying to build your own router plane!
I use Ultra Sharp Diamond stones found here: www.bestsharpeningstones.com/product_details.php?category_name=DMT%20Diamond%20Sharpeners&product_id=186. I bought the set of 3 which contain 300, 600, and 1200 grit stones, and then I finish with a strop that has some buffing compound on it.
Excellent precise work, I bought the Lee Valley blade, a few months ago, will use the video to make the router, do you have the dimensions, please, from Canada.
Thanks! The router is 7.5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 and 5/8 inch thick. Also, if I was going to make this again I wouldn't cut the angles of but keep it a rectangle. There have been times where I can't reference off the piece of wood because I cut off the corners and therefore don't have anything for the router to rest on if that makes sense. The cut off corners give it more style, but hinder functionality. You'll have to let me know how it goes! Good luck!
New to the channel. Love the hand tool use. The use of both hand and machine is how I also do my woodworking. I so need a router plane. I will be building one soon. Thanks so much for the video. This is like ASMR. Sound of wood shaving from chisels and hand planes. Birds chirping in the back ground. Gorgeous finished product.
Thanks! Glad to hear from another "hybrid" woodworker. I do most of my milling with power tools so I can get to the fun part of cutting joinery by hand.
good job
I enjoy watching hand tool work. I am beginning the hobby and want to develop skill within me rather than relying on machinery, Also, I don't want to be enjoying the craft in a haze of sawdust!
Thanks for the videos.
Thank you and welcome to the hobby! Hope it has been a fun experience so far!
Beautiful
Thanks!
Is it my imagination, or does the ryoba saw cut really slow compared to a western saw?
Fun router plane build. Very nice looking tool you ended up with.
Thank you! And yeah, in regards to a ryoba saw I would say it probably cuts slower. An advantage for me with the ryoba is that it got me up and running working with hand tools for a low cost compared to buying a western saw. I think for the price you get a really great multipurpose tool.
@@DaughtersWoodCo I notice you added depth control in later videos. Would you mind showing us your version of what you did?
Great, Great work. Congratulations!! One question: the blade... where did you get it? I have seen allen wrench in other videos.. Do you think that one of them will work good?
Thanks! I got the blade from Lee Valley. It's a 1/4 inch router plane blade that cost around 15 US dollars.
You could use an allen wrench although I've never tried it. It would for sure work if you ground it to the right angle, but I'm not sure how well it hold it's edge. Plane iron's are usually made from a certain hardness of steel that walks a balance of being able to be sharpened easily yet still hold it's edge and stay sharp for awhile. That being said, an allen wrench would work, but you may have to continually keep sharpening it to really work the way you need it to and at that point it may just be better to buy a router plane blade.
Basically, if you are really really trying to save money and have an allen wrench and a bench grinder or some other way to grind an angle then go for it and it'll get the job done! But, if you have somewhere around 20 US dollars and are willing to spend that then I'd suggest just buying a router plane iron.
Hopefully that all makes sense! Good luck if you're trying to build your own router plane!
Wha?t kind of sharpening system do you use for your chisels and plane irons?
I use Ultra Sharp Diamond stones found here: www.bestsharpeningstones.com/product_details.php?category_name=DMT%20Diamond%20Sharpeners&product_id=186. I bought the set of 3 which contain 300, 600, and 1200 grit stones, and then I finish with a strop that has some buffing compound on it.
Excellent precise work, I bought the Lee Valley blade, a few months ago, will use the video to make the router, do you have the dimensions, please, from Canada.
Thanks! The router is 7.5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 1 and 5/8 inch thick. Also, if I was going to make this again I wouldn't cut the angles of but keep it a rectangle. There have been times where I can't reference off the piece of wood because I cut off the corners and therefore don't have anything for the router to rest on if that makes sense. The cut off corners give it more style, but hinder functionality.
You'll have to let me know how it goes! Good luck!
@@DaughtersWoodCo Thanks for the tip, does make sense, enjoying some of your other videos as well.
What router plane blades did you use??
They're from Lee Valley