I'm 35 and i wish more people my age and younger took more interest in working with their hands but i guess i was lucky enough to of had a step dad that was a carpenter and took time to show me a couple things. Great video

The lapping compound used between the sole and frog was a first for me.

I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been binge watching. Still got a few to go to get them all watched. I like your teaching style so keep the videos coming. I've cleaned up a few planes myself but have never seen the shellac trick. Looks great!

Great job. I've watched this video before and I just watched it again. Great point about the chip breaker. 👍😎🤠🇺🇸

I greatly enjoyed your detailed explanations.  The slight back bevel on chip breakers is so insightful!  Thank you!

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Great restoration, it takes a lovely shavings. 👍

Good morning 🌅, Looks very interesting, I do the same process, thank you for sharing,

Great video, thank you. LIke some of the comments below, the attention paid to the frog seat and the chip breaker angle was welcome. Very rarely addressed on other videos, and in my opinion completely necessary for good functioning. I restore tools (mainly my Dads and Grandads) to use them, not so they look nice although that of course is very satisfying. Attention to detail enough to make me subscribe. Thank you

Excellent! Great presentation and nice voice. I’ve done this a lot(too much!) and still learned a lot! I’m going to try the shellac as that’s definitely a new one. Thanks!

Beautiful work sir.   Really a great thing to spend the time carefully restoring these classic tools.   Good for a hundred years if taken care of.

Great video! The shellac on the painted metal looks wonderful! Is that just a single coat too?

When im sharpening or cleaning up hand tools. I like to use a marker on the blade. It helps to see where its being sharpened, and where it needs more sharpening.

I like this video!! It had a lot of good info and a good pace. I also like the tip on shellac. Do you think a paste wax would have a similar effect?

It's wonderful to see a neglected tool returned to its glory.    Shellac on the japanning is a great idea, thank you!  I have a No. 7 that I want to use, however, the sole is cupped so that the heel and toe are high on the ends leaving a rather large gap in the middle when the sole is flat on a surface.  I don't know what happened to the sole in its past, but I'm afraid I would have to remove too much metal on the ends to make it usable.  Right now it leaves a nice smooth hump along the length of a board, not ideal for jointing.  As usual, I digress, thank you for sharing.

The back side of the cap irons of the No 10, 11 s were "blued" (heat treated) which tends to go black over time. Side note, if you clean rust with muriatic acids the blueing will also be removed.

Has it ever happened to you—and how do you fix it—that the chipbreaker causes the cutting blade to bow upwards, preventing it from sitting flat against the frog?

Does anyone attempt to make missing parts at the component level?

If minor issues with the frog flatness are present, you might want to go by your local automotive machine shop and see if they will part with some lapping compound for lapping valves to their seats. Either way, cleaning before final reassembly is just a good practice for a restoration.

Your observation regarding the metal file not being straight and hitting differently depending on the side: good metal files are supposed to be like that. Learned this in blacksmiths school many years ago.