Thread: A lovely Tutorial of hand planes, But wait till the end WOW.

Thank goodness...the video is someone with time and stake in the craft, and not some jabroni who decided they'd make youtube a "career".

Uncle Jim - Bench Planes - YouTube

Who saw this and never mentioned it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a video called "special planes" or something from kingshott, I guess this must be a different video. Or I just missed it because i've had that video for 15 years or so.

Thanks Matt thats is really good link, and the condition of his tools, is something to behold

His tool box - Uncle Jim - Dovetails - YouTube is also something to behold- and he made that at the start of his career and and at the end he still boast about it..
And he says that all made one like it, as your employment is judged on your tool box.- I have seen a few toolboxes on marketplace and such but never one like that..

Cheers

I did notice, about 2 or 3 weeks ago, that Jim Kingshott's videos had appeared on YouTube. He is just so special, not the least as Jim was one of my inspirations around 25+ years ago. Experience and just a desire to teach, which he does without pretentiousness (unlike the current crop of wannabes, as David similarly remarked ). Plus some absolutely beautiful tools. Just classic stuff. This should be recommended to all who are serious about learning to use hand tools.

Regards from Perth

Derek (a Big Fan)

I still have Jim's videos on video cassette stored away ,have considered sending them to the local men's shed with a VCR that I have.Perhaps now is the time to do it whilst it is foremost in my thoughts.

I had not heard of him but just watched his dovetails video. Head and shoulders above the rest. Saving the hand plane one for a bit later.
Regards
John

Thanks Matt

Such a rarity; someone on boobtube who actually knows what he is doing. Delightful.

Great stuff - watched the plane and dovetail videos on FaceTube this rainy afternoon. Interesting how keen he was on Japanese tools, both chisels and saws.

As for that monster "jointer" plane, what a beast ! If my jointer is a No.8, his must be a No.26 at least?

Everyone it was my pleasure sharing Uncle Jim,

Ye he is so easy too watch an listen too, I was actually impressed with regards too how a plane works using a ream of paper, that was genius.

But the Tools, (Sorry if I’ve spoiled for those haven’t watched it yet).

Not only does Jim have a fantastic collection of Tools, they all look like they just come out of the factory, there pristine, but granted he seems too have inherited a lot, an good on him.

Cheers Matt.

Jim Kingshott passed away in 2001, aged 71 years. (I never heard anyone refer to him as "Uncle Jim" - that must be the current YT poster).

Here is something he built ...






He also made lots of tools, including a complete #51/52 shooting board and plane.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Jim Kingshott passed away in 2001, aged 71 years. (I never heard anyone refer to him as "Uncle Jim" - that must be the current YT poster).

Here is something he built ...






He also made lots of tools, including a complete #51/52 shooting board and plane.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Derek,

When you say a complete #51/52 shooting board and plane, are you meaning “Everything” if so that’s pretty impressive.

Cheers Matt.

Jim Kingshott wrote about the Stanley #51/52 copy he built in his book “Making and Modifying Woodworking Tools”. Plans available .... Now out of print ... a few years ago a copy was selling for $1200! (I have a copy ).




Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by Simplicity

......so for those that are Old an Inpatient just scroll through too the 1 hour mark[emoji849].
Mr Wilkie , you might like the Tool at the one Hour mark.....

Me? Impatient? Yairs, maybe, but not old! Ancient is what some are calling me.....

So you think seeing that monster shooter will provoke an urge in me to make something like it, eh Matt? Well, this is one time I can say "no way in the wide world!" with absolute conviction! The amount of work to make one of those makes me cringe at the thought. Making & fettling tools was a bit of a specialty of Jim's so I've no doubt it works as well as it looks. It's a magnificent thing to behold & that's about all I could do with it these days - put it behind a glass door & just be-hold (not "hold" it!). I'm not sure I'm remembering it correctly, but I think he actually made that plane himself too. Having made two panel planes at half the length of that jointer, I can truly appreciate the effort & the result; it's magnificent....

Derek, the book you refer to that sold for $1200 must have been an original hardback copy, surely? It's available new from Amazon for a mere $146.99 if anyone desperately wants a copy. I don't have a copy myself but have perused a friend's copy thoroughly & it's certainly a useful reference for anyone contemplating making tools to have on hand. However, I think a raw beginner at making metal planes might find it covers a few aspects very lightly, which is inevitable when you cover so much ground in one fairly compact book. Less of a problem for the moderately experienced.

I think we are all smitten by those amazing old traditional toolboxes when we first see them. I certainly was, & resolved instantly to make one for myself. However, a quick reality check said I had not yet acquired anything like the skills that would be required to do it justice, plus a very limited work area & an even more limited tool kit. Then by the time my skills & tools were a little more up to the job, I'd decided a traditional tool chest would not meet my particular needs, and built a very non-traditional cupboard instead. At least it holds the tools in a more conveniently-accessed way - no bending down scrabbling for something in one of those bottom tills! To satisfy the tool-chest urge, I had intended making a miniature "traditional'' chest for the mini tool set I made for my first attempt at the Wootha "tiny treasures" competition, but time was running away fast & I settled for a simpler chest, partly because the theme for that year was "recycle & re-use'' & I had this ancient dark cedar from an old door that I wanted to use, so it became this instead : Toolbox loaded.jpg

I was just looking at it the other day & thinking there are a couple of 'essential' planes missing from the bunch (like a side-filletster, which I'd started on at the time but abandoned as the deadline loomed), but no room to squeeze it in there without major remodelling. So there's a good project fore me when we downsize in a year or two, & Matt, who knows? I might even be tempted to make one of those Kingshott jointers (suitably shrunk) to round out the full complement....

Cheers,

Hypothetically, if I had downloaded a pdf of a scan of Kingshott's book I would be happy to share it with anyone who DMd me seeing as there is no ebook edition and the cost of the physical title is high and it's not currently in print. If I had this hypothetical pdf I imagine I'd also have or be able to find scans of other out of print woodworking books which go for a pretty penny these days if an individual was interested in checking them out... Hypothetically... But being a librarian I would NEVER do something like freely distribute books and information.

Hypothetically, these would only be out of print titles that don't have an ebook version, nothing which is still in print.

Did I say hypothetically enough?

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Originally Posted by Bennykenobi

Hypothetically, if I had downloaded a pdf of a scan of Kingshott's book I would be happy to share it with anyone who DMd me seeing as there is no ebook edition and the cost of the physical title is high and it's not currently in print. If I had this hypothetical pdf I imagine I'd also have or be able to find scans of other out of print woodworking books which go for a pretty penny these days if an individual was interested in checking them out... Hypothetically... But being a librarian I would NEVER do something like freely distribute books and information.

Hypothetically, these would only be out of print titles that don't have an ebook version, nothing which is still in print.

Did I say hypothetically enough?

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I am no expert as you are, but the book is still copyright and will be for another 30+ years. If anyone would seek to hypothetically break that, especially a professional such as a librarian then they're a hypothetical scumbag.