Tuning cheap adjust block plane( $ 15 )
Tuning cheap adjust block plane( $ 15 )
I bought block plane here,
www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-6-25-in-Adjustable-Block-Plane/4777021
Tuning cheap adjust block plane( $ 15 )
I bought block plane here,
www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-6-25-in-Adjustable-Block-Plane/4777021
Most people would say that feeler gauge is not useful for woodworking. 🙂
Most people would say that feeler gauge is not useful for woodworking. 🙂
This is what YouTube is meant for.
Very helpful video, you made a new plain completely different and priceless now, thank you 🙏
Not all heros wear cape, thank you sir!
Greetings from Brazil!
I have this plane and it’s horrible. Now I know how to fix it or at least make it work. Thanks!
Just watched your video for the second time, I just wanted to note that someone’s been paying attention either to lack of sales or some of these type reviews I bought one today and it only took me about 10 minutes to flatten the bottom and the lever cap using 120 then 500 by hand, it sure seems to me that either they tightened up the tolerances or mine was produced shortly after re calibrating the machinery, thanks for your tips savings purchasing this over a Lie Nielsen or such can go to materials or needed tools.
Another YT mute. Thought I’d learn something. Oh well
Brillant, a video that will help me. Thankyou. Regards Louie U.K
Maybe if Kobalt cared enough about their customers. They would put out products as good as what this plane was, after all the hard work you put into it.
@Young Je
I thought I was bad fixing cheap stuff out of the box, but I don’t think I can carry your bags when it comes to this. Nice work. That is a $500 block plane now.
This video deserves million views.
belinya dimana itu?🙏
Wow
Excelente video e información desde México saludos y gracias por el conocimiento
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Bravo! I enjoyed this tremendously. Thank you.
Better lighting or subtitles when showing the feeler gauge. No clue what size you were measuring
Plus labor cost, this planer almost over $200
Where did you get that huge whetstone? That thing is amazing!
kobalt planes: 60% paint, 40% spoon
I came across this video just passing time and actually have that same Kobalt plane and when I saw what you could actually do with it….well, there go my evening……I’ll be heading down to my shop room to start my own work on tuning it up as close to what you did (hopefully) and if I get even in the ball park….that little blue hunk of import might just become my newest favorite toy in the shop…..
Congrats! You have got your own Veritas-like plane block plane.Tks for sharing!
I have that exact same plane. It does not work as well as yours.
So much work to make it decent. I have had to spend many hours on my stanley plane too, though nothing compared to all the poor parts of this block plane. I just had a Groz block plane arrive for use in our school workshop, much the same junk as this one you worked on. I doubt I have the time to invest to make it half decent though.
Thanks for sharing the video.
Wow I just bought one and wondered why it was so crappy. Can you tune mine lol!
All of this work and he doesn’t even oil or grease the components.
Lubrication. Friction. They exist.
Scratches on the surface of the sole is for grabbing onto the wax, or added grip for your fingers.
Thank you for this video. I just bought the other plane from the same company. I knew it would need work and this video helps a lot since you used the same brand. Thank you!
Yep belt sander is a must lol.
It’s inspiring to see a man understand and improve the workings of a tool. It’s becoming a rare thing in today’s consumer society. Well done, much respect!
Excellent work of adjustment and tuning of a tool that due to its importance, must be as accurate as possible. Just an observation that with sadness and anger I have noticed in many teachers who here, show us the beauty of a trade, but forget that he is due respect. And I mean appearing on video with lessons, but in clothing that does not show safety at all, much less respect. aIn addition to those disastrous sandals or huaraches that in addition to horrifying and typical of women, they would not help anything in the event of an accident. greetings and thanks for the lesson
Question, I was inspired by this video to get into some carpentry. I’m a beginner. I bought a cheap jack plane and the blade is actually wonky! There’s an angle on the blade and it’s not straight… I thought about filing it back with a file but I should say I think I need a bench grinder or belt sander….?
Thank you for your help and time, I will follow your instructions tune my plane as well. 🙏🏼😱
In China most products are very cheap because of no quality products
Different wood on the second try lol
Nice job, nice shavings. Are the sides square to the base?
Cheap tools are more often than not just not had the time and effort to get them to work properly and that’s what you pay for with the good things in life . The last 10% is what cost the money
Very nice. I see from watching your video I still need to do more work on mine. Mine was so bad that the blade’s cutting edge was not square to the side of the blade. It was way off. Once I trued the blade and sharpened it, my shavings were still thicker on one side than the other side. I used a micrometer to check my shavings. One side was .010" think and the other side was .016" of an inch. My board was only 3/4" wide. I had to take mine all apart and use a die grinder to actually grind down the planer’s body where the blade rested.
The best use for mine is to just cut away wood on some really bad spots that you can feel by hand that are high. I would never use this tool for build professional furniture. I’ll have to go back and do even more work on it too see how much I can improve on it.
Thanks for the informative video.
Barry
What is the quality of the iron,,,, wonder how long it will hold an edge?
The hard part was extracting it from the packaging…hate that
Nice! These methods should work on older neglected good planes too.
great job sir
https://youtu.be/0zAFt7wTga4
I’m from Indonesia, if you want to buy something like that, how do you do it?
La madera de inicio no es la madera del final, la primera es mas dura…
Must be Chinese products ?
Simply amazing. Thanks 👍
NO wounder mine was taking chunks out of my wood lol
Well done but I don’t see how price affects the assembly procedure. Did deburring things improve performance? Maybe leaving all the burrs on is how it was available to us for 15 usd?
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