Al Breed's Favorite Specialty Planes

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[@green_building]

This is real woodworking art of craftmanship

[@jstrano1978]

Great video, nice to see some of these techniques and to document them for future generations.

[@richardgarrow9260]

thanks Ben and thank you Al Breed it was great video. Thank you for sharing..

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

To whom it may concern; give Ben S a raise. Thanks.

[@imortaldeadead]

WoW, some amazing places you have

[@youtbez44]

Outstanding!

[@scottadams2624]

Great video!

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

Very neat & interesting to me, was that Ben's voice at the end?

[@BenStrano]

Carbonite Gamorrean yup

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[@doak4886]

Treasure the craftsmen.

[@TheSMEAC]

No°45 ‘Dado Plane’? I know it’s a combination plane, but he called it a Dado plane and proceeded to cut grooves in drawer sides, he didn’t once cut, pretend to cut, or even show a dado. Did I miss something, I thought dados were across the grain; is a dado just a really old term for what we call grooves and dados?
Disclaimer: Don’t get me wrong, I know the No°45 can cut dados,rabbets, etc and has knickers for doing so. I’ve formerly owned and used a No°45 extensively and sold it because my Veritas Skew Rabbet and my Veritas Small Plow Plane do all I need them to since I cut all my dados and sliding dovetails by hand with a saw, chisel, and router plane; sometimes I’ll use a side rabbet plane to tune a sliding dovetail, but since most all dados and sliding dovetails I cut are stopped/housed, the old fashioned way of a saw up against a batten and then the chisel and router plane is simply faster for me (stopped or through). As for those who will talk about beading, sash, tongue/groove, etc… the quality and variety of profiles I can make with halves and rounds, a snipes bill plane pair, and a few wooden rabbet (skew and straight both depending on cross grain or straight grain) do all of that. Beading/reeding is playing fast with snipes bill and a small halve if really needed, but I’d recommend a new woodworker do those with a homemade scratch stock first any way. Not to mention that most of us know that you’re going to pick up some complex molding planes along the way that can be returned to good workers because they’re included in some lot of tools we bought that had 5-10 vintage planes and we bought the lot specifically for that good looking rabbet or other plane we needed/wanted and got some diamonds that simply needed some TLC. And besides, those cutters for beads/reeds are avail for the small plow plane if someone wants them ,to include T&G’s and you can even cut some huge Rabbets with it too (over 3/4”, but I’m not trying to do a commercial for the Veritas Small Plow Plane, it is just that much better in nearly every regard compared to a No°45). So please don’t think I’m being a prude or exclusive; heck the video is about his favorite ‘specialty planes’ and he actually talks about many of the same planes I’ve mentioned using. Hey, I’m that same guy who also recommends a homemade drawer bottom plane to any beginner over a Combination Plane or even the Veritas Plow as a starting place before buying a plow. The No°45 is a great piece of kit and does a decent job at most things but honestly no single action really well. What I’m really writing the comment for is to understand why he called a dado, what I’d not ever have thought to refer to as a dado refer to a dado? I know I’m not alone on this question.
Cheers 👍

[@tylercarlson1634]

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[@wb_finewoodworking]

Another wonderful shop visit Ben, Thanks.