I just picked up a compete 45 and was looking for something to try it out with. Looks like this is the perfect trial run for it. Great work Wright!!! Love your videos! Thank you!!
My Lewin combo plane just arrived today, in its original box that looks like these. One thing it also had was two little lengths of wood nailed to the insides, with little notches in them so that the plane sits level inside the box, on its bars. Could be a simple addition to these, or future boxes.
Nice piece of work! I am lucky enough to have a complete 55 and almost complete set of cutters so I will definitely be putting into a box I hope is as nice as yours!
Sweet!!! I wanna buy the LV combi plane so I can build a box for it 😂 jokes aside, I bought the small one, box makers plane I believe for making drawer bottoms. Quarter inch material! That seems awfully slim, good way to reduce weight I suppose. I now understand why you use the splines, a dovetail would probably crack this slim.
Your wood working skills are terrific. Beautiful of boxes. One thing puzzles me. Why are the boxes so deep? They look to be about three inches deeper than you need.
James, I’m a subscriber and have enjoyed your work since you started up. I’m a hand tool worker too. Your ideas and inspirations have been enjoyable and encouraging. Thank you!
You give me some ideas. Im looking to make a wood box for each of my hand planes to avoid rust. Considering put some camphor and gel silica in the bottom
Hi James ! I've looked just before your planes till video. Et voilà ! Just an other great BIG BLUE THUMB from France ! YOU made me feel the ''taste'' of hand woodworking with your sharing ! So I've bought an old used and very cheap jointer Stanley n°5.... And a Record n°5 similar state as a scrubplane... And finally I marvelous William Sheffield n°4 smOOthing plane.... All square and deadly sharpened !!! 😮😱😱 And I made breathe '' à nouveau '' old saws and chisels of a disappeared uncle ! It's a real pleasure to '' handwork '' and it's '' thanks to '' ( 🤔🤔 ? Sorry for my english ! 😅😁😇 ) you and your videos and THE producer behind the scenes and the desk ! 😉 ( 😱🙄🙄 I said BEHIND the desk !!! 🙃🤗😃😆🤣🤣🤣 ) Thank you for sharing the truth and your love for... Oak !!! 😁
Your new work bench build series came up in my feed a few days ago and I've been hooked ever since. Amazing craftsmanship in the spirit of my other favorite woodworking mentor, Paul Sellers. SUBBED!
Great job James! You always make the best content! I’m getting deep into hand tool woodworking and you and Paul are about the only two all hand tool guys I know! I love the content! We need more of your in depth/detailed videos! Keep it up brother!
You have been an inspiration to me to restore and use my old planes I just got a stanley 27 1/2 wood base in working condition again. I enjoy each one of your videos, keep up the great work.
+GuysWoodshop thanks. It was a detail I just could not pass up. I just wish the video footage would have saved. Oh well there will be more carving the future
Just bought a 45 and will definitely be making a box for it. Too many pieces that can get lost. I have lots of wide pine boards that will do nicely. Maybe a walnut or mahogany top.
Hi James , these boxes look beautiful , I'm sure John will be proud to own them!!.. I've been subscribed to your Chanel for a while now and I'm really starting to enjoy using my hand tools more and more as a result, I am going to try carving on some projects too, thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work!!.. Regards Trev
+Wood By Wright hi James I would be pleased to send you a few pics 😃 Do you have an email address I could send them to as I don't do facebook , twitter ! Thanks , Trev
+billfromelma thanks. That's one of the reasons why I love shellac it really makes the colors and the grain come out especially if there's any reversing grain and get a bit of a glow.
Great boxes, and I love the sliding lid. One question though...or perhaps a comment. With shellac you don't need to sand between applications. Applying shellac with denatured alchohol doesn't create layers and grooves like other finishes, but actually melts into the application beneath. If you put on 5 applications of shellac, you still only have one layer...it's just the final finish that should be sanded.
+Michael Parker thanks. I have found that I still get a softer finish with a few swipes of paper just to nock down points. But it might just be my weard feel for it.
I don't know for sure. As these ones I gave to my friend. However, several others that I've made very similarly have been holding together perfectly fine.
Very nice looking build I wants to make one for my 45 plane Thanks for information I think that size is 8*6*6 inches If not then mentioned what will be?
did you need to use a kerfing plane to guide the saw when resawing? just made a frame saw and wondered if i will need to make a kerfing plane as well. It's about time I made a decent box for my Stanley combo plane!! Great video.
I used to use the curving plane. But once my sewing skills got to the point that I could accurately follow a line there was no need for it. The curving plane takes a lot more time to use but it does help a little bit if your saw skill isn't up to snuff.
Cool project. Building them a new home. Maybe you could sandwich the thin boards between two thicker boards in the vice for support with the sawing and drilling? Was also wondering if it's possible to do a stop dato with the plane for the lid and botom for when you're not using a miter corner but a box or dovetail joint? Cool project and am just going through your videos to get caught up. Can't wait anymore, lol. Have a great day :-)
YOu could Sandwich them. but I find it quicker to just be ginger with it. it is actually a good practous to force you from not putting so much pressure on the saw. the 45 and 55 will not do stop dados very easily as the scate sticks out about 2.5" in front of the blade. you can for it but you have to first hand cut out that 2.5" with a chisel
+Wood By Wright it just seemed hard with that much unsupported sticking above the vice. Was afraid it would snap. But that might be because I'm used to either dull or hardened (unshapenable) rough saws :-) is it possible to make a wooden stop dato plane (snub nose?) or do you need a metal body for that?
Also the camera always makes things look like they are flexing far more then they are. but yes a sharp saw is key. Sure you could the issue is the nickers to make a stop dado plane of any kind you have to have the nickers running in front of the blade. so usually you still have to chisel out some wood but it is often only 1/2" or so to give the nickers a place to stop.
+Wood By Wright didn't you say in the review that the router plane had a fence? So I guess you could use something like that if you'd be to lazy to chissel. But you might need to make knife walls... I might just be looking for trouble. Need to shapen my tools and do some work. Should start by unpacking those waterstones I guess, haha.
Those turned out great love the thin splines. I have a question about the steel wool and paste wax. I have never seen anyone apply wax using steel wool. Does it polish and wax at the same time? Also do you finish buffing it out with a rag? Thanks.
+Dan The Maker Man it polishes and a plus wax at the same time and allows me to put on a thinner coat. Then I will come back k in 20-30 minutes later and buff it off with a rag.
James: Have you ever seen a technique for hand planing the edges of each box side at 45° to create mitered corners? I cannot figure out how to hold the wood and consistently plane to 45°. PS: We (read 'I') am still hoping you make a few dedicated videos on these types of boxes. It is what I have been trying to make lately with less than optimal success. Thanks.
+Bruce Brachman you can do it by making a jig called donkey ears. It is like a shooting board but it holds the plane at 45 degrees. It is on my list to make but as with everything that list is extremely long
I completely understand the list. Mine is long also but not a intricate as yours. I am making a box for my plough plane. Donkey ears. I will search for it. Thanks for the name though. Can't search unless you know what you are searching for. Like looking up a word in the dictionary that you cannot spell. Never understood that one....
James: I just found this video and wonder if you could do an entire video on making a small box. (a little more detail on the corner joints) This is what I want to do and this video was a little skimpy on the corner joints. New to woodworking, I am unsure of how you did the half lap joints (is this correct?) on the corners. The bottom I understand. There are very few videos that show small box (with thin wood) made with finger joints or complicated power tools. I am sticking to hand tools. Butt joints are out. I guess I have to find a rabbet plane somewhere. Is this a possibility?
I have a couple boxes on my list. hopefully later this fall. this joint is slightly better than a box joint but the splines make it much stronger. if you can find an old moving fillister plane that would make your rabbits very easily. there was a guy selling a few of them at the MWTCA meet I was just at for $40 each I snagged one and will be making a video on it soon.
+Wood By Wright Thanks by chance is there a manufacturer name stamp mark on them if I can't find some heads with the bars like this I am considering making my own out of wood with wood screws or just acme rod epoxied into the head thanks again.
Just did this job for my 45. I used 1/2 inch stock though, just felt it would be more durable and it looked appropriate. The boxes you made are beautiful but it look flimsy. Did it tighten up when it was all put together?
+donny carter thanks. I find it easer to flatten and smoth after glue up so that I do not have to work too much about perfict line up in glue up. That is more a power tools problem because a full pannel will not fit through a planner. And with hand tools it is easer to flatten a pannel then individual boards.
Yay! You're a Cheesehead ;p When cutting the rebate (rabbet ;) ) across the grain, how do you stop the spur cutting a groove into the with grain groove? I end up with a pair of lines like the corner of a tennis court on my all round lid rabbets.
The boxes came out beautiful really like the carvings on the boxes. I have been looking and finding complete 45 and 55's and they generally are asking for $150.00 to 200. Is this a fair price they seem to be in excellent shape. Just wondering thank you for the help
I would love to get that for you but I don't have the boxes to get that for you. I did not make plans. I just mesured the tools and made them big enough so you did not have to take it apart to fit in. The divider has enough space to fit the cutter trays.
Was cool seeing you with the Steelers shirt on! 6:20
Lol
I'm getting ready to make a box for my 45 that I'm near finishing refurbishing. Watching you on this journey was a joy! Thanks.
I just picked up a compete 45 and was looking for something to try it out with. Looks like this is the perfect trial run for it. Great work Wright!!! Love your videos! Thank you!!
Nice job on the boxes!
I bought a Stanley 45 back a number of years and the joiner who owned it had made a box and used an old belt to secure the lid and as a tote handle.
Nice!
Nice job on these! I recently obtained a 45 and will use your video as my pattern. Well done!
My wife said last night, "Now you have to make a box for your Stanley 45." haha. I didn't realize I would find a video on it today. Thanks James.
Lol that was a fun one.
My Lewin combo plane just arrived today, in its original box that looks like these. One thing it also had was two little lengths of wood nailed to the insides, with little notches in them so that the plane sits level inside the box, on its bars. Could be a simple addition to these, or future boxes.
Nice piece of work! I am lucky enough to have a complete 55 and almost complete set of cutters so I will definitely be putting into a box I hope is as nice as yours!
Nice. I love making things for the tools I love!
Sweet!!! I wanna buy the LV combi plane so I can build a box for it 😂
jokes aside, I bought the small one, box makers plane I believe for making drawer bottoms.
Quarter inch material! That seems awfully slim, good way to reduce weight I suppose. I now understand why you use the splines, a dovetail would probably crack this slim.
Surprisingly some of the original boxes were even thinner.
Your wood working skills are terrific. Beautiful of boxes. One thing puzzles me. Why are the boxes so deep? They look to be about three inches deeper than you need.
They are deep enough so you can put the plane in without taking it apart. The lid closes and it's only about a half inch above the top of the handle.
@@WoodByWright Thanks I thought that should be the case. The camera angle was deceptive.
Really nice. I'm sure he will like them.
+steve walker he sure did. Thanks.
James, I’m a subscriber and have enjoyed your work since you started up. I’m a hand tool worker too. Your ideas and inspirations have been enjoyable and encouraging. Thank you!
Nice work. Great example of making your own stock. Looks like all the wood was resawed including the splines.
+The Ta Da! Show . I am doing a lot of resawing recently and yes every piece in this box was Resawn at one time or another
Beautiful boxes James, I sure he will cherish for many years. Thumbs up.
+OG Timbercraft thanks. I had fun delivering them. They should look good on any shelf.
You give me some ideas. Im looking to make a wood box for each of my hand planes to avoid rust. Considering put some camphor and gel silica in the bottom
That is one of the best ways. Good luck!
Hi James !
I've looked just before your planes till video.
Et voilà ! Just an other great BIG BLUE THUMB from France ! YOU made me feel the ''taste'' of hand woodworking with your sharing ! So I've bought an old used and very cheap jointer Stanley n°5.... And a Record n°5 similar state as a scrubplane... And finally I marvelous William Sheffield n°4 smOOthing plane.... All square and deadly sharpened !!! 😮😱😱 And I made breathe '' à nouveau '' old saws and chisels of a disappeared uncle ! It's a real pleasure to '' handwork '' and it's '' thanks to '' ( 🤔🤔 ? Sorry for my english ! 😅😁😇 ) you and your videos and THE producer behind the scenes and the desk ! 😉 ( 😱🙄🙄 I said BEHIND the desk !!! 🙃🤗😃😆🤣🤣🤣 )
Thank you for sharing the truth and your love for... Oak !!! 😁
Thank you Benjamin. That means more then I can say.
Holy crap, those are beautiful.
+ComandanteJ thank you. I had a lot of fun making them and apparently John likes them too so I guess that's what matters.
Boxes look very nice James! Thank you.
thanks Robert!
Your new work bench build series came up in my feed a few days ago and I've been hooked ever since. Amazing craftsmanship in the spirit of my other favorite woodworking mentor, Paul Sellers. SUBBED!
thanks man! that means a lot. that is great company to be with!
Omg those are so nice. your work and projects get better and better every week James keep it up
+Opa's Workshop thanks. I try.
Awesome job James, major envy here over the 55. Do want!!
thanks it is one of the gems in my shop now. love it.
What’s the “cam rest” accessory for?
The big moon shaped metal piece that goes in front/between the skates… I see it in some listings.
You put that on the rod near the fence when you are cutting a long ways into a board to keep the plane level.
Great job James! You always make the best content! I’m getting deep into hand tool woodworking and you and Paul are about the only two all hand tool guys I know! I love the content! We need more of your in depth/detailed videos! Keep it up brother!
Thanks man.you are really digging way back on that one!
Awesome work James,John will love them!he is a cool guy!
+BCdesign sure is. I was glad to finaly meet him the other day. Had a fun time all around.
You have been an inspiration to me to restore and use my old planes I just got a stanley 27 1/2 wood base in working condition again. I enjoy each one of your videos, keep up the great work.
+Brian Fitzgerald fantastic! Thanks for the great complement. Live seeing old tools come back to life.
Boxes look great James! I like the carvings on the side with the number of plane.
+GuysWoodshop thanks. It was a detail I just could not pass up. I just wish the video footage would have saved. Oh well there will be more carving the future
Just bought a 45 and will definitely be making a box for it. Too many pieces that can get lost. I have lots of wide pine boards that will do nicely. Maybe a walnut or mahogany top.
Hi James , these boxes look beautiful , I'm sure John will be proud to own them!!..
I've been subscribed to your Chanel for a while now and I'm really starting to enjoy using my hand tools more and more as a result, I am going to try carving on some projects too, thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work!!.. Regards Trev
+Trev Sutton that is cool thanks for the awsome note! I would love to see what you do.
+Wood By Wright hi James I would be pleased to send you a few pics 😃 Do you have an email address I could send them to as I don't do facebook , twitter ! Thanks , Trev
It is nice that they help building their own box! :) great resutl!
+Cactus! workshop I thought that was a fun tuch
Hey James, those came out really neat! I really like the carving, and the numbers. That finish really makes the grain pop! Great job!
+billfromelma thanks. That's one of the reasons why I love shellac it really makes the colors and the grain come out especially if there's any reversing grain and get a bit of a glow.
You could be entirely silent and we'd still learn an insane amount of stuff from just watching you work. Beautiful boxes, cheers!
Excellent work my friend, they look great...!
Cheers...
+Adam Quincey thanks. They were fun to make.
Another great build, you make it look easy.
+DesertBum WoodWork'n thanks. It really is not that dificult if you break it down to its parts.
awesome! would love to see more box making vids with hand tools!
+riskmandel1 there will be more comming up. Is there any particular style you want to see? Thanks.
all kinds, really. Particularly interested in the types of boxes where you make the box and then saw off the top.
beautiful!!! just wow
+The WoodWorking Junkie thanks man. I was thinking of carving batman or superman in the top.
Wood By Wright WHY DIDNT YOU!!!
great project i need to do this!
+Evan Dunville thanks. I would love to see what you make!
Beautiful boxes and a great video to watch, thanks
+Claterpult Workshop thanks. They were alot of fun to make.
+Claterpult Workshop thanks. They were alot of fun to make.
They deserved some nice boxes, good job!
+Daniel Solowiej he sure dose. Thanks.
beautiful boxes! great attention to detail and I like how your use of sharp hand tools requires little to no sanding before finishing
+Vintage Wood Workshop thanks. Usually the only time I sand is between coats of finish. I can not stand sanding.
Great boxes, and I love the sliding lid. One question though...or perhaps a comment. With shellac you don't need to sand between applications. Applying shellac with denatured alchohol doesn't create layers and grooves like other finishes, but actually melts into the application beneath. If you put on 5 applications of shellac, you still only have one layer...it's just the final finish that should be sanded.
+Michael Parker thanks. I have found that I still get a softer finish with a few swipes of paper just to nock down points. But it might just be my weard feel for it.
Dang! Where does one find a saw like that one?
Which saw?
How have these boxes held up over these years? Did 1/4" turn out to be stout enough? They look great!
I don't know for sure. As these ones I gave to my friend. However, several others that I've made very similarly have been holding together perfectly fine.
Your carving is beautiful
Without carving tool is less worth in looking
Do you happen to know the going rate for a 45 with the all the original stuff as well as the original box, all in like new condition? Thank you
Currently in the MWTCA it would be $120-$250. if you go out to California you might be able to get $500
@@WoodByWright thank you! I was looking at one on ebay now for 400. I had to spend more than that on my truck today, so it's gonna have to wait. :0(
JAMES - what were the general dimensions? I like what you’ve done here and this would be a great storage for my 45 and it’s cutters. Thanks.
I do not remember. I just mesured my 45 and based it off of that.
Very nice looking build
I wants to make one for my 45 plane
Thanks for information
I think that size is 8*6*6 inches
If not then mentioned what will be?
did you need to use a kerfing plane to guide the saw when resawing? just made a frame saw and wondered if i will need to make a kerfing plane as well. It's about time I made a decent box for my Stanley combo plane!! Great video.
I used to use the curving plane. But once my sewing skills got to the point that I could accurately follow a line there was no need for it. The curving plane takes a lot more time to use but it does help a little bit if your saw skill isn't up to snuff.
Cool project. Building them a new home.
Maybe you could sandwich the thin boards between two thicker boards in the vice for support with the sawing and drilling?
Was also wondering if it's possible to do a stop dato with the plane for the lid and botom for when you're not using a miter corner but a box or dovetail joint?
Cool project and am just going through your videos to get caught up. Can't wait anymore, lol.
Have a great day :-)
YOu could Sandwich them. but I find it quicker to just be ginger with it. it is actually a good practous to force you from not putting so much pressure on the saw.
the 45 and 55 will not do stop dados very easily as the scate sticks out about 2.5" in front of the blade. you can for it but you have to first hand cut out that 2.5" with a chisel
+Wood By Wright it just seemed hard with that much unsupported sticking above the vice. Was afraid it would snap. But that might be because I'm used to either dull or hardened (unshapenable) rough saws :-)
is it possible to make a wooden stop dato plane (snub nose?) or do you need a metal body for that?
Also the camera always makes things look like they are flexing far more then they are. but yes a sharp saw is key.
Sure you could the issue is the nickers to make a stop dado plane of any kind you have to have the nickers running in front of the blade. so usually you still have to chisel out some wood but it is often only 1/2" or so to give the nickers a place to stop.
+Wood By Wright didn't you say in the review that the router plane had a fence? So I guess you could use something like that if you'd be to lazy to chissel. But you might need to make knife walls...
I might just be looking for trouble. Need to shapen my tools and do some work. Should start by unpacking those waterstones I guess, haha.
ya with knife cuts as the nicker the router plane would do it nicely.
Those turned out great love the thin splines. I have a question about the steel wool and paste wax. I have never seen anyone apply wax using steel wool. Does it polish and wax at the same time? Also do you finish buffing it out with a rag? Thanks.
+Dan The Maker Man it polishes and a plus wax at the same time and allows me to put on a thinner coat. Then I will come back k in 20-30 minutes later and buff it off with a rag.
James: Have you ever seen a technique for hand planing the edges of each box side at 45° to create mitered corners? I cannot figure out how to hold the wood and consistently plane to 45°. PS: We (read 'I') am still hoping you make a few dedicated videos on these types of boxes. It is what I have been trying to make lately with less than optimal success. Thanks.
+Bruce Brachman you can do it by making a jig called donkey ears. It is like a shooting board but it holds the plane at 45 degrees. It is on my list to make but as with everything that list is extremely long
I completely understand the list. Mine is long also but not a intricate as yours. I am making a box for my plough plane. Donkey ears. I will search for it. Thanks for the name though. Can't search unless you know what you are searching for. Like looking up a word in the dictionary that you cannot spell. Never understood that one....
LOL yup!
Beautiful man. I really enjoyed this one. I'm really into boxes now ;-)
+Simple DIYr sweet. Looking forward to seeing your box builds. There are so many ways to do it. Makes it fun each time.
James: I just found this video and wonder if you could do an entire video on making a small box. (a little more detail on the corner joints) This is what I want to do and this video was a little skimpy on the corner joints. New to woodworking, I am unsure of how you did the half lap joints (is this correct?) on the corners. The bottom I understand. There are very few videos that show small box (with thin wood) made with finger joints or complicated power tools. I am sticking to hand tools. Butt joints are out. I guess I have to find a rabbet plane somewhere. Is this a possibility?
I have a couple boxes on my list. hopefully later this fall. this joint is slightly better than a box joint but the splines make it much stronger. if you can find an old moving fillister plane that would make your rabbits very easily. there was a guy selling a few of them at the MWTCA meet I was just at for $40 each I snagged one and will be making a video on it soon.
Where did you get your clamps I like the option to just have different lengths and switch the parts out?
+disneytodd777 I picked most of them up at garage sales on Craigslist can I clean them up I don't find them very often but when I do I grab them.
+Wood By Wright
Thanks by chance is there a manufacturer name stamp mark on them if I can't find some heads with the bars like this I am considering making my own out of wood with wood screws or just acme rod epoxied into the head thanks again.
There are no markings on any of them and only a couple of them are the same. I am actually going to be making some wooden screw clamps here soon.
Just did this job for my 45. I used 1/2 inch stock though, just felt it would be more durable and it looked appropriate. The boxes you made are beautiful but it look flimsy. Did it tighten up when it was all put together?
They are actualy really solid. And still working well almost 2 years later.
The boxes are beautiful James! I really like the splines! Did you flatten any of the board faces before glueing up the panel?
+donny carter thanks. I find it easer to flatten and smoth after glue up so that I do not have to work too much about perfict line up in glue up. That is more a power tools problem because a full pannel will not fit through a planner. And with hand tools it is easer to flatten a pannel then individual boards.
+Wood By Wright cool, makes sense! Thanks!
Nice job! Now you just need some reproduction labels for the two boxes and you are all set!
Lol yup. I thought about that. Maybe next time.
Those are awesome They look like you put a lot of effort into them. I would really like to win the 45 in the Handtool build of.👍👍
+Not only Wood YOU might. We will have to wait and see
Yay! You're a Cheesehead ;p
When cutting the rebate (rabbet ;) ) across the grain, how do you stop the spur cutting a groove into the with grain groove? I end up with a pair of lines like the corner of a tennis court on my all round lid rabbets.
sorry I do not understand the question. feel free to send me an email and I would be glad to look at some pictures. sorry!
The boxes came out beautiful really like the carvings on the boxes. I have been looking and finding complete 45 and 55's and they generally are asking for $150.00 to 200. Is this a fair price they seem to be in excellent shape. Just wondering thank you for the help
+Thom spillane thank you. For a #55 that is a great price. For a #45 that is in great condition with a box $150 would be fair.
+Wood By Wright thank you so much for the information I really appreciate your help
+Thom spillane any time. glad I could help.
I would love to know the dimensions of the boxes and how you organized the tools inside. Thank you.
I would love to get that for you but I don't have the boxes to get that for you. I did not make plans. I just mesured the tools and made them big enough so you did not have to take it apart to fit in. The divider has enough space to fit the cutter trays.
What are those stanley 45 55
+Jacob Kohnke I used both the Stanley 45 and 55 to make it just for the fun of it. I did a few videos recently on them. Just really fun tools.
do you have a 46?
+Bare-Foot WoodWorking I do not. It is on my list but have not had one that yet.
I am handtool woodworker
I will definitely build for my Anant A45 combination plane which is replica of Stanley 45
I live in India
Looks great ... I'm definitely going to make this. How did you hold down that thin stock while planing? Double-sided tape?
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