Building a Kerfing Plane for Easy Resawing by Hand
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Finally got around to building a Kerfing Plane. The tool is used to run a kerf around stock to serve as a guide while resawing lumber. The plane is made from Quartersawn Oak and uses the hardware kit from Bad Axe Tool Works. 12 page plans including detailed instruction, templates, and measurements are available on my website.
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Another expertly done video by a master. No obnoxious public domain music, just the sound of hand tools cutting wood. This man is true to himself.
Thanks, Paul. It’s good to be posting videos again. Cheers!
Yours is one of the most under appreciated channels on all of utube.
I appreciate that. Would love to focus on the channel full time. One day.
For a fully immersive experience, I would recommend dubbing in a few more grunts and groans that typically accompany an aging man conducting this sort of manual labor
Great! A woodworking video without music!
Welcome back. I'm happy I'm not the only one waited and concerned you. Please keep going.
Thanks so much for sticking around. Hoping to have more videos soon. I appreciate the continued support. cheers!
among the best on the internet, silent, competent, thoughtful and deliberate craftsmanship ==> a great pleasure to watch and absorb
Whelp, that only took me 8 months… Glad to be back!
What a great video...no annoying background music just beautiful bird song and the sound of hand tools through wood. Ten thumbs up!
Thanks so much! i was feeling a little rusty editing this video. Glad it resonated with you. Cheers!
Happy to see you back in the shop (and by that I mean on UA-cam). Nice video!
Thanks, Lex. Glad to be back!
@@NicTaylorWoodworking From your first videos I was very impressed (and jealous) of your toolkit. All high end tools and the full compliment. Did you work up to this kit, or was it gifted? Also, what's your background with woodworking? It is something you've done since you were young, had formal or informal training? My dad is a woodworker and carpenter but I'm the youngest of 5 sons so I didn't get any of his tools ;)
I started woodworking in college, about 7 years ago. The main reason I started with handtools is that I didn’t want to invest in large machines when I was living in rental houses and apartments. I have no formal training, I just do a lot of research in my spare time.
As for the tools, I started very basic. Found an old Stanley no 5 plane on ebay for $30, and spent some time restoring that. I used budget chisels and cheap stuff from the big box store. I learned quickly that low quality tools make woodworking very difficult. So, I only made projects with the tools I had. It was years before i got a plow plane or a rabbet plane. For years I only used a single 1/4” chisel from Lie Nielsen. I wanted to buy good tools that would last, but resist the urge to buy tools I don't need.
Once I knew woodworking was something I would stick with, I allowed myself to fill out my tool kit. I got a few more chisels, got a smoothing plane, and found a jointer plane for $40 at a local antique shop. Basically, build up slowly. Get some tools gifted from family/friends when you can. Don’t underestimate how many things you can build with a very basic set of tools. Hope that helps!
I'm always in awe of such skill, specially chopping cross grain with a decent sharp chisel. I still have lots to learn.
I love your kerfing plane. I am building one right now with a fixed cut thickness for cut for sheets to inlay. But the next thing I think I will build is one with a moveable fence much like yours. Nice design.
Me: I love these contemplative style of maker videos. I feel so relaxed listening to sounds of wood working and birds in the trees.
Also me: I can SMELL this video.
I’m trying really hard to think of a funny response, but I’ve got nothing…
Hope y’all have a blast in Australia!
There's a really good use to the kerfing plane. Fill the groove it cuts with beewax or a slightly viscous oil. This way when you start sawing the saw will glide through the cut and remain lubricated throughout the entire board.
Huge time saver for the hand tool wood workers.
Nic! come back! We need more of your videos!
What a joy to watch you work, with the birdsong in the background. ASMR at its best! Now, I don't need a kerfing plane, but boy, do I want one 🙂
Very nice! Found you through Sampson link.
Great to have you back!
Glad to be back!
Clever, that is a very nice way of solving a wondering rip cut by hand. 👍👍
Nic. Peaceful video. Thank you so much for sharing. I could see myself there. What a gift.
Dude! I thought we'd lost you! Great to see you back! Damn fine work, as usual.
Thanks! Glad y’all are still around too. Hopeful to have more regular videos from now on. Cheers!
Nicely done! Thank you for sharing.
Welcome back Nic! I have been looking forward to next video and you did not disappoint. You are doing work and I look forward to the next video!
Agree.
Thanks, John! Glad to be posting again.
Wow, Beautifully done.
Great to see you Nic!!
Glad to be back!
Welcome back Nic, it's been a long wait for us! The quality of your videos is always top notch. Superb camera work, audio and editing. Obviously no need to comment on your woodworking skills! The only thing that could have improved this one would have been some gentle rain on the roof while you worked! Brilliant.
Thanks so much for the kind words. Now, if I could just control the weather…
Hi Nic, hope all is well in life. I’m just a subscriber but just want you to know I’m inspired by your work and come back to your videos often even though posting new videos isn’t a priority in life for you right now. I hope the priorities you do have are enjoyable and aspiring ones. Happy New Year.
Glad to see you again. I admire your handiwork skills
Thanks! Hoping to post more regularly.
Absolutely an Awesome build! A true craftsman! Great job young man!
This is an excellent tool for really long rabbets like for retaining wainscoting.
Nice work, and fun to watch. Beautiful light in your shop.
Thanks! My shop is small, but it’s a space that inspires me to work. Cheers
Kerfing planes are great tools for resawing. I built one myself that works very well, but yours is enhanced. I’ll build a new one based on your model.
Really fantastic end result! The curved details are insanely beautiful!
Thanks, Raq!
Excellent work. Beautiful tool from a beautiful piece of wood for making beautiful pieces of wood!🤙🏽
Haha, exactly.
Ну наконец-то долгожданное видео!)
Glad to be back! Cheers!
hey man great inspiration. Fun fact, I recycled an old plane that had a chiesel on it instead of a saw into a kerfig plane, to resaw a piece of slavonian oak, just the size of the tool you are making. Haha.
Fantastic work! 👍🏾😎 Congrats. 🙂
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice workmanship
Nice video. Thank you
Another great video! I very much enjoyed your series on the wood shop build. I’m practicing some timber framing right now, just a swing set for the yard. Someday a wood shop!
I’m glad you enjoyed the build! Have fun with the swing set. That sounds like a perfect project to learn the fundamentals. Cheers!
Staircase saw with a movable fence. Neat
This looks perfect for many sheet goods as well as resawing. Seems a lot easier than using a normal saw, especially if you just need to take a little bit off of it
So glad you’re back! This is one of my favorite channels and I thought you had stopped making vids.
Looking forward to the build - might do one myself!
Thanks, Noah, I appreciate the kind words. Let me know if you end up making one! Cheers.
Nice job!!
It's a very cool job
Nice work, useful tool!
Thanks!
Awesome. Love the video, and the project.
Spot on. Lovely job!
Very nice. I definitely need one of these. I have a crude one that I made in the past. Time for an upgrade.
Thank you for your nice and patient work. I couldn't understand that even though you have a bristle cutter, why you didn't use it in curved areas and you used a chisel. Thanks sincerely.
Beautiful design...
great project! will definitely have a go of this one! thank you for the inspiration 👍 hope you're enjoying your new workshop!!
Thanks, Alexander. The workshop has been really great. Let me know if you build a Kerfing plane!
You do this well. Both the woodwork and the filming. I look forward to more videos.
Thanks, Mike! More on the way.
This is so good, I'm gonna do it with my spare Ryoba blade asap
Good job
Well done.
Thanks!
Beautiful work. Very nice job on video.
Loved this video... I have a complicated relationship with re-sawing. This plane would definitely help. One thing I did notice in the video is your tool chest... Went straight to the channel to see if there was a video of you making it... alas. Is there a video you took inspiration from for making it? Any recommendations?
We miss you, Nic! But I guess it was the Dungeons & Dragons that got you in the end 😢
Love the video!! Well editing , just you, the hand tools! You don't need music and you don't have to talk.....great work!!! Can you recommend on a good set of files?
What about doing video on the tool chest?
great build. What is your go to saw for hand resawing?
I am curious: at 20:43, there's a close-up shot of the saw blade and it looks like it's ground/sharpened for cross cutting. I naively thought a kerfing plane needed a rip-saw blade because it's cutting along the grain. Did I miss something?
Beautiful video and great skills, can i ask you where did you buy the stove?? I’d like to order one to Italy!!! Thanks
14:18 Hi Nick, I just finished building this plane based on your plans and I love it. I am having problems with my beams shifting. Any tips on getting the wedges to grip harder. Cheers David
So relaxing to see. Would this tool be best for resawing bookmatched guitar tops? My bandsaw is too short to do guitar tops. I am just dipping my toes into woodworking, and am acquiring tools very slowly. So expensive either way. I feel lost most of the time to even start a simple project.
Hey man, love the shop! Great quality work on this. Where did you get your bench brush?
I don’t access to a bandsaw and I’m having trouble resawing larger boards. Are there any jigs or tips for resawing larger boards by hand? If so, where might I find them?
Like so many such, you do not show us the item you are making until the very end. This leaves us watching many minutes of incomprehensible woodworking with no specific idea what you are doing. A brief glimpse of the finished thing and what it does before we see the build would, IMO, be a far superior way of presenting. How many videos have we seen where a maker begins with minutes of table saw work which is necessarily meaningless to us.
When you make your own video, feel free to show your piece first. Other people just read the name and know what is being built.
@@lloydhird1412Funny how some can't stand the idea of being corrected, or even seeing others corrected. Says much about them.
Those Ariou rasps have been staring at me for a long time...
How did you cut the round grove on the lateral bar?
Your demo on using the kerfing plane is like just making a cut guide. I'm expecting that you will make a skerf for reinforce part of a, like guitar side, or a curve skerf for a furniture part side. The only plane in your project is the body the handle is identical to a saw and the process in not shaving so that's not a plane. Rather better call it a skerfing saw. However you made if beautifully, the square hole for the guide was cut straigth and perpendicular. I like it but I will not call it kerfing plane but kerfing saw instead. Thanks for your shared design and nice idea.
Merci énormément
Nic : where are you ???
I am confused, why not just build a fence for a handsaw for making the kerf?
Excelente👍👏😆
So i love the video, but listening through moderately good earbuds leads me to think that your mic might be resting on your work surface in some shots, resulting in muffled rumbly sounds when using the tools. Not that bad, but I'm not exactly an audiophile and even i noticed it. Just a bit of feedback, not even sure if anyone else noticed, lol!
daha çok video. süpersin
Thanks!
How well does that little stove work for heating your workshop?
It’s not perfect, but I actually like that it doesn’t crank the heat too high. Basically, the stove takes the edge off the cold, makes it comfortable without ever being ‘warm’, if that makes sense. If i insulated the shop, I think it would be more than enough.
Thought the reason you didn’t have lights was because it was an electricity less shop. Then you pulled out a drill. Just get some lights bro. Or carbide lamps maybe?
:)
Beautiful 🥹 Finally 🪵
Thanks, Nico
You should make an adjustable guide on BOTH sides of the saw so it stabilizes the saw in left and right directions.