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My apprentice asked why I still use a hand plane for finish work
He had that new battery-powered plane from Milwaukee, and I told him it's too fast for fine adjustments - you can't feel the grain change like you can with a 60 year old Stanley. Has anyone else had a younger guy question your old-school methods after they've only worked with power tools?
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uma_martinez8d agoMost Upvoted
...and honestly, I used to be exactly like your apprentice. When I started out I bought every power tool I could get my hands on because I thought old tools were just for old guys who didn't know better. But then I rebuilt a walnut dining table for my sister and the electric planer just kept chattering on the end grain, so I grabbed my granddad's old block plane out of curiosity. Ngl, the difference was night and day - you can actually feel the fibers giving way and adjust your angle without thinking about it. Took me a while to admit the old timer was right but now I reach for the Stanley for anything that needs to be dead flat.
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garcia.tyler8d ago
Picked up my grandpa's old block plane once and never touched the electric one again for fine work.
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