Taking some shavings with a super flat plane...
In a previous video I showed how to hand scrape an old Stanley No.5 Jackplane to withing about 0.0002" of flatness. Here's a quick follow up video to show it taking a few shavings.
Checkout the video of the scraping process here - • Flat to 0.0002" - Stanley No.5 Jackplane h...
In these videos I am not advocating that you need to scrape a plane to less than 0.001" of flatness, or that this is a better way of flattening a plane than the traditional method of lapping on a flat surface with abrasive paper. For me this is the perfect way to practice the art of hand scraping whilst ending up with a perfectly flat plane that looks amazing.