Tuning a $3.59 Japanese Plane: a Journey of Discovery

In this video I show how I purchased a new Japanese-style plane brand new on Ebay for $3.59 -- with shipping from Hong Kong included -- and made it work very nicely. Also known as "How to turn chicken shit into chicken salad." I looked at this as a little experiment that would be fun but probably not yield a working plane. But things turned out much better than I expected. If you buy one of these planes and make a video I'd like to hear about it in the comments.

Here's a link to the Ebay ad (you might have to cut and paste): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Woodworking-Flat-Plane-Bottom-Edged-Wood-Hand-Planer-Carpenter-Woodcraft-Tool-/322335411179?hash=item4b0cb00beb:g:iPQAAOSwFe5XyZHi

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