Paul Sellers
Published on 16 Feb 2012Paul Sellers shows how to flatten and shape the sole of a bench plane. This technique is the first step once you have bought a new bench plane or have acquired a used plane. Without this fairly simple step, woodworking planes may not function correctly and may even damage projects or surfaces that you are working on. Also check out this video on sharpening a plane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTcRe…
To find out more about Paul Sellers or the projects he is involved with visit http://paulsellers.com
October 8, 2018
How to flatten the sole of a plane | Paul Sellers
October 7, 2018
Paul Sellers | How to sharpen a handplane
Paul Sellers
Published on 7 Feb 2012Paul Sellers demonstrates how to sharpen a plane on diamond stones using a convex bevel method. To find out more about Paul Sellers or the projects he is involved with visit http://paulsellers.com.
October 5, 2018
When the marketing department took over tool sales
Paul Sellers was standing in line at one of his local big box store (in my part of North America, it’d be a Home Depot or Lowes), and he happened to glance at some of the packaging for otherwise pretty ordinary tools:
I’m never sure when it started, a point where you could no longer determine what something is by its name. A form of sensationalism was somehow loosed and we lost sincerity to titles declaring ‘not ordinary’ that hid what was, when all said and done, intrinsically quite the ordinary. All the handsaw makers followed suit latterly with model names like piranha, sabretooth and barracuda. Then they backed up claims with reference terms such as, “Using a handsaw impacts on all the muscles and joints in your arm. The ERGO™ handle is designed with users, tasks and environments in mind to make the job…” blah, blah, blah! The truth is that saw makers of the 18th century put far more effort into the development of ergonomic design of saw handles than any modern maker and all modern makers either copied what existed or dumbed down the designs to come up with the most basic one-size fits all design.
In reality of course nothing’s really changed except that the handles are pre moulded plastic and the teeth cannot be sharpened any more. I was in my local builders merchants waiting to pay and stood staring at the signage of the two nearest products facing me. Whereas these stab saws and jab saws convey a sense of brutalising aggression, it’s the marketer that suggests that this is what the buyer needs. Aggressive marketers think that that is indeed what the user wants, a kind of macho-man aggression to his work. The packaging has changed to use brighter hi-viz lines, letters and numbers with rip tares and wild hogs with tusks as the marketers way of connecting the would-be user to a sale of his products. Imagine, even a common degreasing agent remains the same as it was ten years ago is packed and wrapped with a punchy headline header, “Cleans like crazy!”, too, but why the wild ‘Mad Hog’ title replete with tusks? Reminds me of the Arkansas Razorback football team. What they don’t probably realise is that they would have sold as well without it. I guess they thought that they had that insider knowledge of what the trades people needed, right?
My suspicion is that there are really two distinct markets for tools and tool-related products like these. The first, and more stable market is the trades, where the demand is probably pretty steady and unlikely to shift much no matter what the marketers put on the packages. Tradespeople generally like to use known brands that they can depend on for consistent value at a given price point. These folks aren’t the target for all the marketing flash and bumf — they’ll keep buying the “Old Reliable™” brand until/unless they sell the brand to a cheaper manufacturer and the quality of the end product starts to slip. The target instead is … you. You, the non-regular user of “jab saws” or “stab saws” or even degreasing agents. You probably don’t have much recent experience with any of the current brands of tools, so you’re significantly more likely to be swayed by how the tools and materials are marketed. You’re the sucker who (they hope) will fall for the bright colours, eye-catching packaging, and mucho-macho descriptions.
And they wouldn’t keep doing it if it didn’t work.
October 1, 2018
Quick Clamp Rack 036
Tyler G
Published on 28 Aug 2015For those of us that have a few clamps laying around the shop it can be a real pain in the neck to dig through a pile to get to to the clamp you want while performing a glue up. Today I built a super simple, easy clamp rack that holds all of my parallel clamps, f-style clamps and quick clamps all it one low profile location. I used lots of wood glue, the drill press, table saw and some hand drills to build this quick wood clamp rack.
September 27, 2018
How to Setup, Use and Sharpen a Plough Plane | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 7 Sep 2018Need to run some grooves and not sure where to start? Paul shows how to sharpen and prepare the plough plane for use, before showing the basics of how to cut a groove.
For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
September 24, 2018
How To Make Clamp Racks & Organize the Shop
Jon Peters Art & Home
Published on 11 Jul 2014Check out our new website: http://jonpeters.com/
Here’s a video on building a rack system for storing your clamps in your work space or shop.
September 19, 2018
Shop Work: How to build a French Cleat Lumber Rack
Fisher’s Shop
Published on 7 Aug 2017Please consider sharing this video with your friends, it helps out the channel more than you think! Thanks!
In this video I address my lumber storage problem. I made a french cleat lumber storage rack system out of construction-grade wood. Is it strong enough? Or does it all collapse in a hilarious, yet destructive, wooden tidal wave of doom?
August 18, 2018
How to Use a Square Awl | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 17 Aug 2018This simple tool is one of Paul’s favourites. It is so simple and yet often overlooked. When it comes to making small starter holes for screws nothing beats an awl but you have to have the right type and use it correctly. Watch this video to see this unique tool in action and see why it is such a great tool for your toolkit.
For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
August 16, 2018
STOP wasting money on chisels! Most woodworkers only need ONE!
Stumpy Nubs
Published on 24 Jul 2018
August 11, 2018
Sharpening Stone Shelves | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 10 Aug 2018These shelves keep Paul’s sharpening stones close at hand for convenience and separate them from the rest of his tools as they can get dirty. Follow along to fit solid useful shelves at the end of your bench.
More info on the Workbench can be downloaded here:
https://paulsellers.com/paul-sellers-…There is more discussion on these videos on Woodworking Masterclasses. You can sign up (for free) here: https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/…
Music credit:
Henry Horrell (https://soundcloud.com/henry-horrell)For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
August 8, 2018
How to cut a BRIDLE JOINT by HAND
Matt Estlea
Published on 17 Nov 2017In this video, I’ll be showing you how to cut a bridle joint entirely by hand, no power tools what so ever! This woodworking joint looks beautiful when finished due to the contrasting end grain and long grain and is a great addition to your woodworking skillset!
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_________________________________________________________________My name is Matt Estlea, I’m a 22 year old Woodworker from Basingstoke in England and my aim is to make your woodworking less s***.
I come from 5 years tuition at Rycotewood Furniture Centre and 4 years experience working at Axminster Tools and Machinery where I still currently work on weekends. During the week, I film woodworking projects, tutorials, reviews and a viewer favourite ‘Tool Duel’ where I compare two cometitive manufacturers tools against one another to find out which is best.
I like to have a laugh and my videos are quite fast paced BUT you will learn a lot, I assure you.Lets go make a mess.
August 3, 2018
Workbench Customisations – Saw Hangers | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 13 Jul 2018Paul hangs his three backsaws at the bench to keep them at hand. The holders make sure that they can’t fall off when not in use in the day to day of woodworking.
For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
August 1, 2018
Workbench Customisations: Tool Well Add-on | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 27 Jul 2018This additional tool well is very handy for storing and organising tools you want to keep off the bench but close at hand.
Paul used the following stock, but it will depend on what you have available and the size of your bench:
2 of ¾” x 3” x 66” / 19 x 76 x 1676mm
1 of ¾” x 6 ½” x 66” / 19 x 165 x 1676mm
2 of ¾” x 3” x 6” / 19 x 76 x 152mmFor more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
July 25, 2018
Relaxing finish application with explanation/instruction [ASMR] | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 5 Jul 2018This is an excerpt of a longer instructional series on woodworkingmasterclasses.com. In this video, Paul Sellers carefully applies a shellac finish to a small wooden shelf he just completed.
Paul is a master craftsman and, even though what he is doing here is super basic, it shows.
Sit back, relax and enjoy!
For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
July 19, 2018
How to Make Trestles Episode 2 | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 29 Jun 2018Paul assembles the legs of the trestle. Then the posts are marked out and fixed in place to make a sturdy reliable trestle, using gussets for additional strength and rigidity.
Cutting list, drawings and tool and hardware lists can be downloaded here:
https://paulsellers.com/trestles-drawings-and-cutting-list-download/Music credit:
Henry Horrell (https://soundcloud.com/henry-horrell)For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com