Rex Krueger
Published 22 Sep 2021Take a closer look at classic workbench designs & and pick the right one for YOU.
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September 23, 2021
How to Choose a Woodworking Workbench
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September 21, 2021
Why Paul Sellers likes the #4 Plane | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 4 Jun 2021No matter who you are, wherever you are in the world, if you follow me at all, you will know that I am always refining my woodworking and my wood with a #4 Stanley bench plane.
You can buy them secondhand and enjoy them as I have throughout a lifetime of woodworking. Follow my channel here to find out how to restore them, fine-tune them, maintain them and use them. You will not regret it!
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September 16, 2021
Build a Traditional Schoolhouse Desk from Pine and Nails
Rex Krueger
Published 15 Sep 2021A piece of the past & a useful piece of furniture come together in this softwood project!
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September 9, 2021
Furniture Forensics with a Country Chair
Rex Krueger
Published 8 Sep 2021This post-and-rung chair looks like trash, but it’s actually a master-class in green woodwork.
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August 19, 2021
Three Greenwood Tools You Can Make
Rex Krueger
Published 18 Aug 2021Make a froe-club, wooden wedges, a huge mallet and a riving break, all from scrap wood.
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August 12, 2021
How to Find a Woodland Space for Green Woodwork
Rex Krueger
Published 11 Aug 2021Can I find a workspace in the woods, even though I live in a city?
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July 30, 2021
Modern vs. Vintage Plane Irons. Head-To-Head Test!
Rex Krueger
Published 28 Jul 2021This traditional woodland vise gives amazing hold and will set you up for lots of outdoor projects.
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July 24, 2021
How to Set a Cap Iron | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 22 Apr 2021You can 20 expert woodworkers about what distance to set the cap iron (chip-breaker in the USA) fore-edge to the cutting edge and get 20 different suggestions. Why? Because generally speaking, it is undefined. I personally find that 1/32″ (1mm) works well but watch this video and you will see that you can set it anywhere between 1/32″ and 1/8″ and it will still cut nicely. Myth and mysteries often have no real substance to them so, this is done to bust them.
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July 22, 2021
Build a Shavehorse from Two Boards
Rex Krueger
Published 21 Jul 2021This traditional woodland vise gives amazing hold and will set you up for lots of outdoor projects.
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July 18, 2021
How to Set up & use a Bullnose Plane | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 8 Apr 2021This little-used terrier of a plane has many different uses, not the least of which is the final fitting of awkward to reach places like the insides of cabinets to ease the fit of elements such as doors and drawers.
This video shows how to use the bullnose and set one up, and will help you to make a more educated assessment as to whether you might want to own one or not.
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July 15, 2021
Restoring the Holy Grail of Vintage Planes (Stanley No. 1)
Rex Krueger
Published 14 Jul 2021What does it take to restore the worlds rarest handplane? (Plus restoration tips and tricks.)
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July 8, 2021
Learn Woodworking by Studying Vintage Furniture
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Published 7 Jul 2021Especially in woodworking, the best teachers are those who came before us.
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What Is S-P-F LUMBER? (S-P-F Vs. SYP…What’s The Difference?? Lumber Markings/Softwood Varieties)
The Honest Carpenter
Published 21 Mar 2021Much of the lumber you see in stores will be stamped with the letters S-P-F. But what do these letters mean? For that matter, what is SYP and D-FIR? This short video from The Honest Carpenter will explain a few of the most common lumber markings in North America!
S-P-F stands for SPRUCE-PINE-FIR.
These are the three most common softwood lumber varieties in North America. Each wood technically represents a GENUS with several prominent SPECIES below it (like genus Spruce/species White Spruce).
These three lumbers are grouped together in an acronym because they all have very similar qualities, and they are all very good lumber to build homes with!
Also, because spruce, pine and fir are sourced so ubiquitously, and shipped to so many various areas, it’s easier for lumber mills to group them together like this, rather than constantly differentiate them.
S-P-F woods are also commonly called WHITEWOODS, because of their pale color. They tend to have small, regular knot holes, and feel relatively light and airy.
A strong competitor to S-P-F woods is SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE. This yellowish lumber tends to be heavier, and can carry loads across wider spans.
Southern Yellow Pine (or SYP) is also a great wood for making pressure-treated lumber.
Most of our S-P-F lumber comes from Canada (80%).
Douglas Fir (D FIR) is also very popular, and comes out of the Pacific Northwest. It is very strong, resistant to warping, and has a pleasant, almost cedar-like appearance. It is used a lot for timber-framing projects.
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July 2, 2021
How to Edge Joint Two Boards by Hand | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 19 Mar 2021Simple things are often hidden in the age of mass information. I put this simple explanation and demonstration together to show you how our fears and doubts are all too often unfounded.
With a little understanding of what’s really happening beneath the plane sole, we can restore methods of working into our daily lives working wood and the result will be new levels of confidence.
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June 24, 2021
Rex Krueger on the real starter kit for hand tool woodworking
I just got Rex’s new book the other day and I meant to put up a post about it, but I forgot, so I’m borrowing the introduction from his most recent Fabrication First newsletter to rectify my error:
There’s a kind of video on YouTube. There are dozens of versions. Each one promises that you can “Get Started Woodworking for Less Than $1000!” or the title proclaims: “Start Woodworking: 5 Tools You NEED.”
I hate these videos.
For a second, let’s ignore the fact that $1000 is a fantastic sum of money. Let’s ignore the fact that hardly anyone can cough up that much cash to just get started on a hobby. Instead, let’s focus on the fact that none of the tools in these videos are necessary.
None of them.
Most of these videos focus on power saws. They tell you that a table saw and a miter saw are essential. They might cover alternatives like a track saw or inexpensive circular saw, but none of them tell you that you don’t need ANY electric saws to get started. You also don’t need a cordless drill, a router, a drill press, or an electric lathe. All of these tools are expensive and many of them are dangerous. They all produce dust that you really don’t want to breathe and they take up a lot of space. The idea that you need these things just to get started is absurd.
Of course, this is a lot of big talk from me. If I don’t think you need to buy all the plug-in tools, if I think it’s crazy to ask people to spend that much money, then I better have an alternative. I better have an effective, inexpensive and safer way to get started. And it turns out, I do. And I just wrote a whole book about it.
The book is based on a simple idea: take a person with no tools and no woodworking experience and get them learning the craft as quickly, safely, and cheaply as possible. By the end of the book, even a raw beginner should be making real, useful projects. If it sounds crazy, it shouldn’t. It’s completely possible.
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