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!
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July 25, 2018
Relaxing finish application with explanation/instruction [ASMR] | Paul Sellers
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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
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July 13, 2018
How It’s Made: Laminated Wood Beams
Al Hilli
Published on 25 Apr 2013
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July 9, 2018
How to Make Trestles Episode 1 | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 18 Jun 2018Trestles can be used to support stock or pieces in a variety of configurations and also as temporary work supports that are simple to make. Paul has used this style of trestle around the shop for years and used them in his workbench project to provide a solid base to work from.
Cutting list, drawings and tool and hardware lists can be downloaded here:
https://paulsellers.com/trestles-drawings-and-cutting-list-download/There is more discussion on these videos on Woodworking Masterclasses. You can sign up (for free) here: https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/videos/trestles/
Music credit:
Henry Horrell (https://soundcloud.com/henry-horrell)For more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
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June 25, 2018
What’s inside Ikea’s “wood” ?
Rag ‘n’ Bone Brown
Published on 12 May 2018In this video I cut open one of Ikea’s Linnmon shelves to find out what’s inside.
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June 23, 2018
Garage Update NO.1 | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 22 Jun 2018Have you been wondering about Paul’s new garage? In this video Paul gives you a tour and some insights into his decisions about setting up this new space.
Paul talks about his workbench, workbench customisations, wood storage, tool storage, clamp storage, shop configuration and more.
It’s all starting to come together now and we are excited to show you the progress made so far.
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June 21, 2018
Buying quality used hand tools
I didn’t agree with everything Steve rants about here, but he does make some good points:
A small selection of bench planes: front to back, a jack plane, a junior Jack, a (garbage grade) #4 smoother, and a #3-equivalent smoother.
I’ve decided to punish humanity with a tool rant.
Back when I still had a real Internet connection, I put a video up on Youtube. In the video, I fixed up a $15 Harbor Freight wood plane, just to see if I could make it work. I got it to function, but I wouldn’t suggest anyone else try it.
A commenter said I should buy planes at garage sales. That set me off. The bag of pet peeves ruptured, and now I must rant.
Garage sales are only good for three types of people: mentally ill hoarders who buy crap, young people who live in poverty, and professional shoppers who snap up the best merchandise and put it on Ebay and Etsy.
That’s it. I will explain.
Say you’re 45 years old, and you decide you want a hand plane collection. To do woodworking well, you really need 4 or 5 planes, and you’re better off with a dozen. Different planes do different things well. Block planes are good for tight spaces and breaking corners. Jointing planes are good for jointing, obviously. Smoothing planes are good for, well, smoothing. Rabbet planes make rabbets. You can’t buy one plane and make it do everything. You’re going to need a bunch of planes.
You’ve already blown it by reaching 45 without collecting any planes. Now you have to catch up. Say you start going to garage sales.
Look at the paper or the web. There are no promising sales this week. Probably. Most of the time, the sales you read about look really bad. Action figures with missing arms and spit all over them, plus things like lamps with torn shades. IKEA furniture that ought to be burned. Maybe you’ll see a good sale in a couple of weeks. You may find 10 sales a year that are worth leaving the house for.
When you go to these sales, 9 of them will turn out to be losers. The other one will have one or two decent items.
To get those items, you will have to get up before the sun rises and do some driving. If you show up an hour after the sales start, the things you want will be gone. Tools go fast. Every city now has a fleet of professional shoppers who raid garage sales as early as possible and take all the good stuff. If you’re not there at the start, you’re dead. And what if you have two promising sales on the same day? You can get to one early enough to score, but you’ll be late for the other one
If you get the items you want, they probably won’t really be the items you want. By that I mean you won’t be able to choose brands and models. Want to collect a set of Stanley type 13 planes? Forget it. You’ll have to take a type 11, a 1990 plane from Home Depot, a Craftsman … whatever happens to be available. You will eventually get items that do what you want, but you’ll have to settle.
If you insist on good tools, you’ll have your woodworking shop equipped in about 20 years. During those years, you will have had to struggle without important tools. You will have had to forgo a lot of projects. You will become farsighted. You may get cataracts. You may get arthritis in your hands. You may need new hips. You’ll feel less like getting things done. The TV and the shuffleboard court will beckon.
You’ll miss out on the fun you would have had if you had bought your tools as early as possible.
You may drop dead, and then other people will buy your tools at your wife’s garage sale.
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June 14, 2018
The 3 Hand Planes Power Tool Woodworkers Should Own (How to buy handplanes)
Stumpy Nubs
Published on 17 Jan 2016
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June 12, 2018
How to Make a Strop | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 22 May 2018A strop enables you to sharpen your bladed tools to another level. Made from a simple block of ply, this quick and easy tutorial shows you how to make your own with minimal materials.
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June 4, 2018
How to turn a No.78 into a Scrub Plane | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 14 May 2018Preparing rough stock can be time-consuming. A scrub plane can really help ease this process. Old ones are hard to get hold, and new ones are expensive. Paul shows how you can easily convert a No. 78 rebate plane into an excellent scrub plane.
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May 26, 2018
How To: Make A Clamp Rack
Make It Now
Published on 27 Sep 2016This time I’m building some storage for my clamps on a new french cleat wall. Function over form!
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May 10, 2018
Manufacturing plywood boards: then and now
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published on 24 Jul 2017Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough in its production came in the early 1800s with the development of steam-powered machines that could cut veneers cheaply. The most influential of these was the rotary veneer cutter.
The cutter rotates a log against a wide, horizontal blade, causing it to ‘peel’ into a continuous sheet of wood. This enables the creation of longer, wider sheets of veneer than previously possible and with little waste. Using these machines meant that plywood could be manufactured quickly and inexpensively on a large scale.
This film shows the stages in manufacturing plywood boards in the mid-20th century and today. The process remains essentially unchanged, although today many of the machines are much faster and computer controlled.
Produced as part of the V&A exhibition Plywood: Material of the Modern World (15 July – 12 November 2017) https://www.vam.ac.uk/plywood
Sponsored by MADE.COM. Supported by the American Friends of the V&A
Find out more about plywood with our fascinating exhibition book, Plywood: A Material Story
https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/plywood-a-material-story-148486.html
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May 5, 2018
Cabinet Scraper Honing Guide | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 13 Apr 2018Getting a crisp 45° bevel on your cabinet scraper can be tricky. Paul shows how to make and use a honing guide that gives you a guaranteed angle every time.
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April 25, 2018
Chris Schwarz’ Campaign Chair – Pared Down!
Popular Woodworking
Published on 3 Apr 2018Watch the original (but much cooler) portable picnic chair come together in record time. As if Chris wasn’t already moving at lighting speed! Watch the whole video here: http://bit.ly/CampaignChair
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April 21, 2018
How to Make Sawhorses Introduction | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published on 20 Apr 2018Episode 1 will be released on Monday 23rd of April 2018
Paul shows how to make a pair of sawhorses using the method he first learnt when he was 16. They are very useful around the shop for resawing stock and a many others uses. The sawhorses make use of a compound housing joint that ensures a solid construction.
THE TOOLS YOU WILL NEED ARE:
Knife
Square
Combination gauge (or marking gauge)
Tape/Ruler (or both)
Sliding bevel
Chisel hammer
Chisels (at least 1″)
Smoothing plane (No 4)
Tenon saw
*Handsaw
Hand drill and screwdriver or drill driver* = optional
JOINTS LIST:
Compound housing jointFor more information on these topics, see https://paulsellers.com or https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
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