Rex Krueger
Published 11 May 2022Build this handy & beautiful stool. Work space and work bench optional!
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May 12, 2022
Build the English Cricket Stool // Limited tools build
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January 12, 2022
QotD: Baumol’s cost disease in architecture and furniture
Remember, the Baumol effect [Wiki] happens when new technology makes some industries more productive. Since the high-tech industries are so lucrative, wages go up. Then low-tech industries have to raise their wages so that their workers don’t all desert them for the high-tech industries. But since low-tech industries aren’t improving their productivity, they just because more expensive, full stop.
If stonemasonry is a low-tech industry, and new high-tech industries are arising all around it, stonemason wages could get prohibitively high (compared to everything else) until nobody wants to hire them anymore. This would create pressure for architectural styles that require as little masonry (or, generalized, human labor) as possible.
This has gotten me thinking about furniture.
I got a new place recently and have been looking for furnishings. Sometimes I look at people’s furniture Pinterests. If Pinterest is any kind of representative window into the soul of the modern furniture-enthusiast, people really like Art Nouveau. […] As far as I can tell, you can’t buy any of these anywhere — they’re a combination of antiques and concept pieces. The people who pin these and pine after these end up getting minimalist Scandinavian furniture with names like UJLIBLÖK, just like everyone else.
Anything that even comes close to the above costs high four to five digits. I don’t know if this is because it’s antique, because it requires more labor, or both.
I’m harping on furniture because it avoids a lot of the complicating factors in architecture. There isn’t some vague collection of “elites” making our furniture decisions. It’s a pretty free market! There are lots of normal middle-class people spending big chunks of money on furniture, lots of them really really like the old stuff, and the old stuff is still either unavailable or unaffordable. It seems like it used to be affordable — it wasn’t just kings and dukes who had the old Art Nouveau stuff — but for some reason that’s changed. I think Baumol effects offer a tidy explanation here, and if we use them to explain furniture, then they start looking really attractive for architecture.
I want this one to be true, because it exonerates our civilization. If we could make things like the Art Nouveau furniture above, or the Taj Mahal, relatively cheaply and easily, then the question of why we aren’t doing that demands an answer. If it’s just a quirk of basic economics, then our civilization is fine, and maybe we can hope that stoneworking technology advances to the point where we can do this kind of thing again cheaply.
Scott Alexander, “Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture”, Astral Codex Ten, 2021-10-04.
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November 11, 2021
Furniture Forensics with a Secret Expanding Table
Rex Krueger
Published 10 Nov 2021This unassuming table hides an amazing ability and tons of history.
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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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July 8, 2021
Learn Woodworking by Studying Vintage Furniture
Rex Krueger
Published 7 Jul 2021Especially in woodworking, the best teachers are those who came before us.
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June 17, 2021
Build a Mission Bench with Simple Nailed Joinery // Hand tool woodworking
Rex Krueger
Published 16 Jun 2021Build an authentic Mission Bench with simple tools and a small amount of wood.
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March 18, 2021
Build the CLASSIC Shaker end table (Simple Table Build Part 2)
Rex Krueger
Published 17 Mar 2021This beautiful Shaker end table is easier than you think. Hand tool details and easy finishing.
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March 11, 2021
Simple Table with Hand-Cut Joinery (Part 1)
Rex Krueger
Published 10 Mar 2021Building a beautiful table with hand-tools is simpler than you think.
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February 4, 2021
The LEGENDARY Six-Board Chest
Rex Krueger
Published 3 Feb 2021Bring this project to life with nailed joinery and affordable wood.
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September 24, 2020
Furniture Forensics with a 19th Century Table
Rex Krueger
Published 23 Sep 2020Rescued from the trash, this table is filled with clues about who made it and how!
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September 3, 2020
Make a traditional milking stool. Limited tools. No Bench.
Rex Krueger
Publisheed 2 Sep 2020Take five tools and some construction furniture and make a REAL piece of furniture.
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August 4, 2020
Building and Gluing the Benches | The Picnic Bench Project
Matt Estlea
Published 3 Aug 2020In this video, I get the benches attached to their frames and all glued up. It’s really coming together now. Let’s get to it.
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_________________________________________________________________My name is Matt Estlea, I’m a 24 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 with a further 1 year working as an Artist in Residence at the Sylva Foundation. I now teach City and Guilds Furniture Making at Rycotewood as of September 2018.
If you’re interested in studying at Rycotewood, view their courses here:
www.mattestlea.com/rycotewoodI also had 5 years of experience working at Axminster Tools and Machinery where I helped customers with purchasing tools, demonstrated in stores and events, and gained extensive knowledge about a variety of tools and brands. I discontinued this at the start of 2019 to focus solely on video creation and teaching.
During the week, I film woodworking projects, tutorials, reviews and a viewer favourite ‘Tool Duel’ where I compare two competitive manufacturers tools against one another to find out which is best. I also have a Free Online Woodworking School which you should definitely check out!
www.mattestlea.com/school
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.
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August 3, 2020
Creating the Dovetailed Frame for the Bench Top | The Picnic Bench Project
Matt Estlea
Published 2 Aug 2020In this video, I get the dovetailed frame for the bench top in place and answer some of your concerns from the previous video!
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_________________________________________________________________My name is Matt Estlea, I’m a 24 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 with a further 1 year working as an Artist in Residence at the Sylva Foundation. I now teach City and Guilds Furniture Making at Rycotewood as of September 2018.
If you’re interested in studying at Rycotewood, view their courses here:
www.mattestlea.com/rycotewoodI also had 5 years of experience working at Axminster Tools and Machinery where I helped customers with purchasing tools, demonstrated in stores and events, and gained extensive knowledge about a variety of tools and brands. I discontinued this at the start of 2019 to focus solely on video creation and teaching.
During the week, I film woodworking projects, tutorials, reviews and a viewer favourite ‘Tool Duel’ where I compare two competitive manufacturers tools against one another to find out which is best. I also have a Free Online Woodworking School which you should definitely check out!
www.mattestlea.com/school
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.
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July 30, 2020
Gluing the Bench Top | The Picnic Bench Project
Matt Estlea
Published 29 Jul 2020In this video, I glue together the top of the picnic bench with the help of some newly bought clamps 👀
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My Website: www.mattestlea.com
_________________________________________________________________My name is Matt Estlea, I’m a 24 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 with a further 1 year working as an Artist in Residence at the Sylva Foundation. I now teach City and Guilds Furniture Making at Rycotewood as of September 2018.
If you’re interested in studying at Rycotewood, view their courses here:
www.mattestlea.com/rycotewoodI also had 5 years of experience working at Axminster Tools and Machinery where I helped customers with purchasing tools, demonstrated in stores and events, and gained extensive knowledge about a variety of tools and brands. I discontinued this at the start of 2019 to focus solely on video creation and teaching.
During the week, I film woodworking projects, tutorials, reviews and a viewer favourite ‘Tool Duel’ where I compare two competitive manufacturers tools against one another to find out which is best. I also have a Free Online Woodworking School which you should definitely check out!
www.mattestlea.com/school
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.
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