Paul Sellers
Published Jul 5, 2024At least half of my woodworking life has been dedicated to demystifying the art of hand tool woodworking, and this video proves the truth of it.
The simplicity is this though; with just a handful of hand tools, I create three housing dadoes in 4″ wide hard maple, and the watch strapped to my wrist tells it all. I hope you enjoy seeing this video as much as we had making it.
We wanted to show you exactly how hand tools are still current technology at its best, and it’s available for everyone, including your kids!
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November 15, 2024
Three Ways to Cut a Housing Dado | Paul Sellers
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November 6, 2024
You Don’t Need Plans for Woodworking
Rex Krueger
Published Jul 11, 2024Doing it yourself? All part of the plan.
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November 2, 2024
I’m only buying tools HERE
Rex Krueger
Published 1 Nov 2024The new platform for buying and selling woodworking tools.
Use the code: STARTNOW to save $5 off ANY first purchase.
To celebrate our launch, we’re running No Fee November! For the entire month of November, sell unlimited tools. NO MARKETPLACE FEES!
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October 25, 2024
How to Make a Simple Picture Frame | Episode 2
Paul Sellers
Published Jun 21, 2024This is a uniquely different way to make a picture frame, but Paul designed it specifically to work with hand tools.
Sizing the eight components with the level of precision needed can be tricky, but two guides make the whole process quick and simple. We have dispensed with the mitres normally associated with picture frames altogether, giving these frames an assembly process and look you’ve never seen before.
It’s a step-by-step process with accuracy and we walk you through every step.
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October 9, 2024
How to Make a Simple Picture Frame | Episode 1
Paul Sellers
Published Jun 7, 2024This is a uniquely different way to make a picture frame, but Paul designed it specifically to work with hand tools.
Sizing the eight components with the level of precision needed can be tricky, but two guides make the whole process quick and simple. We have dispensed with the mitres normally associated with picture frames altogether, giving these frames an assembly process and look you’ve never seen before.
It’s a step-by-step process with accuracy and we walk you through every step.
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September 28, 2024
How to Make a Ladle | Episode 3
Paul Sellers
Published May 24, 2024This is the last third of making a substantial kitchen utensil from solid hardwood. It’s a lifetime kitchen tool designed to develop your carving and shaping skills with substantive insight into how we must learn to work our wood according to the changing direction of the wood grain.
This last episode focuses on shaping the back of the bowl, and for this, we use different spokeshaves, saws, and rasps to get the shape we want for the best-looking ladle.
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September 9, 2024
How to Make a Ladle | Episode 2
Paul Sellers
Published May 10, 2024Shaping any wood has a therapeutic effect on all of us, and this ladle is no different. With the bowl scalloped, we now focus on shaping the handle using tools ranging from flat chisels, saws, card scrapers, and rasps.
Remember, when you’re shaping a handle, you use just the same tools and techniques as you would for the neck of cellos, violins, and guitars.
By the time you have shaped your handle, you will feel relaxed and satisfied.
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September 6, 2024
Saw Straight Every Time with These Simple Tricks
Rex Krueger
Published May 29, 2024Learn to use layout and body mechanics to saw straight and square.
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August 31, 2024
This Hand Plane Couldn’t Take a Single Shaving
Rex Krueger
Published May 22, 2024You never really know what to expect when it comes to tool restoration.
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August 29, 2024
How to Make a Ladle | Episode 1
Paul Sellers
Published Apr 26, 2024It may not be a large project, but creating a ladle from fully kiln-dried hardwoods like sycamore and maple differs from green, uncured wood. Tougher to carve yes, but there is no shrinkage and no risk of cracking through drying. It is a wonderful project for learning to work with multi-directional grain and to also use gouges and such.
This is a great beginner guide for those starting with gouge work.
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August 15, 2024
Build the Square-Leg Craftsman Table (Part 3): Bandsaws are too easy!!! Make the round table top with basic tools
Rex Krueger
Published May 1, 2024Every table needs a top and every hand tool woodworker can use these skills.
Get the Plans! https://www.rexkrueger.com/store/p/wn…
Patrons got them early and FREE: https://patreon.com/rexkrueger
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July 30, 2024
Build the Square-Leg Craftsman Table (Part 2)
Rex Krueger
Published Apr 17, 2024Making the base of the craftsman table with approachable joinery.
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July 28, 2024
How America RUINED the world’s screws! (Robertson vs. Phillips)
Stumpy Nubs
Published Apr 17, 2024
July 26, 2024
The ABC Of Hand Tools (1945) – Tool Care & Handling
PeriscopeFilm
Published Apr 16, 2024The ABC of Hand Tools (1945) is a Walt Disney Co. produced training and educational film for General Motors (GM) about proper use of hand tools. The film, which is in Technicolor, is fully animated and opens with a caveman character “Primitive Pete” seen inventing the first hand tool: an early model hammer made from stone with a stick handle. The film then goes on to elegantly show different types of basic hand tools such as the hammer, screwdriver, wrench, and pliers and show their proper uses, design elements and proper care.
Opening credits and title page, General Motors (GM) logo (0:07). Animation of various hand tools on blue background: wrench, hammer, saw, screwdriver (0:28). Various human innovations built using hand tools stretch out from globe: Golden Gate Bridge, radio towers, train (0:35). Stone Age: cartoon character caveman “Primitive Pete” uses earliest form of hand tool, stone tied to stick “Stone Age hammer” (0:58 – 2:12). Various modern day hand tools derived from Primitive Pete’s invention and shots of Primitive Pete misusing these tools: Ball-Peen Hammer design and proper uses of peen vs. face (2:24). Brass or copper hammer, raw-hide face hammer, plastic tip hammer, claw hammer (3:38). Details of design, uses of claw hammer (how to tighten hammer head, how to insert or remove nail using hammer head and claw) and Primitive Pete demonstrating how NOT to use the hammer (3:56 – 5:32). Ordinary screwdriver: Primitive Pete struggles to open window using screwdriver, however, he fails and only ends up ruining the tool (5:35). More information on the screwdriver which is made up of three principal parts: handle, shank, blade (6:00). Various size screws screwed into wood plank, demo on how to find proper blade for screw head size; Consequences of not choosing proper blade (6:44). Repairing blade head on shank if damaged; Front and side view of properly ground screw driver (7:37). Special heavy duty model screwdriver with extra large square shank; Primitive Pete damages screw driver by using wrench (8:19). Pliers: combination pliers, diagonal cutting pliers, long round-nose pliers, side-cutting pliers (8:50). Details of side cutting pliers design and uses: detailed how-to steps for using these pliers to make an electrical connection (9:09). Use of long round-nose pliers to make loop to fit a terminal (9:43). Use of diagonal cutting pliers for removing and installing cotter pins (10:01). Use of combination pliers: design elements (slip joint, shear) and uses (10:26). Wrenches and size range of wrench head (measurements refer to distance between jaws) (11:09). Primitive Pete demos bad wrench use followed by demo of proper usage (11:34). Open end wrench: adjustable jaw; Correct use of wrench; Proper care – keep tool well oiled (12:38). Medium sized monkey wrench: adjustable jaw for tight fit against nut; Proper use (13:35). Primitive Pete shown destroying tool by trying to force stubborn nut by hammering on wrench handle (14:11). Pipe wrench: how to use on pipes and other round objects, protective measures to prevent teeth marks (14:43). Box wrench: 12 notches in its head for good fit over nuts; head and handle offset at 15-degree angle (15:25). Combination box and open end wrench “half and half” (16:02). Boxes of socket wrenches: normal box set and one ideal for mechanic workshops which includes hinged offset handle, T handle, ratchet handle (16:23). Primitive Pete uses early model hammer against rock before film cuts to closing credits (17:40).
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July 20, 2024
Build the Square-Leg Craftsman Table (Part 1)
Rex Krueger
Published Apr 3, 2024A satisfying project starts with square pieces.
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