Paul Sellers
Published 19 Sept 2025Often in our woodworking projects, we might need many repeat cuts that guide our planes to give stock of precise thicknesses, and I make guides just like this one to give me the precision I need.
They are quick and simple to make, and you can change the thickness of the strips to match the thicknesses you need.
To access the Thickness Guide drawing follow: https://paulsellers.com/thicknessing-guide-drawing-and-cutting-list/
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January 11, 2026
Paul Sellers’ Thickness Guide | Paul Sellers
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November 29, 2025
Exploring Hand Tool Woodworking | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 28 Nov 2025Most of the woodworkers I come to meet have lost any working knowledge of just how efficient and effective hand tools are in daily woodworking, and yet I have used them to make my living for 60 years. Not only have they lost the skills and knowledge, but they have lost belief in themselves and the ability to use them.
With our team, I have spent three decades training hundreds of thousands of woodworkers worldwide to use the methods I was raised with as an apprentice, and they are discovering that hand tools are not outdated or outmoded.
Watch this video and ask yourselves, if you couldn’t use tools just like these in your day-to-day woodworking.
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November 16, 2025
Hand tool woodworkers: Are you using the wrong plane?
Rex Krueger
Published 10 Jul 2025Get your rough work plane today: https://tooltrader.net/
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November 4, 2025
Making history the simple way
Rex Krueger
3 Nov 2025yLinks from this video:
History of Raised Panels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6iIqZY4gvc
Learn About Hardwoods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NmKfzc3g-I&t=229s
Find and fix up a Rabbet Plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcJeu0qMvwc&t=184sGet behind the scenes and FREE plans: https://www.patreon.com/rexkrueger
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September 5, 2025
August 1, 2025
How to make flat boards straight, smooth and square (stock preparation part 2) | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 28 Jul 2013In this video Paul Sellers shows how to prepare a flat smooth board from rough stock. He does this with winding sticks and a no. 4 plane.
Part 1 is here: How to make square stock straight, sm…
Someone asked about the can Paul uses to lubricate the sole of the plane. You can find out how to make one here: http://paulsellers.com/2011/10/recycl…
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July 25, 2025
How to make square stock straight, smooth and square (stock preparation part 1) | Paul Sellers
Paul Sellers
Published 8 Apr 2013Paul Sellers shows how to prepare wood from its rough sawn state into useable stock. He goes into detail about how to remove twist from a square piece of wood and make it “four square”. He does all of this with hand tools. Specifically the plane, square and winding sticks. The video was first posted on https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com
To find out more about Paul Sellers and the projects he is involved with go to http://paulsellers.com
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January 30, 2025
How to Make a Wallclock | Episode 6
Paul Sellers
Published 27 Sept 2024The decorative undercarriage is a matter of choice, and because the clock is somewhat traditional, Paul decided to add the feature to his version here.
The steps are simple and quick to do even without using any machines at all. By creating the roundover followed by the coved profile and joining the two together, we create something of a more classic look in a matter of a few minutes.
Using a traditional carving gouge, we make the cove from a solid section of oak and show you how to refine the cove using a card scraper.
With the main block attached to the underside of the clock, we are to transform the whole appearance of the clock.
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January 25, 2025
Everyone is Wrong About this Traditional Tool
Rex Krueger
Published 2 Oct 2024Yes, your Rabbet Plane can cut Rabbets.
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January 19, 2025
How to Make a Wallclock | Episode 5
Paul Sellers
Published 13 Sept 2024The main joinery for the clock and the panel all came together, and now we are ready to form the roundovers to the top and bottom pieces.
We will use the traditional method using a bench plane and, in our case, a #4 version. Following this shaping, we can focus on the final finishing of all of the components by scraping and sanding the surfaces.
After all of the parts are sanded, we follow specific patterns for gluing up the main carcass of the clock.
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December 24, 2024
Did I RUIN this woodworking antique?
Rex Krueger
Published 23 Dec 2024Whoever made this plane certainly had their head in the stars.
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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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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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June 15, 2024
Dado by Hand
Lost Art Press
Published Mar 6, 2024Megan Fitz demonstrates her dado cutting process by hand for a Dutch tool chest. Will the shelf fit?
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June 12, 2024
Is this crazy Swiss handplane the future of woodworking?
Rex Krueger
Published Mar 6, 2024The answer is surprisingly complicated.
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