The first half of the ruclips.net/user/postUgkx3ICSK6nSknaL_45CU2NmFSoXjarGMDiJ book is everything about wood: types, tools, finishes, setting up shop etc. The second half is all about doing projects for inside and outside of the home. The color pictures are helpful. After reading a dozen of these types of books, this is probably the best overall (layout, color photos, plans). Only detraction is that many of the projects use a table saw/router/planer, which are usually expensive and take up space, so the plans are less friendly to newcomers and the budget conscious. But I know I can use a drill, circular saw or a jigsaw to make the projects.
Great video Rex ❤️ Could we please also get the same edit without the music and just the workshop noises in the background? I just love the sound of e well sharpened plane iron going through wood like butter 😊 Greetings from Germany
@@shopcatt643 I'm not sure if it was ever implemented, but it looks like RUclips was testing out enabling multiple audio tracks for videos. This is normally used to support multiple languages. But it would be cool if it was used in videos like this. Honestly, it would be really cool to have a 3+ tracks. 1 for ambience, 1 for shop sounds, and one for commentary/narration.
I enjoy this format of video! I feel it’s very complementary to your typical content in that gives us the opportunity to go “wait why is he-ohhhhhhh, I see.” It’s another opportunity for us to wonder and then discover from your work
@tstthomason instead of "wondering" and then making a mistake, the teacher would have explained what not to do that might seem to be the natural next step. Showing and not talking is like going back to the early caveman time and just grunting and pointing. We have become sophisticated, intelligent, and articulate beings by refining our speech, and not wondering and guessing.
@@chrisstearns10 he already did an entire video of his shooting board build with narration. It's linked in the description. ruclips.net/video/3odXnkR2N7s/видео.html
I'm usually a big fan of your very educational narrated vids, but this was a nice change. You're one of the few that I can binge watch and not get bored. Maybe more of these type vids in the future?
Rex, I watch many RUclips channels on woodworking. Yours is by far my favorite. I am a retired expat living in Colombia. There is a big box store (like a Home Depot) nearby. But the tool quality leaves much to be desired unless you have A LOT of money. I have to go to local economy stores to buy wood other than construction grade pine. There are good stores for oak, cedar and moncoro at cheap prices. But the wood has significant cupping and must be flattened. I am a beginning woodworker with limited tools and workspace. Your channel shows how to do things within my capabilities. Most channels show how to use 1000s of dollars of equipment (table and band saws, miter saws, drill presses etc.) which I don't have money, space or access for to make a jig that will only be used a very few times. Thanks for keeping it simple.
Great video! I'm also one of those who can't stand the music, but I watched it because it was you :^) I like that you try new stuff out, though, so it's certainly not a deal breaker for me.
a fun build, good choice of music. This is the first of your build video's I have seen. I chuckled to myself when you pulled out the dewalt to pre drill after all the hand tool use. Then I had a face palm as you used a screwdriver with the dewalt sitting there with a quick change chuck...
Suggestion, next time you do a time lapse like this maybe keep some of the noises of the sawing and planing and stuff in, seems like people like that kinda asmr stuff.
Rex I really enjoy both this & your narrations. There are some things that just need to be taught but the lofi vibes of this style works a treat too. Also seeing the mostly full & uncut format lets us see a more realistic process with all the small corrections & processes where the short form you say what you're doing but seeing it helps us learn greatly as well.
Cool that you’re trying something different. I felt the music choice in the second half suited your style better. Also cool that we get glimpses of your new shop as you position the camera on the other side of your bench.
This is pleasant to watch. Nice change of pace. Thanks. Note: I hope that you will use mix up all kinds of presentation. I find your narrative very informative.
Rex... I LOVE your narrations, but your silent video and music choice are excellent! Please consider adding closed captions, a la Primitive Technology's youtube channel. Thank you for the great video!
9:53 of Rex not talking, and doing work. What did we ( the viewer) do to get so lucky. Just kidding, Rex. I have not made a shooting border yet. Your build makes good use of cheep off cuts, respect .
Watching you use that screw driver makes me wonder if you have discovered the fun that a Yankee screwdriver is. I learned about them watching grandfather, who because of a congenital issue with his dominant hand (Dupuytren contracture) had to insert a hammer handle, or any tool handle, he wanted to use into his right hand with his left hand. Since it was difficult to tighten and loosen his grip without losing proper positioning he used the Yankee driver instead. I like and use them frequently rather than dig out a screw driver or electrical driver.
An enjoyable variation on your usual output Rex, I'm neither a lover or hater of the music, there's some strong views on here but hey you can't always please everyone all the time ! It's always interesting to see the process from a standard board dimensioned and trued to a finished article !
Interesting and realistic to do all of this with hand tools.. except for the drilling. A cheap power drill is probably significantly easier to get than a hand drill (whatever they are called) so it makes sense... Funny to see the table saw behind, with which this whole build would've taken minutes :)
If you're like me and Rex and have no more use for your hair clippers you can undo the 2 Phillips screws holding the cutting blade on, screw it onto some square stock and make a bench end dog, be warned, this little yap bites 🐕
Okay, I found the music a tad annoying but not obnoxious like so many other videos. What I would really like to see Rex do is a detailed, with talking tips, etc on how to use a shooting board. I have been using these thing fro close to 40 years and dread it each time. I never found the need (or money) to purchase an expensive dedicated plane so I use what I already have and they all tend to hurt my hand. I now wear gloves with does seem to help but what helped most is learning to use a Japanese saw with true precision thereby often eliminating the need to shoot.
Narration or no narration. I’m a huge fan Rex! (I do prefer the narrations and explanations though, but that’s personal) Wish I could support you more than my like, share, and subscriptions but I’m currently feeding a family of 5, my apologies for not being able to feed you too 😅
That was a fun video. I love watching people work in the way I do. I get very little from seeing someone push something through a machine (not a criticism of machine work itself, I just don't think it comes across that well on video). Probably didn't need the music if I'm being honest, but it wasn't irritating.
Nice! I would love to see the types of planes you are using when you bring them out, as I am still learning which plane is best for what job. But this was fun, and I got a kick out of the RUclips Mandatory Unfurling of the Shavings. 😉
Maybe my memory is faulty, but a couple of years ago on YT I thought you made a sawing bench/stool - the thing where you just kneel on the board and rip it without needing a vice, just shuffle it along a bit as you get close to the bench. Or you can sit on it and use the old French grip, ripping with two hands on the handle - just remember to stop before you hit paydirt. I know Chris Schwarz and James Hamilton have done shows on it.
I maybe miss under standing this tool. 9:16 your only guaranteeing 90’ from the same plane as the table top. Without the iron against a 2nd surface you could be bowing that brown board or even cutting 85' to back stop. 9:26 there is a sacrificial piece of light wood keeping 90' with the backstop but you gotta true that sacrificial piece each time right?
Rex this isn't you :D the internet is full of this kinda videos ... what makes you unique and enjoyable is your energy, your voice and your energy you put into every vid. And ofc your jokes :D aaaand ofc the way you explain things
Why do you use 2 different ripping saws, and which would you recommend. I'm looking for one to handle thicker rips like slabs that my Circular saw can't handle. My Japanese saws don't reach deep enough for full arm stroke sawing.
I feel kind of odd giving advise to someone with your experience, and I'm sure you have a good reason for doing it the way you did but... I found it odd that you spent time truing and squaring before a majotlr rip cut. Due to the uneven nature of internal stresses in wood, many times a rip cut will cause new twists and curves in what was previously a straight piece. I have always found it good to do major rip cuts prior to truing the lumber. As an added benefit you also lose less thickness when removing a curve across the width of a board that way. Video was great btw, I enjoyed watching it.
While I really love all your content and also see a lot of positive comments here, I probably will be hated for this - I like your voice and you to talk us through the video, that's why I watch. The music was, well, I had a hard time focusing on the video and wanted to fall asleep. If I wanted this content, I'd watch some Indian or Vietnamese creators with chicken and chipmunk voices in the background. I am sorry, I like your _normal_ content more.
Ho Rex, have a little bit “heretic” question. In my area, It is easy to get wooden handplanes, but mosty in sizes around 20 cm, or jointers in size of 60 cm. I was searching for plane that is 35-40 cm long, but had no luck, so i was wondering, if it would be possible to modify a jointer to that length by cutting off extra length and reflattening the sole. Is it feasible? Thank you very much.
The first half of the ruclips.net/user/postUgkx3ICSK6nSknaL_45CU2NmFSoXjarGMDiJ book is everything about wood: types, tools, finishes, setting up shop etc. The second half is all about doing projects for inside and outside of the home. The color pictures are helpful. After reading a dozen of these types of books, this is probably the best overall (layout, color photos, plans). Only detraction is that many of the projects use a table saw/router/planer, which are usually expensive and take up space, so the plans are less friendly to newcomers and the budget conscious. But I know I can use a drill, circular saw or a jigsaw to make the projects.
Great video Rex ❤️
Could we please also get the same edit without the music and just the workshop noises in the background? I just love the sound of e well sharpened plane iron going through wood like butter 😊
Greetings from Germany
I agree these kinds of videos don't need music the sounds of the workshop is much more interesting
Dang it. That is what I was about say. There is a kinda of music with the saw, planes and chisels.
I also agree but if he had done that way there'd be people complaining they'd rather hear music than shop sounds. What's a creator to do?
@@shopcatt643 I'm not sure if it was ever implemented, but it looks like RUclips was testing out enabling multiple audio tracks for videos. This is normally used to support multiple languages. But it would be cool if it was used in videos like this. Honestly, it would be really cool to have a 3+ tracks. 1 for ambience, 1 for shop sounds, and one for commentary/narration.
@@shopcatt643 what they want, really. That's what youtube was meant to be all about, until it went to shit
I enjoy this format of video! I feel it’s very complementary to your typical content in that gives us the opportunity to go “wait why is he-ohhhhhhh, I see.” It’s another opportunity for us to wonder and then discover from your work
People that don't like narration are psychopaths!!! Talk so we know what your thinking.
@@chrisstearns10 They aren’t mutually exclusive, bud. In fact they’re complementary. Any good teacher knows “show, tell, do,” not “tell, tell, tell.”
@tstthomason instead of "wondering" and then making a mistake, the teacher would have explained what not to do that might seem to be the natural next step. Showing and not talking is like going back to the early caveman time and just grunting and pointing. We have become sophisticated, intelligent, and articulate beings by refining our speech, and not wondering and guessing.
@@chrisstearns10 he already did an entire video of his shooting board build with narration. It's linked in the description. ruclips.net/video/3odXnkR2N7s/видео.html
I'm usually a big fan of your very educational narrated vids, but this was a nice change. You're one of the few that I can binge watch and not get bored. Maybe more of these type vids in the future?
Nice addition to existing video with explanations.
What a pleasant change of pace. I enjoyed this build.
I can't believe how skilled you are. I personally prefer your videos when you talk.
that is a very elegant way of presenting this information.
this is a project I wish to make, thanks to you I'm getting more into hand tool woodworking. Thank you!
I would have watched this for the music tracks alone. Great build Rex!
Rex, I watch many RUclips channels on woodworking. Yours is by far my favorite. I am a retired expat living in Colombia. There is a big box store (like a Home Depot) nearby. But the tool quality leaves much to be desired unless you have A LOT of money. I have to go to local economy stores to buy wood other than construction grade pine. There are good stores for oak, cedar and moncoro at cheap prices. But the wood has significant cupping and must be flattened. I am a beginning woodworker with limited tools and workspace. Your channel shows how to do things within my capabilities. Most channels show how to use 1000s of dollars of equipment (table and band saws, miter saws, drill presses etc.) which I don't have money, space or access for to make a jig that will only be used a very few times. Thanks for keeping it simple.
I like it when you talk us through it mate.
Definitely fun to watch with no voice-over. Different and maybe a little weird, but fun.
As always, I appreciate all you do.
That song at the end was just a blessing
I felt lost and alone without your narration. 😢
That was positively enjoyable Rex Thank you.
Great video! I'm also one of those who can't stand the music, but I watched it because it was you :^) I like that you try new stuff out, though, so it's certainly not a deal breaker for me.
As usual, I LOVE your work and your no-nonsense approach to real woodworking! So insightful Rex. Thank you.
We need an ASMR version of this. No music, no talking, just the natural sounds of the tools 💪
Didn't hear your voice but i was listening to my eyes and on the way pick up your insights!! Good video!
a fun build, good choice of music. This is the first of your build video's I have seen. I chuckled to myself when you pulled out the dewalt to pre drill after all the hand tool use. Then I had a face palm as you used a screwdriver with the dewalt sitting there with a quick change chuck...
Brilliant build! Thanks for the inspiration!
Suggestion, next time you do a time lapse like this maybe keep some of the noises of the sawing and planing and stuff in, seems like people like that kinda asmr stuff.
Nice video. Liked the music. Missed your thoughts and explanations as to what & why. Hope to 'hear' from you again soon! Take care & stay safe.
I enjoy watching a non narration simple build like this. thanks. Muisc? not so much but thats ok, not a deal breaker.
This is a pretty cool departure from your standard explainer videos. I like those alot, but this just lets us bask in your talent. Thanks man!
Rex I really enjoy both this & your narrations. There are some things that just need to be taught but the lofi vibes of this style works a treat too. Also seeing the mostly full & uncut format lets us see a more realistic process with all the small corrections & processes where the short form you say what you're doing but seeing it helps us learn greatly as well.
Cool that you’re trying something different. I felt the music choice in the second half suited your style better. Also cool that we get glimpses of your new shop as you position the camera on the other side of your bench.
I really like this format. Something I'd like to see more of with more big builds you do in the future.
Thanks, Rex! Fun video and love the music.
Fun change of pace!
Great video. Taken by surprise that there was no dialogue but enjoyed it like the Wall-E movie.
This is pleasant to watch. Nice change of pace. Thanks.
Note: I hope that you will use mix up all kinds of presentation. I find your narrative very informative.
this ledge gap is super clever!
Thank you Rex, an enjoyable, and as always informative, change of pace from your usual videos. Nice work!
Rex... I LOVE your narrations, but your silent video and music choice are excellent!
Please consider adding closed captions, a la Primitive Technology's youtube channel.
Thank you for the great video!
9:53 of Rex not talking, and doing work.
What did we ( the viewer) do to get so lucky. Just kidding, Rex.
I have not made a shooting border yet. Your build makes good use of cheep off cuts, respect .
I like that one. Long enough to flint a long grain edge on days when it is just not clicking.
Nice project. Thank you for sharing your awesome project with us today. Stay warm, safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
Watching you use that screw driver makes me wonder if you have discovered the fun that a Yankee screwdriver is. I learned about them watching grandfather, who because of a congenital issue with his dominant hand (Dupuytren contracture) had to insert a hammer handle, or any tool handle, he wanted to use into his right hand with his left hand. Since it was difficult to tighten and loosen his grip without losing proper positioning he used the Yankee driver instead. I like and use them frequently rather than dig out a screw driver or electrical driver.
That's a really clever design!
Always always great channel and info. Merci !
I especially liked the Kilroy peek at us over the square.😆
great video loved it! id say id love to see some more close up shots but i love the experimental change of pace!
An enjoyable variation on your usual output Rex, I'm neither a lover or hater of the music, there's some strong views on here but hey you can't always please everyone all the time !
It's always interesting to see the process from a standard board dimensioned and trued to a finished article !
I was somewhat hesitant, if I'd watch this, but I did end up enjoying this very much. Great job Rex.
Nice Work Rex!
I mean it's nice but I tune in to hear the sweet sweet dj Kruger laying it down! 😆
Interesting and realistic to do all of this with hand tools.. except for the drilling. A cheap power drill is probably significantly easier to get than a hand drill (whatever they are called) so it makes sense... Funny to see the table saw behind, with which this whole build would've taken minutes :)
Great format. I'd watch more of these for sure.
Nice Rex! I may have tried the “yankee” spiral screw driver instead, it is so nice to use.
thank you for posting this, i do hope all is well with you otherwise,
Oh no! Rex used the "20 Hacks You Didn't Know About" music!
Thanks Rex!!!!
I like your narration, but I appreciate that you're trying to mix things up :)
Making a shooting board using a shooting board. Nice
If you're like me and Rex and have no more use for your hair clippers you can undo the 2 Phillips screws holding the cutting blade on, screw it onto some square stock and make a bench end dog, be warned, this little yap bites 🐕
Very nice!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
I had you more of a country/folk music man somehow. Otherwise a great relaxing video. Now I want a shooting board!
Okay, I found the music a tad annoying but not obnoxious like so many other videos. What I would really like to see Rex do is a detailed, with talking tips, etc on how to use a shooting board. I have been using these thing fro close to 40 years and dread it each time. I never found the need (or money) to purchase an expensive dedicated plane so I use what I already have and they all tend to hurt my hand. I now wear gloves with does seem to help but what helped most is learning to use a Japanese saw with true precision thereby often eliminating the need to shoot.
The video I’ve been waiting for! Thanks a lot Rex, could you please run a time clock on your builds ?
Yeah that was a great video!
Loved this vid! I am a follower, more like this to come I hope.
Narration or no narration. I’m a huge fan Rex! (I do prefer the narrations and explanations though, but that’s personal)
Wish I could support you more than my like, share, and subscriptions but I’m currently feeding a family of 5, my apologies for not being able to feed you too 😅
That was a fun video. I love watching people work in the way I do. I get very little from seeing someone push something through a machine (not a criticism of machine work itself, I just don't think it comes across that well on video). Probably didn't need the music if I'm being honest, but it wasn't irritating.
Nice! I would love to see the types of planes you are using when you bring them out, as I am still learning which plane is best for what job. But this was fun, and I got a kick out of the RUclips Mandatory Unfurling of the Shavings. 😉
Very enjoyable!
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
love this video! really nice work, tho your narration can really help and teach me and other about your work and woodworking in general 🙌
Maybe my memory is faulty, but a couple of years ago on YT I thought you made a sawing bench/stool - the thing where you just kneel on the board and rip it without needing a vice, just shuffle it along a bit as you get close to the bench. Or you can sit on it and use the old French grip, ripping with two hands on the handle - just remember to stop before you hit paydirt. I know Chris Schwarz and James Hamilton have done shows on it.
He made the Low Roman bench and the travelers bench.
Nice, missing that bit of banjo music that's in all your other videos XD
Great video, personally i like the narration more
9:34 - Satisfaction guaranteed.
Nice video, but would have liked it better without music, just the sweet sweet sounds of saws and planes on wood.
Great build Rex...had to mute the music...would have rather heard the planes planing, the saws sawing and the screws...well you get it
Very cool
I maybe miss under standing this tool. 9:16 your only guaranteeing 90’ from the same plane as the table top. Without the iron against a 2nd surface you could be bowing that brown board or even cutting 85' to back stop. 9:26 there is a sacrificial piece of light wood keeping 90' with the backstop but you gotta true that sacrificial piece each time right?
relaxing
Interesting. All hand tools - very laudable - except for the electric drill. Any particular reason why you didn't use a hand drill to make the holes?
Rex this isn't you :D the internet is full of this kinda videos ... what makes you unique and enjoyable is your energy, your voice and your energy you put into every vid. And ofc your jokes :D aaaand ofc the way you explain things
Why do you use 2 different ripping saws, and which would you recommend. I'm looking for one to handle thicker rips like slabs that my Circular saw can't handle. My Japanese saws don't reach deep enough for full arm stroke sawing.
just when i thought a full build with only hand-tools out comes ye battery-powered-drill
Second!
So how do I learn to fast forward my rip cuts like Rex?
I was no. 3 my entire school life :D
I feel kind of odd giving advise to someone with your experience, and I'm sure you have a good reason for doing it the way you did but...
I found it odd that you spent time truing and squaring before a majotlr rip cut. Due to the uneven nature of internal stresses in wood, many times a rip cut will cause new twists and curves in what was previously a straight piece. I have always found it good to do major rip cuts prior to truing the lumber. As an added benefit you also lose less thickness when removing a curve across the width of a board that way. Video was great btw, I enjoyed watching it.
Feels a bit like a non-short short :D
🤘🤘🤘
You got a boxed heart, gonna warp bad, no?
“You wanted narration? There’s your narration”.
Wow
Pretty beautiful work, Rex! 😃
But I miss the narration!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Missed your commentary, enjoyed the video. Question, did you still talk to us?
Yup. There's a whole other video where I explain the whole thing just like usual. Link in description.
is it possible to create this shooting board from pallets wood?
People that don't like narration are psychopaths!!! Talk so we know what your thinking.
While I really love all your content and also see a lot of positive comments here, I probably will be hated for this - I like your voice and you to talk us through the video, that's why I watch. The music was, well, I had a hard time focusing on the video and wanted to fall asleep. If I wanted this content, I'd watch some Indian or Vietnamese creators with chicken and chipmunk voices in the background. I am sorry, I like your _normal_ content more.
if boards could talk, they'd say *"we're screwed"*
Wait!?! You made it out of pine instead of a $8.99/bf hardwood😮😂
And he used (gasp!) a POWER DRILL! The horror!
I enjoy the man’s honest work. Makes me smile when he breaks the “rules”… OUTSTANDING job
or a perfectly flat piece of mdf?
I like how he makes stuff
Ho Rex, have a little bit “heretic” question. In my area, It is easy to get wooden handplanes, but mosty in sizes around 20 cm, or jointers in size of 60 cm. I was searching for plane that is 35-40 cm long, but had no luck, so i was wondering, if it would be possible to modify a jointer to that length by cutting off extra length and reflattening the sole. Is it feasible? Thank you very much.
Sure! You sometimes find old planes that have been cut down like that. If the tool isn't valuable, then modify it to make what you want.
Good video, had to turn the sound off to get through it though.