25 Woodworking Tips for Beginners

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2022
  • When I first started out woodworking, I made a bunch of mistakes. And overtime I learned a bunch of tips and tricks to help my woodworking process go a lot smoother.
    So here are 25 tips just for you to help with your woodworking success.
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  • @dalerardon1687
    @dalerardon1687 4 месяца назад +3

    I have been a carpenter for 30 years and if you are a beginner, take these tips to heart.
    They are all great tips. They will save you time, money and maybe your fingers.

  • @turncoat9
    @turncoat9 Год назад +3

    "Take your time" is the most important one

  • @danielhanawalt4998
    @danielhanawalt4998 16 часов назад

    Most these tips I already knew but I'm a little bad about not using them. Have to remind myself quite a often. I pick up new tips and am reminded of ones I already know watching these videos usually while having my morning coffee. One thing about using a stop block and cut one piece the length you want it and setting the stop block, be sure to use a clamp and it's tight so it doesn't move any. I've had a stop block move slightly. Of course if you don't put any pieces following the first against the block hard it shouldn't move. In other words like you said take your time. The old saying haste makes waste is true. Good tips and video.

  • @GoAndStay
    @GoAndStay Год назад +5

    Here is tip to check squares. Put it against a straight edge and draw a line. Now flip the square over. The lines should be exactly the same

  • @whoever6458
    @whoever6458 Год назад +2

    I'm lucky when it comes to the debate between high end tools and cheaper tools. My mom always buys the high end ones and so I borrow those from her so I can figure out which ones will be the most useful for me and which ones are good enough in the cheap variety. The most important fancy tool of her for me was her Corona folding saw. I have a bad shoulder so the last thing I need to do is wear myself out just cutting the wood. I do bush craft wood work so I only use hand tools for my work. I have used all of my mom's power tools too but it was for projects we were doing together on her house.

  • @TheLovelyMissBeans
    @TheLovelyMissBeans Год назад +2

    Here's a tip for anyone looking for classes: check at your local community center. Not all the classes are free, but many of them are, and those that aren't often have very reasonable tuition. You can also look for woodworking clubs and guilds in your area. Some of them have organized classes.
    Also, look and see if there is a FabLab in your area! Fablab is a non-profit makerspace operating around the globe, bringing mini manufacturing capabilites and STEAM education to communities. They typically have full woodshops, as well as sewing rooms, art studio space, and or course, laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC making capabilites.

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      That is great to know, I had no clue about FabLab. Thank you for letting everyone know!

    • @brendasmith1533
      @brendasmith1533 10 месяцев назад

      😲 Thanks so much!!

  • @lizz-the-dragon2727
    @lizz-the-dragon2727 11 месяцев назад +1

    I want to build a shelf for my room. I've never built something from scratch before so thanks for this tip video :)

  • @furkanozcan77
    @furkanozcan77 Год назад +3

    Thanks for this tip collection. Such a convenience compared to taking notes from different videos.

  • @JG24AJ
    @JG24AJ 3 месяца назад

    All 25 are definitely on the need to know 👍🏻

  • @random13627
    @random13627 Год назад +1

    This video is worth millions, thanks for the info

  • @cecilhorsley2409
    @cecilhorsley2409 Год назад +14

    As always if you find you've cut a little to much. Go immediately to Harbor freight and get a board stretcher! Remember to keep a little levity for your mistakes.

    • @gregmize01
      @gregmize01 9 месяцев назад +1

      i bought my board stretcher at northern tool and it works great!

  • @BriantreVino5
    @BriantreVino5 Месяц назад

    Great information, thank you for the video!

  • @Jimc4007
    @Jimc4007 Год назад +9

    Good job on the video, great ideas for someone who is fairly new to woodworking. And for those of us who have been doing it for a while too! I know I tend to get a little bit lazy at times and end up with a few extra pieces of firewood LOL!

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад +2

      I am right there with you with that extra firewood 🙂

  • @billyblackie9417
    @billyblackie9417 Год назад +2

    Some great and handy tips. I'm looking at convenience of regularly used tools and when I get a new tool I keep all the spare parts in 1 container. Before I used to put on shelf and eventually moving them around then forgetting what tool they belong to.

  • @davidarnott9740
    @davidarnott9740 10 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent advice and straight to the point. Thank you.

  • @arashy
    @arashy Год назад +1

    Great woodworking tips for beginners! Thanks!

  • @jimlaudate3068
    @jimlaudate3068 Год назад +1

    Excellent information for the new woodworker and, at times, a veteran.

  • @merlinsatrom6678
    @merlinsatrom6678 Год назад +1

    Very helpful and practical tips! Thank you!

  • @patcummins6036
    @patcummins6036 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for some great info!

  • @jack002tuber
    @jack002tuber Год назад +4

    #20, if you do, make sure there are no nails or screws where you cut! #11, get into the habit of just cutting off the factory ends, do it when cutting to length, goes faster than checking them all

  • @wolfman75
    @wolfman75 Год назад

    Cool Video!!!! Thanks For All The Great Info!!!!

  • @Dlutheran
    @Dlutheran Год назад +1

    These are great tips thanks for sharing 👍

  • @Habibulla.M
    @Habibulla.M Год назад +1

    Very useful tips. I learnt some of these by doing some costly mistakes...

  • @larryparis925
    @larryparis925 Год назад

    Well done. Many thanks.

  • @jerryavila2900
    @jerryavila2900 Год назад

    Excellent video!!!

  • @talldave1000
    @talldave1000 Год назад

    Great tips. Thank you

  • @berlewi
    @berlewi 7 месяцев назад

    Many thanks for your excellent video, and all the great tips!!

  • @scottsachs2547
    @scottsachs2547 Год назад +1

    These are Wonderful tips!! Thank You!!

  • @lcjlcj2739
    @lcjlcj2739 Год назад

    Wow. So useful tips

  • @markduggan3451
    @markduggan3451 Год назад

    Great tips as always

  • @guyh.4553
    @guyh.4553 Год назад +3

    As for quality tools, go to yard sales. A person can find brands like Makita, de Walt, etc at a fraction of the price. "The reason is my husband passed away and I don't want them." Sometimes you can equip your whole shop at a yard sale....

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад +1

      Very good point, and great addition to the list

    • @Thelaststrand
      @Thelaststrand Год назад

      Yesss 👍👍👍

    • @brendasmith1533
      @brendasmith1533 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, but inspect them carefully. A little hard to do if you're not sure what you are looking at but I brought one home just to find the charger had exposed wires right at the point it attached to the unit! Gee whiz, and chargers are something you typically walk away from! Now, I only buy tools that look exceptionally well cared for or buy new. Paying higher new prices is cheaper than possible consequences.

  • @86headhunter
    @86headhunter Год назад

    Great content 👍

  • @Entonces
    @Entonces 6 месяцев назад

    Thank You

  • @roms315
    @roms315 Год назад

    Thank u for this video

  • @ronaldhayes5141
    @ronaldhayes5141 Год назад

    👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼Great tips and for me some reminders.

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад +1

      Awesome. My wife likes to tell me that we all need reminders some days.

  • @tomwilson5822
    @tomwilson5822 Год назад

    Being new to this found the video very helpful

  • @keithlightminder3005
    @keithlightminder3005 Год назад +1

    Hello, could you do a video on 20 plus French cleat ideas for a pottery studio. You could do a few repeats and some new ones.
    1. Cubbies for bags
    2. Apron hangars
    3. Small tools
    4. Pencils and markers and small wooden tools
    5. Garrottes and shipikki
    6. Ribs and kidney tools
    7. Throwing bats (disks for the pottery wheel head)
    8. Texture rollers and roulettes
    9. Stamps
    10. Cookie cutters
    11. Bluetooth speakers around room
    12. Party platters for potlucks during long kiln firings
    13. Masks and particulate masks for glaze mixing
    14. 26L Bucket storage
    15. Reference book hold open with a plastic guard for keeping the step by step article from getting splashed with slip. So it can be in front of you as you try a new project- no one wants to wash their hands and dry them every step of the way.
    16. Glaze and coloured slip containers bottles
    17. Test tile library,
    18. Test tile palette a short shelf for up to five test tiles to rest on to see how they look together.
    19. Texture rollers can go in tubes
    20. Packing rolls of bubble wrap for shipping
    21. Inspiration image of the day- put a foam back in a shadow box with a hard board that presses the photocopy of an inspiring pot against the window, you can store 50 behind the front one.
    22. Dowels inclined up to hold kiln furniture accessibly when loading the kiln. They have holes in the middle it works perfectly, 2 meters away from the kiln for fire safety. Stilts, spurts and saddles get their own storage and by length.
    23. Mug display grid. - a hanging shelf grid with each square displaying a mug by a different artist- a photo of the mug on the left side, info about how it was made on the right- artist, year, clay body, firing cone, which kiln, techniques, weight height, who has liked it, used it.
    24. Throwing list for day- three or four pegs to hang a bookmark sideways made of clay saying what is being thrown(it has a centred hole about 1cm ) then on the left is a smaller tile with a number stamped on- 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 77. 98. 112.
    25. Mason stains in little ziplock baggies. On a dowel organized by rainbow with blue at the front.
    26. Orton cone boxes
    27, spray bottles full of water
    28. Soda sprayer
    29. Goggles
    And most tools will get wet so having a 3degree tilt for water to run off will help. Some tools are hot like kiln furniture so it needs hardwood or even a ceramic peg- no plastic for hot stuff.
    30. Extruder plates/extruder dies
    31. Paddles
    32. Sponges all sizes
    33. Dottles
    34. Clearly labelled Slab roller canvases for brown clay , porcelain, low fire and stoneware. This prevents low fire dust exploding the porcelain in the kiln at the higher temperatures.
    35. Storage labeled for wooden slabs for using wire to cut at a controlled height.
    36. Fold out ware board shelves. Like one you did for wood storage
    37. Paint brushes- European hairy side up, Asian, hung from pegs.
    38. Eyewash station
    39. First aid kit for bandaids
    40. Full on first aid kit and book.
    41. Throwing and trimming chucks.
    42. Cottling boards and clamps
    43. YumI or bow harps.
    44. Kiln was cartons
    45. Plaster bat for throwing station- at a 3degree tilt- for wet clay to be quick reclaimed.
    46. Sprigg mold
    47. Surform tool and spare blades.
    48. Sandpaper sorter
    49. Hand wash liquid soap holder and towel
    50. Hand wipe towel holder by throwing station
    51. Cattle syringes for mixing wild clay tests
    52. Drill and big glaze mixing bits
    I’d be happy to answer questions. I think you would draw in more viewers with this woodworker/ potter crossover and you could find a local pottery studio to do a beneficial install for them! It could be a series, one long one. Or you could have the show end with you dropping off the new French clear solution and interact with them to explain it/ ask about it. Love what you are producing and the friendly enthusiastic way you do it. Thank you so much for your work!

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      I will definitely keep that in mind. Thank you for all of the ideas!

  • @jameshuntley428
    @jameshuntley428 Год назад +2

    Do you find the sound deadening material makes a substantial difference in noise outside of the workshop?

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      It definitely helps with noise and temperature

  • @3rdworldgamer495
    @3rdworldgamer495 Год назад

    #26 - HAVE FUN!

    • @Dlutheran
      @Dlutheran Год назад

      Yes I agree 👍💯 😁

  • @mwpalabama4974
    @mwpalabama4974 Год назад

    Love the video. Thanks for the tips. Any chance you could tell me what stain you used to give that piece of wood that red color when you were talking about stain testing? I loved the way it looked.

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      I think it is called Barn Red, but I also burnt the wood before staining.

    • @mwpalabama4974
      @mwpalabama4974 Год назад

      @@SpecificLove7 Thanks for getting back to me!

  • @Dlutheran
    @Dlutheran Год назад +1

    Can you do a video about how a beginner would go about setting up their shop

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад +1

      I will definitely keep that in mind, thank you

    • @TheLovelyMissBeans
      @TheLovelyMissBeans Год назад

      In the meantime Devin, Woodworking for Mere Mortals might have some stuff you'd find helpful.

  • @brettbarager9101
    @brettbarager9101 Год назад

    Good vid. Some of these things I already knew, some things I should have knows . . . And some were just "duh" Thanks

    • @brendasmith1533
      @brendasmith1533 10 месяцев назад

      It's amazing what one person thinks "duh" and another person had no clue.

  • @_d98224
    @_d98224 Год назад

    Thra khawp mai

  • @PBS-nm1uu
    @PBS-nm1uu Год назад

    where do you get the classes ??

  • @michaelenglund
    @michaelenglund Год назад

    I agree, except on nr 22 bying cheap machines. Buy better ones second hand. You get better tools and dont contribute to electronic waste.

  • @JG24AJ
    @JG24AJ Год назад

    Question I had been forgetting to ask you..
    In your opinion do/would you trust stud finders?
    Thanks in advance & may all be blessed!

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад +3

      If it is a good brand, then I would say sometimes. If you need to be 100% sure, once the stud finder locates a stud, then use a very thin nail to tap through the drywall to make sure before making a bigger hole. Most drywall is 1/2" to 3/4" thick, so as long as the very thin nail is just over 1" it should be easy to use.
      Just tap it lightly, and if there's a stud, you will definitely feel the nail get harder to drive in.
      My father taught me this trick many years ago and it has saved me a few times.

    • @Dave-zg5xl
      @Dave-zg5xl Год назад +2

      Or use a magnet to find the screws or nails fixing the plasterboard or drywall

    • @vashon100
      @vashon100 Год назад +3

      One of the problems with some stud finders is you don't know if you're at the stud's center or edge. Using SLC's recommendation and a couple more pokes, you can find the span of the stud and decide where the center is.

  • @LavoniaSantaella
    @LavoniaSantaella 3 месяца назад

    Woodworking tip

  • @Fluffywings84
    @Fluffywings84 Год назад

    Awesome video! FYI there was a very low frequency hum. You may want to through a high pass filter. I can hear it drop in and out during scene changes.

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      Thank you for the warning, I was unaware of that.

  • @blackweed3078
    @blackweed3078 Год назад

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @vicpetrishak1077
    @vicpetrishak1077 Год назад

    Chinese tape measures work well if Farm Tolerance is used , 1/4” .

  • @JG24AJ
    @JG24AJ Год назад

    👍🏻🇺🇸❤️⭐❤️🇺🇸👍🏻

  • @randsipe224
    @randsipe224 7 месяцев назад

    I guess is this is for newbies… really new newbies, I mean really really newbies.

  • @rcooley-im8sy
    @rcooley-im8sy Год назад +2

    I would recommend not putting the tools you are going to use above or behind your lathe our other rotating equipment. Your clothes might get tangled in the equipment.

  • @drydreams8513
    @drydreams8513 Месяц назад

    The saw blade thick always screws me to this day especially the big foot blade I swear is different every time one day it is 3/16 the next a 1/4 . I don’t know how many times I have been yelled at n embarrassed by that blade messing around with my reality. Skill saw tho tried and true 1/8 all day every day god bless it

  • @gisellatuttle259
    @gisellatuttle259 7 месяцев назад

    I like the prominence of the American flag

  • @lfernandplopsa3627
    @lfernandplopsa3627 Год назад +1

    Do not need a bloody fancy pc building program that takes a lot of time to learn all the different doda's, just use a piece of paper and pencil and go , did it like that for 40 years and always accurate 😁😁👍👍 and here we have another one with a so called ''small'' shop , boy you not even know what small is 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

  • @Kevin-is-here
    @Kevin-is-here Год назад

    Where’s the PVC?

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      I don't make much with PVC anymore

    • @Dlutheran
      @Dlutheran Год назад

      He has gotten into woodworking and made some impressive things 👍

  • @assog5737
    @assog5737 Год назад +1

    The one thing that I disagree with. And this is just something that drives me NUTS.
    Is hanging any hand tools on a wall.
    And I can't believe everybody does it.
    I can't stand reaching for a tool, that is hanging on a wall and it's all dirty and dusty.
    IT ABSOLUTELY DRIVES ME CRAZY.
    And you know darn well, if a tool is sitting out or hanging on a wall. It's going to get dirty or dusty.
    So I have ALWAYS kept my hand tools in a drawer or cabinet.
    This way they are ALWAYS clean and ready to use.
    And I don't get crap all over my hands and or my project.

    • @SpecificLove7
      @SpecificLove7  Год назад

      I completely understand where you are coming from. In my case, I usually blow out my shop once or twice a year but there is still a little dust on occasion.

    • @brendasmith1533
      @brendasmith1533 10 месяцев назад

      Lack of space. Maybe make an enclosure like plexiglass to cover them.

  • @pmcg9690
    @pmcg9690 Год назад

    You cannot get the "same exact" anything, why does America get it backwards, it's like having a "nice really car" or a "small very IQ"

    • @gregmize01
      @gregmize01 9 месяцев назад

      are you gonna be ok?

  • @trevorwalters7978
    @trevorwalters7978 Год назад

    Cool..👍🇬🇧🙋🏼‍♂️

  • @JohnDoe-qg6hm
    @JohnDoe-qg6hm Год назад +2

    Hi, I am wondering how you identify wood type / wood species from scrap lumbar ? The color and wood density is the only parameters I can think of but many wood species share similar color and wood density so whats the best way ? Is there a good guide or book on the subject ?

    • @brendasmith1533
      @brendasmith1533 10 месяцев назад

      Yes, inquiring minds want to know. 🤣 I'm a complete newby and picked from the free scrap pile at Lowes just to experiment with (new to me) power tools.