Love the no music, no talking hand tool videos. And yours are some of the very best. As a beginner I love trying to work out what you're doing as you're doing it!
You do things the way that I want to do them. Thank goodness there is somebody out there on RUclips willing to show me how to use the tools that I have been amassing to become a cabinet maker (self taught as all the furniture making schools are hundreds of miles away, if not thousands). You’ve packed just about everything I was missing into one video. Wide panel glue-up, trimming to length, shooting, dovetails, frame glue-up, and more. Thank you. EDIT: and THEN you lined it with leather?! My hero!
Beautiful video and gorgeous piece. I love the meditative quality - no music, just the sounds of wood being worked. Congratulation and thanks for sharing.
beautiful video, the simplicity mirrors the simplicity of the hand tools. thanks for sharing a reminder of how quality and precision existed before power tools
Too much effort for a simple tray but... What an amazing tray! The state of art of woodworking. I really enjoy the whole process. Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊😊
Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to watch 😊 Yes, waaaay too much effort for such a simple thing. But in this case, the effort was sort of the goal, since it is just a hobby. Not quitting my day job just yet… 😁
@snowmancool13 Quality tools make the experience more enjoyable. I could certainly use fewer and cheaper tools. As for the result of this project, while not perfect, I think it was pretty good. What do you think makes it less than good?
Thank you very much! I was not sure if the leather lining would work, but it turned out pretty nice. I did manage to spill a little glue and some wax, so it got a few stains :-/
Thank you for sharing - great video - the attention to detail is inspiring. I made one of these today - not as fine as yours - but I’m very happy with it!
Excellent video in terms of hand woodworking basics and principles, video edition, so beautiful and relaxing moment. I have been living in Oslo for some years 10 years ago, time where i started seriously hand woodworking and discovered its beauty. If i knew your existence at that time it would have been a pleasure to meet you in Oslo. Now retired in France i am lucky to daily enjoy hand woodworking as much as i can ... and like you enjoy the extreme pleasure of learning and using all those tools. Regards to you and your lovely country, again thanks for this beautiful video..
Thank you very much for the kind words and for taking the time to watch! I don't know many woodworkers around here, so it would have been a pleasure to meet you too!
Great video! I am new to woodworking and I have a question: At 5:36 you seem to be using a planar that is shaving away the outer section along the perimeter of the piece. The tool seems to be at the perfect distance. Is there a specific name for this tool/accessory? EDIT: Also, at 1:36, is this a specific type of planar?
Thank you very much :-) The plane at 5:36 is called a rabbet plane. This particular one is a Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane. It is adjustable, so I can set it at any width. Very fun tool to use. The plane at 1:36 is called a shooting plane. The one I have is a Veritas shooting plane. Very nice, but really not necessary :-)
Hi! Great video thank you. When you are carrying over the positions of the tails to scribe the pins (I think I have it right), on one side you add a thin sheet of metal to move the piece over. Why do you do that? I would think it makes the pin too wide, no? Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to watch! Yes, that is correct, I cut tails first, so I am transferring their position and angle to cut the pins. It is actually opposite, I offset the piece so that the pins do not become too narrow. If I were to scribe the pins without any offset (i.e. on the outside of the tail on each side), the space between the pins would be the width of the tail + the width of the saw kerf on each side. I have measured the width of the saw kerf by cutting into a piece wood and using feeler gauges to in the kerf. The jig has a "built in" offset that is the same as the saw kerf. When I place the tail board on top, it is offset to the left. I then scribe the right side of the tail. That scribe line is then offset so that is "under the tail". When scribing the left side of the tail, I use a piece of metal that is twice the thickness of the saw kerf. That effectively offsets the the scribed line so that it is also "under" the tail. This leaves a width between the pins that is exactly the width of the tail. Hope that makes some sense 😅 Rob Cosman uses a similar technique, but without the jig. He explains it much better than me in this video: ruclips.net/video/E8SrH6HbDdQ/видео.htmlsi=BU-ZCnMwsK4CE3Ez&t=2040 About 34 mins in, he talks about the whole offset thing :-)
They are coming back for 50th anniversary. Little more patience and we will have them. Rob Lee posted on a forum about them. Not completely sure if we get both the single from 35 year and double beam 40 year. Hope they do both!
Thank you 😊 It is called a jewelers saw or fret saw. Usually not very expensive. Rob Cosman has a video on how to prepare it for dovetailing. ruclips.net/video/9LUDm4dVjUE/видео.htmlsi=vv440JUoNacH8M_J
Normally I would be careful to glue the bottom of a box. But for this box, being small, I think it is ok. I think I learned from @Paul.Sellers that anything less than about 6 inches wide can be glued without worrying about wood movement.
It is a miniature saw, kind of. I filed saw teeth into a card scraper that is the same thickness as the kerf of my dovetail saw. I will make a video about it soon :-)
@@SchnekkernYes please! I have practice plates from saw making classes and ordered brass back to make my own. Practice plates are available from a few places online. Basically any saw maker has scraps they will sell. Card scraper corner can work well too. Like you see one. I was thinking about one brass rod to pin the plate in mine.
Yes, somehow people made great furniture even before our german gray and green friends came into existence :-) But if I were building a kitchen, I think a few Festool products wouldn’t hurt :-)
Not sure what you mean, but if you are referring to the bottom (that is indeed glued on) this is totally fine for small things like this. For anything wider than 6” or 150mm, I would make it a floating panel held in a groove.
Ha ha, short answer: no Longer answer: I could probably have done the same thing with a much smaller set of tools. - A single chisel would probably suffice. - I could have used the old jackplane for all planing operations, including shooting the ends. - The chisel could be used instead of the wheel marking gauge. - Could have used the dovetail saw for crosscutting. - And chopping out the waste with the chisel would make the jewellers saw superfluous. Not sure what to replace the rabbet plane with, though. But.. although some of the tools are a bit of a luxury (shooting plane for sure), I think that the power tools needed for this would be more expensive. Also, most of these hand tools retain their value very well. Especially compared to a car ;-)
I tried this today! Thank you again.
Love the no music, no talking hand tool videos. And yours are some of the very best. As a beginner I love trying to work out what you're doing as you're doing it!
Thank you very much 😀
Same
Anyone else finds this incredibly relaxing?
Yes, relaxes me :-)
Inspiring precision thanks for the learning experience
Thank you for watching 😊
So satisfying to watch. No music and just the sound of the tools being used with a craftsman skills. Thanks for sharing.
@@trickster11300 Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to watch!
You do things the way that I want to do them. Thank goodness there is somebody out there on RUclips willing to show me how to use the tools that I have been amassing to become a cabinet maker (self taught as all the furniture making schools are hundreds of miles away, if not thousands). You’ve packed just about everything I was missing into one video. Wide panel glue-up, trimming to length, shooting, dovetails, frame glue-up, and more. Thank you. EDIT: and THEN you lined it with leather?! My hero!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I am also just trying to figure out how to use hand tools, and documenting my journey:-)
With all the info online you don’t need a furniture school to learn! Find somewhere you can apprentice. Don’t waste your money on a school
Beautiful video and gorgeous piece. I love the meditative quality - no music, just the sounds of wood being worked. Congratulation and thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for the kind words, and thank you for taking the time to watch 😊
Thanks for rescueing the true beauty of woodworking!
Thank you very much for the kind words and for taking the time to watch 😊
Excellent work! Such patience and skill!
@@jjcouch5 Thank you very much 😊
Very inspirational, these small boxes are excellent training field for hand made woodworking
Exelent Job Brother, i Love it, Your project is my next project, thanks for sharing 💝🙏🏻
Thank you very much 😊 Glad you found it useful 🙂
beautiful video, the simplicity mirrors the simplicity of the hand tools. thanks for sharing a reminder of how quality and precision existed before power tools
Thank you very much! And thanks for taking the time to watch!
What a nice and relaxed way of presenting Your work.
Thank You and best regards from Germany, Frank
@@Brasselschleuder Thank you very much, and thanks for taking the time to watch 😊
Too much effort for a simple tray but... What an amazing tray! The state of art of woodworking. I really enjoy the whole process. Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊😊
Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to watch 😊
Yes, waaaay too much effort for such a simple thing. But in this case, the effort was sort of the goal, since it is just a hobby. Not quitting my day job just yet… 😁
Beautiful work! A nice project to practice all sorts of hand tool skills!
@@kevinprufer8784 Thank you so much 😊
Nice to see the skills of hand tools at work. Well done
Thank you very much 😊
Congrats for your tools, are worth a fortune... shows that expensive tools don’t guarantee a good result 😉
@snowmancool13 Quality tools make the experience more enjoyable. I could certainly use fewer and cheaper tools. As for the result of this project, while not perfect, I think it was pretty good. What do you think makes it less than good?
Beautiful work! Classy! Impressed on how you cleanly installed the liner.
Thank you very much! I was not sure if the leather lining would work, but it turned out pretty nice. I did manage to spill a little glue and some wax, so it got a few stains :-/
Thank you for sharing - great video - the attention to detail is inspiring. I made one of these today - not as fine as yours - but I’m very happy with it!
Thank you very much for watching!
I am very happy if I inspired you!
Nice! Inspired me to make my own. I was concerned the bottom would naturally expand and contract so I cut grooves.
Great workmanship and video editing👍👍
@@tinycuisine6544 Thank you very much 😊
Excellent video in terms of hand woodworking basics and principles, video edition, so beautiful and relaxing moment. I have been living in Oslo for some years 10 years ago, time where i started seriously hand woodworking and discovered its beauty. If i knew your existence at that time it would have been a pleasure to meet you in Oslo. Now retired in France i am lucky to daily enjoy hand woodworking as much as i can ... and like you enjoy the extreme pleasure of learning and using all those tools. Regards to you and your lovely country, again thanks for this beautiful video..
Thank you very much for the kind words and for taking the time to watch!
I don't know many woodworkers around here, so it would have been a pleasure to meet you too!
Wonderful! Glad to see you are posting videos again. I guess winter has arrived in Norway and it's time for woodworking again.
@@kryptik0 Yes, winter is coming! Hope to make some sawdust in the next few months :-)
@@Schnekkern looking forward to it!
What a great project. 👍👍👍
Thank you very much 😊
Simply beautiful and satisfying work. I loved 🌟
Thank you very much 😊
Simple and very nice tray, well done. Amazing video quality : Merci ❤
Thank you very much! And thanks for taking the time to watch 😊
Nice job. I really enjoyed seeing you work without buzzing of electric tools :)
Thanks! I find it much more enjoyable and I don’t miss the noise and dust that power tools produce:-)
"No machines were harmed in the making of this video" says it all
Great video and great project!
Thank you very much 😊
Удивительно, что так мало лайков. Великолепная работа! Спасибо за видео! ❤
Thank you very much 😊
Well done.
Thank you very much 😊
Loved it 🫶
Thank you very much 😊
Great video! I am new to woodworking and I have a question:
At 5:36 you seem to be using a planar that is shaving away the outer section along the perimeter of the piece. The tool seems to be at the perfect distance. Is there a specific name for this tool/accessory?
EDIT: Also, at 1:36, is this a specific type of planar?
Thank you very much :-)
The plane at 5:36 is called a rabbet plane. This particular one is a Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane. It is adjustable, so I can set it at any width. Very fun tool to use.
The plane at 1:36 is called a shooting plane. The one I have is a Veritas shooting plane. Very nice, but really not necessary :-)
@ thank you very much for the reply!
Thank you!
Wow! Your work is fascinating, congratulations! Regards
Thank you very much 😊
Nice tray, nice video. Well done!!
Thank you very much 😊
I like how you did the inside
@@DolezalPetr Thank you! It turned out better than I expected.
Nice work!
Thank you very much 😊
классная работа, классное изделие, классная режиссура видео.
Thank you so much 😊
Impressive attention to detail there.
Liked and Subbed.
Thank you very much 😊
WOW - perfect 👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much 😊
very nice work! enjoyed the video very much 👍
Thank you very much for watching! I really appreciate it!
Hi! Great video thank you. When you are carrying over the positions of the tails to scribe the pins (I think I have it right), on one side you add a thin sheet of metal to move the piece over. Why do you do that? I would think it makes the pin too wide, no? Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to watch!
Yes, that is correct, I cut tails first, so I am transferring their position and angle to cut the pins.
It is actually opposite, I offset the piece so that the pins do not become too narrow. If I were to scribe the pins without any offset (i.e. on the outside of the tail on each side), the space between the pins would be the width of the tail + the width of the saw kerf on each side.
I have measured the width of the saw kerf by cutting into a piece wood and using feeler gauges to in the kerf. The jig has a "built in" offset that is the same as the saw kerf. When I place the tail board on top, it is offset to the left. I then scribe the right side of the tail. That scribe line is then offset so that is "under the tail". When scribing the left side of the tail, I use a piece of metal that is twice the thickness of the saw kerf. That effectively offsets the the scribed line so that it is also "under" the tail. This leaves a width between the pins that is exactly the width of the tail.
Hope that makes some sense 😅
Rob Cosman uses a similar technique, but without the jig. He explains it much better than me in this video:
ruclips.net/video/E8SrH6HbDdQ/видео.htmlsi=BU-ZCnMwsK4CE3Ez&t=2040
About 34 mins in, he talks about the whole offset thing :-)
@@SchnekkernThank you so much for the comprehensive response. Really helpful.
What were the products you used for finishing? 😻
Shellac first (blonde shellac flakes dissolved in alchohol) and then some old paste wax. (I think it is some kind of beeswax blend.)
Thank you for nice and simple tutorial without 8 machines. Which wood do you use?
Thank you for watching! It is steamed beech. From Germany I think. It is very homogeneous and stable. Really easy to work with.
On the off chance your interested... Ive been after that marking gauge for a long time. I would pay 250 canadian for it
I am quite fond of it, but let me think about it :-)
They are coming back for 50th anniversary. Little more patience and we will have them. Rob Lee posted on a forum about them. Not completely sure if we get both the single from 35 year and double beam 40 year. Hope they do both!
Just nice...
Thanks 😊
What is the saw called to cut from 3:25? Thanks for a great video - very inspiring!
Thank you 😊
It is called a jewelers saw or fret saw. Usually not very expensive. Rob Cosman has a video on how to prepare it for dovetailing.
ruclips.net/video/9LUDm4dVjUE/видео.htmlsi=vv440JUoNacH8M_J
Is there any concern with wood movement with the bottom? Or is the box small enough that it doesn’t come into play?
Normally I would be careful to glue the bottom of a box. But for this box, being small, I think it is ok. I think I learned from @Paul.Sellers that anything less than about 6 inches wide can be glued without worrying about wood movement.
What tool did you use for marking the kerf on the pinboard? (around 2:45 on the video)
It is a miniature saw, kind of. I filed saw teeth into a card scraper that is the same thickness as the kerf of my dovetail saw. I will make a video about it soon :-)
@@SchnekkernYes please! I have practice plates from saw making classes and ordered brass back to make my own. Practice plates are available from a few places online. Basically any saw maker has scraps they will sell. Card scraper corner can work well too. Like you see one. I was thinking about one brass rod to pin the plate in mine.
Serious question: couldn’t this have all been sanded?
Yes, it could. But I much prefer using a plane. That way I don’t get any fine dust all over the workshop. Also planing is more fun :-)
I want one
Olha só como eu não preciso de desengrosso ou plaina elétrica.
In your thumbnail there is a little L shaped tool. Prob not a right angle. Is it for dovetail shapes?
Yes, that is correct! It is a small dovetail marker. I made it from som steel and brass scraps.
@@Schnekkern Can you show us how to make one :D
@@Schnekkern BTW love your channel! Keep up the good work man
Yes, I was going to make a video about it, but it seems no one likes my metalworking videos :-)
Thank you very much! And thank you for taking the time to watch :-)
What kind of plane are you using with the shooting board?
It is a Veritas Shooting Plane
What about adding a handle bar and a lid
I could, but this is just to keep pencils etc. from rolling off the workbench.
Did you make the toothed marking knife?
Yes, it is a miniature saw of sorts. I will make a video about it soon!
@@Schnekkern that will be a good vid to watch.
what did you coat the box with?
Blond shellac. A couple of coats. Then some wax.
what is this
@@OakEmber This is a small leather lined tray made from quarter sawn beech to keep small tools from rolling of the workbench.
Nice but not fore everyone. Planes are too expensive
Yes, I hear you. Many people have said the same. I am working on a new video where I only use a few tools that are mostly old second hand ones.
Это скорее медитация!
So they’ve been lying to us.
You CAN make beautiful woodworking projects without using a minimum of five Festool products.
Yes, somehow people made great furniture even before our german gray and green friends came into existence :-)
But if I were building a kitchen, I think a few Festool products wouldn’t hurt :-)
@@Schnekkern funny, i agree with both of you and bought my first Festool tool in Oslo. It depends on what we do ...
As if the tools in this vid didn't cost a metric ton. 🙃
You need some better tools to place in that tray 9:35
Yes, but I think the vintage Starrett calipers are pretty cool 😎
Rien de tel pour la méditation !
dole!
Nice, next.
Un bois collé à contre sens c est pas bon vous en faites quoi du travail du bois
Not sure what you mean, but if you are referring to the bottom (that is indeed glued on) this is totally fine for small things like this. For anything wider than 6” or 150mm, I would make it a floating panel held in a groove.
Do you really need a small car worth of tools for such a simple job? Well made but really……
Need ≠ Want
Ha ha, short answer: no
Longer answer:
I could probably have done the same thing with a much smaller set of tools.
- A single chisel would probably suffice.
- I could have used the old jackplane for all planing operations, including shooting the ends.
- The chisel could be used instead of the wheel marking gauge.
- Could have used the dovetail saw for crosscutting.
- And chopping out the waste with the chisel would make the jewellers saw superfluous.
Not sure what to replace the rabbet plane with, though.
But.. although some of the tools are a bit of a luxury (shooting plane for sure), I think that the power tools needed for this would be more expensive. Also, most of these hand tools retain their value very well. Especially compared to a car ;-)
You probably don’t need all the knives in your kitchen either but it’s more fun to prepare dinner from scratch with some specialized tools.
@@AyresHaxtonNope. I find it much more fun to use a single tool and make it work for the various tasks. To each his own, though.
No he could have just gone to a cheap shop and purchased a box.