Rex coming through again! Rex, I've wanted to do woodworking for over a decade. Your $30 workbench gave me the confidence to just... start. I probably spent a half hour finding 11 2x4 straight enough 😂. I glued them all together and picked up that $37 plane from Ace hardware. I tuned it and then flattened my bench and I can't tell you good it felt. I've since spent many enjoyable hours sitting on this bench and planing old, thrown out wood into usable stock. My kids are in the shop learning with me and I am having the time of my life. So thank you thank you THANK you for your WWFH series
That's awesome that you've not only gotten started, but that your kids have joined you along the journey. As far as cutting straight, yup, practice, but also check out videos from othe channels too. Wood by Wright, Paul Sellers, and many others have videos on sawing techniques, stance, and how to correct cuts; among other tips. Many channels have tips. It could even be that your saw needs some tuning, search either of the above channels or Rex's for tuning methods. An out of tune saw is really hard to cut straight with. If the tooth set is off on one side it will pull the saw off line. If you are hitting your side as you are stroking the saw it can push the saw off. I hope something I've said hear helps you.
The first half of the ua-cam.com/users/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.
I'm a young woodworker, I have been doing it for almost a year. I'm in high school so I don't have much time to work on projects, but your videos give me a glimpse at the fun I'm missing out on :). Thank you for making such good videos, they are really entertaining and informative. Keep going strong and keep making amazing videos like this.
Hey, Mike. I always love seeing guys from other channels I watch commenting on on other people's channels. So, when are you going to show us your version of this turning saw for your turning channel? I can only imagine the handles you'll come up with on your lathe. Just imagine the inside-out ornaments one could make with a good turning saw to cut out little ornaments to put inside the larger ornament once it is flipped inside out. Could be a handy saw for trimming up chess pieces too, knights, rooks, king's crowns, etc...
ua-cam.com/video/IShxXtAev9U/v-deo.html this video may not be Rex doing it, but it does show how you can make a wood lathe! It looks like a fun project too, it seems so easy
Who in heck would give a woodworking tutorial from Rex a 'thumbs down'? Oh, maybe those people who are so inept and clumsy they can't pick their nose without poking themselves in the eye?..ya I forgot about those people :\
Thanks so much for all the stuff you're doing. It is really helping me to start to feel purpose in a forced early retirement. Im off to what we call The Mens Shed tomorrow in my town. Its a place for men to gather and build things for the community as well as talk. Then on Saturday morning im of to our woodworking group in our big town nearby. Not only to visit but to find a mentor for tool building and sharpening.
I have an old 10" English frame saw. The stretcher is made of beech and has a nice healthy bend after decades of tension. It's still usable but definitely not as straight as it was when it was new. I made a 2" extension so I could use a 12" blade and I agree cutting a mortice and tenon is tricky.
I am binge watching your channel since two days, even if I am not able to put a nail in a wall. I'd like to be so skillful, thanks for all these videos. And I don't know why but I really like your intro music. Thank you Rex.
I don't know how you can finish a whole project like this in one day, Rex. I'm pretty new to woodworking and sometimes I will spend 3 or so hours just planing a piece of wood! I'm so slow!
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your uploads and the sense of adventure you present.......want to make something you need? Give it a shot. You learn as you go and your explanations are great for the common man. Keep up the good work!
Great video Rex, that bow saw is my next project for sure! Just an FYI for those of you who live in Canada and don't want to spend 42USD for shipping directly from Gramercy Tools : Lee Valley sell Gramercy's bow blades for around 14CAD, which translates around the exact same price. Gotta keep that WWFH tool price as low as possible! Cheers!
I don't think he will abandon it. This new tool is just like the others: it exists to do things the old ones couldn't. It's quite nice to step up a notch on our woodworking skills. Here where I live we don't have good tenon saws for sale, for example. We don't have acess to even cheap brands, let say veritas or narex, so we need to make our own. This kind of vídeos are awesome for guys like me who can't buy anything good cuz the country he lives is bad and stuff is: A- extremely expensive. For me a veritas saw costs the equivalent to 3000 dollars, even the cheap ones. Import taxes, federal taxes and state taxes + govt bureaucracy. ;) i don't really know taxes names in english (it's my second language) 2- When you find cheap ones (it's already quite hard to find) they are AWFUL! As bad as the worst chinese stuff. So yeah, I just made my own tenon saw and its working smoothly, it gave me skills that I would never had, only got cuz I made it. So my suggestion is to you try and make those tools, it's not that hard and we can always do it again if we commit some major mistake. Tools are really cheap to make wood and metal wise since almost always you can repurpose the "lost" material.
@@user-iv1qz1tx7u completely agree. I just got a stanley backsaw which costed me the equivalent of 39 dollars and after I upgraded like in his video, it works pretty well. I was actually referring to him getting rid of the dewalt saw and replacing it with the new Bahco handsaw he's using in this video haha
Rex, Great tool, pretty easy to make. I added a v-groove on the top of the stretcher and covered it with a piece of scrap wood, now I have a place to store extra blades.
Honestly.... I'll buy some once I can find them here in Germany, probably Dictum has them. Its hard enough to find the blades here, turning saws are so uncommon in continental Europe. And there's no roadside scrap to scavenge hardwood from, either.... And I need to spend less time on a single project or I'll end up getting nothing done in the workshop at all.
It's been over a decade since I was in shop class, and I've finally found out the type of saw I made in class! This was it! But less fancy. It was such an enjoyable project and I wish we did more wood work then. But I guess I can start now
You are one of the guys on youtube who got.me into woodworking with hand tools. I used a router a lot but now I do a lot of those things with a handplane. Keep them vids coming Rex. Big thumbs up
Rex - this year has been tough for everyone, I’ve struggled to keep on the bright side. Your vids and attitude have really helped me and inspired me to get in the shed and give a few projects a go. Next stop is the marking gauge. Thanks for your content!
You can also use a forstner bit to make the bridle joint, just drill the hole at the bottom of the joint and then saw each side to the hole and clean it up with a chisel...
Just made one of these, mostly following your design, I did the mortise and tenons instead of the lap, but I absolutely love it. Thanks so much Rex! I love your channel and I really appreciate your approach to things. I can't afford to do the patreon stuff, but I'm gonna have to buy some plans to show some support. Keep up the great work brother!
Rex Krueger I built it. I’m a novice woodworker and it was a tricky project for me. So happy with the result. Oh and I went through with my plan to recycle the legs from the chair for the wood. I have an invisible wall blocking me from buying wood. I force myself to source it for free and only make what my limited resources allow.
@@lawntofoodforest That's pretty cool. Any video on your build? Edit: Never mind, I went and looked and no content on your channel. But think about keeping an eye out for people tossing old furniture out in their trash pick-up days. Or folks trimming trees. If you only have hand tools, ripping lumber from tree branches can be a lot of work, but it can be done with practice and determination.
Thomas Russell I’m not a content creator yet as you saw. My woodworking is also in its infancy but I’m happy with my turning saw. It’s pretty much the same design as Rex’s but I made it from eye. I find timber, I rummage through skips at the back of furniture makers and I pull old fence posts washed down creeks. I haven’t paid for timber yet, I wonder how long I can keep that going.
Definitely excited about the spring pole lathe, I am currently working on a different style of lathe but can definitely appreciate the traditional method.
Rex, I love your channel. I finally found patron. I signed up for $7.00 , but when it showed me the amount was wrong, $5.00. Please fix for me. Thanks uh (million) not dollars lol.
Rex, you are a fantastic maker and content creator! One of the struggles I had a few years ago when I started getting into woodworking was finding projects that were challenging enough to teach me new skills and give me a practiced hand, but that also used a relatively small set of tools that I could justify spending money on in the event that I turned out not to enjoy this hobby as much as I thought I would. I have never had that problem with your with the Woodworking for Humans videos, since each one builds on concepts and tools from previous videos. In this one you use a spoke shave you showed us how to make, a cheap saw you showed us how to improve, a work bench you built and upgraded. No matter where a person is in their skill set, you videos provide an easy curated list that anyone can use to boot strap there way to the next thing.
Why am I so attracted to this project? Perhaps because both my Grandfathers were toolmakers for a living? Who knows. Now I have to find the UK equivalent for that blade!
I just tried out a Stanley Bailey Plane from my father. Using your video I gave it a clean and got excellent shavings, even with just a cursory sharpen. Now I need to fix the blade up, it is ground wonky.
It’s a good idea, if you have an evening to spare, to take a full ball of good cotton or hemp string or twine and a block of beeswax, light a candle, and coat the full ball of string with a healthy layer of wax, not rerolling it when the rough coating is done, then take a rag and pinch the string between two fingers inside the rag and pull it steadily but briskly through the pinch point to remove excess wax. Now make a ball of it again and you have waxed string for possibly years if you seldom use string. Waxed string like this is stronger than its unwaxed counterpart, frays less readily at the end, holds up to water better, and generally is superior for most applications.
If you have just a little coin to your name, $15 (US) will get a POUND of 90# nylon "Sinew"... There's not much more durable or stronger. The only downside is that you have to melt the ends so the knots will hold... BUT I've repaired saddles, horse collars, bridles, and lots of other tack and harness, and even re-upholstered motorcycle seats with it. It comes off the spool "flat"... SO with a little careful effort, you can split the stuff, using a finger or thumbnail to separate fibers and then pull it apart for two or three or even four identical length strands out of a single "cut". A little moisture on your forefinger and thumb, and you can just "roll" the stuff into good round thread. It's already waxed (at least every bit I've ever gotten was)... AND lasts for damn nearly ever. ;o)
I love woodworking and your videos make me happy, ive built you low roman workbench for handtool woodworking, ive also make your turning saw, your videos are really informational
Those handles are gorgeous, like heirloom tomottoes. I wonder how they affixed handles before epoxy. I never see ferrules and pins on pics of antique ones nor the flange outside the handel like Juri's. I empathize the lack of lathe, I tried to make a London pattern one since its mostly flats and the curved part took longer than the saw frame. Good job.
I was going to ask about a pole lathe but since you plan on doing it already what about a shave horse? probably could make something that fits into the square mortice in the roman bench.
Bits with spurs at the outside diameter (spade,forstner,Brad point) are intended for the operator to set the bit in a indent left from center punch or pilot hole and then run in reverse to allow the spurs to cut the fibers at the hole entry point and then go forward and let her rip.
Interesting, I made a turning saw similar to yours. Main difference is I used a bolt with a smooth shank on it and cut the head off and then cut the slit for the blade in the smooth end. I also made a coping saw using the same method. Spring Pole lathe is a great idea, but have you considered the DaVinci type lathe. He designed one with a flywheel that turns the stock continuously the same direction instead of back and forth like a spring pole lathe. There are several renditions of it to look at online. You can make up to 1,000 RPM with one. I love your Chanel. I have been wood working a long time, and am still learning. I have learned things from you and wish to say thanks. My motto is "where is the fun in buying when you can make it." I have never heard you say it, but I see that you believe it. Thanks again.
@@criswilson1140 yes, I have noticed. The logs were cut at the beginning of August and already have huge splits. Also, the grain rotates around the tree, so splitting it is nowhere near easy.
@@robertthompson5527 You definitely have to split and at least rough shape eucalyptus while it is still green. Once it dries, it is a tough nightmare to rough shape it.
Rex, I truly enjoy all of your videos. they are both educational and entertaining; lots of useable information for the layman wood worker.. Myself, my hobby is making archery selfbows. I typically work with raw staves and use a hatchet or machete to rough out the bow. My problem - I need a heavy duty chopping block. Thinking of using 4 x 4's to make a man made stump and using dowels and butterflies to hold the pieces together. Would enjoy seeing how you make and use butterfly inlays. JH
I just got a wild idea for a fun series. You set an end goal like making a piece of furniture. Basically each episode you make a tool only using the tools you’ve previously made, the catch is you have to start from close to scratch. Obviously you are no metal smith so the exception is you can buy metal fixtures like this metal saw blade but you can only use it once the new tool is assembled. Maybe making a rule that the edge has to be blunt so you have to find ways of sharpening it idk. The first tools you get are the natural ones that exist in nature, rocks, sticks, fire (that you make yourself if you want to be even more challenge) So say you start off making simple knife to carve wood, you can’t use the blank knife until you make a handle and deem the knife “usable” meaning you built the wood furniture for it and it’s safe to use. Not pretty, it could literally be a knife with the tang stuck into a stick securely. Once you have the useable tool you can use it to improve itself, like carving a better handle, or start the next tool, going back improving your tools along the way or using them to make better versions. How far could you get? What tool would you make first and how? Is the fact that most tools like said knife or chisel made out of too much metal for this to be at all interesting? What tools would be to difficult to make? Would you want to watch something like this? I think I’ll turn this comment somewhere on like reddit or something. Also is there a fan made or dedicated subreddit or discord for your UA-cam channel?
Excellent work, as always. I made a European bow saw Paul Sellers style and they are really fun to make. I will surely make a turning saw, If I can find the right blades here in Italy
if you drilled your arms first, you will get a perpendicular drilled hole versus freehand drill into curvy object. take advantage of the flat sides before you remove them
Now we need the Foreman's bundle with all the tool plans haha. The simple one looks great, but what about doing a lap on the u joint, so it's nice and flush? Thoughts?
Last summer I cut down a wild persimmon tree in my back yard. It's my understanding that these are also called white ebony and they are very hard wood. It wasn't a huge tree, maybe 6 inch diameter and 15 feet tall or so, but I'm wondering what I can do with the wood. Any ideas? Is this too hard to work with using hand tools? Should I just cut it up and use it for knife handles or something else small? What would you do with it?
yeah I'd like to see your version of a lathe also . I made one out of a washing machine motor a grinder pulley ,old drill and wood. then the other end of the pulley I put a belt grinder. all I can say is it works okay.
I love pretty much all of your videos. I just made the joiners bench the other day. Now I need some work holding options. I'm going to consult your other videos for the good ideas there.
I have about 50 board feet of walnut sitting wanting to be made into something. And a whole bunch of red cedar for the stretcher. Would Eastern Red Cedar be a good stretcher. I feel it is fairly strong compression wise.
Looks like I got a new tool to make put of leftover white oak, awesome. Hey Rex, have you also made plane chipbreakers? If so, what material did you use? I was given one of those planes that has a stamped sheet metal frog and I want to have it as a sort of project plane for light, non-intrusive upgrades (new tote and knob and a more substantial chipbreaker for kicks) since I already have a nicer plane.
I make all my bow/frame saws out of pine or spruce. No need to use heavy hard wood. I’ve got a dozen or so of them the last thing I want is a heavy saw when your making 50+ cuts a day you’ll thank yourself
I'll add this to my to-do list! Also, I think you mentioned providing a link to good rasps for woodworking. I've been looking for some, as the ones I have are either too rough or too fine. I don't see a link in the description, though. Any suggestions?
Alcohol is not the answer: um-kay? (MR. Garrison, Southpark) Hahaha! Kinda like "drugs are not the answer", I've always wanted to scream at someone, "doesn't that depend on the question?".
Thank You for the St Judes fund raiser they saved my nephews life. Love watching your videos
Rex coming through again!
Rex, I've wanted to do woodworking for over a decade. Your $30 workbench gave me the confidence to just... start. I probably spent a half hour finding 11 2x4 straight enough 😂. I glued them all together and picked up that $37 plane from Ace hardware. I tuned it and then flattened my bench and I can't tell you good it felt. I've since spent many enjoyable hours sitting on this bench and planing old, thrown out wood into usable stock. My kids are in the shop learning with me and I am having the time of my life. So thank you thank you THANK you for your WWFH series
I should add, I've since made the wooden hammer and Japanese sawhorses. The biggest problem I run into is my cuts wandering. Practice practice!
Man, that is GREAT to hear! I'm really glad for you.
That's awesome!
That's awesome that you've not only gotten started, but that your kids have joined you along the journey. As far as cutting straight, yup, practice, but also check out videos from othe channels too. Wood by Wright, Paul Sellers, and many others have videos on sawing techniques, stance, and how to correct cuts; among other tips. Many channels have tips. It could even be that your saw needs some tuning, search either of the above channels or Rex's for tuning methods. An out of tune saw is really hard to cut straight with. If the tooth set is off on one side it will pull the saw off line. If you are hitting your side as you are stroking the saw it can push the saw off. I hope something I've said hear helps you.
Me too! Made the bench, Japanese sawhorses, spokeshave, and working on the turning saw now.
With those handles you could always chuck that pin into a hand drill and use sandpaper to get a nice smooth rounded handle
The first half of the ua-cam.com/users/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.
Yeah, right. Read this first though - prettyhandygirl.com/do-not-buy-teds-16000-woodworking-plans-without-reading-reviews/
Here in Europe it's 10pm and man, you're making it really hard to not run into the workshop now to make stuff
Don't fight it. We'll sleep when we're dead.
My favorite youtube wood worker. And I watch a lot. You are a service to humanity.
I'm a young woodworker, I have been doing it for almost a year. I'm in high school so I don't have much time to work on projects, but your videos give me a glimpse at the fun I'm missing out on :). Thank you for making such good videos, they are really entertaining and informative. Keep going strong and keep making amazing videos like this.
That is awesome!
Great video. I went to the Gramercy site and more interesting stuff. It took me about 30 minutes to remind myself I am a woodturner, get back on task!
Hey, Mike. I always love seeing guys from other channels I watch commenting on on other people's channels. So, when are you going to show us your version of this turning saw for your turning channel? I can only imagine the handles you'll come up with on your lathe. Just imagine the inside-out ornaments one could make with a good turning saw to cut out little ornaments to put inside the larger ornament once it is flipped inside out. Could be a handy saw for trimming up chess pieces too, knights, rooks, king's crowns, etc...
@@thomasarussellsr May be a while but something to think about.
Looking forward to that lathe
ua-cam.com/video/IShxXtAev9U/v-deo.html this video may not be Rex doing it, but it does show how you can make a wood lathe! It looks like a fun project too, it seems so easy
So much fun to go back to older videos like this👍🏻
Who in heck would give a woodworking tutorial from Rex a 'thumbs down'? Oh, maybe those people who are so inept and clumsy they can't pick their nose without poking themselves in the eye?..ya I forgot about those people :\
Thanks so much for all the stuff you're doing. It is really helping me to start to feel purpose in a forced early retirement. Im off to what we call The Mens Shed tomorrow in my town. Its a place for men to gather and build things for the community as well as talk. Then on Saturday morning im of to our woodworking group in our big town nearby. Not only to visit but to find a mentor for tool building and sharpening.
I must say I agree ... to make a tool ourselves is a feeling hard to beat !
I have an old 10" English frame saw. The stretcher is made of beech and has a nice healthy bend after decades of tension. It's still usable but definitely not as straight as it was when it was new. I made a 2" extension so I could use a 12" blade and I agree cutting a mortice and tenon is tricky.
I am binge watching your channel since two days, even if I am not able to put a nail in a wall. I'd like to be so skillful, thanks for all these videos. And I don't know why but I really like your intro music. Thank you Rex.
Your resourcefulness is incredibly commendable. I used your tuning guide to get my $30 Amazon hand plane to razor sharp. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
I don't know how you can finish a whole project like this in one day, Rex. I'm pretty new to woodworking and sometimes I will spend 3 or so hours just planing a piece of wood! I'm so slow!
Keep your focus to getting it right first. Speed comes with practice. You CAN do this! l believe in you. ;o)
It took me 2 days, but filming slows me down a lot.
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 thanks!
@@Russ0107 Always welcome! Keep the faith, brother. ;o)
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your uploads and the sense of adventure you present.......want to make something you need? Give it a shot. You learn as you go and your explanations are great for the common man. Keep up the good work!
Great video Rex, that bow saw is my next project for sure! Just an FYI for those of you who live in Canada and don't want to spend 42USD for shipping directly from Gramercy Tools : Lee Valley sell Gramercy's bow blades for around 14CAD, which translates around the exact same price. Gotta keep that WWFH tool price as low as possible! Cheers!
RIP Dewalt Saw 😭. It was there at the beginning of this series and made woodworking possible for so many of us
I don't think he will abandon it. This new tool is just like the others: it exists to do things the old ones couldn't. It's quite nice to step up a notch on our woodworking skills. Here where I live we don't have good tenon saws for sale, for example. We don't have acess to even cheap brands, let say veritas or narex, so we need to make our own. This kind of vídeos are awesome for guys like me who can't buy anything good cuz the country he lives is bad and stuff is:
A- extremely expensive. For me a veritas saw costs the equivalent to 3000 dollars, even the cheap ones. Import taxes, federal taxes and state taxes + govt bureaucracy. ;) i don't really know taxes names in english (it's my second language)
2- When you find cheap ones (it's already quite hard to find) they are AWFUL! As bad as the worst chinese stuff. So yeah, I just made my own tenon saw and its working smoothly, it gave me skills that I would never had, only got cuz I made it. So my suggestion is to you try and make those tools, it's not that hard and we can always do it again if we commit some major mistake. Tools are really cheap to make wood and metal wise since almost always you can repurpose the "lost" material.
@@user-iv1qz1tx7u completely agree. I just got a stanley backsaw which costed me the equivalent of 39 dollars and after I upgraded like in his video, it works pretty well.
I was actually referring to him getting rid of the dewalt saw and replacing it with the new Bahco handsaw he's using in this video haha
Turning or small bow saw are easy and fun to make. I've made five; none are the same. Making the hardware is actually easy to make as well.
Rex,
Great tool, pretty easy to make. I added a v-groove on the top of the stretcher and covered it with a piece of scrap wood, now I have a place to store extra blades.
You really fooled me for a second at "we're just going to buy these pins for only 18 bucks" 😃.
I really try to keep everyone guessing!
Honestly.... I'll buy some once I can find them here in Germany, probably Dictum has them. Its hard enough to find the blades here, turning saws are so uncommon in continental Europe. And there's no roadside scrap to scavenge hardwood from, either.... And I need to spend less time on a single project or I'll end up getting nothing done in the workshop at all.
@@wernerviehhauser94 Feine Werkzeuge in Berlin has them in stock, the blades as well. Dictum doesn't if I recall correctly.
@@schm4704 Neat :-) Thanks. Then I'll order the kit along with the set of short japanese saws I intended to buy.
Same! Then I went to Lee Valley to check the price, and it was $81 CAD, and I was like "Hell naw, I'm making my own pins and handles."
Oh how I love this channel. The density of truly useful information you provide in your videos is something I've rarely come across, Rex.
After the bench and the hammer this will be one of my next projects! Thx for the inspiration from Germany!
The King what a joy to see you !
It's been over a decade since I was in shop class, and I've finally found out the type of saw I made in class! This was it! But less fancy. It was such an enjoyable project and I wish we did more wood work then. But I guess I can start now
Great show old chap, great show! Another project hits the list!
Glad you enjoyed it
You are one of the guys on youtube who got.me into woodworking with hand tools. I used a router a lot but now I do a lot of those things with a handplane. Keep them vids coming Rex. Big thumbs up
Rex - this year has been tough for everyone, I’ve struggled to keep on the bright side. Your vids and attitude have really helped me and inspired me to get in the shed and give a few projects a go. Next stop is the marking gauge. Thanks for your content!
You can also use a forstner bit to make the bridle joint, just drill the hole at the bottom of the joint and then saw each side to the hole and clean it up with a chisel...
Just made one of these, mostly following your design, I did the mortise and tenons instead of the lap, but I absolutely love it. Thanks so much Rex! I love your channel and I really appreciate your approach to things. I can't afford to do the patreon stuff, but I'm gonna have to buy some plans to show some support. Keep up the great work brother!
I’ve been wanting to make one of these, so this will be helpful, thanks!
Your an inspiration, I’m going to make one out of a broken antique dinning chair.
Right on!
Rex Krueger I built it. I’m a novice woodworker and it was a tricky project for me. So happy with the result. Oh and I went through with my plan to recycle the legs from the chair for the wood. I have an invisible wall blocking me from buying wood. I force myself to source it for free and only make what my limited resources allow.
@@lawntofoodforest That's pretty cool. Any video on your build?
Edit: Never mind, I went and looked and no content on your channel. But think about keeping an eye out for people tossing old furniture out in their trash pick-up days. Or folks trimming trees. If you only have hand tools, ripping lumber from tree branches can be a lot of work, but it can be done with practice and determination.
Thomas Russell I’m not a content creator yet as you saw. My woodworking is also in its infancy but I’m happy with my turning saw. It’s pretty much the same design as Rex’s but I made it from eye. I find timber, I rummage through skips at the back of furniture makers and I pull old fence posts washed down creeks. I haven’t paid for timber yet, I wonder how long I can keep that going.
Definitely excited about the spring pole lathe, I am currently working on a different style of lathe but can definitely appreciate the traditional method.
Rex, your channel is fantastic!
You optimism is great
I am going to do this. Again you are the man.
As a newbie, I can understand you. You make so much sense to woodworking.
👨🦳👶 (Old Gerber Baby)
I have tried to get on patrons and there isn't a link. Help!
Rex, I love your channel. I finally found patron. I signed up for $7.00 , but when it showed me the amount was wrong, $5.00.
Please fix for me. Thanks uh (million) not dollars lol.
Rex, you are a fantastic maker and content creator!
One of the struggles I had a few years ago when I started getting into woodworking was finding projects that were challenging enough to teach me new skills and give me a practiced hand, but that also used a relatively small set of tools that I could justify spending money on in the event that I turned out not to enjoy this hobby as much as I thought I would.
I have never had that problem with your with the Woodworking for Humans videos, since each one builds on concepts and tools from previous videos. In this one you use a spoke shave you showed us how to make, a cheap saw you showed us how to improve, a work bench you built and upgraded. No matter where a person is in their skill set, you videos provide an easy curated list that anyone can use to boot strap there way to the next thing.
Why am I so attracted to this project? Perhaps because both my Grandfathers were toolmakers for a living? Who knows. Now I have to find the UK equivalent for that blade!
I just tried out a Stanley Bailey Plane from my father. Using your video I gave it a clean and got excellent shavings, even with just a cursory sharpen. Now I need to fix the blade up, it is ground wonky.
That is awesome!
Very Cool Turning Saw , Rex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think this is a very, VERY cool project!
Awesome video. I am excited to make a turning saw :)
My favorite part was the spring pole lathe announcement. Spring pole lathes for humans?
For sure! I just need to build it.
@@RexKrueger can't wait!!
@@RexKrueger That will be an incredible video to watch.
Great tutorial, Rex! You also almost had me at buying the $18 kit :D
Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next video :)
Awesome! Thank you!
Me too. I nearly switched channels
That's a very pretty tool.
It’s a good idea, if you have an evening to spare, to take a full ball of good cotton or hemp string or twine and a block of beeswax, light a candle, and coat the full ball of string with a healthy layer of wax, not rerolling it when the rough coating is done, then take a rag and pinch the string between two fingers inside the rag and pull it steadily but briskly through the pinch point to remove excess wax. Now make a ball of it again and you have waxed string for possibly years if you seldom use string. Waxed string like this is stronger than its unwaxed counterpart, frays less readily at the end, holds up to water better, and generally is superior for most applications.
If you have just a little coin to your name, $15 (US) will get a POUND of 90# nylon "Sinew"... There's not much more durable or stronger. The only downside is that you have to melt the ends so the knots will hold... BUT I've repaired saddles, horse collars, bridles, and lots of other tack and harness, and even re-upholstered motorcycle seats with it.
It comes off the spool "flat"... SO with a little careful effort, you can split the stuff, using a finger or thumbnail to separate fibers and then pull it apart for two or three or even four identical length strands out of a single "cut".
A little moisture on your forefinger and thumb, and you can just "roll" the stuff into good round thread. It's already waxed (at least every bit I've ever gotten was)... AND lasts for damn nearly ever. ;o)
Looking forward to the spring pole lathe
Im so glad i watched this video, i found a nice old turning saw at the antique mall and i was definitely going the band saw blade route 😅
I love woodworking and your videos make me happy, ive built you low roman workbench for handtool woodworking, ive also make your turning saw, your videos are really informational
Those handles are gorgeous, like heirloom tomottoes.
I wonder how they affixed handles before epoxy.
I never see ferrules and pins on pics of antique ones nor the flange outside
the handel like Juri's.
I empathize the lack of lathe, I tried to make a London pattern one since its mostly
flats and the curved part took longer than the saw frame.
Good job.
I was going to ask about a pole lathe but since you plan on doing it already what about a shave horse? probably could make something that fits into the square mortice in the roman bench.
Farriers rasps are good coarse rasps and pretty cheap. I got one a couple of years ago for about $5.00 from a hardware store
Bits with spurs at the outside diameter (spade,forstner,Brad point) are intended for the operator to set the bit in a indent left from center punch or pilot hole and then run in reverse to allow the spurs to cut the fibers at the hole entry point and then go forward and let her rip.
Pretty fantastic work, Rex! The saw looks beautiful! 😃
Really well done!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Nice work Rex
I've been wanting to build one of these for a while. Thank you for posting!
5:54 You know, it looks like you could use a turning saw to make the handles for that turning saw
It's true, but you don't NEED one.
Nice saw and good third life for the old growth Doug for. Her in LA the best tight grain come for old 2x3 from house built before 1940's
I was having trouble getting something to hold the blade to the 1/4” rod in the diagonal slot- found that 18 gauge brad nails work well enough
Interesting, I made a turning saw similar to yours. Main difference is I used a bolt with a smooth shank on it and cut the head off and then cut the slit for the blade in the smooth end. I also made a coping saw using the same method. Spring Pole lathe is a great idea, but have you considered the DaVinci type lathe. He designed one with a flywheel that turns the stock continuously the same direction instead of back and forth like a spring pole lathe. There are several renditions of it to look at online. You can make up to 1,000 RPM with one. I love your Chanel. I have been wood working a long time, and am still learning. I have learned things from you and wish to say thanks. My motto is "where is the fun in buying when you can make it." I have never heard you say it, but I see that you believe it. Thanks again.
Good job very beautiful tool.
I am such a big fan
Great video Rex. The Gramercy set is $80 CAD here. So I might go the completely home-made route as well.
Brother, you're a legend
You could use an electric drill in a vice as a simple lathe. You'd need to make up some kind of tool rest.
Or, turn a drill press on its side and figure out a tool rest and tail-stock. All depends on what you want to turn and how you want to hold it.
Looks like i have a new project...
What do you think of eucalyptus as a hardwood? A friend cut one down and I got a few logs.
Rex may know more about it, but my experience with eucalyptus is that it splits like crazy as it dries.
@@criswilson1140 yes, I have noticed. The logs were cut at the beginning of August and already have huge splits. Also, the grain rotates around the tree, so splitting it is nowhere near easy.
@@robertthompson5527 You definitely have to split and at least rough shape eucalyptus while it is still green. Once it dries, it is a tough nightmare to rough shape it.
@@criswilson1140 thanks for the heads-up. Been working on a rack and a way to saw the logs with the limited tools that I have.
Rex, I truly enjoy all of your videos. they are both educational and entertaining; lots of useable information for the layman wood worker.. Myself, my hobby is making archery selfbows. I typically work with raw staves and use a hatchet or machete to rough out the bow. My problem - I need a heavy duty chopping block. Thinking of using 4 x 4's to make a man made stump and using dowels and butterflies to hold the pieces together. Would enjoy seeing how you make and use butterfly inlays. JH
I just got a wild idea for a fun series. You set an end goal like making a piece of furniture.
Basically each episode you make a tool only using the tools you’ve previously made, the catch is you have to start from close to scratch. Obviously you are no metal smith so the exception is you can buy metal fixtures like this metal saw blade but you can only use it once the new tool is assembled. Maybe making a rule that the edge has to be blunt so you have to find ways of sharpening it idk.
The first tools you get are the natural ones that exist in nature, rocks, sticks, fire (that you make yourself if you want to be even more challenge)
So say you start off making simple knife to carve wood, you can’t use the blank knife until you make a handle and deem the knife “usable” meaning you built the wood furniture for it and it’s safe to use. Not pretty, it could literally be a knife with the tang stuck into a stick securely. Once you have the useable tool you can use it to improve itself, like carving a better handle, or start the next tool, going back improving your tools along the way or using them to make better versions.
How far could you get? What tool would you make first and how? Is the fact that most tools like said knife or chisel made out of too much metal for this to be at all interesting?
What tools would be to difficult to make?
Would you want to watch something like this?
I think I’ll turn this comment somewhere on like reddit or something. Also is there a fan made or dedicated subreddit or discord for your UA-cam channel?
The more I watch you Rex, the more I like you and your videos. Your like coffee lol
Tools are most of what I make in my shop. What do I do with them? Make more tools.
Excellent work, as always. I made a European bow saw Paul Sellers style and they are really fun to make. I will surely make a turning saw, If I can find the right blades here in Italy
The Gramercy blades look like they're available in Germany. www.feinewerkzeuge.de/gramercy-tools-bow-saw.html
Great tool, great plans. Thanks Rex :)
That is a thing of beauty
if you drilled your arms first, you will get a perpendicular drilled hole versus freehand drill into curvy object. take advantage of the flat sides before you remove them
Perfectly machined brass parts. So we got to buy them right $18 right? no we're going to make it out of some junk. You my sir are priceless.
Love your tool making videos. Gonna start making my own tools soon
Now we need the Foreman's bundle with all the tool plans haha. The simple one looks great, but what about doing a lap on the u joint, so it's nice and flush? Thoughts?
I think if you're going to do that, then you might as well do full mortise and tenon, but do it!
Re mortise and tenon. Are you talking about a build like Paul Sellers’ frame saw? I found that relatively easy to do and get great use from the tool.
Would this kind of saw replace a coping saw? Especially as it relates to cutting out waste between dovetails?
I told myself I wasn't starting any more personal projects until those in progress were done. I guess I'm starting this now
I'm germen and my frame saw is olso with a brydal. Ist works great.
You could attach the handle by the pin to a power drill to sand it.
You are amazing. I get inspired by your videos. When I have free time............
Try a sawzall demo blade for a rasp in a through and through mortise
Awesome project, Rex. Thank you! :)
Last summer I cut down a wild persimmon tree in my back yard. It's my understanding that these are also called white ebony and they are very hard wood. It wasn't a huge tree, maybe 6 inch diameter and 15 feet tall or so, but I'm wondering what I can do with the wood. Any ideas? Is this too hard to work with using hand tools? Should I just cut it up and use it for knife handles or something else small? What would you do with it?
They used to make golf club drivers from it. I made a mallet from osage orange that was 4" diameter that I really like.
You can use it for all kinds of things. It is used in making parts of wooden planes. It would make a nice saw.
Crackin video Rex!
And the to-do list gets bigger again. Haha. Great video brother.
yeah I'd like to see your version of a lathe also . I made one out of a washing machine motor a grinder pulley ,old drill and wood. then the other end of the pulley I put a belt grinder. all I can say is it works okay.
Douglas fir is the standard for framing material in most of the U.S.
How do you anchor the blade in the pins? Collet? Wedge and bolt?
I love pretty much all of your videos. I just made the joiners bench the other day. Now I need some work holding options. I'm going to consult your other videos for the good ideas there.
You can do it!
I have about 50 board feet of walnut sitting wanting to be made into something. And a whole bunch of red cedar for the stretcher. Would Eastern Red Cedar be a good stretcher. I feel it is fairly strong compression wise.
Should work.
Yup, that should be fine.
Looks like I got a new tool to make put of leftover white oak, awesome.
Hey Rex, have you also made plane chipbreakers? If so, what material did you use? I was given one of those planes that has a stamped sheet metal frog and I want to have it as a sort of project plane for light, non-intrusive upgrades (new tote and knob and a more substantial chipbreaker for kicks) since I already have a nicer plane.
Thanks Rex!
I make all my bow/frame saws out of pine or spruce. No need to use heavy hard wood. I’ve got a dozen or so of them the last thing I want is a heavy saw when your making 50+ cuts a day you’ll thank yourself
Now that's just cool.
I'll add this to my to-do list!
Also, I think you mentioned providing a link to good rasps for woodworking. I've been looking for some, as the ones I have are either too rough or too fine. I don't see a link in the description, though. Any suggestions?
Dude I, really like the vids.
Man, I wish you lived next door. I'd buy the beer...or soda..or whatever.
Beer!
Alcohol is not the answer:
um-kay?
(MR. Garrison, Southpark)
Hahaha!
Kinda like "drugs are not the answer", I've always wanted to scream at someone, "doesn't that depend on the question?".