Make beautiful moldings with basic hand tools.
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2020
- No trim, no problem. Make your own decorative moldings with common hand tools.
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Anyone who watches the intro and skips to the end product is going to be really impressed that you nibbled those moldings with your teeth. Awesome techniques!
Thank you!!
He added an extra method by carving the details with his toenails as well
@@short7440 I thought the one he cut with his belt buckle was really nice!
Lll
Lol
This whole woodworking for humans series has become the curriculum me and my sons are doing together this summer to learn something useful and make some cool things along the way. Rex, you are an absolute legend, thank you!
That is awesome!
What a great idea! My kids are a bit too young right now, but I will absolutely do this with them when they're older
Best thing on UA-cam. Spot on Rex
That sounds rad
How you and the boys are having a blast. I've gotten my 68 year old Mum doing carpentry, we have all girls in the family except 2 of us boys. Love getting to show the nieces how to do these projects. Inspires me, and its amazing to see the young girls get confidence working with hands and being creative.
It should be noted that these trimmings are what any apprentice would have started with in order to get the feeling for the tools.
Really? I didn't know that!
Once upon a time, in world far far away.
That may very well be an upgrade to my skills.......I really enjoyed lesson....and look forward to using the information to enhance my projects
"But, if we throw in our simple, homemade grooving plane, we can kick things up another notch."
Was that a pun? that felt like a pun.
Also "If you go down that rabbet hole" 🙄
I should have worked a joke in there.
Really appreciated the way you demonstrated the role of foot placement and your whole body planing technique. That's important and not demonstrated elsewhere enough. I learned more new things. Thanks Rex.
I really am glad you enjoyed it. Ergonomics is the only way I keep all this hand-work from destroying my body, especially on the far side of 40.
My takeaway was, "plane like a T-Rex"...
I laughed hard when you said, "Thumbs up to crush a pandemic."
Roy Underhill and Christopher Schwartz did an episode on making complex moldings. The Europeans did it your way, with a few basic planes. The Americans built complex planes that put in all the shapes in a single tool. Even they would combine planes, though, to get some real masterpiece moldings. Almost as fast as a modern router, but a lot quieter. I wouldn't want to use hand tools all the time, but it's nice to have options, especially less expensive ones. Thanks much and thumbs up to crush a troll, too.
I need to watch that episode.
@@RexKruegerI misremembered about Chris Schwarz, but this is the episode I was thinking of. www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-hollows-rounds/
@@mikecurtin9831 Ahhh yes! Good points. I recommended a book and some ideas about this in another comment. Paul Sellers did a "poor man's scratch stock" video, but he's such a master that I think that a mere mortals explanation would be very well received.
The way you narrate your videos always gives me a clear idea of how to do what you are doing myself. Thank you.
Thank you! That's what I'm going for.
God god man, this just blew my mind! I know what I’m doing this weekend. I’ve always wondered how all this beautiful trim would have been done pre router! I’ll be damned. I’m not a professional or classically trainer wood worker so this series has been great for people like me. I have 23 years experience in metal fabrication and I’m a tinkering woodworker just starting to take it seriously. So I have a lot of questions and this series has been a lot of good basic answers. Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Perhaps a quick video on combining multiple shapes to create complex crown molding would be a good follow up... of course after your cabinet is done. Great video as usual!
That is a good idea, but for that, i think I need one molding plane...a hollow, I think.
@@RexKrueger How far could you get with a bowl gouge (the lathe tool) in something very close to your rabbet plane?
Installing your bullnose molding atop a 5 inch board, with a quarter round at the bottom, would make shoe molding around a living room .
A while back you were discussing chisels and seemed to like the Irwin Marples chisels. I had a set of them already on order and just got around to using them. Honed them and made my very first mortice and tenon joints. Just had to replace that cheap "case" they came in. Making red oak doors with glass panels. Those chisels went thru that red oak like it was balsa wood! All I can say is WOW! Nothing more satisfying as the sound of a sharp chisel slicing thru wood. I need to get over to you patreon site and sign on, got to give support for the chisel report!
Excellent video. A “basic tools” scratch stock should be next on your to-do list.
Coming soon!
YES! I was certain that that's where Rex was going. I'm kind of glad he showed us how much you can do without one, but VERY glad to hear that a scratch stock is on the way. Also, check out the comic-format "By Hound and Eye", a fun practical companion to "By Hand and Eye" (both by Jim Tolpin and George Walker). Once I saw their drafting tricks, it opened up a world of possibilities even with just 1/6 round scratch stock irons. You can also use those drafting tricks as layout tricks. That plus a piece of steel and a file lets you create pretty much any of the traditional fancy moldings as a scratch stock iron.
Rex, you won me over with this whole woodworking for humans series. I'm very very happy I found it.
Nice techniques for hobbyist who just wants to enjoy himself in the weekend, no noise, nice and quiet. But if you want to get something done, a router still seems the way to go to me. A basic router setup can be bought for less then 100$.
Man, your intros are the best. And this video was fascinating - somehow I never though about how moldings were made before specialty machinery.
Mostly with molding planes, which are awesome, but also a lot of work.
Woooaaaah! The trim with no router!
Thank you so much for these videos Rex!
at the beginning, did you say If you go down this rabbet hole? XD
It's crazy how much better the endgrain looked with the molding on it, totally transformed the cabinet.
You should have seen my wife's face when i showed it to her. She was shocked. (I was a little shocked, too.)
@@RexKrueger no I kidding. It definitely has me wanting to play around with molding
I have to say, I think this video was one of your best. Not necessarily for the subject matter (which is interesting, don't get me wrong!), but your explanation here, was as crisp as those lines. Quality teaching right there, keep up the good work.
Wow, thank you!
Louis, that’s a great point. I’m an equipment operator by trade, and getting things to make sense like Rex does has been really beneficial....also found I grab hand tools first and power tools only when I have to.
*edited for grammer.
Very awesome. I'm building your bench in the coming days. I've got the lumber, I've got my plan, and I've figured out some tweaks I'm doing. I'm very excited!!!
Fantastic mouldings, Sir you have been doing some great work,
If you take the same approach to home schooling a child that you take with these videos, I'm certain that is a lucky child. You're a great teacher. You're a UA-camr struggling with teaching a child at home. I'm a high school teacher now struggling with how to make videos! Keep up the good work.
You are right about many more varieties on these basic shapes. Go next level by cutting yourself some Contour Sanding Blocks, and connect your moulding strips together using that lovely grooving plane and tongue and groove joinery. Thank you again for this mind blowing demo, as a fellow patient in the moulding plane wing of the asylum.
Once again, imaginative and useful content, presented with humor and credibility. Thanks, Rex.
Our pleasure!
Excellent. Thank you Rex.
Hey Rex, you should do a video on some antique moulding plane and sharpening them.
Dude, You rock!
Thanks for the knowledge on how to make my own molding with hand tools , Rex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad I could help
thank you Rex . naw i am an old broken down geezer now days . neat channel learning new stuff to stay above ground !
You can also stack up multiple simple profiles to make more complex ones. Paying attention to grain direction can make the joins invisible even without paint.
Also, for future videos, rubbing a bit of water on the pieces of white wood such as the shots of the mouldings here could help improve clarity on camera, since the brightness of the wood can often blow it out a little & make details hard to see.
Lovely
Yep!
Nice video, Its was very usefull for me, so Thanks rex
@Rex - Yup, moulding planes is a serious rabbit-hole and I've fallen into it!
I like to imbed decorative pieces, like turquoise, glass, old jewelry, coins etc. into pieces, to make real eye catchers. Very simple. Rex ?
Awesome. BTW the shot @ 5:35 is really good. More of those please.
Very impressive. I didnt see that coming.
Rex... your content is always premium. I’ll be a patron soon. What I’d love to for you to tackle though is clamps. You always have a good approach to cheap diy tool options that genuinely cover the bases. But every week I jealously look at your clamp selection in the background and think.... “I wonder what would be in the woodwork for humans clamp selection.”
I swear I'm working on it. Wooden clamps that are actually practical? That's a tall order.
@@RexKrueger Check out John Heisz wooden clamps. They seem to be the best on youtube. not the easiest to make, but seem the most high functioning. He has done some recent updates that are very nice.
Seriously, I just got a bunch of new tools and made a work desk. Now I need more clamps haha.
I’ve been using those opposite screw type clamps, aka Dubuque handscrews. They turn out to be realy handy!
Paul sellers has some really great info on modifying the harbor freight aluminum parallel clamps so that they work as well as any premium clamp. Yes they absolutely feel like garbage when you pick them up in the store, but the simple process of modifying them makes them solid and a pleasure to use. Those are around $12 for the 36” clamps, then just add some strips of plywood to their insides, pad the clamping surfaces with some extra scrap wood, and voila!
That was so cool.
this is one of your best!
Thankyou for saying so!
Your build series just keep getting better and better, it is obvious you to the title of your channel seriously.
It's the only channel i could make.
That rabbit hole you mentioned, the very old wooden molding planes, I went down there and it is the best leisure activity I've ever taken on. It's not for everyone I understand, but if you enjoy resuscitating life into old tools, and then using them to create furniture which can truly be called one-up, it doesn't get any better than this.
I'm just afraid. I've already so deep in old tools and molding planes never end.
I have a few old complex moulding planes, but only that I've (more or less) finished restoring.
Those old planes create amazing patterns, well worth the effort.
This is great, another fantastic idea/video
Thank you very much!
Designing atractive mouldings is an art on it's own, cutting them is relatively doable
I have now tuned and restored two moulding planes, a round and a hollow. Just those two open up a whole new world if your interested in going further than is shown here
and since I don't plan on getting instagram any time soon, here is the reddit post with some mouldings I made: www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/gwfpxi/the_first_couple_of_moulding_experiments_i_made/
I just love that so many things I learn on this channel can save me trips to the store. I'm not so much worried about the money saved as I am the potential time savings. As I get older I realize that any little trip to the store is going to burn up about an hour, and I can get a lot of work done in an hour if I can keep myself in the shop. Thanks Rex
Wedge round chisel in straigt peace of wood and you get moulding tool. Cheers Rex!
Do you mean a gouge? Among many other things, most people don't have that many (or any) gouges, a good set is expensive, gouges aren't used that often in furniture making other than for carving, and you use different profiles for moldings than you would buy for carving. Also, gouges are numbered according to their radius of curvature, but each company has its own system and so you won't easily know which one you need. Carvers usually suggest you start out with a very small number of gouges, master those, and then add additional ones as needed. That's before you get into the incannel/outcannel thing.
A scratch stock would do the job, but Rex is already working on a video for that, and this approach works well as a lead-in to that. You do the molding most of the way like this, then finish it with a scratch stock instead of buying more abrasives.
172 comments already. I love your work. Inspirational. Congrats on your growing success, well earned.
Thank you so much!
Super thank you for sharing
Damn we are in the same...wood boat ! Homeschooling too!
If anyone wants to dig deeper, I recommend “Mouldings in Practice” by Matthew Bickford published by Lost Art Press. He ads a hollow and round plane, but clearly shows how to create complex mouldings step by step.
Keep admiring that really simple moxon vice clamp with the wood screws that's clamped to the back wall. Would you consider making a video about DIY screw boxes?
This channel makes me regret not doing woodwork in school cuz it seems so fun
I swear I paused and i crushed the like button the second you said
Excellent series. I took ths inspiration from your bench design and built my very first bench.
I still consider some projects - especially the tools- outside my level of expertise (or more likely patience) although I already managed to complete a dining table for our house.
Man, if you can make a table, you can make my little tools. Really.
My son was is PreK so luckily for 'homeschool' we were able to bring in professionals. He learns a lot from Daniel Tiger and Elmo, but now we can't get him to stop singing the songs from Odd Squad all the time. Doesn't mean I get to spend any more time in the shop but I do what I can.
I love watching your videos even though I use almost all power tools. I might have to pick up some more hand tools.
You should!
impressive!
I normally use a router table, but this is beautiful hand work for sure.
What a brilliant man you are ! I need a beaver to do my Moldings:) cheers
The last ten seconds of this will go on the sizzle reel of your next video series: YouTubing for humans. 🤣
I've honestly been thinking about making some video about how to do UA-cam. After 4 years, i sure have learned a lot.
@@RexKrueger that would be great!
You're my hero! 😉😘
Shut up, Brad!
Making a desktop, I wanted a gradual profile on the working side, more like a half parabola. I bought a set of router bits with a 45-degree chamfer from which to modify with a hand plane. In the time it took me to screw around with the router, I could have been completely done with a project with the hand plane alone. Lesson learned the hard way. Thank you Rex for showing us the way.
after 6 weeks on furlough, My company made the necessary changes to allow most of us to work from home. I hope the rest of you can get back to life in a safe way. (Hence the needed desk)
Great video Rex. You do a good job at teaching these concepts and techniques in an easily understandable way.
I appreciate that!
Had my some concerns that the overall look on the details wouldn't be great. Yea I won't think like that again with any of your ideas. You crushed it on this video. Awesome stuff here.
The only addition I can think of is a homemade moulding plane to cut a hollow radius to expand the types of moulding possible
You're right! I may try to build one.
@@RexKrueger id be happy to share my resources with you for my shop built hollows and rounds!
Lmao, when the ad cuts you off.
Use thinner pcs and stack them or different height and thickness to build and use multiple member mounding with a different profiles . How its done in those big custom mansions, from Miami to palm beach.
Rabbet hole, lol!
Your are one hell of a wood worker Rex! Not only that, you're also a really great teacher and a genius!! The molding turned out great!! Thanks for sharing and take care!!!
Wow, thanks!
Legal, era exatamente oque eu procurava, a prova de que a ferramenta não importa, o importante é saber oque e como fazer!!!
Genius!
You're very kind!
"Use our teeth" ...you crack me up. My Dad loved making moldings.🙃
It goes to show that sometimes there is no substitute for skill.
Thanks, Rex. Several of your videos have given me the confidence and/or inspiration to try some things. This is another one.
Great to hear!
Don't forget 1) the stack-em approach... stack simple moldings to get a fancy one; 2) make a quarter round, stick sandpaper to it, and sand out a rabbet into a cove, and 3) file scratch-stocks in metal to make other shapes.
Another great video, Rex! I feel like this is starting to fall into categories: making tools, using tools (techniques), and then projects. One challenge for youtubers I see is that of organizing all the videos so someone who discovers you later can catch up enough to do a project or answer a question without fishing through the whole channel chronologically. These short, bite-sized videos are very focused. I think down the road you'll be glad you did it this way. You can do a project like a box or a desk, then link all the tools and techniques in the description so people can zoom in on the parts they need. Too many channels are hour long ASMR lifestyle epics, sprinkled with really useful insights that you'll hear but never be able to find again when you need to review one for a project you're working.
I wonder if there is a way to get concave profiles using handtools.... Welp, time to get the spoon!
Thanks for the video! :D
You are awsome. Thank you.
You are!
@@RexKrueger would you like to show how to make a french clead system to hang things on our 30$ Workbench?
f. e. Boxes.
Wood pieces with hooks on it.
a. s. o.
Huh, is that one of those Kunz planes? They looked pretty neat, if pricy. Also I spotted one of Stanley's new sweetheart smoothers in a past video. I almost got one until I lucked out and found a Bailey smoothing plane at an estate sale.
Looking forward to a review of them after they've gone through your presumably long term testing. If there is one planned, that is.
I'm trying to gather up 4-5 mid-priced planes and find one that's worth the money. The Stanley and Kunz are both very nice.
Thank goodness you were joking about nibling it - not had any teeth (or dentures) for over 20 years 🤣 Yet another excellent video Rex 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Same here Rex. Homeschooling my Kid or any kid aint easy. And my projects are far from finished. Anyway Great Video!!!!
only one thing missing
moulding made by using teeth
might make a good blooper reel
protip, don't use your own teeth
I hear trolls have very sharp teeth...
@@RexKrueger yes, we do ;)
Don't use your own teeth. Borrow someone elses.
The classic dog chewed corners look!
The trick is using a quality whetstone with some kerosene to sharpen your teeth first!
great
R U sure you not the most brilliant and resourceful wood workers Rex? Lets not forget the groovy of them all. :P 7:53
Off topic, but has anyone else bought a new sweetheart low angle jack plane and found that it is impossible to adjust the iron straight with the sole? Mine maybe not even ground at 90 degrees, must check.
Great vid, and I am going to try these ideas.
A good user plane . say with ogee or beading are easy to find, tune and use $45.
Will this video feature Angry Beavers hack trim techniques? I vote Daggit will spoot Notb! 🤪🤣😅
Teethriffic!
PICTURE FRAME!!!
woot! :D
I thought it would be hard. It wasn't.
Great video. Thanks Rex. You just opened up my (woodworking) world again. 🙏🏻
Glad to help!
This was a great tutorial showing how to make the moldings with just hand tools. I think the pace of this project has been just fine. You have taken your time in instructing everyone in how to make a cabinet as well as tools and moldings.Thanks for taking the time out of a very busy day to make this.
Great great video Rex. Why the back towards you technique on the longer board?
Thanks
Bob
England
Fantastic video Rex. I am always looking forward to your new videos and to see what your imagination and skill has come up with.
Thanks tall you do.
Keep up the good work teaching woodworkers as well as your daughter. Home schooling is the most important job you will ever have. 👍🏼🙏💪🏻
Thank you very much!
I cannot understand who would give a thumbs down to this video.....probably by mistake
How often do you clean up your dome?
Love your work rex keep being awesome!
Last week I experimented with the first technique, I'm amazed on how easy it is to get great results
You're a great teacher. I clicked on this with skepticism and ending confident even I could do that. Thanks Rex
Grat tips!
4:22 using this tool and some rounded,... chisels like those used for turning wood on lathe or carwing, would work ?
Despite having no qualms with routers, I just love this lo-fi style so much more. For anything smaller I'm opting more and more for techniques like these you're teaching - out in the sun shine :-)
I love my router, but for a few feet of molding, I'd rather just hand-cut it.
Out of the many videos you have produced, this is a particularly impressive one. Great video technique, perfectly yet swiftly paced delivering a great deal of high quality content, demonstrates excellent usable results with quite easily achievable tools. Brilliant work, and very much appreciated.
Would this work well for baseboards, quarter round for floors and window molding?
what you need a curve a groove alongside of a curved cut wood (curved tung and groove?) is there any better way than a electric router?
Totally making the rabbet plane. Been cutting rabbets lately freehand with a chisel. Even some 8’ long. Thankfully they turned out great but man, they take WAY too long.