@@plutorootswoodworking I consider that very high praise. I 1st stumbled upon Jon when I was trying to figure out how to setup my small shop. I had downsized from a bit larger garage and was wondering how I would fit all the larger tools in the much smaller space. Not only was his video super helpful but I was so relieved to have someone with a comedic presence sharing the information. I immediately benjed everything he had to watch and now sit patiently waiting for the next gem he drops. Great guy. And completely blown away that he took time to endorse this channel.
You guys both kick ass as far as I’m concerned. I’d love to start making content, but with two babies and a full time day job I’ll just enjoy the stuff that people like you guys put out! I love how Jon has cleverly named all of his equipment after star wars characters 😂
@@plutorootswoodworking I was pretty close to where you were at man. I have a soon to be 3 year old and work a full time job with a 2.5 hour round trip commute so I didn't know how I possibly could make videos and still be there for my family and day job. Jon is actually a person that made me think, hey this guy has a job, he's got twins, he's over 30! If he can make it work maybe I can to. My workflow could probably be a WHOLE video. Maybe someday I could share it if the community was interested. But yeah man. I only do this because I have the support of my wife and I can still male time to be present as a dad. If I couldn't do that. No way in hell I'd do it. So you do you man. I'll try my best to entertain you in the mean time! 😁👍
Quick note on the Ridgid shop vac. I bought the 6 gallon one initially but it was useless and had no sucking power for even the smallest things. I returned it and got the 12 gallon one which has been awesome. I use it to clean the car too.
What I've learned in my woodworking journey is to buy a tool WHEN I need it. Not just because it's on sale. Also when it come to router bit and the like, never ever buy a SET. Buy the nit you need at the time you need it.
Good advice Marcus! I've heard others use this technique as well. I live in a somewhat Rural area so the smaller consumable items I tend to stock up on just because I don't want them to delay a project but for bigger tools. You're absolutely right. "Wait until you need it" is a sound strategy. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Stumbled across your channel and really enjoyed this video. Some good relatable info here and your delivery is just perfect. I own not one but 2 shop vacs, so take from that what you will. I've also started collecting old hand planes and so far have 3 mediocre ones. At least I have some practice sharpening irons that won't make me cry. I'll be checking out that drill bit set. Thanks for sharing!
Well I'm happy you stumbled across the channel Seth! More importantly I'm excited that you enjoyed the content!! That's awesome! On the shop vac note, have you done any mods or anything like some others have shared or are they just bone stock? As far as the hand planes be careful my friend...I still haven't seen a hand planes anonymous. We may need to start one. 😂
@@JasonGrissom No special mods. I've got a big Craftsman vac I've had for 25+ years and a smaller Rigid with a bag I've had for only about 8. The only thing I wish I had for either was better filtering. And I keep thinking about adding a chip separator, but haven't gotten around to it. On the plane front, luckily they are pretty rare in my area, so not overly tempting. Still wish I had one good one though. Cheers!
Man! I just noticed that my original reply never posted. Anyways. I basically just wanted to say thank you for the response. As far as the hand planes...I've HEARD...I've never actually used but I've heard the Wood Rivers are actually pretty sweet planes and they are pretty affordable in comparison to others. Maybe something to consider.
I've been an AutoTech, DieselTech, AutoBodyRepairTech, HeavyDuty Diesel Tech, and now a HeavyDuty BodyTech. I've spent a few thousand dollars on drill bits in my life time. There's an drill bit for everything and they similar, but they ain't the same. That cool 'Wood-cutting' drill bits are next on my list of drill bits to purchase.
Thats what I'm starting to learn! Thanks for sharing your experience Scott. 🙏 I don't think you'll be disappointed. Also, with all your experience seems like you'd know a thing or 2 about drilling metal. Any set recommendations for drilling mild steel?
Great video man! I got some solid laughs. Also agree with pretty much all the tools. I need to get a solid set of drill bits so I'll see if they deliver those Fisch bits up here in the frozen north.
Thanks Zac! 🙏 That means a lot to me. And yeah I think they are based out of Austria so I would think they ship world wide. They really do make a difference. Biggest advice for using them is don't push. You gotta subscribe to that classic "let the tool do the work". 😂
Those Kreg clamps are absolutely essential... for removing the tires on my fat-tire bike. They work great for that. I always thought I'd use them for woodworking but I haven't ever bothered...
Scotty! Man I feel so proud to be having creators like yourself take time out of their day to give this kind of feedback. You all have no idea what it means to me. Thank you so much. 🙏
The ridgid shop vacs are great if you put a bag, a good filter and a good hose on them. And you can add power tool plugs or remote starts on them. The only real advantage to high end dust extractors is they're so much more convenient. In my experience, the ridgid is actually more powerful as well. I absolutely love my Festool CT Midi, but I'm not going to get rid of my Ridgid, especially for messy cleanup jobs that I don't want to junk up the festool with.
Very true. I did a bit of a follow up video to that topic. I found the ridgid is PLENTY serviceable after adding the bag and a HEPA filter. It has earned a place in the shop for the very point you made. Much better to put it through the paces with reno work and what not and treat my CT like the little princess it is. 😂
I can relate. Ditched my shop vac. Hid my Kreg clamps in a drawer... somewhere. Don't have a My Little Pony. Haven't used my Incra Box Joint Jig either. Have several planes that I don't use. My wife brings them home from garage sales thinking they're useable. I throw out my crappy drill bits. Not worth the suffering. Non brad point bits are good for metal.
I've had my Rigid Shop Vac since dinosaurs roamed the earth, and it just keeps on working. I did make the cheap double bucket cyclone filter and added a 12 ft hose to reach different areas of the shop.. Works like a charm. The buckets capture 80%+ of the dust, and I only have to clean the Shop Vac filter occasionally. Yup, it's still loud.
Nice peter! (That's what she said) I still keep mine hanging around. Since making this video I've added a few things to the ol' rigid and I still find a use for it quite often. Mostly jobs I don't want to put my precious overpriced green machine through. Demo work, vacumming standing water, stuff like that and it does just keep on keepin on. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Came here from Jon’s post (Lincoln St Woodworks). Great video Jason! I’m into woodworking/DIY for almost 2 years. Agree with you on the shop vacs - not worth it at all on their own. Although a cyclonic dust separator like DustStopper and other mods could make it more efficient. Also agree with the drill bits - brad point twist bits are fantastic for wood. I resisted my urge to buy vintage planes from a recent yard sale 😂. Never had Kreg clamps except for the one that came with the K5 pocket jig. Great info overall! Keep it up!
Thats awesome! Thanks for stopping by! Yeah the shop vac thing has raised way more controversy than I expected. 😂 I will definitely be revisiting this in a latwr video. If you can get a good deal on a old hand plane that is complete I'd jump on it honestly. They can end up saving you some money. One issue is that in recent years woth them becominv more of an "antique" piece value them as such and they sometimes ask upwards of 100-200 dollars and for a little more money you can get something new that is made of the same materials as the good ol' days. I'm so happy you enjoyed the video. 🙏
Glad I finally watched this. I was just looking for a small shop vac to go with my table saw. I know rigid is junk but for one purpose it was on my list. As for your box joint jig, I’ll take it off your hands if you want. I’ll be doing you a favor😂😂😂. And I have that same circle jig I saw in your drawer. For the price it worked pretty good. Going to have to try this drill bits as well.
Nice! Welcome David! And that's an interesting idea...I really like how Jon did his Small Shop Tour and I also am in a smaller space right now but I have some other equipment he doesn't have so it could be interesting...Consider it added to the list!! Thanks for the suggestion! 🙏
Right on about those Kreg clamps. I fell in that trap myself. Still using the Ridgid shop vac as my dust sorter (it doesn't collect dust so well, but it does sort it by size).
Bummer about the Kreg clamps but on the Ridgid shop vac note. A lot of people have been commenting that with a bag filter it performs really well. In the end we all got to do what we got to do to keep making stuff we enjoy! Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Thanks Jug!! I know this video is kind of specific to an audience but my goal is that every video at least entertains people even if they don't care about building something or what tools not to buy. So hearing that you enjoyed it means a lot to me man. Thank you! 🙏
I thought he was going to say the DeWalt biscuit cutter was useless because I see one on his thumbnail. I do have one that I've only used once. I probably would have to plan a project for it.
Apologies for the cheeky click bait. I personally like my biscuit joiner BUT I've had it for 3 years and used it maybe a handful of times. It still doesn't quite fall into "Don't Buy" category for me.
😂 right!? I remember they sent a DVD with it but I don't even remember where the heck that thing is anymore!? Do you like it when you do use it though?? I felt like it was a pretty quality product just don't use it enough.
Wow! That means a lot to hear you say that Chris! I appreciate the support. Just filmed a new video yesterday, going to start the editing today so hopefully you won't have to wait toooo long. 😁👍
Well they are not a complete waste. You learned something along the way. Wood working is a journey not a destination. I bought a few Kreg tools and I learned that they are over price junk. I love my Stanley planes and I discovered that I enjoy restoring them. Being in the shop doing anything is reward enough. Most of my life is goal driven. In the shop the time is mine. Sure I do projects but not a time line to go with them.
That's a great outlook Thomas. Couldn't agree more. Every "mistake" has an opportunity to be a lesson right? It's all a matter of perspective. Thank you for sharing! 🙏 I really appreciate it!
Festool Hoover is $1000 plus ship'g . Ridgid Hoover is 89 at Home Depot ( lifetime warrantee ) . Glad your tool budget can handle the higher price tools but I cant afford your taste . Nice work shop you have . Cheers!
Totally understandable Robert. Unfortunately I CAN'T afford my taste either. 🤣 Credit card company sees me coming from a mile away! But hey...its 0% for now. 🤷♂️
Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙏 Your video on this topic was actually a huge inspiration. The part about where you show how you can make a bad F-clamp better is what made me want to talk about alternatives or other uses for the tools rather than simply saying "Don't buy these". Thank you again.
@@JasonGrissom Oh wow. That is amazing. That video took my channel from nothing to something in a matter off days. Way before I was even ready to be honest. Im glad that in a small way, it led to this video for you. Yours reminds me of some really popular channels and I expect you could easily grow to their level. I subbed so that I can watch your journey. Very excited.
Thank you so much. I'm excited to see what happens next. I understand where you are coming from when you said before you were ready. I'm happy this video did so well but I do not want to create JUST tool videos. I have a bit of a backlog of video ideas/footage. Some are along the lines of this video and some are goofy build videos with concrete. Ultimately I just hope that the recent influx of subscribers will continue to enjoy the content even if it isn't me criticizing an old Shop Vac. 😂
@@JasonGrissom 100% agree. I followed my one up with another and it tanked in comparison. I also knew nothing of the algorithm etc, still don't. I have struggled to get too many views on build videos but that doesn't mean you won't. Your personality will carry any sort of video in my opinion.
Subscribed. You're funny and informative. Shop vacs....ridgid ones aren't that great. Craftsman scores higher in tests. Quieter, more powerful, better design, better value. Secondly buy the shop vac for the task, large ones do great for demo and outdoor tasks (they're bulky). Medium (5 gallon ish) are ideal all around auto, home units. Small (1 to 3 gallon) fill up quickly so aren't useful for most bigger tasks, but due to ability to bag and produce more power than other vacuum cleaners still have a place. PS. I always use bags in my shop vacs because the filters last forever without clogging and the bags do not reduce power but will reduce messiness. Win win!
Yeah I did 0 research when I bought mine. Again this was 7ish years ago and I knew nothing about woodworking. 😂 I really like the point you raise about getting one sized for what you need/do. It makes sense. You don't want to lug a big ol 12 gallon around to clean out your car but you also don't want a 3 gallon that fills up with every cut on your track saw. 😂 Yeah the bag/cyclone thing is something I'm going to look further into. Lastly, thank you so much Miguel. 🙏 At then end of it all I just really want to provide an entertaining 10ish minutes for people. If they learn something...GREAT!
Thanks Greg! Yeah in retrospect I went too hard on the shop vac probably. It served me well for a long time just the way it sits. A lot of people have shared their mods and I think it could also be a whole video by itself. Basically breaking down price for performance against something like the Festool. Either way. Thank you for the feeback! Appreciate it! 🙏
Haha the section on hand planes hits hard. Spent to much time and money feeling like I needed to be a “pure woodworker” instead of just creating more to learn faster.
Hey Skylar you're not alone. 😮💨 Sadly there is a whole group of us. We meet every wednesday night at the pub downtown. Hand planes anonymous. 😂 But really it is easy to get taken a whole bunch of ways in woodworking especially if you're a passionate person. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
"I never used bags, but I have heard they are useless" - good job man, keep it on this level! "This Ridgid shop vacis rated for 68 CFM" - there is 16 G Ridgid that rated for 184 CFM and still cost way less than Festool. So, either go with dust collection system or use proper shop vac.
I really enjoyed your presentation style, so you have a new follower from across the pond. I'm lucky, and a Bosch shopvac that works very well on the right tools. Also, though my "shop" is a damp garage that wants everything to rust, I also do metal work from time to time. I use general purpose for most of that, but if I want precision, or if the metal's hard, I have a set of Presto* cobalt bits which are amazingly good. I keep them for special occasions... (For wood I use brad-point bits, but unfortunately my budget didn't stretch to Fisch.) *Presto is an old English company that dates back to the 19th century. Their drills, tap and dies are really good.
Mark!! 1st off Thank you so much for sharing that you enjoyed the video enough to hit the subscribe button! That means a lot to me! And 2nd thank you for the advice. I don't do A LOT of metal working but from time to time a piece just screams "GIVE ME METAL ACCENTS" so it would be nice to have some quality metal drill bits and keep them just for that purpose. Thanks far sharing man! Really appreciate you! 🙏
😂😂😂 In the end I was only able to make this video cause I already spent my own money on all this stuff right??! Thank you so much for subscribing! I'll try and keep delivering quality content. Maybe less aggressive towards you moving forward. 🤣
My guy - if you have a hobby woodshop, you still need a shop vac. Unless you have like a 3gajillion cfm dust collector, you will still get dust in random places. Not a fan of using a dust collector to clean it up since it’s not that portable. There are hepa filters and bags for every shop vac brand, including rigid. Also a non festool Random orbit sander will still need to be hooked up to a shop vac. Don’t stress beginners out by saying they should skip an affordable still very useful low end option. That said, your other items are dead on!
Absolutely right! A shop vac is still an extremly valuable tool and honestly I probably should have spent more time on the "modding the shop vac" topic. I hope nothing I say causes people to think they CAN'T start woodworking if they don't have a certain level of tool. This is a good point i'll try and make on future videos. Thanks man! 🙏
Thanks so much Suman! 🙏 That means a lot to hear that. I'm going to try my best to keep my foot on the gas and see how far I can take it. I really enjoyed using the Incra when I did use it. It just fell out of my work flow and I haven't gone back to it. Honestly maling this video brought it back to my attention and I MIGHT start trying to use it more. 😂
I vehemently disagree about the shop vac. It's all in how you use it. Get a HEPA filter, a bag, and a cyclone separator and it will serve you for many years very well.
Thanks for sharing Mychal! You are definitely not alone in this feeling. I underestimated how much difference some of those changes can make according to people like yourself. I think I will take a deeper dive on this subject! Also thanks for that vocabulary lesson! I've never heard the word vehemently. I had to look it up! 😂 So a genuine thanks for that!
OMG! I’m going through my list of subscribed channels to watch the latest videos and I click on yours, but there’s this guy with this massive beard and I’m sitting here saying to myself, “who in the heck is this“? I didn’t realize who it was until you said your signature, “Bye!” at the very end and realized it was you! when you’re all clean cut you look like a teenager, but with the beard you look like some 30-year-old guy that lives out in the woods. it’s a good look! I completely agree with your list. Bought a Festool and wondered why I didn’t do it sooner. I’ve never bought a hand plane, but I want to get One and only one. The big surprise on your list were Brad points, but I think you’re absolutely right.
🤣🤣🤣. Yeah barring some unforseen incident I don't plan on ever not having a beard again. 😂 Yeah I highly recommend people have at least 1 handplane. It's usually so much easier to use your handplane to take a 32nd off rather than a saw. Those drill bits are great btw. A little pricey but I think if they're taking care of they should last AWHILE.
Nice! How long have you been in the PNW? I personally am loving it! I came from the dusty plains of central California so living in Washington is a dream come true.
@@360woodworks5 thats awesome to hear! I know some people have a hard time dealing with the rain but I love it! Plus I live on the other side of the narrows so I get to witness everything that rain gives us. Got myself a few acres and I'm never looking back.
Nice man! Yeah I ran with the ridgid for probably a year before I found a good deal on a delta dust collector. Been running a dust collector for all the big stuff since. But like I said. 1000 bucks on a Festool is a little bit of a hard pill to swallow.
@@JasonGrissom I hear that. Just starting out, I gotta pick what I spend my money on. Which is why I have a box fan with a furnace filter strapped to it 😂
@@coreydavoll7622 oh 100% the only reason I got that dust collector back then was because the guy had it on craigslist for 120 bucks. He even through in a delta air cleaner!! To this day still probably one of my biggest come ups!
lol lol lol Looking at my near perfect collection of useless tools, I have to agree with you about buying "cheap" , "Newly Invented" , crap for the shop. 20-30 years ago I purchased a "square hole" drill ( Used once ), a 12 1/2" wood planner ( used once) and then proceed to close my eyes at the rest of the shop. When the kids go into my shop after my demise, I visualize them asking themselves, " What was he thinking?" Great aticle!
oh man! My son is only 2 years old now so he is enamored with EVERYTHING in the shop but you're right! I'm sure as he gets older he'll think "Dad...why??" 🤣
HEPA Bags are readily available , and work and are approved by major builders andcontractors for OSHA safety, the festool suff, sales line of crap to spend $$$$$
2 very accurate statements. I find I go through spurts with my handplane. I use it in every project for a month then I forget I own it for another month. 😂 And I mightve came down too hard on the shop vac. It served me well for quite sometime. Ultimately no tool or lack of should keep you from getting out there and making stuff. Hopefully I didn't make anyone feel that way. 😬
I actually been catching up on the Shop Sounds podcast and they mentioned that technique. I had never heard it before. Totally makes sense! Thanks for sharing the tip with us all! 🙏
OHH Boy and are you not alone! 😂 I've gotten a lot of comments opposing my stance on the shop vac. Enough that I think I need to revisit all the different attachments, filters, cyclones and what not in another video. I think it'd be cool to do a side by comparison with a properly setup shop vac vs something like the Festool and do a price per performance? Something like that. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
the drill bits in the red container are metal drills(at least thats what they are sold as in the netherlands we get very picky on what drill for what material save for the festool guys they dont care often)
Thanks for sharing! Yeah I think they say "general purpose" on them. May just be a marketing thing here in the US cause they know we'll buy it. 🤷♂️ I think I will be looking into some specialty metal bits just for that purpose.
I agree with most of it except for the shop vac. Yes it's noisy, but it does have a lifetime warranty through Home Depot. If you spend a bit more money on a 6.5hp model you can get upwards of 200CFM as well for about 1/4 the price of a festool. Just some things to consider. I also attached mine to a dust deputy and an Eagle 11gal plastic can with the steal snap ring for air tight connection. I get almost nothing in the vacuum now and still full power. DD about $50, eagle can was $38 at that time. But yes, it's too loud, to the point I want to put it in a cabinet, and TBH I'm looking to get a 4" shop fox dust collector which has about 600 CFM, and yet still put it in the cabinet. I need peace...and...quiet....LOL
Oh man James! You are not alone! 😂 so many people have shared their experience with the shop vac and some of the modifications they have done to have success with it. I realize that I probably jumped to conclusions and almost wonder if another video is in order where I apply some of the mods that have been mentioned and compare its performance to the festool? 🤔 Could even go as far to break it down price per performance. Thank you for sharing this information for others that may want to get a little more out of their shop vacs and I have seen people build "sound proof" cabinets and they just place the vacuum inside. Another option that i'll be looking into when I upgrade to the oneida supercell is building a small cabinet OUTSIDE the shop! I too wish for peace and quiet some times. 🤣
Same boat here. Building a table saw table (out feed) and going to house the 6.5 horse Ridgid with a HD dust topper in there. Wish I could fit a proper dust collector in it! I have a small 1 car shop, so no room for a big dust collector.
@@1975oldschool Nice! Yeah my dust collector is not TOO loud but it'd still be nice to have it outside the shop. If I upgrade to large 55 gallon unit I will definitely be building a little hut for it outside the shop. Something like a water heater cabinet or yard tools container. I wonder if you could just get one of those plastic ones from HD or Lowes and put it beside the garage with coupler on either side of the wall?
Thanks for sharing Lin! 🙏 I haven't used one I don't think. I'll have to look into them. Are they a similar clamp style or more like a f-clamp or squeeze clamp?
Jon at Lincoln St shouted you out and glad he did. I feel like we could be friends, but this is youtube so that’s creepy and I’ll just subscribe and watch more vids instead. Cheers!
Hey I mean if you can afford it...I really do think it is a great product. Even if someone absolutely hates Festool I believe their success is responsible for pushing these other brands (Dewalt, Bosch, etc.) to rework and innovate their products. Which is a win win for us consumers in my opinion. 🤷♂️ Thanks for sharing Robert! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom Yes for a long time I resisted in buying Festool. But I started out with a sander and now have 5 plus a dust extractor and a domino, and plan on buying more. Although I did go with the Makita for track saw.
@@robertgaritano7718 oh interesting. I did recently hear Jonathan Katz-Moses mention that the Makita was better. Think he did a video but I havent got around to watching it. Yeah I've been interest in the track saw and the domino but I always manage to talk myself out of it at the time. 😂
Fair. And sometimes that is all we are looking for. Eric (SpencleyDesignCo) and Zac (ZacBuilds) talk about it on their podcast (Off The Cut) from time to time. They essentially say that Festool for the most part IS better quality/performance but it is marginal and unless you ABSOLUTELY need that 5-10% you shouldn't spend the extra 200 bucks. Of course there is always exceptions to the rule right?! 🤷♂️😂
Hey Jason. I'll give you $50 for that Stanley No. 71 router plane that you don't use. PM me if interested. Good video. I'm not a fan of Kreg stuff either. Seems too gimmicky to me. People were building quality furniture for centuries before pocket holes and Kreg jigs were invented. I'm not doing woodworking to get rich. It's a hobby, and I don't want it complicated with special jigs that require special screws. Keep up the good work!
It's easy to do right!? Most of us in the space are ambitious and eager to make something and if a tool promises to give us faster/better results often will pounce on it. Unfortunately like you said, we either don't use them because we've outgrown them or just moved on from the project we needed it for OR the brand just totally misrepresented what the product can do. Luckily the latter you can usually return it and get your money back but I still haven't been able to go back to a tool company and say "I'd like to return this, I bought it a year ago but have never used it" 😂 Thanks for sharing Rocco! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom I'm at it again out to find a small compressor for finish work that I can carry around , saw some that weigh under 30 lbs. Hope they work good 👍.
@@roccoconte2960 🤣 hey if you have a use for it thats a good start! My little bostich pancake compressor works just fine for me for the occasional top off on the lawn mower tires and the RARE occasion I use my brad nailer. Hope it works out for you Rocco!
Interesting! Yeah I like that hey have a bit of a range in thickness the adjustment may work with. I found that if I can get it dialed in for 3/4" material and also still clamp 1" material fairly easy without touching it. I think it's just initial setup that drives me crazy. Plus it can be really difficult to wield with just one hand if you are trying to hold a piece at the same time. Guess that's kind of true for MOST clamps...EITHER way! Thanks for sharing your perspective for others!
RIGHT!? Okay so it's not just me. 😂 I think that's what gets me about them. They come off as that would be how they are used which can be really handy because most of the time when you are clamping something you are holding it together with the other hand and it gets so frustrating when I'm squeezing and squeezing and cant get the the thing to close. 😂 But to that they are mostly fine if you are just clamping to a work surface so I could see why you like using them. Again. Thanks for sharing! 🙏 Always cool to hear someone elses take.
I believe it! And to be fair I never did a measurement myself so my number could be off. That was just the advertised values from both manufactures. From the little bit that I've researched about CFM, not all measurements are taken equally either and it's also my understanding that the values are not really "real world" values either. But just from the "lets suck up dust" test I've done, my Festool out performs the Ridgid shop vac I have but again, nothing really scientific there. 😂 Thanks for sharing Craig! I will be going down this rabbit hole in a future video I think. 😁
@@JasonGrissom I get it. , the festool is a good investment… hard stop, no contest. If you ever need a phenomenal solution look at a camvac, it is 973 cfm with 70 inches of static pressure. If compared it to festool it’s the same price except about 5 times the cfm with pretty similar suction of heavy chips. It’s 900 dollars in Canada so about 750 American dollars. I’m pulling the trigger in about 6 months to a year. Good luck with your channel, I hope it thrives and survives.
@@CraigularjJoeWoodworks Thanks again Craig! I had never heard of that company. Just looked them up and they seem to be real crowd pleasers in great north! Thank you for the suggestion! I've been thinking of upgrading my dust collection system and planned on an Oneida system, this looks like it may be worth looking in to though!
Right?! Unfortunately I'm one of those people that have to learn a lesson the hard way a couple times! 🤣 Care to share any tools that were just terrible??
@@JasonGrissom I don't remember the brand, I believe it was B&D. I bought a tool that would make it easy to hammer a nail. It never worked as advertised. Also, a cheap hole saw kit. Maybe "cheap" was the problem here. A laser level that would attach to the wall. It fell and broke. Speaking of Kreg. Don't get me wrong, I have made many projects with my pocket hole jig and I still use it. I know what you mean about the clamps...I thought it was just me! I bought their circular saw track that would attach to most circ saws. Well it was a pita to attach to my saw, had some movement no matter how securely I tightened it and eventually the connection broke. The list could go on. I have eased off on buying tools I "think" I need and if I buy, I save $$ so that I can buy a reputable brand.
Sorry about the late response. UA-cam doean't do a great job at notifying for replys to replys. 😂 BUT Oh boy! Don't get me started on that "Rip-it" thing Kreg makes or whatever its called. I had the same problem with it. The ONLY use I have for it now is as a 24" straight edge and it actually works pretty well so not a complete waste. 😂 You bring up a really good point. I don't like to encourage people just to buy X brand but as a rule, those big name brands got the notariety somehow right? So usually, not always, but usually they are a safe bet and your money all though it be more will be well spent. Thank you so much for sharing Juliet! 🙏
Oh man! I'll have to stay on the look out for that. I'm sure people will find that very interesting! With all the people commenting on thier different setups and levels of success with their shop vacs I think it warrants a deeper dive. Thanks for sharing. 🙏
@@JasonGrissom measured noise level, air flow (velocity) with and without cyclones, and quality of air leaving the exhaust with and without hepa. All the CFMS are roughly 3-4 within each other
Wow. Yeah I gotta see this video. I can't wait. It should be interesting. Thanks for clueing me into it. Also nothing against you I had watched that short about Jkatz stop block and I was dieing!! So GOOD! I was today years old when I realized you and you were one in the same! 😂 Funny how the algorithm works now. You can watch a bunch of someone's stuff and never know you weren't subbed because they come up just as much as your subscriptions!
Fully agree with the planes. It can get out of control fast. But, I personally love shitty drill bits. I just sharpen them. It's easy to freehand sharpen on my belt grinder and it's nice having a ton of options for sizes. Fisch bits are a single bit purchase for me, 7mm for pen kits. That sucker was 20+. And as far as Incra stuff goes... I feel like it's for folks who think a tool is going to magically make a task easier. Like you said, you wind up using a homemade version more often because you have to set them both up and it's pretty much the same process.
Well said Jacob! Totally agree. The fisch were a little pricey. For me it was just because I had lost/smoked so many of the other bits (never thought to sharpen them 🤦♂️) I needed a set anyways because I was tired of having to upsize or downsize from what I actually needed (almost split my sons bed because of that) I just bought the set. Ideally if you know what you need and what your use case is. Stick with what works. Thanks for the feedback! Appreciate it.
yea, I have a shop vac and was removing grout from my shower for months without a bag, dust everywhere it was crazy! I got a bag towards the final part and was blown away at how much fine dust it caught $10 bucks well spent. The filter in the center of the shop vac is for the stuff that gets past the bag, which was minor. use an air compressor to blow that stuff out. works like a charm.
Interesting! Glad you shared this. I'll have to take a deeper dive into the world of bags for the shop vac. So many people have said they had success with them. Again. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom it's crazy easy to sharpen bits if you have a grinder or in my case a 1x30 sander. That thing changed my life, now I keep everything scary sharp! I subbed to the channel and look forward to seeing some new content! Big up!
Hey thanks Jacob! Much appreciated. 🙏 Yeah I need to step up my sharpening game. I'm just always so worried that I'll take it too far and just make something completely useless. Although a dull anything is pretty much ALREADY that I suppose. 😂
1st. Thank you so much! 🙏 Huge milestone for the channel. I appreciate it very much. And 2nd. I've never heard of those bits. Do you know where you can order them?
@@JasonGrissom I'm from Indonesia so I don't know how to get it in the US. But I remember izzy swan made a great video about it. He compare it with another type of bits. You can check him out :)
You're getting a lot of pushback on the shop vac thing, and really you do still need a shop vac around (if a drink gets knocked over I'm not gonna clean up the liquid and glass with a Festool), but when I upgraded to a Festool extractor I was shocked at how much better it worked than any of the several shop vacs I've owned. The other HEPA extractors are not far off the smaller Festools in price, though, so it's still probably beyond most beginner budgets. I'm interested to see what you find if you do do a followup to look at mods and accessories, it'd be great if it's actually possible to get anywhere close to $500+ extractor performance at shop vac prices.
Absolutely agree Sean. My shop vac is still gonna kick around the shop until it bites the dust. And definitely! I've pretty much decided that I'm going to make a follow up video on that topic. I think it warrants a deeper dive based on all the comments advocating for the shop vac. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom you’ll get there. I had one video take off like yours is doing and it got my watch time hours in a month. No doubt you’ll be there soon.
@@wittworks Yeah this has really been a tide turner for the channel. I think I'm at about 2.7k in the last 90 days. I've wondered...is the "12 months" a rolling 12 months or is there a cutoff at a part of the year?
@@JasonGrissom "Rising tide raises all ships." Good question. found this from vidIQ: "UA-cam doesn't measure watchtime by calendar years. Instead, UA-cam measures the last 365 days of watchtime from your channel. In a nutshell, you need 4,000 hours of watch time in the last 12 months."
have you thought about a follow up vid that is in the same style and thumbnail style? Strike while the iron is hot. You can also look at what is the most popular portion of the video that is rewatched and find the clues for what is viral and interesting to people. Cut that down into a short. I was always against that until I tried it. I had a video of me making a youtube playbutton that got maybe 1000 views and 5 subs. I cut it into a short, it got 24k views in a few days and has landed me 55 subs. No extra work. After doing that, my views, and $ 4xed for the next 30 days. Insane.
Thank you Wendy! 🙏 So happy I could bring you some joy. For me that is the biggest driving factor when I make videos so the fact that someone found it hilarious means so much to me. Thanks again.
@@JasonGrissom the video is really well done. good flow. great timing on the comedy. and it's really not about what tools not to buy. it's about how entertaining you are in your presentation! love it man.
Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 I'm having a lot of fun being my self on camera lately and the fact that the community is appreciating it too is just a dream come true!
Apologies. I was thinking for similar sized unit. It is true that a Festool can be had for less than some of the other brands mentioned. For example sake. At this time the Dewalt 8 gallon HEPA dust extractor with Autocleaning appears to be 408 on Amazon, the Festool 26 E without Autocleaning, which is a 6.3 gallon, is 765 on Amazon.
Thank you so much Zack! That means a lot to me for you to go out of your way to say that. I try my best with every video to entertain. So hearing that I was able to do that with even one person is awesome! Again. Thank you. 🙏
Oh man! Sorry Tony! Yeah I find myself wanting instant gratification so badly most of the time that I'll buy a tool if it claims it will save me X amount of time but most of the time it either doesn't deliver on its advertised promise or I needed it that one time and I could've made something in the shop real quick and use it the one time and move on with my life. But hey we live and learn right. That's really all this video was suppose to be about. I wasn't trying to poo poo on anybody's tool collection.
Oh really? I've never used one in the shop vac. I've just heard people say that they end up bursting open and spilling out even more dust. Is it just they did something wrong?
Thanks Patrick! Sorry I couldn't help sooner but happy to hear you had a few good laughs! My number 1 goal when making a video is to make people laugh so to hear this one hit its mark really does mean a lot to me. Thanks again! 🙏
Here in Europe Ive been always told brat drills are meant for wood and the other ones are for metal even tho they can drill everything except bricks and masonry stuff. Always wonder why americans use them for woodworking
Wow! Thank you for the insight. Yeah I think it just happens to be what the big box stores carry (Home depot/ Lowes) so people assume they will work fine. And they do work OKAY but nothing great. Thanks again for sharing with us! Always cool to hear a point of view from someone across "the pond"!
I'm in the UK and we would use brad point drills to drill thin metal sheet. We would make the drills from good quality twist drills and grind them with a brad point. Using these you will get a nice round hole with minimal burrs.
@@mechanoid5739 oh nice! Thats a good point. Do you use anything special to sharpen the brad point on them?? I know how to sharpen a chisel or plane iron but thats about it! 😂
Not restoration. Proper use. I am the son of a carpenter who apprenticed in Ireland. Would only let me use hand tools before I was allowed to use power tools.
@@peterfcoyle9127 oh okay. Thanks for that. Sorry if my message came across as that Hand planes were not worth buying. I more so meant that I think the money wouldv'e been better spent on hand planes that are ready for use rather than the vintage hand planes I bought that still need restoration before using. (Some have missing frogs, or the sole is not flat) I highly recommend people own at least 1 hand plane. Mine has gotten me out of many jams. Again. Thank you for sharing Peter! 🙏 side note. I visited Ireland a few years back and I absolutely loved the island. Beautiful country and the people were so friendly.
Oh man! Yeah I didn't touch on it in the video but I DO use that one from time to time. If I showed the bottom of it you'd see the shine from the regular use. 😂 But I'm interested in hanging it up now that Jonathan Katz-Moses came out with new router plane. That thing has definitely peaked my interest.
Hey! I admire you for not letting the lack of a fancy tool stop you from doing something. That's a lesson some of us could take to heart. Thank you for sharing Verna! 🙏
Thats actually a great point! I have no experience with them personally but I have heard that they make a great product. Thanks for sharing that info! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom They sure do! I ran my CNC on my office at home for awhile with the Fein Turbo 1, and it was far quieter than the router going. Thank you for the video and laughs btw. 😁
@@misury Yeah I've honestly considered building a sound proof box of sorts for my CNC. The router screaming makes it dang near impossible to film while its running. And thank you so much for that! I appreciate the kind words. 🙏
So this guy buys a cheap filter and doesn’t gets the results he wants. Lmao, you get what you pay for. Personally my shop vac is completely fine and you can’t beat the price
I'm sorry it came off that way Zachary. I was just trying to explain my feelings on some of the tools I bought over the years and things I might've done different if I was starting over. Really does bum me out to hear that was how the message came across to you. I tried to offer alternatives and other uses for some of the tools in hopes of making people feel that I wasn't JUST trying to poo poo a tool. Thank you for the feedback and I'll work on it in my next video. 🙏
Simon! Sorry to hear you already bought all this but most of it still has a use! But I mostly want to tell you how much I appreciate you saying that you thought I was funny. I strive with all my videos to entertain and the fact that you enjoyed it just means so much to me. Thank you! 🙏
It'd be a pretty boring world if we all agreed. Appreciate you for voicing your opinion. You said ALMOST everything though is there somethinh you did agree with? Or were you just being polite? 😂
@@JasonGrissom thanks for the quick response. Your right, it would be boring if we were all the same. I am 180 degrees on the shop vac/ don’t own the keg clamps ( I think they are overpriced) the incra is something I don’t have and can’t see myself buying although I have seriously considered the p/c dove tail jig, I get what your saying about the planes but sometimes it’s good to work in piece and quite, and as for the drill bits, it’s the hole we’re after so better bits get you there quicker.
@@chrisp7957 yeah I realize now (after hearing from so many others) that I came down too hard on the shop vac. 😂 and I LOVE hand planes I just wish I spent the money on a newer more polished one. Restoring all the old ones is just a project that I don't think i'll ever get around too but the one that I do have I use pretty often and SOMEDAY i'd love to get back to the days of just hanging out in the shop with my handsaws, some sharp chisels and a nice flat handplane making some dovetail boxes.
@@JasonGrissom The Kreg Multi-Mark. Does a LOT poorly. Pretty much anything by Kreg, except for the pocket hole jigs, should be avoided. I am sure I have plenty of other items.
@@jeffrice3882 Holy smokes! I could not agree more! I honestly use it as just a repetitive marking tool. I've heard some of thier jigs for cabinets aren't bad (like the concealed hinge jig) but I have no experience with them so I don't really know.
I have handtools and powertools, and I don't regret any money spent on Lie-Nielsen and Festool. Subscribed, based on two videos, "Tools I wish I'd bought sooner" and "Tools I regret buying."
Thanks for sharing! I'd love to get my hands on a Lie-Nielsen plane it just hasn't reached the top of the "tools I need" list yet. But when the time comes I'll definitely just subscribe to the "buy once, cry once". And thank you so much for the sub!! I appreciate that. I've been taking time to enjoy this summer with my family but I just got back into the shop and should have something new dropping soon! 😁
@@JasonGrissom No need to respond to this but, Lie-Nielsen is actually much better than Stanley originally made them, well worth it, I started with the No.62 and the No. 60-1/2 Rabbet Block Plane. These are L-N's more reasonably priced options I use on every project.
You guys's "journey" will never match an apprenticeship where one learns from a master craftsmen and not some guy/chick on UA-cam. I also like how you're leaning into the ink. If I were to pay for them, I could have a Laguna cabinet saw.
Ouch. Thanks for sharing though! I think there a quite a few people out there making good quality furniture pieces that are self taught but you're right. Often times there is no substitute for learning from a master of a trade.
Oh sorry I missed the second part of your comment but if you can tell me where I can get the Laguna saw for 300 bucks that'd be great. My tattoos were actually done about 10 years ago and it took me awhile to come to terms that I will never be able to have my natural skin again so I actually am an advocate for NOT getting tattoos. Partly why its unfinished. Money on a table saw would be much better spent no doubt about that! 🤣
Hey I tell you what. You are not alone! 😂 Many people have reached out against my take on the Shop Vac and it's really made me think I need to dive deeper into spending some time checking out different attachments, filters, cyclones, and what not. Thank you for sharing! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom I miss spoke, mine is the bigger 10gallon with the grey “bin/tank” and the black top. The only Maintenance I do is buy new filters lol, and once I did take it apart and actually clean the exhaust filter. Also I think they have a lifetime warranty of some sort. You’re welcome thanks for making the videos! Also Rigid makes a good car cleaning accessory kit that usually goes on sale for around $25 on holidays at Home Depot.
Yep - this channel is going places. Good stuff
Dude Jon!!! I can't tell you how much this means to me. You've been a huge inspiration for me. Honestly. Thank you so much you've made my day. 🙏
I feel like you guys just found your missing brother😂
@@plutorootswoodworking I consider that very high praise. I 1st stumbled upon Jon when I was trying to figure out how to setup my small shop. I had downsized from a bit larger garage and was wondering how I would fit all the larger tools in the much smaller space. Not only was his video super helpful but I was so relieved to have someone with a comedic presence sharing the information. I immediately benjed everything he had to watch and now sit patiently waiting for the next gem he drops. Great guy. And completely blown away that he took time to endorse this channel.
You guys both kick ass as far as I’m concerned. I’d love to start making content, but with two babies and a full time day job I’ll just enjoy the stuff that people like you guys put out! I love how Jon has cleverly named all of his equipment after star wars characters 😂
@@plutorootswoodworking I was pretty close to where you were at man. I have a soon to be 3 year old and work a full time job with a 2.5 hour round trip commute so I didn't know how I possibly could make videos and still be there for my family and day job. Jon is actually a person that made me think, hey this guy has a job, he's got twins, he's over 30! If he can make it work maybe I can to. My workflow could probably be a WHOLE video. Maybe someday I could share it if the community was interested. But yeah man. I only do this because I have the support of my wife and I can still male time to be present as a dad. If I couldn't do that. No way in hell I'd do it. So you do you man. I'll try my best to entertain you in the mean time! 😁👍
Quick note on the Ridgid shop vac. I bought the 6 gallon one initially but it was useless and had no sucking power for even the smallest things. I returned it and got the 12 gallon one which has been awesome. I use it to clean the car too.
What I've learned in my woodworking journey is to buy a tool WHEN I need it. Not just because it's on sale. Also when it come to router bit and the like, never ever buy a SET. Buy the nit you need at the time you need it.
Good advice Marcus! I've heard others use this technique as well. I live in a somewhat Rural area so the smaller consumable items I tend to stock up on just because I don't want them to delay a project but for bigger tools. You're absolutely right. "Wait until you need it" is a sound strategy. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Stumbled across your channel and really enjoyed this video. Some good relatable info here and your delivery is just perfect. I own not one but 2 shop vacs, so take from that what you will. I've also started collecting old hand planes and so far have 3 mediocre ones. At least I have some practice sharpening irons that won't make me cry. I'll be checking out that drill bit set. Thanks for sharing!
Well I'm happy you stumbled across the channel Seth! More importantly I'm excited that you enjoyed the content!! That's awesome! On the shop vac note, have you done any mods or anything like some others have shared or are they just bone stock? As far as the hand planes be careful my friend...I still haven't seen a hand planes anonymous. We may need to start one. 😂
@@JasonGrissom No special mods. I've got a big Craftsman vac I've had for 25+ years and a smaller Rigid with a bag I've had for only about 8. The only thing I wish I had for either was better filtering. And I keep thinking about adding a chip separator, but haven't gotten around to it. On the plane front, luckily they are pretty rare in my area, so not overly tempting. Still wish I had one good one though. Cheers!
Man! I just noticed that my original reply never posted. Anyways. I basically just wanted to say thank you for the response. As far as the hand planes...I've HEARD...I've never actually used but I've heard the Wood Rivers are actually pretty sweet planes and they are pretty affordable in comparison to others. Maybe something to consider.
I've been an AutoTech, DieselTech, AutoBodyRepairTech, HeavyDuty Diesel Tech, and now a HeavyDuty BodyTech.
I've spent a few thousand dollars on drill bits in my life time. There's an drill bit for everything and they similar, but they ain't the same. That cool 'Wood-cutting' drill bits are next on my list of drill bits to purchase.
Thats what I'm starting to learn! Thanks for sharing your experience Scott. 🙏 I don't think you'll be disappointed. Also, with all your experience seems like you'd know a thing or 2 about drilling metal. Any set recommendations for drilling mild steel?
Great video man! I got some solid laughs. Also agree with pretty much all the tools. I need to get a solid set of drill bits so I'll see if they deliver those Fisch bits up here in the frozen north.
Thanks Zac! 🙏 That means a lot to me. And yeah I think they are based out of Austria so I would think they ship world wide. They really do make a difference. Biggest advice for using them is don't push. You gotta subscribe to that classic "let the tool do the work". 😂
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The quality of this video is TOP TIER. Straight to the point and super educational. Keep em coming! 🤩
Thank you for the kind words! Appreciate you! 🙏
Those Kreg clamps are absolutely essential... for removing the tires on my fat-tire bike. They work great for that. I always thought I'd use them for woodworking but I haven't ever bothered...
🤣 well i'm glad you found A use for them. Mine are still is a deep dark corner of the shop. Never to be seen or heard from again.
this is my new favorite channel. i can’t wait to see where it goes!
Thank you so much! Happy to have you along for the ride! 🎢
Witt Works shared your vid. So glad he did. This was great. Thanks for sharing! Great tips!
Oh wow I wasn't aware he did!? That's awesome I'll make sure to thank him. And thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it. 🙏
Jason! This is great. Really funny! Keep at it
Scotty! Man I feel so proud to be having creators like yourself take time out of their day to give this kind of feedback. You all have no idea what it means to me. Thank you so much. 🙏
The ridgid shop vacs are great if you put a bag, a good filter and a good hose on them. And you can add power tool plugs or remote starts on them. The only real advantage to high end dust extractors is they're so much more convenient. In my experience, the ridgid is actually more powerful as well. I absolutely love my Festool CT Midi, but I'm not going to get rid of my Ridgid, especially for messy cleanup jobs that I don't want to junk up the festool with.
Very true. I did a bit of a follow up video to that topic. I found the ridgid is PLENTY serviceable after adding the bag and a HEPA filter. It has earned a place in the shop for the very point you made. Much better to put it through the paces with reno work and what not and treat my CT like the little princess it is. 😂
@@JasonGrissom I'll have to check it out, I just found your channel 💯
I can relate. Ditched my shop vac. Hid my Kreg clamps in a drawer... somewhere. Don't have a My Little Pony. Haven't used my Incra Box Joint Jig either. Have several planes that I don't use. My wife brings them home from garage sales thinking they're useable. I throw out my crappy drill bits. Not worth the suffering. Non brad point bits are good for metal.
I've had my Rigid Shop Vac since dinosaurs roamed the earth, and it just keeps on working. I did make the cheap double bucket cyclone filter and added a 12 ft hose to reach different areas of the shop.. Works like a charm. The buckets capture 80%+ of the dust, and I only have to clean the Shop Vac filter occasionally. Yup, it's still loud.
Nice peter! (That's what she said) I still keep mine hanging around. Since making this video I've added a few things to the ol' rigid and I still find a use for it quite often. Mostly jobs I don't want to put my precious overpriced green machine through. Demo work, vacumming standing water, stuff like that and it does just keep on keepin on. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Came here from Jon’s post (Lincoln St Woodworks). Great video Jason! I’m into woodworking/DIY for almost 2 years. Agree with you on the shop vacs - not worth it at all on their own. Although a cyclonic dust separator like DustStopper and other mods could make it more efficient. Also agree with the drill bits - brad point twist bits are fantastic for wood. I resisted my urge to buy vintage planes from a recent yard sale 😂. Never had Kreg clamps except for the one that came with the K5 pocket jig. Great info overall! Keep it up!
Thats awesome! Thanks for stopping by! Yeah the shop vac thing has raised way more controversy than I expected. 😂 I will definitely be revisiting this in a latwr video. If you can get a good deal on a old hand plane that is complete I'd jump on it honestly. They can end up saving you some money. One issue is that in recent years woth them becominv more of an "antique" piece value them as such and they sometimes ask upwards of 100-200 dollars and for a little more money you can get something new that is made of the same materials as the good ol' days. I'm so happy you enjoyed the video. 🙏
Same
I am aching with laughter - mostly because I recognise myself. I have useless tools and gadgets strewn everywhere. Time for a clear out.
You don't know how much that means to me to solicit that reaction! I always do my best to entertain people. Thank you so much. 🙏
Glad I finally watched this. I was just looking for a small shop vac to go with my table saw. I know rigid is junk but for one purpose it was on my list.
As for your box joint jig, I’ll take it off your hands if you want. I’ll be doing you a favor😂😂😂. And I have that same circle jig I saw in your drawer. For the price it worked pretty good. Going to have to try this drill bits as well.
Came here from Lincoln St and enjoyed it. Shop tour please? I know everyone does it but it'd be nice to know what, why, and what next.
Nice! Welcome David! And that's an interesting idea...I really like how Jon did his Small Shop Tour and I also am in a smaller space right now but I have some other equipment he doesn't have so it could be interesting...Consider it added to the list!! Thanks for the suggestion! 🙏
Right on about those Kreg clamps. I fell in that trap myself. Still using the Ridgid shop vac as my dust sorter (it doesn't collect dust so well, but it does sort it by size).
Bummer about the Kreg clamps but on the Ridgid shop vac note. A lot of people have been commenting that with a bag filter it performs really well. In the end we all got to do what we got to do to keep making stuff we enjoy! Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Love the quality of the video and little meme moments, keep up the good work homie
Thanks Jug!! I know this video is kind of specific to an audience but my goal is that every video at least entertains people even if they don't care about building something or what tools not to buy. So hearing that you enjoyed it means a lot to me man. Thank you! 🙏
its definitely entertaining to watch plus i get to learn a little bit about wood working too!
Dude! Thank you for that sentence. That right there is honestly all I try to do every time I make a video.
I thought he was going to say the DeWalt biscuit cutter was useless because I see one on his thumbnail. I do have one that I've only used once. I probably would have to plan a project for it.
Apologies for the cheeky click bait. I personally like my biscuit joiner BUT I've had it for 3 years and used it maybe a handful of times. It still doesn't quite fall into "Don't Buy" category for me.
One of these days I’m gonna have to build something and when I go to search a how to on UA-cam your channel will be the first to pop up 😊
That's a heck of a goal! I'm gonna keep trying that's for sure! 1 video at a time!
I bought an Incra box joint jig about 4 or 5 years ago, I use it so seldom that I have to watch a UA-cam video to remember how to use it.
😂 right!? I remember they sent a DVD with it but I don't even remember where the heck that thing is anymore!? Do you like it when you do use it though?? I felt like it was a pretty quality product just don't use it enough.
Awesome stuff man, you are on your way to 100K subs. Watched all your vids, need more! Keep up the good work, and have a great weekend.
Wow! That means a lot to hear you say that Chris! I appreciate the support. Just filmed a new video yesterday, going to start the editing today so hopefully you won't have to wait toooo long. 😁👍
Well they are not a complete waste. You learned something along the way. Wood working is a journey not a destination. I bought a few Kreg tools and I learned that they are over price junk. I love my Stanley planes and I discovered that I enjoy restoring them. Being in the shop doing anything is reward enough. Most of my life is goal driven. In the shop the time is mine. Sure I do projects but not a time line to go with them.
That's a great outlook Thomas. Couldn't agree more. Every "mistake" has an opportunity to be a lesson right? It's all a matter of perspective. Thank you for sharing! 🙏 I really appreciate it!
Festool Hoover is $1000 plus ship'g . Ridgid Hoover is 89 at Home Depot ( lifetime warrantee ) . Glad your tool budget can handle the higher price tools but I cant afford your taste . Nice work shop you have . Cheers!
Totally understandable Robert. Unfortunately I CAN'T afford my taste either. 🤣 Credit card company sees me coming from a mile away! But hey...its 0% for now. 🤷♂️
You’re crushing it! Keep up the awesome work and great videos. I love seeing them.
Thanks Sam! Appreciate that! 🙏
Great Video. Love the style. Can't wait for the next one. Great sense of humour and timing.
Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙏 Your video on this topic was actually a huge inspiration. The part about where you show how you can make a bad F-clamp better is what made me want to talk about alternatives or other uses for the tools rather than simply saying "Don't buy these". Thank you again.
@@JasonGrissom Oh wow. That is amazing. That video took my channel from nothing to something in a matter off days. Way before I was even ready to be honest. Im glad that in a small way, it led to this video for you. Yours reminds me of some really popular channels and I expect you could easily grow to their level. I subbed so that I can watch your journey. Very excited.
Thank you so much. I'm excited to see what happens next. I understand where you are coming from when you said before you were ready. I'm happy this video did so well but I do not want to create JUST tool videos. I have a bit of a backlog of video ideas/footage. Some are along the lines of this video and some are goofy build videos with concrete. Ultimately I just hope that the recent influx of subscribers will continue to enjoy the content even if it isn't me criticizing an old Shop Vac. 😂
@@JasonGrissom 100% agree. I followed my one up with another and it tanked in comparison. I also knew nothing of the algorithm etc, still don't. I have struggled to get too many views on build videos but that doesn't mean you won't. Your personality will carry any sort of video in my opinion.
Subscribed. You're funny and informative.
Shop vacs....ridgid ones aren't that great. Craftsman scores higher in tests. Quieter, more powerful, better design, better value.
Secondly buy the shop vac for the task, large ones do great for demo and outdoor tasks (they're bulky). Medium (5 gallon ish) are ideal all around auto, home units. Small (1 to 3 gallon) fill up quickly so aren't useful for most bigger tasks, but due to ability to bag and produce more power than other vacuum cleaners still have a place. PS. I always use bags in my shop vacs because the filters last forever without clogging and the bags do not reduce power but will reduce messiness. Win win!
Yeah I did 0 research when I bought mine. Again this was 7ish years ago and I knew nothing about woodworking. 😂 I really like the point you raise about getting one sized for what you need/do. It makes sense. You don't want to lug a big ol 12 gallon around to clean out your car but you also don't want a 3 gallon that fills up with every cut on your track saw. 😂 Yeah the bag/cyclone thing is something I'm going to look further into. Lastly, thank you so much Miguel. 🙏 At then end of it all I just really want to provide an entertaining 10ish minutes for people. If they learn something...GREAT!
I have to agree with all of that except for the shop vac, it's perfect for sitting under the workbench with a cyclone dedicated to the miter saw.
Thanks Greg! Yeah in retrospect I went too hard on the shop vac probably. It served me well for a long time just the way it sits. A lot of people have shared their mods and I think it could also be a whole video by itself. Basically breaking down price for performance against something like the Festool. Either way. Thank you for the feeback! Appreciate it! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom 1k in a day. Nicely done.
@@GregsWorkshopOregon Thanks Greg! So appreciative of all the support from everyone. Huge milestone for the channel. Now I just gotta keep going.
Haha the section on hand planes hits hard. Spent to much time and money feeling like I needed to be a “pure woodworker” instead of just creating more to learn faster.
Hey Skylar you're not alone. 😮💨 Sadly there is a whole group of us. We meet every wednesday night at the pub downtown. Hand planes anonymous. 😂 But really it is easy to get taken a whole bunch of ways in woodworking especially if you're a passionate person. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
"I never used bags, but I have heard they are useless" - good job man, keep it on this level!
"This Ridgid shop vacis rated for 68 CFM" - there is 16 G Ridgid that rated for 184 CFM and still cost way less than Festool. So, either go with dust collection system or use proper shop vac.
I have an updated opinion. I used a bag and a HEPA filter. Big improvement! 😁👍
I really enjoyed your presentation style, so you have a new follower from across the pond.
I'm lucky, and a Bosch shopvac that works very well on the right tools.
Also, though my "shop" is a damp garage that wants everything to rust, I also do metal work from time to time. I use general purpose for most of that, but if I want precision, or if the metal's hard, I have a set of Presto* cobalt bits which are amazingly good. I keep them for special occasions...
(For wood I use brad-point bits, but unfortunately my budget didn't stretch to Fisch.)
*Presto is an old English company that dates back to the 19th century. Their drills, tap and dies are really good.
Mark!! 1st off Thank you so much for sharing that you enjoyed the video enough to hit the subscribe button! That means a lot to me! And 2nd thank you for the advice. I don't do A LOT of metal working but from time to time a piece just screams "GIVE ME METAL ACCENTS" so it would be nice to have some quality metal drill bits and keep them just for that purpose. Thanks far sharing man! Really appreciate you! 🙏
Damn, I feel called out...
Liked and subbed. Good stuff!
😂😂😂 In the end I was only able to make this video cause I already spent my own money on all this stuff right??! Thank you so much for subscribing! I'll try and keep delivering quality content. Maybe less aggressive towards you moving forward. 🤣
My guy - if you have a hobby woodshop, you still need a shop vac. Unless you have like a 3gajillion cfm dust collector, you will still get dust in random places. Not a fan of using a dust collector to clean it up since it’s not that portable. There are hepa filters and bags for every shop vac brand, including rigid. Also a non festool Random orbit sander will still need to be hooked up to a shop vac. Don’t stress beginners out by saying they should skip an affordable still very useful low end option.
That said, your other items are dead on!
Absolutely right! A shop vac is still an extremly valuable tool and honestly I probably should have spent more time on the "modding the shop vac" topic. I hope nothing I say causes people to think they CAN'T start woodworking if they don't have a certain level of tool. This is a good point i'll try and make on future videos. Thanks man! 🙏
Jon told me to check your channel out. You've got potential amigo. Keep at it! Sidenote: I secretly love my incra box joint jig.
Thanks so much Suman! 🙏 That means a lot to hear that. I'm going to try my best to keep my foot on the gas and see how far I can take it. I really enjoyed using the Incra when I did use it. It just fell out of my work flow and I haven't gone back to it. Honestly maling this video brought it back to my attention and I MIGHT start trying to use it more. 😂
@@JasonGrissom At the least, it'll make for some sweet sweet satisfying insta reels...I hear...
@@WoodcraftBySuman oh yeah. The funniest things go wild on Instagram. I don't get it sometimes. 😂
I vehemently disagree about the shop vac. It's all in how you use it. Get a HEPA filter, a bag, and a cyclone separator and it will serve you for many years very well.
Thanks for sharing Mychal! You are definitely not alone in this feeling. I underestimated how much difference some of those changes can make according to people like yourself. I think I will take a deeper dive on this subject! Also thanks for that vocabulary lesson! I've never heard the word vehemently. I had to look it up! 😂 So a genuine thanks for that!
OMG! I’m going through my list of subscribed channels to watch the latest videos and I click on yours, but there’s this guy with this massive beard and I’m sitting here saying to myself, “who in the heck is this“? I didn’t realize who it was until you said your signature, “Bye!” at the very end and realized it was you! when you’re all clean cut you look like a teenager, but with the beard you look like some 30-year-old guy that lives out in the woods. it’s a good look! I completely agree with your list. Bought a Festool and wondered why I didn’t do it sooner. I’ve never bought a hand plane, but I want to get One and only one. The big surprise on your list were Brad points, but I think you’re absolutely right.
🤣🤣🤣. Yeah barring some unforseen incident I don't plan on ever not having a beard again. 😂 Yeah I highly recommend people have at least 1 handplane. It's usually so much easier to use your handplane to take a 32nd off rather than a saw. Those drill bits are great btw. A little pricey but I think if they're taking care of they should last AWHILE.
Great video!! As a fellow PNW woodworker I will be checking all of your videos! Keep up the good work
Nice! How long have you been in the PNW? I personally am loving it! I came from the dusty plains of central California so living in Washington is a dream come true.
Born and raised! Couldn't imagine living anywhere else! I grew up in a tiny town on the coast but been in the Olympia area for a long time
@@360woodworks5 thats awesome to hear! I know some people have a hard time dealing with the rain but I love it! Plus I live on the other side of the narrows so I get to witness everything that rain gives us. Got myself a few acres and I'm never looking back.
@@JasonGrissom that's my plan as well. My youngest son just graduated so it's time to get what I want! So we are pretty close to each other really
@@360woodworks5 yeah not too far at all.
I didn't even know about the wood drill bits, thank you for that. Loved the hilarious movie clips!
So sorry I missed your comment! No problem. Glad I could help. I'm so happy you got a kick out of the video. Thank you for sharing Bron! 🙏
I've had an Incra box joint jig for nearly 3 years now, never been out of the box... 😅
Hey it happens to the best of us right? 🤣
I bought the muffler for my Ridgid vac. Made a big difference. I only forget to turn it on about a quarter of the time before I start cutting 😂
Nice man! Yeah I ran with the ridgid for probably a year before I found a good deal on a delta dust collector. Been running a dust collector for all the big stuff since. But like I said. 1000 bucks on a Festool is a little bit of a hard pill to swallow.
Thanks for watching by the way Corey!! Appreciate you man! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom thanks for taking the time to post content!
@@JasonGrissom I hear that. Just starting out, I gotta pick what I spend my money on. Which is why I have a box fan with a furnace filter strapped to it 😂
@@coreydavoll7622 oh 100% the only reason I got that dust collector back then was because the guy had it on craigslist for 120 bucks. He even through in a delta air cleaner!! To this day still probably one of my biggest come ups!
lol lol lol Looking at my near perfect collection of useless tools, I have to agree with you about buying "cheap" , "Newly Invented" , crap for the shop. 20-30 years ago I purchased a "square hole" drill ( Used once ), a 12 1/2" wood planner ( used once) and then proceed to close my eyes at the rest of the shop. When the kids go into my shop after my demise, I visualize them asking themselves, " What was he thinking?" Great aticle!
oh man! My son is only 2 years old now so he is enamored with EVERYTHING in the shop but you're right! I'm sure as he gets older he'll think "Dad...why??" 🤣
HEPA Bags are readily available , and work and are approved by major builders andcontractors for OSHA safety, the festool suff, sales line of crap to spend $$$$$
Thanks for sharing Tommy! 🙏 Appreciate it.
Great video! I totally agree with most of these things!
Arpad!! How you doing man!? Thanks for the feedback! 🙏
Handplanes are either you use the heck out of them or they collect dust. I like my shopvac for what it is, a very durable vaccum.
2 very accurate statements. I find I go through spurts with my handplane. I use it in every project for a month then I forget I own it for another month. 😂 And I mightve came down too hard on the shop vac. It served me well for quite sometime. Ultimately no tool or lack of should keep you from getting out there and making stuff. Hopefully I didn't make anyone feel that way. 😬
Cheap drill bits are best to be used as spacers. Comes in all increments of measurements, metal, precisely manufactured.
I actually been catching up on the Shop Sounds podcast and they mentioned that technique. I had never heard it before. Totally makes sense! Thanks for sharing the tip with us all! 🙏
My 15 year old 10 gallon rigid wet/dry shop vac runs like a top, has good dust collection with robust attachments.
OHH Boy and are you not alone! 😂 I've gotten a lot of comments opposing my stance on the shop vac. Enough that I think I need to revisit all the different attachments, filters, cyclones and what not in another video. I think it'd be cool to do a side by comparison with a properly setup shop vac vs something like the Festool and do a price per performance? Something like that. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
the drill bits in the red container are metal drills(at least thats what they are sold as in the netherlands we get very picky on what drill for what material save for the festool guys they dont care often)
Thanks for sharing! Yeah I think they say "general purpose" on them. May just be a marketing thing here in the US cause they know we'll buy it. 🤷♂️ I think I will be looking into some specialty metal bits just for that purpose.
I agree with most of it except for the shop vac. Yes it's noisy, but it does have a lifetime warranty through Home Depot. If you spend a bit more money on a 6.5hp model you can get upwards of 200CFM as well for about 1/4 the price of a festool. Just some things to consider. I also attached mine to a dust deputy and an Eagle 11gal plastic can with the steal snap ring for air tight connection. I get almost nothing in the vacuum now and still full power. DD about $50, eagle can was $38 at that time. But yes, it's too loud, to the point I want to put it in a cabinet, and TBH I'm looking to get a 4" shop fox dust collector which has about 600 CFM, and yet still put it in the cabinet. I need peace...and...quiet....LOL
Oh man James! You are not alone! 😂 so many people have shared their experience with the shop vac and some of the modifications they have done to have success with it. I realize that I probably jumped to conclusions and almost wonder if another video is in order where I apply some of the mods that have been mentioned and compare its performance to the festool? 🤔 Could even go as far to break it down price per performance. Thank you for sharing this information for others that may want to get a little more out of their shop vacs and I have seen people build "sound proof" cabinets and they just place the vacuum inside. Another option that i'll be looking into when I upgrade to the oneida supercell is building a small cabinet OUTSIDE the shop! I too wish for peace and quiet some times. 🤣
Same boat here. Building a table saw table (out feed) and going to house the 6.5 horse Ridgid with a HD dust topper in there. Wish I could fit a proper dust collector in it! I have a small 1 car shop, so no room for a big dust collector.
@@1975oldschool Nice! Yeah my dust collector is not TOO loud but it'd still be nice to have it outside the shop. If I upgrade to large 55 gallon unit I will definitely be building a little hut for it outside the shop. Something like a water heater cabinet or yard tools container. I wonder if you could just get one of those plastic ones from HD or Lowes and put it beside the garage with coupler on either side of the wall?
@@JasonGrissom Good idea! That idea may be something I explore 👍🏻
@@1975oldschool happy to help! 😁👍
The auto adjust kreg clamps I definitely agree are a pain. The manual adjust ones are fine though.
Thanks for sharing Lin! 🙏 I haven't used one I don't think. I'll have to look into them. Are they a similar clamp style or more like a f-clamp or squeeze clamp?
Jon at Lincoln St shouted you out and glad he did. I feel like we could be friends, but this is youtube so that’s creepy and I’ll just subscribe and watch more vids instead. Cheers!
😂 Not creepy at all Matt! I'm glad I could make you feel that way. That means a lot to me! Thank you for the kinds words and joining this community! 🙏
I bought the Rigid too as my first shop vac, now I have a festool.
Hey I mean if you can afford it...I really do think it is a great product. Even if someone absolutely hates Festool I believe their success is responsible for pushing these other brands (Dewalt, Bosch, etc.) to rework and innovate their products. Which is a win win for us consumers in my opinion. 🤷♂️ Thanks for sharing Robert! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom Yes for a long time I resisted in buying Festool. But I started out with a sander and now have 5 plus a dust extractor and a domino, and plan on buying more. Although I did go with the Makita for track saw.
@@robertgaritano7718 oh interesting. I did recently hear Jonathan Katz-Moses mention that the Makita was better. Think he did a video but I havent got around to watching it. Yeah I've been interest in the track saw and the domino but I always manage to talk myself out of it at the time. 😂
@@JasonGrissom I wouldn't say it is better , but more value for the dollar.
Fair. And sometimes that is all we are looking for. Eric (SpencleyDesignCo) and Zac (ZacBuilds) talk about it on their podcast (Off The Cut) from time to time. They essentially say that Festool for the most part IS better quality/performance but it is marginal and unless you ABSOLUTELY need that 5-10% you shouldn't spend the extra 200 bucks. Of course there is always exceptions to the rule right?! 🤷♂️😂
You nailed it man!!! Keep it up!!
Craig! Thanks man! Appreciate your support. 🙏
Hey Jason. I'll give you $50 for that Stanley No. 71 router plane that you don't use. PM me if interested. Good video. I'm not a fan of Kreg stuff either. Seems too gimmicky to me. People were building quality furniture for centuries before pocket holes and Kreg jigs were invented. I'm not doing woodworking to get rich. It's a hobby, and I don't want it complicated with special jigs that require special screws. Keep up the good work!
DUDE! I had no idea you had a channel!
🤣 Thanks Eric! Hey you know now and that's enough for me. Thanks so much for stopping by Eric.
Nice video , live and learn I went threw it bought a lot of tools that eather didn't work well or I didn't end up using them.
It's easy to do right!? Most of us in the space are ambitious and eager to make something and if a tool promises to give us faster/better results often will pounce on it. Unfortunately like you said, we either don't use them because we've outgrown them or just moved on from the project we needed it for OR the brand just totally misrepresented what the product can do. Luckily the latter you can usually return it and get your money back but I still haven't been able to go back to a tool company and say "I'd like to return this, I bought it a year ago but have never used it" 😂 Thanks for sharing Rocco! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom I'm at it again out to find a small compressor for finish work that I can carry around , saw some that weigh under 30 lbs. Hope they work good 👍.
@@roccoconte2960 🤣 hey if you have a use for it thats a good start! My little bostich pancake compressor works just fine for me for the occasional top off on the lawn mower tires and the RARE occasion I use my brad nailer. Hope it works out for you Rocco!
@@JasonGrissom had a bostitch pancake didnt last to long .
@@roccoconte2960 Oh really Rocco? Mine has been good for about 4 years BUT like I said. I RARELY use it and when I do its pretty light work.
surprisingly I use the kreg clamp to hold down small pieces, like at a mitre station, otherwise they are limited, squeeze clamps are way better.
Interesting! Yeah I like that hey have a bit of a range in thickness the adjustment may work with. I found that if I can get it dialed in for 3/4" material and also still clamp 1" material fairly easy without touching it. I think it's just initial setup that drives me crazy. Plus it can be really difficult to wield with just one hand if you are trying to hold a piece at the same time. Guess that's kind of true for MOST clamps...EITHER way! Thanks for sharing your perspective for others!
I think you have to be a giant to truly wield them one handed
RIGHT!? Okay so it's not just me. 😂 I think that's what gets me about them. They come off as that would be how they are used which can be really handy because most of the time when you are clamping something you are holding it together with the other hand and it gets so frustrating when I'm squeezing and squeezing and cant get the the thing to close. 😂 But to that they are mostly fine if you are just clamping to a work surface so I could see why you like using them. Again. Thanks for sharing! 🙏 Always cool to hear someone elses take.
I see your point except for the shop vac. Mine does 189 cfm so it varies pretty greatly I guess
I believe it! And to be fair I never did a measurement myself so my number could be off. That was just the advertised values from both manufactures. From the little bit that I've researched about CFM, not all measurements are taken equally either and it's also my understanding that the values are not really "real world" values either. But just from the "lets suck up dust" test I've done, my Festool out performs the Ridgid shop vac I have but again, nothing really scientific there. 😂 Thanks for sharing Craig! I will be going down this rabbit hole in a future video I think. 😁
@@JasonGrissom I get it. , the festool is a good investment… hard stop, no contest. If you ever need a phenomenal solution look at a camvac, it is 973 cfm with 70 inches of static pressure. If compared it to festool it’s the same price except about 5 times the cfm with pretty similar suction of heavy chips. It’s 900 dollars in Canada so about 750 American dollars. I’m pulling the trigger in about 6 months to a year.
Good luck with your channel, I hope it thrives and survives.
@@CraigularjJoeWoodworks Thanks again Craig! I had never heard of that company. Just looked them up and they seem to be real crowd pleasers in great north! Thank you for the suggestion! I've been thinking of upgrading my dust collection system and planned on an Oneida system, this looks like it may be worth looking in to though!
Well, you live and you learn! Hopefully. I know exactly what you are talking about. I have bought some tools that are absolute crap!
Right?! Unfortunately I'm one of those people that have to learn a lesson the hard way a couple times! 🤣 Care to share any tools that were just terrible??
@@JasonGrissom I don't remember the brand, I believe it was B&D. I bought a tool that would make it easy to hammer a nail. It never worked as advertised.
Also, a cheap hole saw kit. Maybe "cheap" was the problem here.
A laser level that would attach to the wall. It fell and broke.
Speaking of Kreg. Don't get me wrong, I have made many projects with my pocket hole jig and I still use it. I know what you mean about the clamps...I thought it was just me! I bought their circular saw track that would attach to most circ saws. Well it was a pita to attach to my saw, had some movement no matter how securely I tightened it and eventually the connection broke.
The list could go on. I have eased off on buying tools I "think" I need and if I buy, I save $$ so that I can buy a reputable brand.
Sorry about the late response. UA-cam doean't do a great job at notifying for replys to replys. 😂 BUT Oh boy! Don't get me started on that "Rip-it" thing Kreg makes or whatever its called. I had the same problem with it. The ONLY use I have for it now is as a 24" straight edge and it actually works pretty well so not a complete waste. 😂 You bring up a really good point. I don't like to encourage people just to buy X brand but as a rule, those big name brands got the notariety somehow right? So usually, not always, but usually they are a safe bet and your money all though it be more will be well spent. Thank you so much for sharing Juliet! 🙏
Lincoln Street is right, great style vid, sub'd!
Thanks Ray! 🙏 Appreciate you saying that. Means so much to me to make something people are enjoying.
Interesting. I’m almost done with a video comparing the ridgid vs a Festool. Results are surprising.
Oh man! I'll have to stay on the look out for that. I'm sure people will find that very interesting! With all the people commenting on thier different setups and levels of success with their shop vacs I think it warrants a deeper dive. Thanks for sharing. 🙏
@@JasonGrissom editing is killing me. Hope to release this weekend. I used a 0.3 micron reader. I’m blown away.
@@wittworks oh nice! Getting pretty granular with it. Are you also measuring CFM or anything like or really just focusing on dust particulates?
@@JasonGrissom measured noise level, air flow (velocity) with and without cyclones, and quality of air leaving the exhaust with and without hepa. All the CFMS are roughly 3-4 within each other
Wow. Yeah I gotta see this video. I can't wait. It should be interesting. Thanks for clueing me into it. Also nothing against you I had watched that short about Jkatz stop block and I was dieing!! So GOOD! I was today years old when I realized you and you were one in the same! 😂 Funny how the algorithm works now. You can watch a bunch of someone's stuff and never know you weren't subbed because they come up just as much as your subscriptions!
Fully agree with the planes. It can get out of control fast.
But, I personally love shitty drill bits. I just sharpen them. It's easy to freehand sharpen on my belt grinder and it's nice having a ton of options for sizes. Fisch bits are a single bit purchase for me, 7mm for pen kits. That sucker was 20+. And as far as Incra stuff goes... I feel like it's for folks who think a tool is going to magically make a task easier. Like you said, you wind up using a homemade version more often because you have to set them both up and it's pretty much the same process.
Well said Jacob! Totally agree. The fisch were a little pricey. For me it was just because I had lost/smoked so many of the other bits (never thought to sharpen them 🤦♂️) I needed a set anyways because I was tired of having to upsize or downsize from what I actually needed (almost split my sons bed because of that) I just bought the set. Ideally if you know what you need and what your use case is. Stick with what works. Thanks for the feedback! Appreciate it.
yea, I have a shop vac and was removing grout from my shower for months without a bag, dust everywhere it was crazy! I got a bag towards the final part and was blown away at how much fine dust it caught $10 bucks well spent.
The filter in the center of the shop vac is for the stuff that gets past the bag, which was minor. use an air compressor to blow that stuff out. works like a charm.
Interesting! Glad you shared this. I'll have to take a deeper dive into the world of bags for the shop vac. So many people have said they had success with them. Again. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom it's crazy easy to sharpen bits if you have a grinder or in my case a 1x30 sander. That thing changed my life, now I keep everything scary sharp! I subbed to the channel and look forward to seeing some new content! Big up!
Hey thanks Jacob! Much appreciated. 🙏 Yeah I need to step up my sharpening game. I'm just always so worried that I'll take it too far and just make something completely useless. Although a dull anything is pretty much ALREADY that I suppose. 😂
Love the video. Agree totally
with the Rigid vs. Festool
Thank you! 🙏 You are one of the few that agreed! 😂 A lot of people were NOT happy with my hot take on the shop vac. 🤣
Funny and nice presentation, haha. Subbed to make it exactly 1K subscribers. I recommend Japanese star-m drill bits, It can make a very smooth holes.
1st. Thank you so much! 🙏 Huge milestone for the channel. I appreciate it very much. And 2nd. I've never heard of those bits. Do you know where you can order them?
@@JasonGrissom I'm from Indonesia so I don't know how to get it in the US. But I remember izzy swan made a great video about it. He compare it with another type of bits. You can check him out :)
Oh alright! Well thanks again for sharing. I'll have to go and check it out.
I had problems with the Incra and bought a much cheaper one from Rockler that was much easier to use.
Oh really?! Do you recall what Rockler called it? I'd be interested in a simpler one to setup. Thanks for sharing Robert! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom Rockler router table box joint jig. $99.99.
@@robertgaritano7718 Great! I'll have to take a look. Thanks again Robert! Appreciate it. 🙏
@@JasonGrissom Anytime
You're getting a lot of pushback on the shop vac thing, and really you do still need a shop vac around (if a drink gets knocked over I'm not gonna clean up the liquid and glass with a Festool), but when I upgraded to a Festool extractor I was shocked at how much better it worked than any of the several shop vacs I've owned. The other HEPA extractors are not far off the smaller Festools in price, though, so it's still probably beyond most beginner budgets. I'm interested to see what you find if you do do a followup to look at mods and accessories, it'd be great if it's actually possible to get anywhere close to $500+ extractor performance at shop vac prices.
Absolutely agree Sean. My shop vac is still gonna kick around the shop until it bites the dust. And definitely! I've pretty much decided that I'm going to make a follow up video on that topic. I think it warrants a deeper dive based on all the comments advocating for the shop vac. Thanks for sharing! 🙏
I have some of these tools and agree with your conclusions.
Thank you for sharing Steve! 🙏 At the end of the day you live and hopefully LEARN. I'm still working on that last part. 😂
Great information thanks
Glad I could help Don. My goal is to entertain and if someone learns a thing or two thats just a WIN WIN! Thank you. 🙏
I think you just went from 800 to 1k in an hour! Get that monteization turned on!
I know! Crazy stuff! Unfortunately I'm still quite a bit below the 4k hours mark. But all the support so far has just been insane so heres hoping! 🤞
@@JasonGrissom you’ll get there. I had one video take off like yours is doing and it got my watch time hours in a month. No doubt you’ll be there soon.
@@wittworks Yeah this has really been a tide turner for the channel. I think I'm at about 2.7k in the last 90 days. I've wondered...is the "12 months" a rolling 12 months or is there a cutoff at a part of the year?
@@JasonGrissom "Rising tide raises all ships." Good question. found this from vidIQ: "UA-cam doesn't measure watchtime by calendar years. Instead, UA-cam measures the last 365 days of watchtime from your channel. In a nutshell, you need 4,000 hours of watch time in the last 12 months."
have you thought about a follow up vid that is in the same style and thumbnail style? Strike while the iron is hot. You can also look at what is the most popular portion of the video that is rewatched and find the clues for what is viral and interesting to people. Cut that down into a short. I was always against that until I tried it. I had a video of me making a youtube playbutton that got maybe 1000 views and 5 subs. I cut it into a short, it got 24k views in a few days and has landed me 55 subs. No extra work. After doing that, my views, and $ 4xed for the next 30 days. Insane.
Hilarious! I love the perfectly placed movie snips.
Thank you Wendy! 🙏 So happy I could bring you some joy. For me that is the biggest driving factor when I make videos so the fact that someone found it hilarious means so much to me. Thanks again.
@@JasonGrissom the video is really well done. good flow. great timing on the comedy. and it's really not about what tools not to buy. it's about how entertaining you are in your presentation! love it man.
@@thewendyjazzyshow7361 Comments like these keep me going and make me want to do better and better with every video. Again. Thank you so much. 🙏
Love your content man! Keep it up!
Thank you for the kind words! 🙏 I'm having a lot of fun being my self on camera lately and the fact that the community is appreciating it too is just a dream come true!
I can relate.
the dewalt, bosch, and milwaukee hepa vacuums are all more expensive than the festool...
Apologies. I was thinking for similar sized unit. It is true that a Festool can be had for less than some of the other brands mentioned. For example sake. At this time the Dewalt 8 gallon HEPA dust extractor with Autocleaning appears to be 408 on Amazon, the Festool 26 E without Autocleaning, which is a 6.3 gallon, is 765 on Amazon.
Thank you for bringing this point up though! It's something I could've elaborated on in the video.
Keep posting! You are hilarious. Great video!!
Thank you so much Zack! That means a lot to me for you to go out of your way to say that. I try my best with every video to entertain. So hearing that I was able to do that with even one person is awesome! Again. Thank you. 🙏
I did the same shit bought so much crap woodworking jigs and gadget's. Useless junk
Oh man! Sorry Tony! Yeah I find myself wanting instant gratification so badly most of the time that I'll buy a tool if it claims it will save me X amount of time but most of the time it either doesn't deliver on its advertised promise or I needed it that one time and I could've made something in the shop real quick and use it the one time and move on with my life. But hey we live and learn right. That's really all this video was suppose to be about. I wasn't trying to poo poo on anybody's tool collection.
Vacuum bags helps a lot.
Oh really? I've never used one in the shop vac. I've just heard people say that they end up bursting open and spilling out even more dust. Is it just they did something wrong?
I definitely had to laugh a lot. I wish I'd seen this video about 4 years ago 😁😉
Thanks Patrick! Sorry I couldn't help sooner but happy to hear you had a few good laughs! My number 1 goal when making a video is to make people laugh so to hear this one hit its mark really does mean a lot to me. Thanks again! 🙏
Looks like my kind of channel 👍
Thats awesome Leigh! Im so happy you feel that way. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙏
Here in Europe Ive been always told brat drills are meant for wood and the other ones are for metal even tho they can drill everything except bricks and masonry stuff. Always wonder why americans use them for woodworking
Wow! Thank you for the insight. Yeah I think it just happens to be what the big box stores carry (Home depot/ Lowes) so people assume they will work fine. And they do work OKAY but nothing great. Thanks again for sharing with us! Always cool to hear a point of view from someone across "the pond"!
I'm in the UK and we would use brad point drills to drill thin metal sheet. We would make the drills from good quality twist drills and grind them with a brad point. Using these you will get a nice round hole with minimal burrs.
@@mechanoid5739 oh nice! Thats a good point. Do you use anything special to sharpen the brad point on them?? I know how to sharpen a chisel or plane iron but thats about it! 😂
@@JasonGrissom we just use a normal grinding wheel. The secret is to have a good dressed grinding wheel with a sharp corner . It's all done by hand.
@@mechanoid5739 Nice! Seems like a bit of an art. I don't even possess a grinder which is probably a problem. 😂
Sick vid!
Thanks man! 🙏
Wrong about Hand Planes. Maybe some instruction would help.
Thanks for sharing Peter! 🙏 I'm not sure what you mean though? Do you mean instruction on restoring the hand planes or just using them in general?
Not restoration. Proper use. I am the son of a carpenter who apprenticed in Ireland. Would only let me use hand tools before I was allowed to use power tools.
@@peterfcoyle9127 oh okay. Thanks for that. Sorry if my message came across as that Hand planes were not worth buying. I more so meant that I think the money wouldv'e been better spent on hand planes that are ready for use rather than the vintage hand planes I bought that still need restoration before using. (Some have missing frogs, or the sole is not flat) I highly recommend people own at least 1 hand plane. Mine has gotten me out of many jams. Again. Thank you for sharing Peter! 🙏 side note. I visited Ireland a few years back and I absolutely loved the island. Beautiful country and the people were so friendly.
Send me that router plane I’ll buy it from ya.
Oh man! Yeah I didn't touch on it in the video but I DO use that one from time to time. If I showed the bottom of it you'd see the shine from the regular use. 😂 But I'm interested in hanging it up now that Jonathan Katz-Moses came out with new router plane. That thing has definitely peaked my interest.
@@JasonGrissom piqued! And yes I agree, if I didn’t just get married and also have a hunting trip coming up next month, I’d for sure get one myself.
@@WalterMelons priorities right??? Dang them! 😂
I just use my vacuum cleaner
Hey! I admire you for not letting the lack of a fancy tool stop you from doing something. That's a lesson some of us could take to heart. Thank you for sharing Verna! 🙏
Hello... No Fein mentioned for shop vac?! Super silent!
Thats actually a great point! I have no experience with them personally but I have heard that they make a great product. Thanks for sharing that info! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom They sure do! I ran my CNC on my office at home for awhile with the Fein Turbo 1, and it was far quieter than the router going. Thank you for the video and laughs btw. 😁
@@misury Yeah I've honestly considered building a sound proof box of sorts for my CNC. The router screaming makes it dang near impossible to film while its running. And thank you so much for that! I appreciate the kind words. 🙏
So this guy buys a cheap filter and doesn’t gets the results he wants. Lmao, you get what you pay for. Personally my shop vac is completely fine and you can’t beat the price
Thanks for sharing Jose! 🙏
This video just feels like you wanted to complain.
I'm sorry it came off that way Zachary. I was just trying to explain my feelings on some of the tools I bought over the years and things I might've done different if I was starting over. Really does bum me out to hear that was how the message came across to you. I tried to offer alternatives and other uses for some of the tools in hopes of making people feel that I wasn't JUST trying to poo poo a tool. Thank you for the feedback and I'll work on it in my next video. 🙏
Good video. Just subbed. I also have a woodworking channel. It is My Honey's Handmade.
Thanks, your funny, oh and i have bought all that stuff...oooops. oh well. Cheers
Simon! Sorry to hear you already bought all this but most of it still has a use! But I mostly want to tell you how much I appreciate you saying that you thought I was funny. I strive with all my videos to entertain and the fact that you enjoyed it just means so much to me. Thank you! 🙏
I disagree with almost everything you said. To each his own
It'd be a pretty boring world if we all agreed. Appreciate you for voicing your opinion. You said ALMOST everything though is there somethinh you did agree with? Or were you just being polite? 😂
@@JasonGrissom thanks for the quick response. Your right, it would be boring if we were all the same. I am 180 degrees on the shop vac/ don’t own the keg clamps ( I think they are overpriced) the incra is something I don’t have and can’t see myself buying although I have seriously considered the p/c dove tail jig, I get what your saying about the planes but sometimes it’s good to work in piece and quite, and as for the drill bits, it’s the hole we’re after so better bits get you there quicker.
@@chrisp7957 yeah I realize now (after hearing from so many others) that I came down too hard on the shop vac. 😂 and I LOVE hand planes I just wish I spent the money on a newer more polished one. Restoring all the old ones is just a project that I don't think i'll ever get around too but the one that I do have I use pretty often and SOMEDAY i'd love to get back to the days of just hanging out in the shop with my handsaws, some sharp chisels and a nice flat handplane making some dovetail boxes.
Hahaha, nice try but everyone knows the rules: whoever dies with the most tools wins.
😂 Fair point Shane! Maybe I should get a few more. 🤣
Nailed that list!
Thanks Jeff! Anything you'd add?? I'm always interested in hearing from others about thier regretful tool purchases.
@@JasonGrissom The Kreg Multi-Mark. Does a LOT poorly. Pretty much anything by Kreg, except for the pocket hole jigs, should be avoided. I am sure I have plenty of other items.
@@jeffrice3882 Holy smokes! I could not agree more! I honestly use it as just a repetitive marking tool. I've heard some of thier jigs for cabinets aren't bad (like the concealed hinge jig) but I have no experience with them so I don't really know.
@@JasonGrissom The pieces are not very durable.
@@jeffrice3882 ahhh I see. Yeah I have the "Rip-it" jig. It could've honestly made this list as well.
I have handtools and powertools, and I don't regret any money spent on Lie-Nielsen and Festool. Subscribed, based on two videos, "Tools I wish I'd bought sooner" and "Tools I regret buying."
Thanks for sharing! I'd love to get my hands on a Lie-Nielsen plane it just hasn't reached the top of the "tools I need" list yet. But when the time comes I'll definitely just subscribe to the "buy once, cry once". And thank you so much for the sub!! I appreciate that. I've been taking time to enjoy this summer with my family but I just got back into the shop and should have something new dropping soon! 😁
@@JasonGrissom No need to respond to this but, Lie-Nielsen is actually much better than Stanley originally made them, well worth it, I started with the No.62 and the No. 60-1/2 Rabbet Block Plane. These are L-N's more reasonably priced options I use on every project.
You guys's "journey" will never match an apprenticeship where one learns from a master craftsmen and not some guy/chick on UA-cam. I also like how you're leaning into the ink. If I were to pay for them, I could have a Laguna cabinet saw.
Ouch. Thanks for sharing though! I think there a quite a few people out there making good quality furniture pieces that are self taught but you're right. Often times there is no substitute for learning from a master of a trade.
Oh sorry I missed the second part of your comment but if you can tell me where I can get the Laguna saw for 300 bucks that'd be great. My tattoos were actually done about 10 years ago and it took me awhile to come to terms that I will never be able to have my natural skin again so I actually am an advocate for NOT getting tattoos. Partly why its unfinished. Money on a table saw would be much better spent no doubt about that! 🤣
My 15 year old 5 gallon rigid wet/dry shop vac runs like a top, has good dust collection with robust attachments.
Hey I tell you what. You are not alone! 😂 Many people have reached out against my take on the Shop Vac and it's really made me think I need to dive deeper into spending some time checking out different attachments, filters, cyclones, and what not. Thank you for sharing! 🙏
@@JasonGrissom I miss spoke, mine is the bigger 10gallon with the grey “bin/tank” and the black top. The only Maintenance I do is buy new filters lol, and once I did take it apart and actually clean the exhaust filter. Also I think they have a lifetime warranty of some sort. You’re welcome thanks for making the videos! Also Rigid makes a good car cleaning accessory kit that usually goes on sale for around $25 on holidays at Home Depot.
@@6atlantis nice! I'll add that to the list! Any other accessories you think are worth mentioning? Or one that people should just stay away from?