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Mate, can I just say, I really like your videos and the fact you've remained true this entire time throughout UA-cam evolution. Not trying to push a parasocial relationship or anything, but I have been watching your videos for years and they're just as good quality now than they were 6 years ago. Keep up the great work and I hope you have plenty of success moving forward.
I just love all the “beginner” videos where first on the list is running all the wood through a workshop planer, superb 🎉😂
Here's a really easy to make thing, you just need ALL the tools.
Step 1: buy the entire tool store.
Step 2: make the thing
Then just draw the rest of the owl.
only after you run it through your jointer, of course :|
I guess you didn't notice the fella talking for a few minutes about the importance of buying flat wood. Go to another store if needed, he said.
22 years ago I made a computer desk with just a circular saw, cheap palm sander and hammer. It turned out pretty good and I still use that desk to this day. You dont always need expensive stuff to do good work.
In 1988 I made a computer desk using just a jig saw, electric sander and a hammer. I used that desk for about 30 years with some modifications over the years to adapt to changes in computer styles. As built it had a keyboard drawer and drawer for a dot matrix printer.
When I moved to Indonesia 13 years ago I knew very little about the exotic woods common here or even where to find quality woodworking tools as online shopping wasn't a thing and there are no big box stores. I can't even remember where I got the wood from but I did manage to buy a handsaw and a few other basic hand tools because I wanted to make a little table for my new wife. It actually turned out pretty good and I had a good laugh when I heard my niece now in college is using it. Living here has taught me that you don't need a fancy shop or tools as the Indonesian craftsmen (and yes it's PC because they're literally all men) build amazing furniture and even houses and boats with very basic and primitive tools. They use their brains and creativity instead of a credit card.
There's a bookshelf with glass doors in my family that my Grandpa (born in 1910) built out of orange crates and other scrap wood, with few, if any, power tools.
Looking at the piece, you'd never know it was homemade.
@@christopherlatham42541
23 years ago I made a canoe with hack saw, nail file, and chewing gum.
Thank you! I am so tired of the "Lets use $400,000 of festool tools to do this job." youtube channels
There's money in "reality TV", and youtube is no exception. Much of what you see on here is staged and produced by well funded professionals. In a word, fake.
I appreciate the fact that you'll still build projects. So many "woodworkers" on youtube simply talk about tools and tell you what you "NEED TO BUY". I've entirely stopped watching some certain channels where the creator hasn't actually built anything in ages. Keep up the good work!
Yeah it's weird eh?
Hell, even joinery.
"LOOK AT THIS AMAZING JOINT ON THESE TWO 12" SCRAPS!"
Okay, but are you really going to repeat that entire process 15 more times?
Sadly, two UA-camrs I used to enjoy watching have done exactly this and I don’t even bother watching their content - I just scroll right on by 😪
@@breanneblain9210 Is at least one of these channels from Arkansas by chance? 🤭
I do like Arkansas man, but agree he needs to get back to the roots....@@HydraMods
As penniless newly weds, 55 years ago, my new bride designed our lounge suite.
Actually it was a knockoff, seen in the upmarket store of David Jones Sydney store. She would surreptitiously visit the store with a tape measure, so came up with a set of working drawings.
I had a tenon saw, a mitre box, and a brace and bit. The arms and legs for the chairs and lounge were made of one inch round dowel, so joining them was a challenge. Fortunately I found a standard Meranti dowel to use.
I finished them off with many coats of high gloss enamel. My wife made the cushions. Side by side with the original, it was pretty good. My wife cherished my efforts for many years.
I made numerous items of furniture for her, with the most basic of tools.
god bless
And then what happened?
dead set keeper
That's delightful!
My main "workshop" was under a tree on bare dirt for quite a while. I've upgraded to the cement slab outside my garage.
Mine is weather permitting too lol
I'm the guy who keeps saying most people don't need a $1500 track saw. Thank you for proving my point. The Bora system looks good.
Drives me crazy when UA-camrs with million dollar shops describe “easy” projects-well yea if we had all the best tools, raw materials and all the time to make projects “easy.”
We live in a second floor apartment of a suburban house. My "workshop" is a 9 x 11 foot bedroom that doubles as my office. My "workbench" is a steel desk that I raised and modified myself so I can clamp things down. I even attached a front mounted vise. In it, I store my hand saws, chisels, sharpening stones, and wood planes. The closet is full of power tools and a pegboard on one wall holds most of my hand tools. I have a benchtop drill press and a set of Forstner bits sitting on top of a two drawer file cabinet, a circular saw, a jig saw, several sanders, an angle grinder, a Dremel, and several drills. I do most of my cutting and sanding on the driveway on account of the dust, but I do have a Rigid shop vac for work done upstairs. The biggest PITA is dragging all my tools and materials up and down the stairs. My best addition was a Craftsman contractor table saw that I got at a garage sale for $25 and a folding 1980s era B&D Workmate that I picked up at another yard sale for $20. I built a router table with an adjustable fence that drops into the Workmate.
I built two oak desk hutches, three poplar bookcases, a king sized oak headboard with decorative cast iron panels for our bed, a kitchen storage cabinet /china closet, a 7 foot tall playground for our cat, and more small decorative and functional projects than I can list. My dad taught me that you don't need a huge workshop or expensive branded tools to get lots of work done.
The salt trick when gluing edges is genius, thanks!
Thanks for showing people what can be done with tools they may have in their shop or garage. Too many channels are only showing the newer fancy tools, nothing against the newer products, however this video shows someone can get started without spending a lot of money.
as a beginner woodworker who is working out of his garage and slowly turning it into a woodworking shop myself, your videos are alwasys super helpful and inspiring!
slowly but surely you will get there.... garage work with everything on wheels can be annoying but its fun
Just my opinion about your work and the coherent and very enlightening way in which you display it on your channel:
Fantastic! I'm not a carpenter (I work in electronics) but the way you explain the subject is inspiring to do more, better and preferably without ruining material (or your hands).
For me, I think your videos could be longer, due to the fact that every sentence I hear from you is another small detail of wisdom that can and should be stored in my little universe.
Don't complain about the length of these videos. Learn from this man.
Macedo Pinto
Portugal
This channel is absolute GOLD and is undoubtedly the most essential tool in my workshop! Thank you so much for everything you taught us!!
I just used hand saw, hammer, ruler, nails and sand paper to build my own dining table. Power tools indded a good stuff to most of us, but for me it's not about the tools, it's about the man behind the tools.
Expensive tools just make the job faster and easier. I'm a professional carpenter but I learned how to build with basic hand tools long before it became a career.
Besides, if you are not planning on becoming a career carpenter, some people just want to build a simple painting frame. Getting a workshop planner is like getting a sledge hammer to crack a walnut.
Yes, but if it’s a black walnut, you will need the sledgehammer. Lol
So many videos so many hours of people discussing when to take glue off! I am glad see that in two seconds you tell everybody he exact right time to take it off. When it’s rubbery!
Here some tips I have. Let the wood sit out for around a week or more to let it warp how it wants. Then you can get a handplane to flatten it out. Handplanes are pretty cheap, and you can also get cheap sharpening stones for sharpening the blade.
I'm a welder mechanic for the most part. But I do have a bit of a thing for wood. Recently I started building bee boxes with blind dovetails. Used my cordless saw and a cheap plastic saw guide from the blue place. Did the first 3 boxes totaling 9 10 inch tall supers. All on my tailgate and 3 sawhorses. Dados, rabbits, and dovetails. I have a lathe in my shop and can't have the sawdust on it. Anyway with some dynamic thinking anything can be built anywhere.
Mr. Nubs, thank you for the tips and information. I really appreciate the fact that you give accurate information instead of trying to show off like many others do during their presentations. I always find your laid back approach to be calming and informative. I just wanted to let you know your approach is a big help.
In my Vocational Technical Carpentry class (in the early 80's) second year students made a framed kitchen cabinet using only hand power tools and hand tools. I started hobby woodworking with a circular saw, aluminum straight edge, router, belt sander and palm sander. I think those methods and skills helped me a better stationary tool woodworker today. I can't remember the last time I used primarily hand tools to build anything. I'm a fan of Stumpy but how many and how often does he use the tools in his background? Not being critical but pointing out that we have changed the way we work.
This video is another good example of why I enjoy your channel so much.
You have saved me tons of time and money, in addition you've taught me things that would've taken years of trial and error to learn.
Thank you for doing so, it's very much appreciated.
fantastic. affordable tools and an emphasis on technique. excellent.
so glad to see this one because this is how MOST of us get started and how MANY of us continue to work -- makeshift table, in the backyard, driveway or patio, with mostly or completely hand held power tools.
*YES I AM SICK OF FANCY WORKSHOPS* I dont do woodwork any longer but I still like to watch videos, there is no joy in watching a guy MANUFACTURE an item in a $500k workshop.
This is why I like Rex Kruger - 3 hand tools to make a stool - stuff people can actually make and get into the hobby / profession.
Thanks for reminding us that you can often build with tools you have. It might take a bit longer, but you’ll still be proud of the results. Our great grandfathers often didn’t have fancy tools, but many of the pieces they made are still in use today. I continue to appreciate your humble presentation style. I’m sure that you’re a more skilled craftsman than I am, but your presentation style lets me focus on your topic. It sure beats the alternative! Thank you.
I picked up the bora rip guide from my local big box store as a clearance item and just the rails. My mind was blown that there are actually accessories for this thing! I just ordered the saw plate, i had previously just run my saw along the edge with marginal results. Thanks for this stumpy!
Always appreciate your videos. I don't make furniture, but am a boatbuilder. Have been doing the work with what many people would consider sub-standard tools (my table saw is a $99 Ryobi contractor saw I placed in a cabinet for support on the sides and outfeed), and have been building parts out of everything from cheap pine to 16/4 purple heart and white oak. The game changer in my shop was a Dewalt 12" compound miter saw: amazing what you can do with a really good and large miter saw. And I've been using the Bora straight edge without the attachments for years. Clamp, Skilsaw, and go. I'm getting ready to buy a mid-level cabinet saw, but will miss the pride of sitting back, looking at a piece of work, and saying "I did that with just these tools."
absolutely love this. I wish I had this video when I first started woodworking. It makes you appreciate where one was and now is as a woodworker. I still have things in my house that were built on the garage floor with a crappy jobsite table saw and an imagination. Thank you Stumpy Nubs!
I don't usually do much cabinetry but Having just moved into a new shop I am going to have to build several cabinets. Using the tips in this video will ensure that I get good looking joints. And they should make the project easier to complete too. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
I remember many years ago watching The New Yankee Workshop on TV with my dad, and saying something like, "Can Norm make something without his variable-ratio, side-mounted, speed-adjustable metric dado jig?" So many current woodworking channels on UA-cam make me have exactly the same thoughts.
Sorry, I'm 20 seconds in and I have to say that the Bora Centipede is one of the coolest things out there. For small shops that need space to break down sheet goods, this thing is a God send.
I have several sizes, they are SUPER handy, not just in the shop, but for all sorts of situations when you need a portable table or worksurface.
@@StumpyNubs Just bought 2 Bora 2x4 centipedes today at Costco for $49.97 each. That's like 35 USD
I've got the 2x4x36 with a 3/4" doghole top and it's great for use on my apartment patio. Made a small live edge night stand last on it.
I love learning the technique’s and joints that way I can translate to any project.
1 key point you left out. The huge advantage of building it yourself it making it fit perfectly into your space. Great video!
I've been meaning to post on your channel for a while... And I've only got about 60 seconds into the video but as somebody who also shares tips and tricks with their team and mostly goes unappreciative.... THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE
This is one of the most helpful wood project videos ever! Thank you for creating such great content.
I loved those old videos; fond memories :)
Great a idea to consolidate the tips & tricks too :)
Thanks for the tips Stumpy. Especially for those of us without all your tools the tips are invaluable! 😊😊😊❤❤
Great video, one of my favorites for guys like me trying to use simple tools in the back yard
I am nowhere near your level of expertise in wood-working, but as someone who haunts a lot of these "workshop video-s" I wanted you to know that minute-for-minute Your videos contain More usable information than easily 3/4 of the available resources. Thank you for respecting your viewers as intelligent and invested in improving their skillsets. Thank you for providing tips and information that are actually applicable in inproving that same skillset. Thank you for not touting some latest fad or gadget. I have yet to watch one of your offerings and had to wade through waves of redundancy, "clever" dialogue and background music. I don't do a lot of "critiques of YT videos but I wanted you to know that your efforts are thoroughly appreciated as you provide a top-notch experience. Best Wishes.....😊
Thanx for this attitude. I'm pretty bored of the usual woodworking showcases where youtubers tumble over a pile of Festering Stool equipment worth $100,000 while demonstrating how to build a toothpick.
I don't do woodworking often but when I do I only use festool!
Thanks Stumpy for all the great info in this video. I really liked the tape trick to help with squeeze-out!
Thanks for sharing with us James. That's a great project. Fred.
True story. Thanks for the vid! The day I've stopped watching 3x3 customs was when the cnc router came into the picture, and the new table saw, and ...u name it what :) Btw if I can add one thing here: under my journey I've learned to use the circular saw with a diy track. Works like a charm. I've underrated this tool for no reason. I guess because table saw for beginners is more safe than circular saw in general. But circular saw - if it's good (or track saw) is way more versatile
Great tips that proves one doesn’t need 5 grand in 3 Festool tools to make a project.
Thanks ever so much for sharing your knowledge!
that is an excellent video idea, youtube needs more dense high quality content like this
Thanks for the build with common tools. Once again your channel is most useful. Like other you tubers who forget where they came from.
I started out watching the popular woodworking channels about 2015 when they made relatable projects in relatable workshops but got bored once they transitioned to huge, essentially commercial workshops build on their new ranches or massive properties, building things in ways that just didn’t relate anymore. Good luck to them and I wish them every success but at that point the entertainment or even education was gone for me so I unfollowed most of them. You however are one of the epitomes of keeping it real and that is amazing for people like me with ‘ordinary’ garage size or smaller modest workshops, thank you 😊
Great looking Hall Tree!
The work can be done with a few simple tools and that extra care with those simple tools!
I went out to My "Carport Workshop" and with the same assorted mess of hand tools and built several items of furniture. It was fun and a great learning experience once again.
Thank you. The blue tape tricks are wonderful. I will be using them tomorrow.
Of course you can! I designed and built a bunk bed for my son, using only non-power tools, like handsaw, hammer, screwdrivers, etc.
The only mechanical tool I used was a battery powered drill, for drilling and screwing some screws in 😊
Thanks for taking the time to create this very helpful video. 👍🇺🇸
This video is pure gold! So many useful tips!
Great tips and insights. You showed several things that I never thought of... for dados it's okay to be a little deeper in the middle... chamfer the edges for an easier fit...
I did know about the "cottage cheese" glue... but I didn't have a name for it. :)
Thank you!
Your videos are incredible. This is the kinda quality that I aspire to. They are so pleasant to watch.
That was awesome mate! Thanks so much for consolidating, these are really great tips! I'm about to start building a Pickler changing table with drawers under it. My first big project, and a bit daunting, but this really helps!
Yet another awesome video from, what is my not-so-humble opinion, the best woodworking channel on youtube.
Starting with the minimum tools makes you appreciate what you have when you do have better tools
I've been building great projects for years using stock wood, and basic power tools on my patio. I always felt like kind of a unsophisticated goof, and wished I had the resources, space etc to have the fancy stuff. I got over it, but thanks for this video. It reinforces that you can build great stuff with just a little money and ingenuity
Really beautiful work, James! Thanks a LOT for all the tips!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Just buy what you can afford and get started. That's what I did. You can make pretty much anything with a few basic items. It's just that your workshop won't look as sexy, but it will get the job done. I just had a cheapest tools I could find like a track saw, a router, a jig saw, and an orbital sander, and I have been able to create pretty much anything i have wanted. You don't need thousands of dollars of tools. A few hundred bucks and you have yourself a workshop.
Thank you! I've been getting a little tired of beginner projects that start on a table saw
Great tips! I learned (or maybe relearned) several new tricks. And I thought I was going to have dig deep and buy a tracksaw but the Bora system has me rethinking that. Thank you!
Since I don't have a fancy shop or fancy tools I enjoyed watching this video. It kind of positively reinforces some methods I regarded as a poorman's method. Example: Although it can be fun to watch Festool Domino videos, I limp along with my Jessem dowel jig. I always appreciate your videos since they actually help me vs some that simply entertain.
I love your resourcefulness on this! I learned a bunch of great tips!
Thank you for making this!
As an apprentice cabinetmaker 45 years ago I had to make a cabinet with just hand tools. No power tools or mechanical fasteners.
In 1958, my dad built the home I grew up in. He used nothing but hammers, Sears circular saw, and a square. Sits on a slab with brick front. 65 years later it’s still solid and standing.
I sure hope you do not stop doing these I watch all of them. Julien
I had no idea that the Bora system existed, I've been using a length of CLS as a saw guide, this is going to make my life so much easier
Awesome information..thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
Lots of great tips, much appreciated!
Yeah, there are a lot of "fancy" content creators out there. Always appreciated your content for being honest. Snobbery in this hobby is unreal sometimes though
Did I just watch the "Fastest 10 Minutes" of Woodworking? Nice!!
That one hint about the glue is probably the best one you can give. I've seen UA-camrs wipe off the excess. Every time I've done that to a piece I was planning on staining I kick myself. Stain will not work where glue has sealed the wood. If for some reason you let it harden you'll have to use a scraper. The one thing to be careful of is using so much glue that it drips down your work. Not only is it hard to get off but also seals the wood requiring a lot of sanding. One fellow had the great idea of using masking tape to prevent glue drips from sealing the wood.
Hey!!!!! Woodworking on a woodworker channel! Thanks Stumpy Nubs! Great video full of super useful info from a real woodworker!
This video is great with such tips all along, thanks!
I don’t have the space for a hall tree, so I would have skipped it. Distilling the tips was brilliant!
Thanks much!
I appreciate these tips. Thank you.
Certain tools make projects easier to execute, but in their absence it doesn't make projects impossible. There's always a way.
Thank you Mr.Nubs.
I can't remember the last time that I used my circular saw, I bought the dewalt jobsite saw about two years ago. It has transformed the way I work.
I have 36 pipe inch clamps. One project needed 48 inch clamps. I went to the hardware store, bought 12 inch pipe and couplers, made up 48 inchers.
Super cut of practical tips? Don't mind if I do. Thanks for (re)sharing!
i started in wood recently, with only a small apartment to work in, and I quickly realized hand tool woodworking is seemingly 100x harder than using fancy machines. I wish I had learned this before hand and I probably would have cursed a lot less as I went. I am still keeping at the hand tool working though, and it gets easier everyday. can't wait for the day I can start occasionally using the fancy machines though.
This was an awesome video with great tips and tricks 🔥🔥🔥
Being new to woodworking keep the videos coming 👍
I don’t have a shop with lasers & photon torpedos but I do have table & miter saw. Even so, I find myself using my Bora products a lot bc of the ability to cut IN SITU. I don’t want to bring huge unwieldy and/or heavy plywood sheets to the shop saws & have to heave ho after I’m done cutting. For instance, I was reroofing a huge shed & needed to replace some plywood sheets & cut everything on the roof saving me a lot of effort.
Couldn't agree more. If you want to start out in this hobby, just start out. take a saw, a hammer and a chisel and then grow from there... buy pro-tools so you will have fun with it, but don't buy 'em all together and before you start. just one by one over years - if needed - and as for the example, I agree, too: with a circular handsaw you can do almost everything you would with a tablesaw...
Excellent instruction! Thanks
Ironically enough, I am building a library full of bookshelves with 5/4 alder done essentially the same way. I was nodding along with you the whole way 😂 the exciting part is that every single bookshelf is called out in the plans to be unique in size, and shelf pattern. The cutlists alone will make your head spin....just wait until you have 32 shelves and two stantions to sandwhich between two bulkheads spanning 12' all at once...talk about some serious clamping madness. 😂 Oh, and did I mention that some of them are at angles to match a tapered stone fireplace? Mercí! 😂
"...So today I'm taking all the best tips and tricks and I'm condensing them into a shorter video."
And subbed! thank you! I'll still check out the longer video too.
Okay okay, youve got me. This might be the video that makes me turn my house bashing diy hand to a bit of furniture making
Great video,lotsa good info. Thanks a bunch!
Very informative video Stumpy! Liked it very much. Even though I have a table saw, I like to break down bulk wood, aka sheets of plywood, with my circular saw as it is easier for me. I really like that track guide as well as we're able to use both hand saws and routers using the same attachment. Also, still glad you do a lot for small shop woodworking.
Saw on brother! 😊😊😊
Quality tips 👍 seriously, so useful to a novice like me!
One of your best.
Great condensation James!
2 weeks ago i bought a circular saw and thought it was the worst tool ever after trying to cut perfectly, im super glad you posted this cos this edge guide is exactly what i need
I had a similar issue, but I came up with my own solution. I have Aluminum L angles that are 1 inch wide, which is the same width as the guide edge to the blade edge.
allows me to clamp them on each side and I get a great guide. allowed me to save a little money so I can afford better accessories and up my game.
Great tips Stumpy. Always appreciated.