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Do you have kids? Are they starting school during this pandemic? I do and boy, it's crazy in my house. Things are so crazy that I didn't finish a "normal" video this week. ...
2020-09-12 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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Do you ever get confused about saws? Do you hear descriptions of saws and get flustered? Well, I can take some of the mystery out of these tools with this week's video. 2020-09-05 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've been having such fun getting outside and doing simple builds that I decided to build a traditional milking stool outside with just the Chopping Block and the Low Japanese ...
2020-08-29 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week, we're continuing on with our back-to-basics projects. I'm always thinking about work-surfaces and this week, I got the idea to make a chopping-block for the shop. Bu...
2020-08-22 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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A few weeks ago, a viewer emailed me to say that he'd bought a Lie Nielsen handplane and it wouldn't cut. This seemed odd, to say the least, but he also wanted to send me the p...
2020-08-15 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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I almost forgot to put up the Japanese Sawhorse plans. They're attached to this post and all the plans are in the Plan Archive: 2020-08-13 12:30:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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Our brother in the craft A1BASE has been hosting some exciting community challenge projects over on the Discourse Forum. His first was a handy single dovetail and ...
2020-08-11 14:54:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm a bit nostalgic for the early days of Woodwork for Humans. You know, back when we used to take a hatchet and a saw and make something cool. Well, let's get back to it!
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You know what I don't cover enough? Sharpening. It's a core skill, but it's not as fun or interesting as a lot of other topics.
I finally decided to make a sharpeni...
2020-08-01 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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When you're buying, making, and restoring tools, you are going to need to replace some handles. Axes, hatchets, and hammers often come with great heads and terrible ha...
2020-07-25 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've made a lot of videos about planes, but you know what I still get the most questions about? Yup; planes.
You know why? Stanley made too many of the darn things!...
2020-07-18 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here are the free plans for the Early American Cupboard. I think this is the biggest and most ambitious set of plans I've ever done for a single piece. I hope you enjoy them. Y...
2020-07-15 12:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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You've all followed the odyssey of my kitchen cupboard; the 2-week project that got stretched over 5 ridiculous weeks because of Covid and a million other things. I was watchin...
2020-07-11 11:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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The turning saw auction has begun! All proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Patrons get the first shot at this charity auction.
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2020-07-08 12:36:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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This was a rough one! There were mistakes and setbacks and my own damn insecurities getting in my way, but I pushed through and the end result really is something. I'll k...
2020-07-04 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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A couple of months ago, I arranged a collaboration with the amazing Uri Tuchman. If you haven’t seen his work, I insist you go check out his 2020-07-01 17:58:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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I am BACK from vacation and I'm totally rested....actually, I'm still pretty tired, but the work keeps me going.
This week, I finished the kitchen cabinet that's be...
2020-06-27 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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I know I said I was taking a week off, but this one's been in the works for a while. It's not a regular video; it's more like a little welcome for people who sign up for Fabric...
2020-06-20 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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I have the best Patrons. Not one of you asked me about these plans, even though they were done yesterday and should have been posted. I just got busy and forgot.
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2020-06-18 12:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week, we're expanding our collection of homemade tools with this Japanese cutting gauge. This handy little tool lets you mark a line AND cut it deeply at the same time, el...
2020-06-13 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you've bought ANY old woodwork tools, you've heard the name Bedrock. It was Stanley's premium line and the basis for some of today's most expensive planes. The Bedrock name ...
2020-06-06 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post(*This feature article will appear in my newsletter, Fabrication First, but Patrons get it before everyone else. This is basically the whole newsletter, so if you're a Patron, there isn't much ...
2020-06-01 13:19:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Many of us want to cap off our furniture projects with decorative moldings, but these can be expensive to buy or difficult to make. Whether you're a hand-tool or a machine-tool...
2020-05-30 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here are your free plans for the miter box and shooting board from this week's video. You make them possible so I hope you enjoy them!
On another note, please excuse me i...
2020-05-27 18:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'll admit, things went a little sideways this week. I set out to make trim for my cupboard project, but part-way through, I got sidetracked by the need to make good mitered co...
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Patreon was recently ordered to start collecting local sales tax in some jurisdictions for some benefits. There's no way to avoid this, but Patreon does allow creators to adjus...
2020-05-21 15:36:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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I promised it and now it's time to deliver!
When I reviewed the cheap Spear and Jackson tenon saw a few weeks ago, I was unimpressed (to put it mildly), but I had a...
2020-05-16 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Sometimes, I just want to mess with tools and not even bother actually making furniture. I love the adventure of a good build or restoration: the setbacks, the sudden surprisin...
2020-05-12 13:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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Are you having trouble keeping up with projects AND homeschooling your kids? I am! Some days, it's all I can do to get into the shop and knock out an hour of work. I've l...
2020-05-09 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you read my most recent post on the "Mother Tools," then you know I'm looking to expand the Woodwork for Humans toolkit by finding 4 or 5 affordable tools that can be used t...
2020-05-02 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post