Rex Krueger

Is this the Crest of the Hill?

A successful musician to I know went through a long, dry period. His band would ...

YOU made these possible!

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Last month, after literally years of filming with the most basic lights imaginable, I was able to buy these LED light panels. 

Wow. What a difference. These things a...

Early Access Video: The Convertible Plane

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Woodwork for Humans is a hit!  All the recent videos in this series have gotten more than 10k views in their first week. My video on the $30 bench got 12 thousand views in...

Early Access Video: The $30 workbench!

Okay, I'm excited about this one. 

For a few weeks, I've been promising a real workbench that could be built for a mere $30. Well, it's here and it works. 

Brilliantly. <...

Early Access Video: Fine Woodworking with a Disposable Saw

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You might have noticed that I didn't get a video out. I'll spare you the details. Life got crazy, blah, blah, blah. 

The point is that I'm back in the saddle with no...

Early Access Video: What makes a plane good or bad?

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Hot of the heels of last week's video where I tuned up a cheap hardware store plane, I bring you this comparison of a bad plane and a good one. A lot of beginning woodworkers p...

Early Access Video: Super-Tune a Stanley 12-404

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Sometimes you've got to get back to your roots. My roots are cheap tools and it doesn't get any cheaper than the Stanley 12-404. This bargain-basement plane has no frog, no cap...

Process Notes: Building an Enormous Lathe

We've had a good run, but my lathe and I are coming to the end. 

If you've watched any of my turning videos, you've seen my Harbor Freight 32706. Brand new, this lathe costs less than $3...

Early Access Video: 3 tool mallet.

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I had such a good time making the 3 tool bench that I decided to follow it up with another 3 tool build. This time, I'm making a mallet with the same hatchet, saw, and drill. W...

Early Access Video: What is a Spindle Gouge?

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This week, I'm bringing out the next installment in my series on basic woodturning tools. A lot of turners struggle with understanding gouges. What is a gouge? What kind do I n...

Early Acess Video: 4 Reasons to Own a Bit-Brace

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Do you own a bit-brace?  

No?

I don't blame you. They seem a bit, well...ridiculous. I know that many of us love our hand-tools, but we're not stupid. I buy my...

Process Notes: The Joiner's Bench Knife

So, I've been using some less common tools recently. I just did the bench with a hatchet as the main tool and I loved it. Splitting wood is really efficient, and chopping is a great way to remove w...

Early Access Video: What is a Parting Tool

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My latest video is a thorough discussion of the Parting Tool and it is part of a longer series where I'll explore the most common lathe tools in detail. 

Now I know ...

Early Access Video: Make a Rustic Bench with Three Tools

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I feel like I'm always telling you that I've had a crazy week, but it's really true this time. We got the heat back on, but then we got heavy snow followed by a heat-wave and s...

Early Access Video: Fine Furniture Joinery on the Lathe

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I recently had to make a workout bench for my wife and she wanted it FAST. So, rather than use traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, I turned round tenons on the lathe. Then I...

Tip Sheet: Turning Green Wood

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Here's the Tip Sheet for my latest video on turning green wood. The idea with these is to combine text and images in a compelling way so that readers can get the information of an ar...

Should you turn green (wet) wood?

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The fun never stops around here. Yesterday, my furnace went out. Apparently, running a furnace in the middle of a wood shop is a sub-optimal situation. It's just a tiny sensor ...

Early Access Video: Make a toy sword

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I made a toy sword for my nephew over the holidays. I would have loved to get the video out before Christmas, but that just didn't happen. I'm lucky I got the actual thing made...

New Channel Art and Tip Sheets

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It's a new year and it's time to make some changes for the better. I've been unhappy with my thumbnails for a long time. I like the blueprint background and the aesthetic of th...

Hear me on the Creators Collective Podcast TOMORROW!

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Tomorrow, the special guest for the Creators Collective Podcast will be none other than me! I'm very excited to be joining three very talented makers to discuss my new book _On...

I'm Sticking with Patreon for now

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Many of you have been in touch since I posted about the whole Patreon debacle. Rather than write a bunch of little individual replies, I'll just thank you all for your ...