Great instruction on the woodworkers third hand - the work bench.

I was just re-reading Chris Schwarz's "The Anarchist's Tool Chest" and I came across the part where you roast him over the phone for not having read a book on sawing. I had to stop reading and say, wait, THAT Graham Blackburn, the one I watch on KZbin? Anyway, love your work!

Good presentation Graham, l particularly like the discussion of tapes vs rules. Using a rule is a habit l hope to cultivate.

Since I'm a lefthander, using a marking knife shaped like a spear with two edges and one flat side is probably the most convenient. Jim Kingshot used one of those.That way I can mark in both directions. I very much adore my carpet knife, just not for marking.

Great info, Thanks!

Thanks Graham. You are persuading me to put away my electric tools and try some hand building. Cheers

Excellent overview, sir. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Excellent lesson, Graham! Thanks a bunch!!! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Marking and measuring is critical. The single bevel knife blade is a good idea.

the last square you have is so versatile in ways I am sure you know but did not mention,the width of the blade,the width of the body,the amount of blade that sticks out sideways and lengthways are "standard sizes"that can be set and used repeatedly job after job ,day after day just like the folding rule width and thickness can be a single or double " spacer" that never changes

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Pencils are made of graphite and that is one of the slickest substances known to man. Now as far as removing the mark? do it lightly and use alcohol and a rag. 24 inch rule. Measuring 47.1875 is going to be a challenge.

There is part 1? l don't see that in video list.

What are the methods of sharpening a mortise chisel ? Grinding it when it is in very bad condition and just fine sharpening when it’s in pretty good condition ?

Ok none of these things are marking gauges.

I wish I could have had you as my dad growing up.

Love David Marks!!! He inspired a whole generation of people that no doubt began watching Norm and pushed our skill sets!!!

Thanks

Truly admirable the gentle and careful manner you use the tools Sir !

Truly grateful for your reliable information and exquisite, accurate choice of terminology used Sir !

I have a big aluminium bar (1/2 by 3 inch, 52 inches long) that I got from my father in law. He was a machinist but this wasn't specifically a straight-edge. It is however straight enough for woodworking. Great for checking long edges when jointing stock.

Thank you very much Sir.🎉

My first workbench was a short low roman so it would fit in my apartment. It functions as my sawbench now. I made a large notch in one end to help when ripping.

Hmm. According to your windingstick, your bench is not perfectly flat 😮

Thank you very much for the wisdom and information!!

Thanks for touching on the basics sir. Lots of wood working videos show people making pieces made using complex tools and setups sometimes with expensive machines. Going to the basics is amazing, so thank you very much for giving us you time on this. Would you be so kind as to show making a splayed leg saw horse? The american channels show split top saw horses, and I've seen some spayed leg builds, but the legs are attached like a stool's legs or a Roman workbench style. Have you ever seen these?

Nice

Thank you very.much Sir.🎉

Mi scusi se non parlo inglese Le faccio i miei complimenti per i suoi video molto istruttivi

I also have and love a Roman workbench/saw horse. Thanks for sharing.

The piece you showed us at the end looked amazing. What wood is that and did you put a finish on it?

I just received your book on jigs, a very nice and thoughtful collection of tips!

Thanks Graham

Giving back!👍🏻

Hi Graham. Your videos are always interesting to watch, thank you for making and posting them. What is your view on the more modern benches, with a grid of holes (3/4 inch or 20 mm) and made out of MDF?

If your bench is too low or too high, add spacers under the legs or put as many 1 inch rubber machinist mats on your floor as required. Standing on concrete for long periods is not a good idea as it is.

Fantastic! Thanks a lot for another lesson, Graham! Really valuable information!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Don't let the anxiety of the perfect bench stop you from making your bench to get you woodworking now. Your best bench is the one you'll build next.

When I build a field bench I sight across the horses like you do with winding sticks to make sure the top rails are parallel. Then I load on 2x’s and plywood for a top. Even power tool work benefits from a bench that doesn’t wind! I’ve seen some 2 board wide topped saw horses with a slot down the middle for ripping

Height of the bench is a challenge in my workshop…the floor slopes and the bench is two inches higher at the bottom end than the top

Thank you and I’m working on my bench at the moment!

its a beautfuil workbench . im needing to rebuild mine i like building my own sawhorses to. Thanks for shareing your knowlage with us.

Great lesson on work benches.

I like the design of your bench. The tail vice looks quite useful. Thanks

Great episode, sir. Thank you very much.

Thanks Graham

Thanks for sharing. I've been working on an English workbench for a great while now based on Paul Sellers design. Age finally got the best of me since I started woodworking very late in life. I accumulated basic tools by refurbishing Stanley equipment and Disston saws and discovered I really enjoyed the process of restoring ole rust buckets. Rust is pernicious and thorough and requires constant monitoring to keep it at bay on these old pieces of woodworking tools. Fortunately my shop is temp and humidity controlled and that helps. I have several of your books and thanks for those works of art. Keep up the good work

Your knowledge is very valuable, thank you.

Sorry, the amerikan bench does not exist. The Amerkans uses european benches. The bench you uses has a so called French face vise, Rob Cosman uses a " German face vise". Both kind of vises seem to be build in Germany, cause older french benches had a leg vise. I want to say thanks for your videos, because there are not so much chanels explaining and using handtools. I'm from Germany and the german chanels are a catastrophie in this. Some of the people are masters of the trade, but they do not know how to handel a plane or use a saw, even the tradional european framesaws. It's realy a shame how much of the tradional knowledge is missing. Now they talk about the great japanese tools and craftmanship, not knowing that most of the joints also has exist in Europe before the machines gets into the workshop. So again a great thank to you for your work. Greets from Germany.

Don’t take advice from anyone for the correct height of your bench - instead, figure it out for yourself. I had a bench that conformed to the “rule” and it gave me a back ache within minutes of planing a piece of wood, I needed a much higher bench.