I have had good almost soapy Red Oak. Red oak is not on my least desired to work with it works fine you are just sick of it. Hand working Elm is a tough ride for sure.

This Chanel is awesome, is it a good idea to use a dab of pine tar mixed with some linseed oil as a finish on an interior entertainment center I made?

Thank you very much for this video, after years of not being able to figure out the little hand plainer of my dad's, thanks to your video I now know that I don't have a blade🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ I thought another part of it was the blade this whole time I feel pretty dumbo but that's alright, thank you again😅🙏🙏

A commonly overlooked wood is Mesquite. It is a beautiful wood that is extremely stable. It is very hard but still easy to work with.

Se ve super fácil lo hare ,gracias por el vídeo

I'm interested in how to got the panel to fit in the frame

Guitar maker here. Jatoba: useful to make the fret board, way cheaper than ebony. Mahogany: good for the guitar neck, and keeps the guitar light weight.

The Green color in Poplar IS THE BEST. Use to we could get boards of Poplar that were almost soild green color. It is denser and work to perfection under the plane, or for carving. I use to carve patterns and I choose poplar over basswood.

My grandmother in Halifax said when she was a kid she saw men at the waterfront ripping huge teak logs with a pit saw. She said the guy in the pit was shirtless and his chest was covered in a rash. An old neighbour made mahogany furniture and died of lung cancer. Wood toxicity is well known.

Nice video. I had to watch a video in english to learn how to sharpen my hand saw. Im from Brazil

Easy for you to say 😅

I know this will be sacrilegious, but I do love my Incra LS Positioner! I do love watching Rob cut by hand, though, so I cut vicariously.

This is not a complete review without veritas if you want some pretty good reviews on veritas check out bat cave creations.

Hi rob your workbench you made is beautiful. You are excellent with design you are a gifted woodworker and understand timber. I love that bench I like your dovetails. Australia.

Rob, I like your work and style of teaching. I've learnd from watching you today that what I thought was right had been wrong since I started my own sharpening freehand. You gave me my confidence back. Thanks a lot, man. Stay safe and keep on doin it.

I jusr ordered a Moxon vise and I am excited to try it out after the New Year as I will be starting on some projects for my wife.

IMHO, watching you work, design, create and produce is the pleasure I enjoy from this channel & by extension …enjoy YOUR woodworking. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Can method be used on a butcher knife? Should I look into a different type of tape that can get wet from washing?

Very helpful thank you.God bless you .Hendon south Africa

Great lesson presentation

The Purple Hart Project is very worthwhile.

Rob, I still use a sharpening jig as I just am not that good at freehand. I use a lie Nielsen honing guide for plane irons and chisels. Does the roller wheel on the guide, in your opinion, wear down the sharpening stones unnecessarily?

I recently found a Narex Richter Premium mortise chisel. Have you examined one? Do they have the square parallel sides? I prefer a good tool and have a std Narex mort is se chisel now. I understand your frustration with it drifting in the cut. I managed, but don't like it. I have the Narex Richter bench chisels and enjoy the handles length and feel in comparison to the feel of my IBC blind dovetail chisels. Thanks for your teachings. It is helping me get better results in my woodworking.

What do you use to keep the wood from moving when you clean up the sides. Is it sandpaper or something else?

Great!

I've never done pins first, but looking at it now, I see that it's easy to see the gauge line on the tail board, and line up the inside of the pin board to it in a precise way. I've seen and used methods involving making a support with layers of tape, or planing a very shallow rabbet to make it easy to get this absolutely right making tails first. So pins first can be faster. And you don't have to be very exact cutting the boards, they can vary in length a little, as you will plane them flush later. For that to work cutting tails first you will definitely need that baseline support. (I'm writing this at the beginning of the video, so please forgive me if all this is mentioned later on... I might have gotten something wrong also I guess! 🙂) One thing I'm quite sure of that will be mentioned, is that cutting tails first makes for no tear-out by the saw on the front of the boards. Which is why I always have done tails first.

The tools I’ve bought from Rob are high quality and worth it!

Marry Christmas guys👍

To rich for my blood..

Somebody stop all these gizmo tool sale's guy's ! Half blind dovetail chisel ? So much easier and faster to clamp the face down, chop and split out the waste. One bevel edge chisel, right and left hand skews to trim out the corners. Easy. I prefer my two fine Addiss skews. Not those big clunky thing's.

How to kill the teeth on a handsaw cutting birch ply. That's why pros prefer Japanese saws with induction hardened teeth. As for the vice, if you have money to waste on gizmo's, go for it. But why bother if you have a thin kerf 10" saw blade on your table saw and a sled to cut your tail's ? Just a suggestion. Way faster, more accurate. Just need to mark one side, set your stop and your off.

Great tools! Thanks and merry Christmas to you all!

Merry Christmas from Tennessee!

It’s not gifts-it’s worker’s tools;more tools-more work; thanks,I have more than enough

Good tools! I went for the sharpening kit earlier this week. Was pleasently suprised to hear Rob's voice on voicemail saying my order was being shipped 😁 and received it within 3 days of ordering it! Merry christmas.

Merry Christmas, Rob and Merry Christmas to your family. Thanks for the years of education!

I can recommend the Moxon vise kit. I have a shop that’s cramped. So I made mine to sit at the end of my tablesaw and clamp to the fence. I have plenty of vises and clamps in the shop, but the Moxon kit from Rob Cosman is the one that gets the most use by far.

Definitely NOT the most important tool for woodturning, just spindles. I've been turning for nearly a decade and the skew is the least used tool (almost never), because I turn bowls.

Thanks! Merry Christmas!

Awfully close to Xmas to be releasing this . . .

Merry Christmas, Rob! Already have two of these items. My only complaint with today’s post is your timing, as Christmas is only a week away and your not giving Santa’s helper much time, (or your guys much time for shipping).

The vise is next level. Very excited to order it but out of stock. I signed up for an email alert for when it comes back in stock. Great product!

rob. thanks for the video. I am 6' 5". do you have a recommended height for the top of the moxon vise

Thank Rob

Kia Ora Rob I couldn’t find the moxon vice in your store. Could you post the link please.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ROB!

Wow! I love the improvements on existing tools.

I have a LN router plane, but I've been curious -- some other brands have a fine depth adjustment. Would you use that fine adjustment if you had it?

Little late :D

Rob definitely has a Forrest Gump marathoner vibe. Also wondering if he's working on his Manifesto.