5 Mistakes Every New Woodworker Makes - And How to Fix Them

Ryan talks about the top 5 mistakes commonly made by beginner woodworkers. From spending too much on wood to not knowing if you want to start a woodworking business. These beginner woodworking mistakes are ones to avoid if you are just starting off or if you have already started your journey.
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TIMECODE:
0:00 - Intro
0:14 - 1. Too Much KZbin
1:39 - 2. Expensive Wood
3:04 - 3. Afraid to Post
4:15 - GIVEAWAY
4:39 - 4. Overambitious
6:09 - 5. Not Knowing Your Goal

[@CaptCorpMURICA]

With mistake #1, I just started reading The Anarchist’s Tool Chest by Lost Art Press. It’s about scaling down to the basic hand tools and using them to build a tool chest to store them in. If it doesn’t fit in the chest, it doesn’t belong in the workshop. It’s an excellent methodology to develop the necessary skills to build amazing furniture.

[@johnmoody2042]

Christopher Schwarz wrote that book; lost art published it

[@CaptCorpMURICA]

@@johnmoody2042 Correct and Christopher Schwarz created Lost Art Press in 2007.

[@johnmoody2042]

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[@dian3145]

Excellent points! There was an auction at a local place that usually focused on farm equipment. They had 2 pallets with 300 1x8x24” blue pine. Got both for under $200. It was great starter wood I didn’t worry about screwing up.

[@lesterandreas9005]

Great video, I started this journey because I enjoy wood working and creating things with my own hands and making a little bank on the side. Recently I have found myself not enjoying it as much. I can’t do it when I want to because I have deadlines to meet. It has become a job not a hobby.

[@pazmaniaoh6341]

I’m a beginner, working with inferior materials has been much more difficult to progress. Starting with decent materials has helped me increase confidence.

[@ahmad82pkn]

Agree with that. Else half time is lost preparing the material 😢

[@alexreid4131]

GREAT tips Ryan. Couldn’t agree more. Love how you’re continuing to keep it real as the channel grows.

[@GyWO10]

Great advice & video! It was great meeting you at WBC & I appreciate the great conversations we had! 💯👊🏽

[@villeneuvewoodworks]

Hopefully, they’ll have him teach a class at next year’s wbc.

[@cutting-it-close]

Keep doing your thing, remember to dive deeper in the whiskey cabinets, and do the decanter sets and snifter glass holders, whiskey bottle boxes etc, don’t just stop at the cabinets. Keep on going man!

[@john848sbk1]

dude you are so good. I know I've said this before, but really, you are fantastic in front of the camera explaining these things. love the content so keep it up!!

[@cutting-it-close]

I appreciate you, Thanks! Anything else you would like to see from us?

[@RobSandstromDesigns]

Good advice Ryan.

[@roblehmann2378]

Very true. With everything u are talking about. Luv your videos. I enjoy yall 📹 on IDC with Garrett.

[@barriowoodworks]

Interesting take on which woodworking path to take. Personally, I wanted to polish my skills as best possible over a few years before shifting from hobbyists to a business.

[@jordanburrill7182]

Yup. Wood knowledge, techniques, and skills are what matter most. But, when it comes to cheap Chinese tools, solidity and accuracy are more important than plethora. A table saw with enough power and a very accurate, stiff and repeatable indexing is a true time saver.

[@jordanburrill7182]

Yup. Putting work up is like a group critique in an art class. Emotionally trying but, you also learn a lot from useful criticism.

[@jordanburrill7182]

Yup. The age old question to parse, art or industry. It's possible to have both!

[@justdigginit1331]

Shirt. HF tools are fine for a minute. Between Chicago and a 20x20 skill table saw i laid tons of flooring now i have all the Ryobi line a used ridged 36" contractor saw and a zero clearance Bosch 12" chop and i got that by installing 1/2 a house of baseboards. The got me Milwaukee stuff for Christmas so u know what means lol

[@mishawakafire]

Wish I could do both but thanks for the advice and shirt!

[@haroldyoung2254]

Just found your channel very good videost. Starting my woodworking journey, so thank you for the tips and shirt

[@justinswett7917]

Great Shirt!

[@rick21668]

Thanks Ryan another great video Nice " SHIRT "

[@randyb4006]

Nice SHIRT! Where in the world did you ever find such a fine SHIRT?

[@brianhewitt7560]

Enjoyed the video, thanks. Shirt

[@wcmeyer6846]

we never stop learning

[@acerjuglans383]

My advice to everyone is be EXTREMELY careful about posting your work on social media. One of my Facebook friends was my home insurance agent. I had posted some woodworking thing, and she sent me a message, saying "Hey, wait, you have woodworking tools in your garage? That's a fire hazard. We can't cover you anymore." They pretty much dropped me as a customer instantly, and I had to scramble to find another company to cover my home insurance policy, but now with a bunch of restrictions, PLUS higher premiums. You can't even have a woodworking hobby because the insurance companies don't want to pay out, if there's a fire. It's absolutely ridiculous. And if you think my previous company was some little hole in the wall outfit, it wasn't. It was All-State. My advice is to not use your own name on social media, and don't volunteer any information to your insurance company, if you want to post about your woodworking.

[@cutting-it-close]

Wow very insightful, thank you for sharing your experience

[@dian3145]

The flip side to that is if you don’t disclose, they can deny your claim if the worse case scenario happens and you have a fire. I had a conversation with my agent, and my rate only went up 10%, and that included liability for the products.

[@Ben_Fogle]

Shirt. Good advice.

[@michaelwillson6847]

Nice video Ryan i started small with basic cheap tools granted am not at high high end tools yet but am pretty good the now. Oh but come on a can't enter your giveaways again 😲👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TetraCNC]

LOL I am thinking the secret code should have been Chicken or Rooster. It's funny how on the nose your tips are because I do stuff in my shop as a hobby and only sell it to support the hobby. Everyone is always saying I should open an Etsy shop or a website. I guess most people don't realize how much more work there is to woodworking to make money vice as a hobby.

[@cutting-it-close]

Good point!

[@hairy180]

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[@Pedja-J7]

Mistake #6 - not knowing what products could you make and then actually sell it, so you try to make everything competition is already making...

[@benceszabo465]

Nah, I just bought the big domino machine 😮😀. But I'm not a beginner.

[@MindofBrad]

Shirt.... wearing the wrong shirt in the shop can be a huge mistake too

[@KeithHigdon]

Just finished my Taxes. I spent $23,000 this year and for the last 3 years. I always wanted to make the money however build like it’s for joy. Now I’m refurnishing furniture with a sander and a glue bottle. I’m telling myself that I’m not going to watch woodworking videos. That’s all I’ve been doing for 3 years. I’m retiring in 4 years with hopes of living poor woodworking however I will do it at home with my grandchild. Oh yea I just chopped off 1/8 “ of my right pinky on the edge planner. No complaints or advice. I’m not slowing down I just have to stop spending. I now have my own bank account that I don’t touch the family money. It’s only been a month but Im looking at everything different Now my wife wants her money back. Not going to happen baby.

[@johnbies7041]

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[@cutting-it-close]

Use that for the giveaway link in the description!

[@Halenstimbertime]

Hey Ryan this is Awesome advice for All of Us from Someone who has gone through Everything We all go through in this journey. Definitely full of golden nuggets. # 1 take away We have to enjoy the Journey! Thanks for taking Us along and sharing all that it takes to achieve Any level of Success! You’ve shown Us to be 8:57 Successful You have to catch on Fire with Enthusiasm!

[@louisclarkeii]

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[@brucewelty7684]

artsy fartsy? keep yoh shirt on!

[@cornerstoneww]

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[@chillertechtexas4375]

Under no circumstance should you ever step foot in Harbour Freight. Ever! Absolute chinese garbage and zero quality!!!!! Buy once ... cry once !!!!

[@cutting-it-close]

When your just starting out and have 0 tools at all and don’t know if you will like it or not, I would go to harbor freight for sure for basic tools. I started with a miter saw from harbor freight, then a square and hammer and chisels. Eventually I bought a dewalt miter and impact set etc.

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