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0:00 Intro/What you need
0:30 Getting Started
1:40 Aprons
2:29 7 degrees
5:05 Router
5:46 Legs
7:56 Feet
9:37 Assembly
10:02 Outro

[@jaysmith7159]

The first half of the kzbin.infoUgkx3ICSK6nSknaL_45CU2NmFSoXjarGMDiJ book is everything about wood: types, tools, finishes, setting up shop etc. The second half is all about doing projects for inside and outside of the home. The color pictures are helpful. After reading a dozen of these types of books, this is probably the best overall (layout, color photos, plans). Only detraction is that many of the projects use a table saw/router/planer, which are usually expensive and take up space, so the plans are less friendly to newcomers and the budget conscious. But I know I can use a drill, circular saw or a jigsaw to make the projects.

[@maelstromtank2328]

This is a common scam, please do not fall for it and buy these plans. You can see the comment is edited, they likely said something else first to gain likes and then edited their comment with this scam.

[@stevenpopp4649]

Not gonna lie I've missed the woodwork for humans videos! Glad to have another simple project to occupy some downtime. Thanks Rex

[@RexKrueger]

We'll get back to more of these!

[@stevenpopp4649]

@@RexKrueger no pressure! Everything you put out is gold, just reminds me of the early days of the channel making mallets and simple stools. Great content all around brother

[@MrGalpino]

@@RexKrueger more please!

[@guybronconut1754]

We all have missed the WWFH vids.

[@beltranco4068]

Woodworking for humans is what got me started

[@chrisreeves4110]

I've always loved your editing style but the decision to include the sound grab from The Critical Drinker was nxet level. Have a like and a comment.

[@newcenobium8872]

It caught me off guard too.

[@andrewh7868]

Yeah, I love that cameo.

[@inouveaution]

A step stool and Critical Drinker reference!? Also from Ohio, stay cool this week!

[@Tfaonc]

Never expected to hear a Critical Drinker line from Rex. Good job subverting my expectations.

[@UserNameAnonymous]

Love this project. That's all I've got for today. Go away now.

[@RexKrueger]

Well played. I tip my hat to you.

[@michaelthompson5875]

I love the little bench Rex, I’m thinking I need to try one. And I LOVE the nod to the Drinker. One of my favorite KZbinrs. And his books are great too.

[@darnstewart]

I thought that was who it was or Groundskeeper Willy.

[@graysonhill]

@@darnstewart They have a lot (of alcohol) in common.

[@grjj09]

love the Critical Drinker Will be fine shout

[@What_Other_Hobbies]

Simple projects like this require and reinforce a lot of essential techniques. On top of that, you make something practical and useful.

[@anewman513]

Nice "The Critical Drinker" dub - I did not expect that

[@RiylanCorma]

Ha! Didn't expect a Critical Drinker reference from this channel. Made my day. ;)

[@deanwight]

Really enjoy the small shop, simple tools approach. I think what I like best is the lack of dust and noise compared to using machinery. Keep it up Rex!

[@jesusrenemedinasanchez689]

Hahahaha that reference to the drinker did not go unnoticed

[@ocuanadesigns]

Ah the glorious return of woodworking for humans. You've made my day

[@canesvenatici9588]

"NAH IT WILL BE FINE" is one of the most effective widow maker on earth

[@ironhead65]

I would like more of these kinds of videos. I miss the woodworking for humans series. It is honestly the one woodworking flow that I was able to get into!

[@ironhead65]

Misspelled like, fixed it

[@jeffwhitworth8510]

Thank you! This was fun to build. Graham Blackburn has a great tip in his shooting board video that makes the leg angles perfect; cut wedges to put under the boards so they lay at 7 degrees.

[@andrewstripay5987]

kudos for the Drinker reference. i could hear my room mate laughing from the other room.

[@two-four-five_trioxin124]

The usefulness of the ‘hand-screw wood clamp’ in woodworking is greatly understated. You want to work-hold a board, on edge, at a 90-degree angle? The hand-screw wood clamp is perfect for that work holding. In fact, if you have a large hand-screw wood clamp, you can mod them with things like bench dog holes to increase their usefulness because if you can mount/secure a hand-screw wood clamp to a surface/bench, you create a vise (vises are a pinnacle of work-holding).

[@WalterRiggs]

I too have missed the WWFH vids. I hope you do more. Maybe something like a backyard coffee table? Thanks Rex!

[@My_Legs_Are_OK]

Loved the Drinker reference.

[@Jams848484]

Nice to see a little nod to the Critical Drinker there :D

[@rainerl-h259]

Thanks for reminding me (and others) that woodworking can be done without spending lots of money for machines.......

[@tommoeller7149]

I built a larger version, about 36" long, for a bench. When I approached drilling the hand hold slot I had a minor epiphany. When the slot is centered on the bench top the actual handle is off center. So when gripping it tends to turn in your hand, kicking the legs toward you when you pick it up. I made mine off center by the width of the holes, so when I pick it up the legs hang straight down. Not a huge deal but it makes repositioning the bench easier since it neither cants nor do you have to crank your wrist to keep it level. And if you want to have it cant while carrying it, say while carrying it down a hall or up the stairs, you can always grab the other side of the slot. This works perfectly. Small victories. :)

[@dannymerry1786]

Haha! Love the critical drinkers cameo in there!

[@thatguythatdoesstuff5899]

I never once thought I would hear the drinkers voice on this channel. Also great video and another wonderful project. Just might pick up the plans for it.

[@Jombolo-ey1ox]

9:02 really thought I had the drinker on for a minute, hell yes Rex!

[@billy2807]

This was an awesome callback video for me. In a year and change, I've gone from zero to low saw horses, to the three-tool bench, the traveler bench (still my favorite wooden thing I've ever made - I use it all the time), and I'm finally finishing up my joiner's bench this weekend. I have a pile of your plans, anchored to my bench with a copy of Everyday Woodworking. This video almost felt...nostalgic? It's been an absolute romp so far, Rex. Thank you!

[@RexKrueger]

Thank YOU for all your support!!

[@tessarnold7597]

I think one of the biggest fears a new woodworker has is breaking a board after it's been dimensioned. After a while, and a few breaks, one learns to just glue it back together and get on with some other part of the project. Too many channels want to pretend to be perfect, but becoming a better craftsperson is only half learning techniques - the other half is learning to fix one's mistakes. Lots of instructional leave that part out. Thanks for leaving it in.

[@andymac345]

Couldn’t agree more, as a professional decorator I always asserted to people I was training that it was more important to be able to rectify a mistake than to never make one, to err is to be human.

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

I agree. Having been a carpenter for a little over 40 years, the one thing I have learned maybe most of all is how to overcome errors and mistakes that inevitably happen - often quite frequently, depending on the complexities and constraints involved.

[@Hawk2phreak]

Just finished this as my first real woodworking project. I used power tools and edge banded, Ashe hardwood plywood but it turned out great as a stool for my daughter to brush her teeth with us. Thanks!

[@RobDragonslayer]

Love that critical drinker dub

[@MisterRose90]

Have to give huge props for the Critical Drinker reference! Fantastic job as always, Rex.

[@dougmaurer7570]

.... Rex is a critical drinker fan... I love it

[@williamwatkins821]

loved the critical drinker reference

[@michaelcole4338]

Yes, more please. I too will echo the praise for the WWFH vids.

[@JI-ev9pp]

Looks like something that could easily be upsized into a full sized bench

[@guyprolly]

I'm older than you, but I want to be like you when I grow up. Great video, great focus on simplicity, and more.

[@RaccoonHenry]

when you broke that leg I legitmately gasped XD

[@toddstapley7185]

Really appreciate your woodworking philosophy!!

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

This is the kind of easy little project that I like; inexpensive, enjoyable to make, has a ton of uses around the home - and good for gifting, too!

[@punkrockviking]

Could you make a sitting bench for a dining table in this style? I love the look and wonder if it would be sturdy enough

[@CorbyQ]

Did I hear a little of The Critical Drinker in there? Awesome. Great little stool.

[@patjackson1657]

Retired guy with limited space here. I really like these small projects that could be batched out during long winters and stored, ready for quick assembly as required. Thanks!

[@nobuckle40]

I do like this type of woodworking. It make the craft accessible to those who have little space and little money. Your channel and Paul Seller's channel are my favorites because both of you keep it simple. Thank you!

[@dew-drop]

8:33 clip gives me Good Eats/Alton Brown vibes for some reason!

[@HippoXXL]

Hi Rex! Nice stool! I think, I will build it in scale, as a 2-butt-bench. Greetings from germany, Marcus

[@danwittmayer6539]

You just gave me an idea to build a scaled down version for a dollhouse! Can you please define "2-butt-bench"? Danke, Marcus.

[@HippoXXL]

@Dan Wittmayer , sure! :-) Should be at least 3'6 (ca. 100cm) long, 1'7 (48cm) high and maybe 1'2 (36cm) wide. Fitting two butts side-by-side comfortably. Greetings, Marcus

[@coreygrua3271]

“No problem.” I love that statement and it’s just one reason I make time for Rex Krueger’s videos.

[@giveemtheboot5123]

This is reminding me of Grandpa Amu's approach to woodworking. Simplicity and minimum tools to make even beautiful works done.

[@AHagridLookalike]

Excellent video. Mega extra points for the Critical Drinker sound drop.

[@opabutterscotch5902]

Dude!!! Was that the Critical Drinker I heard there? Hahahaha. That’s awesome. Btw, love these simple projects. Glad to see it again.

[@pmcKANE]

Once in a while I see a video like this and I feel different to how I usually do. I see people with a lifetimes worth of skill making masterworks, and I see people with all the tools and space making >$10K epoxy tables. Then I come and watch this and it humbles me in the best possible way. Watching this I feel genuine pride in the work I manage to do myself, without a lifetime of dedication and without a fully kitted modern tool shop. The things I make are good, they work, they get better every time, and I use whatever I have to hand to get the job done well. Once in a while it's nice to remind myself of that, so thanks for that Rex.

[@raymihurtadostuart7052]

Woodworking for humans is my fav wood working series

[@clayfullmer]

Yup, it’s the simple projects that are useful in someway that I love about the channel. Focusing on the simple tools is also my favorite.

[@fredericputnam9066]

Woodworking for humans is one of the best things going--thanks, Rex!

[@eekeetee]

Woodwork for humans was the main reason I subscribed for this channel. :)

[@jbbresers]

Critical Drinker reference, nice 👍

[@christopherdahle9985]

I don't know how I have missed your channel until now. This is exactly the sort of project I like to share with my woodshop students. What a great way to make a sturdy little stool!

[@kpopahjussi]

Rex I was already a fan, but when you quoted The Critical Drinker, you guaranteed my support!

[@mgabbard]

Critical Drinker at 9:01 - LOL!

[@wesandell]

Nice Critical Drinker reference.

[@johanlarsson9805]

9:01 I did not expect the critical drinker in this video :)

[@alanmckinnon6791]

Drinker cameo! Awesome :-)

[@FoamSquatch]

This isn't my style of wood working so to say, I love my power tools, but man is stuff like this inspiring. Absolutely love watching your videos.

[@JarlSeamus]

Thanks for another super fast project Rex. I love the housing joint solution. Simple yet elegant. And narry a nail in the whole thing. (The inner Paul Sellers voice in my head was screaming at the flex in that cut that snapped, LOL)

[@harryspier865]

The best thing about this video is the vise you made from the hand clamp. You've just shown the easiest way to make a vise to edge plane a board on a viseless bench. wow!

[@jimmylovesbikes]

The proportions and angles and look of the stool is amazing. Great stuff.

[@bloodgain]

Wait, that video was just last week? Man, it's been a long week, Rex.

[@KeithOlson]

FWIW, you can turn any saw into a back saw by drilling a pair of holes through two pieces of wood and the saw blade, then sandwich it between them and use a couple of screws to hold everything in place. Done!

[@dennishaswell9353]

In the old coal mining comunities of North East England these stools are called crackets and there is a surprising amount of variation, its really great to see one made on this channel. Thanks Rex.

[@neilgillies6943]

Up here in Edinburgh, they have a finger hole in the top centre - called Monkey Stools 😁 I assume the hole was for their tail 🐒

[@peterturner8766]

For those who do not know, cricket refers to the English game played with bats and a ball, not the insect. It involves one side trying to throw a ball at a "wicket" and somebody from the other side trying to stop them hitting the wicket It developed from a game called "stoolball" and, as far as I can tell, the wicket was originally a milking stool. (Stoolball is still played in the south east of England),

[@giulianoaudisio8231]

I't always good to see a new video from you! Ps. Is that a Critical Drinker reference? Lol

[@matthewbrady5214]

Rex- that smoothing plane you were using looks interning. The handle seemed different than the other Amazon Chinese hand planes I’ve seen. It looks like older ones I’ve seen in photos. The pin holding the chip breaker and the writing on the blade look like similar in style to a Japanese plane. There is a museum catalog somewhere online with photos of Chinese woodworkers and it was all over the place in tool style. Chinese planes with wester or Japanese looking blades and ever kind of saw.

[@zhookeeper]

These simple projects are what I need to pull me out of my procrastination and overthinking, and just get making something. ❤️

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

I totally agree.

[@MrHarpless]

As anybody who may have gone through the Pennsbury school system in the 60s or 70s might know it, a Bernie Bench!

[@AshOnTop23]

Really insiring for me, a person who sometimes lets the lack of a certain tool like a vise get in his way. Thank you!

[@mikecranapple8878]

That was a nice touch to whip out the "V" cut while cutting the curved one! Had me LOL. Hit the "LIKE" button at that point. Awesome video Rex!

[@GreggGermain]

Rex likes The Critical Drinker I see :)

[@Argosh]

9:04 FATALITY Still sitting here giggling.

[@cobsnob4239]

please keep these simple projects coming. They are affordable and are helping me build on skills plus giving my granddaughter a stool she can use. I plan on making several adding complexity ie carving to more of them to help with getting better at the skills required. Again thank you for these simple projects in a time when wood is so expensive....

[@sinafoch3651]

I see discount - I buy. I know shame on me :'D Thanks for all those plans and great videos!

[@arthomer6535]

Yes, please-more of these. I’ve done lots of handyman stuff, even did most of the rough work building my own house, but I’d really like to do some finer work. These are perfect for me.

[@theeddorian]

I dress the "bootjack" up by placing a circular or diamond perforation centered on the apex. I made similar two similar benches. They have a "spine" along central axis of the seat rather than aprons, and a carrying hand hold in the seat center over a relief in the "spine." I suspect it might be considered a modified trestle design, but I kind of made the first one by accident.

[@johnfreiler6017]

Love the basic project videos. Always learn something new, like the flipping the low saw horses over. Never occurred to me. Keep 'em coming Rex. I've been pointing people your way when they ask about getting into woodworking when they are totally new. If you get some folks from Quora asking for your "Everyday Woodworking" book, that was me.

[@Pilpiscas]

When he used the critical drinkers audio i laughed 😂 9:01

[@charlescurry2340]

A lovely teaching project. Of course I used a Ryoba Saw and made it from a badly cupped knotty yellow 1x12. If you don't follow the instructions, you miss opportunities to really make your Chinese plane into a surfacing plane and to cut precision lines with a floppy saw. Thanks Rex

[@distortedodin]

This looks like a great project for me! I have recently purchased a dozuki saw and now I can't wait to try it out.

[@MrFord289]

Cool little stool!

[@handles438]

I swear that was the voice of the Critical Drinker

[@aluyanoworkshop1166]

I've got a shop full of fancy machines capable of most woodworking tasks, yet I still thoroughly enjoy (and somewhat envy) this kind of work. Thank you!

[@christianpelchat2155]

Nice little project, might be useful for my wife. It is really nice to see you figure out workholding on the traveler's workbench.

[@christophermcclellan8730]

It’s nice to see a project that isn’t a tool. Not that I don’t appreciate the “make your own tools cheap” videos. I just really love getting ideas for actual things to build with those tools. Always love the woodwork for humans videos. I’ve been working with a portable table, some saw horses, and a workmate for a while now. Been thinking about a low Roman bench I can lug out into the yard instead.

[@jcherry335]

Limited space check, limited tools check, yes please I would like to see more of these. Enjoyed and learned from everything I've seen from you 👍

[@dass1333]

Imperfect objects are personal treasures. Glad You show how to fix what a new maker is going do and we all do make a mistake now and then.

[@oncomics1128]

nice Drinker callout ;)

[@DH-ds5mg]

Great video and you are good at explaining things. I like the short cut for the angle

[@theartificershop]

As usual, even as I work more machine woodworking, your focus on the basics, how the wood actually works, and clear instruction makes me think deeper about how I structure my practice. Thanks Rex!

[@theartificershop]

Proud to be a Patron!

[@VictorPerez_]

This is a fantastic channel

[@PreparationH67]

I really need to get a decent chisel set and a couple of pull saws.

[@darodes]

Much love and appreciation for your content Rex!!

[@ricardoalsoa]

Thankyou for sharing your knowledge. Congrats from Brazil.