FINALLY Starting The Workbench... Cutting and Planing | Shaker Workbench PT 4

[@essentialcraftsman]

Everyone please, no matter your political position, please register to vote and vote on Nov 5! Have a great day!!

[@tMatt5M]

@@essentialcraftsman Voting isn't in and of itself is not a good. If you have wicked beliefs, then you should not vote. Censorship, communism, killing babies, WW3 are all bad. If you want those things please do not vote.

[@stephenjohnston8247]

Luv ya and your skills and determination which every tradie needs

[@brians5791]

Not at all boring. You’re a craftsman and a gentleman. Always a pleasure watching your videos.

[@jefff6167]

Your videos ALWAYS make my day a little better. Glad Kenny is there. God bless you and your family Scott.

[@WabiSabiHobbies]

Scott, excited to see this video. Bandsaw tricks: 1.) get a resaw blade. Wider profile to limit blade drift. 2.) you have a great table saw there. 2 actually! You can rip the board vertically on each side just like you had on the band saw, but now on the table saw. You can do it a little at a time so you arent taking such a deep cut. Then you take it to that band saw, and finish the rest. It will almost act like a guide and it is less material for your bandsaw to cut. Making the job a little faster. Another note. You should look into a "thin rip guide" to make repeat cuts so you are not up against the fence. They are cheap and can increase your prodction a bit and add consistency. Invest in a microjig or something similar. It will help you keep the wood down and stable through the cut. Also it is a safety device. Once you start using it, you will always reach for it. Makes sketchy cuts less sketchy. Another thing I noticed while you were using the table saw, you had the blade up really high. Sometimes depending on what you're trying to accomplish, you want the blade just a sawtooth over the wood. Some people don't like doing that because it makes us feel like the wood will lift up, and some say you only want the blade sticking out far enough that you're comfortable with cutting you. Different schools of thought, but there are a lot of videos out there showing pros and cons and when to use it in certain situations. Finally, you mentioned in your workbench video with Ken... How he changed your idea of allowable tollerences. When making final cuts and you want dead on fitment, get a marking knife. Or utility knife if you are in a pinch. Johnathan katz moses has a great video about accuracy of using a marking knife. it is harder to see the line, which is why a pencil is so nice. But you are always wondering on what side of the cut. With a marking knife, you do a light pass and then a heavier pass to make the groove. This is easy for your chisels to rest in. To find the line again you just place your marking knife until you feel it. Click into the notch you made. I'm sorry that this comment is so long, but I am very excited that you're building this. Just under a year of woodworking for me and i have the bug. Looks like you have it too.

[@crownmoldingbyspectaculart941]

Your best resource for this project is your friend Kenny. Having someone who is experienced alongside in this journey is a true gift. This isn’t a project for the impatient. Enjoy the process and don’t rush. If you make a mistake don’t hesitate to chuck a board and make it over to make it right and it will be a workbench you take great pride in and enjoy working on.

[@myworkshop800]

Something I learnt when planing many boards to the same thickness is to feed the boards in butted up tight, one after the other and even start and finish with a scrap piece. This will reduce or almost eliminate snipe left from the planer head movement as it’s loaded and unloaded. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the bench project. Keep up the good work!

[@MrMtz117]

I built a bed frame out of reclaimed white oak and had to plane a lot of the material. I sure knew what snipe was at the end when I didn’t know how to account for it!

[@slhasebroock]

Not boring! Enjoy the built as much as we will watching. Great to see Ken looking on!!!

[@thomasgeorge1836]

Not boring at all. Thank you for sharing your journey. Keep up the great work sir. You are an inspiration to us all and generations to come.

[@Noahkaram]

It's ALWAYS a pleasure to spend time with you on whatever project you're working on. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time with us.

[@martyreaves4955]

I never get tired of watching your videos, Scott. Woodworking IS a time-consuming endeavor. Patience is your best friend. The milling, as you well know, is also time-consuming. The hardest part will soon be behind you. I can't wait for your next bench build video!! Keep up the good work!!

[@bradcavanagh3092]

It's not boring at all. It's actually fascinating to watch a tree being slowly transformed into beautiful timber furniture.

[@lordaleksandre]

I hope Ken gets good enjoyment out of being the on-site guidance and wisdom! It's a fairly rare thing to have access to, especially someone who has done some of the truly fine work we've seen on the channel which he produced.

[@robbiehawthorne3847]

Really enjoy having Ken around watching over you, it makes sense considering how immaculate the work bench he made himself was !

[@TheMyeloman]

As someone who was a professional cabinet and furniture maker sidelined by cancer, whose wood shop is a total disaster, I could watch this type of content all day, every day, and I’m enthusiastically looking forward to the plans for this bench as well as the full video build series. After a bone marrow transplant 13 years ago the drs told me being around fine dust would undoubtedly cause serious health issues, and that hit like a gut punch. It’d taken me nearly two decades of searching endless jobs before I landed in a custom mill work and later a custom cabinet shop, and I felt I’d finally found my calling, only to have it stripped from me a few short years later. It then took me several more years fraught with depression and anxiety before I made the decision that cancer and its treatments weren’t going to take this away from me. That decision began a long journey of relearning my craft but with completely new and foreign to me tools, and an on\session to build up a collection of vintage and new, when vintage couldn’t be found or were simply too expensive to acquire reasonably, new versions of quality, and to fill my orbits with all manner of hand tool wood working knowledge I could find. That’s what ultimately led me here, and building this bench will be the end of that journey, and the beginning of the next chapter where I put those tools, what I’ve learned, and my passion for the craft into actual practice. I’m slow too, despite years of knowledge under my belt, and I may never make a profit from this monetarily, but if I can find some measure of solace in this, some sense of happiness and joy, it’ll have all been worth it. I’m looking forward to this build, and more so to starting my own. Ps. Will the plans be available in that large format? Asking for the old farts like me who don’t see so well these days… 😅🤓

[@stanbrackhage]

he mentions in a previous video that the plans are from an old issue of fine woodworking.

[@Pcj74049]

Scott needs to teach us how to be so welcoming to others and how to be a good friend like he is to Kenny

[@morganspencer-churchill2136]

To have Kenny there watching over you every step of the way is a real treat.

[@davidjwesson]

I've been waiting on this for months. Woo!

[@ThomasLips]

One of the best investments I made for my Grizzly bandsaw was a carbide tipped Laguna ¾" band👍👍👍

[@jeromevaldez7845]

Doesn’t matter what you’re working on. It’s always a pleasure watching you at work.

[@rambo2923]

Not boring at all. Enjoyed every minute. Making this desk just might have to go on my bucket list

[@AgCWby90CS]

I grew up in my dad’s cabinet shop in the Texas hill country and enjoy watching your channel.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

NICE work! The checks and open grain can be filled with epoxy prior to final sanding.

[@Glynchbrook]

Breaking down, rough sizing, planing and thicknessing is part of the miracle that turns a tree in to furniture. It’s wonderfully rhythmical and hard going but the graft now makes it so much easier later.

[@philipshields1183]

No, your adventures Never get boring. I dream of room for the tiniest fraction of shop space that you are blessed with. Keep up the good work 💪

[@garywalters4286]

I love this bench build video , and it's nice to see Kenny in the back ground for support.

[@jeffreycurrie3410]

I agree with Ken in regards of squeezing all the glue out. Also I’ve noticed over tightening will cup the glue up.

[@jeffbourne6015]

Superb creative content as always. Thoroughly looking forward to all the subsequent bench construction videos , leaning so much in the process. Having your best friend Ken and fellow craftsman overseeing this fabulous project is inspiring in itself. That you are documenting this combined effort is thoroughly appreciated on so many levels - many thanks for sharing such wonderful craft knowledge and content.

[@firemanj35]

It's not boring at all. Love watching you learn and discover. I'm going to try and get a set of your plans.

[@donniewillis2926]

I was enthralled the entire time!! WOW! I am going to enjoy every precious moment of this series, as I have all of videos. You are always a blessing to watch, listen and learn from. Many blessings to you and your family.

[@huckleberry5653]

Good for you! Doing a project that is outside of your comfort zone is where we can learn more. Always moving forward.

[@Ken-h5d]

"My learning curve is vertical." Thank you, Scott. Welcome to my life! lol

[@arustydodge2111]

Not boring at all, SCOTT! Been you from the very beginning, and wouldn’t think of leaving you hanging! Gonna stay with you til you decide it’s time for us to leave! 😉 ⭐️⭐️🙏🙏⭐️⭐️

[@UseR459-z8x]

Not boring at all Scott. For you I can see where it might be. For many of us who will never build stuff that we would like to, it’s like we are doing it with you. Thanks.

[@jimfeaster4837]

Saw stop is great!😊

[@nicholasmanovich4330]

Milling the lumber down before assembly is my favorite part of woodworking. I could run a jointer, planer, and saw all day. Looking forward to seeing this thing come to life. Keep at it !

[@siggychaloupka7330]

You have a beautiful table saw there Scott, you lucky duck! Keep it up, you're doing awesome for your first workbench build. Beautiful timber there too. Cheers, Siggy

[@krenwregget7667]

Great video, Scott and I really admire that you are taking on this kind of project late in your wood journey. For your bandsaw, you need to make a resawing fence, which is just a tall piece that clamps to your regular fence to help keep your work piece vertical. 13:30 really shows what kind of carpenter you are if you burn anything less than 2 feet long. My shop is littered with end cuts and cut-offs that are 8-16" long and I have lots of projects that I will use that up on. Jewelry boxes, memory boxes, christmas crafts, candle holders, book holders, cutting boards, etc. I know it's big transition from being a framer to fine woodworking but you'll find lots of uses for small pieces if you continue down this path.

[@smartcarpie]

Love seeing the Oliver 260 saw. The vast majority of my machines are similar, big old monster three phase gals with huge capabilities. A few hundreds of dollars instead of thousands. Can build a real shop that you’ll never outgrow for cheap if you can move it and set that stuff up! Big timber is cheap but needs big machines. Enjoy it, and find it more friends. Good work with the videos.

[@ulialdana9779]

You are simply the best, thanks to you I do lots of welding. Really thank you sir

[@fsj197811]

Well done. Nice to see you taking on something relatively new to you. As always, thanks for sharing!

[@timmatherly5080]

I'm really looking forward to seeing the the next video of this project.

[@richardkenworthy9312]

All I can say is WOW. the workmanship that go's into that . Good luck Hats off to a beginner.

[@nat8843]

You're a great woodworker, Mr Craftsman. Keep up the good work!

[@2010stoof]

Nice Coleman lantern collection. I have quite a few too and still use them. Can't beat them for output for cost of Coleman fuel or Walmart camp fuel. Way better than propane unless you're filling your own little cylinders

[@danbreyfogle8486]

That is some great looking lumber. I have been a woodworker my entire life and can tell you that everyone of us has a different way to attack a project of this size. Getting in the zone of breaking down the lumber is very satisfying as you are challenged by the lumber. Your panels are looking pretty nice from my vantage point in my recliner.

[@AndrewCastellanoReal]

what a gift of a video

[@marcusdare1688]

I've been waiting for this! Pure gold

[@fredflickinger643]

I appreciate your sacrifice! Look forward to the assembly of this beautiful wood.

[@walterplummer3808]

I'm glad to get started on the workbench. Thanks for the videos.

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Great video, and just shows how much prep work goes before building even starts, it's going to be a magnificent bench. Thanks for the video mate, stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.

[@williammrdeza9445]

This build has been a long time coming with much associated anticipation by many of us. I am excited to follow along as you (with Ken's guidance) begin the assembly process. It is refreshing to see that I am not the only one who learns as he goes during a woodworking project. The difference is that you have Ken there to keep you on the straight and narrow! On the band saw, you might want to check out some of the videos that feature Alex Snodgrass. He has some great set up videos that help to ensure you get the most out of your ban saw's performance. Also, I am curious, did Ken build his original bench from plans that he had drawn up, or was it done during the process of building the bench itself?

[@Wuuz]

Large print of plans for reminding the importance like its the building plans for a house :D ... I like it

[@Fnu-ex1tc]

Scott, it is always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@nickmagma7745]

I was really looking forward to this project. I think you´re fun to watch because you´re not an expert woodworker, makes it more interesting. By the way, check out the Snodgrass method to eliminate bandsaw drift and dial in your saw!

[@petridish3045]

Someone hooked you up with a SOLID set of plans.

[@johnnyhath]

I *am* tougher than the average bear! Thanks for the encouragement and for all the enjoyable and uplifting videos!

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome video and all of the amazing videos!!!

[@davidmatke248]

Keep up the good work!

[@Sizukun1]

Wow, plans like that in a big paper book would be nice as a home DIY project. Half the battle as a hobbyist is just conceptualizing and planning the project out.

[@kevincorbin6273]

Keep the videos coming, never get bored of them, you’re narrating always makes up for any repetitive content

[@joeydupre6153]

As a very amateur 70 year old wood worker with ADD, this project would HORRIFY me! I'm glad to follow along with you, though. You are lucky to have a good backup man.

[@galhillel100]

Hey, I’m also suffering from this and love to work with steel and wood. Can you share a little bit?

[@joeydupre6153]

@@galhillel100 All I can advise is get super organized. Get all your tools within easy reach. Measure 3 or 4 times, think about it and measure again.

[@MereReef]

Yessss finally the main man is back makign tutorial vids

[@horneygeorgeforge7079]

as a DYIer myself. take you time, have fun, and it will come together just right. keep up the good work. Hmm i heard that somewhere.

[@TheRealDukeSchneider]

My father was a general contractor for 50 years and an amateur woodworker all that time. I am a woodworker (hobbiest) for 25 years. You mentioned that you had to remind yourself you’re not running a sawmill. I use to talk with my dad that he looked at wood with a mindset of 1/8 - 1/4” of accuracy. As a woodworker I looked at a mindset of 1/32 - 1/16”. Same relative skill sets but a slower more detailed mindset needed. Much like the difference between trimming a window vs making a picture frame. All are correct, you just need to remember what your project is and what “scale” you are building to. Love your videos, my wife is from Medford (OR). We are in Iowa now.

[@PHILWORX]

Love my big blu power hammer🎉. Can’t wait to see that bench finished.

[@stephenriddle1292]

Can't wait to see the finished product!

[@kiwigrunt330]

Scott sure loves his rear-handle saws.... [perfectly good mitre saw parked right behind him] 😁

[@stevenwinslow6477]

I have the same DW735, upgrading the stock knives to a helical head was a game changer. Made the machine to a better job, on wider boards, with less volume.

[@christiansmith7938]

Someone has maybe mentioned this somewhere in the comments but Alex Snodgrass or Michael Fortune are the two masters I would look up when it comes to bandsaw use and set up. They both teach bandsaw set up all around North America.

[@adamcarpenter8549]

Love from Montana EC. As a woodworker I have learned a lot about general construction from you that made me better. Allow me to humbly attempt to partially return the favor. Much of what you don't know you'll learn on the way (clamping cauls, grain direction, etc. You already know more than most after all) but for the love of your family use a dust mask in the shop. Don't go out like Chatsworth.

[@adamcarpenter8549]

When resawing on a bandsaw 3 things will help other than tuning the saw. Carbide blade and a single-point fence to start. Also, cut a shallow grove with your table saw and the bandsaw will follow the path of least resistance.

[@tMatt5M]

Resawing perfectly straight on a band saw is tricky. Alex Snodgrass has has a ton of content on youtube on exactly how to do it. Since you can plane down to the right thickness I wouldn't worry about getting perfect resaws. It's probably more trouble than it's worth.

[@alanr745]

Scott, it might be just cutting, clamping, planing, and sanding; but there are little movements I see your eyes and hands doing that show years of technique behind your worm drive saws that shoe that you know what you are doing, and that is worth watching. Never too old to learn.

[@daxisperry7644]

This makes me want to get into cabinet making. I’m a welder by trade, and I’ve done a Little construction in the military. There are so many cool trades out there that I want to learn. Hard to find the time!

[@walterorgan1328]

Ive been looking forward to this project. Keep up the good work....

[@martinmurphy3868]

You are an Inspiration God Bless You

[@moseshancock3336]

Great video I love doing wood working im not a craftsman but I am good enough for what I make for myself.

[@zachthomas5272]

I hope you know how much of an inspiration you are. I’m 35 with a wife and four kids. I hope to not only be as skillful and and as smart as you one day, but I’d like to be a good husband and father like you!

[@garychaiken808]

Great job guys. Thank you 😊

[@delinquentdesign]

Thank you for the inspiration!!

[@brianlittle3452]

You might find it useful to get In Feed and Out Feed Tables for your planer. Check your manuals for the part numbers but it looks like DW7351 might be the correct number. I have the smaller brother planer and the Feed Tables help keep the wood from falling when entering or exiting the planer. Thanks for the videos.

[@Splatball]

That is just beautiful wood you're working with there. I keep thinking "And you just FOUND that stuff? In a tree?" as though I shouldn't know that perfectly well

[@jpjp3873]

Yay!

[@stansbruv3169]

Woodworking!! Yes please.

[@jonathanacton5133]

Good job Scott

[@grahamgeiger3206]

I enjoyed the video and look forward to more

[@johnhawkinson]

What is the repeated short plunge cut technique at 12:21?

[@jimfeaster4837]

Grizzly great about parts center replacement

[@bogdanshevchenko]

"I've got a faint heart...and I've already got a fair maiden!" Lol

[@randycollett1746]

A tall fence on the band saw will help the re-sawing.

[@shyreyrichmond3904]

"Not a sawmill operation, but a toothbrushing operation." Absolutely!

[@edwardfitzpatrick1206]

Great video love the show

[@johnkoutsoupakis]

Finally!!!!

[@noahkelchner276]

I’ve been watching furniture makers for awhile. @Andy Rawls kingpost, four eyes , black tail studio. What I’ve learned from just watching is it’s all about building sleds, jigs, guides for specific situations. If you built a taller fence on your bandsaw that probably would’ve fixed it

[@glennbrown1961]

Bandsaw blades need a lot more tension than some people think. In my opinion, the part that is important is the blade set. Some small bandsaw blades don't have enough and will not rip (resaw) at all. A 3/4 inch wide 1 or 1.24 tpi blade properly tensioned should resaw 12 to 18 inches if you have a stiff enough frame and enough power. This is going to be a piece of fine furniture Scott, NOT a workbench. Ps. You will need a forklift to move it! G'day from Tasmania. Where we have no hurricanes or tornadoes!

[@tonyozimek2116]

Great video

[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

"It's a little boring watching cutting and planing..." I came in from the shop to eat lunch, and I love woodworking to the point that I watched this while having a sandwich. NOT boring at all! SMASH THAT LIKE, everyone!

[@wljones2]

First thing everyone needs to learn when starting out in woodworking: “SLOW DOWN” A lot of mistakes can be eliminated by accepting how little you’ll really get done each time you’re in the shop.

[@richardwalters1803]

Wonderful video

[@jacktolmachoff7547]

it's all good