Rex Krueger on furniture forensics and traditional woodworking

[@alkalinedale]

Growing up in Cleveland the first one of Rex’s video I saw I immediately thought that looks like a Cleveland basement haha

[@omegaflameZ]

I'd love a part 2 (or more) on this, you two just get into the weeds of a topic in such a good way. Certainly sounds like you could have kept going for a while hah.

[@RCWorks]

Thanks for making this channel. I'm one of those few people who want to watch the entire conversation. I do it in a separate window while I'm doing my crossword.

[@jgkrus]

Great Interview!! Yall are both down to earth with no BS.. Yall should do a project together like History of woodworking power tools...

[@fritz4345]

I really enjoyed this discussion. Thank you.

[@DumbfoundedMadman]

This was a great interview. It definitely flew by so fast.

[@BobSchecter]

Rex's show is one of my favorites. When I was in apprentice school - a lifetime ago - one of the instructors was insistant that it's not about the project, it's about the process. Rex seems to get it.

[@bikerob1231]

Love Rex because he provides so much history on tools and projects. Great content and great interview

[@gregmize01]

Rex!❤

[@SlumberingChaos]

As always these videos just FLY by. Fascinating conversation as usual.

[@deanb61]

I built Rex's English Joiner's bench...with zero experience and probably few skills...now I'm looking forward to using it.

[@NeoYAG]

My two favorite channels and people! Thank you both for doing this! I listened to it on Apple Podcast and now just watched a 1 hour long video because it’s you two. Just wanted to thank you both for doing this!

[@egbluesuede1220]

It's hard for me to tell which I like most.....Steve's incredible introductions or Rex's furniture forensic vids. Two of my fave YT channels here together! Thanks Steve!

[@DonovanCYoung]

two of my favorite wood workers, in one place! Christmas came early this year!

[@MrPrecisionShot]

Steve, You must continue The Woodworking Talk Show on KZbin. It is an important documentary of woodworking and its proponents at this point in history. It will live on long after you and your interviewees are gone. May I suggest you also interview some youtube wood turners like Carl Jacobson and Sean of Worth the effort to name just two.

[@naturaIIydifferent]

Get Wortheffort for sure! Carl too, but I think Steve and Shawn would have a blast talking because they are both such bubbly people and focused on education. Just turners in general would be an awesome addition.

[@yipper503]

My two favorite wood working youtubers in one place! Great video! Thanks to you both for all your amazing content and this video!

[@pcast1115]

Steve and Rex are a great pair of woodworkers whose channels and content is just amazing! Keep it up you two and thank you Steve for bringing Rex on your woodworking show!

[@aronboersma4166]

My two favorite channels in one!!!!! Wwmm helped me see how much I love working with wood, Rex helped me learn the philosophy of it, in a way. Love both of your content.

[@מעייןהמלבלבתחייםםםם]

Good review!! You both are the most influencing woodworkers/ teachers who have impacted my love to woodworking!!!! You the first with power tools and Rex is the first with hand tools!! You have both open a gate for me, and i think that you are so good at what you are doing: you love what you do and it shows, you making woodworking sane and affordable ( from the opposite sides if woodworking) and you both known how to deliver your content in a simple, clear and light approach!

[@DonovanCYoung]

This video made me stop and think about why I enjoy these two content creators so much. Craftspeople such as Paul Sellers, Bourbon Moth, etc. (all of whom I also admire) make me feel as if they're on a level far beyond anything I can realistically hope to achieve at this point in my life (40+). I sincerely don't mean this to sound disparaging, as I know both Steve and Rex are true craftsmen, but they present the topic in such a way that feels as if it's achievable by us, well, mere mortals.

[@DonovanCYoung]

Please forgive the longer story here, but I wanted to expand on the above. Growing up in Chicago, there was a show on local TV that I used to watch as a kid called the Ray Rayner Show. He had an "arts and crafts" segment, where he would start by showing us a perfectly executed example of how this craft should look at completion. He would then provide step-by-step instructions, performing each of the steps [presumably] along with us. In the end, his work never came out looking like the "example" project. It always looked like, well, a small child had created it, often worse, in fact -- glue dripping everywhere and none of the pieces appropriately assembled. It wasn't until much later in life that I understood the brilliance of this teaching method -- he made those arts and crafts projects feel achievable by a small child. They got me excited to not just watch Ray make these things but to actually create them myself. Now, with that said, please do not think I mean the finished projects by Steve and Rex don't look phenomenal; they do! This comparison is simply about their ability to make us want to actually DO the thing... not just watch them do it. They are both excellent at taking a relatively complex concept and breaking it down into something that makes you think, "oh, yeah, I can do that!".

[@CeeJayThe13th]

@@DonovanCYoung these two guys are really my woodworking heroes. Then, Matt from 731 Woodworks later on helped me get back into things. But, I totally get what you're saying. These guys all focus more on getting it done and less on a lot of the pageantry and razor precision. Steve even says in this video "put the ugly side against the wall" which was something I picked up from him years ago and it really helped me out.

[@DuncanEdwards.]

Real insight into more of Rex's humble beginnings, look forward to seeing his comparison of very small space woodworking like others do

[@kenrusmisel127]

My Grandfather was a master carpenter and he always said that making mistakes in woodworking were a given what makes you good at it is how well you cover them up.

[@brassroot166]

I do use a few power tools but I much prefer hand tools, they're less noisy and far less risky to use.

[@layneinchains4047]

Rex is such a good dude man… Steve as well…

[@scottskaperen]

Talk to Adam savage of Mythbusters about Japanese joinery. If I were to take a shot in the dark, I would say that the episode of Japanese structures being designed as joinery only to stand up to a level 10 earth quake.

[@youzhou2946]

A PHD in english? study what?