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[@jebowlin3879]

I love how the "Boxes" was a coffin @ 2:36

[@charadremur333]

At least It's not stone.

[@luisasaenz5017]

Bahahaha made me chuckle

[@adamstewart5013]

I legit rewind to make sure I didn’t hallucinate that XD

[@B_COOPER]

To be fair, a coffin is a box.

[@landoncollins1069]

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.

[@donaldasayers]

The best wood for my project is the stuff I actually have.

[@jdenslinger]

:D

[@vidia7400]

That is accurate, a board in the hand is worth a lumber yard a hundred miles down the street

[@avrumisolaimani8546]

was that a direct quote from a rex krueger video

[@donaldasayers]

@@avrumisolaimani8546 Probably.

[@TimothyRitzer]

Or, potentially, the wood I can afford

[@Evan394]

“Taste is a new thing I’m trying in my projects.” comedy gold, man.

[@ardenthebibliophile]

I've been sick for the past two days and have just found your channel. I really appreciate the practical and straightforward approach you take. It's been a pleasure going through the woodworking for humans series as well!

[@gilbertbanks2551]

After getting this stuff few days ago, I could hardly put it down afterwards [Link Here== *TopFineWoodworking. Com* ]. There are lots of colorful pictures, with detailed descriptions of every step in the project. You will never miss your way using this plan. It was more than I expected.?

[@jasonrobinson9524]

You knocked it out of the park on this on, Rex. Great video. Thank you.

[@RexKrueger]

Thanks for saying so!

[@larrybrown1824]

Poplar is also good for mimicking other woods. Use a light reddish/brown dye, for example, to mimic aged cherry.

[@michaelwelch442]

Larry Brown that wood sure is pop-a-lar

[@bradenpolley8286]

It’s the poor man’s cherry as they say

[@justinayers3589]

@@bradenpolley8286 i thought alder was poor mans cherry

[@censusgary]

“Taste is a new thing I’m trying.” Ha, ha! I feel ya, buddy!

[@LiviuGelea]

best

[@DullPoints]

I appreciate your informative tone. You're a very personable guy and I laughed when you poked your head out under the bench, but I appreciate your restraint from making too many tangents or jokes about how poplar is popular to work with... Another great video, thank you!

[@FearsomeWarrior]

I think many of us under appreciate Rex’s ability to put this much monologue/narrative/information and we pay attention. Maybe attributed by the way he talks. Wonder how much effort he consciously puts into making his lines come out clear and understandable.

[@jerbear7952]

It takes a real pair of buckeyes to tackle a subject like this on youtube. Best of luck to you sir.

[@staarfajter922]

I use softwood for almost everything i build. Its great and also becuase im poor.

[@aloisth.5031]

yea, ho doesnt

[@baconsneeze]

same! the only reason i would use hardwood is if I am going to use it to beat soft wood :D

[@bcc5701]

Yea looks like I found my advice

[@HeartlandMakesAndOutdoors]

Very interesting video sir, I think I have told you I am 48 I have been working with wood for the majority of my life. Watching this video, it made me realize, I have spent the majority of my life working with basically the cheapest or easiest, wood I can get in my area, Pine being the cheapest and easiest to get then up in price, popular, oak, and cedar and this past year, I was able to buy a black walnut tree, I milled myself and Hickory i cut myself.So like you, I have mostly used woods in my area I can get easy enough, find as scrap to repurpose etc. But watching this video makes me want to get some soft maple, cherry etc. Thanks for sharing this video with us,. Thanks again for such a fun video about a lot of different types of woods. You did an excellent job and this like you mentioned wasn't an easy task to make, you made it look easy and did a great job. Have a blessed week sir. dale

[@davidcotney7585]

You sir have inspired me. Love your wife's work out bench. I'm in the middle of a desk build and i made the top out of red oak and trying to decide what to build the rest of the desk out of. You've given me food for thought. Thank you

[@albertbillman9920]

You make awesome content. Im a chef. I spend more hours on the road and at work than I spend in my shop. I like power tools, tech, and big builds, but I play your vids when Im not in my shop. I always find something new and how to apply it to what Im doing. In turn, my minutes in the shop have become so much more productive. Youre not doing it for the keyboard nitpicking warriors. Youre doing it for us, and for that I thank you for your time and passion for sharing knowledge. Big thanks from smalltown midwest, USA.

[@kryptonite5315]

"Taste is a new thing I'm trying" Well I guess you look into that while I go through my piles of pallet wood

[@RexKrueger]

No shame in the pallet game.

[@honey5bucket]

US made pallets use domestic woods. And so do the pallets from other countries. Except they use THEIR domestic woods. If there is a shop/store in your area that imports merchandise from overseas, ask the manager if you can get some of the shipping pallets their imports come on.

[@eejuice]

@@RexKrueger Oh, I'm not so sure about that... Pallet wood ruined a brand new set of knives on my jointer. I planed one of the pallet's stringers down - most assuredly a thing of heavy, hard exotic beauty from a distant land - only to discover when truing up a clean soft piece of spruce a week later that a 2-inch-wide streak of roughness was longtitudunally polluting the purity of the freshly milled softwood. I kicked myself because only 2 weeks prior, I had watched Colin Kenecht's vid on avoiding pallet wood. The unseen crap and corruption invisibly pressed into the wood's surface turned out to be devastating to the jointer's knives. I'd even gone to the trouble of scanning it with a metal detector beforehand! Once burnt, twice shy. No more pallet wood for this cat.

[@brunsy1990]

@@honey5bucket another thing on international shipping, the pallets are required to be kiln dried, Domestic pallets with a flame stamp marking in the US indicate they have been through a kiln. This is to ensure there are no live bugs or surviving eggs in the wood. Any sort of supply house is worth the trip to ask about their pallets. I've gotten stacks of oak 3x4 rough cut lumber that was used to ship commercial refrigeration units.

[@zacdredge3859]

Well some people love pallet wood so that could be taste too...

[@Spectral_Penguin]

My choices for timber are mostly dictated by what I can get. Locally, I am limited to pine, jarrah, merbau, meranti, and Tassie oak/Victorian ash(which are actually eucalypts). If I take a 30 minute drive I could get a few more species, but anything comparatively "fancy" like cherry or walnut that I see a lot of US woodworkers using, are either only available as veneers, or I could mail order small pieces. For decorative stuff, if I want dark wood I use jarrah, if I want lighter I go Tassie oak or meranti. For cheap stuff I use pine.

[@wrongtown]

Yeah I reckon if he could get hold of some Jarrah he'd love it for wedges 😉 Nice dark colour but much tougher stuff.

[@diakounknown1225]

This helped me a lot! Every wood I have access to turns out to be tough springy hardwood!

[@theTeslaFalcon]

Ever tried Black Locust? My family land in Indiana is thick w it. Not usually available commercially because of its naturally slender trunk (max

[@garethbaus5471]

I don't know if it grows in my area, but hedge is the densest wood I have worked with and it has a very bright yellow color that might be good for some projects(UV makes it go darker) so if you haven't tried it I suggest finding a peice or two.

[@joshuaelek]

I know I'm four years late to the party, but I live in Canton, and I just discovered American Hophornbeam, my buddy had some he had to cut down in his yard and I grabbed a log. I made a mallet out of it this weekend, and holy cow... it's crazy how rock hard it is. It's also called ironwood, and I can see why.

[@jamesrivettcarnac]

On splitting wood: Viking longboats we basically made with wood wedges and axes only. It's really interesting to look at Scandinavian wood working with all their specialist axes.

[@Dave-kq7gv]

About 5 times while watching this video I thought 'hey I should like this video', only to scroll down & see that I already had

[@darodes]

Rex I think this may have been one of the first videos I watched when I stumbled upon your channel a year ago…. This auto played after another of your videos that I watched for the dozenth time and every video I have this huge compulsion, an irresistible urge to say thank you so much for all of your information!

[@RexKrueger]

It's really my pleasure!

[@jasonkopka8568]

A month later and I still pull this video up and reference it. Thanks so much for putting it together!

[@RexKrueger]

It's totally my pleasure. I'm glad it's helping!

[@user-jf7xe5gr8w]

Hey Rex, There are a lot of great woodworkers out there with the most desired equipment and studios. But you come across the most ginuine and to the point. You say what we are researching. Thanks

[@claytonkernsiii3289]

I love how poplar looks I think it's very pretty

[@daiburt1833]

I live in South Wales where the only choice of wood is wet pine and dry pine 😂

[@cannaroe1213]

In my local we got that Bubblegum Cherry, that Ash Wednesday, that Jamaican Maple. I don't know what Poplar is, but we got all the Purple you need this side of Cali. I don't know what it's like on a plane, but you can grind it and i've been told it makes a great Vice.

[@RexKrueger]

That could have been a stupid comment, but it turned out quite clever. The only thing you missed was a reference to trees.

[@cannaroe1213]

​@@RexKrueger Haha, oh snap! How on earth did I forget trees! 🌳🌲 🌴 Well so long as you have the fantastic, interesting and very informative videos Rex, I got the stupid comments! This is KZbin after all... where we all have to pitch in and work together - for the greater wood! 💪

[@calebwiggins3042]

Those are the best kind of boxes to make every one is dying to get one!!!

[@wabio]

I love working with African hardwoods like Wenge. Unfortunately, my wallet and tools beg to differ.

[@unknownhntr7918]

I finally have no complain with pinewood, i used to thought it was weak because of its surface

[@starchildben]

Rex! Been watching your videos for quite some time now, but apparently I had no idea you were a fellow Cleveland-er! This was the perfect video for my wife and I since we are in the area and can relate so closely to everything in this video. We recently purchased a home with a decent amount of wooded land and this is exactly what I needed to give me some confidence in my future endeavors. Thanks for the great content and quality videos!

[@RexKrueger]

So glad I could help! Congrats on the new house. It's a big accomplishment.

[@karolskakes388]

Well done - simple - yet packed with knowledgeable information. When I started 40 years ago it was all trial and error!

[@Ketaset999]

My new experiment for wedged tenons when I want them accented but want something other than walnut: Grab some brass shim stock and rough it up with light sandpaper. Cut with scissors to width and wrap around your wedge. Hammer it home and then flush cut and sand as usual. I used 5 minute expoxy because I'm skeptical about how wood glue will hold. You end up with some little streaks of brass that accent your wedge that are subtle but interesting.

[@profharveyherrera]

Great info! I may not have access to many of the woods you've mentioned (I live in a tropical country) but the information about the grain and the density is applicable to any wood and definitely is something new to me, I'll check my local lumber yard.

[@gpurkeljc]

Most of the native timbers which are easy to find here in Australia are usually very hard and very tough.

[@RexKrueger]

That's what I hear. You Aussies have it rough.

[@akbychoice]

Woods I’ve been around most of my life...Sitka Spruce, Yellow Cedar, White Paper Birch, Diamond Willow.

[@danmichell7516]

an eye opener i love this even the second time

[@RexKrueger]

You watched it TWICE? Whoa.

[@richardsolomon5375]

I enjoy ebony for my tenon wedges, kinda a pain, but damn its beautiful.

[@zacdredge3859]

I feel like the example piece at the end went a long way to explaining the selection process and making it accessible for an international audience. We don't have the same woods here but the intended properties for each member are still going to be the same and learning that is far more useful than a crib sheet of woods I don't have access to.

[@jimwilliams2682]

Actually, I really like that title! Great video!

[@ozarked2363]

My favorite wood is quarter sawn sycamore. It doesn't stain well at all and I've never thought about dying it but I'm sure going to fool around with it.

[@larsfrandsen2501]

Thanks for this channel, Rex. Reading a few of the comments below, there are obviously a lot of experts and master craftsmen who don’t need your advice and suggestions. But I do, and I am not alone. Me? I was a lumberjack for ten years (when I was much younger), and I am from a family in which all the men, my father included, were all cabinet makers and carpenters, going back five generations. But I still need advice because - unlike some of the geniuses below - I am not myself an expert craftsman just because others in my family were, and I still suffer from a bout of humility and honesty. I hope some day to become better at wood work through receiving advice from guys like yourself, so please keep these videos coming. And yes, I will support you through Patreon, mate! Thanks again!

[@rogertulk8607]

I love to turn cherry. I have made many bowls, candlesticks, and salt and pepper shakers out of it. It turns easily and gives a fine finish.

[@somethingwittyhere]

I've seen this video before. I just dismissed the super hard and super dense message. Just started woodworking, I was working with cherry and walnut. Decided I was gonna do a project with bloodwood. After rewatching this video.. that message hit me right in the face.

[@homeinspectingwithjohnhans4250]

While building houses, we used cottonwood in place of poplar for exposed stair stringers, risers, and a few other details. Cottonwood is a nice stable wood with almost no mineral streaks like poplar. It is smooth grain and very uniform color throughout. Seldom any knots. Cottonwood takes paint well but can be a bit boring when stained.

[@r.awilliams9815]

I'm in the Pacific Northwest so softwoods I favor are Western Red Cedar and the ubiquitous Douglas Fir...and yes, reclaimed old-growth Doug Fir can be very hard indeed. Easy hardwood is red alder and apple wood. Tough hardwood is madrona (arbutus menziesii), a dense pale wood that works fairly well. Exotic woods...I like jatoba. Very hard, tough and heavy, turns well but blunts tools quickly, takes a very nice finish, not too expensive.

[@amazonianm8876]

I believe Purpleheart and all the ebonies are CITES listed so there will be no new imports and anything made would not be able to be exported. I assume that the walnut referred to is american black walnut which I think is OK but european walnut (juglans regia) is also listed. Other woods on the list are teak (tectona regia) zebrano and lignum vitae, blackwood (although some is being produced sustainably which is OK).If you use existing stocks you must get a certificate of origin from your supplier for items you are aiming to sell. Happy woodworking and regards from Redruth Arnold

[@tico78742]

I appreciate the information. I’ve been looking for such a video for awhile. Cherry is also my favorite hardwood!

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

Excellent and realistic approach!

[@MatthewHarrold]

I work mostly with Tassie Oak (plain old gum trees ... with similar properties to oak). I think it falls under your third category. It isn't cheap to buy new but readily available and there are heaps of places to find reclaimed oak if I'm broke (often). Nice video Rex. Thanks.

[@RexKrueger]

Also broke. (often).

[@jan-reiniervoute6701]

A good introduction to using your local varieties. They will of course differ from place to place but your four classes are very workable. I personally scavenge a lot of wood out of dumpsters, discarded furniture, garden/park prunings and clearings and even those really bad statuettes in thrift stores. Use what you have or can get for very little, especially when starting out. A lot of lessons learned the hard way but not emptying your wallet. 👍

[@cookingGuitarist]

I have a Taylor 610cd guitar. Big leaf maple for the back and sides. Rock maple for the neck.

[@PlainsmansCabin]

Great video! I was really looking forward to a Tip Sheet listing the various woods you use in your categories! As it would be a great visual aid/quick reference for us beginners trying to make selections. Unfortunately, I see you haven’t posted one...yet! 😉 Hint, hint! 😄 Thanks for great info, Rex!

[@GarethKing1]

Seconded @Rex

[@randomcow505]

Note for the inexperienced Wood dyes can sometimes fade over time from sunlight and other things Stains on the other hand have bits of physical material in them such as clays and whatnot and tend not to fade there are likely a lot of exceptions to this but its just a good thing to know Source: Made a bunch of really nice pieces when I was a teenager that have started to fade where I left them on windowsills

[@g00fysmiley]

In Florida we end up using a lot of southern yellow pine too... Hardish cheap, stable, readily available and did I mention cheap :) especially good for outdoor furniture

[@jkmccollum3]

@Rex Krueger would you consider making a video about wood purchasing for beginners? I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.

[@RexKrueger]

That one's tough because it varries depending on where you live. I want to, but it's difficult.

[@Asdayasman]

@@RexKrueger How do we learn to learn in our area, then? I'm so stupid I don't even know the questions to ask.

[@jonwnter688]

That was excellent. The only caution I would add is that brightly colored exotic hardwoods tend to oxidize and turn brown over time, especially if you don't seal the wood with a good top coat. I bet that was a factor in Rex's choice to use epoxy on the Ipe vase project.

[@timothymallon]

2:36 "boxes" and by boxes, he means coffins! Hahaha

[@BradsWorkbench]

Awesome video. That vase was pretty cool. Maybe a video showing how u did the epoxy finish or is it as simple as brushing it on and sanding through the grits?

[@RexKrueger]

You've pretty much got it. You need to wet-sand up to 2000 or so and then polish, but it ain't rocket science.

[@marcelblomme7538]

Thank you sir! This is exactly what i needed to know as starter! I shared your channel with all my classmates!

[@RexKrueger]

Delighted I could help.

[@fisharmor]

Poplar can be exceedingly pretty, you just have to know how to get rid of the green. I discovered quite by accident that if you leave the wood exposed to strong sunlight, all the green bleaches right out in about 24 hours. Then you'll just have various beige and light brown colors that match and accent quite nicely. And while it's true it's a disaster to stain, I gave up on stain a long time ago for any wood... just put blonde shellac on sun-bleached poplar that was finished with a sharp smoothing plane, and it looks like a million bucks. (If I want a darker color, I use a darker wood!) And one other thing about poplar, for our friends across the pond... American tulip poplar is Liriodendron tulipifera and is not at all related to Populus species that Europeans know as poplar.

[@RexKrueger]

That's a hot tip!

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

Don't worry about the title Rex, it rolls nicely off the tongue - after several attempts...! As for wood types, here in UK now, I have simplified my grading of wood types as follows: 1. Easily available but overpriced (very few) 2. Not easily available and very expensive (several more that were once easily available) 3. Not available at any price (everything else)

[@cmw184]

Here in washington, we kind of have to know about trees lol. For deciduous trees, there is A LOT of Bigleaf maple, Alder, Cottonwood, and a bit of oak. Not many super hard woods, but plenty of good wood. For evergreen, A LOT of Douglas fir, Pine ofcourse, Hemlock, Spruce, and cedar. Plus a lot of weird trees found in the mountains and along the coast.

[@mathewspangler6482]

Thanks for the education.

[@mightress]

Started out making furniture and other items from construction lumber. Made a table years ago as my first big furniture item. Yes it has dents and scratches, I do not mind. I am proud of that table. Takes some time finding the best wood in a hime depot style shop bit it works just fine. Use what is available or within your budget and skills. Makes no sense buying expensive oak and make firewood if it because your skills are beginner.

[@Helliconia54]

i envy your choice of woods.Here in Australia we have Gum trees,not much else growing naturally.

[@RexKrueger]

Yeah, I hear the Aussies have it hard.

[@wolflahti412]

I am fortunate in having a source (the wood lot on my acreage) of spalted poplar. The figure and patterning is downright gorgeous, unlike the bland appearance of run-of-the-mill poplar.

[@RexKrueger]

That sounds really interesting!

[@yohannmisquitta7535]

This was very helpful. Your descriptive classification is more useful than clumping them all together. One request: I'd like to see you periodically update us on the cheap tools (and homemade ones) that you've reviewed or built - just to let us know what you're still using and what's been salted away. Thanks.

[@RexKrueger]

Yohann Misquitta that's a good idea!

[@yohannmisquitta7535]

@@RexKrueger Thanks for responding to my request. I look forward to that video whenever you get a chance to do it. Your videos were a great help when I started woodworking. I was looking for an economical and space-saving way to make a useful workbench and so I followed your videos to make a Roman workbench that I use as my only workbench. I also bought the Chinese jack plane you suggested and (after spending a bit of time optimizing it) I found it to be a very useful tool. I have since bought a #5 Stanley and that seems to have relegated the Chinese one to secondary duty. The Bailey-type planes are just so easy to adjust.

[@sebastianstewart6894]

Soft woods are like soft metals is what I can tell. The harder a metal is the stronger it is to wear and tear but is more likely to shatter. The softer metals are easier to carve and shape but it doesn't shatter.

[@johnkelley9877]

Lots of great information in this tutorial! Thanks for sharing this.

[@machinmchargue4006]

I love the look of poplar...

[@bbrachman]

My young career doing woodworking: Pine and plywood for jigs and prototypes. Cherry for really nice little boxes. (finished with either mineral oil-olive oil-walnut oil and paste wax)[allergic to almost every other finish] Walnut for contrast. Sugar Maple for vise jaws and really solid things. Hickory dowels for tool handles. I absolutely hate poplar. It is stringy and ugly. Like the woodworking equivalent to nails on a chalkboard. Ugghh. Hate it. Don't really use exotic woods yet. I am not that good at finishing. Yet. Thanks Rex.

[@NiccoHel]

I agree with you on everything except poplar. To each his own, of course, but I love the stuff. I love the strange green hues, the irregular grain, the easy-working nature of it, and I surely appreciate the usually lower price as compared to the "nicer woods". Not a fan of white oak though. That's the most generic, bland oatmeal of hardwoods, and the late '70's thru '80's did it no favors with all the oak veneer.

[@matthewszostek1819]

Nobody ever talks about sources for wood other than lowes or home depot. Please do a video on other wood sources that might offer higher quality or exotic woods.

[@RexKrueger]

I think no one talks about it because it's so specific to wherever you live. I cannot figure out how to give advice that would really apply to a lot of people.

[@Katsoup98]

@2:35 "boxes" HAHA!

[@garethbaus5471]

In my part of Kansas we have a lot of silver maple.

[@MrMNRichardWright]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and opinions.

[@RexKrueger]

Well, you're supposed to do what you're good at!

[@张程-p9e]

you should try ebony for ur wedges, it's hard and dark

[@RexKrueger]

And expensive.

[@张程-p9e]

@@RexKrueger few offcuts won't be that expensive. search ebay for them

[@georgepretnick4460]

Sources for hard woods and other 'woodworking' woods include Habitat for Humanity Restore AND Craigslist under "materials".

[@sithlordst32]

Cleveland rocks!

[@RexKrueger]

It actually really does.

[@sithlordst32]

@@RexKrueger indeed

[@TomsLife9]

15:29 was that epoxy finish the Total Boat kit you have on the bench behind you? I'm looking for a food safe finish for some bamboo shot glasses and Total Boat tabletop epoxy is a frontrunner. But I'm hesitant to pull the trigger on an expensive kit. I'm sure we'd love to see a tutorial on how to apply an epoxy finish to a vase or mug!

[@Bloodray19]

Whoa. Didn't know you built guitars. That was a pleasant surprise

[@stopabusingstatistics6291]

Ah, “boxes,” that’s the term we’re going with for those pine constructions, eh?

[@ryanchapman2636]

6:40 amazing figuring

[@steveziemer6510]

Thank you for explaining in such detail I really enjoy the way you give so much detail. Keep up the good work brother

[@RexKrueger]

I'm glad you like the detail. I worry I do too much.

[@steveziemer6510]

Rex Krueger I’m just starting my weekend woodworking hobby and and every detail helps me anyway.

[@jc8748]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Thanks for the knowledge Rex

[@DavidFernandez-gh2mu]

I really love your videos. I have learned tons thanks to you. Keep up the great work.

[@shaynesabala]

KEEP THE NAME!! Lol. Man that was a lot of information and I know the trolls will eat it up but I want to truly thank you for a great video.

[@thorforsell1300]

If there's anything that I''d like'd to have heard mentioned in this video, it's rot-resistance, basically that the core of pinewood and white oak don't rot (as fast) if they're outside and wet. Nice to know if you're building say, a park bench.

[@RexKrueger]

A good point, but I did say the video would be too brief.

[@thorforsell1300]

@@RexKrueger There is always more to say on the subject of wood! Really great video still, taught me why every youtuber seems to have a much easier time with their maple! Love the woodworking for humans series too.

[@CyrilViXP]

Very useful video! Thank you!

[@Zulfburht]

Any clue as to what kinda hard wood stops a screw halfway through? I have a shed built out of some sort of rough cut hardwood. It’s so hard it would stop my chop-saw, and trigger the switch in my fuse box.

[@borjesvensson8661]

When in doubt just use birch. While maybe not the best at anything it works for almost anything! If softwoods is not enough of course. / A Northern Swede

[@RickRubinesque]

A 20% water size coat of India ink followed by an undiluted India ink coat stains wood flawlessly. The colour even survives dings. Much cheaper than leather dye.

[@MMWoodworking]

I think I am the only person on earth who thinks poplar looks really good, especially the crazy grain parts. Toss some linseed oil on and it is beautiful in my opinion.

[@charleskyler1928]

Hey Rex, I like the simplification for newbees, well done. Since you are familiar with Ipe, might I suggest ipe wedges for your tenons? I’ve used it for tool handle wedges and also as accents in splined box joints. Cheers!

[@thunderusnight]

Hey there wanna be polite in saying this buuutttt It's 'noobie' it's a common mistake no fault to you

[@livewiya]

Is Tulipwood not Poplar? In my neck of the woods - we use the term Poplar, Tulip Poplar, and Tulip Tree interchangeably.

[@RexKrueger]

It's easy to get confused. Tulip poplar is also poplar. Tulip wood is a different thing all together. It's a little like oak. Pale and hard.

[@jaykoerner]

Ultra hardwoods* surprised you didn't mention live oak

[@ReverendTed]

0:21 - The immediate second-guessing you had about the enormity and complexity of the topic is _exactly_ why it's intimidating for beginners. I was initially disappointed that there wasn't any mention of manufactured wood products like plywood or MDF, but I understand those aren't really relevant to your style of work.

[@jimtrebes7926]

Great video. I favor Red Oak for tools and non cutting board projects. I use Purple Heart in my cutting boards since several customers really love Purple Heart.. Thanks for this video as it was very informative and gave me some new ideas.