Woodwork Project: Christmas Gift Box - Hand Tools Only

This video shows how I built a simple wooden gift box using hand tools only.
The materials are very cheap and only a handful of tools are required. The joints are build rather than cut so it's a great project for a beginner.
In the video I refer to some other projects:
Transferring an image onto wood:
• Transfer a printed ima...
Projects with more inept look at finishing with danish oil:
• Woodwork Project: Japa...
• Woodwork Project: Maki...
‪@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905‬

[@ClassicsByCandlelight]

Aww, you never came back. I liked your photo transfer on wood video.

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

HI, yes sorry - will be back soon.

[@SteveC38]

Great Video My Friend And A Beautiful Gift Box!

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you Steve.

[@ollebor09]

Happy to see you post another video after your hiatus!

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you. I will be posting a bit more regularly now.

[@VORONM]

Very good job!!!

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you!

[@youtukang]

*EXCELLENT* 👏👏👏👏👏

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Many thanks!

[@Footie-7]

Really hope you come back again because I’ve been really enjoying your videos. you’re so informative! And talented of course! Amazing work

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thanks Skye. life has got in the way a bot recently but I will be back!

[@graphitepencil]

Really enjoyed the video and you work process. Thank you.

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you for watching.

[@Brough_builds]

Great content and awesome to see a good old Yorkshire man on KZbin and you're right not everyoneis luckyenoughto live in gods own country, I'm thinking of starting a channel in the future. Keep up the good work sir 👍👍👌👌

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you! Let me know when you get your channel up and running.

[@athmostafa2462]

O , what a hand tool project !?? indeed very encouraging to me as a beginner hand tool guy , I just got a plane which make groove , it's not a Stanley but works fine , have 78 too , o god love these tools makes me over the moon when I use them .👌 I like when u take advantage to avoid making the joint of the box . Thanks for showing that excellent work 😊👌 .

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you. I really like using those planes also. Usually I can cut a rebate or groove faster with these tools than it would take me to set up a power router.

[@athmostafa2462]

@@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905 I'm not a fan of power tools rather love spending my time with hand tools , I have been a hand tool beginner for 3 years now and u can imagine how my hand tools is piling up 😂 and my saving money going low 😂 but I'm happy .

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

@@athmostafa2462 :D Yes, I know the feeling.

[@nigelmtb]

@@athmostafa2462 Me too! My tools are fairly cheap but they work fairly well. I like that it's not noisy and loud; rather quiet and peaceful. Ah... love it! Good luck with your work, Mostafa.

[@nigelmtb]

Great to see you back - thanks for the video! That card scraper in the resaw cut is a great idea. You make it look easy. I really struggle with my resawing.

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Hi, thank you - I have a bunch of projects to edit so hopefully I'll be putting new videos up more regularly. Yes, re-sawing is not easy. It just takes practice, and an acceptance that the sawn surfaces could be very rough so plenty of planing to do. You'll get there. Marking all the way around and taking it slow, accept you may run off the line and prepare to correct. I find it easier to keep the cut accurate when working from a corner so that two sides are easily visible at the same time. Sawing of any type is definitely my weakest skill!

[@youtukang]

👏👏👏👏

[@jraglob5924]

Nice video, I like the card scrapper as a wedge idea. I don't know that one, thanks!

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Thank you. Yes, a card scraper works particularly well for this as they tend to be made from steel of a similar thickness to a saw.

[@thedeano65]

Where have you gone mr t-shirt i have watched all your videos and they are fantastic please make some more

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Hope to be back soon :D

[@timearll266]

Hello. Could you have used the combination plane to cut the rebate? Just trying to plan my next “big” purchase. 😃

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Hi Tim. Yes indeed. Mostly in these videos I try and keep things to a minimal tool kit, but yes I regularly use a combination plane for cutting housings/trenches/dados - in fact I'm surprised I can't find an example of that in one of my videos. Maybe I have something using a combination plane in one of the project videos I haven't got around to editing yet.

[@timearll266]

@@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905 great, thank you. One more question. What model combination plane is that and would you recommend it?

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

@@timearll266 I have a Stanley no 50 which I picked up many years ago at a flea market and which luckily came with a full set of cutters. If you can find one of those, then it's a good buy and works very well as long as you keep the cutters sharpened and honed. These come up on eBay etc fairly regularly though, it's worth holding out for one with a full set of cutters. If you are going for an investment in something new, then the Veritas is nice - its probably 4 or 5 times the price of a vintage Stanley and I' think you probably have to buy individual cutters separately so could end up being pretty costly - but it's lovely kit if you have the money. I'd avoid buying a budget or box store brand combination plane though, the precision of engineering is very important and the ability to get a razor shape cutting edge on a properly square cutter is essential for these kind of tools to work properly. A mis-aligned or not sufficiently sharp combination plane will prove impossible to use cleanly and put you off the tool for life! Usually I think some of the snobbery between modern handy-man tools and vintage/pro level is a little overstated, but in the case of combination planes and rebate/rabbit planes especially, quality makes a huge difference to the results you can achieve.

[@timearll266]

@@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905 super bien, thank you for taking the time for such a complete answer. I’m glad I found your channel, looking forward to going down the rabbet hole 🕳 👋

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

@@timearll266 You are very welcome Tim.

[@TomDanaher]

9 months where are you?

[@adventuresint-shirtswoodwo3905]

Hey, it's been a strange year! Will be back with more videos soon.