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@jebowlin3879 4 жыл бұрын

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

@charadremur333 4 жыл бұрын

At least It's not stone.

@luisasaenz5017 3 жыл бұрын

Bahahaha made me chuckle

@adamstewart5013 2 жыл бұрын

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

@donaldasayers 5 жыл бұрын

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

@jdenslinger 4 жыл бұрын

@vidia7400 4 жыл бұрын

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

@avrumisolaimani8546 4 жыл бұрын

was that a direct quote from a rex krueger video

@donaldasayers 4 жыл бұрын

@@avrumisolaimani8546 Probably.

@TimothyRitzer 3 жыл бұрын

Or, potentially, the wood I can afford

@landoncollins1069 Жыл бұрын

The first half of the kzfaq.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.

@staarfajter922 4 жыл бұрын

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

@aloisth.5031 3 жыл бұрын

yea, ho doesnt

@baconsneeze 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bcc5701 2 жыл бұрын

Yea looks like I found my advice

@maxximumb 5 жыл бұрын

Local woods for me, pine, plywood... erm.. MDF?

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

No shame in pine. A fine wood.

@mikecurtin9831 5 жыл бұрын

I used to hate MDF, but there are applications where it's the material of choice. (Particularly speaker cabinets because it's acoustically dead, which is what you want.) Then I also realized that it's making good use of sawdust.

@fotopdo 5 жыл бұрын

Mike Curtin you might be interested in a video called “worlds 2nd best speakers”, the channel is tech ingredients. He does a test measure resonance in MDF and plywood, and they are similar, but the plywood is slightly better. His claim is that it’s a stiffness to weight ratio that is important, and if you double the plywood you will have the same weight as mdf with more than twice the stiffness... or less than half the resonance. This was new to me, I’m certainly not a physicist but it’s seems compelling.

@mikecurtin9831 5 жыл бұрын

@@fotopdo That's very interesting. I'll look into it. Thanks much.

@JosephLorentzen 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikecurtin9831 I find MDF furniture on the side of the road. Great practice material and good shop materail.

@Dirtbag_Leader 3 жыл бұрын

Must be a eye of the beholder type thing, because I just LOVE how poplar looks; especially pieces that have a lot of different colors. Having one board that goes from white to yellow to green to purple to dark brown I think looks spectacular as a shelf, dresser top, etc!

@bryceanderson4864 2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@brentmoseley3176 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, agreed, I made a beautiful game table out of poplar and several other kinds of wood (walnut, ipe, curly maple, granadillo) and then applied an oil based poly. I specifically chose pieces of poplar that had no greenish tint, and an interesting grain pattern. The oil based poly gave it a warm, golden hue that I love!

@MegaSchew 2 жыл бұрын

i love popular as well...

@jjay8439 2 жыл бұрын

I love when poplar gets those purple,green,or dark streaks in it

@thesinfultictac5704 Жыл бұрын

My wife loves how it starts off purple. Its beautiful in that way

@jerbear7952 10 ай бұрын

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

@Evan394 3 жыл бұрын

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

@DavidDouglasToth Жыл бұрын

“Swamp ash” caught my inner child off guard.

@Dave-kq7gv 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Kgrhj Жыл бұрын

Everytime I think "I need Rex to make a video about X," he already has. Thanks big homie.

@jasonrobinson9524 5 жыл бұрын

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

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying so!

@censusgary 5 жыл бұрын

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

@LiviuGelea 5 жыл бұрын

best

@sumosprojects 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Rex it’s me Sumo, your channel has gone really well & I remember the times we were both at 100 subscribers & trying our best, congrats brother for your success on KZfaq 🤠👍

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

You're very kind to say so! I see some fine growth in your channel too and A LOT of content in the last 18 months. Give yourself some credit, too!

@bluedragon0123 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Alton Brown approach to woodworking!

@TwinPhoenix666 3 жыл бұрын

I hadn't realized this but, you're exactly right. Totally explains why I could watch either/both of them on repeat for years and never grow tired of it. Rex Krueger: the Alton Brown of woodworking. I love it!!

@ardenthebibliophile 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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.?

@larrybrown1824 5 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelwelch442 4 жыл бұрын

Larry Brown that wood sure is pop-a-lar

@bradenpolley8286 3 жыл бұрын

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

@justinayers3589 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradenpolley8286 i thought alder was poor mans cherry

@wabio 4 жыл бұрын

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

@DullPoints 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@archkde 5 жыл бұрын

I've been a subscriber of yours for a little while now (I think since around the $2 plane iron vid) and I gotta say, your unique, no-nonsense style of videos that are jam-packed with useful, practical information are so awesome, and you've only gotten better and better as the months progressed. I really appreciate how you make everything very practical-minded and beginner-friendly - if only you were around when I was trying to get started with woodworking!!

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! You just summarized exactly what I'm after.

@daiburt1833 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Spectral_Penguin 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@garethbaus5471 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@bobt2522 5 жыл бұрын

That was a very helpful video. I have not seen wood selection justified in those ways before. "Put a sock in it!" That is a reasonable defense against us nit-picking your advice. Jesse, the Samurai Carpenter, had a longer, less family-friendly response to destructive criticism.

@HeartlandMakesAndOutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

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

@cannaroe1213 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@cannaroe1213 5 жыл бұрын

@@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 KZfaq after all... where we all have to pitch in and work together - for the greater wood! 💪

@kryptonite5315 5 жыл бұрын

"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 5 жыл бұрын

No shame in the pallet game.

@keithmarlowe5569 4 жыл бұрын

Plumbing supply stores are a trove of really good wood that just need a little processing. I don't know what species they use but it seems hard to me. The bundles of pipe are banded together with pieces of wood on top and bottom with a groove for the band. Rip off the groove on table saw. You can use as is or glue together. I use 3 or 4 dabs of two part epoxy and wood glue, that way I can unclamp in 10 minutes, which is twice the cure time of the epoxy, and it will hold while the wood glue fully cures. I think you can get these at Lowes and Home Depot as well; pretty sure all bundles of pipe are banded the same way.

@honey5bucket 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Cigokar 3 жыл бұрын

I can't bnelieve I hadn't watched this one yet. Not much in terms of new info, but I do love your opinion on the matter. Also, most of the wooden components in my tools are made out of purpleheart. Mallets are either that, Ipe (yup yup) or bulletwood ... with purpleheart inserts (always) . It's how people recognize my tools in the shop ^^

@richardsolomon5375 4 жыл бұрын

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

@anthonyhenderson2132 5 жыл бұрын

Champion effort Rex! Keep up the good work

@skippylippy547 5 жыл бұрын

A delightful mixture of humor, intelligence, wit, wisdom, and knowledge! You always "hit it out of the park" Rex! Thanks so much for your channel. :)

@FearsomeWarrior 5 жыл бұрын

Very accurate description. Inline with what I think too.

@nightcatarts 5 жыл бұрын

Useful info. It's strange how little North American wood seems to get shipped across to Europe, so it's nice to hear a bit more about the characteristics & differences of some. Two of my favourite woods are yew & olive. Yew can be astoundingly pretty if you find some character grade stuff & it's highly resistant, so great for anything that'll be spending time outdoors. Olive finishes like a dream & is my favourite for adding accents (followed closely by black walnut), but it can take a toll on the edges of cutting tools.

@gpurkeljc 5 жыл бұрын

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

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

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

@danjsimonds 4 жыл бұрын

Very well done. And funny to see how many times you found it impossible to say “ring porous”.

@joshuaelek 2 ай бұрын

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.

@jerryjohnsonii4181 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge Rex

@albertbillman9920 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@johnwerlein8333 5 жыл бұрын

love the way you communicate.. thank you

@jamesrivettcarnac 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@LimitedGunnerGM 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent and realistic approach!

@johnkelley9877 5 жыл бұрын

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

@clappercl 5 жыл бұрын

Simple, to the point and, most importantly, functional! Wood selection is a huge topic as you said and I really like how present it in terms of practicallity. Love your videos!

@bigray2859 5 жыл бұрын

Great instructional, thank you! Two types of wood in my shop... construction lumber and found...love the one you're with :-)

@phyrexiannewborn7104 3 жыл бұрын

I've really learned to love poplar. It is very workable, but durable. Frankly, I think it is beautiful. I love the exaggerated marbling. I buy it in advance and keep my shop stocked with it, so the stuff I'm using is always already browned. When I shop for wood, I dig through and try to find the "ugliest" wood that I can, tell it that it's beautiful, and take it home with me.

@karolskakes388 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jameshaulenbeek5931 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Douglas Fir has always been a favorite of mine, especially when I can find boards with a really tight grain structure, even more so if the ring cross section is wavy or jagged - it produces an exquisite flame pattern when ripped. Again, fantastic video! I can't wait for more!

@evanantin 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my fav videos of yours, well done

@BP-dc6ps 4 жыл бұрын

Rex thank you so much for all the videos you put out. I'm a new woodworker and absolutely LOVING the hobby/ craft of it and videos like yours truly help me out and make me feel not so overwhelmed.

@jimwilliams2682 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, I really like that title! Great video!

@akbychoice 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MnktoDave 4 жыл бұрын

I really like that work out bench. It's beautiful, in so many ways!

@edmcgugan2079 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect Rex. Perfect. Excellent video. Very practical. Like woodworking always has been!

@jasonkopka8568 4 жыл бұрын

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

@RexKrueger 4 жыл бұрын

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

@diakounknown1225 29 күн бұрын

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

@zacdredge3859 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@paulmouradian8968 3 жыл бұрын

Rex this is an incredbily valuable video for beginner woodworkers. You explain this well and simply. Excellent

@markfannin3975 5 жыл бұрын

Best video on the subject ever. This really opened up a new area for me. Thank you!

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@davidcotney7585 3 жыл бұрын

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

@DavidFernandez-gh2mu 5 жыл бұрын

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

@profharveyherrera 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@galland3496 4 жыл бұрын

Wow are you a pleasant and natural communicator. Brilliant and thank you.

@danmichell7516 5 жыл бұрын

an eye opener i love this even the second time

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

You watched it TWICE? Whoa.

@frankj5947 2 жыл бұрын

This video deserves 1 million views. Great topic and explanation

@vksubra1953 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I did learnt a lot about woods. Thanks for sharing

@diannbruce9542 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommend o. The book .

@raymondcava4669 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again for sharing. Great content

@guysmith8662 4 жыл бұрын

I love your bench made from 5 woods. An excellent choice of woods and an even better example of joinery.

@RexKrueger 4 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@timcoleman3421 Жыл бұрын

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

@mathewspangler6482 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the education.

@brentmoseley3176 2 жыл бұрын

Man dude, you are so good at this stuff!! Thank you for these great vids! Inspiring me to make more and more things.

@ivanilves 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome introduction to the world of wood! Thank U

@marcelblomme7538 4 жыл бұрын

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

@RexKrueger 4 жыл бұрын

Delighted I could help.

@michaelpatterson6086 5 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thanks!

@tdumnxy 5 жыл бұрын

Beech? First wood that comes to mind for furniture structure, legs etc. Really interesting video by the way.

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

I love beech, but I just don't get a ton of it.

@walterrider9600 4 жыл бұрын

thank you Rex

@kiyotomiyazaki1668 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was very helpful!!

@user-jf7xe5gr8w 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jc8748 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you.

@blokdijkblues 5 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. As a new woodworker so far I've just chosen wood that I thought looked nice or what was affordavle. But it makes total sense to think more about the use of a component and what characteristics of a wood would be beneficial for it. Thanks so much!

@mwbauer 4 жыл бұрын

I picked up a "cheap" piece of wood at a reclamation store. It was dark and beautiful. I started carving it to make a hatchet handle. A month or so into it, my furniture restorer friend sees a pic and tells me I'm playing with mahogany. lol Hard...not flexible. Not the right wood.

@kd2mgm494 Жыл бұрын

This was a really well done video, good job!

@al6667 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most direct and informative videos I've seen in almost 30 years online. Great job!

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@richardwebb2348 4 жыл бұрын

Adrian 1138 - Try to get out more!

@carlchristophersen555 7 ай бұрын

I rewatched several parts of this video several times. Partly because I kept getting distracted by thoughts about changes you inspired on several of my wood working products but also because I wanted to properly absorb and understand the information you share in this video. Liked and subscribed! I plan on watching one of your videos in a similar fashion most every evening from here on. Hope I don't run out... Keep em coming! Big fan of your communication skills and vocabulary. Instant fan. I'm just starting to learn the finer points of wood working and this video was immensely helpful. Thanks much Rex! ~Carl

@stansbruv3169 2 жыл бұрын

Nice guitars Rex! Beautiful

@longleaf1217 4 жыл бұрын

for me and perhaps a lot of people, our creating videos that will be watched msny times just to re-learn and really hammer in the thins you teach in these videos. thats a lot more then a lot of youtubers can expect. so far i am loving this "woodworking for humans" series. I have learned soooo much already and i haven't even started following along yet. i fully plan to.

@andreubruguerariera8423 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thanks!

@ABARONad 4 жыл бұрын

Dude... I've just found your channel!! WOW!!!! Love your work!! Thank you SIR!!

@RexKrueger 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!!

@jshrawder49 3 жыл бұрын

WOW that was a great overview thanks!! Now I understand it a little better.

@hosscartwright2585 4 жыл бұрын

Rex Krueger MD!!!!!!! now I definitely watch that show we're Rex fixes people's problems with tools

@weekendwarrior3420 Жыл бұрын

By far the best treatment of the subject.

@billschirmer8046 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video I enjoyed it very much and learned from it too!!

@CyrilViXP 8 ай бұрын

Very useful video! Thank you!

@darodes Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

It's really my pleasure!

@matthewdubois5399 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! I learned so much

@monkeybuttdevinlane 4 жыл бұрын

Where i live, we have 'native timber' that a lot of old houses are built from. I think we eventually decided it was hickory. That stuff will destroy any power driven edge you try to run through it; circular saws, reciprocating saw, even a spade bit is useless after a couple of holes. Its also freakishly heavy. We reclaimed some to make a 3'x6'x2" workbench top that has to weigh 150-200lbs. The really amazing thing is it was all hand cut in the mid-19th century, or for the larger pieces, flattened with nothing but an axe.

@RexKrueger 4 жыл бұрын

It was probably worked green. Many woods are easy when green and then rock hard when dry. Hickory is famous for this.

@wernerdebruyn9999 2 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely finding this video interesting because it wideenss my scope of different wood to come by to turn in to pen's. Thanks for the video all the way from South Africa

@rredd7777 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Really useful info. Thanks!

@rmyukon 5 жыл бұрын

I just made a Green Egg Grill Cart out of Hickory, which is the first time I used this species. I used pocket holes to join the base. The Kreg pocket screws are self-tapping and shouldn't require pre-drilling. But I quickly learned that pre-drilling was necessary after I snapped 4 screws out of the first 8 I screwed in. I also snapped 3 drill bits during this project. The hickory looks amazing, though! I will use it again in the future, but will definitely take the time to pre-drill everything.

@RexKrueger 5 жыл бұрын

Hickory is like iron. Lasts a long time.