Watching Paul Sellers cut apart a drawbore tenon more accurately than I can do dovetails. That's what skill looks like.

Paul is one of those rare breed of carpenters on YT that doesn't leap on a floor mounted machine when he needs to sharpen his pencil. The way he uses hand tools is plain proof that we can achieve things with hand tools. Excellent demo too.

I must say, that was one sexy joint, even after the autopsy. Mr Sellers has monumental skills, and that is no exaggeration. He builds monuments of wood.

It's so satisfying to see him draw a line on the far side of the wood and cut perfectly along it without looking!

Your videos are the only ones that I don't skip through just to get to the main point or end result. They're always very interesting, informative, and I have yet not to learn something with each one I watch. I've been debating whether to say this or not for a long time, but I figured I would. You bear a remarkable resemblance to my dad, so much so that I asked my wife once "Who does he remind you of?", her reply was my father.

I feel so fortunate to be able to learn from this man! God bless you Paul.

"This is the only bore-ing bit" There are no boring bits in a Paul Sellers video.

Thank you Paul. This has got to be the most thorough explanation of the value of an offset pin I have come across.

I just love this technology. The fascination feels almost genetic.

I don't think I've ever seen a woodworker do forensic analysis of his work.

Another consideration is to keep the timber you use for the pegs extra dry. In the past I have planed the stock square and left it near to my woodburner for a few days before rounding it off to it's final dimension and driving it into the joint. The peg will swell slightly relative to the rest of the joint. It will never come out after that.

Only Mister Sellers would have the resolve to slice apart an otherwise beautiful mortise for the purpose of this advanced tutorial . Bravo and may God bless you .

This is why I love woodworking. Paul, you are the ultimate steward of this very important craft.

Hands down best video on drawboring on the internet.

Super travail et quel plaisir d'entendre un bel accent anglais. Merci.

I've seen dozens of your video (I have to admit that I've skipped the plywood series), but every time I learn something. Thank you, Paul.

Great video. Very interesting. I didn't realise that the holes in the mortice and tenon should be deliberately misaligned to create the clamping effect. Very clever.

from what I read there are examples of chairs over 2000 years old that used draw bore pins. the animal glues were lost to time but the items are still solid because of how they were made.

There’s few things more satisfying than seeing Paul Sellers assemble a perfectly made, hand crafted Paul Sellers joint.

Draw bore is a wonderful joint stabilizer. I really appreciate how you formed your pin, using the washer technique. I really like this technique!! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Paul, this is just amazing! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thank You for the very clear illustration of the draw-bore method.

Fantastic example of a truly engineered joint.Terrific lesson Paul, thanks for sharing.

Joy to watch and I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Thank you. A well thought through and excellent demonstration of how this ancient technique works - and how to utilize it properly.

*Thank you.* The sound of your work is what i remember learning on my own in dad's work shop as a 9 year old and 13 year old... the correct sound of balance that the wood and tools required to fit and fair will together to get the chore done appropriately and well.

Thank you for your time, endless energy, and dedication to teaching students about woodworking.

Thank you Paul for this informative and excellent demonstration of the draw bore technique. I have never tried it but now I have to find a project to use it on. Take care and have a wonderful weekend.

Very educational, informative and beautiful video. Thanks Mr. Sellers.

Fantastic video, thank you for bringing this to us, not a power tool in sight! A truly skilled chap!

Nice demonstration of how it works! May God Bless you and your family Greatly

Very nice display. Looks exactly how I thought it would inside. This gives the picture that those who couldn't visualize the action of this technique might have needed to understand how it works. Thanks, Mr. Sellers.

Paul, thank you for sharing this ancient knowledge that many of the new age woodworkers (like me) do not know. You are a truly Master in woodworking.

Amazing what 1/16 inch can do. Thank you, Paul. 👍👏

An ocean of knowledge. 😊

Awesome as usual! Thank you Paul, keep up the excellent work!

The usual high standard of video from Paul, i used this method on a timber framing course and we used a tool called an offset pricker to mark the hole, brilliant idea.

Wow, this is a very, very cool and informative video. Thank you so much!

Clear as a bell! Very nicely executed instruction!

Simply amazed by the fact that you cut the waste wood off perfectly to your line. My wife’s gonna get side table number 2 out of this video. Thank you.

Very interesting video. You are a fountain of knowledge and skill. Thanks for sharing.

Great thorough demonstration! Thanks

Really enjoy the history of woodworking; hope to try this joinery if I ever get caught up.

You're like a Bob Ross of woodworking

brilliant paul, thanks for insight. probably why so much antique furniture is still around today.

Great wood work & information as ever mr Sellers!

A picture paints a thousand words springs to mind here Paul. Excellent little video. I wonder how many viewers were surprised by the bend. Not had time to read all so sorry if its been mentioned, dryer wood for the pegs is a good thing, they will swell as they eventually equalise moisture content with the parts. Thanks for sharing another little gem Paul.

A very beautiful demonstration Paul .

Wow great vid Paul. What a beautiful joint you made so you could cut it apart for us. Thank you.

Thank you very much Paul, really top notch stuff!

Thank you very much. Wonderful explanation.

I grew up in a house that was built in the mid 1800's. Not nails were used in the framing. Only pegs. I am betting that this method was used. When my dad had removed some of the horse hair plaster and home made lath to do some renovations, the construction was really amazing to look at. Thanks for a great video Paul.

I read something in an archaeological magazine yesterday I think, that talked about glue. Resin actually. And it was found on the fastenings our ancestors used on the wooden handles for the stone tools they used. So, yeah, you man\y not need to use glue, but we've used it for a long, long time! That was a fine joint man. I always wondered how it worked, exactly. Thanks for sawing it apart and showing us the finer points

Mr. Sellers is like the grandfather we never had. I'm hoping my young son has as much interesting in making as I do.

Very very very helpful! Thank you very much!

excellent demonstration, thank you for sharing, have a blessed week. dale

nicely done piece of woodwork a+.

Great video.

Paul Sellers is the Quincy of woodworking ;-) BTW also the best woodworking teacher ever

Awesome video

Thanks , Paul!

I knew about the concept with the peg hole joinery but I had it all wrong. Thanks for showing how that offset works. That surely was an eye opener for me. What a great way to pass on this knowledge!

That was amazing! Ty!

Great info!

Well taught!

Really good video

This method was used more than two millenia ago by the Phoenicians for shipbuilding, although they used smaller seperate tenons to lock the boards for the hull together.

Thank you Paul

These old methods are fascinating. Even modern woodworkers can benefit, if only as a method when nails, screws, and glue are not available.

Thanks Paul.

Excellent explanation and demonstration video - as allways! Thanks a lot to Paul and the whole Team!

This reminds me of The Modernist Cuisine with the cutaways of kitchen equipment and explanations of how they work. However, the best is Paul, having made thousands of cuts, saying "And, hopefully, I get this right."

Nicely demonstrated as ever ... Who spotted the continuity error where the grey/white soft faces of the mallet reversed mid-shot?

amazing

I really enjoy your videos very good tipps .And my dream is to be a carpenter I like working with wood

A great example.

Beautiful! This would make a fantastic feature piece if you used different woods and sanded the cut to a high polish. It would be a section drawing in real life.

Dear Paul we loved to see you how you billed Adirondack chair please

New to woodworking and been watching a lot of your videos. Your a true master of your trade Paul

Thanks for sharing that, good teacher

Thankyou.

Very interesting. Do you have any idea how far back this technique goes?

just my 2 cents here; (1) I find that drilling the hole before chopping the mortise instead of drilling the hole on already chopped mortise results no blowout inside the mortise(female). (2) it is possible to use a square peg when the hole on the (female) mortised piece is converted to a square hole by chiselling (inside of it does not have to be a dead square). I think this way takes less time. (3) Square pegs also look cool. (4) Mortises can sometimes be very tight and to take off, one has to use massive energy and effort. So to alleviate that people take the corners of the (male) part. In addition to this; I also find that if the male part is made just a tiny bit concave on the cheeks by gouging, this allows to disregard irregularities in the (female) mortised piece to some degree.

This is why I watch

Hi.! -- thanks.

I'm sorry to say.....Paul is better than Norm. Lovely simple narrative.

I have one just like it thats why im asking . Thanks

FORGOT TO USE PAULS FOX WEDGE LESSON YESTERDAY MAKING COAT RACK WITH WOOD PEGS I GLUED INTO HOLES BUT HAVING WEDGE WOULD MAKE IT STRONGER

Thank you Mr. Sellers for sharing. I have a question, if I may ask: I've seen some woodworkers here on youtube (only one, to be honest) use square pegs in round holes. Is there any mechanical benefit in doing it so, or it's just an ahestetical matter?

Should you make any consideration of the direction of the grain of the peg? Should the endgrain of the peg be parallel or perpendicular to the grain direction of the timber with the mortise? Does it matter one way or the other or is it a matter of aesthetics? Thank you for another fine video. I'm rediscovering working by hand.

If only we learned from history cool vid

Of course what we have to remember here is that traditionally there was no glue used in these joints and that even if cut apart as Paul has done the peg would remain in place and the joint stay together.

Great video! I'm just curious... why not use pre-made dowels?

I was a little surprised to see a washer being used as the die. In my experience the hole in a washer tends to be quite a bit bigger than its nominal size and with repeated use either bends or becomes dull quite quickly. . Probably does not matter as long as it the dowel or pin not too big? I once needed to make dowels for some reason which I forget now, and found that drilling out a ½“ nut with a ½" drill made a very effective die for the purpose. I found great pleasure in seeing that your awl is exactly the one I have. And then that brass backed tenon saw! Darn, but I am sure I have got one just like that... What make is yours, if I might ask?

"This is the only boring bit on this really" ... heh, I love the subtle little jokes. Nice video too.

Is it recommended or any more forgiving of hole offset to use a softer wood for the pin since it has to bend or does it not make a difference? Draw bored and keyed for takedown mortise and tenon are the 2 joinery techniques that I can't wait to use for some projects

Is there a PHOTO LIBRARY of your workbench that you've just made with all the tools and everything on it? I watched the videos of you making it, was completely inspired, but I'm not sure what all the aspects and uses of the bench are (like the 'well' for instance...is that just for tools?) I'm about to embark on building a different kind of bench for tools and wood storage but I'd like to circle back around once I understand the uses of this bench outside of just the vice. Thanks again for the videos, Paul. Always a pleasure.

Made my windows this way , broke my heart taking them out to go modern . The face of the pin rose slightly over time due to grain direction

Paul Sellers gives out more free information than any woodworker I have seen . It started to change a bit when the company who promotes him took over . i suppose that's fair though .

That joint will last forever, it should be called the Keith Richards joint.