Thank you very much. 😊

Thanks very much. I'm glad this video was a help for you.

Thank you very much 😊

Thank you very much.

Thank you. I think I did waffle on a bit, given that the video ended up being 25 minutes long. All in all though, it's been a very widely accepted video about grain direction.

Thanks mate.

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching 👀

I like the whys, they keep things interesting while also making the future much much easier.

Yeah, I reckon this will be a good resource in time. It's a lot easier to explain a single detail over a few minutes or 25!, instead of just saying "ya gotta cut with the grain" and then start up the router 😂

Thanks mate, I'm glad it helped.

Thanks very much, thanks for watching 👍

I'm glad it was beneficial for you. Thanks

Thanks Matt. This channel should be a good spot to put videos which probably wouldn't even be made through fear of having a negative affect on a channels view metrics. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks very much. I'm glad it made sense 👍

Thanks!

Thanks Peter, I'm glad it helped. It's often a really lucky day when we crap our daks while working with timber. It's an unlucky day when we didn't have time to crap em!

The grain detective certainly wouldn't be the worst thing I've called myself 🤣

Happy to be of help 👍

Thanks!

Thanks. I'm glad you found the video useful 👍

I generally use the t-shirt I am wearing at the time. It tears them to shreds, and you end up with the odd belly splinter, but it's right there ready to go :D

Thanks 😊

Glad it was helpful!👍

Thanks mate. I'm glad it was understandable

@@kuffyswoodworktipsandtalk I struggled in the beginning with the lay of the cathedrals, but the sheets of paper demonstration sorted that out. Your Tassie Oak bit was quite relevant as I find it hard to read at times. I usually do a light plane and it is either smooth or rough and I make my call on grain direction from that 😐

Sometimes with quartersawn material, I take a swipe with a plane and it is pretty smooth and felt OK while planing. But when holding it up against the light, I can see that the surface is slightly dull. Can be a tricky beast to master, one day I'll get there

Thanks for coming along David

You're welcome 😊

No worries ☺️

Thanks!

Cheers Bill. It's very important to cut with the grain. Having a work piece disintegrate in your hands because you were cutting against the grain is quite frightening the first few times it happens (yeah, it's happened to me many many times) 😂

I've never heard them described as cave entrances, I like it!

Awesome! I'm glad it was helpful

Ouch, I'm not a fan of splinters. I tend to only get them in the webbing between thumb and index finger!

@@kuffyswoodworktipsandtalk damn. I only seem to get them in my right hand. Its to train my left hand to be more useful haha

Lol, my left hand is pretty useless too

I could do a video on wood movement due to moisture changes. I can also make a video discussing the differences in compression and tensile strength between end grain, short grain and long grain. Thanks for the ideas.

​@@kuffyswoodworktipsandtalk That would be fantastic! It's difficult to find good information on these topics, especially on strenght vs grain direction, as in which way is a piece of wood the strongest... Or which direction does wood move, a quarter sawn board vs a slab sawn (if i got the term right). Thanks!!

You belong here too. It's a good lesson for other things also, most notably, shaving. If I shave from chin up to ear, I am shaving against the grain and I can actually feel my dull rusty razor pulling the hairs out of my face. If I shave from ear to chin, happy days. It makes me wonder why girls often shave their legs from foot to knee, instead of knee to foot. I've never shaved my legs, perhaps it is easier to do it this way?

Heh, I composed a reply but forgot to actually post it! So, shaving. It would be physically challenging to shave knee-to-foot. The angle that you hold the razor is wrong. I suppose I'd have to get a minion to do it for me while I reclined in the jacuzzi eating chocolates or sipping champagne or something =)

Lol. I'm quite sure there are places where you can recline in the jacuzzi while chomping down choccys as someone shaves your legs for you :D

Hey hey! Thanks mate

Thanks 😊

Perfect 👌

Hehe. Gloves are great, they add so much more grip which aids control, but technically they add a bit of risk to the work as well so I get in trouble when using them around rotary machinery 🤣

Jason Gullickson Absolute necessity when working with old reclaimed Aussie hardwood. Splinters like needles, ouch!!

I like the splinters that dig in deeply and then break off a mile under the skin. Those are my favourite...NOT!

@@DownUnderWoodWorks or crawling around the roof space... damn you oregan

If you're ever gonna crap your daks, make sure to do it at the END of the work day.

LOL, the corporate uniform is hi-vis yellow shirt, any colour shorts and steel capped boots. Jocks and socks optional but recommended :D

Let's see if I can do with text graphics. Say you have different lengths of paper and you stack the longest on the bottom, gradually building up with shorter and shorter sheets of paper. It would look something like this (I hope...) __________ _______________ ______________________ If you ran you fingernail from the top sheet down to the bottom sheets, in either direction, your finger will slide down nice and easily without "tearing out". However, if you start at the bottom and move up, you fingers will get stuck under the sheet above and tear it upwards. I hope this helps.

@@kuffyswoodworktipsandtalk oh, that is just crystal clear. Thanks so much!!!

Thanks. Technically I am still making videos, I am just very very lazy. I have a backlog of videos which require editing, and I am slowly working through that.

That’s great. Hope to see more videos soon!

Lol, maybe ask a friend to rub your wife properly to see if there is any difference in reaction :D

I don't think I can explain any better than I did in this video. My suggestion would be to test it yourself and plane a board with the cathedrals on both sides of the board. One side will plane cleanly, while the other side will tear out.