Hand tool woodworking is easier than you think

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Ай бұрын

Ever want to cut dados by hand but didn't know where to start? Every think you could tackle a more advanced versions of the dado? Well do I have a treat for you this week...
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@trooper1228 Ай бұрын

Paul Sellers, everyone needs to give him praise especially right now. He was assaulted while out riding his bike and was pretty messed up. A few broken ribs and such, why people act like this is amazing to me. Shout out to Paul to get better and everyone in the woodworking world is pulling for him.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

Paul Sellers needs to stay strapped. He should have stayed in Texas. They let you do that there.

@Stashmo Ай бұрын

@@1pcfredRight, so then he might have been killed.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

@@Stashmo how is defending yourself somehow more dangerous than being a passive victim? He might have neutralized the threat too. There's a fair chance of that when there's parity between combatants.

@Stashmo Ай бұрын

We all should be armed while out for a leisurely bike ride.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

@@Stashmo you'd think the police are there to protect us and in general they are. That doesn't mean they have an obligation or duty to protect specific individuals though. Which means you're personally responsible for your own safety. So if you don't want to be a victim then you'd best defend yourself when you need to.

@american_patriot6218 15 күн бұрын

You are the Bob Ross of woodworking!!

@CinkSVideo Ай бұрын

It is almost as satisfying to watch and hear a sharp chisel as it is to use one. Nice demo. Thanks.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@zionosphere Ай бұрын

As someone who only has handtools and has the next project a bookshelf, this video is both timely and quite helpful. It's a good reminder that dados are not difficult, just delicate. Thank you for making this one, Eric.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

I like that. Not difficult, just delicate. Well said!

@user-by3of5lg2f Ай бұрын

"An award I won." Dude, it's a friggin Emmy. LOL

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

😂 touché

@patrickbink4617 Ай бұрын

I love that modesty!

@skippylippy547 Ай бұрын

I absolutely ❤ Loved ❤ this video. Thank you. No noise, no dust, no expensive machinery. Just pure hand tool bliss. Perfect.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@chrissilverhand1 8 күн бұрын

Did you not notice the planer thicknesser and table saw then?

@skippylippy547 8 күн бұрын

@@chrissilverhand1 I was referring to just this video.

@chrissilverhand1 8 күн бұрын

@@skippylippy547 So was I. at 1:50 he waxes lyrical about just using hand tools and how he appreciates not everyone has the room or the money for expensive machinery and then he promptly goes over to his planer and tablesaw to prepare his timber So much for just hand tools. If you want to see real hand tool only woodworking, might I suggest Tom Fidgen at The Unplugged Woodshop, or Wood By Wright.

@skippylippy547 8 күн бұрын

@@chrissilverhand1 Thank you.

@clintjenkins13 Ай бұрын

“We’re gonna call that the back of the cabinet” had me dying. I’ve done that too many times on oopsies 😂😂

@Andi.Mitchell.Designs Ай бұрын

Man… I have a TON of back of the cabinet boards lying around!

@clintjenkins13 Ай бұрын

@@Andi.Mitchell.Designs I was building me a lure turner yesterday because I airbrush baits and had some scrap wood laying around. Needless to say I made a uh-oh and just turned it around. No one will ever notice. Ha

@darodes Ай бұрын

“Ugly side goes against the wall” 😂😂

@miedde Ай бұрын

Nothing to do with woodworking, but where did you get that coffee mug. It looks so cool.

@clintjenkins13 Ай бұрын

I too want to know where this coffee cup badassness came from

@randybecker7339 Ай бұрын

I appreciate you showing your mistakes. Too often us mere mortals watch these videos wondering how it was done so perfectly. Humans make mistakes! Great instruction and now I know my next practice project. Thank you for making this.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tabitha2706 Ай бұрын

Love watching you do handtool work! I spent half the video thinking "but what about a router plane??", then, lo and behold you pulled it out, and I cheered. Have a great day

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

haha glad I didn't dissapoint!

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

What about a power router? Zip, done.

@Flippingdrawers 26 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed this video mate. Very informative and pleasant to watch 👌I’ve never trained in woodworking so channels like yours are how I learn 🙏

@TianRunty Ай бұрын

It's not until times like watching you math the shoulders, that I truly appreciate the metric system. I work in both because my mum refuses to learn the simple metric system, but for anything I'm doing alone it's metric all the way!

@tektrixter Ай бұрын

Always fun to need to swap between metric and imperial for a project.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Hahaha I work in both. Used to metric from years in cabinet shops and dealing with clients from all over. But I still love imperial for no good reason!

@TianRunty Ай бұрын

@tektrixter a project? Nope every time my mum gives me a measurement when wanting to buy something since all our shops are metric! Drives me mad but I gave up that fight years ago

@TianRunty Ай бұрын

@ENCurtis I think you'd confuse a lot of your audience if you used metric. Might make a fun April fools though

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

@@ENCurtis you're not old enough to have ever used Imperial. You use Standard. An Imperial inch isn't precisely 2.54 centimeters, a Standard inch is. Now granted you can't actually see the difference between an Imperial and a Standard inch, but it's there. You can't see atoms and molecules either. That doesn't mean they're not there. Just you have lousy eyes.

@Kernowwoods Ай бұрын

A pleasure spending time with you as always dude 🤙

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

much obliged my friend.

@chrysanthemum3087 Ай бұрын

I would LOVE more videos about about building with hand tools!! My dad and I always did woodworking projects when I was a kid and I'm excited about continuing it on now that I am an adult, but I have a small space, no workshop, etc. I am willing to put in the time to make things by hand (and honestly find it is really magic, and a soothing relief from my very noisy and digital weekday existence as a teacher!). I know it's old school, but I can't be the only one who is HERE for this!!

@mikeking7470 Ай бұрын

Very nice video, channeling your inner Bob Ross and making "happy little dados". Thanks.

@jottger Ай бұрын

For me, you just qualified yourself for another Emmy. Love to watch your presentations.

@raymoeller3389 Ай бұрын

Yet again some of the best KZfaq woodworking content that actually teaches those of us interested in the craft rather than "look at this shiny thing so I get views" junk. Greatly appreciated!

@Drevid Ай бұрын

This is by far my favorite channel. I look forward to these saturday mornings. It's a sin you don't have more subs.

@Tallero 20 күн бұрын

Thinking in millimeters is so much simpler. So much

@georgetumillo446 Ай бұрын

When the video came to a close, I realized I had been sitting there with a grin on my face. The teacher in you shines through and that is exactly why I keep coming back for more. For me, you have demystified the use of handtools and I have begun to incorporate it into my plans for a couple of future projects, and the shop has become littered with small practice pieces that previously would’ve gone to the scrap pile. Thank You!!!

@charliechoiniere8755 Ай бұрын

The bench dog vise is the Veritas Wonder Dog and there is a shorter one called the Wonder Pup

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Yes! It's friggin brilliant.

@anonymouspdg6121 Ай бұрын

It may be a long while before I use any of these techniques but weirdly, I really enjoyed this video. Thanks Eric!

@williamshaffer2562 Ай бұрын

Nice job explaining the different processes young man. Erik. you are becoming a fine teacher. Always enjoy these types of videos. Semper Fi bud.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Thank you my good man. Much obliged!

@dabeamer42 Ай бұрын

Ooh, that off-handed comment at the end, about using double-stick tape, was golden. I've already switched to that tape as the answer for getting my work piece in EXACTLY the right place on my table saw sled (and have it STAY there)...and now I've got an extension of that "technique". Thanks!

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Double stick is one of the best, oft overlooked inventions for the woodworker!

@paulmartin2348 Ай бұрын

As a machinist my solution to everything is double sided tape. In reality, I don't think I have ever even seen double sided tape in my life. Maybe I should buy some to play around with.

@TheMadWookiee Ай бұрын

I enjoy the simple no nonsense approach just this is how to do it

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Much obliged!

@darodes Ай бұрын

Thanks Eric (Erik?) we appreciate your content!

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@landesnorm 9 күн бұрын

Very nice, Eric. Went well with my morning coffee and oatmeal. Please demo your method for sliding dovetails. Thank you in advance.

@budlloyd3127 Ай бұрын

another great video! I gotta save up and get myself a router plane. It'll probably be the next hand tool I get!

@Adiera Ай бұрын

You're a great teacher! Thanks!

@tommoeller7149 Ай бұрын

Informative and fun. Thanks!

@chrismoore6359 Ай бұрын

Super helpful (informative, camera view) and enjoyable (learning, neither too formal nor too informal). Thanks.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Chris. Thanks.

@douglasbrown3493 Ай бұрын

Awesome as usual. Thank you!

@FrankPace54 Ай бұрын

I like when you mention at the end good enough for hand tool joinery, what I often refer to as acceptable tolerance.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

I like that phrasing!

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

Whenever I royally mess something up I always say, That's the beauty of handmade. Right before I scrap what I'm working on and start over.

@ianlogan3055 Ай бұрын

This video is nicely done, thank you!

@ChrisHornberger Ай бұрын

I only recently (finally!) got a router plane; what a wonderful tool.

@ChrisHornberger Ай бұрын

On the topic of double-stick tape, I just used that to do like a dozen bowtie inlays (for visual interest) on a set of walnut shelves I'm building for a client's kitchen.

@walterrider9600 Ай бұрын

thank you EN

@tobiasfrancisco5879 Ай бұрын

Love it! More hand tool goodness plz 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

@on3tee539 Ай бұрын

Love these tutorials, thankyou

@woodnotestudio Ай бұрын

I’m getting closer and closer to starting hand cut joinery and whenever I watch your videos I want to buy a new tool. Thank you for the lesson, you are an excellent teacher, sir.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

A bear that always only walks halfway out of his cave never gets outside. But he does keep getting closer and closer.

@GregJorgo Ай бұрын

Great information Thankyou!

@karlscaife6970 Ай бұрын

thanks Eric,nice teaching job

@davidmeyer9204 Ай бұрын

Thank You Eric!

@dougdavidson175 Ай бұрын

Thanks Eric. Love your style and methods. Take care & stay safe.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@scottprideaux4106 Ай бұрын

Love your way of teaching. Your videos are so easy to watch and you don't hide your mistakes but let us see anyone can make them. Thanks

@steveshapland8846 Ай бұрын

Excellent lesson! I love working with butternut.

@cloudspinwoodworks4813 Ай бұрын

Thank you Erik, very helpful. I really appreciate that you talk about your mistakes. Love my router plane!

@killiemon Ай бұрын

I love that little husky utility knife: great feel, solid, compact. And cheap! Great choice

@patrickbink4617 Ай бұрын

I love watching your videos, Erik. I learn so much. Your persona is wonderful, reminds me of our son. And your intro music brings me in.

@williamsmith7657 Ай бұрын

Thank You. I’ve watched Paul do that Full Width Dado more than once and have forgotten it at least that many times because I didn’t need it. But your video came at the perfect time while I’m making a tool organizer. I’ll never do what ever the heck I was doing and will remember this method forever. THANKS

@peggyvalouch3832 Ай бұрын

I’ve been watching your videos for quite sometime now. This is by far the most useful info for me because I use mostly hand tools all the time. Thank you so much!!

@beauxtx1959 Ай бұрын

Love me some Router Plane! Great video.

@jimrosson6702 27 күн бұрын

Great video as always Erik if learning so much watching your videos Thanks for sharing

@johnbillings5573 Ай бұрын

Nice work Dingus. :) Truthfully however, really enjoy these kinds of videos you do, and the way you exsplainify things so a doofus like me can understand them. It's inspiring - thanks.

@fredsons2241 19 күн бұрын

I think you are an excellent teacher….engaging personality and straightforward presentation.

@karl_alan Ай бұрын

Butternut is pretty easy to work. A bit soft for some applications, but for the ones where it does thrive, beautiful to work. Used some for the shelves in an ash bookcase a while back & I'm still very happy with how that worked.

@utehill1141 Ай бұрын

Love the sound of a sharp chisel. I was losing my mind watching you lay out the stopped dado! It happens . . . all the time.

@JackLabeck Ай бұрын

Great teaching video, I agree with another comment, I’m not sure what’s more satisfying using a sharp hand tool or hearing a sharp hand tool cut

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@alanwilliamson2259 Ай бұрын

Coming from years of fine metal work into woodwork at retirement, can I thank you for your very clear videos that explain some of the confounding mystery that is working in wood. Awesome stuff.

@einsteinbpc Ай бұрын

Excellent work and loving the vib of this video. Spring is on its way here in Canada as well and I’m excited for the possibilities it brings in the shop. Cheers.

@KOutOfMyYard Ай бұрын

Boy howdy that was a great video. This is what I am talking about. This is like we are in class and I really appreciate you being a human, making some mistakes but explaining how it’s done. Love this!!!!!!

@mcapo3040 Ай бұрын

Every time I use a nice piece of butternut, I always think I butternut mess this up I'll see myself out, nice vid :)

@mdburnem Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video. I have the wonder dog and enjoy(ed) it. I picked up the quick release wonder dog and now the other sits lonely and abandoned under my bench. That quick release finding us brilliant.

@mariehankdueck8125 Ай бұрын

Loved so much about this video. Excellent review of simple, well made, joinery. Reminded me how much I love my Veritas Hand Router. Keep up the work.

@rolandgdean Ай бұрын

5:25 It's so important to recite the ancient incantation to insure that a thing secured remains secured. I'm glad to see that you know of the old and true magic. lol

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

😂😂 Listen we all know woodworking is basically black magic already...

@rolandgdean Ай бұрын

Indeed

@pazmaniaoh6341 Ай бұрын

Great video!

@dennisoshea4906 Ай бұрын

Outstanding love watching hand tool mastery Thanks again

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Very welcome!

@johnsparks6685 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed the hand tool demo that starts by running the wood through a joiner, planer and table saw. See, hand tool woodworking is easy!

@orbitalair2103 Ай бұрын

{facepalm}

@patrickbink4617 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I caught that and chuckled!

@ChrisHornberger Ай бұрын

Fairly, though, flattening by hand sucks, and is kind of a waste of time in 2024. Know how? Sure, fine. Useful for smaller bits. Doing a whole panel, though? Oh, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiilllll no. :)

@royunderwood7514 Ай бұрын

Nice work

@KevElder Ай бұрын

With a beveled blade, I find it helps to always make the knife wall on the waste side of my square. The bevel knife can leave a “v” cut, with the v protruding into the show-side of the piece. It’s a little thing, but sometimes the little things make big differences. If your marking gauge is sharp, use it as a router plane to get consistent depth to dado.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

That's one of the reasons I usually put a shoulder on my dados. Covers a multitude of sins.

@wheeliehunter6937 Ай бұрын

The last joint is exactly how i built my workbench, each joint has a place, all wood is not equal. They were longer wider pieces and the joints were only a mil or two bigger than required so a very small taper with a handplane and unless you pull up precision measuring devices up to it you can't tell.

@matthewbizzell4601 Ай бұрын

I used a router plane for the first time at the Austin School of Furniture and thought, oh, I need to have one of these forever. Picked up the same one they had (Veritas), and your video has made want to go out to the shop just to router plane some stuff.

@anna99629 Ай бұрын

Great video

@mikeandlucky Ай бұрын

Love hand tool videos. Really cool that you were able to learn from Paul Sellers and so many other legendary woodworkers. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge with us.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Paul was a great teacher. I'm grateful for the opportunity.

@TimDurnin-Richards Ай бұрын

Great,realistic videos that really teach. Thanks for the information, skill demonstration, tool use and just generally a great experience.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ericnicastro Ай бұрын

Time to teach that master class at Maker Camp this year!

@giorgiochiappini1931 Ай бұрын

Truly helpful content, since you mentioned him, I'm also well aware of this skill taught by Paul but as you said, I think learning the same thing trough different teachers/masters definetly put yourself in a very sweet spot in the growing process.

@Control-Freak Ай бұрын

Just getting to the end of making a plane till for my molding planes. Did about twenty dove tails for the bottom. A stopped dado for the upper shelf with through tenons all to just enjoy the work. The strangest thing is that they all fit, I don't think that has ever happened before. Love your videos, there is always a gem hidden in there.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Don't be so surprised! Sounds like you got a TON of practice in that project. Glad it went well!

@LeeWeiler Ай бұрын

Another great one, Erik! Super helpful as I’ll be trying my first hand cut dadoes soon.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

Table saw stack dado master race!

@tolerance0519 24 күн бұрын

Nice work fella, when I was an apprentice those router planes were referred to as,the grannies tooth

@NPOAfterMidnight-ft9zj Ай бұрын

This is where I love a router plane. ;-) Thanks for the video.

@NPOAfterMidnight-ft9zj Ай бұрын

Posted this literally, 15 secs before he pulled out the router plane. LOL!!! (note to self: watch all of it before commenting next time)

@davidpeters8813 Ай бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one that makes silly mistakes because I'm not paying attention. Thanks for being real. 👍

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

I'll never not be a flawed human 👊

@jstoeck784 Ай бұрын

I'm glad someone else uses an utility knife as their primary marking knife. I find it so much more convenient.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

I don't even own one of those double bevel marking knives. I'm sure they're real nice and all. They don't call utility knives utility knives for nothing though. They're very utilitarian knives. I only ever change the blade when I snap one too. Otherwise I just keep sharpening it. You can call me cheap but I prefer the term, frugal.

@haroldmorick2965 Ай бұрын

Such a useful and pleasant video

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dpmeyer4867 Ай бұрын

thanks

@ChrisHornberger Ай бұрын

Wearing that same shirt, at the shop this morning at 6:30, eating breakfast watching this video... then off to make cabinets with dado'ed dividers. #timely. :)

@misinformationwithrandy Ай бұрын

This was a really great intro video. Definitely going to make a few things this weekend.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@w.davidmcguinn8674 Ай бұрын

Several comments, most, most positive. You credited Professor Sellers. I have seen many even prominent woodworkers who don't and even change the name of the "knife wall" to avoid doing so. Kudos. YOU STUDIED WITH PAUL SELLERS!!!! I am green with envy. Andy Rawls did as well and credits him often. AND, like Andy, you keep it clean!! Unlike so many who don't "Whisper" but interject inuendo and foul language. I know I can let my 8 yo and 10 yo watch your channel to learn woodworking, as we do with Professor Sellers. For me, you have joined Andy, Pedulla, Sawyer, Keith Johnson, Blake Webber and of course Charles Neil and David Charlesworth (RIP) as a favorite. But you are too PC, it is a generation thing I guess. I loved the skiing vid, been there done that painfully. Cordially, your friend, David McGuinn

@mypony891 Ай бұрын

I love you teaching method. Is there any way you could go over a tusked mortis and tenon? Also, can you go over expansion and contraction of material especially concerning when, where and what to glue, screw or whatever.

@paulmartin2348 Ай бұрын

I am not a woodworker but have been a machinist since the early '90s. When you start laying out the thickness lines for the second stop-dado I was very confused. Thank you for clearing that up right away so I don't feel like an idiot here.

@Jimbo878 Ай бұрын

Something we have the luxury of in modern times is the heat gun, and hide glue, for filling slack joints (which can be dis-assembled, easily 🙌

@robjeffrey7544 Ай бұрын

Wait a second. at the end of your opening monolog, you asked the question: paraphrase 'How does a person without room/access to machinery cut a dado?'. The very next scene, background guitar, and base, you are jointing and planning wood at near industrial strength machine stations?

@thomasweller1321 Ай бұрын

Great lesson! Not only showing the "wins" in making the joint, you showed the "loss" too. That's what good teachers do. Self depravation of admitting ones mistake and saying, "I'm the professional, and I still make mistakes" help relax the student to try and make the joint without fearing being a "loser and a failure'.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

If you're not making mistakes then you're not making anything else either.

@alholston-smith7631 Ай бұрын

I setting up,a cut line with a knife and chisel is not new, it is a new technique, but one that goes back more than 100 years, and my uncle taught me this technique 50 years agp, and my great uncle taught him the same procedure 30+ years before that. Cheers

@brendo1000 Ай бұрын

Great video as usual! Any chance of a video with Mr Sellers? Really enjoy both of your styles!

@ogreunderbridge5204 Ай бұрын

Due to bad modern influence, overcomplification (..., apathy and procrastination (!) ) I´ve been over-powertooling "my needs" all life. I like your direction. I hope for more

@johnhiemstra1464 Ай бұрын

What groovy video, man. Great with the morning coffee. Gotta get me some butternut. But I think pine is fine.

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Pine is a great material. Don't sleep on it my man.

@athrun2 Ай бұрын

your part about it not being _exactly the correct size_ reminds me of a thought I've had from watching a lot of wood working vids. some people seem to think that unless the work is as exact as possible, it's not worth doing or it'll fall apart. guess these people think woodworking & stone working were invented in the last 40 years, because the shear number of things I've seen responding to people saying something to the effect of "but it's not exact" with "well, I made the one thing fit the other. IDK what the exact measurements are" is quite large

@herk8240 Ай бұрын

I watched this yesterday and ended up getting the JKM plane. I KZfaqd it before buying and this morning your video on the hand tool that split.... popped up. Timing right? I'll go into the garage again when I get home and practice the these with a chisel and wait for the JKM to get here. I have his Damascus marking tool ( I love Damascus blades) and like supporting ya'll. Heading to get some of your merch now. Thanks for the great videos. Love the format as much as the content.

@Fruitloupe2011 Ай бұрын

truly loved this demo. I feel more confident in attempting this. Shot count on how many times you said "glorious." LOL

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

It WAS glorious though! haha glad you enjoyed it!

@brianhawes3115 Ай бұрын

The first carpentry job I had was for a contractor who loved Japanese tools, he started me out cutting 2x2 balusters for a railing with a hand saw, he checked each one for square and I think I messed up a little on each one, but over the years I got to where I could cut square every time, so practice is key, but I also noticed that my approach had changed, the way a engaged the saw, and to my surprise these techniques transfer between power and hand tools, which may explain why I’ve never encountered kick back with any tool, I got used to applying good technique from hand tools and brought that over to the power tool, and thank you Erick for leaving the origin out of the video!!! That tool takes so much away from woodworking that it makes me sick

@ENCurtis Ай бұрын

Different strokes for different folks, and I find the Origin quite useful in my business. But there are absolutely applications for nothing more than a bit of sharp steel and some meditation.