thanks Jim!

LOL that is the technical term!

thanks. I like to put little bit on everything I make.

it is so much easer then it looks!

that is a great way of doing it. nice work.

oh ya! takes me back to my college day.

thanks man! the cool thing is it also works as a mallet too!

Thanks. love having them in the shop with me.

thanks Randy

thanks I just checked out the video. nice work!

Wood By Wright I did just see you commented on it! Thank you for checking it out!

Thanks brad. lots more to come.

thanks!

thanks Allan

thnaks

LOL yup those were going to be today's video but we have to hold off till next weekend.

thanks Matt

thanks Terry! that means A lot. looking forward to a lot of time using this.

now that is a fun wood to work in. looking forward to seeing those!

never used it before, what should I be expecting with hand tools? speaking of wood species, an older lady had a really old maple taken down at her house and I ended up with "what was left" which was a truckload of 4-5' in diameter pieces of the base which i just processed and chucked it in the back of the truck not thinking anything about it until i started running out of firewood for the stove in my cabin and started chopping it up. the first piece cam off and I was shocked to find out is was all highly figured curly. all that to say curly maple stinks to split as one would imagine and doesn't burn as good as regular old maple either at least not at the beginning, super slow burning with almost no flame and doesn't get super hot so it's perfect for my small cabin once i have a good bed of coals. almost seams sacrilegious to burn curly maple but i don;t care much for processing it with hand tools and the pieces were 4-5' rounds only like 15" long so kind of useless. i must admit I will stash a few pieces to the side for smaller projects hehe.

thanks Fred!

James is getting a whole lot of carving practice - I wonder why???

thanks! it is so much fun!

not like I need any!

thanks. I am overjoyed with how many I have.

+Robin Lewis most of mine come from firewood. That project list keeps growing.

I sure hope so.

thanks for watching!

thanks and thanks Robert!

thanks. that means a lot. I am having fun with it!

+BUK thanks.

thanks Chriatopher!

I dont think I have seen that video.

Wood By Wright Haha. If you decide to watch one of his videos, brace yourself!

thanks! I love a fun tool.

thanks man! I do enjoy it!

thanks Willem!

Thanks opa!

thanks!

you should. it is so easy! your audience would eat it up.

thanks Thom. the shoes will be next week's video.

+Richard Rider lol. Good. I hit my mark.

thanks John

thanks. it is a fun and easy project.

LOL well we gave them more time to finish it. they have till next weekend.

I think they saw your clogs and that caused immediate evacuation of their bowels which of course would prompt anyone to seek medical attention.

+YouCanMakeThisToo thanks man.

+Mikhandmaker thanks.

thanks man!

My pleasure Walter.

thanks Jeremy!

thanks!

thanks!

+Paul Newton I can't use a notations because I am useing end cards. Also the links are in the cards.

Ah i see, thanks, had to learn that circled "i" is where things are.What's google thinking? No way to make them display at certain points i guess.

ya they make you chose to spend a lot more time creating annotations or save 2-4 hours of work per video and use the card system. one of those hard choices they force you into. LOL Thanks!

I have one but for that use, it takes more time to set up that up. but it is usually a fun tool to play with.

Maybe you could do a project with it? I've never seen one in action. Thanks either way.

I have a project coming up for it. It is not a plane that I use much but when I do it is priceless. Last time I used it was on the stretchers in the dresser. I did a few videos on it about a year ago.

Thanks, I'll look for those and keep an eye out for the new one/s.

+frankda4 that video will be out saturday.

yes I am. there will be a video on that next week. the best shop shoes you could ask for.

they are the best shop shoes. comfortable, protective, and can come on and off quickly. I will have a video on them next week.

Wood By Wright nice! Looking forward to seeing that. There's a fellow blacksmith I know who wears "safety clogs" (which are apparently certified/approved safety shoes in Europe), and swears by them. Always wanted to give them a try.

right on. they are great for safety. and you can carve them to fit your foot exactly for perfect comfort.

they are Clogs sent to me by a friend in the Netherlands. the video next weekend well be me carving them

I think yours is around here somewhere. let me look. lol

Are you for real my brother your awesome bro, I like them all they look great and the carving it's cool, I have to learn carving to bro good job man :)

I have something even better than that for you. I am just trying to find the time to fit the build in.

Can I know what it is my brother ?

you will find out when it is done. I am trying to fit in in the week after next.

it is actually not in its normal space and one leg is 1/6" off the ground making it rock with any force. after shooting the video I put it back.

Right. That is a big mistake I see people making, particularly when it comes to how they mount their vise. Hell, I used to think the hacksaw was the devil until I figured out the bench was eating up half my energy.

yup. and it is something you don't always feel but when you put a camera on it you see every bit of movement.

right on it is a 6MM from this set. amzn.to/2m0WcAZ

Sounds like a plan LOL

you could but it could get tricky say you are in the middle of an intense glue up and you quickly use the wrong side and ding up the work. most wood shops have a pile of mallets for different uses. I have over 10 that I use all the time. there is no one mallet that does them all.

thanks!