Ah... Nothing better than finding a little unwatched back catalog. Thanks for sharing a decade ago! You’ve come a long way. Cheers! 🍻👍🏻😊

Matthias Wandel I like that your videos are all showing everyone how to make machines and how do they work.

I use your gear template generator often, use gears on alot of my jigs and contraptions.. Huge Thankyou! You have saved me many hours of work..

Greeting from South Africa, I am recently retired and have found your channel to be very inspiring 👍

I was able to find and order the Shopnotes magazine 115 showing how to build a router lathe. As I look at the picture on the cover, I would never have guessed making the gears on the side could be within my capabilities. And then your video comes along! Wow! This is very cool. This one is a keeper!

You are ridiculously intelligent. The things you build are just beyond my wood working talents. This gear project however, was explained so simply with such perfect step by step instructions, if I ever had a wooded box joint jig and needed a wooden gear, I feel pretty confident I could make one.

Hi, I just finished cutting some gears using the your gear generator for templates. Thank you so much. The gears are amazing. Keep up the good work!

Nice work Matthias. I think it should be noted that part of the brilliance of your work is that with simple tools you can rapidly and inexpensively create functional pieces. What people forget in this technology laden world that any more precision than what is needed for the task is wasted.

Why is it so simple when experts do it… thanks for all the technique tips

Matthias, I remember seeing your webpage in the 90s with various contraptions, including the old wasp trap. Great to see you're still inventing and teaching.

you are a wonderful demonstator, precise, clear, quick... one of the best demonstrators I have heard... nice.

One of the best demos I've ever seen on KZfaq! Clear and concise. Great job, Matthias!

matthias, you are very inventive, smart and generous enough to share your work! thank you.

How smart you are scares me a bit. Your demeanor is calm and quiet yet beneath that is a power I cannot comprehend. People we traditionally view as smart - loud, outspoken, good at polishing a perfect image, etc. - are usually in positions of power and are completely different than you. It scares me because the general public, and myself, might overlook your incredible intelligence when meeting you for the first time. What is mentally required to assemble what you assemble from start to finish, film it, edit it, and complete everything all the way is absolutely astonishing. It requires enormous emotional stability, inner confidence, love for the craft, focus, clarity, creativity and technical skill. Thank you for the videos.

Thank you Matthias for your videos & website! I'm first year carpenter student from Finland and I find your stuff really inspiring. I'm gonna build something with gears as soon as i finish my chair project :D

These videos are ridiculously AWESOME! So glad you're sharing. The videos are VERY well made too! clear sound, clear shots, close-ups of the important parts... VERY good job.

I've seen on other tutorials (specifically on using scroll saws) to use clear packing tape to help lubricate and prolong blade life (and it makes removing the pattern easier). You can also use a heat gun to make removing the pattern much easier! Thanks for the brilliant idea to use a drill for the inside part of the teeth! You just made my life soooo much easier!

I own an 8000 ft shop, I have been working with wood , building cabinets for 24 years. You are very talented, I am impressed/ depressed ;)

Love it. Watching it with my visiting 23 y.o. daughter. Building a shop in next year or so, as this hobby has become an obsession! Great vids, thank you!

Smart and simple. I was wondering how you got those gears so perfect. But after you showing how it's broken down into steps, it all clear and good. Thanks.

Oh wow... Wow, seriously wow. I am half a minute in and you've already shown me not only everything I wanted but a lot of stuff I didn't know I needed thank you very much for sharing!

My goodness. I can (and will) watch your videos all day.

Смотрю Ваши Видео. И задумка и мысль и воплощение в материале всё превосходно! Да ещё и к тому же, прекрасный монтаж видео!

It is people like you why I changed my major to engineering. This video is great, but not just this one all your videos are great thanks for the videos!

probably do already but in case you didnt know this video inadvertently created an amazing music machine, song and music video made by wintergratan, i just watched his how it was made video and he referenced this as where he learned to create the gears and then decided to make the machine. i instantly recognized the name mattias wandel as i was already subscribed :)

I just slapped myself in the forehead when I saw you use a drill press to clean up the little spaces between the teeth "ahead of time". Lol I was making it WAY to difficult with all the twisting and turning I was doing on my band saw. My dad and I both really appreciated this video and I'm going to be buying the full version of your gear program as well. Great work. :-)

I made your box joint tool and found everything working perfectly... The gear cutting files worked perfectly. I took the hpgl file into corel and exported as a .dxf to convert it. I then took it to VcarvePro and made the gears on my CNC. I used a tapered ball end bit to finish the inside taper... Love your stuff...

man you just took my vision of carpentry to a hole new world, thanks for these vids. just ignore my awful english. thanks for your time for sharing that knowledge. excellent! congrats!

Good afternoon matthias My name is Augusto'm from Brazil want to congratulate him for the projects accompany most of your videos like you to build a homemade cnc cutting wood and manufacture of handicrafts Thank you

Man , you really know what you are doing, my respect for you and your work.

Engenius idea...I'm using a co2 laser cutter (Boss Laser) but amazed at how well your jig came out.

Thanks for sharing these videos. I have a project that would involve gears and a flywheel but it isn't my expertise. Your video shows that I could make the gears myself! Drilling a hole for each tooth to have a smooth and consistent notch was awesome to see!

I'm a programmer and but videos like these keep me up at night.

Absolutely fantastic instruction and visuals! I wanted to make a setup of gears for a playhouse feature, but this is far better than I was even hoping for!

Incredible work Matthias... Thanks for sharing!

I've never made wooden gears but back when I was an industrial Maintenance Technician, I made metal gears by the paper template and bandsaw method. Sometimes a piece of machinery would break a gear tooth and it could take days to get a replacement. If it wasn't a really high speed or precision gear, or a helical or bevel, I could put it on a xerox machine and make a copy, (actually two copies so I could cut and paste around the broken teeth). Then I cut the teeth on a band saw and hand filed them so they ran smooth. We didn't have a milling machine or the cutters to mill them. The gears were nowhere near precise as the manufactured ones, but they only took a couple of hours to make and would last until replaceements arrived.

Vegoil guy said you were the gear guru. Glad I watched .it helped alot and will watch more. A big fan!

I bought this software yesterday. Very happy

I always thought that gear making is a tedious task until I watched this video of your. You make it look simple and easy! I really enjoyed the video and thank a lot for sharing it. :-)

I'm seriously so grateful for your youtube channel and website! such great work!

Crazy to be paid for your hard work and clever innovations.

Muy bueno el video y las explicaciones. Gracias..!! Saludos desde las sierras de Córdoba Argentina...!! 👍👌💪🇦🇷

I would like to thank you for the wonderful program. Already purchased it :)

Thank you Mathias for posting your videos, I've learned a lot from you. All the best to you.

Your stuff is awesome! I am always amazed at what you show us how do in such a simple way with such simple tools!

What a fantastic resource. I've often fancied trying this after watching your videos, but getting accurate gears made up sounded off-putting. Thank-you!

Matthias, thank you for your excellent instructions. This video (and many others of yours) greatly helped me in realizing my "micro workshop". Schöne Grüße aus Berlin!

Thank you!! I couldn't find any bevel gears and was kind of lost until I watched your video.

I've heard of gearheads before, but this is first for a wooden gearhead..........Great Video!

Hi Matt, you are a great guy, very much generous... Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Thank you for this online gear designer ! Exactly what I was looking for since some time ago (+ your English is easy to understand for my French ears...)

Great job making wooden gears that work. Thanks for sharing

Your video is so right on something that's difficult you are making it easier to do and simplifying the process thank you for the time and I thought you put into it to make it as straightforward as possible appreciate it thank you I have liked and subscribed to your Channel

What an insanely awesome jig!

My hat is is off to you, man! Your work is unbelievable!!!

Wow, that was very impressive. Thanks so much for taking the time to share that with us. Great video and awesome creation.

So inspiring, but to get necessary tools for production becomes a problem. This is one way of putting somebody into a lucrative job.

Amazing video! Just a small tip. Before gluing the template, you can use blue (or transparent) tape over the wood and then glue the template to the tape. To remove the template, just remove the tape. Clean and easy! And use a scroll saw, if you can. Those can be tilted by design ;)

I wondered why you never used gloves; then I saw your working ability and I wondered if you really need them. Good video, thank you!

I think this is awesome and opens up a whole new world of making diy tools. Well worth the money and Im buying into it!

@Matthiaswandel Hey thanks I found it and also see that you have the option to evaluate the program which I think is great. The planetary gears look incredible. This looks like a must have program, looking forward to trying it out.

you are the responsible of woodengears.ca??? man you save me with my college projects! THANK YOU

Amazing job in all aspects. Thank u very much for sharing all these info and tools! Congratulations

Incredible work Matthias!

Awesome video. Well narrated. Well filmed. Well edited.

Excellent video. I had no idea how gears are made or could be made. I feel slightly smarter. From Toronto, Canada. Fahad

Beautiful work...this guy loves what he does enjoy!

Fantastic video, thanks. Super jig !!!

I purchased your Gear Generator program. Thank you I love it. Especially the protractor option. When you do an upgrade could you add the option to print numbers with the protractor as well with the following options of 0 -22 or 1 - 23 on a 23 point protractor or the degrees around for each point. Just a thought thank you for sharing.

Thank you SO much! This is really an incredible thing you've done and it is VERY much appreciated!

Nice tutorial Matthias!

Tip for drilling the holes: up the speed on your drill press! Initially I was using the lowest speed and it was tearing up the paper template and causing a lot of tearout on the backside. Using a higher speed dramatically improved my results.

I am very impressed with your way of simply making wood geaars adn plan to use this to make a gear set for a rope maker for my son's Boy Scout troop. Should not need beveling angles for flat mesh but will work will as it is basic gears...

Awesome work, i love watching the videos... its my fun time, watching ur all work videos. especially this gear making and all ur handmade tools are superb.

Hey Matthias! i have noticed you dont upload as often as you used to, I am a big fan and i just wanted to make sure you are okay. I always love your videos and i am looking forward to the next one. It doesn´t even matter what kind of video it is...mouse trap, ball bearing track or work shop improvments. I love them all. I hope you get your weekly motivation back (winkwink). All the best from Sweden

Very impressive skill set Mr. Wandel.

I thought about casting these in aluminum and was wondering if it was possible for them to work with a slight angle on the teeth. So after watching this I'm going to have to try it sometime this winter. Thanks! And as always, great videos and info. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for testing that out. Printing is pretty key though. It was the ease of doing antialiased graphics to the screen and printer that made me pick c#

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Cheers from Paris.

Lo maximo Matthias mereces muchos premios,te felicito por el invento.

This is an extremely well presented video. Bravo.

Yes, I do in fact. Go to woodgears.ca and search for "router lift"

You sir, are a genius! :) Will make use of your gear templates for a home made CNC machine. Thanks!

Great tutorial, Matthias! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, I like your site and the videos on youtube. I hope to learn more from you, i need a lot of training but I enjoy working with wood to create useful things.

I've been sitting here for about an hour and a half just letting the video's go. Amazing stuff.

I have had good luck with rubber cement to mount the paper. Some types (not all) peel right off when you are done. Experiment. I use a type i bought at Staples. Great video - amazing - nothing like wood! Lloyd New Hampshire USA

super video I just would not of thought of making gears out of wood like this. Great stuff.

Very informative, mr. Wandel! Thank you for posting!

I purchased this software and it is perfect !!!! Thanks this is the best!!

Thank you Mathias, your name suggests that your ancestors are German. Means that is why you got the engineering skills ;). I really like your work and that you share your woodworking skills with others. Keep up your good work. And thank you very much for sharing. Wuensche alles Gute und weiterhin viel Glueck bei Deinen Projekten, John

Your videos make me want to own a bandsaw. Oh, and a lot of plywood too.

Can you please make a video on how to make a manual crank sit stand table. With your expertise i am so excited to see it so that i can build my own stand sit table for my laptop and pc. Thank you and You Sir Really Are Amazing thank your for your inspirational shares.

Thank you SOOOOOOOO much. So clear So concise Much appreciated

You have so many tools! Can you make a tutorial guide on which set of instruments shall be of must in every woodworks shop? If you make it, certainly, a lot of people will be grateful to you. Thanks in advance!

Wow, you make that look easy, true craftsman.. Brilliant, helps me heaps.. Thank you.

Hello Matthias'm a fan of his inventions, congratulations on creativity, as every viewer have rsrsrs questions and expectations ... 1 -all their projects are designed in SketchUp? 2-put there a video your developing a gear in SketchUp and printing the project? greetings from Nova Friburgo Brazil.

You are absolutely brilliant !!!! love ALL your videos !!!!

gracias por publicar tus videos, son muy útiles e ingeniosos para realizarlos y aplicarlos en la elaboración de un proyecto en casa o taller

Very well described and great workmanship. Thank you for imparting your knowledge so well. Peace