Neal Carey Thanks for watching Neal!

mark 123 Alright, then send me some gold!!

Joercio Veloso da Silva Yeah, it's pretty easy to be patient when you're getting paid a salary!

Tony Thanks for watching Tony!

DUNCAN HILL Glad you liked it!

David Taylor Yeah, it's quite amazing how much work goes into a straight cut.

disneytodd777 Glad it was helpful.

Bored User Yeah, it would be nice to play at bed time :)

Jim Dockrell I'm glad you liked it!

The ShavingWood Workshop Thanks for watching!

***** Yeah, in this case I think I'd probably go for the bandsaw :)

Geigenbau CJK You're certainly welcome!

Stonewood Yup, that's exactly right. Thanks for watching!

No need for a kerfing plane when there are two men. Each minds their side of the cut. With one, that becomes a little more difficult. There's historical basis for the kerfing type of plane, I believe (roubo?), but in a shop with more than one person, I doubt anyone would've used it - it takes a lot of time to kerf a board to full depth, which is time that could be spent sawing instead, and the saw definitely removes material faster than the kerfing tool. (notice the accuracy of the cut with where the teeth are - just on one side of the line and dead on it the whole way. I thought they were going a bit slow at first, but I see what they're doing and why - it would be difficult to be quite as accurate on a board with one person, kerfing saw or not. And the wander leaves work to be done with the plane before the next board is cut - they've managed to avoid that).

Oh, aren't you both clever & surprised !

Yeah, it's a lot of fun to watch but not to do!

I think it was Grouch Marx who said, “I love hard work. I could watch it for hours!”

matt gordon I think it was 15-20 minutes. Glad you liked it Matt!

icespeckledhens Uh, hard to say. We were doing some other things in the meantime. But my guess is that it took around 15-20 minutes. 10 ft plank? Why don't you try it out and let ME know!

I wondered this too... that took a LONG time. Still a great video.

Saw cut on either the push or the pull stroke, not both. Think of a saw tooth as a small chisel; it only cuts into the wood one way. This is a rip cut, where the saw teeth are cutting along the grain, and basically chipping out the wood in between. A cross cut would be across the grain, and the teeth would be slicing the wood. Rip cut saw teeth are at 90 degrees to the edge of the cut. If you tried to make a saw that would cut on both strokes, you need teeth where the points were facing each other, but also not get into the way of each other, but also have room for the saw dust to collect until it can be released when the tooth exits the wood. TLDR: The properties of wood, of edged tools, and geometry say "no".

Probably no need. The sawn boards will be flattened with planes anyway, and kerfing would take a lot of time.

+ronin4711 Man, when you see their clothes up close, it actually looks very comfortable to me. Linen clothes that are a tad loose...I could do that! Speed has always been a concern, but you're right, a shop like this couldn't survive now days, unless people pay a premium for totally hand made furniture. The quality is certainly superior to the joinery techniques employed back then.

Joshua I like the fact that you take your time to answer, means a lot that you care what people say. That bow-tie doesn't look like too comfortable to work with it or any tie and buttoned all the way up, the rest, I can understand, you get used to it... Thanks.

+ronin4711 No problem! Yeah, wearing a tie to build furniture is sure funny to us now.

Checking on your shop progress, believe on day you'll have a nice place there... Cheers.

@@joshuafarnsworth2809 hi depends on the shop i make furniture in the same way and make a living and do not charge a huge amount. The great masters of the 18th century where a lot faster than people think.

Sádrojádro CZ Yeah, that's how I power my handtools.

Moonie Dizzle those aren’t costumes. They’re Modern clothes.

It's Colonial Williamsburg. All historical reenactors.

LOL. It's not rude people, but tourists. Colonial Williamsburg is a living museum, so people were still coming through to see the workshop while we were filming. But if this wasn't the case, yes, that would be rude.

@@WoodAndShop I don't know, if I see a cameraman and people acting in front of it, I shut the heck up and watch. More tourists need to watch their attitudes everywhere, not just in the US.