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I just love all the “beginner” videos where first on the list is running all the wood through a workshop planer, superb 🎉😂

22 years ago I made a computer desk with just a circular saw, cheap palm sander and hammer. It turned out pretty good and I still use that desk to this day. You dont always need expensive stuff to do good work.

Thank you! I am so tired of the "Lets use $400,000 of festool tools to do this job." youtube channels

I appreciate the fact that you'll still build projects. So many "woodworkers" on youtube simply talk about tools and tell you what you "NEED TO BUY". I've entirely stopped watching some certain channels where the creator hasn't actually built anything in ages. Keep up the good work!

As penniless newly weds, 55 years ago, my new bride designed our lounge suite. Actually it was a knockoff, seen in the upmarket store of David Jones Sydney store. She would surreptitiously visit the store with a tape measure, so came up with a set of working drawings. I had a tenon saw, a mitre box, and a brace and bit. The arms and legs for the chairs and lounge were made of one inch round dowel, so joining them was a challenge. Fortunately I found a standard Meranti dowel to use. I finished them off with many coats of high gloss enamel. My wife made the cushions. Side by side with the original, it was pretty good. My wife cherished my efforts for many years. I made numerous items of furniture for her, with the most basic of tools.

The salt trick when gluing edges is genius, thanks!

My main "workshop" was under a tree on bare dirt for quite a while. I've upgraded to the cement slab outside my garage.

Drives me crazy when KZfaqrs with million dollar shops describe “easy” projects-well yea if we had all the best tools, raw materials and all the time to make projects “easy.”

We live in a second floor apartment of a suburban house. My "workshop" is a 9 x 11 foot bedroom that doubles as my office. My "workbench" is a steel desk that I raised and modified myself so I can clamp things down. I even attached a front mounted vise. In it, I store my hand saws, chisels, sharpening stones, and wood planes. The closet is full of power tools and a pegboard on one wall holds most of my hand tools. I have a benchtop drill press and a set of Forstner bits sitting on top of a two drawer file cabinet, a circular saw, a jig saw, several sanders, an angle grinder, a Dremel, and several drills. I do most of my cutting and sanding on the driveway on account of the dust, but I do have a Rigid shop vac for work done upstairs. The biggest PITA is dragging all my tools and materials up and down the stairs. My best addition was a Craftsman contractor table saw that I got at a garage sale for $25 and a folding 1980s era B&D Workmate that I picked up at another yard sale for $20. I built a router table with an adjustable fence that drops into the Workmate. I built two oak desk hutches, three poplar bookcases, a king sized oak headboard with decorative cast iron panels for our bed, a kitchen storage cabinet /china closet, a 7 foot tall playground for our cat, and more small decorative and functional projects than I can list. My dad taught me that you don't need a huge workshop or expensive branded tools to get lots of work done.

Expensive tools just make the job faster and easier. I'm a professional carpenter but I learned how to build with basic hand tools long before it became a career.

I'm the guy who keeps saying most people don't need a $1500 track saw. Thank you for proving my point. The Bora system looks good.

The salt trick, wow that was a hidden gem! Thanks!!

Just my opinion about your work and the coherent and very enlightening way in which you display it on your channel: Fantastic! I'm not a carpenter (I work in electronics) but the way you explain the subject is inspiring to do more, better and preferably without ruining material (or your hands). For me, I think your videos could be longer, due to the fact that every sentence I hear from you is another small detail of wisdom that can and should be stored in my little universe. Don't complain about the length of these videos. Learn from this man. Macedo Pinto Portugal

I just used hand saw, hammer, ruler, nails and sand paper to build my own dining table. Power tools indded a good stuff to most of us, but for me it's not about the tools, it's about the man behind the tools.

Here some tips I have. Let the wood sit out for around a week or more to let it warp how it wants. Then you can get a handplane to flatten it out. Handplanes are pretty cheap, and you can also get cheap sharpening stones for sharpening the blade.

*YES I AM SICK OF FANCY WORKSHOPS* I dont do woodwork any longer but I still like to watch videos, there is no joy in watching a guy MANUFACTURE an item in a $500k workshop. This is why I like Rex Kruger - 3 hand tools to make a stool - stuff people can actually make and get into the hobby / profession.

As an apprentice cabinetmaker 45 years ago I had to make a cabinet with just hand tools. No power tools or mechanical fasteners.

Thanks for showing people what can be done with tools they may have in their shop or garage. Too many channels are only showing the newer fancy tools, nothing against the newer products, however this video shows someone can get started without spending a lot of money.

I am nowhere near your level of expertise in wood-working, but as someone who haunts a lot of these "workshop video-s" I wanted you to know that minute-for-minute Your videos contain More usable information than easily 3/4 of the available resources. Thank you for respecting your viewers as intelligent and invested in improving their skillsets. Thank you for providing tips and information that are actually applicable in inproving that same skillset. Thank you for not touting some latest fad or gadget. I have yet to watch one of your offerings and had to wade through waves of redundancy, "clever" dialogue and background music. I don't do a lot of "critiques of YT videos but I wanted you to know that your efforts are thoroughly appreciated as you provide a top-notch experience. Best Wishes.....😊

In 1958, my dad built the home I grew up in. He used nothing but hammers, Sears circular saw, and a square. Sits on a slab with brick front. 65 years later it’s still solid and standing.

as a beginner woodworker who is working out of his garage and slowly turning it into a woodworking shop myself, your videos are alwasys super helpful and inspiring!

I'm a welder mechanic for the most part. But I do have a bit of a thing for wood. Recently I started building bee boxes with blind dovetails. Used my cordless saw and a cheap plastic saw guide from the blue place. Did the first 3 boxes totaling 9 10 inch tall supers. All on my tailgate and 3 sawhorses. Dados, rabbits, and dovetails. I have a lathe in my shop and can't have the sawdust on it. Anyway with some dynamic thinking anything can be built anywhere.

This channel is absolute GOLD and is undoubtedly the most essential tool in my workshop! Thank you so much for everything you taught us!!

I don't do woodworking often but when I do I only use festool!

I remember many years ago watching The New Yankee Workshop on TV with my dad, and saying something like, "Can Norm make something without his variable-ratio, side-mounted, speed-adjustable metric dado jig?" So many current woodworking channels on KZfaq make me have exactly the same thoughts.

Always appreciate your videos. I don't make furniture, but am a boatbuilder. Have been doing the work with what many people would consider sub-standard tools (my table saw is a $99 Ryobi contractor saw I placed in a cabinet for support on the sides and outfeed), and have been building parts out of everything from cheap pine to 16/4 purple heart and white oak. The game changer in my shop was a Dewalt 12" compound miter saw: amazing what you can do with a really good and large miter saw. And I've been using the Bora straight edge without the attachments for years. Clamp, Skilsaw, and go. I'm getting ready to buy a mid-level cabinet saw, but will miss the pride of sitting back, looking at a piece of work, and saying "I did that with just these tools."

Did I just watch the "Fastest 10 Minutes" of Woodworking? Nice!!

In my Vocational Technical Carpentry class (in the early 80's) second year students made a framed kitchen cabinet using only hand power tools and hand tools. I started hobby woodworking with a circular saw, aluminum straight edge, router, belt sander and palm sander. I think those methods and skills helped me a better stationary tool woodworker today. I can't remember the last time I used primarily hand tools to build anything. I'm a fan of Stumpy but how many and how often does he use the tools in his background? Not being critical but pointing out that we have changed the way we work.

True story. Thanks for the vid! The day I've stopped watching 3x3 customs was when the cnc router came into the picture, and the new table saw, and ...u name it what :) Btw if I can add one thing here: under my journey I've learned to use the circular saw with a diy track. Works like a charm. I've underrated this tool for no reason. I guess because table saw for beginners is more safe than circular saw in general. But circular saw - if it's good (or track saw) is way more versatile

Great video, one of my favorites for guys like me trying to use simple tools in the back yard

So many videos so many hours of people discussing when to take glue off! I am glad see that in two seconds you tell everybody he exact right time to take it off. When it’s rubbery!

Films this video from a fancy woodshop....😊

I loved those old videos; fond memories :) Great a idea to consolidate the tips & tricks too :)

This is one of the most helpful wood project videos ever! Thank you for creating such great content.

Thanks Stumpy for all the great info in this video. I really liked the tape trick to help with squeeze-out!

absolutely love this. I wish I had this video when I first started woodworking. It makes you appreciate where one was and now is as a woodworker. I still have things in my house that were built on the garage floor with a crappy jobsite table saw and an imagination. Thank you Stumpy Nubs!

Thanks for the tips Stumpy. Especially for those of us without all your tools the tips are invaluable! 😊😊😊❤❤

This video is another good example of why I enjoy your channel so much. You have saved me tons of time and money, in addition you've taught me things that would've taken years of trial and error to learn. Thank you for doing so, it's very much appreciated.

Mr. Nubs, thank you for the tips and information. I really appreciate the fact that you give accurate information instead of trying to show off like many others do during their presentations. I always find your laid back approach to be calming and informative. I just wanted to let you know your approach is a big help.

Lots of great tips, much appreciated!

Thanks for sharing with us James. That's a great project. Fred.

Really beautiful work, James! Thanks a LOT for all the tips!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

I started out watching the popular woodworking channels about 2015 when they made relatable projects in relatable workshops but got bored once they transitioned to huge, essentially commercial workshops build on their new ranches or massive properties, building things in ways that just didn’t relate anymore. Good luck to them and I wish them every success but at that point the entertainment or even education was gone for me so I unfollowed most of them. You however are one of the epitomes of keeping it real and that is amazing for people like me with ‘ordinary’ garage size or smaller modest workshops, thank you 😊

that is an excellent video idea, youtube needs more dense high quality content like this

I love learning the technique’s and joints that way I can translate to any project.

I have 36 pipe inch clamps. One project needed 48 inch clamps. I went to the hardware store, bought 12 inch pipe and couplers, made up 48 inchers.

I picked up the bora rip guide from my local big box store as a clearance item and just the rails. My mind was blown that there are actually accessories for this thing! I just ordered the saw plate, i had previously just run my saw along the edge with marginal results. Thanks for this stumpy!

Stumpy deserves a million followers!

This video is pure gold! So many useful tips!

Thanks for reminding us that you can often build with tools you have. It might take a bit longer, but you’ll still be proud of the results. Our great grandfathers often didn’t have fancy tools, but many of the pieces they made are still in use today. I continue to appreciate your humble presentation style. I’m sure that you’re a more skilled craftsman than I am, but your presentation style lets me focus on your topic. It sure beats the alternative! Thank you.

Thank you for making this!

Thank you. The blue tape tricks are wonderful. I will be using them tomorrow.

I've been meaning to post on your channel for a while... And I've only got about 60 seconds into the video but as somebody who also shares tips and tricks with their team and mostly goes unappreciative.... THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE

I love your resourcefulness on this! I learned a bunch of great tips!

fantastic. affordable tools and an emphasis on technique. excellent. so glad to see this one because this is how MOST of us get started and how MANY of us continue to work -- makeshift table, in the backyard, driveway or patio, with mostly or completely hand held power tools.

Starting with the minimum tools makes you appreciate what you have when you do have better tools

Great tips. Lots of useful tips in a concise format.

Great tips and insights. You showed several things that I never thought of... for dados it's okay to be a little deeper in the middle... chamfer the edges for an easier fit... I did know about the "cottage cheese" glue... but I didn't have a name for it. :) Thank you!

Thanks for the build with common tools. Once again your channel is most useful. Like other you tubers who forget where they came from.

Ironically enough, I am building a library full of bookshelves with 5/4 alder done essentially the same way. I was nodding along with you the whole way 😂 the exciting part is that every single bookshelf is called out in the plans to be unique in size, and shelf pattern. The cutlists alone will make your head spin....just wait until you have 32 shelves and two stantions to sandwhich between two bulkheads spanning 12' all at once...talk about some serious clamping madness. 😂 Oh, and did I mention that some of them are at angles to match a tapered stone fireplace? Mercí! 😂

This video is great with such tips all along, thanks!

I don't usually do much cabinetry but Having just moved into a new shop I am going to have to build several cabinets. Using the tips in this video will ensure that I get good looking joints. And they should make the project easier to complete too. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

"...So today I'm taking all the best tips and tricks and I'm condensing them into a shorter video." And subbed! thank you! I'll still check out the longer video too.

1 key point you left out. The huge advantage of building it yourself it making it fit perfectly into your space. Great video!

Thanks for taking the time to create this very helpful video. 👍🇺🇸

Great looking Hall Tree! The work can be done with a few simple tools and that extra care with those simple tools! I went out to My "Carport Workshop" and with the same assorted mess of hand tools and built several items of furniture. It was fun and a great learning experience once again.

I appreciate these tips. Thank you.

That was awesome mate! Thanks so much for consolidating, these are really great tips! I'm about to start building a Pickler changing table with drawers under it. My first big project, and a bit daunting, but this really helps!

Great video,lotsa good info. Thanks a bunch!

Yet another awesome video from, what is my not-so-humble opinion, the best woodworking channel on youtube.

Thank you Mr.Nubs.

Thanx for this attitude. I'm pretty bored of the usual woodworking showcases where youtubers tumble over a pile of Festering Stool equipment worth $100,000 while demonstrating how to build a toothpick.

Your videos are incredible. This is the kinda quality that I aspire to. They are so pleasant to watch.

Certain tools make projects easier to execute, but in their absence it doesn't make projects impossible. There's always a way.

Excellent instruction! Thanks

Wow soooo many good tips, thank you very much🙂

Great tips Stumpy. Always appreciated.

A lot of great tips in this one.

Those were great tips.

Great tips that proves one doesn’t need 5 grand in 3 Festool tools to make a project. Thanks ever so much for sharing your knowledge!

Great tips! I learned (or maybe relearned) several new tricks. And I thought I was going to have dig deep and buy a tracksaw but the Bora system has me rethinking that. Thank you!

Thank you!!!

Always learning from you!

Since I don't have a fancy shop or fancy tools I enjoyed watching this video. It kind of positively reinforces some methods I regarded as a poorman's method. Example: Although it can be fun to watch Festool Domino videos, I limp along with my Jessem dowel jig. I always appreciate your videos since they actually help me vs some that simply entertain.

Awesome information..thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

Very nice, would be nice with more videos like these.

Fantastic information 👍

Great condensation James!

One of your best.

I've been building great projects for years using stock wood, and basic power tools on my patio. I always felt like kind of a unsophisticated goof, and wished I had the resources, space etc to have the fancy stuff. I got over it, but thanks for this video. It reinforces that you can build great stuff with just a little money and ingenuity

Hey!!!!! Woodworking on a woodworker channel! Thanks Stumpy Nubs! Great video full of super useful info from a real woodworker!

This was an awesome video with great tips and tricks 🔥🔥🔥 Being new to woodworking keep the videos coming 👍

You said you had a clamping issue for the back part which rocks forward when you clamp the front. Same here. I use strap clamps having the ratchet on the back side which has more tension. If the edges are soft for a strap, use angle aluminum, polish the outer corner side rounder. It works 4 me. And I have a tiny place as a [shop]...

Super cut of practical tips? Don't mind if I do. Thanks for (re)sharing!

Yeah, there are a lot of "fancy" content creators out there. Always appreciated your content for being honest. Snobbery in this hobby is unreal sometimes though

Great video...I get about 1 minute into those 'a simple way to build a bed' and the person has a planer, a massive (non portable) table saw, and a whole host of other equipment...thanks!

Of course you can! I designed and built a bunk bed for my son, using only non-power tools, like handsaw, hammer, screwdrivers, etc. The only mechanical tool I used was a battery powered drill, for drilling and screwing some screws in 😊

I can't remember the last time that I used my circular saw, I bought the dewalt jobsite saw about two years ago. It has transformed the way I work.