I wondered if I would make it through the entire video. I'm disappointed it ended so soon. I've been studying hand tools and handtool woodworking for a few years and thought I knew a bit about setting up planes. I picked up things only taught by a master. Thank you.
Finally, here is a man who knows, not just how; but why. The true understanding is in the tiny details. The mark of a master is demonstrated in his ability to make a 3rd grader understand!!😢
Superb. does anyone know at 14:00 in the video who/which business he is referring to "you can buy a propitiatory one from Richard Cowell..." i cant seem to find anything on it.
Hahaha...18:45 I wouldn't fancy cutting drawers for a while after I did fifty of them either! I have to do eight right now for my apprenticeship but after hearing this I'll stop complaining!
For plain, through dovetails, I wonder if Mr. K. would have achieved his dovetails straight from the saw or if he still would have pared after cutting the pins? Regarding bifocals, I just this year started using them, but I found I needed different lengths than he mentioned. It is probably a personal thing that depends upon your arm length, body proportions, and your visual accommodation. I am about to buy a dedicated, single-focus set of glasses at the close distance because when I'm doing extended periods of work that is close up, like carving, it is a strain to keep my head tilted for the bifocals. Thank you for posting this (and other) videos!
When you have watched a lot of American Carpentry stuff from workshops bigger than the floor space of your semi-detached house in the UK and machines, jigs, etc. for everything even dovetailing - it is great to watch a UK craftsman in a workshop you could dream to have and create something by hand.
And while I only use my ( master of blacksmiths) Japanese plane on softwoods, and my Lie Nielsen and Bedrock Stanley’s on hardwoods, it’s thrilling to see a master English craftsman of probably 60 years experience, being flexible and curious enough to explore and realize the quality of Japanese tools. All the more reason for kudos.
So great to see a master craftsman showing all these tricks. I’ve done woodworking for a living over 45 years and I always learn something Mr. Kingshott!
My first time seeing any of his work and he does a fairly good job of explaining everything so that even an English [mis]speaker from the other side of "The Pond" is able to follow along. The only "Nit" I might have to pick, so to speak, is a safety tip; His use of linseed oil to lubricate the soles of the planes without giving a warning to be absolutely certain to not let it dry out and tightly cover it when one's not in the shop causes me some concern. Linseed oil (at least the 'boiled" kind) soaked rags tend to spontaneously combust as they dry out which has me worried that someone might not know that and suffer unfortunate, avoidable results. (With Paul Sellers "Rag-In-A-Can" method, he uses 3-in-One Oil, which is a light machine oil and says he never has any problems with it affecting the finishes he uses.)
Modern boiled linseed oil has a cobalt "drying" compound in it (actually a polymerisation catalyst) and it is this that causes spontaneous combustion. He's almost certainly using regular linseed oil (aka flaxseed oil) in order to lubricate his plane. The boiled stuff would become polymerised and sticky within a few days - even if there's only a small amount of it left on the plane - quite the opposite of what you want! With flaxseed oil there's little to no chance of combustion! For really picky woodworkers you don't really want to use a petroleum based product (like 3-in-1 oil, or sewing machine oil etc) because it can screw up certain finishes. French polish in particular, I believe, which is an ethanol based finish (although not many people do a proper French polish anymore).
Hola tim viendo este video me doy cuenta que los ebanistas somos una raza rara😂 como lo dijo el maestro de l canal (hagamos viruta) y es verdad nos complace el trabajo bien hecho ! Aun en este tiempo donde todo es descatable
I’d watched The New Yankee Workshop growing up and rediscovered it recently. Norm Abram covers the making of entire pieces in a single half hour. What Jim has shown is how long it takes to do a single portion of these by hand. It really helps fill out the cuts made in New Yankee Workshop, as well as the fact that Norm uses automatic machinery for dovetails, which I’m sure he could make by hand as well, but the notion was to bring woodworking more to the masses. Absolutely awesome video. The measuring of how many dovetails by angling a ruler I’m sure must have been in use for generations but I’ve never seen it. Incredible!
