Why You Need A Level and Rex Is Wrong

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Do you Need a level int he wood shop?
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@RexKrueger 19 дней назад

Swear to god, I didn't know what that little screw was for. Learned something!

@WoodByWrightHowTo 19 дней назад

You should take it apart sometime it's a little mechanism inside is rather genius.

@frrapp2366 19 дней назад

well my thought to you rex is any tool is good to have! yes as a carver, or wood crafter you may not use certain tools very much BUT wait till you need to set a rafter or repair a window in his shop ! no disrespect rex i love your hand work But:)

@CeeJayThe13th 16 дней назад

My comment I was composing in my head started with "I swear to God" lol

@user-lb4dg2fl9n 20 дней назад

They used spirits because it didn't freeze.

@ronchurch8068 19 дней назад

Old bricklayer/hobbiest woodworker here, I like using a level instead of winding sticks when I'm hand planing boards flat. You don't have to keep setting up the sticks and walking around to sight them, just plop a level down right where you're standing.

@tatehogan5685 15 дней назад

@@ronchurch8068 interesting method, I'll have to give that a try... after I level my bench 🙃

@thepizzagod420 День назад

@@tatehogan5685 level the level to the level of your bench

@limnificant 19 дней назад

Rex is making his dis track right now.

@Michaelsmercedes 5 дней назад

Dude I heard he's getting stumpynubs to produce it. It's gonna get dusty

@rockdog2584 19 дней назад

I had heard that the use of 'spirits' (a.k.a. alcohol) was so that they wouldn't freeze, which also led to them being referred to as 'whiskey sticks'.

@w0pke 20 дней назад

Never knew wooden ones were adjustable, even though it totally makes sense. That said, I never owned one, but always like to learn more. Thanks for showing that!

@cathellis6015 20 дней назад

I find my spirit level useful as a straight edge. I use it for that way more than for putting up curtain rails

@kent5400 19 дней назад

As a straight edge with parallel edges, a pair of them also make a good pair of winding sticks.

@mikeking7470 19 дней назад

And the aluminum levels work better in that role than the plastic ones, although a 4-foot plastic level works OK just don't try it with a 8-foot level, too much flex.

@mattpage9826 19 дней назад

The "Dadness" of the spooky spirit level did garner a chuckle. Thanks for that.

@AllanMacMillan 19 дней назад

When the spirit moves you, new video ideas bubble up!

@captainnapalm8207 19 дней назад

I just got my first 3 wooden levels as part of a vintage tool lot I bought. Had seen Rex's video, so didn't think too much of them. Glad you made this video!!

@jamessunderland362 20 дней назад

That’s the spirit 👍🏼

@ianpearse4480 19 дней назад

Or is that Whiskey? LOL.

@jons2447 20 дней назад

I for 1 appreciate you leveling w/ us.

@user-zw6st7lk8r 20 дней назад

I also didn't know you could adjust an old level!

@vercingetorix721 19 дней назад

“They filled them with spirits! OOOOoooooOOo” killed me 😂😂. Laser levels are so cool and useful for a million things… plus, everything’s better with lasers!

@tatehogan5685 18 дней назад

These videos keep getting better, you really are leveling up your content!

@JohnAndries-lt2jd 19 дней назад

When I worked in an cabinet shop we used them to build stages that we would then use to build accurate woodwork.

@MrMNRichardWright 19 дней назад

Levels are handy, therefore we all need one

@jamesangus7137 20 дней назад

The spirit moves me

@jefferycre 19 дней назад

You’re always so levelheaded James great video

@nickmastro9287 19 дней назад

Thanks for leveling with us. Always informative and entertaining.

@Michaelsmercedes 5 дней назад

Im glad you finally called out that charletan. Every time I watch one of his videos as soon as it comes out early on patreon I just think this guy grrrrr.

@MCsCreations 20 дней назад

James, there's a huge difference between needing something and wanting something. And I do want one! 😂 Thanks for the video!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@randallthomas5207 19 дней назад

True, but if you are an American, your want to need threshold can be measured in milliseconds. And most Americans have a hard time differentiating their wants from their needs.

@e-var8944 19 дней назад

The wood working drama plot thickens....

@daniel_bohrer 19 дней назад

Hahaha, I especially loved the title and the first minute of this video :D I can guess your nxt video: Why Rex was wrong and you actually do need plans for woodworking!

@scottmarshall4996 19 дней назад

I use two different levels (one wood, one aluminum) as winding sticks.

@peterfitzpatrick7032 16 дней назад

Never hear much about those useful things anymore... strange, given the poor quality of lumber these days... 🙄😕

@brendanlangord1687 19 дней назад

This video moved me to another level. Thanks for sharing.

@karl_alan 19 дней назад

I tend to only use mine if the thing i made needs hanging, or, like you said, if i made a stool or chair, since my bench is level. There have been a couple cases where i was making something with weird angles and curves that had a shelf i wanted parallel to the ground though, and i used a level there to mark out where my joinery needed to be.

@zaphodbeeblebrox8751 18 дней назад

They would sometimes mix them with coke levels too.

@robohippy 2 дня назад

Worked with a guy once who used a water level. 30 or more feet of plastic tubing and water. It worked very well, in fact, well enough for them to use when building the pyramids in Egypt. Now days, every one uses the laser levels.... that is cheating, but it does work....

@RuneCarverLLC 20 дней назад

😳 Ha! A tool that I love and actually use quite often! 👍 Many totems are like a "post" and need to be true plumb, which is quite difficult when you are trying to eye-ball-it on sloped or uneven ground... or in gardens or with flowerpots. 👍

@marcbarash6045 19 дней назад

your video made me smile and a slight chuckle. thanks james

@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally 20 дней назад

Finally, the beef we've all been waiting for!!

@jimcarter4929 19 дней назад

I'm old now but when I was young the old carpenters called them whiskey sticks.

@troyj3292 19 дней назад

Started to frame my parent's garage with a new level and found out after 3 walls that the level was off quite a bit.

@jimneely4527 16 дней назад

Ah c'mon James ... you can level with us!

@andrewbeaumont5492 19 дней назад

Some of us do both woodwork & construction. On a slightly different note I have a book, published in 1926 called 'The Building Educator' which shows a bricklayers level which is a plumb bob in a close fitting frame, very accurate for plumb but level relies on a 90 degree square. I think a lot of the time they just eye-balled level ( also judging from the internal bricks, usually covered in lime plaster).

@stephenaubuchon2442 19 дней назад

This was an excellently entertaining video. I always love it when you and Rex play with each other! Keep it coming. I really enjoy your channel and have learned a lot. You and Rex got me started on my woodworking journey. I had a thought that there might be another good reason to use alcohol in your "sprit level" rather than water. It keeps the vial from freezing and breaking in cold weather. Alcohol freezes at -173.5 degrees and mineral spirits at about -105 degrees depending on the formulation. I suspect that is the "real" reason they used mineral spirits or alcohol rather than the stated reason that it makes the bubble move faster. I think the old time carpenters were patient enough to wait for the bubble to settle, but probably thought it was quite a paint to replace a broken vial. Just a thought.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 19 дней назад

Right on. There are several other reasons for it. I just mentioned one of them.

@stephenaubuchon2442 19 дней назад

@@WoodByWrightHowTo Cool! What are they?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 19 дней назад

It has less chance of getting foggy from bacteria. It won't expand as much in the sun. It is easier to seal the glass as it boils at a hotter temperature. Lower surface tension will let the bubble move easier.

@stephenaubuchon2442 18 дней назад

@@WoodByWrightHowTo Great, Thanks!

@brooklynpaul4003 18 дней назад

Thanks for leveling with us (sorry, not sorry). However, I have about 15 levels (don't ask), many wooden, and zero of them have the adjustment screw! Fortunately, I now know that I need none of them.

@johnfreiler6017 19 дней назад

Heh: Rex is wrong? Honestly, most of the times I used my level was as a nice handy straightedge. But when i decided I hew out my own lumber from a tree I cut down, I found the level was indispensable: Get the log fixed in place, got the small end and determine what size square you want: draw it up plumb and level, then go to the fat end, and draw the same square on that end also plumb and level and you're going to hew a log without too much wind or twist on it's length and the sides basically parallel from the git go, which makes truing up the final beam much easier. Used that process for my Roubo-workbench-from-trees project.

@bl4cksp1d3r 20 дней назад

Better have one and not need, than need one and not have it :P

@mattliebenau9083 20 дней назад

Snide remark!

@bredarydfoto 20 дней назад

Noooo, i use my vintage tools when i do timberframing, it will look odd to have a modern level in my tool chest.😮 I have modern levels, but only at home.

@steved8272 20 дней назад

Whiskey Stick!

@wwtrkr3189 19 дней назад

One of the very few channels i to to summon up the strength to leave a comment each and every time.

@chagildoi 18 дней назад

Love the cross overs! And double the views!

@NVOutsider 19 дней назад

My plumb is so old it a prune...IYKYK

@julianezequiel9371 15 дней назад

6:39 and if all that still doesn’t work for a 4leg taburete or chair place some cork in the legs or carpet or something squishy because can happen that you check it on a flat surface but the floor that’s gonna be used isnt that flat or the floor is from ceramic tiles and those also warp and expand like wood does with the grain

@salimufari 19 дней назад

The biggest use of my levels are for hanging anything on a wall, Trying to level from a plumb is a challenge I don't have a 3rd hand for.

@thomashverring9484 19 дней назад

I have a few levels; an old small one and three modern raging from torpedo to three feet+ (100 cm). I use them rarely. However, the largest one I have came in handy when I needed to check the base of my new workbench. It's upside down and checking the underside of the bench top and comparing the ends of the legs and the stretchers was just quick and easy with a level.

@JackFright 19 дней назад

Thanks for the fun today, James!

@kencarlile1212 19 дней назад

I use 2 levels in my woodworking very, very frequently. But not to level things--as cheap, easily balanced straightedges. :)

@dalepatton4861 19 дней назад

I think you did your level best on this one.

@TNH91 19 дней назад

I appreciate that you know that the people supporting you on Patreon would be called patrons, not like those other people that call them patreons.

@gizanked 19 дней назад

The only thing that follows me home anymore are $5 saws. Especially ones with clean and straight plates.

@ChrisStCyr-gnt7 19 дней назад

As a howitzer section chief, seem lil I as always asking my gunner about his bubbles.

@williamshetler4954 19 дней назад

... A very level-headed assessment.

@24revealer 19 дней назад

I believe its called a carpenter's level that you have there. If you are not a carpenter, you probably will never use one. There are many uses for levels when building them. If Rex doesn't need one, then too bad for him. It's hip to be square, level and plumb.

@stainlesssteellemming3885 19 дней назад

Gotta hide this one from my other half or i'd have to get rid of some tools. I've got two 6 footers, plus a 4 footer, a 3 footer and a 1 footer. Oh, and a home made water level.

@ssrattus 19 дней назад

thanks James.

@LyleReddyDrummer 19 дней назад

I build flintlocks rifles and I use many different levels all the time both in wood in metal work along with angle gauges and depth gauges and good old rulers and straight edges , Love your video's

@johnkelley9877 14 дней назад

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing this.

@johnframe6393 20 дней назад

I thought I was right once. Lol🤣

@professor62 16 дней назад

Excellent video! Both very educational and fun.

@zaphodbeeblebrox8751 18 дней назад

Actually, they used spirits as a way of drinking at work without having to bring in a bottle.

@ricos1497 16 дней назад

Yep, as long as you don't swallow the bubble, you can top it up and use it again the following day.

@JohnWoods-m4c 19 дней назад

If you are doing an epoxy pour it’s important that things are level or your epoxy could run off. A level can also be used if you’re trying to align guide rails for a slab flatting jig for a router… admittedly not hand tools. I also use two as make shift winding sticks when I need long winding sticks or one as a long straight edge. A level is probably a tool most home owners are going to have anyway. But great video… just commenting to comment.

@joewhite4564 19 дней назад

I think you and Rex should fight. With levels. 😂

@rogerwiese3498 19 дней назад

On the level as always

@user-qg6fy4yp8t 19 дней назад

I am using two identical levels, good quality made from aluminium alloy as winding sticks

@warrenmunn3224 19 дней назад

A level is a handy shop tool for a long straight edge

@dwwoodbuilds 19 дней назад

Very interesting!! Thanks for covering this topic!

@user-io9ln1or7c 19 дней назад

Thank you Sir.🎉

@michaelhorne1955 6 дней назад

as a carpenterI use a level all the time

@robertberger8642 18 дней назад

Yea! No more levels! That’s on the level!

@RichardBuckman 19 дней назад

This video is on the level

@martydom666 19 дней назад

I love your videos and rex's just watched you hand tool restoration video was great. Anywho I need a Stanley 55 left sided fence and a center screw for the adjustable skate. 😊

@hassanal-mosawi4235 19 дней назад

Thanks for sharing that!

@hunglikeahamster 18 дней назад

I use my levels in the workshop as straight edges. Every time I joint some boards or true up warped timber.

@notreallymyname3736 19 дней назад

I know I'm spreading heresy here; but I use my 2' and 4' aluminum levels heavily for handtool work. They're my winding sticks, straight edges, and a decent enough ruler for layout work. I also like to put masking tap on the unmarked face and use that as a reusable story stick. They come in handy for checking plumb and level, too.

@Mutant_11 16 дней назад

Very little editing. Scary stream of consciousness. You da man.

@robertdavis171 17 дней назад

I've used levels a lot when I installed all the doors and windows in my house, and when I did the siding.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 17 дней назад

Yup. Carpenters use them all the time.

@dermotbalaam5358 19 дней назад

Levels make really good straight edges.

@AB-nu5we 19 дней назад

In the spirit of appreciation, I would have categorized this video as 'level headed', but that pun didn't appear in the video. So sad.

@homefrontforge 19 дней назад

An old hillbilly I knew used to call them Whiskey sticks

@christopherharrison6724 15 дней назад

Got to level with you I use my levels,for working on the house does that count .As I wouldn’t be allowed to have my precious shed if I didn’t work on the house.

@dandelie2067 19 дней назад

I have newer levels. Really only use them when I need winding sticks. So nowadays, l just wing it when I need to be on the leve. 😂😂

@argumentfoireux1660 19 дней назад

You need to reach the level where you need a level. 😉

@stephenmcgervey7304 19 дней назад

When I watched this video I thought you were a half bubble off. So I flipped the phone 180 degrees and you were still a half bubble off. So if what you say is true, I guess you’re on the level.

@markbaker9459 17 дней назад

One time , during a high rise building, when I was done with the multi level parking underground, I was assigned to a much needed position of Stairs ways since they had lost 3 crewmen in the ever increasing height of the stairs ways not formed up. Right away I saw 2 issues they didn’t. 1- there was no safety deck to protect the workers inside the shaft that had missed 7 pours ! This was because the crew had been nearly killed by falling debris! 2- the back wall was badly out of plumb and I pointed the out right away at the 2nd floor level. It was 3/4” per floor out of plumb as I without a large 8 foot level could see using just my tape measure and common scene. Did they listen? No, and when the building reached the 12 and final floor the ramparts were 8 inches out of alignment !! Needless to say, the construction company lost their license… All because they didn’t check their crews plumbers and level of their levels

@vogonpoet5860 16 дней назад

I tried my level best to find something witty to say, but being level headed and not wanting to burst anyones bubble I decided to stay true to the spirit of you tube and say nothing ! flat.

@artswri 19 дней назад

That’s a plumb bob? (No it’s a screwdriver…which is a kind of chisel….)

@WungusBill-lf4iu 11 дней назад

Yeah in woodworking it's basically only gonna be useful during install and only on pieces that have a permanent or semi permanent position. Bench tops, tables, shelving, etc. Obviously not helpful for something like a chair that's gonna be moving from place to place. I definitely use my level most often as a straight edge, but occasionally I have a need to use it as intended and I'm glad to have it.

@davewest6788 19 дней назад

Put a level on the level...

@hostofwords 17 дней назад

Wholesome woodworker beef

@xaraldobruxo 19 дней назад

As with any tools, if you need a tool, you need to have it. Or do you need that 5 and 16/4 smoothing Jack rabbet plane?😅

@iainmcculloch5807 19 дней назад

I have noticed that most level-headed woodworkers have at least one level in their shop. (Caveat: correlation does not imply causation).

@acevanefan 7 дней назад

Snide remark: Your bald

@tomarmstrong1000 18 дней назад

Spirited away down below

@leatherchopper 20 дней назад

Whiskey stick

@xlr8436 19 дней назад

I thought Rex said you don’t need a vintage level, because unlike many modern hand planes, modern levels work just fine

@WoodByWrightHowTo 19 дней назад

For the most part. It's not that modern levels work just fine it's that there really isn't a huge use for them and really no need for any of the longer ones just a simple small bubble level will do fine.