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When I was younger, you used to be able to go to the landfill and pick up construction materials that we're getting thrown out. Now because everybody is sue happy and liability issues, you're not allowed to do that anymore.

Turpentine worked for me.

Lowes 1x4s. My Lday and I were looking for some better stuff. We ran across some that has a lot of wane. She loved it for a live edge shelving support. We did not even ask that it go into the 50% off pile.

Anyone remember the old console TV’s and stereos? Back in the day you could get as many as those as you wanted on the curb. Now they are a collectors item, funny how that works.

Also Craig’s list local bill boards, etc I have the old Craftsman cast iron table saw that has been rebuilt and modified over the years it will match most high end saws for accuracy. I have gotten several tools for free and paid to much others this is over 50 years.

This is the kind of person that I’d love to work beside, for a couple of years.

Source for repurposed lumber: government ( city, county, state, and feds) are required to sell items no longer needed via some type of Surplus Store. I recently purchased 20 mdf (mdf is not my preference) 30" x 60" (used for industrial shelving) for $1 each. Surplus Stores are always a hit or miss event but usually worth the time.

Logs from tree service, they will deliver a big truck load... 20+ logs. They do not have to pay to dump and you will get a huge load.

Thanks for that. Sometimes I allow the frustration of where I thing my skill level should be negate the joy of the process. Ppl love my work but all I can see are my mistakes. I need to step back and give myself some credit for where I am today knowing I’ll be even better tomorrow. ✌🏽🙏🏽

Being humble is so important! You sir are an awesome man! ❤ thank you for being willing to teach us without arrogance! ❤

Couldn’t agree more!

thank you.

Great video brother.

Cleaning the wood before you run it through your tools is such a great tip! I would have never considered that. It makes so much sense though. The dirt is abrasive and hard on your tools. Awesome tip!

Saving money is always good! Let's go!

I've used a mix of woods since I started making things.

Maybe i would get if if you started by telling which piece is the mortise and which is the tenon?

Great vid - I was a bit on guard based on the title cuz I've seen some tool snob channels that really run down HF. But you seemed to give an honest assessment. Not all good, not all bad and you helped to give context around buying decisions. Well done.

Well said

Shoot do a real challenge use gum.

I did branch out last Christmas season from pine to making my eldest an oak box with purple heartwood splines and her initials burnt on top.

Love your videos. I don’t use hardwood for shop projects or if I’m painting the item. I happen to like pine so I use it most of the time. Btw, using the term “deepest, darkest part of Africa” is offensive to me as a black woman. I think you’re a really nice man, a great teacher, so I believe you wouldn’t be offensive purposely. You teach me about woodworking every day so let me teach you something today. I enjoy your videos and I look forward to each one. Thanks again. ✌🏽🙏🏽

It's a thing with fine furniture antique & modern the care taken & still . . referring to a modern piece that was valued at a million $ , yes it was a baroque monstrosity with every single feature of fine woodworking from veneers to exotic inlays & gilding & drawers & columns . . massive masterwork by Australia's finest woodworker & stored on the second floor of an art gallery , it was wrecked in a record flood & the fellows workshop wiped out in same flood . . point being I suppose , don't put all your eggs in same basket & be content with small projects

Back in the 70's when I was in high school woodshop, every girl I was 'sweet on' and had an interest in, got a foot stool custom made for them by me. My friends knew this and if they saw a real cutie walking across campus carrying a mahogany stool, they knew I was really interested, a pine stool, not so much. If there was great interest, they got a sheet metal custom made sugar scoop. Lol.... the heart wants what the heart wants.

Where did the word 'rabbet' come from? I was taught to call it a 'rebate'

Very helpful thanks, i'm making a fool of myself learning woodworking on my new channel. 3 weeks in and making stuff yaeee. ua-cam.com/video/qqaDW5mmEj4/v-deo.htmlsi=EefkVB9CIREQc9r6

Excellent video! Thanks to this, I will definitely be giving some serious thought to Harbor Freight tools in the near future. I'm about to close on my first house, and it needs quite a bit of work, so I'll be needing some new tools. I've been there in the past for some small things (hardware, socket sets, etc.) and I noticed that all of the products were in-house brands, but I never thought too hard about what that meant for their business model. Makes sense that there's some savings there to be passed on to the consumer.

I'm not even a woodworker, but this is so encouraging

I'm commenting just so the algorithm shows it to more people, hope UA-cam makes ya big bucks brother

I bought a Ryobi drill/driver over ten years ago, it's given me reliable DIY service and one of the two batteries has just failed. Replacing the battery costs half as much as a new 18V ONE+ drill driver and charger so when the other battery fails, or I get tired of waiting for it to charge, I'll buy the new Ryobi without question. On the other hand I bought a circular saw about the same time that never cut straight because it's blade bearing was loose on day one.

Good tips, thanks

Success is a poor teacher and you're not learning much if you don't make a mistake every once in awhile.

I’m a construction project manager, the first piece of advice I give project engineers and assistant project managers is to really learn something is to royally mess it up, but to take ownership in the mistake and the corrective action to make it right.

best advice for a wood worker thank you.

Finally! I've been trying to convince my coworkers to use push blocks instead of push sticks.

True! :)

It's not the baking soda, but the moist that sets the glue.

Hello, I really like your videos, do you have one on band saws? If not I would really like to hear your take on it, I am interested in starting a woodworking hobby/side hustle, and I would like to know how to cut large thin wood for small projects

I’m a very very very good woodworker, I’ll teach you every mistake I’ve made, twice.

sawstop it buys itself and may save you money when we have the first accident the sawstop saves the trip to the ER visit

You cannot get the best of all tools sticking to one brand only. Example I own almost every major tool brand and I wouldn’t say I’d pick one for all tools. Hikoki/metabo HPT is my biggest collection of tools. they are great especially the 36v gear and their nailers are amazing. Bosch 3x360 laser kills all other lasers in its class with the rm3 base. Milwaukee tyre inflatior and stapler are small yet powerful AEG makes some pretty good stuff, little hit and miss of a brand Makita XGT line up is good, LXT not so much. Festool kapex 120EB is hands down best saw I’ve owned. Have a Bosch cordless for smaller works it’s decent not a kapex but still good for general works. Dewalt, framing square is all I own 😅 Paslode, hard pass on those misfires, metabo HPT/Hikoki any day

Dewalt DW745: Best fence ever.

I won't buy hand tools from them again. Back in 1980, I bought some wrenches from Harbor Freight. After busting my knuckles a few times on failing wrenches, I threw the rest away and never looked back.

I tried to get a price match at the loal HD 4 years ago, the lady manager refused saying that they cannot match Amazon's online price! So I ordered it from Amazon.

If you can make it yourself, do you really need to make it since you already know how to make a rounded corner since you made it for a jig?

And don't care.

First thing we got taught was how to make a push stick out if wood in shop class!

just saw it halfway through

I had to remove the Gard's that came with a table saw I bought as a rip small widths and the guards got in the way and the blade nicked the edge of the plastic one that came with the saw the wooden one as safer all the time

I've always wondered why some of my dads old tools smell kinda weird