William C Allen Woodworking

When you have a very long board, and a normal bench plane . . . Don't press down, just let the weight of your hands and plane do the work simply guide the plane along the board while you walk with the plane You can find me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3952058&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link

Learning to make precision cuts is an essential skill. A few tips to help you along your way. Hit the like, and subscribe! Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=3952058 Buy Me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/allenwcL

Making the most accurate cut you can How to? Watch this! Smash that like comment, ask questions, make suggestions.

Filmed on Nikon Z6 This last summer was brutal. We had no rain at all between early May and September. This is my small pond. It has never dried out completely in 30 years. #nature #nikonz6

Here we have a race between a Japanese Dozuki and a Veritas Gent saw. Same length of blade Same Teeth Per Inch very different tooth patterns.

A quick, real time, demo of cleaning and re-keening the edge. less than a minute.

Making these wooden needles for an ancient art called needle binding. The technique is ancient, originating apparently in the Nordic countries. The name is Norse. I lost some footage, so we don't have making the blanks, but we do have taking the blank on to finished needle. Filmed on my old Nikon D7100, because both my GoPros died and won't come back on (hopefully I can revive them, grr) There is a little demo of using the new needle at the end.

No commentary on this one. Just watch the process. This is the first time I made a comb, learning experience. I've included pretty much all the footage I have so you can see every aspect. I'm still learning how to film and build at the same time and get it right. (Haven't mastered that yet) There will be another one with commentary when I film the SECOND comb. Having learned a ton about filming on this one, the next one should be more illuminating Let me know in the comments what you think, and any advice on filming would be appreciated.

Chisels having the entire back flat does have advantages. It may take a bit of work, but it is one and dine. #diy, #woodworking, #viceless

When using a palne, learning to set your thickness of cut can save time and greatly improve accuracy and cleanliness. Thick cuts to quickly remove material thin cuts to finish the surface extremely thin cuts to polish the surface. Smash that like button! check out the semi supervillans, great blues based original music https://youtube.com/@TSSVillains?si=rCjdT564IhmYK3dU #diy #woodworking #handtools #planes

Probably the simplest way to clean your pavers. Works equally well on moss and weeds, even grass. Just a simple flat face shovel.

Using a Veritas Box Makers plough Plane to make the back groove.

A followup to my previous review of the Veritas Box Plane. Covering, I hope, all the questions asked about the previous review. This should be very thorough. I hope.

So, we had this patio built from pavers just 10 years ago. Now it is all a bit wavy, but here by the stairs, a positive sink hole! Let's fix that . . . first time doing this sort of thing, let's see how it goes . . .

this compost was put down in October from the garden remains. 6 months ago. The key is to add a couple of big handfuls of charcoal. Jostaberries are a triple hybrid of gooseberries and currants. Thanks for watching, hit that like button! and if want to see more stuff from, help a guy out and buymeacoffee.com/allenwcL

The woodworking aspect of gardening. Reversing entropy. ;) The hanger for the gong rotted away very quickly. So . . . we make a new one if you like, please consider buying me a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/allenwcL

The most important lesson in woodworking, Let The Tool Do The Work makes everything in woodworking so much easier. Yes, it is also perhaps the most difficult to achieve good luck

Here we have a discussion about marking and measuring for those beginning woodworkers. Understanding how marking tools work and how develop a marking system that promotes usable precision and consistency is key to progressing in woodworking.

short over view of the Veritas Chisel plane from Lee Valley and a discussion of its potential.