By Joshua Farnsworth
Step number 4 gets into actually using your new or old traditional woodworking hand tools to create something! But just like a bike a car, or a sword, these tools will work properly and get you where you want to go (e.g. building something beautiful) if you learn how to wield them properly. So check out these videos, and come back for more…I’ll be adding more and more videos over time; beginning with the fundamental tools and moving onto the specialty tools.
4.1 How to Use Hand Planes
VIDEO: This is a decent video about handplane types and techniques:
4.2 How to Use Hand Saws
VIDEO: Chris Schwarz, editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, joins Roy Underhill on The Woodwright’s Shop to explore the three classes of English sawcuts:
4.3 How to Use Bench Chisels
VIDEO: A Lie-Nielsen Toolworks instructional video about how to use bench chisels:
4.4 How to Use Mortise Chisels
VIDEO: A Lie-Nielsen Toolworks instructional video about how to use mortise chisels:
Videos Tutorials that are Coming Soon:
- How to use a rip panel saw
- How to use a cross cut panel saw
- How to use a dovetail saw
- How to use a carcass saw
- How to use a tenon saw
- How to use a coping saw
- How to use a marking gauge
- How to use a mortise gauge
- How to use a square
- How to use a divider / compass
- How to use a marking knife
- How to use a miter box & saw
- How to use a bow saw
- How to use wood mallets
- How to use a tongue & groove plane
- How to use a combination plane
- How to use a molding plane
- How to use a router plane
- How to use a scrub plane
- How to use a block plane
- How to use a low angle jack plane
- How to use a sholder plane
- How to use a paring chisel
- How to use a spoke shave
- How to use a bench hook
- How to use a shooting board
- How to use a cabinet scraper
- How to use a brace
- How to use an egg beater drill
- How to use a jointer plane fence
- How to use a bevel guage
- How to use tramel points
- How to use a panel gauge
- How to use a draw knife
- How to use a froe
- How to use a carpenter’s axe
- How to use winding sticks
- How to use an auger
- How to use hollow & round planes
- How to use a hold fast
- How to use files & rasps
- How to use a hollow grinder
- How to use a sharpening jig
- How to use a diamond lapping plate
Shortcut to 10 steps:
- Step 1: Buy the Right Woodworking Hand Tools
- Step 2: Setup Your Workshop & Tool Storage
- Step 3: Learn how to Tune, Refurbish, & Sharpen Tools
- Step 4: Learn how to Use Woodworking Hand Tools
- Step 5: Learn how to Design Woodworking Projects
- Step 6: Learn how to Choose Stable, Strong, & Beautiful Wood
- Step 7: Learn how to Square & Flatten Rough Boards
- Step 8: Joinery: Learn how to Layout & Cut Joints
- Step 9: Learn how to Assemble, Fasten, & Glue-up
- Step 10: Learn how to Traditionally Finish the Wood
