Fair warning -- When Tavis and I made this video, our tongues were stuck so firmly in our cheeks we could barely breathe. Please don't take this too seriously. The Great Coke/Ketchup Controversy is just a playful way of informing you that some condiments and soft drinks can be useful when restoring and maintaining tools. Seriously! 

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Workshop Condiments: The Great Coke/Ketchup Controversy

<Untitled Chapter 1>

Scored Story Stick

Make a Scored Story Stick Joint

Parallax

Inscribed Measurement Lines

Transfer the Measurements

Need to make repetitive measurements? A story stick is the way to go. Need those measurements to match precisely? With a "scored" stick, you can transfer each set of measurements easily and accurately. Nick shows how to break the pencil habit and use a knife to "feel" each measurement as you transfers it from a ruler to a stick, then from the stick to your work.

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Scored Story Stick -- Dead On Accurate

Intro

The Grid

The Carrier

Loading Arms

The Saw Guide

Handling and cutting a full sheet of plywood -- or any sheet material -- can be a challenge in a one-person shop. To make your woodworking life a little easier, Nick has developed four simple fixtures and combined them in a ingenious system for managing sheet materials. Used together, these shop-built tools allow you to move, position, and make amazingly accurate cuts in plywood, particleboard, and other sheet goods.

And because we know you will be asking, Nick's co-star in this video is Bella, our shop-dog-in-training. She's a one-year-old short-haired "red" border collie/kelpie cross, and a handful.

Plans for these incredibly useful jigs and fixtures, including measurements in both inches and millimeters,  can be found at the Workshop Companion General Store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/handling-and-cutting-plywood-plan .

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0:00 Intro
2:48 The Grid
4:06 The Carrier
5:23 Loading Arms
7:00 The Saw Guide

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Cutting & Handling Plywood in a One-Person Shop

Corner Squares

Clamps

Corner Cabinets

Crossways

Shelving

Thinking of making some built-in cabinets? Nick has six quick hacks to help with your cabinetmaking -- ingenious jigs and tips  that save time, reduce the workload, and keep you assemblies square, true and precise.

Plans for the jigs that Nick shows, including measurements in both inches and millimeters,  can be found at the Workshop Companion General Store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/ . Specifically:
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Six Ingenious Cabinetmaking Tips & Jigs

Double Knots

Intertwined knots

Stepped Knots

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Great DIY woodworking gift for Easter. 

The "Celtic knot” was a favorite design of the ancient Celts who once dominated the British Isles, so-called because it appears to be formed by interwoven loops of rope. In woodworking, craftsmen create Celtic knots by gluing up intersecting layers of wood, and then turning the stock on a lathe so the layers appear to form intertwined loops. This decorative technique can be used to enhance any turned item, and Nick shows you how to use it to create elegant decorative wooden eggs. Better yet, he shows how to expand this process to create an infinite variety of designs.

DETAILED PLANS AND INSTRUCTIONS for creating the eggs, measured drawings for the jig Nick uses to make the turning stock, and FULL-SIZE templates for the eggs and their display stand (all with measurements in BOTH INCHES AND MILLIMETERS) are available at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/turing-celtic-eggs .

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Turning Celtic Easter Eggs

How a Plane Works

Flattening the Sole

Flatten the Frog

Sharpen the Plane Iron

Adjust the Mouth Opening

Possibly the most satisfying – and certainly the most iconic – activities in all of woodworking is planning with a bench plane. Effortlessly cutting a paper-thin shaving from a wood surface makes you feel that you have arrived as a craftsman. But getting a plane in condition to make those effortless cuts requires careful, painstaking flattening, sharpening, and adjusting. This is what is called “tuning” a plane. Nick takes a deep dive into this essential procedure, not just showing you how to do it, but also explaining the why’s and wherefore’s.

01:23  Parts of a Bench Plane
03:41  How a Plane Works
05:25  Flatten the Sole
08:16  Flatten the Frog
09:33  Sharpen the Plane Iron
14:48  Fit the Chipbreaker to the Plane Iron
16:00  Adjust the Mouth Opening
17:45  Set the Depth of Cut and Lateral Position of the Iron
21:08  Wax and Buff

If you’d like to make the sharpening jig that Nick uses at 11:09, the plans are in his book, “Sharpening.” pages 28 and 29. You can purchase this book from the Workshop Companion store at: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/sharpening . And if you'd like to know more about hand planes, consider his book, "Using Hand Tools" at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/using-hand-tools .

And if you have an old Stanley bench plane, similar to what is shown in this video, and you’d like to know when it was made and something about Stanley’s history, we recommend the Hyperkitten web site: https://hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/

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Fine Tuning a Bench Plane

Why Apply a Finish?

Coating Chemistry

Coating Processes & Applications

Spray-on Coating Application

Brush-on Coating Application

Wipe-on Coating Application

Surveying the Available Finishes

Tested Finishes

Finish on Glass Test Discussion

Food Safe Finish Discussion

Testing the Finishes (Method discussion)

Hope's Tung Oil Results

Tried & True Original Linseed Results

Minwax Tung Oil Finish Results

General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish Results

Minwax Antique Oil Finish Results

Minwax Wipe on Poly Results

General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Gloss Results

Baloney-IMHO disclaimer!

Rudy's Original Wipe-On Finish Formula

Experienced craftsmen and women all have a "go-to" finish -- a versatile wood finish that takes minimal time and effort to apply. They use this for most projects, simplifying their finishing needs. These needs vary, so Nick shows how to find your personal go-to finish from the hundreds of choices that are available to you. He starts with some basic "coating chemistry" to reduce confusion and help you make an informed choice. Then he walks you though a simple  experiment designed to compare the characteristics of popular commercial finishes. 

0:00 Intro
1:58 Why Apply a Finish?
4:11 Coating Chemistry
5:32 Coating Processes & Applications
8:52 Spray-on Coating Application
9:35 Brush-on Coating Application
10:00 Wipe-on Coating Application
11:24 Surveying the Available Finishes
13:00 Tested Finishes
14:44 Finish on Glass Test Discussion
15:14 Food Safe Finish Discussion
16:47 Testing the Finishes (Method discussion) 
21:08 Hope's Tung Oil Results
21:33 Tried & True Original Linseed Results
22:12 Minwax Tung Oil Finish Results
22:50 General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish Results
23:20 Minwax Antique Oil Finish Results
23:43 Minwax Wipe on Poly Results
24:17 General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Gloss Results
24:46 Baloney-IMHO disclaimer!
25:20 Rudy's Original Wipe-On Finish Formula

Nick has gathered high-resolution photos of the test boards and plastic plates he used to compare seven finishes in article titled, "Comparing Wipe-On Finishes." This is available for FREE from the Workshop Companion General Store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/comparing-wipe-on-finishes .

He has also updated a section from his finishing book on reading wood finish labels and Safety Data Sheets titled "Labels and Data Sheets: Incomplete Information." This too is available for FREE at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/labels-and-data-sheets-incomplete-information .

And if you'd just like to have the book that Nick wrote on "Finishing," -- which includes all this information and  a great deal more -- that too is available at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/finishing .

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Finding the Perfect Finish

Introduction

History

Alignment

Measuring Alignment

Adjustments

Blade Runout

Fence and Gauge

Blade Insert Level

For a table saw to make precise cuts, it must be precisely aligned and adjusted. The core reference for this critical calibration is the axis of rotation, an imaginary line around which the saw blade spins. Nick shows how to define this axis, and then uses it to align and adjust the saw table, fence, miter gauge, and other important parts of the saw.

To learn more about using and maintaining a table saw, pick up a copy of Nick's book, "Using the Table Saw," from our store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/using-the-table-saw .

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Crucial Table Saw Alignments and Adjustments

Types

Base

Guide

Fence

Adjustable Fence

Adjustable Stop

Sled Guard

A saw sled carries your work past the table saw blade, boosting accuracy by eliminating the friction that plagues an ordinary miter gauge. Nick shows how to get even more precision; how you can easily adjust a cut to with a few thousands of an inch or hundredths of a millimeter. And in addition to being more accurate, sleds are also more versatile. Nick discusses the types of sleds you might build and shows the features you might pack into it -- fixed and adjustable fences, stops, guards, auxiliary surfaces, even a convenient storage cart. 

Detailed plans for the saw sleds and features that Nick shows, are available at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/precision-saw-sled-plans .

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Precision Saw Sled

Procure a Plane Iron

Grind the Bevel

Grinding Tool Steel

Handle

Cut the Rough Shape of the Handle

Metal Shims To Set the Depth of Cut

A small router plane is one of the handiest hand planes you can have in your tool box. With this tool, you can reach down into dado, groove, or mortise and shave the bottom to fine tune the joinery. It’s also useful for making inlays, setting hinges, and installing other hardware. Nick shows how to make a handsome, capable router plane from a scrap of wood, a piece of plastic, and an Allen wrench!

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Making A Router Plane

Cut contrasting strips of wood.

Glue strips together to make a board.

Cut two triangles from the board.

Glue hypotenuses of triangles together.

Mark location of holes for plastic rods.

Cut, file, and rout rods flush with wood surface.

Attach pattern to wood surface, lining it up with rods.

Sand to remove saw marks and "whiskers."

Candle

LED strip lights

Folks -- Here's a video Christmas card from Travis and me. We very much appreciate the stories, tips, kind words, and support you have shared with us -- you've helped make our efforts a successful, exciting, and wonderfully satisfying. Here's hoping the New Year is just as good for you. The plans and patterns for these trees are available from our store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/nesting-christmas-tree-plan

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Nesting Christmas Trees -- A Holiday Project

A brief, wordless woodworking adventure in which author/craftsman Nick Engler takes a few scrap boards and turns them into stunning bowls. If you like what you see -- and would like to try it yourself -- watch our expanded how-to video in which Nick carefully explains this process step by step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSuRwdlMagk . The plans for the jigs and fixtures that Nick uses in this video, plus an in-depth explanation of the technique, is available from our store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/bowls-from-boards-project-plan .

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Bowls From Boards - A Quick Look

A Herringbone Cutting Board

Formulas

Rearrange the Wood Grain

Trim the Wedges to Exactly the Same Length

Arrange the Pivots for each of the Rings

Pivot Hole

Mounting Block

A simple technique opens up a world of possibilities for creating figured and patterned bowls. Nick demonstrates a simple jig that slices a board into rings, then glues those rings together to make turning stock for a bowl. This not only saves time and wood,  it allows you to create remarkable, eye-catching lathe turnings from scraps.

The plans for the jigs and fixtures used in this video are available from
our store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/bowls-from-boards-project-plan .This project plan also includes and in-depth explanation of the band saw and turning techniques, as well as the figuring necessary to determine the correct dimensions and angles for the rings, PLUS plans for the assembly table (shown in the video) and a virtual calculator that will do all the figuring for you! The plans for the bowls and the assembly table are in PDF format, while the virtual calculator is an XLS file that will run on most spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel.

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Bowls From Boards -- Simple technique, spectacular turnings

Grain Direction

Wood Movement

Wood Strength

If you are a novice woodworker, this is stuff you absolutely need to know before you cut another board. If you’re a master craftsman, you know it well enough to understand that a quick review never hurts. And if you’re somewhere in between, this may fill in some important gaps. What I present here is the very foundation of wood technology; the way wood works as a construction material and the basic concepts you must keep in mind to get it to work for you.

Novice or master, please understand that these are the just the basics. Wood is an incredibly complex material, more than I could explain in a zillion videos. Additionally, there are hundreds of wood species each with different botanical, physical, and mechanical properties. If you would like to explore wood’s characteristics in depth, or just look up the properties of a single species, there is an amazing book that you should have. “The Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material” is published by the United States Forest Products Laboratory as a FREE service for those of us who rely upon wood and wood products for our livelihood and well-being. You can download a PDF copy free from our store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/wood-handbook or you can get it straight from the USFPS web site at https://www.fpl.fs.usda.gov/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr190.pdf. If you prefer a condensed version aimed at craftsmen and woodworkers – and if  you’d like to support this channel – consider my book “Wood and Woodworking Materials” available here: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/wood-and-woodworking-materials .

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The Way Wood Works -- What Every Woodworker Needs to Know About Wood.

Drill 1/4 (6 mm) hole through

Use 3/16 (4 mm) skip-tooth blade.

Different hand planes and depths of cut will produce different curl shapes.

Glue curls to sheep with thick gel cyanoacrylate glue - you need lots!

Workshop Companion

This project combines two things that are near and dear to every woodworker’s heart: (1) Using a hand plane, which once you get the knack is a metaphysical experience. And (2) using every available scrap of wood no matter how small, which is of course our very reason for being. These sheep are covered with the scraps you make by planing your scraps! What could possibly be more soul-satisfying? 

It’s delightfully ingenious. Create a sheep shape from a block of wood, and then cover it with bench plane shavings to suggest wool. You get an ear-to-ear grin from everyone who sees it as they make the shavings-as-wool connection. Then you grin because they’re grinning. Like I said, what could be more soul-satisfying?

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Sheep from Shavings – Taking Scrapwood Projects to a New Level.

Cut a Flat Surface on One Side of the Log

Winding Sticks

How Much Wood Do You Need To Remove

Brief Review

Squaring Three Sides of the Log

If your band saw is big enough to do resawing, it's big enough to do sawyering -- you can turn tree limbs and small logs into usable lumber. Nick shows how you can cut a log that's larger than the your band saw's capacity into wide, flat boards. And just as important, he explains how to assemble a small stack of lumber and wire it together so the lumber will air-dry evenly and all the boards will turn out straight and true. Amazingly, this doesn't require complex jigs to turn your band saw into a saw mill -- just a scrap of plywood!

UPDATE! A year (or more) has passed and the wood is dry and stable. To discover what Nick does with it, see the sequel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2sbDJqxOo .

If you'd like to know more about sawyering and drying your own lumber, you might like to read Nick's book, "Wood and Woodworking Materials."  It's available from our store at: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/wood-and-woodworking-materials .

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Band Saw Lumber-- Sawing Firewood into Usable Boards.

Bandsaw Blades

Patterns

Shapes

Tapers

Cabriole Leg

1:54 Bandsaw Blades
4:54 Patterns
9:06 Shapes
11:46 Tapers
14:19 Cabriole Leg

There was an abundance of questions and suggestions concerning our first "Bandsaw Magic" video, so in Part 2 we have answered those questions, reviewed the suggestions, and pushed this magic to a new level. Nick shows new mixed-wood pattern that yield spectacular results, reveals what happens when you cut two markedly different curves in adjoining sides, and explains how to modify the bandsaw magic technique to create tapered shapes. He then uses this modified magic to create a true cabriole leg -- with tapers in two directions! He also answers your most pressing question, "Which band saw  blade works best?"

Nick's "Chart of Common Band Saw Blades" and their uses is available for FREE at the Workshop Companion Store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/chart-of-common-band-saw-blades . It covers blades of both metric and English-sizes. If you'd like to buy his book, "Using the Band Saw," find it here: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/using-the-band-saw .

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Bandsaw Magic Part 2

Setting up the machine

Mounting a blade

Touching up saw teeth

The results

2:24 Setting up the machine
5:48 Mounting a blade
10:36 Touching up saw teeth
12:42 The results
            
 Nick reviews an inexpensive "circular saw blade sharpener" from Harbor Freight/Central Machinery'. While this little machine is no where near sturdy enough to do precision sharpening or restore the symmetry of your blades, it does a decent job of "touching up" -- that is, lightly sharpening the teeth and restoring their keen edges. This will not eliminate to need to have your blades professionally ground from time to time, but it will greatly extend the time between these expensive sessions.

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Touching Up Saw Blades - Harbor Freight Saw Blade Sharpener

TAPE THE PARTS BACK TOGETHER...

GLUE THE LEG PIECES TOGETHER.

DRILL HOLES THROUGH TONGUES AND GROOVES FOR DOWELS.

CUT ARCHES IN APRONS

MITER AND GLUE APRON PARTS TOGETHER.

Exploring an old, obscure band saw technique, Nick discovers some new magic. The undulating legs on these "melting shelves" were each made with just two band saw cuts, then joined to the shelves and apron with some remarkably ordinary table saw work. Although the results are spectacular, the methods used to make this unique piece involve nothing more than sawing some curves and making a few crosscuts. As magic goes, this particular bit of woodworking prestidigitation is remarkably simple and straightforward to conjure.

And if you'd like to try this bit of bandsaw magic yourself, Nick has collected all the necessary spells in a project plan available at our store: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/melting-display-shelves-plans . You can also read about this band saw technique and many, many others in his book, "Using the Band Saw," available at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/using-the-band-saw .

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Bandsaw Magic - Melting Shelves

Have you ever wondered how to preserve the bark on live-edge stock? Normally, bark dries  and shrinks faster than the wood to which it's attached. This stresses the bond between the two and the bark sloughs off. But as this video begins, Nick has been soaking a slice of a walnut log in polyethylene glycol -- PEG -- for four months. The PEG has stabilized both the wood and the bark; neither has shrunk; so the bond between them remains strong. He turns a bowl the same diameter as the log, leaving a ring of bark all around the circumference. Not only does the bark remain attached, it is hard enough to be turned just like the wood.

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Para nuestros espectadores que no hablan inglés: los subtítulos se pueden configurar en cualquier idioma. Haga clic en "CC" (Subtítulos) en la parte inferior de la pantalla para activarlos. Haga clic en el engranaje (Configuración) y aparecerá un menú. Haga clic en "Subtítulos/CC" y aparecerá otro menú. Haga clic en "Traducir automáticamente" y aparecerá un menú de idiomas. Haga clic en el idioma que desea para los subtítulos y volverá al video; los subtítulos aparecerán en el idioma que haya elegido. Si estos subtítulos cubren parte de la acción, coloque el cursor sobre los subtítulos, presione y mantenga presionado el botón izquierdo del mouse, luego arrastre los subtítulos a donde quiera que estén en su pantalla. Suelte los botones del mouse y permanecerán allí.
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Turning a Live Edge Bowl

Lamp Base

Table Legs

Shelves

2:20 Lamp Base
4:00 Patterns
7:10 Table Legs
10:58 Shelves

Nick explores an obscure compound cutting technique from our short, "Bandsaw Magic." And it is indeed a magical way to create elegantly curved surfaces and three-dimensional shapes with just two cuts on a band saw. Nick experiments with some practical uses for these shapes and in the process, discovers a simple way to add joinery to these magical shapes so you can incorporate them in larger assemblies.

The plans for the "Melting Display Shelves" that Nick creates in this video are available from our store at https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/melting-display-shelves-plans . They include FULL-SIZE patterns for the legs, plus two bonus patterns for the Cabriole and Cyma legs that Nick makes for the experimental table in the video. While you're there, check out Nick's book, "Using the Bandsaw." It explains the bandsaw magic technique and a good many more: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/using-the-band-saw.

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Bandsaw Magic - Making a little known trick a little more known

Jointer and Planer

Sawing and Routing Tools

Push Sticks

Stop Blocks

Jim is a consummate craftsman. And by that I mean not only is he exceptional; everything he builds is exceptional. He doesn’t have a woodworking specialty; woodworking IS his specialty. That’s why I was extremely fortunate when he applied to run the workshop at Hands On! magazine, where I was editor. His craftsmanship made that publication sing and dance. The same is true of the books I wrote and produced. I had a team of uniquely talented people, Jim foremost among them. His consummate craftsmanship is one of the reasons we sold millions upon millions of books.

I asked Jim to take us on a tour of his shop because I think he has something vital to say to woodworkers just starting out as well as those who want to advance in this craft. As you're about to find out, you don’t need a big shop. You don’t need a lot of tools. What you need is well thought-out, meticulously organized passion. And if you wonder what I mean by that, you are going to have to watch the shop tour.

PS -- If you'd like to get in touch with Jim directly, or you'd like to commission JM WoodWorks, email me at workshopcompanion@gmail.com and I'll pass your request on to Jim.

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For our non-English-speaking viewers: Closed captions can be set to any language. Click on “CC” (Closed Captions) at the bottom of the screen to turn them on. Click on the gear (Settings) and a menu appears. Click on “Subtitles/CC” and another menu will appear. Click on “Auto Translate” and a menu of languages will appear. Click on the language you want for the closed captions and you will be returned to the video -- closed captions will appear in the language you have chosen. If these captions cover up some of the action, place the cursor over the captions, press and hold the left mouse button, then drag the captions to where you want them on your screen. Release the mouse buttons and they’ll stay there.

Para nuestros espectadores que no hablan inglés: los subtítulos se pueden configurar en cualquier idioma. Haga clic en "CC" (Subtítulos) en la parte inferior de la pantalla para activarlos. Haga clic en el engranaje (Configuración) y aparecerá un menú. Haga clic en "Subtítulos/CC" y aparecerá otro menú. Haga clic en "Traducir automáticamente" y aparecerá un menú de idiomas. Haga clic en el idioma que desea para los subtítulos y volverá al video; los subtítulos aparecerán en el idioma que haya elegido. Si estos subtítulos cubren parte de la acción, coloque el cursor sobre los subtítulos, presione y mantenga presionado el botón izquierdo del mouse, luego arrastre los subtítulos a donde quiera que estén en su pantalla. Suelte los botones del mouse y permanecerán allí.
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Shop Tour - Jim McCann