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- Flattening by hand can be intimidating, unless you have a process.
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0:00 Intro
1:14 Before we start
2:04 Getting Started
5:45 Checking Twist
10:03 Sound Check
12:43 Flat Edge
15:44 Cupped Side
20:43 Outro - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
One correction: to get the second edge parallel to the first, I would usually use a marking gauge or panel gauge. I was really focusing on flattening here, so I left out this important step.
Just came here to write this :), thanks for the informative video.
Alos not that important but camera started losing focus in a few parts, than regained focus, I don't know why that happens. (ex: 20:05 - 20:15 looking at the endgrain of your widest benchtop piece helps to catch it)
Step 3b 😜
Thanks for the clarification, I responded to this effect before seeing this comment.
May I suggest a link to your video on how to make your own marking gauge edited into your comment here? @RexKrueger
Before I flatten a board with a plane, I moisten the convex side, apply heat or clamp flat and put out in the sun. Gets most of the warp out. Once dry, the planning step is a lot shorter. Got the idea from: 1-wooden boat builders (steam heat) 2-native American arrow makers (hold over open flame then bend over knee). 3-Japanese cabinet makers. In other words, the heat and moisture method has been used for 1,000's of years. It took several attempts to figure it out. Now when I take boards home, I stick and clamp flat and let sit for a week. This has reduced the "flattening stage" to a minimum.
This comment adds such important context. How you deal with the wood BEFORE flattening will be more productive than any other single thing you do to prep wood. You can mitigate how much the wood warps as it acclimates. Warping is a result of the process, it is NOT an inherent property, so you CAN minimize it. The best flattening technique there is, is not having to do it in the first place (obviously you’ll always have to do some, but you get the idea).
Also, I wouldn’t trust free hand planing to provide a “perfectly perpendicular edge”. Firstly, ‘perfect’ is something to aspire to, not something that is achieved. Secondly, I would however trust a shooting board to provide a sufficiently square edge. I grant that these videos may be targeted towards less experienced woodworkers that don’t have one, but they are the ones that would need it the most. I speak from long painful experience, getting a free hand planed edge good enough is an exercise in frustration, even for some more experienced woodworkers! Rob Cosman has an amazing video on building and using your very own shooting board (of course he does), so it’s not out of anyone’s reach. Regardless, another excellent video!
If not quite perfect…. 😂
Sounds like a great idea for a video!
Yes, this! Also, wagon makers use the same wet and bend method for wagon covering bows - same method they've done for centuries.
Did you mean the concave side (cupped side)?
Johnnyvsx. I was thinking the same.
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It's really striking how skilled Rex is at the art of teaching itself 🌷
He was a college English instructor. I guess that helped
Came here to say this
I agree. I like to see the progress he has made. His inflection has gotten gentler on the senses but still manages to convey his ideas in an easy to understand format.
Loved the “thud versus clack” tip. I haven’t seen that ANYWHERE else - and I watch a LOT of hand tool woodworking content !
„Get the basics right and the rest will follow“ British football coach Fred Pentland, whose first unit at his new club Athletic Bilbao in the mid 1920s was „How to tie your football boot laces.“
I don't keep up with football but I love this anecdote.
I think I’ve watched all of your videos, and this is far and away your best one yet. This style of old school, direct, basics teaching is amazing content. Keep it coming!
Loved the dropping the board trick, never seen it before.
WHUB!
Love the content & these fundamentals tutorials are EXACTLY what new wood workers need. Thank you again for making it real for us Rex.
I use the whub test. It’s one of my favorites (thank you for giving it a name). I absolutely love taking two boards that have been planed flat and could sit there and whub them together for hours because it is just so darn satisfying. I also will take a straight edge and just spin it over the face to see if it catches any high spots.
" the whub test" ... I whub it!
"and whub them together for hours" hahahahahaha (yes)
I sensed some clack in the thud of the second face. I could feel it in your stance. You would have liked to make it flatter, am I right?
Holy crap Rex! This is you at your very best. Really bringing that education background into the forefront.
This video is brilliant. The whub whub vs the clack clack was a revelation to me.
You're a good teacher Rex, i've seen others do similar videos, but this is clear and well paced with no waffle and you haven't used it as an opportunity to show off and do it super fast or whatever. I knew how to do this, but i enjoyed watching and you reminded me of a few things i had forgotten about, understanding why something needs to be done a certain way is often key to remembering it long term, and thats something a lot of instructional videos leave out or gloss over - "why".
I really love these back to basics videos.
First video I’ve watched of yours and even though I was thinking “oh man just get a jointer and planer, that’s what I want to do soon” I soon realised that I wish I had your craftsmanship and totally respect your skills. You’ve earned my sub
Thanks for this Rex, it really felt like you were sharing what you'd learned, and you can see it in the confidence and quality of your work, it's reassuring to know we can all improve if we put in the miles ! Thorough in your content and clear in your narrative too - good stuff !
I had no idea I was waiting for this video. This is the kind of instruction I haven't found anywhere else. What an invaluable lesson!
Now this is by far my favorite vid you've ever done🤘
Please do more of these in depth "how to" vids
You make the process enjoyable as apposed to time consuming and annoying lol
Rex your really doing it buddy! Been following your videos for 2 years amd bought your book, awesome back to basics read , keep doing what your doing I love it !!!
Hey Rex, This was a great video! Your preparation for delivering a clear and concise lesson on a sometimes frustrating but important task is apparent.
I love the simple detailed explanation, you have a great way of explaining things to me. Awesome stuff!
I really appreciate the style of this video. Love the detailed explanation of the process and indicators along the way!
I really loved this video. I enjoy your regular style too but something about this video and the intentional pace made me so much more confident. I've played around with my planes but this gives me more of a "I'm practicing this skill" feeling. Thanks for the quality content!
This is the exact tutorial I’ve been looking for. Thank you Rex.
Excellent video, thanks for your work.
Rex this is one of the best videos I have seen on this subject. Your work keeps getting better and better. Keep it up I've learned so much from you!
One of the best woodworking videos I have seen this year so far. Thanks and regards!
Thank you so much, Rex, especially for the step by step explanation of your thinking while planing. As a beginner without anyone experienced around to train me this is so valuable!
Well taught, Rex. Thank you.
OMG this was the most fantastic lesson, I can’t thank you enough Rex. Thump thump way to go !
Great breakdown of the process!
Thank you Rex for the great tutorial with excellent detail. I always appreciate your videos.
Excellent! One of your most informative videos. Thank you!
Rex - great lesson. I really enjoyed watching it. I love the drop test, never seen that before but it makes so much sense.
Thanks for the other recommendations at the end, I’ll make sure to follow them up.
Please keep up these type of videos.
Ken, Southport UK
Thanks! Your presentations never disappoint.
I definitely like this style of video much more than yesterday. Thanks Rex
Fantastic job, as always. Thank you
Great video Rex! Nice tutorial for flattening boards. This will be very helpful for improving my hand plane skills.
Outstanding video. Been woodworking for a while and I learned a few new tips. Many thanks!
Thank you Patreons!
That “whub” sound is my favorite sound in the world. :)
Your attention to detail is spectacular. Truing up a board is the friends we made along the way.
Great video Rex, perfectly explained
Great video! Thank you for the acoustic improvements to your shop, they make a noticeable difference!
I’m so happy to see a video on flattening boards right before I do my biggest project where I need to flatten boards with hand tools. Unfortunately I only have a no.4 smoothing plane, but I’m sure it will work out 😅 thanks for the great content! I’ve made your mallet and short workbench and really enjoy them 🙏
Just getting started (actually, restarting- false start back in 1983) with hand tool woodworking. Your videos have been an immense help. Thank you! 👍🏻
Perfect. The easiest to understand explanation. Thanks Rex!
Fantastic video, I learned so much from it, and I'm looking forward to apply these techniques next time, when I'm using my handplanes!
Keep up the great work!
Cheers.
Excellent vid Rex!!! Your explanation and presentation was sublime!!! thanks man ~
This man can teach. What great help, Rex.
Excellent video Rex. You've outlined an intuitive, reproducible approach and provided an excellent demonstration - the proof is in the thud! Keep up the great work.
Great work! Thankyou!
Great tips! Definitely seems like a more repeatable method than what I have been doing. Thanks for putting the video together!
Awesome video and explanation Rex. Thank you. Greetings from Germany
Thanks for taking us through the process, step by step, with great clarity. I did wonder about that second edge, though. Thanks for the correction. I will definitely be putting my fore (scrub) plane to more frequent use.
Love the sound test! First time i've heard about it, and had to immediately try it for myself. Great video Rex!
It seems that wherever I start watching anything to do with hand tools, I end up at a Rex video. Always informative, even when I think I know what I'm doing with my tools. Great job sir.
Rex. Thank you for this patient and masterful video. And giving credit to the woodworkers who inspired you is the right way to be. Good stuff.
Love your attitude
comprehensive and easy to understand!! thanks.
Great Video Rex Greatly explained
Excellent info, excellent explanation, excellent presentation!
Thanks, this has been really helpful.
Awesome tutorial
This was fantastic!
Another great video rex
very instructive. thank you so much
Just what I needed to see. Well done.
Rex, I have been doing woodwork for a few years now and I have followed this method. Even so I learned quite a few things today. Great video! Cheers!
Thank you, Rex! You explained it very easy to understand, but also very detailed. I learned a lot watching this Video. You make really great content. 👍
Greetings from Germany.
Rex, I really enjoyed this video. It was very instruction-focused, and super informative. I'm gonna have to dig into your videos to find that fore plane, too. That thing's a monster I'd love to use.
What a great video. Exactly what I needed to know!
Truly useful and well presented. I've been using hand tools for going on 60 years and never tire of a really good tutorial. Every new hand tool woodworker should watch this.
Great video. I learned alot. Thank You.
Holy Crap! Two videos in one week! Christmas has come REALLY early! Thanks for posting. I love your work.
I literally searched for this exact video from this channel only days before it came out...what awesome power has been bestowed to me???
Rex, I can only imagine the patience required to gain the skill and expertise you so easily demonstrate. Wow.
Well presented; I learned a lot. Thank you!
Thank you! I especially like the explanation of when to go for S4S and when you would stop after 1 side and 1 edge. I hadn't made that connection yet and have struggled with my current project, as a result.
Great video thanks!
I love how you slowed this down, great video
I’ve been woodworking for almost 15 years and never heard of the drop test. I use a jointer (sorry!), but I’ll definitely be using that test to make sure my boards are flat. Thanks, Rex!
A jointer? Well la de da. I just throw wood through my thickness planer. Good enough.
I like how you get into the details I haven't seen from some others. I have rarely seen anyone go into so much detail about how to plane the wood or how important it is for fine work to be done.
Fascinating to this novice! Thank you very much.
I love this video. Old school style, but really advances understanding and an approach that anyone can replicate with a bit of practice.
Great video rex, this is very helpful as I am planning to make boards from oak logs
This is great!
Very good information, and great work.
I really do respect the work of the other teachers, like Rob Cosman, Paul Sellers, that show their ways of dealing with the cup/twist deformations of the wood. But I have to tell you I like your method more. Thank you, Rex Krueger
This is the best video I've seen on the subject. Well done. I'm currently re-sawing some rough timbers, and prepping the boards - I know all this stuff, but I've been realizing that I need a repeatable process to keep myself on track and to complete this step more efficiently. There's nothing more frustrating than going too far with one step - like taking too much off the high corners, only to find that now the other two corners are too high. I need to be more aware of exactly what I need to take off, and to just take that off - sneaking up on it, and checking often.
Great stuff!
Cool new shop.
Outstanding post
This is a fantastic video, Rex. Míle buíochas!
Subscribed after about 6 minutes, fantastic video. I have watched a lot of videos about how to use a plane to flatten boards, and yours I actually understand because you included the plane technique. So many just assume you have used a plane before and just go into how to flatten a board but forget to tell you what to do with the plane while flattening.
there’s this one board of oak I’ve been having trouble flattening. Just what I needed
Very helpful!
This was amazing. Thanks.
Fantastic, you have a great teaching method, your articulated yourself very well and make what a]can be difficult to understand very easy 👍