How To Make a GottShall Block Hand Tool Learning Project
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The Gottshall Block is a simple block that was first created by Franklin Gottshall and popularized by Robert Lang. it is designed to teach layout methods and all the basic hand skills. You will find a one Page measured drawing of the block, and you can follow along.
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I have taught a similar class were we learned to cut a rabbet, dado, and mortise & tenon. There was no project - you made a model mortise and tenon joint in some poplar. The joints were picked because a mortise and tenon repeated four times makes a table. A few rabbets gives you a box. A dado or two gives you shelves or dividers for said box. All that to say it took about one hour per joint taught for people new to hand tool woodworking. I'd show some steps and then the students would that. Repeat until we made the joint. Maybe your pedagogical method will go faster or slower, but that is what I did and how long it took the class. This block is a great way to practice so many skills.
I'm going to build my workbench (from plans by Rex Kruger that my wife bought for me) next weekend and then I'm going to tackle this little gem. Thank you, James, for your teaching style.
I love the way you gave alternate ways to accomplish the same goal. Good to know that there are multiple ways to get to the same end.
I am so glad I saw this video I will be using this to better my skills.
A Gotcha block.
I might just have to do this to sharpen all those various skills. Thanks James!
Jim and Rex and Paul... With a like Stumpy for the power tools.
We're so lucky to have them.
Cool way to practice a bunch of different skills
Commenting on the video. Thanks for being so upbeat and enjoyable.
Nice video, James. I'm going to use this with my 7 y/o.
I’m in two minds about this: on the one hand, it’s a nifty exercise; on the other hand, I’ve got a gazillion projects lined up in my mind - this would be a distraction. However, I could see a tool cabinet with these things as drawer fronts, or an art installation with a crazy, obsessive number of them, 1000 perhaps.
I spent a week making one per day. My skills improved quickly.
Will be doing this project a couple of times for sure! Thank you!!
That is a great learning tool. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your kind efforts, really appreciate it
Awesome learning project
Allied Woodshop in Los Angeles teaches Gottshall blocks in their chisel skills class. It was a great way to learn where the holes were in my chisel skills.
I will be using this block to teach my kids. Thanks James
I've done similar projects with a whittling knife. It's a great way to learn to read grain in detail.
Thanks. I will be using this to tune up my handbook work.
Thanks for sharing this! Definitely going to be trying this this weekend. Or possibly sooner! Been wanting to do a "project" that builds skills without "wasting" wood when I inevitably mess up... I mean learn!
I will have to try this. Great way to practice different skills in a piece that can be full of mistakes with no consequences. Incidentally I do aircaft sheetmetal sometimes. I "practice" similar skills on serious actual equipment there!
Thanks, James!
thank you James
I haven’t ever seen this before but will absolutely try it. I’m sure that doing will improve my skills more than just watching. 😀
Awesome video. Love the content james
I’m definitely going to try to make this
Thanks, I’ll have to try this!
Great topic, I've made many of these blocks I would suggest making the block from a larger block to start. This will add more of the skills needed to make a six square board. I also pull most of my marking numbers from the dato end. That will teach you to add fractions.
I feel like this would be a great thing to do in the beginning of learning and down the road some as a method to show one's self how much they've grown in the art. Looking forward to giving it a go
I know a few people who do that and keep the original so they can see how they've changed over the years.
Pretty interesting project indeed, James! Thanks! 😃
I already downloaded the plans and I'm going to try it!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Great video, you teach the way I learn, if that makes sense. I appreciate the plans.
Great practice project. May not have a purpose but a dolphin has a porpoise (as a cousin)! LOL.
Have to try this
Great idea!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Great I'm going to have a go. Thanks
Good practice!
Watched. Enjoyed.🙂🙂
About once a year I make the block… always good practice
Love the t-shirt!
I have never heard of this. Looks fun though I will try it.
Thanks!
Oh I never tried one of these. I do have a block that I practice joints on, it's the designated joinery practice block.
Great idea 💡 👍. Practice makes perfect. I have avoided the dovetail joint because I have to practice. 😊.
Dovetails are a combination of practice and an epiphany. The real trick to good looking dovetails is abandoning the notion of perfect geometry in favor of a weighted strategy. Where you leave the parts of the joint that will be visible when it gets closed up tight and undercut the rest of the joint loose. Because you're not going to be able to see any of that. But if you leave any of the internals high it'll hang up and not allow the parts of the joint you can see to close. What you're really doing is taking advantage of the fact that wood compresses.
Awesome
Thanks
Thanks for sharing that
I need to practice the through mortise marking technique! And mortises altogether, really...
Nice!
Nice! I've been meaning to try my hand with one of those for a while. Now I can get free plans. 🙂
I saw someone doing one a few years back, and thought it looked like a fun project. I can't remember who it was. It might have been Lost Art Press or maybe Renaissance Woodworker (or possibly someone else entirely!). It was certainly pre-pandemic, which makes it feel like a really, really, long time ago and may be why I don't exactly remember who it was.
2020 was possibly the longest decade I can remember!
I think that See Jane drill did one a couple years ago
Thanks for the plans, I will send you a commission on my sales of GottShall blocks.
Nice been thinking of a practice method on hand tools. Now we have it. Good job. Thanks.
Neat project! I'll certainly make sure to watch the live.
What woods are best/worst to use as a beginner for this project?
Any wood will do fine. Every word has its pros and cons. Some people learn best when it's easy and some people learn best when it is difficult. Personally, I like poplar, it's kind of in the middle. It's still stringy and you'll have to learn to work with the grain, but it's fast and smooth. But that means you're chisels need to be very sharp.
cool
Hey, thanks much. Exactly what I was looking for to get started with hand tools. Could you recommend a set of tools to get started?
thanks. the list on my site is what I would chose as decent starter tools and good bang for the buck. www.woodbywright.com/tool-suggestions but it always comes down to your budget and how you want to work.
Thanks James. I will be trying this once I finish up my weekend project. Just curious, what wood did you use? I have some poplar on hand that is nice an clear. Here in AZ oak and other hardwoods are a bit more expensive than elsewhere in the country.
Poplar is my choise. it still had grain to contend with but it is fast and simple to work. a great learning wood.
Gotcha 😂cool little project
@WoodByWright that looks like an adjustar alternative on the second plane from the right...? 08:50
It is a 3D printed adapter that goes on the Stanley's.
Anuther fun one.
You also might try "Make a faceted octagon with hand tools"
By Michael Cullen over at Fine Woodworking. This will challenge your skills in a different way.
I've done that one a couple times. A lot of fun.
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@WoodByWright did you just use a scrub plane on endgrain?! 0:55
It looks like that but no that is edge grain.
Write this is my next exam can u send the plans but measurements in mm thank you😊😊
Is it permissible to make a few jigs, and special tools for this test?
You can do whatever you want.
Last night I was watching a video by Rob Cosman about dovetailing. As a beginner - I certainly found it to be a great video - but far above my skill level. I wanted to find something like this video to practice my skills for the sake of practice. Thank you for this upload. A question though, what sort of wood would be suitable for this? It would get expensive practicing on cherry, walnut, or maple. Possibly hardware store poplar or even pine (Although the knots would be very troublesome) to save money? Thank you again, James, for all you do in helping us learn alongside ya.
Sounds like a perfect fit. I really suggest poplar. It still has a lot of grain you have to work with but it's relatively soft and quick to cut. And if you get a 1x4 4' you can do six of these out of it.
When I teach I recommend decent hardwoods. The end result, no matter how well made or otherwise, will be more encouraging. Making joints in softwoods will probably result in crushed grain and poorer fit. If you start by using cheap tools and cheap wood you may be discouraged.
Dovetailing is not beyond your skill. You just keep at it and you'll get it. You won't be as good as Rob is for a while. He's been at it for a while himself though.
@@1pcfred Yeah he's quite the master of his craft (one of many such masters here on TH-cam we have the privilege of watching).
But thank you for the kind words. I'm still in the process of building my first bench and getting the shop set up and buying my first tools, so I'm quite the noob. However I do have a great desire to learn and progress in the craft, so you're right it's only a matter of time and lots of practice. When I first started I wanted to be a power tools only guy, but now after dipping my toes into hand tool work I absolutely love it. Thanks again for the words of encouragement. 😁
@@imover9999 the best is a combination of hand and power tools. Hand tools are great until you have to rip an 8 foot long board down. Sure you can do it but who wants to do that? If I have a lot of wood to surface my thickness planer comes out then too. I like to use hand planes but within limits.
How about building a hand router from the Paul Sellers kit. Not everybody can afford a used Stanley or LN new or used.
Thank you
I might do that, but I already have 6 other videos making routers.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I've seen a couple of those videos. The reason I asked is Pual Seller's kit costs less that most of us can purchase the material. Plus it would let your imagination flourish in making a few modifications to the build.
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Thank you. Why is it called that btw?
The guy that popularized it was named Gottshall
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This is something I would just buy instead of DIYing it
I don't think this would be something that anyone would sell. It's just a block to teach woodworking skills.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo and why wouldn’t anyone want to buy woodworking skills? ;)
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It must be difficult for you to write upside down.
@@1pcfred Yeah Nah they teach it in school along with red back spider wrestling, punching Noahs and skinning róos.
@@sheilbwright7649 my theory is you people are all loony because of all the blood rushing to your heads.
Does anyone know?
you are my new favorite person!
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You: Mentions how important transferring a line from one side of a board to the other.
Me: *while messing that exact thing up... constantly* Not sure if I feel seen or attacked... TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!
LOL I like to read minds.
Thumbnail still says adjuatar in the corner.
oh good catch!
"adjuatar" is French. So very continental.
Not sure.
Algorithm comment!
Yes because the coders at Alphabet are too stupid to be able to filter for words, right?
Here commeth a comment: paint it black and it’s a Gothshall.
I don't actually have a comment to add, sorry.
I wonder if multiple comments from the same person benefits the channel.
Your fish wasn’t battered in linseed oil
WHY!!!!
comment down below. But why is my comment on top?
And what is a Gottshall block? Why are we making it? "Fun" is not a complete answer.
It is an exercise in hand tool skills. The block combines many skills and is a great way to brush up on different methods and procedures.
Nice!
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