Only person I’ve seen on KZread so far who doesn’t go ‘here’s how to make a box with SIMPLE tools. Ok let’s go over to the 12 foot industrial rip saw with full extraction machine’ 😂 thanks man 😊

@James_T_Kirk_1701

4 жыл бұрын

Phil Richards Truth. “Here’s a simple way to make to a box. First I run them through my planer, then it’s off to the joiner, now for my dove tails I use my router with this fancy sleek attachment made by overpriced tool works, it’s not cheap but I really like it check them out link in description, use my coupon code for half a percent off”

@shawnbologna8281

4 жыл бұрын

@@James_T_Kirk_1701 lmfao exactly

@willc9978

2 жыл бұрын

@@James_T_Kirk_1701 so acute lol

@JonathanGordy1

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a bunch of videos recently: “Here’s an easy . . . “ And out comes the drill press, router table, jointer, table saw, miter saw, planer or pneumatic nailer. It is EASY, but it’s also expensive and kinda dangerous. The “easiest” builds almost always at least have a table saw and miter saw in them.

@willc9978

2 жыл бұрын

So true :(

The difference between a skilled woodworker and a unskilled one is the skilled one knows how to cover up his mistakes.

Searched for a box tutorial, of course Rex comes up and he seems to be the only guy who understand that not everyone has a table saw/router

Finally. A box made with JUST HAND TOOLS

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I do my best.

@JohnBodoni

4 жыл бұрын

@@RexKrueger You've recently started using finishing nails to help hold joints together, so I've had to revise my opinion of you. You're the love child of Roy Underhill and Norm Abram! :) Love the channel, you're doing great work.

@garrettjones8017

3 жыл бұрын

Simple keepsake box all you need is a high end table saw, Chop saw, band saw, jointer, planer, shop vac, circular saw, 16 clamps, bottle of glue, 36 Brad nails, 13 5 inch deck screws, 2 drills a drill press a festool sander a hydraulic jack, 3 saw horses and safety glasses 😂

@ryanreviews8566

3 жыл бұрын

@@garrettjones8017 easy peasy lemon squeezy. Everybody has those in their garage hahahahaha

@gamer2101

3 жыл бұрын

@@garrettjones8017 lol. That’s the truth. It is simple if you had all those tools. Lol

Thanks for talking to your camera in your basement!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I honestly love it...although I do have a wierd job.

@guhhhhh9032

4 жыл бұрын

Shhhh! He doesn't know about the camera.

@jeffcharityvincent1686

3 жыл бұрын

@@guhhhhh9032 Actually lol'd

With each video, this series is making it increasingly difficult for me to make excuses to not make something.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

No excuses, bro! Go make something. You'll never be the same.

The beautiful thing about your videos is they don't go for perfection. Makes it that much easirt to get working. Awesome job.

Hey, thank you. I'm just getting into working with wood and watched all your Woodwork for Humans videos. You're really good at explaining and defining everything. Not a lot of the maker channels explain the "why" along with the "how". I'm buying my first tools in the new year and starting in on some projects. Thank you for making this trade feel more accessible to me.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

That's totally what I'm going for! Glad I could help!

@Asdayasman

4 жыл бұрын

How're the projects going Claire my dude?

@tinadriskell4469

3 жыл бұрын

I made his workbench, mallet, boxes, and bench so far. Lol! And finally my planes actually work!

@user-ww2lc1yo9c

Жыл бұрын

thanks, do you have an onlyfans account by any chance?

Hey Rex. I don't do wood working but I still very much enjoy watching your videos. I love the charisma, humility, and general positivity you demonstrate as you work through the projects. Your videos are a must watch for any homeowners out there because odds are that you'll eventually have to do some repair work and the techniques you teach will save people lots of money. I know I've certainly learned a thing or two I wish I would have known when I was repairing a fence a few years ago... Keep up the good work! I look forward to the follow up video for this box.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Those comments keep me going. I might do a few videos on home repairs you can do with hand tools. Seems like fun.

The internet needs more videos like this: honest, and showing everything that did and can and WILL go wrong and how to fix it. Because let's face it: any of us looking for DIY videos on youtube is going to screw up. A lot! Thanks, man! Alone the look of this box - one simple, long dovetail, instead of 4-5 that are way too much for a beginner - is a massive jump forward on the project I have in mind.

"Be smarter than me" is what I tell everybody that I ever give any type of instruction. It's also what I tell myself every day.

@bascostbudde7614

4 жыл бұрын

you will never know less than you know today. Go get 'em.

@demonicsquid7217

2 жыл бұрын

Remember, there was a day when you were learning just to not shit your pants. That day will come again, but before then make a nice box or two.

It made me smile when you chuckled while admitting you were "a guy, in his basement, talking to a camera". Great video. That was just the extra cherry

I am glad to see that there is other people that have trouble with joinery

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

EVERYONE has trouble with joinery. Its just a question of whether or not they show it.

I like the way you always show the mistakes too. at one point I thought ...uh oh! its screwed up holy cow ! and then I feel better when I do the same thing myself.

Awesome video love all your videos. I am a cabinet maker by trade. And you are the only person on KZread to actually admits the common mistakes. That even well skilled woodworker can make. Keep up the great videos. I look forward to all your future work.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I did custom work for a while, so I know how had the pro game is. I hope you're doing great!

I did it too. This is what I used Woodglut designs for

This channel is a blessing for beginner woodworkers, thanks Rex

I'm watching both your woodworking for humans series and Matt Estleas teaching series, and I like them both! You have a relaxed "any problems can be fixed" approach, while he has the perfectionist approach. Thank you for sharing great content Rex

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I keep hearing about Matt. Maybe we should do a video together.

@ramingr

4 жыл бұрын

I, too love both channels

I really like this series because after I moved I don't even have the little stairwell to do woodworking in; and noise is a bigger issue now too. Everything possible has to be done by hand if I want to continue woodworking. But on a positive note, I'm actually really enjoying working with hand tools and am greatful and appreciative of the skills I have developed! A year ago I couldn't picture myself being able to rip cut a piece of lumber following the line, then hand planing to perfection at an efficient speed...now it's routine for me! I've also adapted to hand sanding and built many types of creative sanding blocks to suit all kinds of jobs.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

It's kind of crazy how fast you adapt.

You're a really good wood worker but you're an exceptional teacher!

Finger joints are my go to because I am a beekeeper and I have a jig set up all the time for my bee hives. A simple 45 degree frame with a contrasing "biscuit" also works.

@Tome4kkkk

4 жыл бұрын

Could you show off some of them?

I quit TV for the internet about 10 yrs ago. These last few weeks, I have found myself looking forward to Wednesday afternoon for a show for the first time in a decade.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You're very kind. I enjoy Wednesdays, too!

Most of the boxes I have made were rabbits foot joint, mostly because that is what I was first shown in cabinet making class.

I tend to make boxes to match what they'll need to do. If they need to look nice then I'll go with mitres & diagonal bamboo through-pins every time because they're by far my favourite when cut with continuous grain from a darker wood (the bamboo contrast really works well). For a balance of strength & beauty I'd probably go with butt joints with straight through-pins or finger joints, & for pure strength you can't go wrong with dovetails but I find them a real pain (and never found the aesthetics pleasing). My preferred method for doing the tops & bottoms is cutting something to size for the inside of the box & then pinning it through from the sides (because it complements the pinned mitres or butt joints) but for more strength I'd cut rebates into the side stock before even slicing it up for the sides & then use a stepped piece for the top so it lies flush with the edges once it's assembled. It helps to hold everything square (which can otherwise be a pain with mitres) and works especially well for boxes that are polygonal rather than just rectangular, since clamping them is a bit of a nightmare if they're hollow. My preferred methods would probably make many joiners balk, but wood glues these days are more than strong enough to make up for the shortfall in joint strength & I think you end up with a nicer looking product afterwards. I have been able to stand on my mitre & pin boxes without them collapsing, & for something meant to hold jewellery I think that's good enough.

Great job on the all hand tool box instruction. I like the profiling with planes. I find myself getting more to hand tools these days for the simplicity and accuracy they can produce. Dovetails are a great skill to learn, but I usually reserve them for drawer boxes. On simple boxes you can miter, but I prefer box joints for the look and strength. I also like to dado cut the bottom into the front, back and sides for strength because the bottom takes all the weight. This is a great way to do a beginners series on all different kinds of joints to use for boxes and future furniture. I like your back to basics approach.

I am so glad you are making woodworking with hand tools as we have so much Loadsheading here in South Africa. I brought a lot of tools with when I moved from Minnesota to Cape Town.

I make floating shelf every weekend whenever I have free weekend. I don't know what those shelves are for. Still, I love shaving and sawing and making stuff. It is just calming Love hand tools you're using. Not very noisy and you actually can feel the things you're making Awesome videos in woodworking for humans

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

It is very calming.

I learned the basics growing up on the family farm. But these videos are so useful for the tips and tricks i didnt manage to pick up. Keep up the amazing work, your bringing classic knowledge to the everyday joe, and this will help the world more than any 1 fund raiser.

There 's a strong influence by an English woodworker here 😉 but I am very happy you spread the same message, encouraging people to use handtools. Since you position yourself as a beginner you lower that threshold even further. I admire your honesty, being a 'custom' builder and never having built something with dovetails is, well... remarkable. But I am sure you will have 'figured it out' by now there is much more joy in working with hand tools. Well done. Love the channel.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

So, I appreciate your comment very much, but I never said beginner. You can be a really experienced woodworker and never cut a dovetail, which is pretty specific to cabinet work.

Dovetails all the way! While they may not be the simplest of joinerys, they are, in my opinion, the most beautiful display of skills.

Well done and thank you for showing. One remark on planing the lid board to thickness. I would recommend to plane the board flat and true on one side after glueing. And THEN use the marking gauge to scribe off the thickness.

You make such great videos Rex. You make everything so simple and approachable for the beginner.

Thank you Rex for explaining every single detail of the making, some channels just take for granted some skills even when they explain things for beginners. You are the first person I've seen explaining how to install the hinges without a hand router. Keep it up! Happy new year from Mexico 🇲🇽🎉🎊

Good gift for your daughter. Girls love little boxes for some reason.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

She really loves it.

Thank you for sharing an easy way to make box we can all do 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Keep up the good work dude, simple, informative and straight to the point. No BS

I'm an old guy who's new to woodworking and have scoured KZread for resources to help me learn. I stumbled on your channel by accident through reddit and I feel like I've struck gold! Fantastic videos, great content, and concise, articulate presentation. 'Subbed! Thank you for your videos.

I watched this series in 2 days and I'm really hoping there is more coming!!Your honesty and bluntness is great. But more then that you understand the working class "human" lol that can't afford a saw stop table saw, a CNC machine and thousands of dollars of other equipment. Keep up these great videos and me and my kids will keep following along!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

To be totally fair, I do own a SawStop, but I just don't use it in this series. Thanks for watching!

I love the concept of skill builders. I am in the process of making this box and while it is not perfect there has been great growth in my work. Thank you for encouraging us be human in what we do by your own humility. It’s refreshing.

The feelings for things, which you have made by hand, are much deeper, then for other things. It's a kind of connection, what you have to the things.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I felt that with this piece.

mitered edges & glue are strong enough for decorative boxes and hide all end grain, which looks best to me. I built a “donkeys ear” for my shooting board to get the 45 degree angle exactly right. thanks for all your videos, rex!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good approach!

For the last 6-12 months, I've been pretty focused on sawing square, and planing things flat, smooth and square. I started my box last night with reclaimed redwood. I appreciate your efforts to make this project simple, with easily acquired and cheap hand tools. Thanks again Rex for the series!

Rex I am so happy I found your Channel I love that you dont claim to be an expert at everything and try things unknown to you on your channel. Very Brave man lol I have learned so much from you by not putting limitations on the tools i dont have and using the ones I do. Awesome job Keep doing what you do. No Rex T Shirts ? Id buy one. Thanks again

This is great. I've been thinking about how to make a portable handmade gift for my cousin's wedding next spring. I will do some practice runs and dial things up with your guidance. Thank you!

Love the videos. Rex, you are the reason I started looking at hand tools with a different view. One thing to add and I don’t know if this was addressed. But end grain glue joints are just as strong if not stronger then long grain. And there are plenty of examples on KZread to show as much.

I always liked the look of mitered boxes with little dark hardwood splines! Gonna try my first dovetail one now though! :)

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

That IS a classy look.

I honestly think the next thing you should do is a video on how as soon as you have the skills to do a box like this one, you should level up your wood. I've met too many people who keep doing stuff like this in pine, not knowing that doing the same thing in hard maple ends up being less work, because you can finish plane it before you start dovetailing and it just stays looking pristine. Your time is worth more than the price difference between pine and every other wood you're likely to get your hands on.

@QlueDuPlessis

4 жыл бұрын

The only issue with that is that most people don't have easy access to fancy woods. Locally I can buy pine, treated(?), plywood, chipboard and superwood(mdf). The only place I can get anything fancier is 600km away. The prices are considerably higher too.

The timing for these videos couldn't have been better. Thanks, Rex! Giving this a try first thing tomorrow morning.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I hope I get to see it!

Nice been doing this a long time. Most box are made simple. Good way to teach. Good video

Bentwood boxes are the quickest for me, thanks for the vid

Very nice. I like the trick of matching the reveal (?) of the bottom and top to the out-of-square of the box. You're right, that would be harder to detect than having the perfectly squared bottom on the slightly out-of-square box. Thanks.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You gotta just push through and finish. It's the only way to learn.

Had to build a similar box for 7th grade wood shop. It looked like crap. Great video maybe I can try again now that I’m an Adult. Thanks for the memories

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I bet the adult you would do a great job!

I love using box joints!

You inspired me to make an music box by hand for my significant other for our 1 year anniversary

I don't know about the best way, but this video has inspired me to give dovetails a try. Thanks for the great content.

Great video, and GREAT project for beginners, Rex! Demystifying the legendary dovetail for those of us already half-traumatized by the horror stories of the old-timers is a big BIG service. AND it's worth admitting that I've never done a single dovetail for a joint before. The minimum (in my casual experience) has been three. That said, dovetails aren't my go-to for boxes most of the time. It's more a matter of convenience than anything, but I tend toward rebates (rabbits) and dado-joints... BUT it's also worth a note somewhere around here, that my call for boxes tends toward multiple compartments involved... so there's that. It's easiest (for me anyway) to start from a well fabricated miter-box, just to get all the cuts reliable and reproducible, so you might consider covering that sort of build. NOT that it's particularly difficult to get a good precision-made miter box out of what you have... ONLY that it's a useful tool to be able to build consistently on one's own. With the miter box, I can consistently cut straight borders and reliable "relief cuts" for the dado's and then it's just a matter of keeping all the measurements and lines (Layout is of TIP TOP importance) similarly consistent and precise. Once fitted together snug, the glue requirements and clamping difficulties can be minimal. It takes practice to get remarkable, but dado-joints can practically hold themselves together if you bother with the "sneaking up" and test fitting... and every internal compartment actually ADDS to the box's integrity. I like that you brought up the consistency with which boxes show up in other furnishings, and it's worth adding to your points there that even those furnishings that aren't exactly "just bigger boxes" are mostly "bigger crates or cages" (most of the time). It might be worth exploring the famous "mortise and tenon" variety in joinery, particularly since those also hold the heads on hammers and other tools (so carpenters and wood workers should probably be familiar with several derivatives)... ;o)

Just discovered you recently. Loving your Woodworking for Humans

Love the simple idea to make just one big dovetail I will build my own soon Thnx for the woodwork for human serie it let me starts craft with handtools much more and all my powertools gets a dusty coat 😅

Definitely better than expected...👌 Easiest way for me to build a box is .....screw it...😆

My life is full of boxes. Mind blown.

Okay I gotta say I will likely never make a box completely by hand (I simple don’t have the time) that said I still learned from this video. There are times that machines or design flaws cause a project to veer off course. The skills you are teaching could potentially save a project from abject failure. By learning things like planing a curve on to the edge of a board I can succeed when my router fails. Great instruction! Thx for talking to that camera!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You CAN succeed where your router fails!

Great content sir! I will be sending the link to my students for them to watch during the COVID shutdown. I appreciate the fantastic content.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Thank you Rex

Finally gonna get at this project. Well same same only different. Great video.

Thanks for the knowledge Rex !!!!!!

Solid, basic info. Thanks.

Great video Rex. That looks quite nice for being big box store pine. I have only made a few boxes but have used either what I think is called a lock rabbet joint and plain rabbet joints. A couple of the boxes that I’ve made that were pretty much just for utility purposes I used a glued butt joints with brad nails; kind of down and dirty but gets the job done for what it’s going to be used for.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

The lock-rabbet is an under-used joint.

It looks great! Thanks for sharing this.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks Rex you are awesome!

I made this white oak box (first box since woodshop in middle school) and i did mitered joints that were glued and pinned nailed. I don't recommend it because your miters have to be perfect and its on the weaker side. I also used a compression fit lid for it, a good option for people who don't have hardware laying around and want to get the project done. Just used scrap pieces that were glued to the lid, and fit snugly into the inside.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Miters do look good, though.

My preferred finish for this kind of box is a few coats of paste wax.

Love this, thank you!

Man great job and very encouraging for me.

I haven't done any woodworking since I was at school decades ago and at the time I had no passion or patience and the results were shameful. I love the simple stuff like this as I have half a chance of putting something together with the tools I've got or could easily purchase cheaply. Right now I've no idea where this is going but I hope to be able to make simple boxes that end up looking ok and if that works out I may invest more time and effort into doing some more advanced stuff.

You need to know that the use of dovetail joints are always a good choice. Finger joints are best to use in reloading and explosive enclosure sp they fall apart and reduce explosive damage. Less resistance gives less damages.

good job , more boxes to build up our know how

🔥 vid, a true handy worker.

I just finished my first box. Because I'm lucky enough to have acquired a lot of major tools at insane prices (tablesaw, bandsaw, lathe, bench mount belt sander, less than $200 in to it), I used resawn 2x4 cutoffs from my $30 bench project and kerf width box joints cut on the table saw. Because I'm not that good yet, the box is a bit off square, but for a first effort, I think it's pretty good.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's great. Mine isn't perfectly square, either.

You are great enkouridrerr.Thank You again, thank

I've always liked the look of box joints when the two sides have contrasting colors. For simplicity I'd probably do a butt joint reinforced with a few dowels. Sorta like a mock mortise and tenon.

I have made box joints using mortise and tenons, screw joints, Lap joints, domino, biscuit joints but I also find that the dovetail is the best joint to use for a box.

Keyed miter joint. Most will use veneer but I use 1/8-1/16 keys for aesthetics.

I really want to start building an apothecary dresser with a variety of joint types both for sorting my tools and hardware and as an exercise.

The best way to make a simple box? Well, I've made plenty for storage around the shop only using butt joints. It works well for things you don't need to look super fancy. Plus, a butt joint can always be fancied up later and reinforced if you're not happy with it. If I wanted to make something that looks *extra fancy* I would do something like an arcing sunrise dovetail joint where the pins gradually increase in length towards the center.

6 boxes down, 94 to go. By the time I'm done, maybe my joints won't be so gappy. Thanks for making projects that I can actually make with tools I actually have. I figure by the time I make 100 boxes I'll have them mastered. So far....well boxes, even bad, flawed boxes can still hold stuff. LOL.

Excellent video! I'll have to do one of these. Right now, I am trying my hand at Matt Estlea's online school, but not doing all that well. Apparently, my saw skills are rubbish! I should probably take a step back and try it later when my skills are better. Keep up the great work, Rex!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on Matt's online school. Hit me up on the Patreon if you'd like to share some impressions.

@gregmislick1117

4 жыл бұрын

@@RexKrueger it looks pretty good so far,and having his complete novice of a woodworking camera man buddy attempting the projects after following the videos is pretty cool

Very nice and thanks

I'd be lost without my bench-hook.

Thanks for sharing that

Hmm. I'd definitely want to do some trim to disguise the dove tail, luckily you've made a video for that.

From a teaching perspective- using your own statement of boxes around your house.... build 12 boxes- start with simple to complex (#1- Butt joint, #2- simple rabbet, #3 Finger joint, etc...) and build each as a showcase of specific strengths/weaknesses. Make the "Bakers Dozen" #13 box with Mitered Dovetails or complex pin/stile with a custom lid. Make these "boxes" as drawers- and house them all in a "Joinery Cabinet" jewelry stand or some larger cabinet where now your designs can be showcased as well as pulled out to re-visit or learn from... Heck- have the folks "write notes" int he boxes and then clear-coat them for posterity... nothing like a wood working "Diary" of learning to fall back on! ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FIRST PROJECT- warts and all!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's a really good suggestion. Wow.

@sdunca4864

4 жыл бұрын

@@RexKrueger Thank you. "little" boxes make a useful box/drawers for storing chisels, gouges, hand tools and other bits and bobs. And what better way to keep your work history than by using little things to make a big thing. Most workbenches have a sandpaper file or a shallow drawer cabinet- if not- they need one! Start with Pine- end with Cherry/Walnut/Ebony.

To keep it simple I’d just suggest a mitered joint

I was a bit concerned when you said that you were going to crosscut your waist. Luckily, you can't even tell. Thanks for your very interesting videos. Im new to your channel but I feel that a trip to Patreon is in my near future.

I really like a shaker style candle box.

@shonblock5369

4 жыл бұрын

There is a guy in Michigan that teaches a great Shaker Oval box class

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to take that class.

@shonblock5369

4 жыл бұрын

Rex Krueger Check out shakerovalbox.com

You are the man awesome and very nicely done later :)

Thanks!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I like dovetails with more than one tail

Personally, I like to miter the sides of the box, rabbet a board and insert it into the bottom, but leave a lip so it sits flush to the outside. Do the same for the top, then cut it open. I find that inserted boards support and square up the box enough. I've probably made about 10 boxes that way and none have failed so far.

Legend

Finger joints are fast to cut, and easy to make a simple jig for repeatable results.

@gregmislick1117

4 жыл бұрын

Getting them even when using hand tools is a twitch more difficult...I think.

@bsdnfraje

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me more about this jig for handsawing finger joints, please!!!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I think Joe means MACHINE cut finger joints. An excellent option for good boxes.

@averagejoe4837

4 жыл бұрын

You guys bring up a fair point. Perhaps I should look into making a jig for cutting accurate hand cut finger joints. Might be interesting to do. Edit: I said finger joint. What I actually had in mind was a box joint.