Always look forward to Rex's common sense approach to unique problems. Enabling others to be creative is hard enough but to do so while being entertaining... priceless.

@andresalejandrodelarosadia9868

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!!!

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

I concur completely. Rex is multi-talented. And that he is well spoken and speaks clearly and concisely helps as well. Trying to decipher some tubers' mumbling makes me leave their channel. When another channel jumps around and skips processes and mumbles through what they're trying to say, I just can't watch those train wrecks. Rex is a joy to watch and easy to follow.

I love that you say that the Internet makes you an expert, haha! As a single Mom with a 30 year old house, a 20 year old car, and a fairly new hobby working with wood, I frequently say I hold multiple degree's from You Tube University! The things I have learned are invaluable, not to mention the money saved. Thanks Rex, for doing what you do!

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

It can be a great source for learning new things. Unfortunately, it can also be a source for learning bad habits as well. You have to take advise from most channels with a heaping teaspoon of salt, not just a grain. Always search the comments to see what others think of the posting persons content. Yeah, there are trolls out there, but if they also get a lot of great comments, more good than negative, there is a better than average chance you can trust their processes and advise. You have to vet the information you are getting. Rex is one of the good ones, for sure.

@toonybrain

20 күн бұрын

Oh me, too! KZread U is where I’ve gotten several advanced degrees, and learned at my own speed from some breathtakingly talented, creative, and skilled, hands-on, Maker instructors. Additionally, a KZread U comprehensive education is far faster than conventional, schlerotic courses in college. We are blessed. 🧡

Opening scene earned a thumbs up!

7$ per month is a pittance for the value of the knowledge you’re sharing with the world

@RexKrueger

2 жыл бұрын

I'm very glad you think so!

Hinges.. I didn't realize I'm an expert too. That goes on my resume.

"This is the internet, this makes me an expert" Immortal! Fab video Thank you

One interesting trick I've seen to divide a board evenly is to angle a ruler across the board until the far edge intersects a number that is a factor if the number of divisions you want, then mark the divisions and use a square to bring the marks to the end. So like if you wanted to divide a 7 inch board into 5 parts, set the ruler with one side on 0 and angle it until the edge is on 10", mark at 2,4,6, and 8 and then bring those down. If you wanted to divide it to 4 parts you would do 8", or if you wanted to divide a 16 inch board into 5 you'd put it on 20" etc. it works wherever.

@moonrazk

2 жыл бұрын

Genius!

@quietinspirationcreations3448

2 жыл бұрын

Really?? So cool, I HAVE to try this, it would save a whole bunch of "mathing" since I don't have dividers!

@randyattwood

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@josephking6515

2 жыл бұрын

Clever. 👍

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

@@quietinspirationcreations3448 Takes a wee bit of practice to get steady and confident... and once in a while a pencil and paper (after some frustrating hours or in the heat/fatigue of a moment)... BUT it really works. I LOVE this trick!!! My shop teacher in high school practically deflated when he was explaining dividers and I just yanked out my measuring tape and ran off the marks from the "crown" (our straight side of the board) in a few places and then used a 2-foot level to join them all... dead-straight... and it took about 2 minutes. I had a "cool" neighbor who was a contractor, and rode a BIG Harley... SO it was fun hanging out with him... haha... AND he seemed to enjoy teaching me "tricks"... I got both congratulated AND cussed that day! ;o)

Somehow, maintaining your zen after making a mistake was the biggest lesson in the video! I'm glad you include the mistakes and lessons you learn on the way.

Rex I have one of those tables, handed down from my great grandmother (I grew up with the table). Well now it's mine. It has 5 leaves, 3 of which are warped from non use. It needs refinished now, but is still in use in our living room. The joints are loose now ànd the top says some. I am 70 now and hope to pass the table on to my sister. Really surprised me seeing your video, thanks. When I first inherited the table 20 years ago we seated 10 adults on Thanksgiving and took up half the living/dining room. Thank you for triggering a trip down memory lane.

Now you need to try Roy Underhill's folding bookstand. All one piece of wood!

Dude that ring trick is brilliant. Gonna keep that one under the hat. Thanks a bunch Rex!

A recommendation for dividers? Use a straight edge to draw a line, and step on that line. I normally have some reason to mark the midpoint of the end grain, so that line works. If the steps wander even a few mm away from a straight line when you're subdividing a surface, you're introducing unevenness between subdivisions that can get you into trouble.

You didn't make a mistake with the slopes... that was just bonus chiseling practice! :D

Can't wait until you decide to try a 1-piece wood hinge. Glad this one turned out so simple.

that wedding thing is brilliant. And satisfyingly low-tech. Not to mention rife with metaphor, but that's another issue.

Nice shooting plane you got there!

I watched Roy Underhill make a wood hinged book/tablet stand that was nothing short of magic. Like, he made it out of a single board.

Great job. I’m gravitating more and more towards all hand tools and completely “organic” builds (no hardware). Hinges are my current fascination since I made my first, primitive hinge for the table on my first shaving horse. My shaving horse is a Frankenstein’s monster of scrap boards - “shaving horse” is a bit too strong of a label. It’s more like a wonky donkey. 😄

You should try making a Chinese Luban stool, such as the one made by Grandpa AMU. Now that is an intricate and cool wooden hinge.

Great philosophy about practice - not when you have the pressure of trying to get things nearly perfect for a big project. Cool idea!!

What an interesting project! I bet it's fun to reverse-engineer old secrets!

Always, when I see a new video from Rex I first hit the like button and then start watching - I already know, that I'm gonna love it!

The ring trick made my day 🥺

2min mark and I already learned something interesting; 1) jointer with handle leaned on the right 2) fish head marking gauge which I first saw from Rex' friend, James. For those who don't have a divider, using ruler diagonally makes equal cut for the pins, you'll have plenty of pencil lines though. Learned that from the interwebs!

When you “relooked at the hinge” the first time you should have cut back to that for us to see.

It looks like the brace has a nice smooth part right behind the knurling. Why not make a rest with a little saddle that could attach the bench edge to get that bang on level?

Week 3 of leaving a comment just help with the algorithm

Thanks for explaining this so well. When I get done with chemotherapy, I'm going to play around with wood working. I'm planning on minimal power tools that I have (drill, chop saw), because, for me, simple is better. Showing how your work progressed, and including what I think you called a "mistake " was good. It didn't look like a mistake. Someone like me, would make the cuts in a rush and ruin it. Thanks for the tutorial. God bless

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

I always like when people show their mistakes so that the viewers can learn from them.

That's such an fascinating concept, human ingenuity is amazing.

I would not worry about evenly spacing the "pins" but rather approach this joint as I would a dove tail by cutting the "pins" first and using that piece to lay out the "tails" (if you are a pins first type). Perfectly even looks machine made, and aren't we doing this with hand tools? I agree with practice, practice...practice!

Nice job! Those hinges are tricky. I made a similar wooden hinge last year for a folding shelf, and getting the open/close to work properly was a sequence of several failed experiments until I got it. Trying to set it up so the hinge would open wide enough but allow for the shelf to essentially hold in half was tough. Took a lot of hand tool adjustments but it worked in the end.

Just want to say Ive been enjoying your channel and content for a long while now so thanks.

Many practical pieces of advice, like the wedding ring horizontal alarm for the pin. Brilliant. I need to buy some plans for 2022. Thanks for the sale, and everything else RK. You’re good.

Dang Rex, Thank you!

Nice reverse engineering, Rex! I will say, the hole for the pin is a good case for a drill press or a jig.

Just got a bunch of your fabulous plans hoping to get you closer to your beloved carcass saw ;D btw. the description of the "Specialty Plane Bundle" doesn't mention the included French Winding Sticks. Keep up this great show as an Internet Expert, which I enjoy very much. And stay healthy.

What kind of carcass saw were you hoping to get?

Mitch Peacock also has another hinge made by hand that opens 180 degrees by rounding the knuckles of the hinge. I think his video is even called something like 180 degree knuckle joint.

I have no affiliation to Rex Krueger. Rex Krueger has not paid me any money (yet). I have to spend my own couch time watching his videos. But I still recommend that you do too .

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

Cute🤗

"I keep cutting, but it's still too short" --the Rhinestone Rabbi

Okay jeez, that wedding ring thing should get used in a novel.

I would not have enjoyed being the first person to try and figure this joint out, then sell it to other craftsmen.

Excellent vid and project

Happy Thanksgiving hope you have a great Holiday. Thanks ffor all your work. Enjoy you videos and always learn something

You need to look up Dick Proeneke and Alone In the Wilderness. He was an old Navy CB that bought land in Alaska and documented a cabin he built in the sixties. He made a whole different kind of wooden hinge with hand tools.

I’m getting close to having a space in my garage for a work area. It’s taken me a year to get my storage situation worked out. I should have enough room for about a 3 x 2 waist high bench. I also want to make the knee high one too. So, this time next year I’ll be should have both. Lol slow and steady wins, right?

Would you put some beeswax in the joint to lubricate it?

Great stuff Rex

Great video. Wooden hinges are a great addition to boxes and chests, too. Many thanks!

Thank you, Rex, for all you do - you are very good at giving the boost of confidence to your students just when they need it most. That is the mark of a very good teacher who has and never will leave the classroom even though the "classroom" is now your woodworking shop and your camera.

Hey Rex! Just watched a video you made in 2019. I notice you have upgraded your microphone since then. A lot less echo these days. On the other hand there is a lot more clipping and suppression of the sound. Sounds like you are wrapped in a thick blanket of cotton wool. Thank you for another interesting video!

Fun little project, I would love to see more things like this!

hey Rex! i know wheve been getting in to some of the more advanced stuff lately but for christmas, can we mabe do some small wooden gifts or something? BTW love ya vids

That was on sale on Walmart for a long time.

Fantastic! Good program Rex!

Great video, as always!

I'm currently building my own little woodworking shop thanks to rex, yeah I'm no picasso with a chisel and hammer but have managed to sell some pieces of furniture locally so I'm invested now 😆 gimme that secret of wooden hinges rex 😁👍

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

I might hazard that it's probably a good thing you're not a picasso with a hammer and chisel... Your chairs would be liable to have any number of legs except 3 or 4 and both arms would end up on the same side at least half the time! ;o)

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 😆😅😂🤣 Ain't that the truth. Picasso was on some good drugs with what he turned out in a lot of his paintings. Twisted for sure!

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasarussellsr OH THANK GOD!!! At least SOMEBODY enjoyed that bit! Yeah, he was part of art history studies when I was in school... I never really "got" what his movement was all about... BUT the jokes can be fun and they gotta come from somewhere... Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed a giggle... ;o)

Thank you Rex for this lovely and informative video. I'm so happy and excited to watch and learn. You inspire and motivate us to start.

Great video. I admire people that have this kind of patience to build things. I don’t have the patience for this.

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

If you get into hand tools, you just might develop that patience. Getting into that "Zen-zone" can get you there. Listening to the tools and wood sing to each other without the noise of machinery is really something quite special, if it is something that fills your soul. You never really know until you give it an honest try. And then, that moment when the finish goes on the project you have created... the sight of the grain coming to life... there is no other feeling quite like it, if carpentry is in your heart.

@samueljaramillo4221

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasarussellsr It all sounds great. The level of creativity. But my passion is working out in my yard. I was a manager of a golf course for twenty two years. And that was a lot of meticulous work. Working out in my yard, creating spaces is very therapeutic for me. Planting vegetable and flower gardens and seeing the end results feeds my soul. So in that sense I can understand anyone that is into woodworking.

Just found your channel and I really enjoy it. Thank you for explaining everything so clearly.

When I've made friction parts that move, I sand the parts that touch smooth, and put some paste wax on them. It really improves the motion a bunch.

As someone who has thought way TOO much about hinges...The hinge pin/s has to be straight and inline. (If there’s enough slop in the joint you can get away with a little out of alignment)

You should check out a video from Roy Underhill .... it's the Jefferson book stand ( I think may also be under Ruebeo's book stand. )

That's awesome Rex!

You rock Rex

There would have been 5 drop on leaves, not 6. I = part of table II = 1st leaf III = 2nd leaf IV = 3rd leaf V = 4th leaf VI = 5th leaf VII = part of table

Really cool video, thanks for following up, hoping there's another in the series coming out on this interesting table. Loved the brutal honesty on your knowledge, but also the great love you have for figuring stuff like this out, for me it's one of the biggest things that make wood working fun - the figuring out, although it can cause a little stress or delay sometimes.

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

I'd kinda like to know how many leaves he still has for that table? And would like to see what kind shape it is in all put together with all the leaves installed. My old as heck dining table (bought at an estate sale) came with two leaves originally but I only have one now, and it is warped after surviving a house/neighborhood flood.

To see this joint in a complete piece of furniture, check out New Yankee Workshop - S10E03 - Walnut Table Of course, Norm uses power tools when he can, so it does not really fit with the ethic of Rex's channel, but it is interesting to see another perspective on this fascinating wooden hinge.

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

That is an interesting hinge.

Really fantastic work, Rex! 😃 But if you look closer there, I bet the pin is a bit off center... This way the joints look better when closed and give more space when open. 😉 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

In the original, you mean? Cause I was thinking the same thing. I remember my grandma having a table with wooden hinges on the swing support and it always look to me like the pins were just off of center.

@MCsCreations

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasarussellsr Yes, exactly! 😊 I saw one of those once as well! 😃

I love to build my own tiny brass hinges . Highly decorated to fit my project. My only problem is finding tiny brass screws to match.

Already -4 xD Sick people...

The first wooden hinge I made was for a saw vise I made. Fortunately it doesn't need to open more than 1cm since it swings over to the right! 😂 Hinge pin hole wandered a bit when I drilled it, oh well. It still works 🤷‍♂️

@RexKrueger

2 жыл бұрын

Drilling straight is the hard part!

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

Some days you realize it's never going to be "pretty".. It just has to work. On those days, call it "character" and put a "W" up on the board... ;o)

Love the insightful look into the wooden hinge, and it's recreation. Beautifully done, Rex. Yeah, the pivot pin could have been drilled straighter, but hey, we all have those issues from time to time. Perfectly perpendicular drilling with hand tools takes years to master. And level to the gravitational pull of the earth doesn't always equal perfectly perpendicular to boards clamped to a bench that may or may not be perfectly parrallel to that gravitational pull. If the floor or bench top is off in the slightest, or the boards aren't perfectly parrellel (you planed the edges and the hinge ends but not the faces), then that could throw it off even the slightest bit. A small bend in the drill/bit could also throw it off ever so slightly. The snail of the bit hitting a hard or soft spot in the wood could pull the bit off straight. It's just not a perfect process, so expecting perfect results is a fool's game. Still, the hinge is close enough that it functions. We'll call it a win. A little wax on the pins before insertion would help substantially. A small cross pin in the bottom outer finger of the hinge would keep the hinge pin from working out do to gravity. Over all, well done good sir. 😎

don't underestimae the value of good comfy slippers... (take it from someone with bum feet and often has difficulty walking on them in the mornings. or afternoons. Or evenings. or at night.)

a level and a drill press .

Was that a special shooting plane?

6:05 I know people who would do that and get hit with a skillet by a missus. How does Ms Krueger react?

Hey Rex! I love your videos, they help me quite a bit with woodworking (even though you use that absurd english royal whatever measuring system...). Just a thought: Christmas is coming up, maybe a video to make some cool gifts out of wood ? It would make us look so good to our cherished ones, all inspired and involved ;-) Thanks for your awesome work man, cheers from La Réunion Island !

@RexKrueger

2 жыл бұрын

That video comes out tomorrow!

It is very interesting to see how you go about tackling this problem of making this hinge. Will you be making the whole table, sliding dividers and all??

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

Man, I'd love to see a full recreation of this table, leaves and all. And show us a couple of period correct chairs too. At least one side chair ,without arms, and an end place chair, with arms. 😀

This joint is explained in details in the last pages of the book of Charles H.Hayward - Woodwork Joints (1950). I know that was not the aim of the video :)

Great job Rex! I noticed you used a plane that I haven't noticed before when you were shooting some edges. Which plane is that? It looked pretty handy.

@nicmasterdude

2 жыл бұрын

That's the Veritas Shooting Plane. It's designed to be more ergonomic than a regular bench plane on its side. Rex explained he has some elbow pain that flares up now and then, and that this plane helps reduce that strain. If you're on a budget, this tool isn't essential. But, if you have some money to throw around, or an injury you want to keep from stopping you in your tracks, that shooting plane is a delight!

@chadwickpainter8212

2 жыл бұрын

That's really awesome. I'm going to put that on my list of things I need to consider getting. Thank you for the response. Currently I am using my smoothing plane for this task and it is just a bit awkward. That plane looks like a very good alternative.

@nicmasterdude

2 жыл бұрын

@@chadwickpainter8212 I got one about a year ago. I made a decent bonus at work, and I had just enough leftover for splurging. This is very much a one-trick pony, but it's very very good at that trick. My joinery has really improved!

You're going to make some leaves for that table, right?

Back over the summer I built myself a clothes chest (yep, that six board design). A hinge like this one rather than off the shelf metal and a fully joined rather than simple, connector based, construction are where I'd want to have been but with a week of vacation to mostly finish several projects (two hand built freestanding shelves, the chest, a prefab daybed, myriad minor household repairs, etc) before getting back to having five to seven actual free hours a week leaves me fine just accepting I actually got things done.

Step off George, step off.

Pewdiepie made me curious about wooden hinges lol which brought me here

you look like if Gru form Despicable Me lost weoght and got nose surgery

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

🤔 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😅😆😉 Yup, kinda does. But at least Rex has a less irritating voice.

Rex. Buddy. Don’t want to tell you how to live your life, but why no master bundle of all your plans? I’d probably barf up $50 for a set, even if I had no intention of building most of it.. you know, just in case society collapses, there’s no more KZread, and I can’t get a sheet of plywood, so I have to start felling trees to get a damn nightstand.

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

A master bundle would be more than that. Add all of them up and think about what it would be at a 5, 7, or 10% bundle discount. He isn't going to give away over half the plans just because they're in a great big bundle. But nice try. I mean, right now he would be with the Christmas 50% off, but that is a holiday special. I like the idea of a master bundle, but your suggested price point is a bit rediculous. At least for a starting point. Not sure if the holiday special would bring it that low or not... but that would be Rex's choice, I suppose.

Rex wouldn't the center dowel fall off if you put the hinge vertical? I guess it would be better (and more difficult) not doing the hole go all the way through.

@RexKrueger

2 жыл бұрын

I glued the end of the pin in. Just on the end.

@LeonardoArchi

2 жыл бұрын

@@RexKrueger I missed that detail :)

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

Or, cross pin just the bottom knuckle through the pin, and a bit of wax on the pin/s before insertion?

Wow now I have to be married to get into woodworking? When will you start making advice for everybody

Hey Rex I sent you a message on Facebook. Found some vintage bits that I hoping you know what they are.

Howdy Rex! I've purchased a few of your plans in the past. Is there a way to get the newer, shinier, spiffier plans?

@RexKrueger

2 жыл бұрын

Yup.... you buy them! I now have a guy on staff who makes the plans and i have to pay him, so people who want the new plans have to pay. Everything is half-off till Christmas!

Rex, it's been two weeks... You ok?

Now whos unhinged

really oil that dowel until it swells and shave it down if you want that joint to work tightly for a decade+ More oil than you use in any other aspect of woodcraft.

@philipripper1522

2 жыл бұрын

Some people submerge smaller dowels for hinges overnight in LO. Same as for wooden screws. Anything you need to be very stable to avoid jamming over many uses.

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

@@philipripper1522 I concur, at least an over night soak, if not a week. Over night in a vacuum chamber or pressure pot is plenty, but if you don't have vacuum or pressure, a week's soak is better at room pressure. Then measure it and drill the hinge to fit the pin. (That's much easier than shaving down an oily pin.)

Other than aesthetics, is there any reason to have the fingers exactly equal? I would think that as long as both pieces matched it wouldn't matter. (Much like dovetails.)

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

Wood has a certain minimum requirement to withstand weight and stresses, depending on application. Keeping that in mind, then the balance or equality of the fingers (hinge or finger-joint) is entirely a choice of style and aesthetics... as you say, so long as they match/line up. ;o)

@GlennBrockett

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I can see having equal material on each side. that would make for a 12.5%, 25%, 25%, 25%, 12.5% split though.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

@@GlennBrockett AND that 12.5% might seem risky. So long as you don't get too thin, it shouldn't be too big a deal. It's gonna come to a personal choice, and it's woodworking. but if you doubt the integrity when you're still laying out, there's nothing wrong with off-set fingers to make sure all your joinery is equivalently strong and durable. ;o)

@GlennBrockett

2 жыл бұрын

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 On a foot wide board, 12.5% would be an inch and a half. Seems like enough for me. But you are right. Perhaps thinner in the middle may be called for in some cases.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

2 жыл бұрын

@@GlennBrockett Each craftsman, on his or her own, has to make a judgment call and balance form and function between the desired durability for the application and the intended aesthetics for a "clean and professional" look to the finished product. I have my "style" for it, and as many accuse me of "way over engineering everything" as there are to warn me of "letting it get delicate"... ;o)

877 Prson to like the video anyone reading this have a great day 😊👍

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too.

But... Slippers are key.

I also am hunting for a good carcass saw. I have at least 3000 $ worth of hand tools and i still want some more. Is that a disease ?

@mongocrock

2 жыл бұрын

nahh... you have at least another 7 to 10 thousand before you start questioning 🙂

@thomasarussellsr

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, $3k is barely getting started. Even if they were all restored cheap found tools from flea markets, yard/boot sales, and antique shops. (Which means you have a larger $3k collection than someone who bought all new tools for $3k).