What I like about your videos is the fact that you do not delete the scenes where there are flaws in your work. And you also teach how to give solutions for these flaws. Thank you!

More than a decade ago I started watching KZread for fail videos. Now I watch KZread for success videos. Rex you are my favorite. You really are the Alton Brown of woodworking. really just great watching.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You are so kind

@JohnAppleseed

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a nice comparison.

REX- I want to share with you how thrilled I have been this week to discover your content. I saw the elbow grease you put into making your content clear, informative, direct, and still entertaining. I struggle with ADHD and it is tough for me to pay attention to woodworking videos sometimes, but your videos feel tailor made for me! The fact that you don't have commercials is huge to me, almost as much of a factor as it is that you aren't sponsored by companies. I know not all sponsorship impacts the way someone reviews a tool, but I subconsciously have found myself disregarding some content creators because of it. It was at this point I paid for my first set of woodworking plans after a couple years of creating my own or using free ones; but I felt you deserved compensation for the clear effort you've put in. After going over a set of plans I purchased from you, I once again was floored with how tailor made I feel your content is for me. They are so clear and they skip over the irrelevant content. which is super hard to find for me. Then today I searched through your plans as a paetron & I must say, I have begun to find it now strange how the projects I have had a desire to make but could never find any content creators doing the projects I have thought of, such as building your own plane, rebuilding a cheaper saw to a master piece, and many other tools. Life is getting busy now so i have to cut it short, but dude I just had to say big thumbs up. I appreciate your gift to the woodworking community! Stay true

Thanks for taking the time. It was great

I will never forget the frowny face smiley face rule thanks to you! haha

I worked at a professional cabinet shop. Our doors we made we used "space balls" in the rails and styles grooves for the panels to rest on and not have space to move around.

I was taught to rip wide boards and flip to break grain orientation and minimize cupping. Good job on the doors.

Wedges for clamping? YES!!!!! I love this technique. I've even used a wooden floor as my base and screwed blocks down for my wedges to push against, talk about big panel capacity. Thank you for showing this form of clamping and keep up the good work. Peace.

Beautiful work, Rex! It's looking fantastic already! 😃 But remember: the wife is always our most demanding client! 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Rex. The example you use at the start to show what panels do in a frame are almost identical to a job I worked on, renovating exterior English Oak doors with panels that had drifted apart and so letting in everything the weather had to throw at them. A solution I came up with was to invisibly pin the corners of the two halves of the floating panel, to stop them drifting apart when they contract but still allow them to expand within the frame. I took the retaining bars out, removed the panel halves, cleaned everything up, then pinned the two halves back in but only at the corners where the halves meet, top and bottom, centralising them within the frame. Two years later, they are still holding as intended. I don't know if they expand or contract because it never becomes obvious because they are captively held in place centrally, top and bottom. By pinning only the top and bottom centres, the two halves can still move but only into the spaces provided for them by the frame - never towards or apart from each other. I hope it makes sense. I have pics of the repair process, if required.

That was quite interesting, though the other way to reduce warping would have been to rip the wide boards in half, flip over and then joint them. I look forward to next week.

Love what you do and how you do it. You make it easy for the next generation of "woodworkers" to start in the field with minimum costs. Luckily my kids have the craft gene and we encouraged them to use it. I know a lot of their friends who loved coming over because they couldn't get their hand "dirty". Your instructions are simple and even a child (old enough to hold a knife at the dinner table) can follow them. Especially teens. Thank you.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Your family sounds like mine.

I am not a wood worker or anything , but your advice on this channel helped me a lot while tinkering and doing small home improvements . Thank you ! Have a nice day :)

'frowny-face Smiley-face' good. lol, thank you Rex this made me laugh out loud. for realz

This slant saw kerf end at 8:52 is really neat! I am "stealing" that.

a couple side notes. the frame construction shown at the beginning allows wood movement of a panel inside a frame. with the construction shown in the video, the battens prevent the panel from warping, yes. the screws without glue are supposed to allow wood movement, but especially if a slot is created to allow the screw to move along with the panel. (maybe it is explained on this channel, otherwise Rob Cosman made a great video about wood movement. or as shown in books such as The technique of furniture making by Ernest Joyce). in the construction shown in this video, it feels like wood movement is known, but not really explained and considered in the design. the door fits with no margin. but it is not plywood, it is not a frame construction as shown in the beginning. So how does that work if it is solid wood? dry wood kept in a very stable environment with low humidity variation, maybe the tight fit of the doors could work and the furniture has not moved until today? or it was built during the period of the year when the maximal humidity rate is reached, so the door can only shrink from there. if not, a margin could be left, just let some space so that the door may expand a little. also the door could have been made in a different design so that you can still open it if the wood expand. observing how were made old furnitures is a good way to learn.

Every time I see a new video I'm glad I'm a patron. Great stuff as always, Rex.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

My two inherited transitional joinery planes are a delight! One is 16" the other is 21" and wonderful to use. I can flatten and restore an old surface very quickly.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

It's funny how good some of them are, but they get no love.

Looking really good! I did a small shelf/cabinet based on this set of videos with pine. I built it with oak dowels to put it together. I was not going to put a door on but I am rethinking that now.... Thanks!

Sprung joints the why. First off I love your videos and keep finding new ones to go back and watch, English Jointers Bench video got me hooked and I need to watch this entire series. Sprung joints prevent glue ups from pulling apart over time "years" at the ends of large glue ups. As the wood dries out, it dries faster near the end than in the center, sprung joints compensate for the wood shrinkage and keeps the wood from pulling apart. Hope that little bit helps you as much as you've helped me.

Kreuger, this is an excellent series you are doing here. After checking out your vids for quite some time now, this has convinced me to subscribe. I'm not against power tools. Those who need them for production purposes gotta have 'em. For me, though, machines take away much of the fun of doing woodwork. What's the hurry? Even the so-called drudgery of surfacing, edging and dimensioning is more fun if I accomplish it by my own skill. There are many gifted teachers out there, including you, that have shown how quick and efficient it is by hand. One just needs to adjust their thinking. Many hearty thanks!!

Great educational video, my friend! That cabinet is looking pretty darn good! I'm anxious to see how it looks after you've gotten the trim installed, & finished er up.

It's so great the way you explain and show every step. Very easy to follow and understand. Thank you for the effort, it's amazing!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Outstanding

Thanks. for the good explanation

The cabinet is really nice! This has been an interesting series. Thanks for sharing it.

Cabinet making is great fall back career for most wood workers.

this was very helpful, thanks Rex

Great video. Just in time, I've got cabinets in my future.

I f#@&ing love this channel!!! Thank you Rex!

Very Beautiful, you are so talented!😊

Wow. thanks Billy Zane!

Great video, learned a lot!!!

3:22 "Wood tends to cup in the direction of the groth rings" Actually it always cups against the direction. Just as a sidenote. ;-)

I finally got to make something this last weekend and in sharpening my palm plane, which I haven’t used in a decade, I noticed the blade cracked. I still used it, but following your guidance it worked good enough for me, better than it has ever had. It’s a satisfying feeling getting a plane to work nicely.

Cool video ✌️

10:21 Hero. "Go ahead and..." okay I'm not spoiling this.

@CeeJayThe13th

4 жыл бұрын

That is a pretty good line.

First video i have seen on your channel, Liked, Commented, Subscribed!

Thanks for your videos fellow. Makes my hobby more fun!!!. :-)

I love it! Your solutions are simple and easy, but at the same time so efficient that they're genius. That's an amazing attitude and a way to show that things can be done if you just put a little thought into them! Also any chance you'd work on an artist/drawing desk with adjustable angle top and side space that's flat/shelves ??

Rex You Are Awesome.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

And you are appreciated!

Great video. My 1940s cabinet doors don’t stay shut. I know how to fix them now ty rex

So if my door looks like smiley face smiley face, that's good because that means the door is happy 👌

@mrstijntje

3 жыл бұрын

Moreover: It's so happy that it'll come closer towards you in time! If that's not what you need, turn one smiley face over. =) -> =( It'll be sad but true, and that's a bad joke.

"...don't worry about it. Stuff like this is always happening when you hand-make things out of random wood. It doesn't make you a bad woodwoorker." Thanks for calling this kind of stuff out in this and other videos. I'm forever wondering if the things I have to correct for are just because I don't know enough or if it happens to everyone and they just don't talk about it.

I love how simple this is! It's not too shabby either! But, could I put the supports on the outside to maximize internal space, and the add matching verticals to frame out the doors? I can't wait to see what you're going to do with the trim next week!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely

@ragnkja

4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Denslinger There’s no structural reason not to, so it all depends on what you want. At worst, the little ledge might become a place where dust collects, but if that’s an issue you could probably reduce it by making the bevels deeper, to reduce or even remotely said ledge.

i am both frowny face, and smiley face rex uploaded

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, we're both.

Flush-fitting doors and drawer-fronts can be considerably enlivened by taking a 1/10" rebate all round. This creates a bit of shadow that firstly looks interesting, and secondly hides any little unevenness. I do this with a router, but I'm sure you can do it with hand tools (grin).

Another great video! I was wondering about making simpler doors. I think these are the ticket! Thanks!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Wow just knew you had a stanley 94 but gage. They still make them? Great hinge setting tool

Nice easy solid cabinet. I may find myself making a set like this for my next house.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You should!

Why did I wait so long

Good video, but are you still gonna do forged in wood? Making shields, and historical wooden weapons on occasion?

Hi rex! i have a simple question, why is your e-book unavailable in amazon?

I am wondering about expansion? The large panels will want to expand width wise and then start binding. Do the battens help prevent that too?

I am having PDVS (Patreon DejaVu Syndrom) XD

With reference to the traditional door you showed at the beginning, with the frame and panel in the centre, you explained that the panel was able to expand and contract but the frame would hold it straight and stop it from twisting. What about the frame? Can that twist? If not, why not? Thanks

@Tehinstrumentalist

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it is because the wood expands perpendicular to the grain direction. As the frame is made of narrowere pieces, the growth/shrinkage will be much smaller scale, and the 90° top and bottom grain to the sides should also help (along with the tenon joints). Apologies if this isn't a super detailed explanation, I'm not an artisan or expert - just what I've picked up.

Hi Rex, what book do you have on the table at 13:10? It looks like it has designs or drawings in it.

But what prevents the frame from warping?

Hey love your videos rex however is it just the angle I saw in the video or are the handles slightly off? One looks higher than the other.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

I think that's camera angle. They look okay in person.

Misread the title as Make These Handsome Cabinet Doors with Sturdy Tools

What magnets did you use. I do not see a link for this anywhere.

11:42 Did you give the doors a fair trial first? 🤷‍♂️

man, half the doors in my house only close for about six months out of the year because of how much the temperature and humidity changes around here.

How about the panel expansion, Rex? Isn’t going to expand and the battens will keep it in place then everything is going to explode at some point? Great video as always btw

@johanneswerner1140

4 жыл бұрын

Actually the cross grain construction is pretty robust, has survived centuries of use. Using pine helps, as pine actually moves less than say oak - once it has settled. Let it sit in your shop for a few weeks and you should be OK. (also take a look at "The Anarchist's Design Book" - very similar approach to simplified construction, but Rex is less preachy ;-) and maybe has even more accessible builds)

@thenitpicker911

4 жыл бұрын

Johannes Werner thanks for your explanation. Could it still be ok if I make a hole on the battens longer just like usual way to attach table top? I think its going to be ok, but still would like to have something more bulletproof. Thanks for the book suggestion, just checked it out and it seems very good

wanted to ask when the spear and Jackson tenon saw reincarnation video was going to happen?

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Next week! Just finished shooting it today!

@abdulahahmadzai5417

4 жыл бұрын

@@RexKrueger great!very excited as i have the spear and Jackson saw thanks for letting me know

So Rex, I just popped for an engineer's square and now I know my combo square and carpenter's squares are...well...not. While that makes it a easy for me to assign blame for past woodworking failures, how vital are accurate squares really? We spend a lot of time making reference faces and squaring up to them, but is really square square that important?

@marcusborderlands6177

3 жыл бұрын

Having something be square just affirms that when you put it together it will actually work well. If it's not square it could be wobbly, or put too much stress on one part and break.

hey rex, im an artist and would like to create my own frames, NEW VIDEO IDEA?!

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

That's not a bad idea!

@itsneveralways

4 жыл бұрын

Has this happened yet?

13th.

My bad wasn't thinking frowny face frowny face.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

You're not the only one.

Hi Rex! Nice video. I liked everything except the advice to alternate the growth rings. I think this is just advice that keeps getting passed down, but no one knows why. I suspect it is intended to minimize warping on unsupported panels made with much narrower laminations (using machine tools). Doors built like yours, with proper thought to prevent warping, will not bow no matter what orientation the growth rings are. I think the best orientation for wood panels should be 1) what looks best, and 2) which way makes it easier to face plane. Cheers!

The magnets you used? Don't see 'em in the description. Maybe it's me.

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, that's an oversight!

Would plywood be fine without the battens?

Someone ordered and bought this ghetto cabinet ?

If your grain looks like ass that's awful. If your grain looks like an S thats super.

So...Boobs are bad? I'm so confused.

You might to draw eyes on you frowning faces

@RexKrueger

4 жыл бұрын

A fair point!

if your end grain looks like a butt..its wrong