Sadly woodworking community has lost a great teacher and more importantly a great person. Phil Lowe passed away a few months ago in January , 2021. Every tribute to him said what a great person and teacher he was.

What a great teacher. He will be sorely missed.

Phil was a treasure to the classic hand working community. I’ve been reading his material for over two decades and was thrilled when I could occasionally catch a video like this from public access television or an expo from an annual WWA. I wish every time that I pick up a FW, I’d find him there again. Sadly, no more; but blessed to have many of these preserved on YT.

This gentleman is possibly the best fine woodworking instructor I’ve seen on KZread.

I'd shave if I were you. You're the spitting image of Rolf Harris. Great video.

It's very frustrating to not get the camera angles and close ups for when he's showing us a detail. But otherwise, great content!

@kevinmonceaux2101

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, when turning towards a second camera to show details, please actually switch to the second camera view in the video. The instructor is obviously a woodworking master. Hopefully as the series progresses, the video editor will become a master in his/her trade as well.

How could anyone give Phil a thumbs down? Excellent information and presentation.

I find that Phil reveals details that are typically just assumed in most woodworking instruction. I am really enjoying this series. What amazes me is how wobbly the bench is. This would drive me crazy, yet Phil doesn't seem to mind.

The best online classes on woodworking you can get! I absolutely love your videos. Thank you so much for all this learning!!

I am in awe with these woodworking masters! Very impressive!

Just started a wood working class. Man I watched the entire video and have no regrets. Going to see what else you have out there. GREAT WORK and thanks for sharing your knowledge. SUBSCRIBED!

Have subscribed... am in hook line and sinker!! great videos. I just wish that there were more people like you out there posting things that make sense, and not really wasting peoples time. Thanks again for a wonderful series of wood working videos.

I used to live in Massachusetts pretty close to Beverly where his School is. I've attended several of his classes and he is indeed a master in his trade. His shop is a Woodworkers dream and it's located across the street from the beach where you can enjoy your lunch. Awesome experience

What a pleasure to learn from a master craftsman. Thank you Phil. I really appreciated the tip about using the six inch ruler to check the mortise for plumb.

Fantastic! Best wood videos on KZread!

Wonderful,what a great teacher you are. It doesn't matter how much you know, or think you know, someone else can always show one something extra. If I lived at your side of the water, I would certainly come for some coaching. Thank-you.

Omg...what a wealth of information. Thanks Phil and keep em coming.

A big thanks for these videos! You are awesome!!!

Thanks, it was really art!!!

Thank you. It is good edicotion.

Awesome.Great series top notch all the way.Thank you Phil for sharing a lifetime of knowledge.

RIP Phil

It would be great if he had his own PBS show. An hour with a master every night at 8 lol

Bravo! Perfect joint with the world looking over your shoulder. No pressure though. Very nice.

Absolutely top rate--first class skills, first class presentation in this video and all the others in the series. Thank you to Phil and FIM!!!

wow, loved the square pin in round hole. Going to give that a try. Thanks so much for your time and showing us this.

What a great way to spend an hour...obviously masterful...so much to take in...Would require several watchings and work alongs to claim...

outstanding mortise and tenon 👏

Great Hand work I love the talent .No Machines is wonderful.Thanks as always Phil great series.

The Master. This is a master & his years of experience in the flesh. In this contemporary, fast driven, focused only on ego & greed boosting world. Such people with their expertise are beacons of light, "The Men in the High Castles" . Those skills He presents, are conglomerate of years, centuries of collective consciousness and knowledge of countless woodworkers. Wandering among the 2nd hand shops (or rather more than that) a century old dressoirs, wardrobes, drawer chests (I'm Europe based) for a laughable prices. Seeing those marks, scribbles at the backs behind, at tenons, dovetails, sometimes visible strokes of chisels & planes. Those are people who we're before us, humble people "just woodworkers", finding joy, happiness, sometimes escape, tiredness but ultimately the pure joy of creation, using their own bodies to mold the material, so much connected with this beautiful planet. They made such pieces for the others, the new owners to use and enjoy. Also to support their lives & own families. Please do not down vote such videos! That's simply inhuman & savage. It's spitting in the faces of those past centuries. Pure barbarianism. Enjoy, admire, absorb, learn, repeat.

Best video, great teacher. Thank you sir for this wonderful video!!

Just found you. Glad I did. Great series.

Somebody please get this guy his own PBS show

@michaelreyes464

4 жыл бұрын

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Top knowledge and well presented . I can't get over how well the back saws cut.Thanks.

Thank you very much for a good and clear explanations I really enjoyed it and learned a lot

J'apprécie le beaux travail d'un grand Artiste, le talon et finesse, coup d'œil et doigté, geste et explication font de vous un homme exceptionnel merci

Gracias, profundamente agradecido, realmente compartir sus conocimientos, con todas las personas amantes de la carpintería clásica lo enaltecen, es un verdadero máster woodworker.

Truly an artisan, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Great skills being shared, very interesting.

Amazing content thank you so much i cant wait to try this!

Master !!!

another great video

Very informative video. Thank you for sharing.

That was great.

Very good

Nice vid! I have been playing with a few mortise and tenon joints. They seem very strong the 2x4 I extended so it would be long enough:] is almost impossible to pull apart. I do not have the lumber to make anything nice yet so I am just practicing for now. I thought this would be a headache but so far it seems way worth it.

Camera operator should get another job. It would be nice to see those antique tools.

Great teaching

Thank you... Very informative

@lesstone7521

6 жыл бұрын

Pablo Andrés Morales Muñoz iwhittling

@lesstone7521

6 жыл бұрын

Pablo Andrés Morales Muñoz sharpening wood chisels

i call that perfection phil lol

Are those Cosman saws you're using? ...... Forget that question! I see that they are Lie-Nielson saws. I'm amazed how quickly they cut, without a lot of effort. Thanks for showing us your technique.

Hermoso!

lil masking tape on the ole mortise chisel takes out a step

I love those Jorgensen vises, why were they discontinued?

@johannbuerfeind2850

4 жыл бұрын

They weren't; They're still available at Woodcraft.

Great video presentations. I noticed he used two different reference surfaces to mark the second line of the mortise and the tenon. Shouldn't you use the same reference surface to mark the other side of the mortise and the tenon instead of marking the piece from the other side?

I was wondering how do I know the width of the tenon that way when I measure everything from the side of the wood???? Thats so strange....

If only the camera crew cared half as much as Mr Lowe

I'd like to work with his wood cute ole daddy!

beautiful and fun looking but you can see why they use fastners now

Excellent. Great learning tool, but spoiled by very poor camera work.

7:50 You need to fire either your camera guys or editor. We couldn’t see any of what he was trying to show on those mortice and tenon joints. Great job.

What is a "Y" chisel?

@TonyBarr99

6 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same! I think he is saying "wide chisel."

@kyleevans1052

6 жыл бұрын

I think I read somewhere since my comment that a Y chisel means a beveled chisel. As opposed to a mortise (square) chisel

@BossCrunk

5 жыл бұрын

He said "wide."

As always, Mr. Lowe proves why he is a master craftsman. Just a wealth of knowledge here. However, the camera work leaves a lot to be desired. Lots of things that Phil says but yet aren't shown in detail or closeup. It ends up doing his talent a disservice.

How many planes does one need? does he collect them?

@johannbuerfeind2850

4 жыл бұрын

"How many planes does one need?" : All of them!

Whittling timber

@ 59:45 What is meant by "accent the pin"? of the pyramid. Thumbs up otherwise. Great instruction.

The camera person has no experience! Where are all the close ups? The editing is poor and makes what could've been a fantastic video a very frustrating experience. I feel like Mr Lowe and the viewers were all cheated out of a great video. Sorry for neg comment, but I am frustrated as I was looking forward to this whole series. Now I doubt I'll watch much more...........thank you

From the 40:00 th minute the teacher gets tired and falls into mistakes and forgetfulness, he is an old person and for his sake some of us would like very much for him to take a break, it would be nice to see him serve himself a coffee while he comments on his work. Thank you.

Poor closeup camera work

Very nice man, a master but bad cameraman

Someone WAKE UP the camera 'person'. Who's idea was it to pair a Grand Master with an inexperienced meatball.. ?! Painful to watch

Horrible camera work. Bad framing, ba focus, wrong live view... Much is lost unfortunately

Please just setup the cameras ahead of time, hit record and leave them. Leave the “fancy” camera work to Hollywood. Sooo distracting!

The camerawork could have been so much better on these videos, I wonder what was going through the person's mind when he decided to not make sure we could see the subject being talked about but rather the pointlessness of showing the person speaking. The start of the video, for example, the chisels are largely out of shot until he picks them up and even then the focus seems to be the person. It is the camera-mans job to be aware of where the focus and subject are-otherwise he's wasting everyone's time and frustrating the objective.

I hate you, you have way too much knowledge, too much talent, and far too many truly great tools.

outstanding mortise and tenon 👏