A man who knows how to put his wood to good use. Thank you for this and for your hard work and thoroughness

@BlankPlank

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

workbench - great video - great snaping tricks - awesome drilling without hands - superb ;-)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I’m super happy you liked it :)

Love this video, especially the legs and stretchers assembly!

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Great workbench! Nice and simple..looks solid and minimal tools required

Brilliant - very entertaining and useful - thanks for your efforts.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

Well done project. The tool well is a nice addition.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) The well is handy, but gets cluttered super quick 😛

Thanks for making this video. It helps me understand the process for building a roubo by hand.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

So cool this is still getting views and helping people :)

HOHO!!! Amazing work man!!! Your workbench looks beautiful. Cool!

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 😁

Looks very good. Congratulations.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ☺️

Seriously great video! This is the first thing I am trying to build and the size of the bench along with the inexpensive hand tools has made it all the more possible. Thank you!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck building your first workbench! ☺️ I’m super glad you found my video useful :)

All thing what you done is awsome!

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :)

Well done!

this is so great!

@BlankPlank

9 ай бұрын

glad you enjoyed it ;)

Nice! Great project!👍👍👍

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Gosh well done! Love the “only hand tools” videos! If you can keep making some from time to time that would be truly great!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy those projects, so I will definitely have more in the future :) But others will come too 😋 Anyway - right now I’m in the middle of moving my workshop, so there may be some time before I post the next video 🤔

The only thing that a person needs is chisels, hand saw and bench plane.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

For a hobby - yes ☺️

@bighands69

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank Not at all. A professional could do it as well. It really just depends on what a person is doing. Starting out all a person would need is the basic tools I listed. I have been at woodworking since I was a young child and could easily get away with just Chisels, hand Saw and Bench Plane. I could make anything with those basic tools.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, of course you are right. I meant it in a way that with machines you can do some things way quicker and thus - can make a living out of it. Surely there is a niche, but in general you can’t rely solely on hand tools to put food on the table. I was just being cynical I guess. Doing work with hand tools only is beautiful ☺️

Very Good

Quite entertaining video with great result! Hoping to see more hand tool only content like this in the near future. Cheers

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! I can’t promise hand tools only content (incoming video will be about router table build) but from time to time there will be something like that for sure :) Check out my bookshelf build :)

Wonderful video!I hope you make many more.....

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

I will, just need time :)

pura vida I love work with hand tools. great video

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

thank you! ☺️ yeah, sometimes I miss working with hand tools - more work is done with machines unfortunately

@RGRGJKK

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank thats true Im agree. Pura vida

Nice work!!!!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙂

Nice work!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

I was surprised at how satisfying those half-laps were on the stretchers. I need to make this bench immediately. First I need to sharpen my tools... Awesome work!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

I should have made that part longer 😄 Good luck with the build! And thanks :)

You are a very smart guy. Your procedures seemed very efficient given the situation.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

i was looking for videos like this for a long time , i am happy for this one.

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it then ☺️

@de-soldierman

Жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank good work, keep it up.

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I will have another video soon - this time in adifferent style - a router table build :)

Very neat workbench. Congrats. And thank you for sharing. [Piękna sprawa!]

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks kolego, cała przyjemność is mine 😆

Excelente amigo..!!!!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

gracias 😁

Awesome bench, and really enjoyed the video. Subscribed!!

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear, thanks for the sub :)

Nice job

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Great content man, I could not find many videos that use only hand tools. Really appreciate the metric measurement too, finally someone I did it!!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I took it up as a challenge to build it with hand tools - to get better with them. Really rewarding process 😁 I’m from metric land, metric is what I measure with 😎

@mikejustice1196

3 жыл бұрын

Watch Paul Sellers, he’s a master at hand tools.

@anaphylaxis2548

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Wood By Wright.

Nice looking bench. Hope you're getting a lot of use out of it. Good video, too. Thanks.

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

You bet, it’s getting abused all the time :)

That's one massive bench and a hell of a job. You seem to do things thoroughly (both bench and video) and I like that. I would love to see the bench today, with all your tweaks and features.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I’m happy to hear you like both ☺️ I’m thinking of making a „workshop tour” someday - when I set it up in a new location. I don’t think it’s „viewers demand” but I like watching those from others, so... Might try. After all it’s all about inspiration for others, even if it’s just one tiny bit of a tip to improve something :)

Came here from reddit. I really like this one, thank you for sharing.

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

All of the compliments about the bench are well deserved, very solid and particularly orthogonal. I must add a few of my favorite features in the final video: the Brazilian style music in the middle - very smooth, the shaving waterfall - quite nice to have a moment to appreciate for the aesthetics alone and the leg trimming magic - great fun. Keep up the good work.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

This is such a high praise! I’m really flattered ☺️ I took great pleasure in that „waterfall” bit too. I think you would like my book shelf video too :) I won’t be making a habit of „handtools only” videos, but I intend to keep the humour and montage style :) That is - when I have enough scraps of time to film what I do 😁 Cheers man!

@gr8dvd

6 ай бұрын

Shaving waterfall @5:32 beats any running brook or fireplace flame for shear soothing enjoyment!

@BlankPlank

6 ай бұрын

Too bad I can’t really make a 1 hour long video of that 😂

@gr8dvd

6 ай бұрын

@@BlankPlank Or perhaps a 1-minute YT short 😀 Better to spend your time using your substantial woodworking skills.

@BlankPlank

6 ай бұрын

lemme see if I got the footage from that on my disc ;)

Krzepiąca robota :)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Ważne, żeby o nogach nie zapomnieć :D

dobra robota Wojtek i fajnie się oglądało :)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Dzięki dzięki! :)

Cool logo!

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😍

Cool build! I really like the way you cut those two legs to length using only a measuring tape. Such skill! I keep telling myself that I will build something using only handtools. Cool to see you accomplish that. I‘ll give a go one of these days.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! You should definitely go for it - lota of fun and practice ;)

very nice

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The only time I have ever subscribed because someone put it in their video. It was so cheeky and unexpected I couldn't help laugh. Thanks for posting this, I don't care for power tools so I am always looking for hand tool only content. I'm less interested in speed and more in just having fun with the process. You look like you had a lot of fun! Keep it up

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you! Actually there are easter eggs like that in all my videos (some even have more than one) but less obvious :) Unfortunately for you I don’t do only hand tools videos - there’s a mix of both machine and elbow grease 😉 But if you stick around there will be more for sure ☺️

@Shjanzey

Жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank it is okay, I like seeing how other people do things, it is just my personal taste. I look forward to more. Your videos are very entertaining

Panie Na propsie!!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Dzięki majster! 💪

Wojciech that was a delight to watch. It just goes to show that but for recent times most woodwork was done with handtools. Many thaks for sharing. Would love to see some images of the finished bench with the vice and dog holes if you get a chance to post them.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, I’m really glad you liked it :) I’m not sure how posting images on YT works, but you can check my Instagram account @wp.blankplank - among many others you will find some pictures pf the features I added later. If you still want to see more - let me know :)

Video and bench-great job. A materials list and cut sheet would be very helpful for us beginner's.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I did’t have a cut sheet at all - I just winged it and as far as materials list goes - just buy some 2x4s. Really, I’m not trying to be a smart-ass. The rest you can figure out from the video and tailor the bench for your needs :) If you need more try Paul Sellers - greatest hand tools master on KZread :)

Nice work, dude! That bench should serve you well!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s taking a beating quite well 😄

Really nice video. Great looking bench. One tip for mortise and tenons. Cut the tenon first and then use marking knife to size tenon to mortise.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken ☺️ Glad you enjoyed it! About the M&T - that’s exactly how I did that, it’s just that I was too conservative with clearing the first mortise. But the order was just like you said ☺️

Dude that encouraging cause it's something I plan to be doing. I did have a question about the purpose behind the gutter down one side. My guess is clean up and putting tools there for easy use but wasn't sure.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

You hit the nail on the head! It’s called tool well - I left the sides open on purpose - easy clean up as you said ☺️

Glad i found this channel Music is actually relaxing unlike the rock and roll country nonsense in other woodworking channels 🤮

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely to have you here, enjoying what I made :) Now I feel bad for not posting for so long. But! I’m going pro and hope to make some new content 💪

@Stashmo

3 ай бұрын

Music too loud/distracting. Would prefer more narrative.

Beautyfull floor!!. Take care of that😄

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

The whole building that workshop was in - is gone 😀

@FoxFox0077

Жыл бұрын

😢

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Not to worry - I salvaged some of that floor (you can see that in my drawer pulls video) and the new workshop is better :)

You increased my confidence to start building my workbench, I would like to add another video fir the vice

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear man! Build away! 💪 I’m afraid I didn’t film the installation of the vice, but there sure are a lot of good videos about that ☺️

Just FYI if I was to start a channel I would be proud if I did half as well as you did. We got spoiled by YT. I remember crude vids from years back. Now we expect quality, despite paying nothing. Very good video, very good audio and very good edit, some good jokes as well. Hats off sir. By the end you had a new subscriber. Lol. Przeszedłem wszystkie filmy, a na końcu (właściwie na początku) zaczynasz od przedstawienia się. Ja się wyginam z angielskim a tu rodak xD Wielki podziw Panie.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

I’m very humbled by your comment, all I can do now is continue trying for more, better and new :) Bardzo dobrze się wyginasz ;) Pięknie dziękuję za taki wspaniały komentarz, dzięk niemu (i jemu podobnym) wiem, że idę w dobrą stronę :) Nie spodziewaj się często filmów - niestety praca ostatnio nie pozwala mi na dużo czasu w pracowni, ale kilka pomysłów mam - kiedyś się ziszczą… Dzięki! :)

nice workbench and hand work, sub'd. thanks

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 😉

Well that certainly looks like a bench that will last a few lifetimes👍 very nice my friend, I have some wood in similar diameter and will be making a bench in the coming weeks so I will "borrow" a couple of tips from you if you don't mind.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what this video was made for :) Go for it! 💪

@snelgrave101

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank Cheers mate, happy building in the future👍

Awesome video , great editing, beautiful music, and the woodoworking part is very professional, thank you , looking forward for more :)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that man, I will do my best! Just need time 😁

Należy Ci się uznanie za wykonaną pracę :-) W ubiegłym roku zbudowałem swój pierwszy solidny stół (wg. projektu P. Sellers'a) i wiem ile czasu oraz energii potrzeba na taką realizację. A i tak uważam, że miałem o tyle łatwiej, że budując ze sklejki miałem było mniej krawędzi do strugania. Choć to co zostało, strugało się o wiele gorzej :-) Pozdrawiam i wszystkiego dobrego w nowym roku :-)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Dzięki :) Przez jakiś czas zastanawiałem się nad sklejką, ale raz że właśnie bałem się strugania, a dwa - ręcznie to bym się chyba pochlastał rozcinając arkusze :D

@MJGMTech

3 жыл бұрын

​@@BlankPlank Gdybym miał ciąć sklejkę ręcznie, to w ogóle bym się nie podjął tej realizacji. W moim wypadku sama część robocza stanowi 21 sklejonych ze sobą na sztorc pasków :-D Do tego dochodzi po 5 warstw na nogi, itp. Pociąłem to na niewielkiej pilarce stołowej, a po sklejeniu strugałem piąteczką :-) W sumie poszły 3 arkusze z niewielkim odpadem. Ale fakt faktem struganie sklejki do czystych nie należy. Dlatego uważam, że Twoja wersja podczas tworzenia była bardziej satysfakcjonująca :-)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

struganie jak najbardziej było przyjemne, a tarzanie się w świerkowych strużynach i nagrywanie slo-mo tym bardziej :D

Dobra Robota

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Dzięki :)

I gotta say man. I make and sell laminated workbenches. And some people, including myself. Prefer a soft wood bench. I do, and I make them on a regular basis. And though I have a shop full of power tools. Ireach for my hand tools more often. (Well except for milling) hahaha

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, milling is tough. I just bought new planer/thicknesser combo 😁 But the rest of the work - sweet sweet pleasure 😎 The quietness, the workout, the reward after... Shop full of tools is just for looks, we need just a few 🤣 I need to make a workbench from hardwood too, then I’ll decide 😋

That's some very impressive sawing. I use that same Gyokucho saw and my sawing is not half as accurate.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Not all cuts were like the ones I showed 😁 And for me the marking and scribing lines is the most crucial element of preparing for a straight cut 👍

@mikejustice1196

3 жыл бұрын

Watch Paul Sellers the master of all wood working and hand tools. Again, the master of us all.

02:37 🔎😅 But by the way a great job, your workbench 👌🏻

Awesome robota! Ja robię workbencha a'la Paul Sellers. Zacząłem chyba 8 lat temu. Pora w końcu skończyć 😅

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Moja w sumie to mix wszystkiego co wsiąkło we mnie po obejrzeniu ton jutuba, ale głównie Paul Sellers :) Ale budowana bez planów zupełnie 😋 Do dzieła!

@nusior

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank Ja ciągle nie jestem pewien w swoim równaniu i squarowaniu, ciągle mi coś nie pasi. No albo przesadzam i próbuję zbyt perfekcyjnie😆

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

Ta strugnica jest daleka od perfekcji. Ale jest solidna i całkiem ciężka - robi robotę ;)

@nusior

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank No i to najważniejsze :)

3:58 Hi, I’d like to see your workbench all finished with the vise and dog holes etc…

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Hey :) You can watch my other videos where I use it or see my instagram profile at wp.blankplank ;)

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

For example the bookshelf video :)

@jocelynbeauregard4456

Жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank thanks

That's a real beauty of a W/bench my bro. Well built and with hand tools..What NO. plane ws the u used to flatten the top and bottom of the bench top?? Is that a NO.5 Jack?? Is that called a Scrub plane too?? I'm new to hand planes. I bought a low angle block, a NO.3 & No.4 planes. I think the 3 & 4 planes are too similar. Is that correct? What is the difference between a smoothing or finishing plane?? I've only really begun to learn about Hand planes over the past month and I love working with them. I get real enjoyment from getting a flat level face and clean edge on boards with the planes. There's a real satisfaction to working this way imho. I lok forward to sharpening the Irons now too. I use the marker to blacken the edge and I can see which direction I moving the iron on the diamond stones. My planes are cheap ones. I think all 3 cost m,e less than 80 EUROS TOGETHER. For me I've been learning more by learning how to get the flat sole, how to check the Frog, etc and it's a nice feeling to be ale to get a cheaper plane to work perfectly.. Thanks for this top video bro. I enjoyed watching the process. I built my 1st bench using MDF 18mm x 2 sheets for the top, laminated but there's way too much bounce. The weight isn't good with my bench either. It moves too easily. I really want to build one like ur one here. My chiseling work has to improve and I will need to get better chisels down the line. I only have a really cheap 7 chisel set from MAGNUSSON. They're ok for light work but I've found them a struggle going into bigger timber. I keep them sharpend all the time but I think I should not have put the 2ndary bevel on them. I ONLY FOUND UR CHANNEL THIS MORNING SO I SUB'D LIKED and all that good stuff man. Tae it easy

@BlankPlank

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the build :) Yeah, that’s a jack no. 5 from Stanley. Scrub would be shorter and with camber on the blade, I think… Hand tools are awesome, just keep practising :)

Very nice, thank you! 👍🌟👌 Can I ask, what is the length of the blade of your japanese saw??

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ☺️ My ryoba is 240 mm long.

Considering the real soft wood. I would've made the top and legs more substantial. To compensate for the light wood.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

The whole thing is everything but light :D I also put a tool chest under the top - it’s massively heavy now :)

Do you find that the spruce is heavy enough in the finished bench? Or does it move across the floor during certain operations? I used spruce for my English workbench and it definitely moves with harder tasks.

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

I was actually quite sprucerized how heavy the finished bench was :) Nevertheless I did weigh it down with a custom chest of drawers full of tools

Hi, great video 🎉. Do you have any plans for this workbench?

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ;) No plans mate, I was making up dimensions and layout on the fly

I'm making this and making a video on it, brb

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Did you make it yet? :D

Super film :) pisałeś że wolałbyś sosnę....czemu? A mniej więcej ile materiału Ci poszło na strugnicę? Robiłeś z kantowek 45x95?

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Bo świerk jest bardziej miękki i mam wrażenie, że bardziej sęczny. I lżejszy zdaje się też. Takie najpośledniejsze drewno jak dla mnie... Tak, 45x95 chyba to było. Z 30-40 mb, nie pamiętam już niestety, bo to budowa z 2019 roku w zasadzie :) Możesz spróbować policzyć z filmu :p

"Look ma, no hands". Made me laugh. Watching you hand planing the top made me thought of the difficulties I had hand planing mine :). Good job anyway, love the result. Are you going to apply some finish on it? If so, which one?

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I got the comedy right 😁 Yeah, planing was rough... good workout though! I didn’t apply finish and I don’t really plan to - i like the raw look, and the wear it takes during use. If I ever make a workbench from beech I will definitely finish it :)

wont the stretchers prevent the top from expanding or contracting

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

They probably will, but given the cross section of the top it’s not that big a deal (it’s not that wide + 2x4s are „half a log” if you know what I mean). So far it’s all holding together and STURDY - that was the goal. It’s working fine since the middle of 2019 ☺️ But I totally get it - I had that same concern when building 😉

Cheat! There was not only one electric powered drill but also one powered by magic... Clickbait! Great stuff.

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean by magic, but electirc powered drill? No idea! 😎

Really nice work, I want to do one myself soon. Is there a chance you can add a tool list to the video description? (Including number of clamps) thanks

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Go ahead, it only seems like hard work - but the reward is high :) About the tool list - no problem! I’ll do that :)

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

Done mate ☺️ Let me know if you need more information ;)

@AssafOppenheimer

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank Really appreciate it!

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome ☺️

May I ask a technical question? Before you glue the 2x4s to make the surface of the workbench, what is the goal of planing the 2x4s if you are going to plane again after gluing? Thanks!

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Good question :) It was so long ago I had to really think about this 😁 Planing individual 2x4s is easier for big material removal - and that’s what removing the roundovers was all about. If I did a better job, the planing after glue up would be minimal. But it wasn’t too bad either. I guess you could plane everything when glued, but from a perspective of a somewhat experienced woodworker that I am now - that route was easier ;)

@aoenth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip!🎉🎉🎉

@aoenth

Жыл бұрын

May I ask a few more? Really appreciated! What is the final table height? Do you have rods connecting the two tool well pieces with the rest of the table?

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

I can check the height tomorrow, but it should be suited for your needs. If you plan to do some heavy planing on it - it should be lower, for fine joinery and delicate work - higher. Do some mock-ups and try for yourself :) There are no rods, just the dowels, but that’s for registration purposes only. Basically all construction is visible in the video :)

@aoenth

Жыл бұрын

Dowel is what I meant. Still learning the terminologies. Haha. So the only dowels are between the two tool well pieces then! Got it!

How it feel itself today?

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

After two years - still great :) I use it with no mercy and got no problems!

@Semizaroff

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank спасибо! Вдохновили меня построить свой :)

Is that pine wood?

@BlankPlank

11 ай бұрын

Spruce

Gdzieś już taki stół widziałem😀

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

No a oławska wersja dalej czeka na miłość, bo jednak jest w opłakanym stanie ;)

@bartekczarny3982

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank jak zrobisz film z jego renowacji to się będzie dobrze oglądał.

Spruce and pine are the same thing

@BlankPlank

2 жыл бұрын

They are softwood, but not the same :)

When did a power drill become a hand tool?

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

There is no power drill used in the entire video... What do you mean? 😯🤭🤔😁

@mikejustice1196

3 жыл бұрын

There sure was. You used a power drill. Power drill and a hand base are not synonymous

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

But that’s impossible! There was no power drill 😱

@mikejustice1196

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlankPlank We all saw you drill a hole with one.

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

You obviously haven’t seen Men in Black 😁

That’s right, look mommy, can I have a cookie

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

I see you came here with tons of positive energy 😉

Dobra robota:) ale dlaczego świerk:)?

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

bo były tylko świerkowe belki :) też wolałbym sosnę...

Please tell me the dimensions: length, width

@BlankPlank

11 ай бұрын

It’s in the video :)

Very nice. Please lose the music. It isn't necessary and detracts from the working sounds.

@BlankPlank

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Sometimes I edit the video to fit a beat or a song - helps me figure out transitions and gives a better feeling. But I have a plan for a musicless one - solid wood door build - stay tuned :)

шканты забей на клей в доски

@BlankPlank

3 жыл бұрын

I did :)