The English Woodworker

The English Woodworker

Richard Maguire is a professional hand tool woodworker - not many people can say that today!
For many years Richard has run TheEnglishWoodworker.com a website for providing information, experience and tips on hand tool woodworking.
The English Woodwork has become well respected as a resource with an ever growing following. Richard has returned to building furniture for his living after taking a break from Maguire Workbenches - his previous business building quality traditional workbenches.

More recently Richard has teamed with partner Helen to produced Premium Hand Tool education through entertaining and in depth online video courses which can be found on the website below. If you wish to learn more about hand tools then you should have a browse at www.theenglishwoodworker.com

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  • @gbwildlifeuk8269
    @gbwildlifeuk826918 күн бұрын

    The reason japanese pull saws are favoured over western saws for ripping, is because there's less effort required. With western saws you're pushing, (which is mainly relying on weight) and with japanese saws you're pulling. This uses a lot of back, arm and shoulder muscles and not one arm weight. Because of this it's always easier pulling than pushing.

  • @paullampru3591
    @paullampru359129 күн бұрын

    Given a flat-square board, would dowels provide strength and alignment?

  • @yasarmevlutoglu776
    @yasarmevlutoglu776Ай бұрын

    Хотя и сделано по мастерски ,волокна подобраны неправильно,Они должны быть горизонтальны , параллельно подошве

  • @johnc6809
    @johnc6809Ай бұрын

    Great job on the box. The tool marks are subtle but a great detail. How often did you need to sharpen any of your planes during the process? Tremont Nail Co. here in the states, still makes square cut nails. Their clench nails have a rectangular cross section that give a nice effect when clenched.

  • @richardc6932
    @richardc6932Ай бұрын

    For all my years in woodworking I have been a power tool guy, probably because of the New Yankee Workshop and Norm Abram. Now at the tender age of 76, I am drawn into the world of hand tools, especially bench planes and chisels. A safer and more relaxing way of working in wood, not to mention the safety of it. Dustless and noiseless. What I don’t understand is why anyone likes exerting that much energy in sawing heavy lumber, a bandsaw is a more civilized way to go. If I wanted a workout, I would go to a gym. Japanese saws are flimsy and can’t be sharpened and a pull stroke feels unnatural. Not everyone is built like this fellow and even he dislikes the job.

  • @ared18t
    @ared18tАй бұрын

    I love your videos I'm definitely buying a few this year

  • @calumblair
    @calumblairАй бұрын

    Miss your refreshing take on woodworking, wish you were still posting

  • @thomasabraham8988
    @thomasabraham8988Ай бұрын

    👍👍👍..

  • @marvinostman522
    @marvinostman522Ай бұрын

    I was listening to your cutting tools. The sound says all your tools would make a razor seem blunt. Any sharpening tips?

  • @richardc6932
    @richardc6932Ай бұрын

    I see you follow Paul Seller. He is the inventor of of that little guide.

  • @richardc6932
    @richardc6932Ай бұрын

    I would rather let my 5 year old grandson do all my dovetail joinery than use nails in that manner. Unless you are using decorative cut nails for aesthetics, I wouldn’t use nails unless they come out of an air nailer and are buried below the surface of the piece.

  • @richardc6932
    @richardc6932Ай бұрын

    Watching this video has convinced me that two layers of 5/8” Baltic birch with the bottom layer slightly wider for the planer to ride on is what I will do. This is just a shooting board not a piece of furniture and plywood eliminates the warping issue.

  • @marvinostman522
    @marvinostman522Ай бұрын

    Hey you need to remember that all our cousins came from somewhere else.

  • @robertunderdunkterwilliger2290
    @robertunderdunkterwilliger2290Ай бұрын

    I like hogging out with a gouge actually. Less risk of splinters. Not tried it yet (cold workshop) but perhaps, if we found a way to put a stop of some sort on a chisel, smaller dados could be made with just a chisel and a hammer!? I'm planning to make a box for my screws, and need lots of dividers!

  • @scumbly
    @scumbly2 ай бұрын

    The tip about grain pulling toward vs away at 4:40 was worth the subscription alone. Thanks!

  • @johnfitzgerald4274
    @johnfitzgerald42742 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @dilex2870
    @dilex28702 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I Like you teaching🎉

  • @3112134
    @31121342 ай бұрын

    I'm so surprised that Cack-Handed is in the dictionary.

  • @dale1956ties
    @dale1956ties2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the tips. BTW, I loved the shot with the camera attached o the plane. Brilliant.

  • @jimlelan4906
    @jimlelan49063 ай бұрын

    I found several other tests that were extremely sensitive at indicating the SI’s were the pain generators, 100% proven by SI joint injection under fluoroscopic guidance.

  • @Mr_Rick
    @Mr_Rick3 ай бұрын

    Would love to see a KZread channel dedicated to making wooden hand planes!! Go for it!

  • @Mr_Rick
    @Mr_Rick3 ай бұрын

    I would welcome another KZread channel dedicated to making hand planes. Go for it!👍

  • @AESamuel
    @AESamuel3 ай бұрын

    Hi Richard, I hope you're keeping well! Do you have any plans for releasing more content? I find your insights incredibly valuable!

  • @user-hr5di8sn8b
    @user-hr5di8sn8b3 ай бұрын

    lovely lesson, thank you!!! What wood did you use here?

  • @jessestrum
    @jessestrum3 ай бұрын

    the guru talk about loving yourself

  • @user-ee5km3mq9c
    @user-ee5km3mq9c3 ай бұрын

    I was with you right up until you used a stapler on the end grain joint. Sorry mate.

  • @luispacheco8745
    @luispacheco87453 ай бұрын

    I have to say love your channel

  • @jeremywalker666
    @jeremywalker6663 ай бұрын

    Something similar to this that I'd like to see is the raised panel like on cabinet doors. I know there's many ways to get them done like using the fillister or combo. They can be made with routers and even table saws but I'd like to see them made with basic woodworking hand tools.

  • @MISANTHROPE1964
    @MISANTHROPE19643 ай бұрын

    Brilliant. Thanks much, as a hobbyist, my saw skills leave much to be desired. Sawing a little off the line and chiseling back is a brilliant trick I haven’t seen before.

  • @deemdoubleu
    @deemdoubleu4 ай бұрын

    Awesome, love your no thrills approach

  • @majesticdragonfly
    @majesticdragonfly4 ай бұрын

    Hi Richard, are you still a

  • @ianbirkett
    @ianbirkett4 ай бұрын

    never knew about that technique. a thing of honest rustic beauty

  • @kurtiskronk5979
    @kurtiskronk59794 ай бұрын

    Great video. It's amazing how things that seem so simple can actually have a lot of depth. Learned several things in this video. Keep it up!

  • @ChristiKuhn
    @ChristiKuhn5 ай бұрын

    If you were stacking more than two pieces together, how would you deal with the growth rings?

  • @iamwhoiam4410
    @iamwhoiam44105 ай бұрын

    I've got Lie Neilson and Veritas saws, and then I have 12 Japanese saws, and use them all depending on the situation. If I have to cut real fine or small dovetails I use the Japanese saws, and I also use them for cutting small tenons. At my age now, and some elbow tendonitis, I use a bandsaw and table saw sometimes to rip with . Interesting video and thanks for sharing it. Your videos are great for beginners.

  • @acek100
    @acek1005 ай бұрын

    Resaw or ripping ? Resaw bandsaw all the way. Ripping Just use a table saw or better yet a track saw could be ideal.

  • @John-rq3cd
    @John-rq3cd5 ай бұрын

    Richard, Thank you for your initial guidance in this fine art so many years ago. This was the first thing I ever built and to be honest it is really crappe but after all these years (10) it still holding together and provides a home for all my saws. I'm older now with a myriad of problems but I still get out to the shop once in a while and build things. As things happen I became mostly a carpenter, building my own deck for the yard, a shed for the garden, repairing stairs but your lessons have been the inspiration for all the work and I did get better...sorta sideways but none the less. After all these years that chest is still with me and I currently use it as a saw bench for cross cutting as well as saw storage. Once again thank you and I look forward to you next video, maybe on that saw till and shelf for the inside. Merry Christmas 2023!

  • @gregtricker-reissig7301
    @gregtricker-reissig73015 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the terrific presentation, Richard. Indeed, ripping is the bane of my existence. But as one who prefers to repurpose seasoned wood, it's something I spend an inordinate amount of time doing by hand. I'm really keen to explore the Irwin option. I always bought Irwin hardpoint panel saws, but I haven't found one that would rip. Did you find the model number of the one you like? Or is it just a matter of buying any universal one with the lowest TPI?

  • @jonny67h
    @jonny67h5 ай бұрын

    Live n northern ireland, watching Rex and end up back hear. Lovely

  • @sethwarner2540
    @sethwarner25405 ай бұрын

    Did I hear you say you specialize in custom benches? I am interested in a bench that can be picked up with one hand, walk into the woods, set it on a rock and find wood nearby to carve into spoons, forks, spatulas.

  • @ianmurray3820
    @ianmurray38206 ай бұрын

    Hand tool work definitely keeps you fit generally but like any repetitive exercise it wears things out, I’ve always used a mixture of power tools and a few hand tools, and since retiring I have collected more of both, I do prefer a quiet dust free workshop where I can listen to the radio whilst working on something, !!!! BUT.!!! Ripping 8 x 4 sheets, 6” posts or anything reasonably hard takes - its toll on your body - and too much time ..!!!…I think even the most skilled craftsmen from the past would have used every tool at their disposal to be more productive and As you said “ just get on with it.!! …with whatever tools you have… great video…👍💪🏻

  • @G-nb6mb
    @G-nb6mb6 ай бұрын

    Richard, could you cover the traditional tools of the English furniture maker of the mid-to-late 19th century? And maybe round it down to the ones that are required versus ones that are a ‘nice-to-have’ thing? I want to make a minimalistic kit, but I also enjoy historical tools. And I believe that most of them would have been made by the craftsman themselves, or at least a good amount would’ve been. Best regards, -G

  • @DessieTots
    @DessieTots6 ай бұрын

    Haha! My older Stanley Bailey No.5 turned up on Tuesday this week. Wait till I show this video to my wife. However an amateur woodworker, even as bad as me can’t have enough planes.

  • @AMTunLimited
    @AMTunLimited6 ай бұрын

    I know this video is like 8 years old and it's got some incredible information, but did my man say ALL of this saw are rip-filed?!?

  • @sjhcfp8146
    @sjhcfp81466 ай бұрын

    Great vid, and your opening conclusion (use a bandsaw) answers a conundrum I’ve been trying to solve for sometime now! Alas I don’t really have room for a bandsaw (or table saw, or god forbid a thicknesser), but perhaps I’ll have to consider it more carefully. Agree that ripping with a western saw can be exhausting, though I love my old school £5 one. Japanese saws I also agree with, and I actually find they’re quicker. Where they fall down for me (and this may just be poor technique on my part) is accuracy and straightness. I find the thinness of the blades makes them wander like crazy, but that may just be me!

  • @raymondvillain
    @raymondvillain7 ай бұрын

    When shooting, doesn't the plane remove material from the edge of the shooting board, slowly over time? Seems like it would get things out of true, unless one could install a narrow metal rail along the bottom edge, so that the bed of the plane (not the iron) was always in contact with the original imaginary plane of the edge of the shooting board.

  • @memilanuk
    @memilanuk5 ай бұрын

    With very few exceptions, the blade on most bench planes does not go edge to edge. There is a small area, maybe 1/8-3/16" wide, between the edge of the blade and the outside cheek of the plane body. The blade *will* bite into the edge of the shooting board initially. How much depends on how far you have it protruding. But once that first little bit is cut away it will create a tiny shelf, and then the plane will stop on that edge area between the blade and the outside of the cheek. Hopefully that makes sense 👍

  • @brucewelty7684
    @brucewelty76847 ай бұрын

    I am catching up on your posts!

  • @tiktokloe
    @tiktokloe7 ай бұрын

    I am subscribing for that accent 😂👍🏻

  • @fredpierce6097
    @fredpierce60977 ай бұрын

    I say save your Shillings for a pint of Guinness or three!

  • @user-oi8hk8xt6b
    @user-oi8hk8xt6b7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much, Richard. Your videos are outstanding. You are what the Japanese call meishō. Come to Florida, and let me buy you a pint.