2 – The King and His Castle
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In this video, I give a full tour of my shop and show you what I feel are the essential tools for small and large workshops. I also discuss topics like tool prices, shop setup, and tool selection. You will also get an inside look at how my days typically start. Enjoy!!!
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Great episode. Thanks!
You asked for suggestions then here goes…
I’m a truely beginner who’s not sure yet how far I will go with the hobby. I would like to hear more about the basic, inexpensive, small shop. Maybe show how you actually operate the shop using the workbench and the manual tools to create real projects and not just for fixing details of the ones you have done with the power stationary tools.
Thanks again, and keep those episodes coming!
Great job and great idea. You are filling a void. It is really nice to see something like this. I am excited about project or task oriented episodes. I want to watch you go through the process of making different pieces.
Can’t wait to see more.
love the videos!!!! thanks to both of you guys for putting this together!!! it’s really down to earth and a lot of fun to watch!
Mark,
Enjoyed the new episode. keep up the good work.
Rick
amazing shop!
this was a great kick-off video.
keep em’ coming.
Very good video. You are a good presenter.
Michael Hinkel, AJ,AZ
All of us here at August Home Publishing (publishers of Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and Workbench) loved your Episode 2! I especially appreciated your intro as I could identify with you and my wife could probably identify with your wife!
Your cameraperson is very good (Is that your wife?). What kind of a camera are you using? The image on the screen is large and the audio level is perfect.
Most of all, I enjoy the fact that you are having fun and that is obvious. We’re working on some video projects here at August Home and need to bring in more of an “entertainment” value to them. Any secrets you want to share??
Keep the chips flying and try rubbing some padauk sawdust into that salad oil stain. It will give it a nice reddish appearance on your Bob Ross shirt,
Doug Hicks
Executive Editor and Vice President
August Home Publishing
Thanks for the great comments and suggestions everybody!
To answer Doug’s questions….
The camera is a panasonic pv-gs300 and the cameraperson is indeed my wife. And I have plentry of ideas on how to make videos “more entertaining”, but I cant tell them to you. :)
You want those secrets, you have to hire me. lol
Seriously though, I imagine its alot easier for me to make something funny simply because I dont have anyone to answer too if my humor is a bit off-color. I really do wish that more woodworking shows would have a sense of humor.
Are your upcoming videos about woodworking? Would love to get the details when you have them.
By the way, padauk is pretty much a 4-letter word on our laundry room. I only made that mistake once. lol
Marc
G’day Marc,
I really enjoyed your second episode.
Some great setups in your shop, like the cyclone system, but I think your just being greedy with two bandsaws! I also thought the ‘kick off’ switch on your table saw was a great inovation.
I found it interesting during the episode, you would refer to your shop as in the garage. In Australia, we call it a shed! The great Aussie Shed is a thing to be proud of, and can even be officially declared such, by a guy who has written books on “The Great Aussie Shed”!
Anyway, I look forward to seeing future episodes and more inovative information.
Well done and best of luck,
GazAly
PS: I’ve found that if you leave your ear muffs on all the time and ignore SWMBO, she’ll eventually give up calling.
PPS: I think youve turned your neighbours place into a desert!
Awesome job.
Can’t wait until number 3.
One day I can say, yeah, I was one of the lucky ones who saw thewoodwhisperer before tv show, the dvd’s, the feature length film… smile
You both do a wonderful job.
Stan
Marc -
You’re doing everyone a great service here.
Your material is just jammed with useful material for the budding Greene & Greene practioner!
Thank you.
You’ve got a sensational sense of humour and a great communication style.
All the best.
Howard Rosenberg
Great stuff,I’ve watched the videos a couple of times now and cant wait for the next one ..The only sugestion I can make is to hurry up and film it,so I wont get dissapointed the next time I open your web site,only to find that it hasn’t changed since the last time I was here.(which happened to be yesterday).
Keep up the good work..
nice work bud.
Nice job, and your shop is to die for. Looking forward to seeing how this developes.
Wow! what a great shop. I enjoyed your
tour of your shop. I also can really use your advice given in this video. Keep up the good work.
Hi,
Nice job. I can realy relate to your shop, and your sense of humor. Keep up the good no GREAT work.
James
Another bust. Could not open and view with Quicktime. This is the 3rd of 4th quicktime product created in the Mac that I just can not view on the PC.
Frustrated in NC oh well
Hi Marc great video. Did I see a tv in the shop?
Keep the videos comming and very nice shop.
I so lok forward to seeing your new episodes. You bring great humor, to woodworking. I appreciate all your tips etc. I’m just getting into my own woodworking projects. Thanks so much for all you do for us wanna bes out here. Thanks. Joe.
great podcast, laughed my b-lls off. very entertaining
I’m an absolute beginner in woodwork and you can’t image how lucky I feel to have found your great website!! This is like getting a private teacher, Super!
Keep up the incredible work,
Robert from Belgium, Europe
Denatured alcohol might be able to get your stain out.
And here on the east wall….THE EAST WALL???!!!! You have walls??!! You bastard!! :-)!
Great! I heard about your site from a guy at work.
This is the reason God gave us iPods! I’m a Mac/iPod freak and a novice woodworker. Your podcast is absolutely awesome!
I just finished moving in my Amish-made workshop and am in the process of getting my building wired. Finding your podcast has made my wait all the more excruciating as I wait to use my new shop.
Keep up the great work!
Hey love the videos but don’t forget that not everyone whos into woodworking is a male. Lots of women (like me) are into it as well.
how did you get your planer out of the shipping crate? Do I need to rent a forklift?
I actually used this: http://www.harborfreight.com/c.....mber=35915
You are an inspiration – I can only hope I will only be that good with wood some day. Your Videos are great – found you on you tube and now I have watched so many of your videos I feel like I know you. Keep up the good work and I hope a major network finds you and hires you.
is there a reason that we use cast iron framed bandsaws for cutting shapes and sheetmetal bandsaws for resawing? is it for stability or is it just cost. does the smaller diameter wheel on a castframe saw give the blade more mobility. is it capacity. or am i just overthinking this?
I use both for both. lol. Honestly though, I would guess its a combination of stability/price/weight issues. The bigger the unit gets, the heavier it would be. Imagine a big 24″ bandsaw all in cast iron! WOW! So the frame of the bigger saws has a very strong (and I assume lighter) beam design.