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If you put a little rubbing alcohol on your fingers it will not tear and allows for a smooth service. Works awesome!!

Isn't lightweight spackle only recommended for interior use?

To much talking but not noth work dude

If I had a dollar for every ok

Great stuff.

Man I love your videos

That was great. Thanks for putting this up. Is there more detail work to be done on that sash before glazing and painting or are you pretty close to being done on it?

I took a slightly different approach. I added 1/16” to my window dimension and that allowed for muntin spacing on a 1/16” increment. If needed, I can plane the outside of the stiles at dry fit.

Best video I've seen on this subject and as far as the joint compound powder goes ,does it matter if it's a 5 , 20 , 45 or 90 grade bag , i noticed your's was 20 , im thinking it shouldn't but im just over thinking it , thanks 😊

Where do you get the wavy glass? I've been moving heaven and earth to get that for our window project.

Great tips and links. Thanks for the effort!

Thank you! I have same style latch/keeper mechanism with newer friction fit instead of lead weights from the late 50's.

My one reservation about using the paint shaver is that it seems to shoot dust and paint chips everywhere, despite the vacuum connection. I wouldn’t care if I were in a big shop but since I work out of my basement, I have to be conscious about keeping things somewhat clean

You make this look SO easy. I just did 3 old windows with the tube. So difficult!!!! Thanks for the tips

I use these products on my old windows. Great stuff.

Previous owner put vinyl windows in my rear sunroom of my house several years ago. None of them really close or open well. The frames look distorted and the locks don't work right. Luckily they left the original wood windows in the rest of the house.

You don't show finished work? SMFH

What kind of wood do you use here?

Do you have to treat or paint that exposed planed surface? For weatherproofing?

Does anyone have any advice on a more lightweight repair when the meeting rails are only off 1/8 or 1/4 inch? The culprit is also a shifting house; I have other windows that are more severe like in the video. So, I'm looking at removing triangles of material 1/8 high or less. I'm a little out of my depth, but I was thinking of scribing a line as Steve suggests here, and then using a hand plane to remove that bit of material.

Coverstain is USELESS for exterior work. It traps moisture in causing timber to rot and it isn't flexible.

I am understanding the indexing process, but am wondering about the cup and crown of the grain and cut, and how that is in relation to window structure. (Inside/outside perimeter, interior/exterior, preferred grain orientation. Etc. ) i would love to see a video of a more detailed culling and orientation process. Loving the videos! Also, do you ever use cypress in your builds?

Very nice video. Dont know if it would help, for old putty I warm up with a heat gun till its pliable. Comes out nice and clean. Just have to be careful where the points are. Nice video.

Hey Steve- unrelated, but have you ever seen a way to prevent the sash lock on the lower from damaging the horizontal muntins on the upper? I’m working on a house that has a chunk of wood missing from every upper sash’s muntin thanks to the lower sash being lifted while the sash lock was in the “wrong” position. From paint layers, some of the damage seems to date back to the ‘30s.

hi thx for the window sill replacement. Next is scraping the side of the house. i have never seen that yellow scraping tool that is attached to the vac. Can you please tell me what that is?

it's like an advert for the metric system...

Just did the stubby pencil work over the weekend for my first divided light sash and this is a big confidence builder. A couple of observations: good to see you true to 1 1/2” tenons from your previous video; what wood (sapele is half the cost of pickled pine in Houston); I know you cut a lot of wood but a stop on your chop saw would be a good investment. Apologies to my HS English teachers for the run on sentences.

These videos are great! What wood species do you use for new windows?

I’ml a 27 year Cabinet Maker specializing in high-end kitchens. I’ve learned a lot from you. I’m a huge fan keep going.

Freeborn now makes the extended knife set to produce tenoned copes. It’s not cheap but someone finally made one

I think I’m going to have to watch this once again. I’ll probably better understand after I’m well rested. I sincerely appreciate the effort you put into these instructional videos for us. 👍

Cheers mate ❤

Do you contact people to maby help them. I purchased property with a mobile home on it and the idiots that had the place before me took most of the interior windows one they filled with bricks and I need to make the windows to put into the house. The actual frame is there just missing most of the windows please help with instructions

Cut it twice and still too short!

Great tutorial! Thanks!!

Yeah everything you need to know but where to buy the glass

You can always decant the paint into a dolly rather than ruin the whole can

Have been studying your videos on sash making over and over. Mainly because I have to fabricate four sashes from 1911 era. They are are extremely informative. Thank you for that. Can't, however, grasp stiles 2-1/4" wide and 1-1/2" tendons. One video you say overall width minus 1" is rail length. Final sash width 33-7/8", rail 32-7/8". I mortise 1-3/4" and same length tendons. Now all messed up. Am in Lakeland, Florida What did I do wrong?

Steve, I’ve been missing your content. Glad to see you’re back in front of the camera. Greetings from a fellow restoration carpenter in NH. Keep up the great work!

I seen an episode on this old house they sent a piece of molding to a company and they made knives to be able to make that molding.

Thanks for the videos! Saw you on PFC last year, had to make shash factory 🤣. Shop's looking great, keep em comin!

Great job, what kind of pine are you using

Slick we have a $65,000. Shaper in our shop and can’t do it better. Good job

Thank you . I couldn’t do that before , I searched many videos in CZcams, and none of them could help me . Until I saw ur video 💜

What species of wood do you use for a new window sash? What are your thoughts on cypress?

What are you using? Sounds like a rusty nail

I still don't know whether it is best practice to paint the bed before setting the glass into the frame. here he is applying to a bare wood window

nice

Awesome setup! What sort of timber was that ?

Lost me at "abrasives" wayyyyy to long yatta yatta yatta