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- Make a precise and accurate Japanese cutting gauge from scraps and a little spring steel.
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Take a vacation! Rather you take care of yourself than start to hate doing this. In any case, it will give us a chance to catch up a bit.
When did he talk about going on a break?
Oliver Delica
At the end where he mentions needing a break.
Totally, take a break and enjoy the family thing. Don't feel you have to rush back.You make awesome content with a great down to earth attitude and practical humorous style. That doesn't happen easy.
Great book for a beginner . czcams.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ this book really starts from the beginning, as in it explains what basic tools are and how to use them. But when it gets to the art of creating joints and how and when to use them this book really starts to teach you something. At least that was my experience.
"mistakes keep you humble" - how wise. I probably will remember this quote forever. Thanks!
Oh man, the look on his face when he said that...
So that is why my parents keep telling me I humble them :O
Wolfgang Kinkeldei - if you never make a mistake, you’re not trying anything new.
I've noticed the best and most successful teachers on youtube are often the most humble. The arrogant ones never quite get the subscriptions they are looking for.
Gold, Rex. I can totally relate to the "couple of beers" eBay purchase. I once bought a motorcycle that way...
And take a break my friend! We won't go anywhere.
I almost laughed at this one as well. I have not found this reason on the list either
I substitute 'overtired but not sleeping 3 a.m.' for drinking...
A motorcycle, wow. I had beers, a credit card and now I own a set of Miracle Blade Knives.... And, yes... they rust.
My marriage has a similar story.
I'm falling so far behind in tools I want to make, and now here's another one that seems really useful.
So yeah, you take a break and Ill try to catch up some. Thanks for another really interesting shop-made tool!
Just sell the first one on eBay as a rare left handed vintage Japanese Cutting Gauge!
As a left hander, handed tools are often awkward since 95% of them are right hand only. Did the mirror image really matter?
@@theTeslaFalcon It wasn't Mirrored. The wedge channel was on the same side as the cutter, which ruins the whole tool because now the wedge obstructs and moves the marker.
Kevin Cochran 😂😂😂
Yeah I didn't see that as a mistake at all, it'll just be for use from the other side/other end of the work piece. Technically an error in the duplication, but I think it's till viable.
Tell ya what, it has me thinking now about one with a rabbet on either side that could work both ways simply by turning the beam around ;)
@@SoralTheSol ... So he would need to mirror the cutter as well, the wedge can be exactly the same. He basically does have a left handed version now. Or rather, he finished the left to right cutter, and he has the main body of a right to left cutter; since in truth, these aren't actually handed tools (those are ambi tools).
Thank you for always keeping your mistakes in the videos. It is so important to show that mistakes are a natural and acceptable part of not only learning but in life in general, and I feel that this is something that society tends to forget.
rex, rex, rex.. you didn't do the "wrong side".. you made a Left-handed version!!!
Need to mirror the blade too for a lefty tool. Otherwise the bevel is backwards. It matters.
Made me laugh with the positivity
@@thomasarussellsr This needs to be a top-level comment!
Thomas Russell can’t you pop it out and flip it over
@@aeronicc Yea I think the curve would be the right way if it's just flipped in there.
Enjoy your VERY well-deserved break!
Hey Rex, take all the time you need to not burn out. A really handy way to continue community engagement during a break is to schedule daily polls. People love checking boxes and being asked about what they like. You'll also find that people will make suggestions and produce ideas for you.
My greatest respects and grateful for making a mistake and showing it to everyone, of course you could have edited and deleted the part where it appears backwards but it is so, so great that you are a human teacher with imperfections that only makes me respect and admire you, you are a genius with your explanations Thank you thousands by thousands
The first! I apologize for my poor English, but it is the "google translate" fault! I discovered you by chance last week, and I must say, I wish I hadn't! Four days of relationship, and today I was forced to do the Japanese cut gramil! There is no right! And now I find myself looking for approximate measurements to make the screw sergeant! In one more week of relationship, I leave you forever! Congratulations on the channel! It's hard for me to follow you because of how fast you speak and my English null, but thank you so much for being there!
I really appreciate that you show your mistakes.
I just wanted to comment for the people that this is not only a *cutting* gauge but also a *splitting* gauge.
I f you read Toshio Odate's book you'll learn that with this wari-kebiki you could also split a soft wood panel along the woodgrain. This is sooooo much faster than doin a ripcut. You will love this tool just for these purpose.
By the way. There are also splitting gauges around in japan that are quite a bit beefier (lets say larger in size and shape)
Keep the good work up Rex but take your time!
I've never seen a proper explanation for using your finger as a marking gauge for drawing in lines, it's something I've never really grasped. I really appreciate that you explain everything, leaving nobody behind. Thanks so much Rex for another great vid!
I really like those little tips like using your finger as a fence 👌👌
The first one you made can still be used without a problem. The location of the wedge probably wouldn't impact performance, and the 'hand' of the tool would be primarily determined the the direction/angle of the cutting blade, so other than having the main block mirrored, it can still be made into a useful tool
I think the best thing I’ve learned from this video is that you can use tape on your finger to hold something small for sanding, I feel like a dunce for not thinking of that on my own
If you want a saw blade thinner than a coping saw blade without the little cross pieces at the ends, a jeweler’s saw blade will work for you.
Rex, my good man. Theres only two makers on this platform that I get excited to watch a new video. You and Paul Sellars. If you need a break, take a break. If you're worried about the lords of the algorithm, make some easy videos. QA, a recap of the humans tools, or just sit there and tell some funny stories. Tell us how you get your head so shiny. Ive never figured out how to do that. Two seconds after j shave, I look like I have a five o'clock shadow. Anyway, well be here buddy. And as always, great video.
To the reader of fine print, the video proclaims that 1/2"=13mm, it should say 1/2"≈13mm (note the aproximate equal sign) since half an inch equals 12.7mm on the dot, it hardly matters for the project nor in practice but correct is correct and mr Rex is probably being used as a reference/authority on these things.
Since you're adjusting it with a hammer, add a furniture tack to either end to give it a striking surface.
Well, maybe not the cutter-side (as per Rex's explanation) but at least on the opposite side!
Drunk purchases as the best purchases. I had "Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock" arrive on my doorstep once, and it was only then that I remembered that my Mum had been round for a couple of drinks the Friday before and I had been unable to find "The Woodstock Improvisation" on CZcams and decided that I never wanted to be unable to play it again
Mistakes keep you humble! Great sentence and nice way to deal with them. Thanks for the vídeo and these additional wisdom pills!
When you are cutting the angled mortice for the wedge, an easier way to check you are at the correct angle is to put a mirror on the far side of your workpiece and look into the mirror to check the angle. It works well when drilling holes on an angle as well.
Hey wait I’m left handed. You are awesome lots of knowledge and fun to watch
i just found your channel. Ryoba was the first video watched from you and second is this video. After one year your channel became japanese tool channel .D
Thank you Rex I purchased the book making tools is a nice way to relieve stress and make something useful
That wood looks a lot like african teak, I use it a lot, 'cuase here in spain is quite cheap, and super strong!! Great work!
Or Meranti
Rex, great video. Take a break and recharge. I'd hate to see you throw in the towel. You've built a great channel.
S.W.I. is a real thing.
Shopping while intoxicated is the reason many people return all sorts of embarrassing purchases.
A Japanese cutting gauge is not an embarrassing item, but not remembering that you bought it is a funny story.
Appreciated the honesty about the mistake! Always encouraging.
Just bought the plan and will head out to the shop shortly to build one. Thanks Rex!
I'm really looking forward to making this.
Nice description of the "freehand" layout technique, Rex. Almost like I knew how already, but didn't. Keep up the good tool making videos. My mallet as per your earlier upload and plan, is awesome.
After your tutorial on the Japanese pull saw (that I bought just after, and that I definitely enjoy so much now), you're on your way to become the American Samurai, aren't you? Thanks a lot Rex! Aldo (from France). And, yes, don't forget to take some little vacation. Summer is coming :)
I like it when you show your mistakes. Shows us how you cope with it.
I really appreciate how straightforward and easy you make (and insist) adjusting wooden wedge planes/gauges/etc really are. I honestly don't think I "got it" until you explained it. Hey! Thanks for that.
Hi Rex, thanks for all the content! Although I never made anything you showed so far, I like that it feels like I'm learning ( I put some skill to practice and there were noticeable improvement in my results) and you are very entertaining and seem like a nice person. I with you good luck with the home schooling and all the best to your family. Enjoy your break! Cheers!
Good vid, your productions are always pretty slick. Enjoy your break mate.
Rex, take care of you brother, always take care of you first. Besides I am several tools and projects behind and need to catch up, lol.
Great share Rex. Can't wait to try. I am up to my 3rd home made tool so far. Used your saw handle plan for one but changed it for a pistol grip in the end. I also made a router plane and a grooving plane. Seems like cutting gauge is in order next then. Thanks for the ideas mate and enjoy your down time.
Thank you so much for your videos. They brighten up my day, you explain things very well, and make things seem easy. Been watching your videos for a long time now, and I have to say you are my favorite woodworker that I watch
Thanks for the plans , I just ordered me the journeys bundle.
I think I've watched all of the videos in your woodwork for humans playlist at least twice. I really love your work. Thank you for making these available. A broke student appreciates your kindness!
That guy is so passionate and dedicated.
I love him!
your videos are such a big help with my craft
That's a really nice piece, & your wrong side rebate just means you also have a left-handed version now.. I think.
I've wrecked my hands a bit doing the inverted planing thing, but it can be made much safer by clamping your little piece first & then holding the clamp to draw it over the plane. The clamp will go across the sole, so you can hold that at either end & your fingers won't go near the iron at all. Alternatively, if there's clearance, do it front & back in a G clamp and its spine doubles as a handle.
The mystery wood looks like Sapelle. Nice job by the way as always.
Thanks for your humility 🙏🏻
I love the humor n cutoff sentences
Just got the Irwin Marples chisels you talked about in a previous video. The box from the boxes set is pretty cheesy so I made a new one. Hand cut mortice and tenon joints on the doors, used the new chisels after a bit of honing. Fantastic fun, nothing like nice sharp tools. Came out well considering I have never done this operation before. Have a nice break!
Wood looks like Australian Jarrah to me. (I'm Australian)
I'm no fundi on wood, I'm an entomologist, but I first thought it looked like African teak which we see a lot of here in, well, Africa 😏. But then when I saw your post I wondered if it could be black wottle. I've been chopping a bunch of late here in South Africa because it's become an invasive weed since its introduction from Australia for wood, and sometimes it has a lot of this red. What do you think?
@@oliverwood8505 Yep, I think it looks a lot like jarrah, but lots of wood here looks like that, Africa and the western parts here where I'm from were joined once. It is probably just something common to north america but It looks a lot like jarrah.
Awesome stuff Rex! I have really enjoyed your videos; they have given me so many great ideas...and I just remove some mystery wood here on the island (Saipan) that is perfect for this Japanese cutting gauge. It is an incredibly hard wood. Keep up the great work... I know many of us love it.
I want to say that this is one of the better video's you have done. It was informative as well as an interesting look at another way to address a common woodworking issue. Thank you for doing these videos and I along with others certainly encourage you to take some time off to do things other than these video. When you come back we will be here waiting to enjoy your next adventure. BTW I have learned that drinking has often been the leading cause of opportunistic adventures.
Thank you. Back at near the start of COVID I made myself a panel gauge that is similar but bigger but I didn’t have a cutter. Now you have given me a solution.
Excellent tutorial Rex! I have made more mistakes making things than I care to think about and the bad part is I measured to make the mistake! Thanks for sharing this and enjoy some time off.
Great video, these are always fun to watch. My takeaway from this is that I feel capable of cutting a good clean mortise after watching this. Simple explanation and technique. I’m going to try and cut a couple mortises this weekend especially because I really want to make a couple planes and things. Also got my first spokeshave today and just finished honing it, so definitely have to experiment with that this weekend.
Take a break, we won't hate you. And you won't hate you. It is perfectly understandable.
Another great video. Thanks Rex.
Love your projects, amazing and so approachable.. Thank you!
Hey Rex! Really cool tool! The MF moment cracked me up so much.
Here's an idea for next week from other content creators I've seen that don't want to take a break: Do a live AMA video (Ask Me Anything) - no preparation needed, just go online 15 minutes, choose some questions from the chat and reply. I bet people will really appreciate getting a video response to some of their burning questions and an AMA video every now and then in between others is totally normal. We want to chat, and you want to take a creator/builder/filming break - it's a win-win :)
Rex strikes me as somewhat of a perfectionist. I wonder if he could handle the chaos of a live stream!! lol I hope you do it Rex!!!
@@jprevard Yea I hope he does it too. And hopefully laughs at the mistakes that may happen.
Thank you very much for your effort. This is my go to channel for inspiration.
Have a great vacation!
Rex, I absolutely love that you talk about the mistakes that you have made and you show that you made the mistakes. All of us newbies out here are probably making a lot more and feel a lot better when we see the pros like you screw up every once in awhile too.
Hardly a pro. I have some professional experience, but I'm just another guy working it out in my basement.
Very enjoyable to watch Rex cheers
And now you have a full workshop of homemade tools.
1:34 I feel like this is a pretty good litmus test, if I call up a company, ask for a refund, they ask me why and I tell them “I ordered it when I was drunk and it wasn’t a good decision,” if they say no problem, I’ll stay with that company as long as they are in business 😂
That looks like a tricky tool to make. Thanks for showing this tool , Rex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Japanese mortising technique starts in the center creating a v shape and moving outwards. Then it's paired.
If mistakes keep you humble, I am the most humble person you will ever meet.
I don't know, you might have to fight me for that title😂
That might go to the inventer of "Formula 409", 408 mistakes before getting one cleaner formula correct. You know?
@@thomasarussellsr I wasn't aware that was the reason for the name. I was aware of that being the source of the "40" in WD-40 though. That's very interesting.
Thomas Russell As Thomas Edison was famous for saying that he found over 200 ways not to make a light bulb before he got it right👍
Tom Manseau if you’re fighting over the title, you lose...
Great vid ,thanks for showing me how to make the tool.
Thank you! Was very interesting and informative.
Very cool Rex.
Thank you so much for including your mistake in this video (and, well, in a lot of your videos)
Just getting started woodworking and I've had my first big project in progress for a bit now. It does *wonders* for my patience to see an experienced woodworker making basic, human, "attention to detail" errors like the ones I am constantly making.
The whole piece is scaled to the body. The curve is probably about the total natural deflection of the wrist 60degrees or so. The whole fence is probably the length of the builders forefinger to the inside of the palmheel where it meets the wrist. I would bet the gauge to the cutter is just a bit shorter than the knife edge of the hand to the extended thumb worth of distance.
Just finished a second "hybrid" of the styles of gauge, myself... AND using a hardened washer for the cutter at the end of an adequate dowel allows the curved blade, and the first one worked so well I had to have two...
Just be wary of "cheap-o" washers and spacers that won't hold an edge... That said, for no more than a washer costs, it's not a bad investment for a tool... for those who can't sacrifice a saw, scraper or putty knife.
If you're interested, the dowel was a half inch thick, and the washer a 3/4 inch wide... held fast by a construction screw. I drilled first for accuracy and straight precision... Followed Rex's video otherwise on a marking gauge with the slightest recess added for the washer to snug right into... not only precise, but protects the "cutter" in storage. ;o)
Pretty interesting little gauge, Rex! 😃
Don't worry! Get some rest there!
Stay safe with your family! 🖖😊
"Mistakes keep you humble..." I must be the most humble guy around. Trust me... :-)
Okay are you being serious, how is it possible that you are awesome with great content and advice and yet you out do even yourself almost every single time. I found this one to be one of the best videos you've done. Thank you very much
Thank you so much, Rex! Great content and cool tool.
Nice work! You can also use a nicker on a sharp rabbet plane, or a moving filister plane, Mark's and cuts at the same time.
Hi Rex, I had wondered how I could modify the marking gauge build to make it a Japanese style cutting gauge like Toshio has in his tool box. Back in the 1970s I was one of the students he taught in a life changing course in woodworking at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Toshio's cutting gauge was super important when he apprenticed as a youth working for a master shoji screen maker. He demonstrated how he ripped the thin sticks that interlock to make a strong, lightweight framework that supports the rice paper. Like Toshio, you instill a love of beautiful, functional hand tools. This gauge, this size is perfect for the end grain rebating.Your order while inebriated was a coup!
Toshio's cutting gauge has a captive wedge. Your marking gauge has one too. It reminds me of Toshio's. Since he used it to make thin sticks his has a bigger fence. In the demo Toshio cut the sticks & planed each one. Thank you for producing this video, one of your very best! Incidently, Toshio pronounces his name, ohDAHtay possibly an anglicized pronunciation.
Dude you are a genius.
Great video, Rex, thank you! Enjoy your break.
Not too bad a mistake. You could still form words! Unlike the "grooooooooaaaan..." variety, where you put a rebate on the wrong edge of a facing plank or cut dovetails in opposite directions on the same board.
Not that I've *ever* done either, of course... (Looks askance.)
There are no mistakes...just learning opportunities. Great project
Rex, you really frustrated me. At first, I took you for the garden variety CZcams know-it-all. Fast forward... I would now like to acknowledge you as a true “maker”, taking the time and effort to share their knowledge. Good job! Well done! Words of wisdom from a septuagenarian; keep reminding your audience there’s ar least 3 different ways to achieve every woodworking (maker’s) goal. All three or more ways are valid. Use the methed and approach that fits YOU, the particular project, and the moment in time. Keep up the good work! BTW, I too am on my grandchildren’s home-school team, teaching history, science, and computer skills ( read Arduino & Raspberry Pi). It’s takes up to two days of prep for every day of class time. I KNOW you’re really busy. A sound choice to give yourself a breather. Your family’s will thank you in so many ways. Blessings to all.
Hey there Rex
I’ve watched a few of your videos recently and there’s a couple of things that have made subscribe to your channel. First and foremost, your a natural in front of the camera fella, not an easy thing to pull off for a non pro actor. Your facial expressions are hilarious, in a good way I might add.
I like the fact that you under take some very interesting and useful workshop tools, but without all the fancy machinery that many of your viewers just may not have. I am fortunate enough to have a reasonably kitted out workshop, which has taken me years to build up I might add. However having reasonable machinery can make a person lazy, complacent and above all is the possibility you start to loose the art of working accurately with hand tools. Using hand tools correctly is very satisfying and a great way to chill and regain the respect and care for your hand tools and moreover total respect for the material you are working with.
I like the fact that you aim to give confidence to the viewers, making them believe that they are capable to undertake your projects even if it means a few clock ups along the way, heck I won’t see fifty again and I still take my eye off the ball now and again, however so long as you’ve understood the error and are willing to start over, then when you’ve accomplished your piece, then it’s doubly gratifying.
I have learned some things from you, especially that you demonstrate that there can be alternative ways of achieving the same end result, and perhaps an easier way than a person may have used for years. I think the key here is the old adage ‘your never too old to learn’
Your dry sense of humour cracks me up, even if you can’t spell humour properly and call a rebate a ‘rabbit’. A rabbit is something that hops around eating carrots and goes well in a pie.
Looking forward to your next video Rex.
Vinegar is marvelous at removing rust.
Take a break, we will be here when you get back! I'm sure we all would rather see you enthusiastic than phoning it in.
Also when you said that making the cutter was easy, i instantly had an image in my mind of you maniacally chopping up a katana, it was terrifying and awesome!😉
Take a break and relax! Be well! Thank you for such a super video and all of the great content you put out. All people need time off. Looking forward to the next video
Thank you so much!
Great content, as always. Yes, take a break! We all need time off, burn out is real.
Aint that the frick'n truth
Awesome Tool! Keep that work - life balance. It is critical! See you soon!
For getting the cutter into the block, it would make sense to use two square-ended blocks the same thickness as the blade cutter is wide either side, then fit a 3-4mm strip of wood either side of that stackup. Wax the cutter, snug everything up, glue and clamp. Wax stops the cutter getting glued up and is easier to remove. Take the glueup and plane it to shape.
Love the honesty! I wondered when I got a diet book in the mail. Wish it was a tool because the diet was nonsense 🤣
"I checked"😂 that was a good one, so happy i found your channel you do right what i was looking for and explain it really well i learned so much with just a few videos you wouldnt believe how many "beginners" videos arent really for beginners or maybe you do😲anyway thank you and i will try to make some of the stuff you show and use a similar style to yours high five from portugal🙋
That is an interesting take.
11:15 "Did I miss anything?"
Nope, you just made a left-handed version.
Trust me, as a lefty this makes total sense.
i like your humor, good channel...
You mentioned that you hadn't yet added a mortise gauge to your woodworking for humans toolbox, and I find it funny that the first actual tool I made was a marking gauge that doubles as a non-adjustable mortise gauge. What makes it funny is that I have never once used the mortise gauge side of the tool. I have been wanting to make a mallet since I made it, but I have never had a scrap post to use for the head. I suppose I should just go buy one at this point, since it has been a while.