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416 The Skraper by Benchcrafted
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 ★★★★ - 43 ratingsThe folks over at Benchcrafted really know how to make tools. Jameel and everyone stand by the products they make so we don't have to worry about whether or not they're going to hold up in our shops. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that they're woodworkers too. They don't just make to...
418 The Bora Wide Track Clamp Edge
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsThe guys over at Bora Clamps recently introduced their latest clamping system, the Bora Wide Track Clamp Edge. A straight edge clamp that works very much like a traditional clamp with the added benefit of having a straight edge body attached to it. The beauty of a straight edge clamp is you can...
419 Maple Child's Dresser Pt 5
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's episode is the 5th part of the series on the Child's dresser. We've jumped ahead a little bit as in real time I started to fall behind so I did some assembly work with the camera off. I'm trying to document as much as I can on these projects, but occasionally things kind of fall through...
420 Czeck Edge Ruler-Stop
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's Try It Tuesday is a look at the Czeck Edge Ruler-Stop currently available at Highland Woodworking. A handy little tool that literally fits in the palm of your hand but still has the ability to do great big things. The Czeck Edge Ruler-Stop works much like a traditional square, but with ...
421 Maple Child's Dresser Wrap Up
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's episode is the final in the series on the Maple, Child's Dresser build. Unfortunately as will happen on this show, I did have to jump forward in time a little as I started to fall behind my original schedule to have it completed. Up to this point the vast majority of the construction ha...
422 Veritas Surface Vise
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsThere are a lot of workbench accessories on the market, but typically they're either something that needs to be built as part of the workbench top and are nearly permanent components or they're small useful items, but don't have much versatility to them. A newer accessory that hit the market in ...
423 A Day At The Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Show
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsWe all want to kick the tires before we buy, but when it comes to certain things in life it's not always possible. Thankfully the folks at Lie-Nielsen understand this and travel across the states and into the great white north to give every woodworker an opportunity to man handle their planes, s...
425 Milescraft SignPro
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsThere are times when I just want to make something for fun and I don't want to spend a lot of time worrying about all the details to make it right. Of course, I do want to make sure it's something I don't mind my name being associated with too! One type of project that's fun and can make a grea...
427 GRR-Ripper
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIt's Safety Week 2010 and it only makes sense for this week's "Try It Tuesday" to be a safety device. A while ago we had a chance to give-away a Micro-Jig GRR-Ripper as part of our monthly schwag drawing. I couldn't just give one away without trying it out for myself, so for total openness...YE...
428 Checklist for Safety
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsWe're close to wrapping up SAFETY WEEK 2010 and I stumbled across a great article at WOOD Magazine's website. Not one to let a good thing slide by, I asked the folks at WOOD for permission to share it with all of you. Thankfully they said yes! Today's episode is based on the 12 point checklist...
429 Kreg Multi-Mark
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIt's another Tuesday and that means it's time for another "Try it Tuesday". This week we have the Kreg Multi-Mark, a great little multi-marking tool for a wide assortment of jobs in and out of the shop. With three possible blade positions for quick measuring and marking the Kreg Multi-Mark is a...
431 Shop Apron
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's "Try it Tuesday" is all about my shop apron, more specifically the Leather Apron from Highland Woodworking. With it's generous proportions, it's deep flap covered pockets and it's really comfortable feel (once it's properly broken in that is) this is a great apron for any woodworker. Wh...
432 Handplane Screwdriver
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's Try it Tuesday is the Lee Valley Handplane Screwdriver. Since the next few episodes will be continuing our discussion of hand planes, it only makes sense we need to cover some tools or accessories that go along with them. The Handplane Screwdriver is one such accessory. Unlike an ordin...
433 Jack Planes "The Rough Ones"
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsFinally returning to our discussion on hand planes we pick back up by talking about the roughest planes on the bench. The Jack Planes! This class of bench plane falls between the large jointers and the smaller smoothers, but they're the perfect size for doing rough work without wearing out th...
434 Replacement Blades
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsThe quickest and easiest way to improve an old hand plane is to swap out the original blade and maybe even the chipbreaker. Not that there's anything truly wrong with the original pieces, other than a little surface rust and maybe a nick or two, but if you were to hold the new old and blades sid...
435 Jointer Planes
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsMoving along with our discussion of bench planes it's time to take a look at the jointer planes. The jointers are our middle of the road tools. These are the tools we reach for once we've taken our stock from it's rough cut faces and edges, leveled out the big hills and valleys and are ready to...
436 Jointer Fence
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's "Try it Tuesday" is the Veritas Jointer Fence. A great accessory for the hand plane user to help get nice square edges on your stock. Usable with almost all of the bench planes, it attaches to the body via two, strong rare earth magnets. Once attached to a plane, making square edges is...
437 Smoothing Planes
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:51 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsWe wrap up our discussion of the bench planes today with a discussion about Smoothing Planes. Next to the Jack Planes, the smoothers are probably one of the more common planes in the shop. In the Stanley Numbering System, the smoothers are the lowest numbers, 1-4. But you can easily recognize ...
438 Woodworker's Guide To Sketchup
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsToday's "Try it Tuesday" is a look at Bob Lang's "Woodworker's Guide To Sketchup". A really amazing tutorial covering just about every aspect of Google's Sketchup 3D modeling system that a woodworker would need to create stunning and detailed drawings for their next project. Bob is a great teac...
439 Maple Bookcase Pt 1
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsLong before the summer hiatus this year you might remember our last project build was a Maple Child's Dresser for a client and family friend. It was one of four pieces I was asked to build for their daughter's room. Today we're getting started with the first of a four part series that covers th...
440 Maple Bookcase Pt 2
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsWith the side panels glued up and grooved to recess our adjustable shelf hardware it's time to move on to the next part of the Maple Kid's Bookcase. In today's episode we cut and prep the fixed shelves then attach them, along with the top rails, to the side panels from Part 1. My method for thi...
441 Maple Bookcase Pt 3
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIn part 3 of the Kid's Bookcase construction we start the final assembly. At this point all the components are cut to their final dimensions and we've done our dry fits to make sure everything is going to come together without a hitch. While I chose to use pockethole joinery to bring everythi...
442 WIA 2010 Day 1
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsAnother Woodworking in America has come and gone and it's left a lasting impression. Not just on me but everybody I've talked with who attended. This is like no other woodworking show out there right now. It's not about the vendors, it's not about the lecturers, it's all about the people att...
443 WIA 2010 Day 2
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsLet's take one more trip back to Woodworking in America 2010 and I'll share with you a few more classes I attended as part of this ongoing amazing experience. I eluded to the "mourning phase" after leaving the show and coming down off my woodworking high as we drove away. That mourning isn't qu...
444 Maple Bookcase Pt 4
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIn today's episode we get a look at the finished Kid's Maple Bookcase. When I originally recorded the footage I was literally minutes away from the clients picking it up, so I may have skipped over some details you'd like to know more about. But I did cover as many of the final details as I cou...
445 Bookcase Questions
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIf you have any questions from today's episode or any from the first 3 episodes of this series. Don't hesitate to drop me a line "EMAIL ME". Some of you already have, and I'll be addressing those questions in next week's episode where we'll devote the entire episode to answering those questions...
446 Shop Tour
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsI can't remember the last time I did any kind of shop tour in my current basement workshop, so after much prodding by a few of you (especially you John!!!) I decided it was time to invite all of you down for a look around. Really there's not a lot to look at that you haven't already seen, but I ...
448 Building a Brese Plane Kit Pt 1
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIt's been a long time in the making and that has nothing to do with the kit itself! My Brese J-Style Small Smoother has finally been completed and is making the most amazing shavings a plane has ever taken in the basement workshop. For those of you who've heard me talk about this project on Woo...
449 Building a Brese Plane Kit Pt 2
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIn this episode we'll wrap up the final assembly of this amazing little smoother plane and I'll explain the right way to do it, while also explaining WHAT I ended up doing instead. Of course luckily in the end it all came together and works just as well and amazingly as I had hoped and dreamed...
450 1st of 2011
Matt's Basement Workshop Video Feed - August 23, 2015 04:50 - Video ★★★★ - 43 ratingsIt's official! Five years of Matt's Basement Workshop Podcast and it's still going strong. I've talked before about the beginnings of the show so there's no need to re-hash it again...but you're welcome to ask me about it any time! In today's episode we have a bit of catching up to do from the...
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