Simon MacGowen
08-05-2014, 11:59 AM
I am not a subscriber of Paul's online classes and therefore am not sure what he teaches and shares with the paid up members. But from his limited, free Masterclasses videos (not his Youtube videos), I can tell he covers many important topics that many other on-line teachers such as Rob Cosman have done.
If you have difficulty doing edge jointing -- like many of my students did when they showed up -- you may find his latest free video helpful. One main difference between him and others is that he tells you where you should put your fingers or hand and what not and why, instead of just saying "take out the high spots..." Taking out a high spot is natural for many of us when we have learned how to do so, but how is what a student wants to know. Paul addresses the why pretty well in many of his videos.
I know some people go nuts trying to get an edge square to the face, or handplaning a board flat. I know of a guitar maker and he said he could work with curves, no matter how complicated they are. But he said getting a long and wide stock straight, square, true and out of wind is a different story; he relies on his power jointer and thickness planer all the time.
Simon
If you have difficulty doing edge jointing -- like many of my students did when they showed up -- you may find his latest free video helpful. One main difference between him and others is that he tells you where you should put your fingers or hand and what not and why, instead of just saying "take out the high spots..." Taking out a high spot is natural for many of us when we have learned how to do so, but how is what a student wants to know. Paul addresses the why pretty well in many of his videos.
I know some people go nuts trying to get an edge square to the face, or handplaning a board flat. I know of a guitar maker and he said he could work with curves, no matter how complicated they are. But he said getting a long and wide stock straight, square, true and out of wind is a different story; he relies on his power jointer and thickness planer all the time.
Simon