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Joshua Hancock
05-23-2016, 2:09 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL6yG0ZTQ9Z7bGcp73KnPk-KC17uH1fG1L&v=bQZsPs7jaPE

So while looking around at various videos online , I found this guy Zefeng Zhang. All I can say is give it a watch, as the videos are for the most part extremely informative. Uses hand tools, and in many projects he films the entire process, and gives quite a few pointers, tips and tricks, and alot of the "why"behind things. There is also quite a bit in there that is discussed on these forums. He is also pretty efficient as well, the the type of efficiency I imagine that comes from years of practice and handed down knowledge(and he works in a rather tiny shop).

Also he has a series on making planes and a bow saw.

Have a Good One,
Josh
Jim Koepke
05-23-2016, 2:38 PM
It would be nice if there were subtitles. He is convincing, but hard to understand.

jtk
Joshua Hancock
05-23-2016, 2:44 PM
The ones i have watched, like the stool and mortise and tenons have translated subtitles. Though I did see a few without.
Luke Dupont
05-23-2016, 3:13 PM
Hey, these are great videos!

Also, really interesting - the bow saws he's using have the blades mounted in a fixed position at 45 degrees, making both long rips and (/or) long crosscuts possible without having a turning blade. Is this common in any other bow saw style, or is it uniquely a Chinese thing?

Anyway, I love seeing other methods of woodworking. He also was mortising with the bevel towards him, and angling the chisel. Interesting.
Jim Koepke
05-23-2016, 3:26 PM
The ones i have watched, like the stool and mortise and tenons have translated subtitles. Though I did see a few without.

It may be my video software. I am running a pretty old computer and OS.

jtk
Chris Parks
05-23-2016, 7:14 PM
Start the video, open the settings menu under the video and enable sub titles in English. There was a fairly long thread on this guy a few years ago from memory.
Joshua Hancock
05-23-2016, 8:20 PM
ooops, didnt mean to start a duplicate thread.

I found the old one from 2014

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/archive/index.php/t-216717.html
Chris Parks
05-23-2016, 9:16 PM
ooops, didnt mean to start a duplicate thread.

I found the old one from 2014

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/archive/index.php/t-216717.html

I don't think starting a new thread is a problem, I just mentioned it out of interest.