YT anything new?

[Richard Hutchings]

Being layer up after knee surgery and watching a lot YT, I've realized there's nothing new to make video about. Now what? I like watching Rex just for the entertainment value. Cosman is too dry but has taught me a lot as well as Paul Sellers. Wood by Wright is kind of fun to watch but doesn't have the real lifetime experience that I prefer to watch.

I'm just looking for woodworking entertainment right now. I hope to get building again next week. Any suggestions?

[Monte Milanuk]

Mostly 'silent' woodworking i.e. no instruction, reviews, etc... so may or may not be your cup o' tea:

https://www.youtube.com/@StavrosGakos

https://www.youtube.com/@gr_woodworking

[Reed Gray]

I am a turner, and a swimmer. I am also getting tired of most of those related videos. There is only so much you can say about them, and the technology isn't really advancing that much. For tool reviews, I do like Project Farm. He has no sponsors and is pretty clever in devising tests to see which products work best. He doesn't really do hand tools though. There is one guy H Carpenter, from SE Asia some where who does a lot of clever joinery. No dialogue, he just lays things out and cuts. Many decorative joints. Matt Estlea is interesting, but he got side tracked.

Hope all goes well with your knee. I had bilateral hips and one knee, some time ago. It is nice to be able to walk upright again. Told the surgeon he needs to get the clip from the Ringo Starr Caveman movie where they hug and their backs crack and then they can walk upright..... Swimming is a perfect exercise. I am still swimming....

robo hippy

[steven c newman]

Maybe dial up a few from Grandpa Amu?

[Cameron Wood]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ibuvXeO6wo&t=62s

I've been watching old Norm Abrams shows.

[Ryan van Nood]

Have you already exhausted the Wood & Shop channel? Mr. Chickadee? The English Woodworker?

Are you familiar with Bench. Talk. 101? Great forum for woodworking nerds.

My new favorite is a fellow in Norway, Lucas Richard Stephens. Among other things he's a carpenter and log cabin builder and he's paid by the hour, it would seem, because part of what is interesting about watching him is how efficiently he works with (sometimes) minimal kit and workspace.

Anyway, hope you heal fast!

[Johannes Becker]

I love anything from the boardroom (Mike Farrington), the New Yorkshire Workshop and some of the older Bourbon Moth videos. Don't watch too many Neanders but subscribed to the Renaissance Woodworker. My other recommendation would be to draw or doodle a few a new project ideas while you can't go to the shop. And for a quick woodworking hit look at Instagram...

[Jim Koepke]

He isn't new, but Charles Neil is enjoyable > https://www.youtube.com/@charlesneilwoodworking

jtk

[Andrew More]

I think there's always something new, but that doesn't mean the people making videos are going to be able or willing to fit it into the format that's successful on YouTube. To many of them have just started, so it's hard for them to add something new when they don't even know what's old. Then there's a tendency for click-bait titles to get most of the attention.

Personally I found this fascinating, well done and information. Amazing video set on Windsor Chair Making, by somebody who's been doing it and teaching it for years. Unfortunately for him the dude can only do it once, and it violates so many of the rules of success for youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/@thewindsorinstitute2047

[Edward Weber]

There are only so many videos of someone diminishing stock you can take.
Watching someone who actually knows what they're doing is getting harder to find.

[freiler thompson]

Have you already exhausted the full 37 seasons of St. Roy and The Woodwright's Shop?

[Scott Winners]

I can think of two.

Carl Holmgren is a polymath and a true American Original. He has a series of videos about engineering retractable casters under heavy things. More instructional than entertaining, but once you have a feel for what he has already figured out you will know where to look next time. I have seen a fair number of YT shop tours where the maker might benefit from retractable casters under some of their equipment.

Also, on the Lincoln Street Woodworks channel there are two "build off" where the content creator goes up against his older next door neighbor to build a specific thing in a specific time. If I were invited to bring a suitcase full of handtools, camp in the back yard and work in the driveway for one of those I think I would enjoy that. I think the both of them are good guys. Otherwise Lincoln Street is mostly building things I don't want to build using tools I don't want to use. He is doing nice work within his parameters.

EDIT: I am also enjoying "Pedulla Studio." He is doing gallery level work, but he is not being a Richard about it.

[Scott Winners]

I also commend "A Craftsman's Legacy." Lots of makers who are not woodworkers, and only limited episodes on YT vs Amazon or Netflix of whatever, but certainly worth a look to sort of clean your glasses on what you are trying to accomplish.

[Richard Hutchings]

Mostly 'silent' woodworking i.e. no instruction, reviews, etc... so may or may not be your cup o' tea:

https://www.youtube.com/@StavrosGakos

https://www.youtube.com/@gr_woodworking
Love Gakos

[James Pallas]

Try Engles Coach Shop. Builds rebuilds old wagons and wood wheels. Latest was building 10’ diameter wooden wheels for a log cart. He built the replicas of the Borax wagons for Death Valley.
Jim

[Rob Luter]

Try Engles Coach Shop. Builds rebuilds old wagons and wood wheels. Latest was building 10’ diameter wooden wheels for a log cart. He built the replicas of the Borax wagons for Death Valley.
Jim

I've watched his stuff for years and I really like his work. Other Favorites are Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration and Sampson Boat. Sampson Boat chronicles a stem to stern rebuilding of a 100+ year old sailboat. Some of the woodworking is above next level. It's really incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/@johnsonrestoration

https://www.youtube.com/@SampsonBoatCo

https://www.youtube.com/@EngelsCoachShop

[Scott Winners]

I will also put in a plug for YT channel "Alex." He is a frenchman in more or less a one car garage running a cooking channel, but his kitchen tools include a tap and die set, plus a circular saw and who knows what else. He is a total nutjob, but I would eat his food no problem.

The main thing about this channel is the central tool in his shop is not a tablesaw or a joinery bench. The central tool in his shop (makerspace) is his brain.

EDIT: For instance check this one out between 3:00 and 4:00. Whack job, but I would have dinner with him tomorrow night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zjh9JUdcTQ&list=PLURsDaOr8hWXGHjXPa3nTFZnbqJcAfs4N&index=12

[Alex Shanku]

Doucette and Wolfe do incredible work and are worth watching. The side and arm chairs video was especially good, imo.

https://www.doucetteandwolfefurniture.com/Home_Page.html

https://www.youtube.com/@Doucetteandwolfefurniture/videos

Not woodworking, but Baumgartner Restoration does incredible fine art restorations. Fascinating process and high production value.

https://www.youtube.com/@BaumgartnerRestoration/videos

[Jim Koepke]

There is a BBC program called The Repair Shop with some episodes on Youtube > https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+repair+shop+full+episodes <.

It has also been on Netflix and Hulu.

Of course, it isn't always about woodworking but it is interesting how so many things are restored.

jtk

[Gary Focht]

I will also put in a plug for YT channel "Alex." He is a frenchman in more or less a one car garage running a cooking channel, but his kitchen tools include a tap and die set, plus a circular saw and who knows what else. He is a total nutjob, but I would eat his food no problem.

The main thing about this channel is the central tool in his shop is not a tablesaw or a joinery bench. The central tool in his shop (makerspace) is his brain.

EDIT: For instance check this one out between 3:00 and 4:00. Whack job, but I would have dinner with him tomorrow night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zjh9JUdcTQ&list=PLURsDaOr8hWXGHjXPa3nTFZnbqJcAfs4N&index=12

I love Alex’s YouTube channel. Definitely one of my favorites. His first videos were cringey, but he learned and improved. For some reason I find YouTube better for food than woodworking, although I enjoy both.

[Richard Hutchings]

I watched 1 and that was enough for me. I just dont like any videos where the person has an accent, only because of my hearing. I don'tunderstand wmhalf of what Alex is saying and it makes for annoying video.

[Kevin Jenness]

If you are interested in boatbuilding it's hard to beat Lou Sauzedde. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4WGmqU4GlA&list=PLzlN3A2DLgNz7vh_8Hur0N7ICHnt0Rt1n&index=16

[Maurice Mcmurry]

There are a few moments that caused some anxiety in this one. Overall I enjoyed it. I will watch it again with English turned on.


https://youtu.be/RzR6mDJwEAQ?si=IGZO6zCcXgOFGgDD

[Jim Koepke]

There are a few moments that caused some anxiety in this one. Overall I enjoyed it. I will watch it again with English turned on.

It looks like a few Fire Fighting Companies still make and repair wooden ladders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXSoaeHG6B0

In San Francisco, because of the transportation system having a lot of overhead lines they use wood because it doesn't conduct electricity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bkrOBQLj6s

I didn't know Los Angeles Fire Departments still uses wood ladders.

jtk

[Maurice Mcmurry]

I have a few clients and relatives who still have wooden ladders. I will go up them if I have no other choice. Thank goodness I can no longer lift the Douglas Fir double 20 foot extension. If the weight of that thing doesn't kill you the splinters or sinking feeling in the middle will. My former boss in Boston has a triple 24 foot Magnesium. I am the only person to have ever gone to the top of it. He was not paying me enough!

[Maurice Mcmurry]

Here is another, its a little long but has some interesting moments and highly skilled workers. The Chisel Ninja sitting on the floor is fun to see. He works on several of the many steps.


https://youtu.be/77UaPlVuwuY?si=s2h9tsTe9BpkCNyp

[Richard Coers]

Can't say what this means, but I've never heard of any of these YouTube influencers. Am I just too old, or you guys too young? I just go to my extensive library if I need inspiration.

[Cameron Wood]

I still have and use my 6' wood step ladder, purchased in the '70s. In steady commercial use that whole time. Know as the 'ironwood' ladder on the jobsite. It's heavy.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

I still have and use my 6' wood step ladder, purchased in the '70s. In steady commercial use that whole time. Know as the 'ironwood' ladder on the jobsite. It's heavy.


I wonder if your step ladder is actually made of Ironwood. We have small trees Dad calls Ironwood. The wood is very hard, very strong and very heavy. I have made tool handles out of those trees. Our timber surveyor calls those little trees Hornbeam or Musclewood. I have yet to figure out for sure what the scientific name is. It will be interesting to mill some of that wood.

[Johannes Becker]

If you are interested in boatbuilding it's hard to beat Lou Sauzedde. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4WGmqU4GlA&list=PLzlN3A2DLgNz7vh_8Hur0N7ICHnt0Rt1n&index=16

That's a great recommendation -- Lou did my favorite unboxing / review video on a power tool (Ryobi planer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a1HCqK5i-A

[Robert Hazelwood]

I've been enjoying a channel called Shoyan Japanese Carpenter. Lots of power tools but also plenty of hand tool work as well. Very interesting to see their different approach to constructing and trimming out a house.

[Warren Mickley]

I wonder if your step ladder is actually made of Ironwood. We have small trees Dad calls Ironwood. The wood is very hard, very strong and very heavy. I have made tool handles out of those trees. Our timber surveyor calls those little trees Hornbeam or Musclewood. I have yet to figure out for sure what the scientific name is. It will be interesting to mill some of that wood.

A number of trees are called ironwood.

Here in Eastern United States we have two small trees that are sometimes called ironwood

1) Hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, with fine brown peely bark.

2) Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, with smooth gray bark that is wavy like muscles, hence "musclewood" .

Both are in the Birch family

[Maurice Mcmurry]

Thank you Warren, I need to look those trees over closely with that bark description in mind and again when the leaves are on.