Picture frame easel made with, wait, what? Hand tools!

You are the man! Thanks.

-- It must be jelly baby, cause jam don't shake like that...

Someone has hacked your Blog and is using hand tools in your Shop.

Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

niice little project you made :-)
if it wasn´t another as Jamie say
if not sorry to tell you ” YOU ARE HOOKED”
wellcome to the slippery lane now try a sharp smoothing plane and there is no way back ha ha ha

take care
Dennis

i like the amount of chip out you got from the saw.
every time i cut something with my hand saw i say
“man i need to put a piece on the back so it won’t chip out”
“but then its going to be harder”
“ahh forget it, im going to rig something up”

-- Ben L

VERY FUNNY STEVE! I’M YOUR BIGGEST FAN. KEEP THEM COMING. YOUR SON IS A SPITTIN IMAGE, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Nice little project and vid. Just think what you could have built if the power had been off for a week like it was here a few years back ;-)) Legislature passed a law saying if you do not want your trees near the power lines trimmed, you are responsible for the damage the do. Not more week long power outages ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Excellent you have certainly made me think, what if I lost power to my shed ! Damm the hand tools I’m Going to check out a backup generator.

I lived in California for 12 years, and I well remember a slight breeze would knock the power out. PG&E was soft.

-- My broker promised me he would treat my money as if it were his own. Trouble is, he did.

You inspired me… but alfred222 inspired me more!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Hi Steve.

What? A good “power is better” clone of Tim Taylor like you doesn’t own a generator?

Hang your head in shame sir! ;)

-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!

Another entertaining and informative video. I had no idea you folks had frequent power outages. We have power “surges” often and pretty well every week we have an outage or two for as little as a few seconds, rarely for more than an hour. Oh! and the project was good too! Thanks Steve.

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

Steve,

I really enjoy your videos. This was another great one. One question: “How did those words taste?” I bet they were almost as sweet as the sounds and feel of your sharp tools cutting through the wood.

Bruce

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

haha, thanks for sharing steve :) Watching you use hand tools compared to the others use hand tools I noticed 1 thing, their hand saws are prettier :P

Haha great vid Steve I feel the same way you do about hand tools and I had to eat those words my self this weekend when I had to teach a woodworking class to a bunch of teenagers for a boy scout merit badge and they were only allowed to use hand tools to make a foot stool. It was fun but hard work lol.

@Steve -

Try to grip your saw with a three finger grip (middle, ring and pinky) then point your index finger down the saw. Helps with aiming the saw. Also, hold it like it was a live baby bird and you don’t want to squish it. These things together help you track a line more easily and you don’t get a lot of whip in the saw blade.

Line up your body so that your arm can naturally swing in a straight line. This makes it less likely you will pull or push the saw off line.

After that, having a saw that is set properly and will naturally track well helps a lot. If you find the saw always wants to drift left, then you need to stone down some set from the left side just a bit. Medium grit oil or water stone (or maybe just some 400 wet dry glued to a block), lay the saw down on a flat bench and take a couple of light strokes. Test again. Repeat. Try not to remove all the set…

-- Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.