Top 10 Woodworking Tips & Tricks | Paul Sellers
Top 10 Woodworking Tips & Tricks | Paul Sellers
When you have been woodworking as long as Paul has, you have little shortcuts and techniques that you gather and use throughout your woodworking. Here are 10 that Paul put together for this video:
1. PRE-FINISHING THROUGH TENONS 0:12
2. PLANING SUPER THIN STOCK 0:55
3. MAGNETIZE YOUR PUSH STICK 1:42
4. SQUARE PEG, ROUND HOLE 2:05
5. ROUTER PLANE AS A GAUGE 2:38
6. PUSHING A PIN INTO END LINE 2:58
7. SHARPEN A PENCIL WITH CHISEL 3:23
8. IRONING OUT THE DENTS 3:44
9. SUPER GLUE WICKING 3:58
10. FILING THE FIRST FEW TEETH 4:39
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The one about sharpening the pencil with a chisel was great. Now I can stop thowing them out when they get dull
That is absolute pleasure to watch Your films. Great knowledge and experience and… a way to share it with us. Thank You.
Just for that my subscription is worth every penny
Thank you so much Paul!
great video thanks paul
Oh no. You’ve added another use for a router plane! I’m sure you sir are single handedly responsible for the massive increase in the popularity and price of these things on eBay etc. 🥴
Thanks again Paul for not only the tips but the wonderfully relaxed way you present them. I’m a 62 year old grandfather recently retired after 46 years in the electrical trade, yet when I watch your videos I feel like I’m a young man again listening to my grandfather in his garage as he passes on to his lifetime of knowledge and experience to me. I feel truly honoured to be living at the same time as you.
All the best to you and yours and as young master Oliver once said “Please sir, can I have some more?”
Did Mark Rylance just teach me woodworking?
ALLAH.. God may bless you Sir
I love these little pearls of wisdom
I don’t do inlays but that trick with CA glue for really thin pieces I will use. ( been making some thin bookmarks with scrap pieces of nice wood)
Congratulations!! I’m a woodworker too and from Brazil. I’m alredy subscribed 😊
Watching this makes me feel so sad. I want to join the ranks of active woodworkers again. I miss it more than I realized, and watching youtube videos is equally awesome and driving me crazy.
Of the 10 tips I have only seen three that I have seen before. There is always something you can learn from a master craftsman that makes your work more efficient and and your results more beautiful. Thank you Paul.
Very usefull information thanks Paul
i cant imagine using tip #10 on my japanese saw, then again, that thing is easy to ‘start’.
Edit: Awesome channel by the way
I have been dabbling with woodworking for a very long time but I have just come to the realization that understanding the metal you use to manipulate the wood is the key to the whole thing. Thanks for the great tips.
I feel that you were being disingenuous when your pencil lead broke. 😉
schaut euch mal die Spiegelseite von dem Stemmeisen an bei 2:15 min. Schrecklich !!!
thank you
WoW! Thank you, thank you! And happy 69th birthday! 🥳🥳
One more great video Paul, we need more of these short ones and more q&a ones. Thank you for sharing all this knowledge with us.
Love this, I’ll show it to my high school woodshop classes. I do tree work on the weekends, bring the wood in to mill and we build projects from the logs we mill.
They are all great ideas to use. I especially like using the router to mark depth as you would use a gauge. Thanks Paul!
Yes ! 10-1000 ! We must have a start-up to clone you Paul!
You are a treasure Sir
Rob Cosman hates that tenth tip!
Excellent tips, simple but effective. The one that struck a chord with me was the pencil sharpening with a chisel. My dad, who was a cabinet maker, always did that. One that my dad taught me (more than 50 years ago) was, when you are blowing sawdust out of something like a hole that you have just drilled for example, close your eyes before you blow.
The CA glue trick is a great one. I use it all the time, the only difference is I put painter’s tape or masking tape on the two surfaces I want to glue together and then I glue the masking tape together. When you’re done just pull the tape off. No glue to clean up. And I’ve had no problem with hold.
Why does the last tip work? I see that it clearly does, but why?
Brilliant
What brand saw is that?
Mr cool 😁😁😁
OK, in the past half-hour I’ve had the pleasure to get about 30 tricks/tips from Paul. Many left me smiling because some of the tricks/tips are fun and ‘evident’ when you think of it. If I go by the comments this series is about a year old. Paul in one of the introduction mentions that he does a weekly ‘one trick’ presentation on Instagram; I’m not there as I see it as a time burner. Would it be possible for the team to recover these many tips and roll them into series of 10 or 20 that could be presented on YouTube? They’re about ‘a tip a minute’ … so do the math! Thank you Paul and the team, this was dessert and delicious too.
Not been with you for a while Paul…..but surprise surprise, just 5 mins and I’ve learned new tips. Classic Paul, once again, never disappointed !
It is so hard to argue with the hard earned knowledge gained from decades of experience – hands on beats the "theory" of how life works any old day in my book! Please keep up the good work.
You are a pleasure to watch, it’s almost mesmerizing. Every new project I start, I find one of your videos that make the process easier, the results better, and most importantly, more fun to complete!
These videos are so relaxing. I’m not even making anything.
I love sharpening my pencil with a sharp pocket knife, but only quality pencils, like that Dixon Ticonderoga you have here. The wood is always consistent and the lead is strong. Don’t believe me? Get a cheap pencil, such as one used for scoring golf, try sharpening it, then, after breaking the point off a few times in the attempt, try sharpening one like Paul’s. You will see what I mean. I appreciate a quality tool, no matter how modest.
Thank you Mr. Sellers!
That shellac coating applies to all glue ups. Nobody ever does it. I always pre finish around glued joints. No staining from squeezeout.
I’m a greenwood carver. I make bowls, kuksas, spoons etc. I like to use my axe or a drawknife and shavehorse to sharpen my pencils. The overkill involved makes me chuckle. Thanks for all the education you give us Paul, you’re my go to guy for any working of seasoned wood I do. My cheap planes were awful until I found your channel and vids on setting, usage and sharpening.
Amazing! Thank you.
Thank you so much Paul, these are invaluable tips for me 😀xx
Paul, in your video you use super glue to retain a thin strip before planing. Could you please tell me what accelerator and glue you use, as I didn’t know accelerator was needed? Thanks for any advice you can give,
Paul Harries
Tips from 50 years worth of work. priceless ,thanks Paul.
Genius
Another great video. You have so many tips and tricks. If I only knew a fraction of what you know.
Great, as ursual! 🇸🇪
i grint the start of saw to a sharp edge.
I use a mechanical pencil. 1.3mm for general construction and 0.7mm for fine work. My top tip.