Rex Krueger

Is this the Crest of the Hill?

A successful musician to I know went through a long, dry period. His band would tour America, year after year, and routinely play ...

YOU made these possible!

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Last month, after literally years of filming with the most basic lights imaginable, I was able to buy these LED light panels. 

Wow. What a difference. These things are light and easy to adjust and they just pump out...

Early Access Video: The Convertible Plane

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Woodwork for Humans is a hit!  All the recent videos in this series have gotten more than 10k views in their first week. My video on the $30 bench got 12 thousand views in less than 24 hours. I'm stoked!

Also, if yo...

Early Access Video: The $30 workbench!

Okay, I'm excited about this one. 

For a few weeks, I've been promising a real workbench that could be built for a mere $30. Well, it's here and it works. 

Brilliantly. 

You really can make this bench for about $30...

Early Access Video: Fine Woodworking with a Disposable Saw

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You might have noticed that I didn't get a video out. I'll spare you the details. Life got crazy, blah, blah, blah. 

The point is that I'm back in the saddle with not one but TWO videos this week. The $30 bench buil...

Early Access Video: What makes a plane good or bad?

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Hot of the heels of last week's video where I tuned up a cheap hardware store plane, I bring you this comparison of a bad plane and a good one. A lot of beginning woodworkers probably have no idea what makes one plane good whi...

Early Access Video: Super-Tune a Stanley 12-404

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Sometimes you've got to get back to your roots. My roots are cheap tools and it doesn't get any cheaper than the Stanley 12-404. This bargain-basement plane has no frog, no cap-iron and the most ridiculous adjustment mechanism...

Process Notes: Building an Enormous Lathe

We've had a good run, but my lathe and I are coming to the end. 

If you've watched any of my turning videos, you've seen my Harbor Freight 32706. Brand new, this lathe costs less than $300 and that's a stunning value. The 32706 has a 3/...

Early Access Video: 3 tool mallet.

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I had such a good time making the 3 tool bench that I decided to follow it up with another 3 tool build. This time, I'm making a mallet with the same hatchet, saw, and drill. When my mallet is done, I have something to hit my ...

Early Access Video: What is a Spindle Gouge?

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This week, I'm bringing out the next installment in my series on basic woodturning tools. A lot of turners struggle with understanding gouges. What is a gouge? What kind do I need? There's the spindle gouge, the bowl gouge, an...

Early Acess Video: 4 Reasons to Own a Bit-Brace

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Do you own a bit-brace?  

No?

I don't blame you. They seem a bit, well...ridiculous. I know that many of us love our hand-tools, but we're not stupid. I buy my lumber planed; I own a nice table saw. I'm not ou...

Process Notes: The Joiner's Bench Knife

So, I've been using some less common tools recently. I just did the bench with a hatchet as the main tool and I loved it. Splitting wood is really efficient, and chopping is a great way to remove wood fast. 

I've also been using framing...

Early Access Video: What is a Parting Tool

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My latest video is a thorough discussion of the Parting Tool and it is part of a longer series where I'll explore the most common lathe tools in detail. 

Now I know what you're thinking: "Wait a minute, Rex. Isn't t...

Early Access Video: Make a Rustic Bench with Three Tools

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I feel like I'm always telling you that I've had a crazy week, but it's really true this time. We got the heat back on, but then we got heavy snow followed by a heat-wave and such unusual rain that the storm-drains backed up a...

Early Access Video: Fine Furniture Joinery on the Lathe

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I recently had to make a workout bench for my wife and she wanted it FAST. So, rather than use traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, I turned round tenons on the lathe. Then I made mortises by just drilling holes and I wedged...

Tip Sheet: Turning Green Wood

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Here's the Tip Sheet for my latest video on turning green wood. The idea with these is to combine text and images in a compelling way so that readers can get the information of an article, but at a glance instead of having to read a...

Should you turn green (wet) wood?

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The fun never stops around here. Yesterday, my furnace went out. Apparently, running a furnace in the middle of a wood shop is a sub-optimal situation. It's just a tiny sensor that blew, but the HVAC dude didn't have it and ca...

Early Access Video: Make a toy sword

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I made a toy sword for my nephew over the holidays. I would have loved to get the video out before Christmas, but that just didn't happen. I'm lucky I got the actual thing made in time, let alone the video. I swear the wrappin...

New Channel Art and Tip Sheets

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It's a new year and it's time to make some changes for the better. I've been unhappy with my thumbnails for a long time. I like the blueprint background and the aesthetic of the technical drawing. 

But the backgroun...

Hear me on the Creators Collective Podcast TOMORROW!

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Tomorrow, the special guest for the Creators Collective Podcast will be none other than me! I'm very excited to be joining three very talented makers to discuss my new book _One Week to Woodturning_  

Have I mention...

I'm Sticking with Patreon for now

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Many of you have been in touch since I posted about the whole Patreon debacle. Rather than write a bunch of little individual replies, I'll just thank you all for your totally overwhelming support and trust.  2018-12-30 12:17:40 +0000 UTC View Post