Friends:
The holiday has me as busy as everyone else, so I'm taking a break from the Real Lathe and exploring an under-examined part of the hand-tool world: transitional planes.
These planes are usually ignored by both users and collect...
2018-11-22 14:50:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
I'll be honest: I never appreciated how complex the lathe tail-stock is until I went to build one. This often-forgotten piece of the lathe has to do a LOT of jobs and building one out of (mostly) wood is a tall order.
It ...
2018-11-17 00:29:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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I really thought I was going to bang this one out, but damn, it was just a comedy of errors from start to finish. Turns out that making a tool rest out of wood is VERY difficult. Wood is just not rigid the way that steel and cast iro...
2018-11-09 17:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
Ask and you shall receive!
The fantastic LiraNuna, a Patron who has given great feedback in the past, suggested that I narrate the Dark Star Video and make it a Patron exclusive.
It was a great idea and I did it yes...
2018-11-07 11:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
I took this one in a very different direction. I don't talk. There's music. I kept it short.
I'm honestly quite anxious to hear how you like it.
Hope everyone is well!
--Rex
2018-11-05 01:16:15 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
You probably noticed that I didn't get a video up yesterday. The end of the day just came too fast and before I knew it, it was time to be a dad and work had to wait. The next video in the Real Lathe series is 90% done, but a little work r...
2018-11-03 12:50:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I think a lot about low-angle planes. Mostly, I think about how they’re unnecessary. I’ve seen prominent woodworkers refer to them as “essential” and that’s nonsense.
Before these planes were reintroduced by companies l...
2018-10-31 15:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
This week has been a blur. Working out all the technical details for a full-size lathe is a big challenge and there are SO many details to keep track of.
Still, the work goes on and I'm delighted to bring you Part 3 in th...
2018-10-26 23:30:51 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a funny question, but I’m also serious. My wife has called me a hoarder; heck, I’ve called myself one.
But is it true?
It’s not a straightforward question. For one thing, I’m broke. I have a fairly new, small...
2018-10-23 11:15:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm a day later than usual because nothing this week went according to plan. Tools went missing, materials broke, and the best laid plans of mice and men came to nothing.
Anyway, I made some pulleys and I made them from p...
2018-10-19 21:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
I now have t-shirts for sale at www.rexkrueger.com/store
I have three designs to begin with, but I hope to expand to 10 or more. I'm going to have designs that show your support for the channel, but also shirts that show off yo...
2018-10-17 11:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostCan I be honest? I don’t really care about cars. I grew up in a family that was obsessed with antique autos, but the bug never bit me. I can’t even drive stick.
So why did I drive 6 hours each way and spend three days at the Hershey Pennsylvani...
2018-10-16 11:29:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
My big lathe project is on hold for a few days while I attend the Hershey Antique Car Show and Flea Market in Hershey, PA.
Am I a car guy? Not really, but this show is the largest automotive flea market in the world. You know w...
2018-10-11 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostA few months ago, I took up blacksmithing.
It's a lot harder than woodwork because hot iron is a plastic material. It's very malleable, so whatever you do to it has unintended effects. Hit a piece to make it flatter and you also make it wider...
2018-10-08 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've been teasing it for a while, but it's done and it's ready.
I've built the first major components of the lathe: the bed, ways, and headstock. I ran it. It didn't kill me. It didn't self-destruct.
Win. ...
2018-10-04 14:07:23 +0000 UTC View Post
So here’s the headstock from the Real Lathe:
Looks good, right? That’s what I thought, too. It’s extremely sturdy and rigid; the pyramid design gives it a very wide base while making the top as narrow and unobtrusive as pos...
2018-10-01 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
You know I've been on a real lathe kick recently. Not only am I in the process of building one from scratch (more on that soon), I'm also thinking about what we make on the lathe.
The mighty lathe is actually the heart of...
2018-09-28 00:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
I'm hard at work on the Real Lathe. I bought a 10 foot length of black iron pipe (surprisingly affordable at $17) and cut it in half. This will give me a total machine length of 5 feet and maybe 36 inches between centers.
Friends:
Sorry it took me a little longer than I promised to get this up. My daughter recently started school and I have to work around her new schedule. It's making it difficult to get things done.
Anyway, the longer wait time me...
2018-09-21 10:43:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week, I'm collaborating with the amazing Iron Gordon. He does really slick, vintage-style art in a bunch of mediums. He's big on Instagram, but hasn't really gotten the YouTube thing happening yet. He deserves a big following, so I'm ...
2018-09-20 11:22:08 +0000 UTC View PostFriends:
I've been putting out a lot more content since I went full time, but I could do more to tell you about future projects .
I've been thinking a lot about lathes recently. The longer I use one, the more I find it an essentia...
2018-09-17 11:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
My daughter didn't have school most of last week due to heat and no air-conditioning. (Am I just old, or was this unthinkable when I was a kid? We went to school when it was sweltering.)
Anyway, I didn't get a video up la...
2018-09-13 12:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
I get a lot of questions and I think it would be fun to answer them in a video. I've made a short clip about all the stuff you can ask me and some things from my past that you might find interesting.
I forgot to mention t...
2018-09-05 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
I recently got a new guitar and when I got an old guitar stand out of the closet, I realized that it was ugly and that I could make something better.
So I did.
This is my first experiment with bent lamination,...
2018-09-01 23:29:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
I'm giving away the jack plane I reviewed and prepared in one of my recent videos. I know a lot of my Patrons are just getting started in woodworking and need good tools. Even if you have some tools, using this Hong Kong style plane ...
2018-08-29 23:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
It's Sunday afternoon and I could be mowing the lawn or cleaning the gutters, but who wants to do that crap? Instead, the Rex Krueger content machine cranks along.
Here's part 2 in my Drill Press Basics video series. In t...
2018-08-26 19:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends:
It's been a heck of a month around here. We've already welcomed SEVENTEEN new Patrons to the channel and it's only the 21st!
Now that I'm doing content full time, I can make more of it, so I'm ready with the next installment of...
2018-08-21 10:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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August has been an AMAZING month for me on Patreon (and the month is only half-over!) I've added many new members to the channel and some of my current supporters have upped their support level. I'm delighted and humbled by this show...
2018-08-20 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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I had a blast making the guitar in my last video and the response (both here and on YouTube is encouraging. I might want to do more of this...
2018-08-20 12:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post
And now for something completely different.
I don't talk about this a lot, but I'm a pretty serious musician. That little guitar riff in my intro? That's me. I also play bass guitar and lap-steel and I studied classical voice for about 2 year...
2018-08-15 17:56:28 +0000 UTC View Post