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127 Eastern Cottonwood
This time I feature the Eastern Cottonwood and actually do some field reporting on it as I was recently out in the prairie states. I also go some time to work with a slab of Cottonwood to give some hands on experience with it.
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Lumber Update 126 Hemlock
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Today I discuss Hemlock, our featured species. This is a wood with an identity crisis. Its long been a mainstay in construction lumber yet has more refined purposes as a high end clear, CVG siding and cladding product. Now it has an even brighter future as a thermally modified option for both interior and exterior uses. I also answer questions from listeners about: Bloodwood and twist due to po...
Woodworking with Monocots | Lumber Update Episode 125
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Today I look at Monocots. The Bamboo and Palms that you may have seen showing up in flooring or plywood or even turning blanks. I also answer questions about branch wood, air dried wood, and the commercial vs local names of lumber. Send in your questions about lumber and the lumber industry. Comment below with a question or contact me via my website at www.lumberupdate.com. Support the show and...
124 Wood Structure from a Rocket Scientist
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This week I welcome Brandon Long, a structural engineer who plays as a woodworker at night. Brandon actually knows what he is talking about when it comes to structures and fatigue rates and all that stuff that I pretend to know about from watching "The Big Bang Theory".
Lumber Update Episode 123 Difficult to Dry Woods | Featured Species: Sapele
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A word of warning on this episode. New levels of nerdery on display here. If I had a white lab coat I would have worn it while recording. To sum up, woods with a higher T/R ratio will be harder to dry. But if you are like me and want to know why a higher T/R ratio is harder to dry, keep watching to dive into some organic chemistry and cellular structure. Also I feature Sapele this month. A much...
Lumber Update Episode 122: The News Show
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Lots of breaking news in the Lumber world and it was time I dust off my teleprompter and read everything that is on it. News from Notre Dame, the Paris Aquatic Center, Carbon Fiber and Mass Timber, Key Bridge Tragedy, and lots of great feedback from y'all. Plus I fit a few questions in about drying end grain cookies, lumber jobs, and Aniegre.
121 - Lumber Industry Update: American Hornbeam
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Today I am doing a video edition of the show. Not all the episodes in the future will necessarily be in video but I am hoping to do this more often, especially as I iron out some of the kinks in the tech. I'd love to hear feedback and how I can make the video edition better. Today I discuss American Hornbeam, IBAMA strikes, brittle wood, fast growing trees, and a new source possibly for urban w...
120 - Wood Legacy
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Let's talk about grassroots sustainability and how giving back as users of wood can start with education and grow into all kinds of programs for and individual or your local woodworking guild or even sawmill business.
119 Iroko
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Iroko or African Teak is the featured species this month. Found all across tropical Africa, the Iroko tree is enormous producing wide and long boards. It is growing in popularity as an alternative to Teak due to its similar color. But Iroko is a great species all on its own for exterior and interior projects.
Hand Planing Footwork
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Using a hand plane to flatten a board requires more technique than you might think. Woodworkers end up with boards that are tapered or even curved like a banana because they don't observe proper technique during the plane pass. Here I discuss hand plane techniques for flat boards but focus more on how to maintain control of the plane by using proper footwork...which also makes it easier to plan...
118 - Wood Strength??
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Wood strength is a loaded statement. There are so many factors in HOW we use a board that determine which properties we look to for strength. This quickly gets complex so today I will boil it down to a density number and dispel the myth that rate of growth (width of rings) has anything to do with the density.
117 - Yellow Birch
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The featured species this month is Yellow Birch, Betula alleghensis. Its the most common Birch species and used for a wide variety of applications from plywood, to furniture and pulp products.
116 Pine is Fine
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Let's take a deep dive into the Pinus genus and for that matter the Pinus sub-genera and try to understand how Pines can appear and work so differently. I discuss the evolution of the genus and how the industry has grown around these hugely varied properties and geographic distributions. Big thanks to all the great questions I got for this show from all of you.
Pay Attention to the Shape of the Hand Plane Shaving
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We are getting deep into the touchy feely weeds of hand tool woodworking with this one. In general I find hand tools are extremely sensory in nature and the tactile feedback the tools give me are essential to my work. In this excerpt from a Hand Tool School lesson I talk about how the shape and location of the shaving in the hand plane mouth can tell you the topography of a board as well as how...
How to Saw Next To Your Knife Lines
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Sounds like a simple issue right? Wrong, in as much as the knife line adds layout precision it can sometimes be a problem when sawing since the saw is drawn into the knife line and splits the line thereby removing a bit of material on the keep side of the line. In this excerpt from a Hand Tool School lesson I show how I saw precisely next to the line. This lesson is a good example of the more t...
115 Wenge
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115 Wenge
The Physics of Woodworking
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The Physics of Woodworking
3 Principles of Hand Sawing
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3 Principles of Hand Sawing
114 - Yakisugi, Log Buying, Bugs & Pine
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114 - Yakisugi, Log Buying, Bugs & Pine
How to Read the End Grain Direction for Hand Planing
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How to Read the End Grain Direction for Hand Planing
3 Ways to Tame Hand Plane Tear Out
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3 Ways to Tame Hand Plane Tear Out
113 The Elm Episode
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113 The Elm Episode
112 Completely Arbortrary
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112 Completely Arbortrary
111 - Cypress
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111 - Cypress
110 RIP Board Foot
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110 RIP Board Foot
109 - Applied Wood Technical Properties
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109 - Applied Wood Technical Properties
108 - Koa, Honey Locust, Cherry Veneer
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108 - Koa, Honey Locust, Cherry Veneer
107 - Burl & Grain
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107 - Burl & Grain
106 - Featured Species Black Walnut
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106 - Featured Species Black Walnut
105 - The Wood Yard
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105 - The Wood Yard

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @johnhupp8444
    @johnhupp8444 День тому

    Charles Ingalls was born in the town where I live in Western New York.

  • @user-wz4ul3ip1g
    @user-wz4ul3ip1g День тому

    Love this format Shannon! Great video!

  • @glencrandall7051
    @glencrandall7051 День тому

    I always wondered what a cotton wood tree looked like. Thank you for the information. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

  • @jimneely4527
    @jimneely4527 День тому

    The bark is prized by wood carvers.

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW День тому

      interesting, why is that?

    • @jimneely4527
      @jimneely4527 День тому

      @@RenaissanceWW It is a soft thick bark that is dark colored like walnut and has uniform consistency and is easily carved, like basswood.

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW День тому

      @@jimneely4527 ah I can see that with the little bit of bark I encountered on my slab. I would still think it would be too soft to hold carved details but now I really want to try it. Thanks.

  • @garyhome7101
    @garyhome7101 День тому

    I used to cut and sell firewood as a teenager in the PNW. No one, absolutely no one, would buy and burn cottonwood. Smells bad, and burns like paper when fully seasoned. The main complaint being the soot it would leave within chimneys. Within the lumber industry, I never came across black cottonwood other than perhaps custom orders. Otherwise, logging shows would simply either leave them stand as riparian survivors, or just leave them as nurse logs and biomass.

  • @Technwood
    @Technwood День тому

    I've listened to the podcast since episode 1 and really enjoy the content, so this isn't meant to troll and hope it's taken as constructive and well-intended feedback. I think you need to choose, are you podcasting or producing video content. This felt rushed and the mix of poor audio and jumps in video made it difficult to either listen or watch. The podcasts have been great, I've learned a ton and I look forward to them. I'll continue to follow your content, regardless of format as I think most people will given the quality of the information, but I think it'd be easier for you to pick a format and better overall for your followers.

    • @EdRopple
      @EdRopple День тому

      I'm in the same boat, and I just left a comment on Patreon to this effect.

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW День тому

      I'm really sorry to hear this as I worked hard on this episode and thought it was a big step forward in experience. I get the wind noise during the field report and that was my mistake for forgetting my wind guard on my mic. But I cleaned that up substantially and even listened to it in audio only format. I found it quite pleasing and reminiscent of some high quality news shows with field reporting. What jumps in video are you referring to? I explicitly didn't include dissolves between cuts this time in an effort to give the live reporting effect but perhaps that failed. But don't get me wrong, your point is taken as an old school podcaster who has been producing audio content for more than 15 years. I will continue to try to not lean on the video medium and make my commentary applicable across both platforms.

  • @wortheffort
    @wortheffort День тому

    I like this format. Please keep it up.

  • @johnbower5136
    @johnbower5136 День тому

    Thank you

  • @byLokie
    @byLokie 4 дні тому

    Used to used a Mitre saw but after watching your demo finally chirped up enough confidence to try it out. I had 2 not quite accurate starts but not far off. Then banged off about 10 in a row. All good. Probably won’t need ten 45deg mitres in a year but good to know I can do And so much quicker than setting up the old way

  • @OldDocThedan
    @OldDocThedan 7 днів тому

    There are so many people putting woodworking tool videos out. For the record- I always find myself coming back to yours. And Paul Sellers. Most recently I’m turned off by the workers that have spotless benches. Perfect clean aprons. Art level tool cabinets complete w/ every place a company makes. I’d rather listen to you while wondering what my next project will be. So- thanks for doing it your way.

  • @dpmeyer4867
    @dpmeyer4867 17 днів тому

    Thanks

  • @pampetersen8110
    @pampetersen8110 19 днів тому

    Very pretty color. Great bookshelf.

  • @jayelwin
    @jayelwin Місяць тому

    I never understood the idea that “hey I didn’t have to sharpen the blade out of the box”. Well you’re gonna have to sharpen it eventually! And you’re gonna be sharpening it a lot. So what difference does it make. If you use them equally, you would have sharpened the LN one fewer time.

  • @snteevveetns
    @snteevveetns Місяць тому

    41k views, 56 comments?! You deserve better

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW Місяць тому

      ha ha well, more than a decade of doing content like this and UA-cam still doesn't agree.

  • @karlpoulin3938
    @karlpoulin3938 Місяць тому

    @ 13:40: do you start the cut on the line or on the outside? Thank you for sharing your knowledge !

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW Місяць тому

      That's not an easy answer. It depends mostly on the species as the softer species will compress more and I can leave a the line. Hard, jungle woods won't compress at all and leaving the line won't fit. Splitting the line sometimes won't be enough and you have to take the line. Likewise different joints require different approaches. Long story short, I'm constantly asking myself whether I want to leave, take, or split the line. Most often I'm shooting to split the line but you will find a reason for all 3 the more you work wood frankly.

  • @glencrandall7051
    @glencrandall7051 Місяць тому

    Makes sense to me. It looks easy enough. I guess I should try it.🙂🙂

  • @donwight5806
    @donwight5806 Місяць тому

    Have you heard about the the wood fiber insulation in Maine?

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW Місяць тому

      Yes ride my bike past them all the time when I’m up there. They will be on the show soon.

  • @pitsnipe5559
    @pitsnipe5559 Місяць тому

    I live near them and they are my source for all my materials . These guys are great!

  • @darodes
    @darodes Місяць тому

    I’m always learning something new from you, Shannon!

  • @curtisheller7242
    @curtisheller7242 Місяць тому

    That stool looks “really” uncomfortable 😂

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW Місяць тому

      It’s a teaching tool for young students. I’ve used it for kindergarten through middle school.

  • @garyhome7101
    @garyhome7101 Місяць тому

    Having lived around the conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest for the past 65 years, I never knew someone could build an hour-long discussion around hemlock! Learned quite a bit here Shannon! Thanks!

  • @danielgeng2306
    @danielgeng2306 Місяць тому

    Shannon would I be correct in saying once my cut is started I could finish the cut free hand fairly easily? I know this is an old video and I can cut free hand I just think David is such a decent guy he makes me want to buy his guide.

  • @jerseycornboy
    @jerseycornboy Місяць тому

    Screw hammering veneer, with all that Titebond has to offer and with vacuum pressing it is easier and works a lot better.

  • @LagoonofMystery
    @LagoonofMystery Місяць тому

    Thanks for answering the monocot question--it's one I've been thinking of asking you. I do a little bit of carving and have found significant difference among palm species. I haven't carved red or black, but sabal and California fan generally offer solid wood all the way through. It's not particularly hard (although those I've carved grew in clay/loam rather than sandy soils). Mexican fan palm, on the other hand, is so fibrous it is like trying to carve rope, only offering somewhat solid wood close to the base. As these palms each have a growth tip and will not regrow from the roots if that is removed, my assumption is that age impacts the density of palm wood with density decreasing the closer one gets to the growth tip. I can confirm that palms retain a lot of water and are insanely heavy when first felled.

  • @gizanked
    @gizanked Місяць тому

    If you used them for a workbench and not just flooring or cutting boards could they be Roubo Monocots?

    • @gizanked
      @gizanked Місяць тому

      (also youtube is older than 15 years. My account is old enough to vote)

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW Місяць тому

      You're right of course. I think it was 2005 if I remember right. I'm trying to remember why all of us in the first generation of woodworking content creators were all using Blip.tv for video. I wonder if it was the early time limits that UA-cam put on video? I know I was more than 90 episodes into this "podcast" before moving it to this platform. Who can remember, its possible we were all just late adopters.

  • @thefrankperspective4247
    @thefrankperspective4247 Місяць тому

    I’m a woodworker three times over by virtue of that opening line (plus my wall…)

  • @broganboydmusic7561
    @broganboydmusic7561 Місяць тому

    How do they pull the cauls down. I don’t understand how tightening that bolt pulls them together.

  • @user-bz8ee7mj6l
    @user-bz8ee7mj6l Місяць тому

    Болтун

  • @timbarry5080
    @timbarry5080 Місяць тому

    I guess I'm a zealot

  • @natalirivero467
    @natalirivero467 2 місяці тому

    For the simple spokeshaves, those without adjusters, I like to tap them against a surface for the micro adjustments, yet this Lie Nielsen seems too delicate or fancy for that...

  • @jerbear7952
    @jerbear7952 2 місяці тому

    Mommy, why is that poor man left handed? (Oh also thanks for the knowledge and good video and stuff like that) 😊

  • @dpmeyer4867
    @dpmeyer4867 2 місяці тому

    thanks...nerd is good

  • @Tensquaremetreworkshop
    @Tensquaremetreworkshop 2 місяці тому

    Might be the camera, but the finishing does not look good, and the joints a bit gappy... The centre doors obscure the side doors. Why do the side doors have inner walls? or, indeed, tops and bottoms? not used for anything, and take space and material. Some hardware to keep the doors closed would be useful. I like to machine them myself- give a custom fit.

  • @makenchips
    @makenchips 2 місяці тому

    When doing these things just remember the ergonomics be them it's not just workholding

  • @ericHoogeveen1
    @ericHoogeveen1 2 місяці тому

    So nice to see things from the left-handed perspective. Great info and thanks for the video!

  • @beautifulveneer
    @beautifulveneer 2 місяці тому

    I bought a 12" bad axe dovetail saw and really struggled starting the cut. It would bog down, skip and bind--even after following advice in other videos. The exercise at around 7:30 was key for me. I also think a factor was that I was accustomed to pushing the saw away with weight down from using Japanese saws for many years.

  • @genecarden780
    @genecarden780 2 місяці тому

    Shannon the cookie holding a lot of moisture is counter intuitive to me. I always understood that moisture escapes from end grain much faster( hence coating the endgrain to equalize moisture transfer. ) A cookie seems to have a disproportionate amount of endgrain. So it seems it might dry too fast. What am I missing?

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW 2 місяці тому

      No that's right you aren't missing anything. Did I say something to lead to believe the opposite??

    • @genecarden780
      @genecarden780 2 місяці тому

      @@RenaissanceWW I was working on making the shop bents from HTS while listening and you were talking about cookies. I guess I was a little distracted when you said a 24” round could stay wet in the middle for a very very long time. I did miss something. When I listened again I realized you were at that point actually talking about in log form not cookies.

  • @rhpsoregon
    @rhpsoregon 2 місяці тому

    Here in Oregon, the locally owned lumberyard/ home improvement center sells dimensional lumber, both KD (around here ~16-20% moisture) and "Standard & Better" (~25-30% moisture).

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW 2 місяці тому

      sounds about right. I haven't put a moisture meter to any of the stuff out here but then again why would it matter....if used for construction purposes.

  • @sps1234
    @sps1234 2 місяці тому

    Sapele is my current favorite wood. Yes, pretty dusty, but easy to work with. Post below warns of tear out, but I don't recall any tear out. And readily available (make sure its quarter-sawn or rift sawn). My finish for sapele is 4 coats shellac, 4 coats AquaCoat grain filler, then water based poly.

  • @donwight5806
    @donwight5806 2 місяці тому

    Love it all. Great job and great information.

  • @hamptonchildress8875
    @hamptonchildress8875 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for this rich and integrated wood tech nerd-out. Professional documentation tends toward dry and academic, yet your discussion connects the (fascinating) science to the boots on the ground world of woodwork. You've just increased UA-cam's IQ. Mine too... I hope. 😎

  • @Ramplcro
    @Ramplcro 2 місяці тому

    I'm using/used Sapele for trays and ultimately el. guitar neck (my first one). Most of the pieces i have are 15 cm wide , quarter or rift sawn. It's a cross grained wood that does surprise you while hand planing. It likes to tear out pretty deeply so i would be careful. In the begining take small cuts trying to learn particular piece to minimize tear out while planing. Reasonably hard, porous but not too much. I like it. . Like the smell, and when got right, it planes/scrape nicely. P.s. i hate that f*** red dust while sawing 😄, same At the same time i have Luan but also Meranti and at least where i got them, they are different in smell and appearance. Both are pretty lightweight (Luan is lighter) , but Meranti is just gorgeous wood. Looks really nice, lot of modular (or something similar) rays and it hand planes like a butter. If it had a little bit better ding resistance it would be my favourite wood (other then ebony 😁).

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW 2 місяці тому

      Absolutely no heavy cuts with it. I find skewing the plane in accordance to the directional tendency of the end grain overcomes the interlocked stubborness. Have on video on that somewhere on this channel.

  • @archi-dr5te
    @archi-dr5te 2 місяці тому

    Loving this series Shannon - appreciate the video and have a great day in the shop.

  • @DessieTots
    @DessieTots 2 місяці тому

    Really appreciate this video since work holding seems to be my nemesis. I’ve never managed to get to grips (no pun intended) with planing stops and dogs, etc. But now I’ll have another go at the techniques shown since I find my vice to often be a hindrance when it comes to checking progress.

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW 2 місяці тому

      I think you will find your technique will improve when the work isn't clamped down.

  • @bearshield7138
    @bearshield7138 2 місяці тому

    sweet

    • @RenaissanceWW
      @RenaissanceWW 2 місяці тому

      Ha ha yes it is still one of my favorite tools to use

  • @daniildanzig2842
    @daniildanzig2842 2 місяці тому

    Very informative

  • @weldabar
    @weldabar 2 місяці тому

    I'm a hobby woodworker. I found this lumber news very interesting. I'll keep tuning in to these; they're a better use of my audio time than entertainment options.

  • @TheRochy09
    @TheRochy09 2 місяці тому

    As an alternative to the fixed mouth rabbet plane; the Stanley 93 rabbet plane has an adjustable mouth so it can take fine or course cuts. The front can also be removed transforming it into it a chisel plane. I find it to be a very useful tool.

  • @dpmeyer4867
    @dpmeyer4867 2 місяці тому

    thanks