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The Basic Woodworking Kit
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The Basic Woodworking Kit

The set of tools, accessories and supplies needed by all woodworkers.
Highest Rated
Created byBrian Steckler
Last updated 1/2021
English
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What you'll learn

  • the essential tools and their uses
  • what basic accessories are needed
  • what supplies you should always have on hand

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 1m total length

  • Building basic woodworking kit - intro0:49

    Learn how this introductory woodworking course eases beginners into a basic kit of tools, accessories, and supplies while refreshing skills, sharing techniques, and guiding smart purchasing decisions.

  • Measuring and Marking8:35

    Master essential measuring and marking for woodworking with a compact toolkit—tape measure, six-inch combination square, bubble gauge, and precise ruler—and learn accurate layout from edge to cut.

  • Making Wood Cuts7:46

    Master two tool types—saws and chisels—and match blade teeth to grain for rip and cross cuts. Start with a three-inch chisel and a versatile cheap chisel.

  • Planing and Smoothing8:16

    Learn to plane and smooth wood with a low angle block plane, sandpaper, wood block, and a Japanese rasp, using grits from 60 to 320 for finishing prep.

  • Drilling Holes16:40

    Learn to drill holes for the right screw size and pilot holes, use doweling and counter sinks, start jigsaw cuts, and choose wood bits with cordless or corded drills.

  • Accessories9:03

    Explore essential woodworking accessories, focusing on clamps for gluing and holding. Compare quick-release, screw-on, and pipe clamps, back off before tightening, and use bench aids and packaging tape cross clamps.

  • Supplies10:36

    Identify essential woodworking supplies, including yellow carpenter's glue, epoxy, blue/green masking tape, packaging tape, sandpaper grits, wax, screws, and simple setup tools like a deck of cards.

Requirements

  • None

Description

Learning objectives: 

You will learn the following in this course:

  - the essetial tools and their uses

  - what basic accessories are needed by every woodworker

  - what supplies you should always have on hand as a woodworker


Description:

This course is meant to inform the beginning woodworker of what is needed to accomplish almost any woodworking project.  The basic tools for measurement and layout are explained.  The various types of saws and their uses are outlined, including those for rip cuts, cross cuts and dovetail cuts. 

We recommend a couple of key chisels in every woodworkers tool box.  For smoothing and shaping, the reason for a low angle block plane is explained, the Japanese rasp is discussed and how it is efficient for shaping, and of course, the ubiquitous smoother -- sandpaper is thoroughly covered !

Drills, drilling and screwing are also discussed including the range and types of drill bits, as well as what drill bit size to use for a screw pilot hole.  The countersink and auger bits required for proper fastening and drilling are also covered in this course.


Course content:

- Lecture 1:  Introduction (1:00)


- Lecture 2: Measurement and Layout (8:37)

    -- Tape measures

    -- Combination square

    -- Bevel gauge

    -- Rulers

    -- Compass

    -- Calipers

    -- Pocket knife


- Lecture 3: Saws - Making Wood Cuts (7:49)

    -- Rip saw

    -- Crosscut saw

    -- Japanese ryoba saw

    -- Zona saw

    -- Flush cut saw


- Lecture 4: Planing and Smoothing (8:17)

    -- Planes and Rasps

    -- Low angle block plane

    -- Japanese rasp

    -- Sanding blocks

 

- Lecture 5: Drills and drilling (17:08)

    -- Pilot holes

    -- Electric drills/ corded or battery

    -- Wood bits

    -- Countersink bits

    -- Driver bits

    -- Spade bits


- Lecture 6: Accessories (9:05)

    -- Clamps

      --- Quick acting clamps

      --- "F" clamps

      --- Pipe clamps

    -- Bench horses

    -- Bench hooks

    -- Cauls


- Lecture 7: Supplies - what you should have handy (10:41)

    -- Titebond glue

    -- Blue tape

    -- Packaging tape

    -- Crazy glue

    -- Epoxy glue

    -- Screws (#6, #8, 3/4 and 1 1/4 inch)

    -- Sandpaper (80, 100, 120, 180, 220 grit)

    -- Paste wax

    -- A deck of cards

    -- Pencils

    -- Red rubber eraser


Who this course is for:

  • Beginning and intermediate woodworkers

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