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Matthias Wandel's channel is a true YouTube goldmine. My favorites of his are the DIY woodworking machinery videos, featuring things like making a table saw fro

by gomox 6y ago

Matthias Wandel's channel is a true YouTube goldmine. My favorites of his are the DIY woodworking machinery videos, featuring things like making a table saw from scratch, without a table saw. https://youtu.be/RBucMKhrL8M https://youtu.be/RBucMKhrL8M

jbergknoff 6y ago
Indeed. I went through it all about three years ago and learned a ton (starting from essentially "I have a table saw but I don't know what the miter slots are for"). For people interested in this stuff who haven't seen Next Level Carpentry, I highly recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXRNHTVpEdhz9BIvomETGiQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXRNHTVpEdhz9BIvomETGiQ.
mkl 6y ago
Seconded. I highly recommend watching the back catalogue. Also fascinating are the many videos about making and using pantorouters, a very versatile machine of his own invention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_72hOY2vPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_72hOY2vPg (see video description, and there are older videos of different models too). He sells plans for many things he's made on his website.
barking 6y ago
Good channel I found it through my interest in making cider. He made an apple scratter which works fairly well ( https://youtu.be/htT-gZ7ck64?t=147 https://youtu.be/htT-gZ7ck64?t=147 ) but having done more research I think Claude Jolicoeur's (renowned cider maker) is better ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEqqSgoGcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEqqSgoGcQ ). You can see how superior the latter is in the videos which because of its "wedge angle" has no need for a hand plunger to force the apples between rotor and the stator
jmkd 6y ago
It feels churlish to point it out, but occasionally he delves into new areas and makes some dreadful beginner mistakes by trying to invent solutions from scratch without any knowledge or apparent interest in conventional wisdom. For me this takes the engineering approach too far. Prefer when he understands traditional solutions and explores scope for improvement / reinvention.
- wil421 6y ago
  There’s some other YouTube channels I liked but after watching for a little while I noticed the same thing. I want to learn the right way to woodwork not how an engineer or a very clever person would invent a solution for an already solved problem.
- MatthiasWandel 6y ago
  Some specific examples would perhaps make your case, instead of just making an unfounded assertion.
jacquesm 6y ago
He's got a pretty nice ribbon saw though! Also: "Actually, I did use a table saw to square up some of the pieces."
TheRealWatson 6y ago
The irony is that some of his most popular videos are about mice games and mice traps.

by gomox 6y ago

jbergknoff 6y ago

Indeed. I went through it all about three years ago and learned a ton (starting from essentially "I have a table saw but I don't know what the miter slots are for"). For people interested in this stuff who haven't seen Next Level Carpentry, I highly recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXRNHTVpEdhz9BIvomETGiQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXRNHTVpEdhz9BIvomETGiQ.

mkl 6y ago

Seconded. I highly recommend watching the back catalogue. Also fascinating are the many videos about making and using pantorouters, a very versatile machine of his own invention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_72hOY2vPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_72hOY2vPg (see video description, and there are older videos of different models too). He sells plans for many things he's made on his website.

barking 6y ago

Good channel I found it through my interest in making cider. He made an apple scratter which works fairly well ( https://youtu.be/htT-gZ7ck64?t=147 https://youtu.be/htT-gZ7ck64?t=147 ) but having done more research I think Claude Jolicoeur's (renowned cider maker) is better ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEqqSgoGcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEqqSgoGcQ ). You can see how superior the latter is in the videos which because of its "wedge angle" has no need for a hand plunger to force the apples between rotor and the stator

jmkd 6y ago

It feels churlish to point it out, but occasionally he delves into new areas and makes some dreadful beginner mistakes by trying to invent solutions from scratch without any knowledge or apparent interest in conventional wisdom. For me this takes the engineering approach too far. Prefer when he understands traditional solutions and explores scope for improvement / reinvention.

wil421 6y ago
There’s some other YouTube channels I liked but after watching for a little while I noticed the same thing. I want to learn the right way to woodwork not how an engineer or a very clever person would invent a solution for an already solved problem.
MatthiasWandel 6y ago
Some specific examples would perhaps make your case, instead of just making an unfounded assertion.

jacquesm 6y ago

He's got a pretty nice ribbon saw though! Also: "Actually, I did use a table saw to square up some of the pieces."

TheRealWatson 6y ago

The irony is that some of his most popular videos are about mice games and mice traps.