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Paul Sellers have moved back to the UK. In addition to his website [0] and blog there's plenty in his YouTube channel. And my feeling is that Europeans in gene
by Ma8ee 6y ago
Paul Sellers have moved back to the UK. In addition to his website [0] and blog there's plenty in his YouTube channel.
And my feeling is that Europeans in general don't insist on staining everything like Americans do. Or maybe it's just us in Scandinavia that actually think the bright natural color of birch, but even pine, is quite beautiful.
[0] https://paulsellers.com/ https://paulsellers.com/
- robotmay 6y agoI learnt to carve spoons from a few Swedish guys so I have a lot of love for a simple linseed-oil finish :) Can't get any nice, bright, linseed-oil paint in the UK though, which is a bit of a bummer. I ended up using stain for this current project as the room called for dark wood, but the only two real-wood options for skirting boards in the UK are pine or oak, which are both light woods, so I opted to stain pine for it. And thank you! Someone at work mentioned his videos recently and I completely forgot the name.
- atomack 6y ago+1 for Paul Sellers. He's a bunch of content on finishing too and I've just tried his combo of shellac + beeswax to finish pine and it works fantastically and is cheap. Also, not youtube, but https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/ https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/ is a great uk online resource, including this thread https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/timber-yards-wip-add-your-favourites-t108370.html https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/timber-yards-wip-add-you... on sourcing timber
- m0nty 6y agoThe one thing I find (as a UK woodworker) when watching US or Canadian channels is (a) they all seem to have massive workshops, like size-of-a-barn massive, and (b) they have machines for everything. I could not tackle many of the projects they do because of limited space, which restricts the machines I can accommodate. Paul Sellers definitely understands that many UK woodworkers are in their garage or garden shed and keeps that in mind for his projects, and uses predominantly hand tools. I'm not saying I don't like the North American channels, and Matthias is a true hacker as well as a woodworker, but it's a different world. Just to add my own recommendation: Alain Vaillancourt does some excellent stuff, from his vast workshop located somewhere in the New World: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCsdIja21VT7AKkbVI5y8bQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCsdIja21VT7AKkbVI5y8bQ
- wmeredith 6y agoYou might like Rex Kruger's channel. He has a large shop and lots of machines, but he mainly focuses on hand tools and doing things cheaply/diy when it comes to his YouTube content. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4SLNED1DiNPHComZTCbzw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4SLNED1DiNPHComZTCbzw No affiliation. I just found him a couple weeks ago and have been really enjoying it.
- raister 6y agoPaul Sellers dimensioned his filming studio to mimic a small garage for a common UK woodworker.
- jmuhlich 6y agoI’m an American with a very limited space to work in and I love Paul’s approach.
- bluedino 6y agoCheck out the Woodwrights shop that was on PBS
- function_seven 6y agoI like the Woodshop Junkies channel for this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHueSosfT92NUVmhrz7Hjw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHueSosfT92NUVmhrz7Hjw It's a guy in South Africa with a small workshop. The main point of his videos is designing space-saving tool mounts and storage for his shop. He uses cheap tools—and lots of plywood—to make some clever stuff. It's not a channel for seeing furniture made, but it's interesting nonetheless.
- jpitz 6y agoMost of the fine woodworking folks I follow in the US don't typically use stain much.
- mauvehaus 6y agoStain is a tool like any other. It can be used garishly and tastelessly or it can be used to complement a piece. See also: carvings, inlay, brasses, or pretty much anything else used for anything beyond holding the piece together.
- jpitz 6y agoIt is. From a fine woodworking perspective, however, it very often runs counter to purpose when the goal is to take advantage of the natural beauty inherent in the medium.
- kedean 6y agoThat's only a goal though. Taking advantage of the natural beauty of the wood is not always the only goal, primary goal, or even a goal at all.
- jpitz 6y agoI am super confused right now. I tried to be very careful in my wording to avoid being hyperbolic or all inclusive. Am I giving that impression at all?