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Woodworking & Home Repair

Start with Coopering (Beer Barrel Making) (56 min, Alec Steele), then A Cooper Walks Into A Forge… (26 min, Alec Steele). All 279 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need cordless drill and driver, circular saw, bar clamps set and a few more basics (about $390 of kit). The book to keep beside you: The Complete Manual of Woodworking by Albert Jackson.

What you'll need

• Cordless drill and driver: The first power tool to buy.
• Circular saw: Breaks down boards and sheets.
• Bar clamps set: You can never have enough clamps.
• Combination square: Accurate, square marking.
• Random orbit sander: Smooth finishes, fast.
• Wood glue: Stronger than the wood itself.
• Safety glasses: Non-negotiable around tools.
• Ear defenders: Protect your hearing from day one.

Lessons

• Coopering (Beer Barrel Making) (56 min, Alec Steele, Intermediate)
• A Cooper Walks Into A Forge… (26 min, Alec Steele, Intermediate)
• The amazing invisible detail. (10 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Build this amazing traditional mallet (21 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Four Workbench Building Mistakes (that we all make). (21 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Build a REAL workbench for $30 (22 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The Hidden Reason Screwdriver Handles Look Like This (9 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The incredible English Joiner's Bench (19 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Americans DON'T KNOW about this workbench (18 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Flattening the $30 workbench with one cheap plane. (11 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The tiny change that killed the chest (15 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• This Hand Plane Couldn't Take a Single Shaving (26 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Choose the best wood for your project (22 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Get flat boards EVERY TIME with this simple process. // Handtool stock-prep. (25 min, Rex Krueger, Beginner)
• How to Choose a Woodworking Workbench (19 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• I Built the Most Overbuilt Bench (The Big Reveal) (28 min, Essential Craftsman, Intermediate)
• Learn to use your hand plane! (23 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Super-tuning the Stanley 12-404 plane (26 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The Most Impressive Workbench I Have Ever Seen (19 min, Essential Craftsman, Intermediate)
• The Portable, Affordable, Quick-Stack Workbench. (17 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Your tools belong in a chest. (19 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Add a vise to the $30 Work Bench. (17 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Choosing and Using Wooden Planes: A Complete Guide (24 min, Rex Krueger, Beginner)
• Learn EVERYTHING from big box wood. (21 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Make a big leg vise from pine (16 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Make a budget backsaw AWESOME. Total upgrade! (15 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The Best Woodworking Vise You've Never Seen (22 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The LEGENDARY Six-Board Chest (18 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Thrift store wooden planes: total restoration, perfect shavings. (28 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Why Master Craftsmen used Trash Wood (20 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• You're wrong about workholding. (15 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• All about squares for woodworking. (14 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Build an Adjustable Jointer Plane! // Affordable handtool woodworking. (20 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Easy Dovetails for Beginners (11 min, Rex Krueger, Beginner)
• Make a router plane from a chisel. (17 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Pick the RIGHT vise for woodworking. (12 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• *that all woodworkers need to know. (35 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• The TRUTH about woodworking saws. (12 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• This Is How Woodworkers Carried Their Entire Shop (For Centuries) (16 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Why can't you clamp to this workbench? (21 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Woodworking with very few clamps (maybe only 5). (16 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Build the Lightweight Traveler Workbench! (18 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Don't buy these USELESS vintage chisels. (16 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Make cheap chisels AMAZING with this traditional handle. (20 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Nailed joinery is MUCH better than you think. (12 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Traditional Chinese Woodworking: Tricks you've NEVER seen. (18 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• What can you do with a chisel? (15 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Buying vintage chisels online: a complete guide. (21 min, Rex Krueger, Beginner)
• FINALLY Starting The Workbench... Cutting and Planing | Shaker Workbench PT 4 (22 min, Essential Craftsman, Intermediate)
• Make your own try-squares for woodwork. (20 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Rediscovering the Fish-Head Marking Gauge // Make your own woodworking tools! (16 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Hold ANYTHING on the $30 Bench. (18 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Make a rustic bench with THREE TOOLS. (22 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Aiming For Perfect Joinery & Assembly: Workbench Build Pt 7 (23 min, Essential Craftsman, Intermediate)
• Are Bedrock planes really better? // Affordable handtool woodworking. (16 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Build a Mission Bench with Simple Nailed Joinery. // Hand tool woodworking. (14 min, Rex Krueger, Beginner)
• Build a saw-bench. Transform your woodwork. (13 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Build the Square-Leg Craftsman Table (Part 1) (33 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Every Stanley Bench Plane Explained (Once and for all!) (15 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)
• Fast freehand sharpening: no jigs, no guides, no sandpaper. (20 min, Rex Krueger, Intermediate)

Books on Woodworking

1. The Complete Manual of Woodworking by Albert Jackson - View on Amazon
2. Woodworking Basics by Peter Korn - View on Amazon
3. Understanding Wood by R. Bruce Hoadley - View on Amazon
4. The Thirty Years War by Veronica Wedgwood - View on Amazon
5. Modern woodworking by Willis H. Wagner - View on Amazon