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I wonder what Asa meant when he said "touch anything in the tool cabinet and your next assignment will be 'In Search of the parasitic wood borers of outer Siberia"' I mean I am not even sure there really are wood borers in Siberia!

Well Yesss.... I could have cut the piece I needed from the edge but here at FW we have a massive materials budget and along with it, a Festool plunge saw ... so I just hacked out a chunk where ever!

An old boat builder once said to me in passing that "...it is best to get your designing done on the model..." Even as simple as some models are they can be very instructive. I will be happy to have a copy of this book should I be lucky enough to win.

Well I doubt there is much to say that hasn't been said already on this but...

I really wonder about all the fear around RAS blades "jumping out" and cutting off fingers (or arms or heads or whatever)!

Who puts their body in the path of ANY blade? These folks are all lining up to sue Ryobi! Instead, they should sue their parents for raising them to be foolish (and whiners to boot!)

1)Respect the power you are working with; 2) use your brain; 3) use the tool properly; and 4)for Pete's sake, stay out of the blade and its path!

Pretty basic rules of any power tool.

Besides, if you don't watch out we are all going to have to pay for "flesh-sensing technology" on our adjustable wrenches thanks to the smirking "I told you so" SAW STOP!

There is no question for fine work there are some great alternatives these days but few saws have the versatility of a RAS. Industrial shops still use industrial RAS all over the world. I reckin' its the cheap saws and amateurs using them that give the RAS such a dubious reputation.

Endangered (by Lawyers and their clientèle) maybe but extinct? NO!

This is one of my favorite projects of Mr Becksvoort's thanks for posting the plans.

I will post a couple of shots of a clock I made for my daughter's school auction in the gallery.

PS. Nice to know your conscience is clear vis a vis bodies under floor boards too!

Like the rest of the commentors (and likely most all viewers), I am humbled... and encouraged.

This video (and the legion of undocumented crafters around the world like him) pretty well crushes the American idea of craftsmanship. What is so nice about it is that it does it so gently yet so completely.

I try to encourage the elementary school kids to whom I teach woodworking to appreciate the subtle power of hand tools. The successful use of a hand saw or router plane far out-ways the momentary flash of a power tool wielded by an adult for nearly every kid. It is unlikely I am inspiring too many future professional woodworkers but I hope they leave a class with some appreciation of what can be done without vast industrial support. This video certainly does that for me.

The real irony is that surrounding this little video on the the FW page are the blaring advertisements for CNC routers and all the other trappings of "professional" woodworking in the "developed" world.

Thanks so much for posting this.

Gimme a break folks! Have a little sense! Of course it was a play on words!

This video nicely captures the magic of making furniture out of wood. Quite frankly if it was any longer it might have lost the fluid beauty of the process.

The fact is, most of us might not be able to build that table in a year let alone a minute, so hows about we all try to relax and enjoy the fact that there are masterful woodworkers out there willing to share what they do with those who can appreciate it!

Yes it is a nice ad for the guy but isn't that true of most published woodworking content?

Very nice work, I especially like the exposed tenons on the bread board ends.

Very nice piece! Photos rarely do a piece justice and these really look great!

Thank You Chuck,
I am a first time user of this gallery and none to good at digital photo manipulations. I had a hard time getting an acceptable upload at all. The original photo was a fairly large but I resized it to within acceptable limits (after several failed attempts). So I guess the answer is just beginner's luck. I have some detailed shots but they are even bigger(?!) so I will have to mess around some more to get them appropriately sized.