Two Screws for You!

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WELCOME BACK TO "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

I'M ROY UNDERHILL.

YOU KNOW, FOR MOST PEOPLE, ONE GOOD SINGLE SCREW TO MAKE A VISE IS ALL THEY NEED.

IT GIVES THEM FULFILLMENT IN EVERY WAY.

BUT NO, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE TO HAVE TWO SCREWS.

YES, IT'S TWO-SCREW HIMSELF, CHRISTOPHER SCHWARZ.

HOW ARE YOU, CHRIS?

ALL RIGHT.

CHIEF OF THE TWO SCREW CREW.

YES.

THIS IS CRAZY NOW.

I SEE PEOPLE COMING INTO MY SCHOOL BRINGING THESE DOUBLE-SCREW VISES, AND IT DRIVES ME NUTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOME KIND OF GADGET PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH.

BUT YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THIS IS AN OLD IDEA.

IT IS A VERY, VERY OLD GADGET.

AND IT'S ONE THAT YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, ROY.

NO, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

I'VE SEEN STUDENTS BRINGING THIS THING AROUND, THIS DOUBLE-- WRONG.

WRONG.

WRONG?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SO IT HAS TWO SCREWS ON EITHER SIDE OF THESE LONG CHOPS.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT?

NO, I NEVER HAVE.

I'VE SEEN FRONT VISES LIKE THAT WITH TWO SCREWS.

YEAH?

YEAH.

YEAH?

BUT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A TWO-SCREW LIKE THIS IN ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS?

NO.

YOU'VE GOT MOXON HERE.

IT'S NOT IN MOXON.

OF COURSE IT'S IN MOXON.

NO, IT'S NOT.

I MEAN, CHECK THE JOINERS PAGE.

WE'LL TAKE THIS OUTSIDE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, IN FACT, YOU'VE GOT A...

THERE'S THE PAGE OF THE JOINER'S TOOLS.

IT'S NOWHERE THERE.

YEAH, IT IS.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT, BUT THAT'S A FRONT VISE NOW.

WELL, LOOK AT THIS BIGGER.

HERE'S THE PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU BLEW IT UP.

BIG DEAL.

IT'S STILL ON THE FRONT OF THE BENCH.

YEAH, BUT THAT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY AN ILLUSTRATOR ERROR.

AN...OH, NO.

DON'T TELL ME THAT.

NO!

YEAH.

I MEAN, NO, SOMEBODY MESSED UP BIG-TIME BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE TEXT, INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURES-- WELL, I LIKE THE PICTURES, BUT...

IN THE THRONE ROOM, THEN YOU WOULD FIND THAT MOXON DISCUSSES THIS BEING USED ON TOP OF THE BENCH AND BEING SECURED BY HOLDFASTS.

BY HOLDFASTS, LIKE RIGHT THERE?

MM-HMM.

OK.

BUT WHY...

BUT YOU SAY IT'S AN ERROR?

IT'S NOT ONLY AN ERROR, IS THAT IT IS ALSO A...IT'S A THEFT.

A THEFT?

YEAH.

WE'VE GOT HERE-- THIS IS...

THIS IS FELIBIEN'S "PRICIPES DE L'ARCHITECTURE."

YOU SAY HE STOLE IT FROM-- IT IS.

MY GOSH.

THAT'S THE SAME BENCH.

MM-HMM.

THE ENGRAVER STOLE ALMOST ALL THE DRAWINGS FROM FELIBIEN.

AND HERE WE CAN SEE THE SAME BENCH, AND THEN LOOK WHAT'S MISSING.

THERE'S NO SCREWS ON THE FRONT.

NOW LOOK WHERE IT IS.

OH, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S IT?

THAT'S IT.

IT'S HANGING UP HERE IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND THAT IS WHEN THE LIGHT BULB WENT ON, THE OIL LAMP WENT ON, IS...ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZED THIS IS...

THIS IS A REMOVABLE JIG.

SO IT'S LIKE A GIANT BENCH SCREW KIND OF THING-- DOUBLE CHOPS WITH DOUBLE SCREWS TO HOLD IT.

AND HERE IT IS.

THIS IS WHAT?

1690's OR SOMETHING?

1670's?

YEAH, 1670's.

MOXON WAS 1678.

SO THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, BUT THESE AREN'T THE ONLY SOURCES THAT POINT TO IT.

OH, NO?

NOPE.

AND HERE WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.

HERE WE HAVE RANDLE HOLME FROM "THE ACADEMY OF ARMORY," WHICH WAS A BOOK OF, YOU KNOW...

SYMBOLS.

SYMBOLS FOR THEIR... YEAH.

IF YOU WERE ON THE FAMILY OF JOINERS.

AND SO HE HAD THE DOUBLE SCREW HERE, AND THIS WAS USED, IF YOU WERE A JOINER, IT WOULD BE ON YOUR COAT OF ARMS.

AND HE DISCUSSES THE DOUBLE SCREW AS BEING ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL JIGS FOR THE JOINERS OF THE 17th CENTURY.

I AM HORNSWOGGLED.

OK.

SO IT'S AN OLD THING, SO THAT MEANS IT'S A GOOD THING.

SO WE CAN USE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

SHOW ME HOW YOU USE IT.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN I CAME IN HERE?

WELL, WHEN YOU CAME IN, I WAS DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU HAVE REALLY NARROW STOCK... UH-HUH.

HERE WE'LL PUT A NARROW PIECE OF POPLAR IN THE JAWS.

SO JUST TIGHTEN THEM BY HAND.

JUST TIGHTEN THEM BY HAND.

THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH IN A FACE VISE, BUT IT, YOU KNOW-- REAL NARROW MOLDING CAN BE VERY EASY TO HANDLE HERE.

OH, LOOK AT THAT.

KEEP GOING.

KEEP GOING.

SO THIS GOES ALL THE WAY.

SO JUST PUTTING A LITTLE BEAD ON THERE?

YEP.

EASY.

EASY.

NO PROBLEM.

HA HA HA HA!

BUT... A NICE LITTLE MOLDING ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLANE THAT IT'S GOOD FOR, LIKE, IF YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU NEED TO PLOW A DOOR, A RAIL, OR A DOOR STILE, AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CLAMP IN YOUR FACE VISE.

IT CAN BE VERY EASY TO DEAL WITH HERE, RIGHT ON TOP OF THE BENCH.

YOU'RE SLIPPING ON THAT BACK END THERE.

I AM SLIPPING ON THAT BACK END.

YOU NEED TO TIGHTEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU'VE GOT SOME LEATHER DOWN INSIDE THERE.

MAYBE THAT-- WHERE'D THAT-- THAT'S--WAIT A MINUTE.

IS THAT MEGAN FITZPATRICK'S OLD LEATHER SKIRT FROM THE 1980's?

INDEED IT IS.

OR NINETIES, LET'S SAY.

YEAH, LET'S BE NICE.

OH, IT IS?

OK. YEAH, I KIND OF STOLE THAT FROM HER.

A LITTLE BIT OF MEGAN IN THE VISE THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH...THERE YOU GO.

SO YOU TIGHTEN THIS UP.

BUT I SAW YOU HAD IT A LITTLE MORE TIGHT ON ONE END.

BUT IF YOU HAD A TAPERED PIECE, THIS WOULD BE GOOD, TOO, WITH THAT DOUBLE SCREW.

WHENEVER I'M PUTTING, LIKE, A LITTLE BEAD MOLDING OR A DETAIL ON A TAPERED LEG, THIS WILL, YOU KNOW-- TAPERED LEG.

PERFECT.

IT'LL HOLD RIGHT IN THERE.

SO THERE YOU DO WANT THAT KIND OF WRACKING.

YEAH, WRACKING IS GOOD.

YOU WRACK YOUR SCREWS.

IT'S ALL GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

VERY NICE.

SO THERE YOU GO.

SO FOR PLANING LONG, THIN STUFF, IT'S A HANDY THING FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

BUT IT HAS MANY, MANY, MANY MORE USES.

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

SO HERE YOU GO.

YOU'RE GONNA KNOCK YOUR HOLDFAST.

WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE... RELEASE THE SCREWS.

THE HOLDFASTS.

THERE YOU GO.

OK.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LET THE TWIN SCREW, DOUBLE SCREW RUN WILD ON THE BENCH.

AND IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY COOL USES UP HERE.

NOW, PETER FOLLANSBEE, THE JOINER AT PLYMOUTH PLANTATION, WHO IS A 17th-CENTURY NUT, HE USES THIS INSTEAD OF A TAIL VISE.

YOU KNOW, THE EARLY BENCHES-- THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE GERMAN-STYLE VISE.

GERMAN TAIL VISES BACK THERE.

SO THEY'VE GOT THIS SCREW BACK HERE.

THAT'S A MUCH LATER DEVICE THERE.

AND SO THIS IS THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE... FOR THE TAIL VISE.

I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT COULD WORK, BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST SLIDE DOWN THE BENCH.

NOW, WHAT WE DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PIECE OF STOCK, AND WE ARE GOING TO...

I FORGOT OUR LITTLE... YEAH, WE'RE GONNA RAISE UP ONE OF THE DOGS HERE.

OK. NOW, YOU KNOW, ON AN OLD BENCH, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A METAL DOG.

YOU'D HAVE A BENCH STOP THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME TEETH ON IT.

IT WOULD BE WOOD WITH METAL TEETH.

YEAH.

SO IT WOULD BE WOOD WITH METAL TEETH.

BUT THIS WILL WORK FINE.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ANY WORK OF ANY LENGTH WE CAN SECURE IT BACK HERE SO WE CAN HOLD IT UPRIGHT, AND THEN... OH, OK. WE CAN PLOW A GROOVE IN IT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT FOR JOINED WORK, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN THE 17th CENTURY, WAS THIS GROOVE THAT WOULD JOIN ALL THE FRAME AND PANEL CONSTRUCTIONS IN JACOBEAN FURNITURE.

SO THIS IS A VERY HANDY WAY TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE FANCY AND UNNECESSARY TAIL VISE.

I SEE IT.

YES.

WOW.

THAT'S BRILLIANT.

OK.

SO YOU'VE GOT THAT.

THAT, I'M CONVINCED THERE.

AND IT CAME FROM PETER, SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

IT MUST BE TRUE.

PETER DOES NOT LIE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, ALL RIGHT.

BUT THERE'S MORE.

NO, NOT MORE.

THERE CAN'T BE.

OF COURSE THERE'S MORE.

SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THESE BREAD BOARD ENDS THAT YOU BROUGHT OVER, THESE LITTLE BOOKCASES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS...

HERE WE ARE.

LITTLE TENONS.

3 TENONS.

YOU'VE GOT THE 3 TENONS-- LUCIANO PAVA-- OH, ANYWAY.

THE 3 TENONS.

AND THE MORTISES.

AND THIS IS A BREAD-BOARD END TO KEEP THIS PIECE FROM WARPING.

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THIS DEVICE HERE WOULD HELP ME MAKE THIS?

OH, YOU BET.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE IS I HAVE ONE HERE, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF CHOICES.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE.

THERE'S THE ONE WHERE I'VE ALREADY SAWN THE SHOULDER.

OH, OK.

SO YOU SAW THE SHOULDER, AND THEN... NOW YOU'VE GOT TO CHISEL THAT AWAY.

YEP.

AND NOW, YOU COULD SECURE THIS IN THE FACE VISE, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH PUTTING IT IN THE FACE VISE IS YOU WHACK IT-- AND WE'RE GONNA WHACK THIS OFF-- AND IT DRIVES DOWN, BECAUSE THE THING JUST CAN'T GRIP WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP IT, SO ALL RIGHT.

SO INSTEAD, WE ARE GOING TO SPLIT OFF THIS TENON CHEEK.

UM... [HAMMERING] WOW.

RIGHT HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND THE BENCH IS GOING TO REALLY...

SO THE BENCH STOPS THE WOOD FROM GOING DOWN.

THERE'S NO WAY THIS CAN PUSH AWAY FROM YOUR CHISEL THERE.

REALLY WELL.

HA HA HA!

SO WE CAN JUST SPLIT THOSE OFF.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN, AFTER WE SPLIT THAT OFF... UH-HUH.

WE CAN...

IF YOU'VE GOT SOME ROOM IN THERE.

YEAH.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH.

PUT IT HERE.

OK.

SO JUST REAL VERSATILE, AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT HOLES ON YOUR HOLDFASTS.

GOT SOME HOLD... HAVE HOLDFASTS.

SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SAW, THE SAW YOU WERE HOLDING FOR ME.

BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO.

YOU'RE GONNA CUT THE SEPARATIONS THERE.

SO YOU DO THIS KIND OF WORK RIGHT THERE.

LET ME GET YOU GAUGED IN THERE.

THANKS.

YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

OK.

SO THAT'S HOLDING YOU UP.

SO NOW WE CAN MAKE THE 3 TENONS.

AHA.

FOR CUTTING RIGHT DOWN.

BRILLIANT.

OK.

SO THAT IS, UH... THAT'S A GREAT THING HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, WHAT ELSE YOU GOT?

IS THAT ALL IT DOES?

IS THAT ALL IT DOES?

YOU'RE GETTING GREEDY.

BUT THAT'S OK. THAT'S OK, BECAUSE THERE IS ONE FINAL USE.

AND I SEE, YOU CAN HOLD THE LOWER-- ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE HOW THEY GO.

THAT WAS SITTING ON THE BENCH.

YEAH.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT OFF THE BENCH.

WE'RE GONNA RELEASE IT FROM THE HOLDFASTS.

AND THIS IS WHAT MOST OF US MODERNS ARE USING IT FOR THESE DAYS.

THIS IS WHAT GETS PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED.

NOW, I LIKE ALL THE OTHER STUFF, TOO.

BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY MAKE RANDLE HOLME OR JOSEPH MOXON OR FELIBIEN KIND OF ROLL OVER IN THEIR GRAVES.

BUT, BOY, IS THIS A REALLY USEFUL THING.

WHAT THIS ENDS UP DOING FOR US... OH, NO.

YEAH.

IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST VERSATILE DOVETAIL VISE THAT I HAVE EVER LAID MY HANDS ON.

SO YOU HAVE...

IT'S SUPPORTED--YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO JUST SAY, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SCREW RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE...THE WORK THERE WHERE THE VISE WOULD HAVE IT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO SCREWS.

DEUX!

DUAL.

DEUX SCREWS.

YOU HAVE 24 INCHES BETWEEN THE TWO SCREWS.

SO YOU CAN GET AN ENTIRE CASE SIDE CLAMPED BETWEEN HERE WITHOUT ANY JIMCRACKERY DOODAD WORKAROUNDS.

NOW, I SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO BRING THESE IN, AND I SAY, "TAKE THAT BACK OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT NOW."

NOW I'M EMBARRASSED.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD MAKE ONE.

OK. WELL, I'LL TRY.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE IS THEN WE CAN JUST, UH... AND THIS IS THE OTHER GREAT THING.

YOU'RE CUTTING A DOVETAIL NOW.

I'M CUTTING A DOVETAIL.

BUT LOOK AT WHERE... HOW I'M STANDING.

I'M NOT BENT OVER.

IT'S RIGHT AT ELBOW HEIGHT.

IT IS RIGHT AT ELBOW HEIGHT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS-- WHEN YOU DOVETAIL A CARCASS, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WALK AROUND LIKE THIS FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BENT OVER TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THIS ALLOWS YOU TO, UH... CUT YOUR DOVETAILS LIKE A FULLY EVOLVED HUMANOID HOMINID.

NOW, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

OK. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AFTER THERE.

SO THAT MAKES IT JUST MUCH, MUCH MORE CIVILIZED, I'VE GOT TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M A CONVERT NOW.

AND I CAN IMAGINE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING BIG CASEWORK, THE WOOD IS GOING WONKY ON YOU.

OH.

WELL, THAT'S-- THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THIS REALLY HELPS WITH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY NICE FLAT PIECE OF LUMBER.

THAT'S, LIKE, A 15-INCH PIECE THERE.

BUT YOU GET UP TO SOMETHING LIKE 24 INCHES, YOU KNOW... YEAH.

LET'S LOOK AT THIS GUY.

ALL RIGHT.

OK. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

LOOK AT THIS THING.

THIS IS LIKE A BOW.

YOU COULD, UH... AN ARCHER'S BOW KIND OF THING.

IT'S A POTATO CHIP, IF I CAN SAY THAT.

SO IT HAS REALLY BENT.

YES, INDEED.

AND SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO-- IS THIS THE RIGHT WAY?

YEAH, SURE.

LET'S PUT IT IN THERE LIKE THAT.

AND THEN...BY SECURING THE TWO SCREWS AND THANKS TO THE POWER OF MEGAN'S LEATHER...

YES, IT'S BY THE POWER OF MEGAN'S LEATHER.

I AM IN SO MUCH TROUBLE.

IT FLATTENED IT RIGHT OUT.

IT STRAIGHTENED IT RIGHT OUT.

AND SO NOW I CAN GO AHEAD, AND I CAN LAY OUT ALL MY CUTS.

UH-HUH.

AND THEN WHEN I RELEASE IT, IT'S GONNA BOW BACK, BUT ALL THE CUTS WILL BE CORRECT FOR WHEN I ASSEMBLE THE CASE.

IT'LL SQUARE THE WHOLE CASE UP.

SO EVEN IF WE HAD IT... WE LEFT IT WITH THE CURVE AND SAY, OK, OUR LITTLE TRY SQUARE HERE IS GONNA BE SQUARE JUST WITH THAT POINT.

IT'S STILL GONNA BE ROCKING IF WE LEAVE THAT BOW IN IT.

NOW, WITH THE BOW TAKEN OUT... AH, THIS IS GREAT.

WE'RE GONNA CUT SQUARE JOINTS.

AND SO THAT IS THE NICE THING.

AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE, I'LL TELL YOU, IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWIN-SCREW VISES THAT SHOW UP, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE BUILT INTO BENCHES.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DOVETAIL EVERY DAY ALL DAY.

SO ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THESE IS THAT I CAN REMOVE IT AND PUT IT ON THE WALL LIKE FELIBIEN DID.

SO IN THE END, I CAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO BE RUNNING INTO BOTH SCREWS ALL THE TIME WHEN I DON'T NEED BOTH SCREWS.

SO... OH, MAN.

OK.

SO, NOW THIS IS...

THIS IS A GREAT TRICK-- NOT A TRICK.

I MEAN, IT'S THE REAL THING.

THIS IS A GREAT OLD TOOL FOR DOVETAILING I'M CONVINCED.

BUT YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE, TOO, I'VE SEEN YOU DO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO-- THEY'LL COME IN, AND WHAT IS THIS?

THEY'LL DO A LITTLE RABBET FOR THE DOVETAILS?

AND I WAS THINKING THAT'S, AGAIN, ANOTHER MODERN TRICK, BUT YOU SAY NO, THAT'S NOT?

NO.

THAT IS ALSO A VERY OLD TRICK.

AND SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

HERE'S A THING TO MAKE DOVETAILING MUCH, MUCH EASIER, AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE PEOPLE DOING IT, I SAY, "DON'T DO THAT.

DON'T DO THAT.

YOU'RE JUST...

IT'S CONTEMPORARY.

YOU NEVER SEE THAT IN THE OLD WORK."

BUT CHRIS IS TELLING ME, NOPE, THIS IS THE OLD... OLD TRICK.HOW FAR DOES THIS GO BACK, DO YOU THINK?

WELL, THIS IS FROM ALAN PETERS, WHO WAS A VERY GOOD ENGLISH CABINETMAKER WHO TRACED HIS LINEAGE AND HIS TRAINING BACK TO THE BARNSLEYS BACK IN THE COTSWOLDS.

SO THIS IS AN ARTS-AND-CRAFTS-- BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY.

THIS IS LATE 19th CENTURY, EARLY 20th CENTURY IS WHERE THIS COMES FROM.

AND THIS IS CALLED THE LITTLE...

THE RABBET TRICK OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE TRICK ON IT, BUT IT INVOLVES MY FAVORITE PLANE FOR DOVETAILING.

WOW.

THIS IS A WHAT?

THIS IS A RABBET-- THIS IS A MOVING FILLISTER.

YEAH, IT'S A MOVING FILLISTER PLANE, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES DOVETAILING EASIER.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK OF NORMALLY WHEN YOU'RE CUTTING DOVETAILS.

THIS IS WILD.

AND I LIKE THIS IN METAL.

I USUALLY HAVE THESE IN WOOD.

BUT IT HAS THE SKEWED IRON TO PULL IT INTO THE WORK.

HERE'S THE FENCE, AND THAT MOVES ALONG.

AND I SEE A LITTLE ROUND NICKER THERE, JUST A TINY LITTLE ROUND NICKER POKING OUT, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE DEPTH STOP SET REAL CLOSE.

THIS IS GREAT.

SO WHAT THE NICKER DOES IS THE NICKER IS GOING TO SCORE THE WOOD ACROSS THE GRAIN SO THAT WHEN THE IRON LEVERS IT UP, LEVERS THE MATERIAL UP, IT WON'T SPLINTER AND DOG-MEAT THIS UP.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A FILLISTER PLANE.

ANY PLANE THAT HAS A LITTLE NICKER IN FRONT OF THE CUTTER GETS THE NAME FILLISTER PLANE.

WOW.

OK.

SO THE PROBLEM IS REGISTERING THIS WITH THE OTHER PIECE, IT WOULD FLOP AROUND, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO CUT SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP IT REGISTER NOW PERFECTLY.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP YOU.

THIS LITTLE RABBET THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IS GOING TO HELP YOU TRANSFER YOUR MARKS.

NOW, THIS IS SET VERY SHALLOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW.

IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 3 SHEETS OF PAPER, AND I'LL PUT 3 SHEETS OF PAPER IN THERE AND THEN LOCK THE DEPTH STOP DOWN ON IT.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO JUST DRAG THE PLANE BACK AND THAT LITTLE FILLISTER KNIFE IS GOING TO THEN SCORE THE WORK SO WHEN I PUSH FORWARD... WOW.

IT GETS THAT CLEAN SHOULDER INSTEAD OF THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RAGGEDNESS.

NOW, THIS IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE BOX.

YOU'LL NEVER SEE THIS.

THIS IS A LITTLE RABBET.

WOULD YOU DO THIS RABBET-- YOU'VE ALREADY CUT THE DOVETAILS HERE.

YOU'D DO THIS BEFORE YOU CUT THE DOVETAILS?

WELL, IT DOESN'T HURT TO CUT IT AFTER.

I USUALLY CUT IT BEFORE.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE-- AND THIS IS ALL GONNA BE ON THE INSIDE ANYWAY.

SO EVEN IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW, LEAVE A LITTLE RAGGEDNESS, IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

AND THAT'S IT?

IT'S ALL DONE?

IT'S DONE.

OY.

LOOK AT THAT.

OK.

SO, NOW HOW DOES THAT HELP YOU NOW?YOU'VE GOT THIS LITTLE SHOULDER.

GOT THIS LITTLE RABBET.

SO HOLD THIS WHILE I REMOUNT... WE'RE BACK TO IT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES ON REAL EASY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A BIG DEAL TO GO AND, UH...

THIS IS GREAT.

PEOPLE ARE CALLING THESE THEIR MOXON VISE.

THEY ARE.

MOXON'S GETTING A LITTLE CREDIT.

EVEN THOUGH MOXON HAD IT IN THE WRONG PLACE.

HE MESSED IT UP.

THEY DON'T CALL THEM FELIBIEN VISES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S... YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.

YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ON TV.

SO HERE--WELL, YOU HAVE THE TAIL BOARD.

OK.

I'VE GOT THE TAIL BOARD.

I'VE GOT THE PIN BOARD.

WE WANT TO MARK THAT SHAPE ON THIS END.

SO WE'VE GOT TO ALIGN THEM VERY PRECISELY.

VERY HARD TO DO, DON'T YOU THINK?

OH, YEAH.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA GET THIS IN HERE.

AND I'M GONNA PUT A BLOCK PLANE OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF LEVEL IT UP.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA USE?

I ALWAYS USE THIS BLOCK PLANE.

AND YOU'LL SEE WHY I ALWAYS USE THIS BLOCK PLANE, BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE THIS MAGIC BLOCK OF WOOD, A LITTLE SCRAP I FOUND ON YOUR FLOOR.

NO THANKS.

OK.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

AND NOW WHAT WE CAN DO IS THIS IS THE SAME HEIGHT AS THIS.

SO THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WE PUT IT OUT HERE.

NOW YOU CAN HAND ME MY BOARD.

AND NOW WE'VE GOT IT RESTING THERE, AND WE JUST PUSH IT UP AGAINST.

WOW.

LOOK AT THAT.

OK.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING IT SLIDING ALL AROUND, NOW I'M PUSHING, AND THIS IS REGISTERED IN THERE.

A LITTLE TINY SHALLOW.

YOU WOULDN'T EVEN SEE THAT.

YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS WAS DONE.

NOPE.

YOU CAN PLANE IT AWAY IF YOU WANTED TO AFTERWARDS.

OH, NO KIDDING?

OK. BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT-- THIS ALSO MAKES THE INSIDE OF THE BOX LOOK GREAT.

IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN THE WORK I REALLY DO.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING I'VE GOT TO DO, IS STOP CONFISCATING THE DOUBLE-SCREW VISES AND STOP COMPLAINING WHEN THE FOLKS WANT TO DO THESE LITTLE TINY RABBETS.

YEAH.

OH, IT'S TERRIBLE.

SO AGAIN, LET ME JUST SHOW YOU.

YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR-- LIKE PULLING YOUR DOVETAIL SAW BACK?

SO WE'RE TRANSFERRING THESE MARKS DOWN ONTO THE LOWER PIECE OF WOOD.

SO YOU PULL THAT BACK AND MARK THAT ON THE LOWER PIECE.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO MARK ALL OF THESE AT ONCE WITHOUT HAVING IT SHIFT AROUND OR DO ANY MOVEMENT LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEN IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO TOGETHER.

THAN IT'S OVER.

YEAH, GAME OVER.

BUT THAT LITTLE TINY RABBET MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

AND PUT IN THE COMBINATION WITH THIS DOUBLE SCREW, THIS HOLDS IT FLAT, BECAUSE IF THIS IS WARPED-- THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE LEARNED A LESSON.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHERE DO YOU GET THESE... WHERE DOES ONE GET THESE DOUBLE SCREWS IN THE EVENT ONE WANTS TO PROCURE ONE?

WELL, I MADE MINE, AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO, IS I LIKE TO MAKE MY OWN STUFF.

THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO WOODWORKING.

BUT THERE ARE COMMERCIAL VERSIONS AVAILABLE.

SEVERAL PEOPLE MAKE COMMERCIAL VERSIONS.

SO THIS IS MY NON-COMMERCIAL VERSION.

OK. THAT'S ONE YOU MADE.

AND YOU'VE GOT ONE... WE HAVE ONE HERE.

WOW.

LOOK AT THIS.

YEAH, LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS NOT-- WOW.

LOOK AT THAT.

I'M LIKE, "DIVE!

DIVE!"

THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS GREAT, THESE BIG CAST-IRON SCREWS ON HERE.

YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SELL YOU THE METAL PARTS, AND THEN YOU MAKE-- YOU DO THE WOOD.

YOU DO THE WOOD.

YEAH.

AND I ALSO HAVE THIS BIG CHAMFER HERE FOR WHEN I CUT HALF-BLINDS, AND I NEED TO TOP MY SAW UP FOR THE HALF-BLIND DOVETAIL WHEN CUTTING THE SOCKETS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT FANCY DETAIL THERE.

IT'S NOT JUST TO BE FANCY.

WOW.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, IF I WANTED TO MAKE A WOODEN ONE-- I REMEMBER I WAS SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'D NEED THE-- WELL, BECAUSE HERE, LOOK.

THIS HAS THAT BIG WOODEN SCREW.

MM-HMM.

IF WE WERE TO DO THIS WOODEN SCREW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SCREWBOX AND TAP, AND I SAID, "WELL, THAT'S NOT REALLY ACCESSIBLE."

BUT YOU SAID THESE ARE, LIKE, $50 THE SET, THESE TOOLS HERE?

YEAH.

SO I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU NEED A TAP TO DO THE INTERNAL THREAD, AND THEN YOU NEED THIS TO DO THE EXTERNAL THREAD.

AND YOU SAY YOU CAN GET THESE FOR, LIKE, $50 TO DO THIS SIZE?

VERY COMMONLY AVAILABLE AT MANY, YOU KNOW, OF THE WOODWORKING SUPPLY STORES.

$50 FOR THIS 1 1/4" OR 1 1/2", UH...YOU KNOW, THREAD BOX AND TAP.

AND AS, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT HARD TO DO.

OH, THERE IT GOES.

I'M CUTTING IT JUST TURNING IT BY HAND THERE.

LITTLE SHAVING COMING OUT OF THERE.

SO AS IT TURNS AROUND, IT CUTS THE THREAD.

LET ME TAKE THIS APART SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THERE.

AND THIS WOULD JUST BE A PIECE OF HICKORY OR MAPLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

WHAT DID YOU USE?

THAT'S WALNUT.

I USED WALNUT THAT I FOUND, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN, IT WORKS FINE.

AND HERE'S THE THING, YOU KNOW-- IF THE THREADS BREAK, YOU CAN MAKE MORE.

I MEAN, THAT'S, LIKE, THE BEAUTY.

IT'S LIKE, "OH, YEAH.

WHAT IF THE THREADS BREAK?"

OK. WELL, THIS IS-- HERE WE GO.

I'M GONNA FINALLY GET THIS THING OUT OF HERE.

SEE THE WAY THAT WORKS?

IT'S GOT THAT LITTLE "V" CUTTER DOWN INSIDE THERE.

THERE'S A LITTLE "V" CUTTER, AND ONCE THAT CUTS THAT FIRST GROOVE, IT FEEDS IT INTO THE WOODEN THREADS DOWN INSIDE THERE AND TRACKS IT IN THERE.

SO IT'S CONSTANTLY PULLING IT IN, CUTTING THAT THREAD.

IT'S LIKE MAGIC.

AND THIS GOES BACK TO, OF COURSE, 18th, 17th CENTURY.

ROUBO HAS THE BEST INSTRUCTIONS ON ADJUSTING THEM.

WAY, WAY BACK ON IT.

ROUBO, MOXON-- BOY, I DRINK TO THEM ALL.

SO LET ME TRY SOMETHING HERE.

I'VE GOT A PIECE OF OAK, AND I'M GONNA BORE A HOLE HERE.

WE'LL SEE JUST HOW BORING THIS PART IS.

UH...I THINK I'VE GOT A PLACE MARKED HERE.

AND I'VE GOT A "T" HANDLE AUGER.

LET ME USE THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAPPENED TO-- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I'M GONNA USE THIS LITTLE THING YOU'VE GOT HERE.

WHAT IS THIS?

OH, THAT'S A BIRDCAGE AWL.

A CRAZY LITTLE THING.

THIS IS A BIRDCAGE AWL?

YEAH, YEAH.

THESE WERE USED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE LITTLE BAMBOO BIRD CAGES THAT WERE REAL POPULAR BACK IN THE 19th CENTURY.

THEY'RE EVEN MENTIONED IN "MOBY DICK" AND, I THINK, "ROBINSON CRUSOE."

HA HA HA!

WOW.

SO YOU'D MAKE BAMBOO BIRD CAGES WHILE YOU'RE GOING AFTER WHALES.

ISN'T THAT NICE?

WHILE YOU'RE AFTER WHALES OR WHATEVER.

WHILE YOU'RE AFTER WHALES.

OK. WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THEM IS THEY ACTUALLY-- YOU KNOW, THESE LITTLE BIRDCAGE AWLS HAVE A LITTLE TIP ON THEM THAT ACTUALLY CUT THE WOOD, INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT ASIDE LIKE A BRAD AWL, SO THAT THESE THINGS, THESE LITTLE TIPS ACTUALLY END UP SCRAPING AWAY THE WOOD AND MAKING A CLEARANCE HOLE, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE ACTUALLY EASY TO...

IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO COME THROUGH.

NOW, DON'T BLOW OUT THE BACKSIDE.

NO, I WON'T.

I'M GONNA COME THROUGH ON THE BACKSIDE THERE AND THEN JUST RE-CUT IT A LITTLE BIT BY PULLING BACK.

OK. OH, MAN.

NICE!

DID I DO ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, YOU DID VERY NICE.

I DO VERY NICE.

OK.

SO I'LL JUST KIND OF PULL BACK AS I DO IT.

THAT'S A GOOD TIP.

AND THAT WILL CUT A SMOOTH HOLE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THAT EXIT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE OFTEN THESE WILL COME OUT VERY, VERY RAGGED.

YEAH.

BUT THAT DID FINE.

OK. NOW HERE'S THE THING.

WE'RE GONNA THREAD THIS INTERNALLY, AND IT TAKES A HUGE AMOUNT OF TORQUE.

SO THIS IS THE WAY I WORK.

WE HAVE A TAP LIKE THIS.

I'LL PUT IT IN THE VISE AND TIGHTEN IT UP, AND THEN CHRIS, I'LL NEED YOU TO HELP ME HERE.

WE'RE GONNA THREAD THIS THIS WAY BY SWINGING IT AROUND.

OK.

I'LL PRESS DOWN.

OK. AND I'LL PRESS DOWN.

SO TRY AND KEEP IT ALIGNED AND PARALLEL.

AND THEN JUST START SWINGING IT AROUND.

ONCE WE GET IN A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL BACK UP, AND IT WILL BECOME MUCH EASIER TO CUT.

THERE WE GO.

AND THEN WE'LL BE AIRBORNE.

HA HA!

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE AIRBORNE, BUT THERE WE GO.

WE'LL BE FLYING ALONG A LITTLE BIT BETTER HERE ONCE WE DO THAT BACK AND IT CLEARS ITS SHAVINGS THE FIRST TIME.

OK. YOU TAKE IT.

THERE WE GO.

OK.

I FEEL LIKE I'M ON A SLAVE SHIP, A ROMAN SLAVE SHIP.

ROW!

ROW.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT THERE YOU GO.

YOU SEE, IT'S COMING THROUGH AT THE TOP.

SO WE'VE CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

NOW, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS BACK IT UP AGAIN HERE AND THEN BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES.

WHAT DOES THAT DO?

WELL, IT'S GONNA WIDEN IT UP.

IT'S GONNA KEEP CUTTING A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN ALL THE REST OF THE WAY.

SO THERE WE GO, ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AND THAT SHOULD COME OUT AT THE BOTTOM, AND WE'LL SEE HOW OUR THREAD GOES IN THERE.

OK. GOOD.

UH!

HA HA HA!

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S OUT.

AND LET'S TRY IT.

THAT ONE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I DID THIS ONE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT.

SO WE'VE GOT THOSE INTERNAL THREADS DOWN IN THERE.

PUT THE SCREW IN, AND THAT'S IT.

WE'LL BORE A BIGGER HOLE.

WE'LL HAVE TWO CHOPS.

AND WE'LL HAVE OUR DOUBLE-SCREW VISE, AND I AM A CONVERT.

YOU HAVE CONVERTED ME TO THE NEW VISES OF THE DOUBLE SCREW.

CHRISTOPHER SCHWARZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.

THIS IS ROY UNDERHILL HERE IN "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

SO LONG.

NOW ALL YOU NEED IS THE LEATHER.

HA HA HA HA!

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