[E:43] Woodworking With Rex Kreuger from Create/Invent Podcast

[E:43] Woodworking With Rex Kreuger

1 hour 3 minutes Posted Feb 15, 2021 at 1:20 pm.

Intro

Rex comes from a family of makers

Science and business are creative

Acting helps as a teacher, presenter, and YouTuber

Rex is creating community through Patreon

Rex's second book, Everyday Woodworking, is coming out in May!

Pat asks Rex about the low Roman bench

Hand-tool woodworking isn't what most people think it is

Coffee Break

Hand-tool woodworking doesn't require as much space as power tools

Rex tells us about vises. Vise Squad

Japan never invented the vise?!

Parallel development of the dovetail joint

Axes and hatchets for woodworking?!

Until fairly recently furniture was made with undried wood

Using differential moisture content for joints!

Woodworking vs. Creative Fabrication

It is easier to be a hand-tool woodworker when making preindustrial furniture

Jeremy has machined complex curves on a manual mill!

What project is Rex working on now?

Pat's playing with a $180 NEJE Maser 2 laser engraver from Banggood

What's Jeremy working on right now?!

Rex advocates for content creators!

Where can we find everyone?

Jeremy talks about The Head on HBO Max

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Rex Krueger joins us to talk about hand tools. We discuss not only how you can make interesting pieces by hand today, but get to tap into his wide range of knowledge on historical woodworking practices around the world.

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