My Five BEST Tools for FINE WOODWORKING

In this video, I break down my 5 favourite tools for hand cut joinery that I couldn't live without. You would have seen these used extensively in my Hand-Cut joint series and now is your chance to learn a little bit more about them.
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PRODUCTS RECOMMENDED IN THIS VIDEO:
🔸 Knew Concepts 5" Woodworker Fret Saw with Screw Tension
🔸 Swann Morton SM01 Blades
🔸 Gyokucho Dozuki Saw
🔸 Faithfull 4 Piece Engineers Square Set
🔸 Veritas Micro-Adjust Marking Gauge
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MY FREE ONLINE COURSES:
🚀 Purchasing and Using Tools Correctly
🎁 How To Make a Dovetailed Box:
🛠 How To Make a Cabinet:
🧰 How To Make a Toolbox:
✏️ How To Design Furniture
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WOODWORKING BOOKS I RECOMMEND:
📘 Collins Complete Woodworkers Manual
📖 Workbenches: Design & Theory to Construction & Use
📚 The Overstory - My Favourite Fiction Books about Trees
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MY FAVOURITE TOOLS:
🛠️ Knew Concepts Fret Saw
⬜️ Faithfull Engineers Squares
⚙️ Veritas Wheel Marking Gauge
🗡 Precision Marking Knife
🎥 Lumix S1H Mirrorless Camera

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🕵️‍♂️ WHO AM I?:
My name is Matt Estlea and I’m a Woodworker from Basingstoke, England. My aim is to make your woodworking less s***.

I come from 5 years of TRAINING at Rycotewood Furniture Centre in Oxford, 5 years of experience WORKING at Axminster Tools and Machinery in Basingstoke, and 3 years TEACHING both day classes and evening classes at Rycotewood Furniture Centre. All while trying to get this YouTube thing off the ground.

By September 2021, I packed it all in to focus on YouTube and my business full-time.

Want to know more about how I crammed all this experience into such a short period of time? See my experience and qualifications here:

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[MattEstlea]

If you found this video useful, don't forget to press the *LIKE* button. It really helps me out!

[pemtax]

Your approach to sharing your knowledge is fresh, clean and to the point. Rapidly becoming one of my very favorite sources for wood working tools and techniques.
I recently had a life changing illness and can no longer do much of what I used to for fun and have found woodworking as my new outlet. You have given me the ability to crash course a lot of knowledge and I'm very thankful for that. Thank you Matt, your efforts are deeply appreciated. Cheers!!

[rickprice]

I have 2 scroll saws I use for small (Dremel 20" - unpinned) and a Porter Cable (20" pinned) for larger ones. The unpinned blades work flawlessly in my Concepts fret saw. I can even use a #2s blade for super detail stuff. I buy most of my blades online in lots of 100 or 1 gross. Most excellent saw. As opposed to a scalpel blade, I use an X-Acto blade since they come in so many shapes and sizes. They are also cheap and available at Hobby Lobby.  

I use a set of machinist/engineer squares that are probably 50 years old and dead on square. Also at least a dozen Speed Squares at places where they are in almost daily use around the farm. The speed squares get brutal use and are still dead on.

Great videos. Thanks.

[orienv]

Never did any woodworking or anything related at all in my life, but I still find your videos entertaining. I’m even considering buying the tools just for displaying on my imaginary workshop lol great video

[BeeSharp]

really like your marking knife handle, you should make a video on one of those

[wohsadusam]

I'm a Sunday carpenter and recently I've bought Gyokucho Dotsuki 370 and 372 then I find some interesting thing.

370 and 372 have same blade thickness of 0.3 mm but different tooth set-width/pitch, so they have bit different sawing feel.
370: set width 0.46 mm, tooth pitch 1.0 mm/T
372: set width 0.52 mm, tooth pitch 1.3 mm/T

370 says it's just "胴突(=doutsuki, means "having some stiff back")" on the package while 372 says not only "dotsuki" but also "縦挽" which
means "for ripping".

1. When crosscutting, 370 has a bit smoother feel than 372, but actual cut with is almost identical (370 is slightly narrower than 372, due to its narrower set width of 0.46 mm).
2. When ripping, 372 is clearly smoother than 370. Surprisingly, not only that, the actual cut width of 372 is "NARROWER" than that of 370 even 372 has a wider set width; it's a mystery of sawing world.
3. If you want just one saw for tenoning, I recommend 372 rather than 370 because I think 372 is bit more versatile. If you are a tool enthusiast, it's not the case and just buy both.

[schm]

Thumbs up for the Gyokucho saws! They make an awesome ryoba as well. That saw was the first hand tool I ever owned that was actually doing what it's supposed to do.

[johncaulfield]

Tell ya what....On your recommendation I went out and bought the Swann Morton marking knife and I quickly learned that I LOVE this F**KING THING...Tanks so much my friend. I just ordered 50 more blades.
LOVEITLOVEITLOVEIT ! ! !

[eyeballairvent]

I bought the Faithful engineers square set about seven years ago. It slides on the top of the tray of my toolbox in its original box (without lid). Still one of my best purchases for 25 £.

[jdblott]

Might be far too simplistic for you and many of your viewers but I'd love to see a tutorial on how you made your own marking knife handle, (I'm a complete novice and trying to work on simpler projects to learn). Thanks for all your vids they are very educational.

[ksross]

I'm intrigued by your marking knife. Here is a suggestion for a video, how about doing one on making the holder/handle for it? Keep up the great content. I really enjoyed the dovetail box series. I used it to cut my first set of dovetails on a hall table. Thanks for all you do.

[tandy]

Another great video. I bought a faithfull engineers square already after seeing u use it in previous videos and it's great. When people talk about tools I always find it nice when they give a rough idea of price no matter how expensive or cheap. As always, I'm looking forward to more videos.

[Thom]

Awesome information Matt. I love my fret saw 5” version but with the fancy bells and whistles. They are nice but definitely not needed. Take care my friend.

[peckelhaze]

I recently purchased both Veritas marking gauges, single and double, from Axminster and they are superb. Well worth the money. Considerably cheaper with Axminster, at present, with fast, free delivery. No i have no connection to Axminster apart from being the occasional customer.

[Jake-lrbv]

Thanks matt, been eyeballing that knew concepts saw for a while and going to pull the trigger finally. Current coping saw works, but the last thing it is, is "fine"

[sfbjr]

You should do a video on making your marking knife handle

[tonyy]

I notice young carpenters like the cheap (c. £4), plastic handle bevel gauges because they are cheap, light and work well. Light enough to carry in a pocket, cheap enough to replace if lost on-site.

[theoldplankwoodworks]

Love my Veritas Marking Gauge. Fantastic investment.

[sbs]

Hi Matt. Oh my god. I am glad I watched this before giving up and buying a standard western dovetail saw. I’m just starting to cut dovetails and I have a new Japanese dovetail saw from Axminster. I’m only cutting 18mm oak and each cut has taken nearly three minutes and after cutting 64 cuts I am worn out. I can’t believe how fast you just cut them with your saw. I’ll be buying one tomorrow. Also, does the standard blade on that fret saw fit in the cut of the dovetail saw? Mine doesn’t and I can’t find any blades that will. That essentially means that to cut out the waste I’m making additional vertical cuts 🥲. Thanks for the excellent video. I’ve signed up for the school also

[seanhollandcanada]

Not everyone knows how to pronounce Japanese words, of course, but I guess folks would like to get close if they can. So, Gyokucho. First thing is to think of it as three syllables: gyo, ku, cho. The first one can be a bit challenging for English speakers, but combining the "g" and the "y" is not so hard if you practice it. Say "big yoghurt" without pausing between the words. There, you just said "gyo." Isolate it and you're good to gyo. The "ku" rhymes with "you" and "cho" rhymes with "go." Gyokucho.