How to fit Window boards with and without power tools

How to fit window boards the old way and the new way!! I cut a fix the window board only using hand tools other than the drill that I screwed the plasterboard in with!!
I also demonstrate the use of a small palm router to complete the job
I have always enjoyed fitting window boards, its a first fixing carpentry job that I really enjoy

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[terrymanthorpe]

It’s good to see you use hand tools . I’m 67 and I even did stairs by hand, to be honest if I used the tools you use now I would not have any fingers left as we were always pissed in the afternoon, great days, all fingers still there,

[terrymanthorpe]

Just a little tip from an old chippy, make sure the window board slants away from the window ‘ that stops water rotting timber if there is condensation . But only an eighth of an inch 👍🍺

[garybrown]

It's the finishing detail that seperates top notch tradesmen from the rest. I try my best not to give near enough, even if the customer says it's good enough. Job satisfaction is everything in my book.

[marlowjoinery]

It always nice to get the window boards on I do 40mm out and 50mm around the reveal. Good video after watching that I definitely need to sharpen my plane

[highflyer-skyfpv]

Sandpaper is always with me to take arris’s off everything, including light rub over architraves face to make joint invisible. Painters love me and never see anyone else take that care. Been doing this for 40 years so not gonna change. Once the old school joiners have gone I fear for the trade, in fact that goes for every trade

[billrimmer]

In 1952 my Liverpudlian dad built a very simple home just outside Toronto. He had no power tools. It was still standing in 2005. Absolutely nothing fancy. Your accent is not quite my dads, and of course u r much younger. It’s a real pleasure to c the amazing advances in carpentry/joinery. I think your MDF is better quality than our “particle board” which I have always viewed as junk. Anything here made out of particle board, especially countertops is very disappointing.

[thetessellater]

Like the quick one-job videos, keep 'em coming, Rob.
Usually the front over hang is determined by the wall thickness and the placing of the window within it.

[matt-gwgw]

Nice Robin, the only thing I do differently is I round the corners over first and then cut the notch out. Find it’s easier as you’ve got more stock to rest the plane on than just the little nib 👍

[arajalali]

The precision with which you cut boards with a handsaw, even getting the kerf on the side of the cut line is impressive.

[jonno]

Your videos gave me the confidence to do my garage conversion myself. I did everything apart from brickwork, electrics and plastering. Thank you!

[TanukiDigital]

It's so nice to know this can be easily done with hand tools. It's intimidating for a beginner to face the prospect of renting or buying all the power tools I see most woodwork channels using. Thanks!

[paulzirker]

I love your videos. Its like an extended apprenticeship as I did not have a formal apprenticeship just 2 years in college for my diploma. Please keep them coming Robin.

[tmenzella]

These little details are what makes a good job a fantastic job. Nice one

[dorianTHEdetector]

Offering the board to the window and marking it is something I will be doing from now on thank you. A little thing I do different is I have an inch offcut of the bullnose detail and place it on the back of the lug then transfer the lines through to plain off. Not sure it’s any quicker than your method. 😃.

[iangregoryhome]

Thanks for demonstrating both methods.

[kiwigrunt]

Interesting to see that MDF window reveals are becoming more common in the UK. In NZ the became fairly popular in the nineties. After the 'leaky home syndrome' exposed in the early noughties, no one puts MDF anywhere near windows. It has lost a lot of popularity even for skirtings and architraves. It would take a lot to persuade me to use it again.

[cuebj]

Nowadays, I'd use my Bosch 12V mini circular saw. Only cuts 1"=2.54mm. Lovely clean cut every time. Everyone who tries it loves it for anything down to 3mm hardboard. Even works well with it's teeny little dust extraction attachment and its guide fence

[davidgoodwin]

I always undercoat face and seal bare edges first on mdf, plasterers can leave them in a real mess sometimes. They can blow very easily.

[conorlavery]

Perfect time on a wet Sunday evening, just as I was wondering what to

[T.E.P..]

I gotta keep complimenting that behind the scene guys that get those shots .... you also are incredible on camera too Robin. Sometimes i miss being in the ad biz ... nothing is this easy looking. You have a great team of support and it shows. Cheers