Another Great Gary Katz Video

[jimmy7]

Well said Dan,Yankee I sense a bit of jealously,you prob couldn't build a sand castle

 

[peter halle]

A friendly reminder to everyone... please keep your posts polite. Posts that don't conform to this, our most important forum guideline, will be removed. Thank you.

From another thread today.  Bolding added by this poster.

Peter

 

[RONWEN]

sam, I agree.

Yankee, I see that you are a newer member here, and welcome... love to see some pictures of work you do and your shop that you do the work in.  and you and anybody else are welcome to contact suppliers, tool companies or go and buy it and take the time and make some videos of your own to share with all of us.  I always try and look at the bright side of everything and the positive side and not the negative side of the nit pick side.

lets enjoy what everybody has to share and if so desire share positive thoughts and helpful hints and ideas to add to the conversation.

cheers!

Well said, I also look forward to seeing those pictures, videos and great ideas flowing forth...  [wink]

 

[RDMuller]

Gary --- thanks again for some phenomenal information
1.  Bessey clamp ---- I have used DeStaco for years, but really shy away from building jigs because of all of the fiddling required to use the things when thicknesses change, etc.  The ability to work with various heights and angles with the Bessey was great
2.  The Kapex "dado" cutting height adjustment --- I worked with this a little to nibble out some dado's, but really didn't take it very seriously --- kind of "well isn't that clever".  For years I have tried to figure out how to build jigs for miter saws that were not "gobbled up" by the saw and rendered useless very early in life.  By adjusting the cut to the height of the scrap piece, this annoyance is solved.  Thanks    Thanks    Thanks

Keep up the good work sharing your knowledge.  Having cut a few videos myself, I know it really takes and effort to stop woodworking, get everything out from both a woodworking, video and audio standpoint, finding a cameraman and then doing the editing.  There could be twice as many hours in a day and you would fill them

 

[Gary Katz]

So that all of you know...some of the guys on the JLC Fin. Carp. forum, especially Brice Burrell who everyone knows here, and Al Constan, have convinced me to edit that video and include a message about what a stupid move that way picking the cutoff out of that blade before the blade stopped. Once I've edited the video, it'll have a new url address. I'll try to post it this weekend when I finish.

Thanks RD, I appreciate your appreciation. I actually shoot the video myself. It's pretty easy to do. The hard part is thinking ahead and knowing which shots should be closeups and which ones wide shots and what the heck to say in each one. I always have a headache when I finish shooting the video, but that goes away when I start editing! I've learned a LOT of those techniques from Mark Spagnuolo (what a wonderful and sharing guy he is), and from the pros I've shot video with for my DVD. Those guys really know their game.
Gary

 

[tiralie]

...some of the guys on the JLC Fin. Carp. forum, especially Brice Burrell who everyone knows here, and Al Constan, have convinced me to edit that video and include a message about what a stupid move that way picking the cutoff out of that blade before the blade stopped.

I think that's a great solution. Great video's to my mind entertain as much as they teach. It's a fine line, and the last thing I would want to see is some "milquetoast" presentation because all the individuality and your idiosyncrasies were beat out of it. As I have said it before, I do think your videos have gotten better and I have learned a lot. The changes that were suggested (brilliant) to my mind keeps the spirit of the video intact and gives you the opportunity to inject another instructional moment without killing the (your) personality, energy and entertainment (edutainment) value. While I cringed when you grabbed that piece, it certainly did "grab" my attention.
Tim

 

[Kevin D.]

I had returned a pair of standard toggle clamps last year as I found them fiddly as well.  Went to my LV last nite and picked up a pair of the Bessey's and will be fiddling with them later today, but only to the extent of coming up with how to implement them on my MFT to my satisfaction. 

Thanks for the great video Gary, and I think you're doing the prudent move for the novices out there in re-editing your video.

 

[jhark123]

more smoke, he is  an average carpenter at best.

I think it speaks sharply to someones character to insult another for no reason, thank you for outing yourself.

 

[honeydoman]

Yep and then they don't respond and fade away.

Yankee?

Maybe he did go home!

 

[peter halle]

Yankee is unavailable for comment.

Peter

 

[honeydoman]

peter did you put him in time out for 2 weeks?

 

[sancho57]

It always amazes me, How someone with a user name hiding their identity , can come out of no where to a forum , rag on someone , who has done nothing but be a gentlemen and has given much freely to the trade and then disappear..

Sorry I had to make the observation.

 

[AlexThePalex]

and then disappear..

I've got a feeling that part was not voluntarily.

 

[RONWEN]

It always amazes me, How someone with a user name hiding their identity , can come out of no where to a forum , rag on someone , who has done nothing but be a gentlemen and has given much freely to the trade and then disappear..

Sorry I had to make the observation.

There are children that throw tantrums because they are frustrated at not getting enough attention -- some never grow out of it.  [unsure]

 

[Kevin D.]

That was one Yankee who should go home.  I think its usually professional jealousy and personal insecurity that brings out that kind of nonsense. [mad]

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

You guys aren't acting much different, knowing he is not around.

Just saying, bless your hearts.

 

[tiralie]

Just saying, bless your hearts.

LOL....

 

[RONWEN]

You guys aren't acting much different, knowing he is not around.

Just saying, bless your hearts.

You are absolutely correct and I tried restraint but when somebody with no (known) credibility takes unprovoked shots at someone with Gary's fine history it feels sort of good to respond in kind. -- I do apologize.  [embarassed]

A little like when people used to watch Sam Maloof shape chair parts on his bandsaw -- who in their right mind is going to try to "re-train" an artisan/craftsman with 60+ years of experience of doing unsafe practices.  Everyone that owns a bandsaw knows the things he did were unsafe (including him, he'd show his fingers to prove it) so why not try to learn the good things he had to share.

 

[Alan m]

i dont know gary personally or professionally but the fact that
A.  people pay to here what he has to say
B. pay to have him teach them
C. can pay to have such a fine workshop

shows that he must know something or be very lucky [tongue].

 

[joraft]

... shows that he must know something or be very lucky [tongue].

I own every one of his DVD programs, and his luck had nothing to do with it.   [big grin]