Best Woodworking YouTube Channels...

[Michael Kellough]

I watched some of that video. The new pocket hole tool is a very good idea, especially for Kreg as a way to get new woodworkers into Kreg’s battery platform. For those of us with multiple pocket hole jigs and full arsenals of cordless tools it is not so interesting.

What did get my attention is how he compressed “two by four” into “tubafor”. Then in a wide shot I saw that it’s is his trademark for “TUBAFOUR NATION’.
And even though I had the sound volume turned way down my wife commented in annoyance “what a huckster”.

 

[MacBoy]

Saw him making a notch for a single wrench and thought, “What in the world, why make something for a SINGLE wrench”

Then he showed the completed project — super nice!

Naturally he has loads of very cool mini-project videos.

(30-second short)

 

[smorgasbord]

Saw him making a notch for a single wrench and thought, “What in the world, why make something for a SINGLE wrench”
Then he showed the completed project — super nice!

Clever, but who uses only 4 ½" dia straight bits and only 4 round-over bits, all yellow, for their router? Like he's never going to want a 9th bit, much less a ¼" diameter straight bit?
And kind of a lot of trouble just to store that wrench upside down. A slot for upright storage wouldn't need a magnet or anything.
Guess I'm a curmudgeon this morning.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Clever, but who uses only 4 ½" dia straight bits and only 4 round-over bits, all yellow, for their router? Like he's never going to want a 9th bit, much less a ¼" diameter straight bit?
And kind of a lot of trouble just to store that wrench upside down. A slot for upright storage wouldn't need a magnet or anything.
Guess I'm a curmudgeon this morning.

Yea, why does the wrench need to be in a mortise? A magnet on the outside to the shelf bracket holds well enough.

 

[onocoffee]

Is it me, or has Stumpy Nubs Jumped The Shark?

A new video released where he was at AWFS walking around and said that he was "surprised" by the new stuff from Harvey. I listen to a lot of videos while driving, so I was like: "What? Surprised???? You are sponsored by Harvey and was just in China touring their facilities. Of all people, I would expect that you would have confidential insight into their 2025 releases." The entirety of the video was Stumpy going on and on about the new stuff released at the show - rather than actual "Cool Tools" anyone might have learned about at the show.

In case you might be unfamiliar: "Cool Tools" is a series Stumpy puts out from time to time on his channel about Cool Tools he's found and uses in his shop. I've enjoyed many of his Cool Tool videos.

That's when I realized that it was a video released on the Harvey YouTube channel. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Harvey makes some very high quality tools and I accept that videos on their channel will, naturally, focus on their products. No issues there. And Stumpy has always been stumping for his sponsors, but I am now starting to wonder if he's Jumped The Shark because when you release a video acting as though you were suprised about products you've probably known about, it erodes your credibility. Or at least it challenges the veracity of his words in my mind.

Here's the video:

 

[rst]

I quit watching his videos quite a while ago, as they became more adverts than instructional, same with Bent and others

 

[Imemiter]

Sampson Boat Co, my favorite woodworking channel, put to sea a year ago. I'm still following for now, but travel/sailing isn't as big a draw as woodworking is for me.

 

[rst]

I too follow Sampson boat and also Acorn to Arabella. Watched both build their boats from practically scrap

 

[Mini Me]

There are a lot of so called woodworking channels which when analysed are there only to promote and sell tools and never show instructional videos at all. Cosman, Stumpy Nubs, Katz-Moses et al etc. In my opinion they are there trying to attract the new entries into the hobby and not much else. I watched, bought nothing and left years ago.

 

[arw01]

Oh I have found some fellows that share my "nothing but a shill" gang. I still watch a majority of them, but as a premium subscriber that skip feature is used a lot these days.

Lately been looking for cnc channels (added an Altmill this summer), and to print more items from the 3d b3d slinger for the shop. Gridfinity has been a rabbit hole.

 

[Redromad]

Is it me, or has Stumpy Nubs Jumped The Shark?

A new video released where he was at AWFS walking around and said that he was "surprised" by the new stuff from Harvey. I listen to a lot of videos while driving, so I was like: "What? Surprised???? You are sponsored by Harvey and was just in China touring their facilities. Of all people, I would expect that you would have confidential insight into their 2025 releases." The entirety of the video was Stumpy going on and on about the new stuff released at the show - rather than actual "Cool Tools" anyone might have learned about at the show.

In case you might be unfamiliar: "Cool Tools" is a series Stumpy puts out from time to time on his channel about Cool Tools he's found and uses in his shop. I've enjoyed many of his Cool Tool videos.

That's when I realized that it was a video released on the Harvey YouTube channel. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Harvey makes some very high quality tools and I accept that videos on their channel will, naturally, focus on their products. No issues there. And Stumpy has always been stumping for his sponsors, but I am now starting to wonder if he's Jumped The Shark because when you release a video acting as though you were suprised about products you've probably known about, it erodes your credibility. Or at least it challenges the veracity of his words in my mind.

Here's the video:

I have always found him to be a little creepy. I met him at the Atlanta Woodworking show a bunch of years ago and he just gave off a weirdo vibe.