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.

 

[Mini Me]

If you want to find out how to do precision joints in round material this is the video to watch.

 

[4nthony]

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

My opinion -- and we all know what opinions are like -- yes.

Earlier this year, he posted a video about using a power feeder with a table saw.

I called him out for what I interpreted as a misleading video title and thumbnail. It looked to be 100% clickbait. I also called him a Harvey shill, which really seemed to ruffle his feathers.

I still think power feeders are really useful in the right circumstances. I also think Stumpy is a Harvey shill who uses clickbait titles and thumbnails.

 

[Mario Turcot]

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.

I unsub a few years ago from his YT channel. His videos all turned to be nothing but adds.

When a YT creator say "I received xxx tool free from xxx company to mention it in a video. They do not pay me in any way."

Well guess what, they can sell the tool after publishing the video or keep it but most likely they will sell it. This is your criss cross pay check! Those are not worth supporting even with a thumb down. Some other YT creator will give away the tool.... I applaud and support them.

 

[Ola C]

If you want to find out how to do precision joints in round material this is the video to watch.

Thanks for finding my video.

I follow the other discussion here as well and I can say that I'm very far from the "tool commercial channel"-type. I do my thing which is to present new ideas when I consider them unique and useful enough to be interesting for a larger audience. I have no plan to spam the platform with "frequent uploading" to gain subs or making any "You never knew you needed THIS!" videos. I think youtube took a turn to the worse when people started to make a decent income from it. The entire platform have tilted towards "how do I maximise subs, view retention and clicks" rather than "how do I present something with maximum benefit for the viewers".

 

[onocoffee]

Since I do make videos on YouTube, I really am reticent to gripe about a YouTuber - but, I just watched the new Stumpy Nubs Cool Tools and it actually irritated me. I've seen a lot of his videos and have typically found them to be informative and interesting. Today's video left me wondering: "Does he recommend anything he has to pay for? Is there nothing out in the woodworking world he's willing to fork out money for?"

His disclosures are weak and suspect. The video starts out with a title screen reading: "Stumpy Nubs Woodworking Journal is proud to have these brands among our family of partners" and displays the logos of: Milescraft, M Power, iGaging, iSoTunes, Taylor/Narex, and DuraGrit. All of them are known entities and the only presumption one can make is that they gave him the tools he's featuring (and probably paying him on top of that). Yet, there's no disclosure of how those corporate sponsors affect and influence the content of the video - which is something that is required by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission).

You know, I don't really have an issue if someone says "hey, I like this tool even though it was given to me by the company and they paid me a sponsorship fee to feature the item" - because they disclosed it. Then I can decide, as the viewer, whether or not I will accept the veracity of his statement. But to say that these "may be some of my favorite" tools and not disclosed why they're being featured? That's some shady stuff.

But what do I know? That video, at the moment, has nearly 20K views and the comments are full of people lauding and thanking him for the discount codes.

I'm just some coffee guy thinking he wants to make furniture and hoping to find an RTS...

 

[PaulMarcel]

I'm just some coffee guy thinking he wants to make furniture and hoping to find an RTS...

...and DX-93 don't forget

 

[Crazyraceguy]

The adds, in all forms, have gotten out of hand. Not so long ago, they were really only on the biggest channels. Even then, they were quick and skipable. Now they are everywhere and getting longer, plus the in-video ad-reads, from the creators themselves. Initially, for the most part, they were at least related companies/products. Some do still stick to that, while others will push anything that makes a buck. Sure, it works, some make a very good living, but it's short-sighted. It will either sink their channel directly or spell the downfall of the entire platform.

 

[P_K]

The adds, in all forms, have gotten out of hand. Not so long ago, they were really only on the biggest channels. Even then, they were quick and skipable. Now they are everywhere and getting longer, plus the in-video ad-reads, from the creators themselves. Initially, for the most part, they were at least related companies/products. Some do still stick to that, while others will push anything that makes a buck. Sure, it works, some make a very good living, but it's short-sighted. It will either sink their channel directly or spell the downfall of the entire platform.

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[Chainring]

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