Need input... video ideas

Who has all six?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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Re: Who has all six?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Six? I've got three, thought that's all there were. What are the other three that Joel doesn't have?

Pam

Re: Adam, what do you say?

Adam Cherubini, NJ

>Ellis,

I'm amenable to the idea, but I have two concerns.

1) No one has questions/interest in the sorts of techniques that take two minutes. To be helpful, a mortising video would have to be longer. I really think folks need to see the whole process. That said, they don't necessarily need to see it all in full motion video. It could be chunked- I'm picturing brief full motion video with stills followed by more video, more stills etc.

2) My love of antique tools currently extends to computer equipment! I currently lack the technology to do such things. Its on my list of things to do/buy, but I haven't got round to it yet.

All said, I'm certain we can overcome both concerns.

Adam

Re: Adam, what do you say?

Ellis Walentine

>Yes, I think we can figure out how to present the essential information. Remember that I will be taking video of the whole process for DVD or CD-ROM, so anyone who wants a more complete view of the process can order the disk.

I will let you know when I have put together a tentative schedule. I don't even have a camera yet.

Thanks,

Ellis Walentine, Host

Re: Who has all six?

joel

>6?

I know about 4 of them - (which are available)

Bench Planes

Special Planes

Mortise and Tenon Made Simple

Dovetails Made Simple

If there are another two what are they and I haven't heard of them.

Who Here Wouldn't Like to See Tom Law

Bob Hutchins in central Texas

>sharpening a saw?

Hand plane tune up, too, would benefit from viewing techniques in action.

Hand plane usage, as The Boss points out, is easier to convey with words and moving pictures than words alone.

Scary sharp technique for both chisels and plane blades.

Using winding sticks.

Marking and layout for dressing rough lumber with hand planes including trueing one side and working from that reference.

Dovetail layout and cutting (especially with a coping saw).

Cross-cutting and ripping with handsaws showing the importance of stance and motion.

Using a shooting board to true miters.

Re: Need input... video ideas

Steve Kubien

>Chip carving would be really good!

Steve Kubien

Re: Need input... video ideas

Stephen in Ottawa

>I'd second that. I use that technique, but would love to see Adam in action.

- Stephen

I do...

Scott Burr Ben Lomond,CA

>1. M&T

2. Bench planes

3. Special planes

4. Dovetails

5. Sharping turning and carving tools

6. Sharping the professional way

They are all great.

Re: Who has all six?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>As Scott Burr mentions below, there are also two sharpening videos. I have all six, but I would not know where to get the sharpening videos any more.

Re: Who Here Wouldn't Like to See Tom Law

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Would he not be undercutting sales of his saw sharpening video?

Didn't Know He'd Done One

Bob Hutchins in central Texas

>But without Tom, it would still be a great video for getting the angles and technique right.

Re: Who has all six?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks, guess I miscounted, actually have the four you mention. I remember searching for the sharpening ones in the past without success, finally gave up and just started sharpening. :)

Pam

what kind of cameras are you considering?

Mike in Mystic

>Ellis,

Just curious - what type of equipment are you looking at?

I'm no expert, but thought I'd offer my experience. I have 3 digital still cameras, all of which can caputer video and 1 mini digital video format camcorder. None of them are the "best". The still cameras all do not capture sound - I'm not sure about the latest crop, but I think it fair to say that without commentary during the demonstrations, the value will much diminished.

The camcorder is better by far in all respects for the job - capturing video and sound. It allows for storing much larger videos - which it sounds like the goal here would be. I'd also offer that all are not created equal - my camera, for example, does pretty poorly in dim light, but wonderful in sunlit/brightly lit conditions.

For all I know you are an expert and this is all useless dribble, but I thought I'd offer it up just in case it might be helpful.

Mike

OK so I've been thinking...

Scott Burr Ben Lomond,CA

>Alot about this... Yea, you smelled smoke;)...

1. Sharping weired tools i.e. quirk routers, scratch stocks. What about 271 and 277 blades or (0)71 272 and 272.5's.

2. Tool making/plane making...There are so many talatented people here this could be the winning one.

3. Hand saw use, not sharpening (yet). I'm still learning here, it would be a benifit to me at least.

Alass Ellis great idea, I'd love to see this...

Re: what kind of cameras are you considering?

paul womack

>The still cameras all do not capture sound -

Just as a data point, some do. I have a (now broken) Canon A60. It captures sound, when working. And it ain't "latest and greatest".

BugBear

Re: Need input... video ideas

Tom Ryan

>Chris Schwarz, who posts here regularly, has written a great short article on sharpening plane blades and chisels, and I believe he has published an update. This should fit well in the very short time you probably have available, and would be very attractive to beginners and to others (like me) who could use some improvement in their sharpening techniques. The articles are great, but I'd really like to see it being done in a video.

Just bought the camera...

Ellis Walentine

>It is a Sony DCR-HC40, a tiny digital camera with all the bells and whistles I need.

I have an Olympus camera that takes MPEG4 movies with sound, but that isn't really good enough for our present needs.

I'm trying to avoid buying some triple-CCD studio movie camera that will never pay for itself.

All input is gratefully accepted.

Best,

Ellis

Re: Just bought the camera... *LINK*

Mike in Mystic

>Hi Ellis,

Here's a link to a review of that camcorder. It looks fairly positive, although the reviewer ended up recommending others at this price point.

As for performance, it looks a lot like my JVC mini-DV camcorder - which is about a year old and not quite as nice as this Sony. The main thing to remember is low light performance is AWFUL. In bright light and outdoors in the sunshine it is great. For the purposes here, I'm sure you'll be happy. I've been able to make really great DVDs of my son (turned 14 months today - time flies) using my camera.

Mike


review link