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One of the YouTube woodworkers that I enjoy watching is Bourbon Moth woodworking. Jason Hibbs builds some fun stuff, and the quality of his work is very good.

His humor is a bit over the top, but I've come to enjoy it.

It seems others have as well. He was approached by Joanna Gains, who started Magnolia Network. And starting Saturday, Jason will have a real TV show, called Hibbs Shows You How.

Again, the first episode airs on Magnolia Network this Saturday, for anyone interested. 

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Not sure he would be the YouTuber I would choose for a real show. What percentage of each show will he be sliding across the floor in his socks?

I have been meaning to update some of the favorite YouTubers for this thread.  Some new ones that I always watch.  I consider them to be less about selling shit and more about doing awesome work.

https://youtube.com/@SawyerDesign

https://youtube.com/@MikeFarrington


https://youtube.com/@ThirdCoastCraftsman

https://youtube.com/@theroaringwoodwork2213
 

https://youtube.com/@WilliamDouglasCo
 

https://youtube.com/@pedullastudio
 

 

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I watch all of those except the roaring woodwork. I'll check that one out.

As far as silly humor, I'll take that in place of overly dry hosts. I've tried to watch stumpy nubbs on several occasions, and just can't do it. Even though he imparts useful info at times. Sometimes though, he acts like he's the only one who's ever figured anything out.

Also, when he criticized the wood whisperer for calling out the Harvey miter gauge, when it was obvious to me that he had some solid points, I decided to stop trying to force myself to enjoy his show.

I really like the guys that show you their mistakes. That's a great way to learn. 

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I never really watch a couple of popular ones, Stumpy, 731 Woodworking, etc. as they seem to only be there to sell shit or defend companies that have negative press. 

I certainly watch Bourbon but there are too many ads for nonsense from him as well these days. 

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I don't know what your bench project is, but my preference would be walnut on top and oak below.

I also watched the Bourbon Moth TV show, and I don't think he showed me how to do anything. He had multiple things going on with not one explained from start to finish. Curious about the next episodes.

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Yes, definitely less informative than his YouTube videos. I guess it cannot be that detailed as people that watch that channel mostly just want drama and not education.

I am working on a small Roubo Split top design and was thinking Walnut bottom with Maple top with some walnut accents. Now I might switch to Ash top. 

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Was hoping to dump a ton of this 8/4 walnut I have laying around everywhere in my shop and storage unit into the base and just use the 70+ bf of Ash for the top. Then I got some 9/4 birdseye maple for vices. 

Waiting on pricing for the 50Bf of Maple for the top that I think I would need for my mini Roubo to see if the Maple will be feasible. 

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To be clear, the walnut will work fine for the base. Better than fine. Ash would be optimizing, but it is guilding the lily and any hardwood is going to do the job. Similar for the top - if i had a stash of stock that I wasn't going to use for anything else, I'd use it there. If I were starting from scratch and deciding what the buy, I'd do something like the ash/maple combo.

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People go both ways with the maple type, but I am thinking hard maple. Some say the softer variant is less likely to damage a workpiece, but I really see no way that the workbench is going to damage a work piece because it is too hard. 
 

Also, I found about 50BF of hard maple over in the storage unit so I think that will be enough for a top. 

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