Teaser – Video

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   Stefan on July 20, 2015 at 3:05 pm

   Hi Richard,
   very cool waistcoat. Seriously I’m a bit envious 😉
   Haven’t found the right one for the workshop yet.

   Cheers,
   Stefan

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     Richard on July 20, 2015 at 5:04 pm

     Thanks Stefan, you can’t beat a good waistcoat!

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   Marty Backe on July 20, 2015 at 3:48 pm

   I’ve yet to find a nice picture of the completed project. I’m on the fence as to whether I’m interested in this series. Seeing a whole picture that shows all the details would be nice. The teaser pictures aren’t enough for me. The opening shot in this video looked promising, but you cut out right before everything was shown. Maybe that’s part of the strategy to sell the series?

   Anyway, good luck with your adventure.

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     Richard on July 20, 2015 at 4:58 pm

     Hi Marty, Many thanks for your comment. We’ll be bringing more images as the series starts. Today was the teaser but there’ll be more information as and when, don’t feel pressured to make your decision, it’s not going anywhere.
     Cheers, Richard

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   Jaime on July 20, 2015 at 5:26 pm

   I can’t say I’m particularly surprised at the support you’ve received at the outset. You have a quite refreshing and unique way of imparting your craft…. I, as I’m sure others do, find it very effective and efficient at getting its message across.

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     Richard on July 20, 2015 at 9:03 pm

     Thanks Jaime, that’s very kind and much appreciated.

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   Miriam on July 20, 2015 at 8:27 pm

   Well done, the filming is looking nicely polished (as are you in the very cool waistcoat). I wish you well in this venture down the video path 🙂

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     Richard on July 20, 2015 at 9:09 pm

     Many thanks Miriam, Helen’s done a wonderful job of the filming and editing despite the major equipment limitations. And as for the waistcoat, well you can’t expect to achieve anything without a good waistcoat!

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   davidos on July 20, 2015 at 10:13 pm

   to short way to short and i just sat down with a cuppa to enjoy it. role on chapter 1

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     Richard on July 21, 2015 at 7:50 am

     Ha ha, sorry about that. Not long now!

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   Salko on July 20, 2015 at 10:39 pm

   What a great teaser and cool looking vest you have, if I were just starting out I would buy this dvd. Congrats I wish you much success.

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     Richard on July 21, 2015 at 7:51 am

     Hi Salko, many thanks indeed for your kind words. Cheers

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   johnnny rowell on July 20, 2015 at 11:28 pm

   do you take pay pal for the premium video series

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     Richard on July 21, 2015 at 7:53 am

     Hi Johnnny, yep all of the payments are handled through PayPal although you don’t necessarily need an account. Thanks.

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   Gary on July 21, 2015 at 3:37 am

   Richard, I tried to pre-order your new series. Seems that folks need to pay with Paypal. I have an account with them but I can’t figure out how to up-grade some of the things they say I need to do to use it. So, is their another way to pay for your videos?

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     Richard on July 21, 2015 at 7:58 am

     Hi Gary, when you go through the process, on the same screen that you are asked to login to your PayPal account there should be an option below for making payment without an account – with this you can use a credit / debit card instead. If you struggle to find it then please let me know. Cheers, Richard

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   Richard on July 21, 2015 at 4:30 am

   Good luck with your new adventure.

   The videography looks good, despite your limited equipment and Helen sure did a great great job there.Based on the teaser alone, it is better than some of those at Paul Sellers’ and Rob Cosman’s online classes.

   A couple suggestions:

   1) No background whenever possible — Chris Schwarz is a culprit there (so is Tom Fridgen who can be partially forgiven because he is also a musician). We all have different music tastes is why background music should be avoided

   2) Keep the talking to the essential and minimum. That will cut down the length of a video (tlak as much as you like but edit the fillers out). Norm Abram (or his editor) was the best presenter in this aspect as none of his PBS videos are unnecessarily long. People who produce woodworking videos should learn from him (another woodworker is notorious for speaking too much in his lengthy DVDs and many have complained that they have dozed off from watching his videos!).

   Richard

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     Richard on July 21, 2015 at 8:05 am

     Hi Richard, many thanks for sharing your thoughts, it’s greatly appreciated. You make a lot of valid points. For our videos I’d like to see them as an extension of what we do, so there’s a bit of personality in there which people may or may not like – just like with the furniture we all build. We’d like our videos to be thoughtfully produced rather than generically edited and we are hoping that we have the balance right. Cheers, Richard

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    William Stewart on July 21, 2015 at 5:56 am

    Moulding planes are a little beyond my tool set, are you showing alternative methods as well?

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      Richard on July 21, 2015 at 8:10 am

      Hi William, there are a few mouldings on the piece and each is cut with different tools, I used one moulding plane that you see in the teaser but it could easily be made without it. The plane in the video is actually one I botched up out of an old rebate plane many years ago, I barely have any moulding planes either!

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    steve on July 21, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Whats with the “Captain Pugwash” music, are all your videos going to have “that” music – mind you put a beard on Richard and that waist coat, he does look the part – where the cabin boy?,whoops won’t go there!

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      Richard on July 21, 2015 at 12:15 pm

      Ha, cheers Steve! Nothing like being laughed at for what you’re wearing.
      The videos certainly aren’t musicals, there’s only a quick bit of music at the intros and a couple of minutes to liven things up for every 30 – 40 mins of footage. The music is all varied & from different nations, but has a common theme of being real instruments performed live by people enjoying their craft, just like ourselves. We really like the spirit that it adds, but every series will be different. Next time I might get the beige trousers on and a white board out, who knows?
      Best wishes, Richard

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    Robert V on July 21, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    I started watching you and Helen for what you do so well
    Thank You Both
    Looking foreword to the Videos
    We should all have a mate that helps us create

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    Len Aspell on July 22, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    Great little teaser Richard and Helen has done a great job in putting it together. I, for one, found the music lively and enjoyable but I am of an age brought up listening to Captain Pugwash.
    Really looking forward to the start of this series. I have recently inherited a whole collection of wooden planes, including a large number of moulding planes, that belonged to my grandad and then passed to my uncle who died last year just short of 93.
    Now I am the proud owner and looking for a use so this project will be very timely.

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