Being served a Home Depot ad halfway through this video was the cherry on top. Lol.

If you didn’t want to be found at HD, all you needed to do is dress like an HD employee; because I can never EVER find them.

As a HD employee specifically in lumber and building materials I will say this is a great video. I wish most people after watching a wood working video or starting a project would watch this video, instead of being dissapointed by me telling them we don't have cabinet grade mahogany 4x8s. Lol or black walnut veneer, HD carries basic construction supplies and trims not specialty products.

fantastic video Everybody wants to be financially independent and live a better life. With savvy investing, an inexpensive lifestyle, and diligent budgeting, this is not difficult to do. I'm glad I realised early on that achieving financial freedom requires hard work.

Doing more of these beginners guides would be super helpful. Go through tool selection and how to safely use and maintain those tools would be good for people that are just getting into woodworking.

You are beyond amazing... I am transitioning from a newbuild production framer to cabnets and really developing a love for furniture... I cannot thank you enough for your videos and tutorials absolutely amazing I couldn't ask for a better teacher I love you and thank you so much!!

I've been woodworking since I was a kid (decades). This is a GREAT video that covers everything about buying quality lumber. Even if you're an experienced woodworking hobbyist, this is a good refresher before you go down to buy potentially hundreds or even thousands of dollars in wood for a major project.

I've been doing wood working for over 42 year's and never seen a video like this and let me add this I love what you are doing because I have ran into all of the problems that you have talked about in this segment Also I totally agree with what you have said

Hearing about a local Amish run lumberyard an hour away was a HUGE game changer for me. I built my wife a giant beautiful 13' crafting table out of purple poplar for 1/5 of the price of a big box store. And today I'm planing $500 of walnut I bought from them to make a custom countertop that was going to cost $6000 if we had a big box store order it. That first trip to the lumberyard was intimidating, but the quality and price is outstanding!

Great video! I've seen others that covered this content too but I'm still a novice and appreciate the information. Everyone has something to offer. You have a great sense of humor and make the woodworking craft approachable. Well done!

I started working with wood a little over 2 years ago, when I moved into a new house. Our garage had no storage, and I wanted to have a workbench, along with cabinets for tool storage. After looking into pricing for the cabinets, I decided they were far too expensive for me, so I decided to build my own workbench and shelving that were customized to fit my tool chests in. All I used was construction grade lumber from the store you mentioned here, but after it was all complete, I fell in love with the fact that I made it from wood. I have made several other projects I got the plans for from UKposts, but they never would say where they got their wood from, so I always ended up with sh8tty wood from the H D Pot. This video has just blown my mind, and I really appreciate it. I just hope there is a good hardwood store near me. Consider me another subscriber, brother!

Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ukposts.infoUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!

In the Home Depot security booth: "Damn it, Jim. That freaking weirdo is back." "The hell, Harry? Did he put leaves in his hair this time?"

I have been doing little woodworking tasks for years but it was always just a utilitarian task. Get it done and move on. Recently I bought a CNC after getting in over my head with jobs to carve signs and mailbox posts. Your videos, including this one, always make me remember why I like woodworking. I love your personality and jovial nature.. YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR.. oh wait.. A WOODSTAR!!! hahaha

Great video. The big boxes have their place, mostly because they're close by. It's fine to by a board or two at them. With respect to good lumber, I'd advise finding local sources (e.g. not places like Woodcraft). Where I go, they mill boards for you at no extra charge, they help paw through huge stacks of huge boards to find the right pieces. It's a wonderful place to shop. Poplar gets short shrift in this video. I really like it. It has subtle streaks of green in it, it is strong, and with some thorough sanding it can be slick as silk. I made some floating shelves out of poplar and finished them with three coats of tung oil. They came out beautifully.

I, sir, found this very informative. I am not a woodworker, although I do find myself in need of building something at times. The knowledge you have just imparted me with is invaluable. Moreover, as a leatherworker, your sponsor just got another customer. Kudos to the both of you.

Great tips. I've never even thought to ask them to cut the checks or knots off the ends of the board. Makes so much sense and saves a few pennies.

This was great, thanks. I’d also love to see a video on how to identify wood species for those of us who scrap around for reclaimed material. I’ve looked around and haven’t found many good videos on the subject that explained it well enough for me to grasp and/or weren’t too boring to sit through without falling asleep. I’m sure you could strike that balance. Anyway I always enjoy your vids, whatever they’re about. So keep ‘em coming, brother.

Been building my own 16x36 "tiny home" since February when my home burned to the ground the problems I've had with the "big box stores" is unreal the lumber is crap and the customer service is terrible I've finally just went to a local lumber mill and am finally getting close to completion thanks for the video

I just recently moved to Corvallis, and am a hobbyist, I’m grateful for the unintended recommended hardwood shop!

One thing I've learned the hard way is make sure you buy enough extra wood so you can make some test pieces and practice joinery with the actual stock. it feels wasteful but in the end it's not because it helps mitigate major screw ups and the project looks better. also recently I've been getting veneered plywood over MDF core from the hardwood / sheet goods supplier. I was slightly skeptical but it's easy to work with, no voids and incredibly stable.

This video came at the perfect time! I'm just getting into woodworking. Thanks!

Thank you for this. I'm just starting my woodworking adventure and I honestly don't have any clue what to do. This was super helpful.

I just started woodworking and know very little. This video helped explain a lot of things I didn't even know to ask. Thank you so much.

Great video Jason! Great mix of solid information blended with humor. I always learn when I watch your videos. Keep up the great work! Cheers. Pete in Montana.

I find your videos very enjoyable. My grandfather was a master carpenter. Did beautiful work. He didn’t have far to go to get wood since his father owned the local lumber mill. So he could get anything he wanted. My father dabbled in carpentry and I have some of his tools. I remember going to hardware stores with him to purchased hardwood when I was a child. Sadly they are all closed now ( I’m 70). I too dabble but only have the basic tools, Tablesaw, Circular saw, jigsaw, miter saw but more importantly no space! So I end up using the lighter weight tools the most. I keep my project s simple.

This was GREAT for me. Always shopped at HD and Lowes when building pergola's and outdoor furniture but now starting a couple of small indoor projects that require better quality (to me) and light in weight. This has been very helpful. Thanks!

Great advice and the shading is hilarious. When I was studying art many moons ago, my professor told us not to get boards from the big box stores when making our own canvas stretcher bars for all the reasons you've mentioned in this video. And premade canvases at the craft stores are just as bad but of course, it all depends on your budget and needs.

This is the video I’ve been needing! Really appreciate you breaking it all down so simply. Also loved the Ace Ventura style dive into the bushes at the beginning 😂🤣

This is an excellent teaching tool for the beginning woodworker and while I didn't learn anything new (been doing this for 20+ years), I watched the entire video just to see your clowning. And I wasn't disappointed.

I gotta hand it to him. He is fully committed to being himself outside his shop. Bravo.

I just went to my first lumberyard. It was awesome. I didn’t buy anything but watching this video definitely help me understand BF and 4/4, etc. Looking forward to future projects!

Great overview of finding the correct woods for our projects! Thank you for posting!

This was really great, finally got me to look up my local hardwood suppliers, though I'm lucky enough to have both a Rockler and a Woodcraft in my city, which have been good alternatives to The Depot That Shall Not Be Named for project materials, though I'm still in the pre-tablesaw phase of my woodworking hobby, so I'm not building like, **furniture** yet. My 10 year old son tends to watch your videos with me and he wanted to add, "he's so silly, I love when he jumps all over the place." which I also agree with! Keep up the great work!

I really appreciate videos like this. Thank you for taking the time. It’s all pretty intimidating. Videos like this help me prepare for my first trip to the lumberyard in an attempt to build my first real project. Thanks man!

I'm pretty much a beginning woodworker. I spent 28 years welding pipe, all over the country. My father was a carpenter by trade, and a woodworker by choice, so he taught me a lot about woodworking tools and how to use them. That was decades ago, and like everything else, wood shops have changed over the years. I'm just learning how to turn projects on the wood lathe, and working up to larger, more complicated furniture projects. Videos like this are essential for me. Thank you.

I don't know if you already covered the subject but it would be nice if you can do a video about the different types of saw blades (thickness, number of teeth,etc) How they affect your cuts and your recommendation. Thanks ! Love your channel!

This is really great information! The other half of this equation is what wood are you choosing for different parts of your projects? As you're introducing projects, could you talk about what wood/grades you're choosing and why?

Dude your videos kick ass! I'm not even a woodworker and I find myself watching your stuff! Thank you for the basic tips and info!!

Wow-what an extremely informative video! 😊 I am not a furniture maker (yet) but I now know a lot more and where to go if I had questions! Thank you!

Probably one of the most helpful videos I seen on woodworking.

I like the sapwood/heartwood contrast, I think it looks dynamic and interesting. I will pass a board for deformation and knots, but sapwood is beautiful to me and I like to use it. It's like natural racing stripes in your surfaces.

Thank you for making this. You saved me countless time and frustration from just getting into furniture making!

Well, you just answered my questions about why building this cabinet required so much extra prep work. Thanks.

This is the most worthwhile video I've watched on UKposts sine I started watching YT. Extremely informative and entertaining. I like how he explains very complicated stuff then shows what it's like in practice.

This is awesome information, thank you. I, for one, would really appreciate some tips and tricks for those of us who do not have a table saw, planer, or jointer. Obviously I'm not building really high end furniture, but I'm capable of building some nice basic pieces.

Great sense of humor. I felt like I was being taught something, as opposed to just hearing someone rabble on just for views. Thank you for your help, it is absolutely invaluable.

I’m a beginner woodworker trying to have a side line business. Started following you a while ago and trying to follow your model. After seeing this video, I realized you’re local to me. I’m in Lebanon, OR. Thanks for all your tips.

For figuring out how much wood to purchase, I prefer to draw up / design the piece in CAD first. It also helps because I am novice at woodworking, and having a design with drawings really helps gives me a confidence boost as I start the project. That being said I know CAD is not for everybody and I admire those skilled enough in the art to just go for it.

Reminds me of an old joke that ends with “and that is why we are no longer welcome in Home Depot “

Im new to the furniture/cabinet building world and this video cleared several questions for me. Thank you for all the information.

As I am new to woodworking I think this is a great video. I learned a lot buying wood. Thank you for sharing your years of experience with us all. I know my woodworking builds will be much better because of woodworkers like who share. Thanks again.

I've been subscribed for a while now and had no idea you were local! I'm fairly new to woodworking and you just pointed me right to my local hardwood store I didn't even know existed! They're getting a new customer. YAY FREE ADVERTISING! My next project will be a desk and now I know I can get some quality wood. Thanks Dude! 😎 Enjoy the amazing weather and maybe I'll see you at the Benton county fair.

I watched this video because I'm about to (finally!) buy the boards for the first section of what will eventually be a full-room, wrap-around bookcase installation in my so-called library. I used to help my father build his bookcases as a kid (the biggest was an 8x11 w/10" shelves which covered almost an entire wall), and when I was a bit older I built a couple of small ones (I think 5x3 & 6x4, both with 10" shelves) myself. At one point I had the ones I built, a tiny one my younger brother made in wood shop at school, and three nice oak 8x4s w/12" shelves I had bought from a retiring attorney. I lost all those bookcases I just mentioned, as well as several other odds & ends of furniture, to a cop slumlord & his thieving boyfriend in early 2001. Since that time I've just had a bunch of little particle-board cheapos from like, K-mart or whatever, which fact will explain my increasingly desperate need for some decent bookcases... So, all the bookcases I've built or helped to build were made from normal soft pine boards like the ones in Home Depot, Lowe's, or any local lumber yard. Although you don't want to buy badly warped, knotted or cracked boards, and will need to sand (and, occasionally, plane) them as necessary, they have always seemed to work fine (obviously, it helps to be reasonably competent at designing & fabricating simple constructions like bookcases, but that is not very difficult). My question is this- is there some reason why you would not recommend using this sort of lumber for that purpose? Or am I missing the point completely, and you are actually talking to people who build (or aspire to build) "real furniture"?

I enjoyed watching this video! UKposts suggested this video and I'm glad the algorithm did so. I understand about the moisture content in KD wood, but I had to replace a retaining wall with pressure treated 8x8 landscape logs. I bought them in January, sighted each one for perfect straightness, placed the (6) 8-foot long pieces atop 2 full size wood pallets, x 4 sets, left under a covered carport in the shade until a couple weeks ago when I went to install them. Much to my dismay, many of the boards twisted, bowed, and cupped while drying. Such a shame wood can't cooperate and dry in the shape it was cut. It made my project way harder than it needed to be. I ended up having to cut the 8-footers into much smaller sections (so the defects would be somewhat more manageable) and used an electric planer to plane down the high sides. Also had to use many more 12-inch landscape timber screws near the now more numerous ends to ensure any further drying won't ruin my project. Do you have any tips to prevent this from happening when I have to buy pressure treated wood in the future? I even had PT fence posts that curled on me after they dried and after they were installed, forcing me to now redo those posts. S**t like this makes working with wood less fun...

I’m going to start building my own furniture, and I’m so glad I watched this video before buying the woods

This is a game changer. Thank you! Keep up the great content.

Love your videos and so do my grandkids...especially the LEGO Man one! We usually watch woodworking videos while having breakfast together. At 5 & 9 years old they have their own tools and we work side by side in the shop and folks like you keep them interested and they learn life skills. TY I Have been a woodworker longer than you have been alive (I’m old) and I remember when soft woods were 6 cents a board foot and hardwoods 12 cents. When the big box store opened I too not a fan then and could not find enough boards to build a small shed and they didn’t sell the flashing for T-111 ply because consumers didn’t know enough to buy. I just called a lot of lumber yards and they are out stock of poplar for a project I’m doing, but Lowes has plenty of good stuff and the actual 3/4 Maple ply is 9 layers and yes thin on the maple but straight and cabinet stain grade after a light sanding. Maybe it’s New England but I’m thinking the box stores have so much clout with the wholesalers they are buying up the lumber? BTW, the lumber yard had ply at $160/sheet compared to the $54/sheet I paid. Shop around, look at the wood based on your great advice and keep up the great work.

I have seen several of your videos and you always give the truth about what you are doing and what I’m going to expect and if I can do it. Thanks Your guides are amazingly helpful .Again Thank You.

dude. i have been watching your videos for a while now and just now realized you are in Oregon. i am just starting to build out my woodshop and converting my shop from automotive and welding back to wood, which has always been the thing i love to do the most. so glad i found your channel. My daughter went to Oregon State (Corvallis) and i live down in Medford!

The video stopped Midway through for a commercial from the home depot.,😂🤣

I loved this video! That hardwood center employee was so patient and helpful. He gave you more assistance in 3 minutes than I've ever received from all Lowes or home depot employees that I've ever encountered in my whole life. That's just sad

First off thank you for the informative vid, secondly I use resin in my builds so I actually love the pieces with spilts and cracks.

Great video with lots of helpful hints. My biggest issue these days is driving an accord and trying to get lumber home.

Great info. I'm getting my shop setup soon. I'm pretty well a beginner (done a few things in the past but never anything steady) so I have been looking for some place local. I want to start with some better Plywood and make myself cabinets for my shop to organize it etc. I figure that is a pretty good start for continuing to learn. I don't see myself doing it full time but rather doing it enough to pay for some equipment etc. I looked up a few places and hope they are decent. Their websites generally suck though. So hopefully I can find a few places. There is a Rockler and a Woodcraft here but they seemed expensive too. Just need to figure out what decent plywood cost to start with.

THANK YOU! i work in a university-funded makerspace and have learned a lot and am ready to go beyond rummaging the scrap pile but i’ve been really intimidated with the idea of going to a lumber store.

Love the video. I went into a real hardwood store once and wondered why they labeled some stuff in 3rds. 4ths make sense

It gets even more complex with plywood. Number of plies, whether it's lumber core, etc., etc. Last time I bought a 3/4" sheet of birch veneer at Lowe's, the veneer was paper thin (less than 1/64 rather than the usual 1/32), which is easily sanded through if you're not careful. Also, it's not 3/4" anymore either. Now they're shorting you by up to a 1/16" on the thickness. Last time I bought from a local yard, I could still get the good stuff.

Great vid. I'm new to woodworking and haven't understood some of the wood jargon. You've cleared it up. Thanks a million. WHen I get my second million, I'll make a contribution. I'm still working on the first million and already have $100.00 towards the fist million. Really like your vids and often refer to them.

This is the best guide!!! You add humor to your explanation, which makes it very relatable. Other Home Dipsht DIYers are so boringggg.

I've seen some of your videos, and I like them quite a bit. But this video, absolute home run! I'm a beginner woodworker so this info was GREAT.

This video gives me a knot in my stomach (no pun intended). It's very informative and the information presented is incredibly valuable. As someone who has no skills developed but an interest in woodworking, this just shows how complicated the entire hobby is. Great information, but makes me more nervous to start.

I found a local hardwood supplier. I went to get some ash and hard maple. When I got there I found out it was located at a nudist colony. Turns out the guy I bought from gives great value and I’m going back to the nudist colony for more wood.

Well done! I live in Germany, and while we don't have Home Depot here, we do have our share of similar big box stores with similar fantastic selections of lumber and plywood. If I was going to build a boat and wanted pre-formed lumber for the hull, I know where to go. Fortunately, there are a few places to buy quality hardwood and furniture grade plywood, but they aren't as friendly or helpful to private customers as the folks at the Hardwood Centre. They treat commercial customers who are buying truckloads at a time very well, but they don't have much patience for the hobbyist shopping for a full slab of 8/4 walnut or cherry.

Bro I love your videos first off. But I'm sitting here watching this masterpiece you put together and the first UKposts ad that played over was a home Depot ad. I had to pause your video because I was laughing to hard to continue. I'm with you keep up the good work brother and thanks for all the useful info you hand out

Really enjoyed the plywood part of your videos Jason, buying plywood here in Australia will be much easier for me now. Side not: Sooooooo much better having you talk directly to the camera as opposed to voice over. Keep up the good work!

Should perhaps do a show on all the major woods most wood workers will come across and talk about what they're good for and bad for and the charactistics of each. Are they easy to work with, expensive, etc.

This is one of the most informative videos I have ever watched and is by far the most entertaining. This guy not only knows about lumber but also how to disguise to go though unseen.

Thanks for the clear and fun presentation! I've used wood from The Home Depot but I have some good friends that work there, so I guess I am biased! I have other friends that work at a local lumber place. I like all of them. I'm grateful to have choices. Thanks to everyone who keeps stores staffed these days.

I’ve found the employees at our local lumber yard tend to help by slipping the most damaged products they can find into an order. It’s hard shopping at these places when they couldn’t care less unless you’re a contractor.

Im very much a hobbiest wood worker, and I was so tired of the low quality of Wood at home Depot and Lowes. Found a local wood center here in SoCal. And man they were not very helpful and treated me like I was in the wrong place and said only cabinet makers buy wood there.

The best part of this video is realizing i live right by you. Now i have a new lumber yard to go to! Lol Thanks!

This was very fun and educational. Anytime a friend or family needs to buy wood, I will be sending them this video.

Great video all around. I've been at a few local hardwood suppliers over the years. That first time where I walked around Googling every phrase so I didn't feel stupid was eye opening. I'm much more confident with the terminology/pricing nowadays to feel comfortable shopping there. This was a great primer!

Love this video lots of info but was hoping you could do a video on small projects we could do with off cuts and small sections of left over wood, so we can use everything we buy :) thanks for the videos you do they are amazing 👏

Probably the most valuable video I have watched. I was at HD the other day just looking. It was fate that I saw this video!

Holy cow! I live in Albany. When the guy on the phone said "34, Corvallis" I became very excited, because you literally are going to show ME where to get good hardwood lol! Back to the video to find out...

I have watched your channel for a while now. Do you ever pick lumber specifically for the imperfections to make the project more unique?

As a female hobby woodworker this is NOT what hardwood stores are like. They are rude, unhelpful, not interested in selling small amounts and more often than not insulted and enjoy putting you down. They are also only open M-F and close before 5pm, if you actually work normal hours it stinks to have to have to take time off to go buy wood.

I could listen to this guy talk about his wood all day. He's informative... and smokin' hot. ;) Thanks for the info.

Thanks. As a rank beginner your commentary helped me a lot. Fortunately, in our little burg we DO have a hardwood store!

I recently bought two 2 x 8 x 10's for a project. The wood I sorted out of a bundle at Home Depot seemed okay but the next day after being stored on a cool flat garage floor with even weight on it so it would not warp. it began to dry out but both twisted like licorice sticks. Took it back.

I work as a lumber associate for a home depot in Canada. A cart of warped plywood left in an aisle is likely meant to be marked down for a discount (thats why it's not on the shelf). That commentary is what spurred me to comment and put myself on blast as it were, as it bothered me that it was implied all our plywoods look like that. They are typically 'top' boards taken from the top of a lift, or boards that sat on the shelf for awhile and went squirrelly. Totally still usable, seeing as you will fasten these at minimum on 24" centres and more often on 16" centres. Making it seem like that's the standard quality we have on the shelf? Not accurate and not very nice. We cull as much as we can as often as we can, but we are often preoccupied with reloading shelves (studs, fence boards, deck boards, concrete products, drywall muds etc) or on the saw (because customers don't want to invest in renting or buying a tool outright). So speaking as someone who works in these aisles, take the state of our dept with a grain of salt. We're responsible for most of the traffic in customers going through the building, we support 100% of the departments in the building, we've got 2-3 staff if we're lucky (and often we're not) and that 0.1% of customers who really want to ruin our day can REALLY ruin our day. No, I don't think you should shop at our stores for really nice high grade lumber, but if you choose to please remember we are just a retail store trying to satisfy as large a portion of the construction industry as we can, we're no specialty lumber store :) But if you happen to come across something that isn't 100% and we agree it wont sell for full price, we often will offer a discount. Just ask!

The entire inside of my house is clad in 7/8" thick planed, bandsawed edge 7-1/2"-8" width tulip poplar. It was cheap buying it by the "bundle" at a local sawmill. I ripped and planed all my door frames, baseboard, crown, etc from the same wood.

I love your personality you're comedy bro. On top of that very educational and you explain everything very well.

Going from Lowes and HD to a real lumber yard saved me $6 per board for the last pile of 2x6 8ft for a job I was doing. On top of that the wood was a LOT better. I buy a lot of this lumber over the course of a year so it saves us both a LOT of money.

First time coming across your channel. Thanks for helping out a girl who is trying to learn all on her own. Looking forward to more of your videos.

Although I understand the need of promoting stuff in youtube, I'm very good at skipping that stuff because I hate commercials. But man, your humor is spot on with what makes me laugh and I never skip any part of your videos. Good job and teach us, the beginners and not so fortunate with knowledge

Some things are so obvious, but it never occurred to me to take my moisture meter into the store. Thanks for the tips!

I think this is one of my favorite videos you've ever made. Not because it was useful, which I'm sure it was for many, but because you went full geek. As an engineer, I absolutely loved it! The wood labelling/specification systems really are ridiculous.