Nearly all those clickey channels are purely for entertainment.
I watch Ishitani not to learn anything, as the channel he made was to get
views to his furniture customers, and I suppose a wee diary for his own pleasure.
One could dismiss a lot of those kinda channels, if wanting to learn from.
Regarding the ones which are at least styled that way..
Very easy to spot what the intentions are if you ask yourself one thing.
Did the content creator make the video with the primary intention to help others/love for the craft, or to help themselves?.
Can do a bit of both, but the primary intent should always come across.
Take Cosman, is teaching and selling tools, which everyone would hate if he didn't actually have skills which he honesty shows regarding the work.
That's fine as long as one doesn't get suckered into thinking his tools are in some way superior because there aren't other solutions to do the same thing.
That's up to the viewer to find another trustworthy method to achieve the very same thing, and not some pretend solution, and don't show any close ups!.
At least by then, say if one would be getting annoyed with all the sales pitches...
someone should know exactly what they're looking for, to do whatever
job needs doing.
Why do I keep rabbiting on about hand tools?
Well if you're in a shed and not an aircraft carrier, then some of those machines need
space, good dust collection and a decent leccy supply.
Combined with say a kitchen build, things might just be in a constant state of chaos
to be filming anything.
Look at some who tackle this kinda thing
Gary Thompson joinery
Carpentry Joinery and cabinetmaking
Eire Workshop
New Yorkshire workshop
These guys have bigger workshops for the work they do.
If you want to do it in a tiny shed, then you would likely have to take the hand tool approach.
Suppose there might be a gap in the viewer market for something a bit more
"hybrid" as most channels who set out to do both, seem to have discounted hand tools or never really got to grips with them in the first place.
Planes on the shelf, but MFT's and festoolery the primary basis,
Plenty of nick nacks and aluminium things to sell in future going this direction,
that whole escapism thing of the hybrid woodworker what David was on about like Stumpy nubs, or whoever on this side of the pond.
I can't see why there should be any frustration involved, nor green eyes,
You can't buy skill, and it should be easy to see who's got it.
i.e, less chance of you getting an idea of how/if they use hand tools, when they've got a machine which does the job for them.
That doesn't make sense to have two setups which take up space and do the same job.
Tried to find a video on instagram of a fella working on shaft driven machines from another era.
His approach was the spindle moulder is the most important machine in the workshop
which makes sense for that sort of work.
If you want to do fancy stuff like that by hand, then one could say that would be nearer the dark side of woodworking, but not just woodworking alone.
That info is likely there for all to see.
Ps regarding the router, the departed Roy Sutton had made some old videos worth a watch on the tube.
And Steve Maskery might have some tips too.
