Happy Birthday Paul!

ByIzzy Berger


Today we are celebrating Paul’s 71st birthday!

The team would like to thank Paul for continuing to inspire us every day with his love of woodworking! We can’t wait for all the exciting things to come.

Please join us in wishing Paul a very happy birthday in the comments.

311 Comments

  1. Happy Birthday! May this year be happy and healthy for you and everyone.

    Looking forward to seeing your projects this year!

    1. Happy birthday, Paul. I want to wish you many more. Thank you for all you do to help inform and inspire people in their pursuit of woodworking skill.

    2. Here’s wishing you a very happy birthday Paul, your dedication to keeping the craft alive is inspiring, here’s to many more years of good times!

    3. Happy Birthday Paul, may this year bring you joy and happiness.
      And maybe a few good woodworking projects.

      Regards,
      Dwight Evans
      aka: Sir Big ;D of Buford (Georgia)

    4. Happy Birthday Paul!
      Love your videos. I’ve really learned a lot so thank you as well.

    5. Happy Birthday, Paul Sellers!
      You have inspired me and my son for the past 2 years. We thank you and wish you the happiest of birthdays!!!
      God bless!

    6. The next time that exploding thingy should be filled with oak shavings.

      🙂

      Happy birthday, Mr. Sellers!

  2. Happy Birthday, dear Paul!

    I wish you joy and health for the coming year and that you may be able to continue the good work.

    God bless!
    David

  3. Happy birthday Paul!

    Here’s to another year of passing along your wisdom! I still have my first clock, inspired by you! 🍻

  8. Happy birthday, Paul!

    As a beginning woodworker, your videos have been an incredible source of information and joy during this year of lockdown. Thank you!

  9. I hope you have the happiest of birthdays! I discovered your videos on YouTube by chance about a year ago and it inspired me to explore hand tool woodworking. Now I have all the basics and am working on my first workbench! You’re the best around and have such a wonderful teaching style. Looking forward to following more of your projects in 2021!

    1. Happy birthday Paul just received your book in the post this morning. It made my day thanks for all you do.
      Rob Smith,West cork

  10. Happy Birthday Paul!

    Your work and passion has rekindled my love of wood working.

    Eric

  11. Happy birthday Mr. Sellers!!
    You inspire me everyday to take on woodworking challenges and I’ve learned so much from your teachings. You helped give me a hobby during these trying times. Thank you for everything you do.

  12. Paul,
    Congratulations, and continued health and happiness for many years to come.

  13. A very Happy Birthday to you Paul, keep up all the good work, looks like you missed out in the new years honours list, again!!!

  14. Happy birthday Paul! Thanks for sharing all of your wisdom! I’m looking forward to this year’s projects!

  15. Happy Birthday Paul. Blessings on you and your team in 2021. Thanks for all you do to help your fellow woodworkers.
    Dallas

  16. Happy birthday Paul
    What you are doing is fantastic, looking forward to future blogs and videos.
    Take care

  17. Happy Birthday, Paul 😊

    Wish you all the best, and I am greatful for all the knownledge you have shared with us all.
    From you I have learned to be greatful for the knownledge of woodworking and the ability to create good, solide, life lasting craftsmanship with my own 2 hands.

    Keep up the good worke, and wish you all good this year.

  18. Happy birthday Paul, what you do is amazing and inspiring. I hope your day was magical and that it caries on into this new year as well!

  19. Happy Birthday Paul!

    You are an inspiration to me, and have given me a great hobby and interest, so important, especially in these trying times.

    Here’s to a happy and healthy 2021!

  20. Happy birthday Paul. May you be blessed with many more years . Continue to share your knowledge with the greatest of enthusiasm as you always do.

    Like we refer to you in our home…
    ….Happy Birthday Uncle Paul.

    All the way from sunny South Africa

  22. Happy Birthday Paul!

    Thank you for all the attention you give to us your admirers. Wish you all the best and a lot of memorable moments ahead.

  24. Happy birthday, Paul! Thank you for the invaluable source of information you’ve provided me with. This year, you have given me a wonderful new way to spend my time, and inspiration for a possible career change in the future. I hope you have an excellent birthday!

    Best wishes,
    Charles

  26. Happy Birthday, Paul! Thank you (and your team) for all the wonderful and informative videos you have put out in the last year, and I am sure all of us on here look forward to your future output as well. Hope you have a very enjoyable day with your family and friends (even if distanced).

    Happy Birthday,

    Tom

  28. Happy birthday, mr. Sellers.

    Another year older, another year wiser.

    I celebrated in my own way, removing the teeth from an old, terribly butchered-up saw, one that’s definitely older than 71 years. Someone in its long history attempted to sharpen it. The result was a nightmare. Who knows how long it has been sitting in that condition, useless.

    Today I removed the rust and filed off the old teeth, made new nicks with a modified hacksaw following your procedure and filed new teeth. Only thing remaining is to give it its final sharpening tomorrow and a bit of linseed oil for the handle. It was getting too cold in the shed, my fingers were beginning to turn blue, so time to get back in the house to warm up a bit.

    Thanks to you this little pistol-gripped 12″ saw today got a new lease on life. This saw shares its new birthday with the craftsman who showed this bumbling apprentice how to go about the task.

  29. Happy Birthday, Paul! All the best!
    Thank you for being there for us, your
    (online:) students.

  30. Happy Birthday Paul! Thank you for all you do! I just started watching your videos this past fall and you have provided so much inspiration with your craft but also your outlooks on life and sustainability. I am just starting out, but you have already helped to shape the woodwork I will become. I hope you have the happiest of birthdays!

  33. Happy Birthday, Paul, Thanks for all you do, I’m so looking forward to the rocking chair series and much more this year…

  34. Happy Birthday Paul! 🥳

    I’ve learned so much from you the past years! It’s always a joy when a new project comes out! 😁

    Many virtual ‘hip hip hoorays’ and have a wonderful day, week, month, year!

    Kind regards
    Toby from Flanders/Belgium.

  35. Happy Birthday Paul, wish you al the Best i this New Year. Wish you only nice woodworking projects.
    regards
    Przemek

  38. Happy birthday Paul. U have been a great inspiration and teacher. Thanks for all u do and have done. I turned 72 December 20. Who says u cannot teach old dogs new tricks. Have a great day

  40. Happy birthday Paul, you really have been a huge inspiration for me and for many other people to start woodworking, so thank you for being such an amazing human being! Wish you all the best and many greetings from Greece

  41. Happy birthday Paul. Have a wonderful day. Thank you for everything you do in the woodworking community. You have been a mentor of mine through your online platforms. Thank you again for your hard work and dedication of passing along your knowledge. Have a happy new year and a great birthday. All the best.

  42. Happiest of birthdays, Paul! 2020 was a challenge but your positivity helped me stay focused on practicing and honing the craft. I hope 2021 sees you continuing to make and inspire!

  43. Happy Birthday, Paul Sellers! You are an inspiration to many. Have a wonderful year.

  44. Happy Birthday Paul…
    But you must get a new hat for next year… that seems to be the same one as last year!!

    Fingers crossed for a great 2021,
    Regards,
    Matt

  46. Happy Birthday to you Paul! All the best for the New Year!!! Good health, happines!!

  49. Happy birthday and many happy returns Paul! Wishing you health, happiness, and many more years of teaching, and spreading knowledge and wisdom, in and out of the woodshop!

  50. Happy Birthday! Thank you for teaching me about woodworking and sharing your stories from my home state of Texas!

  51. Happy Birthday, Paul!! I wish you many more years of sharing your passion with all of us. You are a gift to all of us.

  52. Best wishes Paul for a very Happy Birthday and a fulfilling, inspiring & creative year ahead.

  53. Happy Birthday Paul!
    Hope you have had a good day.
    Thanks for giving us the confidence to believe in ourselves & our abilities.
    It is much appreciated.

  56. Paul, Happy Birthday, we have of course never met. But woodworking has become a big part of my life over the last six years and your videos have taught me more than anyone else and provided me with great joy and illumination. I think of you as my woodworking mentor. Thank you. Josh Marshall.

  57. Dear Paul,
    A happy birthday to you, I hope you have (had) a wonderful and blessed day. I wish for you a healthy and happy year, in whi h you can share your invaluable knowledge with us.

    You have taught me almost all I know about woodworking and suggested tools which I now have and use with great pleasure. Thank you for all that and I hope to keep learning from you in the future.

    Kind refards,
    Erik

  62. Happy Birthday, Paul! All the best for the New Year!
    Thanks for your excellent book and the DVD..

  63. Happy birthday Mr. Sellers! Keep up your passion and hard work and keep on inspiring others!

  64. Happy Birthday Mr.Sellers.
    My Grandfather and Father were master carpenters and worked on homes and built furniture all over Pennsylvania. I inherited all of there tools, no power tools. So I watch you to help me learn how to use them.
    Thank you

  69. Happy Birthday Paul! Thank you for so many years of instruction and service to our community!

  70. I wish you happy birthday Paul and I wish you many more years always lived in good health and as your heart desires.

  73. A very Happy Birthday Paul. You have become a constant source of encouragement to me and especially since this pandemic has left a lot of us home bound. To be honest I have turned to your blog, Facebook page and of course the masterclass daily and sometimes several times during the day. I suffer from Anxiety, Depression and more recently arthritis, so the woodworking has helped all three of these. You have a way of teaching that not many have. I truly do appreciate what you do. What you offer is much more then a woodworking class, Its also a place of calm and relaxing therapy delivered by just doing what you are so good and and obviously enjoy.

    Thanks again Paul
    Dan Maxwell
    Canada

  74. Happy birthday Mr Paul Sellers. Thanks à lot for your contribution, to changing for better, the world in the desperates countries.
    71 years on this marvellous Earth.
    With love, Ludovic Gatt.

  75. Feliz Aniversário, Paul!
    Muita saúde, paz e alegria de viver por muitos e muitos anos!
    Obrigado pelos ensinamentos
    Fernando Cela Pinto
    Brazil

  77. Muchas gracias Paul por ser lo que aspiramos ser los aficionados a la carpintería, por reivindicar la profesión y el cariño que le da.

    Un gran feliz cumpleaños! Desde Argentina!

  78. Happy birthday, Paul!

    Thank you for all the work you put in teaching us.

    Best wishes from Norway

  80. A very happy birthday Paul!
    You have been an inspiration and great teacher to me for many years now. Wishing you many more years of great health and amazing woodworking!
    Many thanks for all that you do, Alex

  81. Happy Birthday, sir! Thank you for your constant inspiration and your willingness to share your lessons learned and techniques with us.

  82. Happy Birthday Paul!! Your ingenuity, simplicity and attention to detail has been a huge help to me on many occasions. Thank you for doing what you do. Have a good one!

  83. Happy birthday Paul!
    Thanks so much for sharing not only your lifetime of woodworking experience but also your thoughts and philosophy on life which always makes interesting reading!
    Best wishes for the New Year from John in Somerset.

  87. Happy Birthday Paul!✨ I hope you are having a wonderful day!🎊🎉🎈🎁🎈🎂🎈🎉🎊

  90. Happy birthday Paul!

    Thank you for inspiring us to be lifestyle woodworkers.

  93. Happy happy birthday Paul.
    I hope your day has been as great as your smile is in the pictures!
    And I hope for 71 more years of amazing woodwork and inspiration!

  94. Happy Birthday from Oregon! Thanks for all the great information you’ve put out there – it’s been inspiring and helpful to me on multiple levels.

  95. Sincere best birthday wishes Paul.
    I think you know that what you do has a powerful impact on so many people.
    For me, a chance meeting with you at Penrhyn Castle followed by the privelege of attending one of your courses has literally led to my life and work changing forever.
    Sincerely grateful for that – my only regret is that it didn’t happen sooner!
    Happy Birthday!

  97. We share the same birth year Paul. I love following everything you do concerning woodworking and also your philosophies. It is my sincerest hope that this year will be a good one for you. Happy birthday.

  98. Happy birthday Paul. I found you randomly on YouTube and it was an escape I needed from stressing from our US politics and later COVID. It got me interested and I realized I didn’t need big fancy equipment that would spread dust around our house, I could start with hand tools.

  99. Apart from wishing all the best – congratulations for having such a great team of people around you. Very inspiring to see all of you working together to add value every day.

  102. Happy Birthday Paul. Many thanks for all the great videos and superb books, one of mine signed by your good self. Keep safe!

  103. I hope you have some idea of the many hours of learning and pleasure you give to so very many people. I am so grateful for the time my late husband “spent” with you watching your videos–over and over again–to absorb your messages of life and information. Often, he would call me to come and listen with him. I will be passing these on to his grandchildren who are becoming interested in woodworking. I look forward to whatever you chose to post on Facebook. We are lucky, as a planet, to have you among us. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Paul!

  104. Happy birthday, Paul. Massive inspiration. Always point people in your direction if they’re interested in woodwork!

  106. A very happy birthday and a wonderful new year, from British Columbia, Canada. Cheers

  107. Happy birthday Paul and thanks for all you do for your supporters! Many blessings!

  108. And you’re teaching on your birthday: I take a 2nd look at the picture and in the background i see shelves. I see the shelves are recessed at the front. Now that’s what i call timing as i prep with my cut list to go out and make shelves in my garage. Thanks for the perfeclty times lesson!

  109. Happy Birthday and Happy New Year Paul, hope its a good one for you and all of yours. Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration you provide and sharing you do.
    All the best
    Maidhc in Cork, Ireland

  110. Birthday present: a ridgeboard for your greenhouse? Send me your requirements and favourite local wood shop and I’ll get it paid for and waiting for you to pickup. Cheers john.morrisonATgmail.com (change the AT)

  113. Happy Birthday from Switzerland! All the best for another year in your hopefully long and healthy life! Recently your book arrived and it’s a joy to read 🙂 Thank Paul for sharing your passion with us and inspiring a whole generation or rather generations of wood workers and humans in general!

  114. Happy birthday Paul, I hope you had a great day. You’ve had such a big influence on me and so many others across the globe. Wishing you every happiness!

  115. Happy Birthday, Paul!

    I can say with confidence and without exaggeration that you have helped to change my life. Your instructional videos invited me to explore woodworking for the first time since I was in shop class as a teenager. I’ve wanted to create with wood since then and your videos helped me discover a craft that I adore. I appreciate your skill and artistry but I’ve come to appreciate equally your approach to life. Thank you for sharing yourself with us not only through your instruction but through your blogs and vlogs.

    All. my best wishes to you!
    Will

  116. Happy Birthday Paul. I’ve been a subscriber / student for over four years and still learning. Big thanks for all the knowledge you have passed on

  117. Happy Birthday Paul. Thank you for all that you do and plan to do. Your last two or three decades have been a gift to us all.

  118. Now we know why he got that serious haircut recently….. Lookin Good Birthday Bro!

  119. Happy Birthday and thank you-
    Thank you for letting us be a part of our lives and for giving SO much of yourself so that we could make ourselves better!

  122. Happy Birthday Paul! You inspired me to take up woodworking with your early YouTube videos, happy to see you continuing to be great!

  123. Happy Birthday.
    Thank you for teaching me and my 14 year old son the Beauty, satisfaction and skills in hand tool woodworking …..enormous gratitude.
    Hope you had a great day.

    Blessings.

  125. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Sir. You are an inspiration and a guiding star. May you prosper in health and wealth and always keep your sense of humour.

  126. Happy birthday, Paul!

    We share the same birthday, yet on different years. This year you are celebrating your 71st, and I my 50th. So I was born in ‘71. 🙂 Interesting coincidence!
    I admire your work, and all the tips related to woodworking hand tools! Thank you for your Instagram posts and youtube videos!

    Many happy returns!

  127. Happy Birthday Paul – I feel a little bad, it’s your birthday, and I received the gift….. my copy of your book arrived today!!! It is spectacular!!

  128. I so wish Paul a happy birthday all the way from Houston, Texas. A big howdy and warm wishes for the new year. Many, many more to you sir.
    JJ from Houston

  131. Happy birthday Paul. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and inspiring us all.

  133. Happy Birthday Paul
    Do not worry about counting them as long as you can walk and talk, all else keeps you warm and healthy. Enjoy your work and family and things will continue you for many years. I know this as I am coming up to 83 year and am drawing up plan to be built. Be Happy. Robert

  134. Happy birthday Mr. Sellers. Thank you very much for all your teaching, that mean so much to me and to many more worldwide. I wish you strength and serenity of spirit, mind and body to keep with your wonderful work for as long as you want. You’ve made many people happy, and that’s better than any words and feelings we can send to you. Thank you again and a very good year for you and your dear ones.

  135. Happy Birthday from Canada Paul!

    Love the content and all your teachings. Hope you’re managing to have a wonderful day/celebration with family and friends if you’re able. Can’t wait for the next one of your vlogs, or YouTube videos. Thanks for everything you do Sir! Please keep up the great work and craftsmanship, and have an amazing birthday!

    We love you Paul

  136. Happy birthday from Australia Paul!

    You are a constant source of knowledge, encouragement and inspiration. Thank you for your generosity and kindness. You have unknowingly made a significant difference in my life.

    Again, happy birthday and may there be many more to come!

    Andrew

  137. Happy Birthday Paul!

    I would have never got into hand tool woodworking if it wasn’t for your inspiration and common sense approach.

    Hope you enjoy your day with loved ones.

  138. Happy birthday Paul,

    I pray this year brings you and your family continued good health, peace, joy, love and that God’s Grace be upon you.

    From N. Austin Texas,
    Michael

  139. Happy Birthday Paul! May you have many more. Thank you for the gift of your knowledge. May your 71st year bring you joy, love, good health and prosperity.

  142. Happy Birthday Paul. May you have many more, so you can continue to pass on your vast knowledge.

  143. Happy birthday from Texas sir! For those of us in the woodworking/carpentry trades, you’re an amazing source of inspiration. Keep up the good work.

  144. Happy Birthday from the other side of the pond. Thank you for teaching all of us.

  145. Happy Birthday Paul! Thanks for sharing your outlook on life and woodworking.

  148. Paul, many Happy returns of the day. Thanks for all of willingness to share.
    Regards,

    Scott

  149. Happy birthday from Texas!!! You have been an incredible inspiration and have renewed my love of woodworking. Your teaching style and methods are amazing. Thank you for all that you have done. Best wishes for the next year.

  150. Happy birthday from Mexico!
    You’re my teacher and my inspiration. My life it’s much better thanks to what I’ve learned from you

  151. Happiest of birthdays! Thank you for another year of sharing your wisdom, kindness and humor.

  152. Happy birthday from Wisconsin, USA. Your work inspires and amazes. You’ve helped me enjoy the hobby more and even get one of my sons into woodworking.

    Hope you have the happiest of birthdays.

  154. Happy birthday Paul! You are an inspiration to so many! Thanks to you I am learning new skills 👍

  158. I hope you had a very happy birthday Paul.

    I really appreciate what you have created for us all with your blog and videos.

    Best,

    David

  159. Happy Birthday Paul! Thank you for all the time and effort You put in to teach us and to pass on all of Your knowledge and experience.

  160. Have a good day Paul, and may you ever succeed in finding beauty and happiness in the day as you have so far.

  161. Happy birthday Paul! Your instruction is inspirational and a service to so many. I completed my bench a couple years ago and dozens of projects later my skill is sharpening and confidence is building. I am now helping a friend build his very own bench. Your methods and instructional style are PERFECT!

    I wish you many blessings in the years to come!

  163. Happy Birthday Paul……you are just an amazing man, thank you for all you do and say.
    And a big thank you also to your team.

    Best wishes John2V

  164. Happy Birthday Paul! May you be bless with great joy and great happiness. Thank you for showing and sharing your knowledge to make us a better woodworker.

  167. Congratulations Paul, and many thanks for your inspiring work and wise words. Always happy to read your reflections

  168. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. The old skills are the best and should not be forgotten.

  170. Happy Birthday Paul, 71 years young. Thank you for all your wonderful woodworking videos. Congratulations and God bless you.

  172. Happy Birthday, Paul!

    A big THANK YOU for everything you do., especially in times like these. You and your hard work are a blessing for all of us. You’re a wonderful person.

    Wishing you the very best, good health, happiness and many more years to come.

  173. Happy Birthday Paul
    I don’t know about the rest but you have brought a better me with your lessons and dedication.
    I truly thank you for that and wish you the best!

  174. Many Happy returns of the day . It’s a good job all these birthday wishes weren’t in card format . It would have taken several trees 😁.
    Hope you have a great day .
    Ron McGee

  175. Happy Birthday, Paul! You’ll be happy to know that I am delivering one of your rocking chairs as a housewarming for our daughters newly built home. Your legacy will continue in my family!

  176. Happy birthday Paul
    May you in joy many more.
    You have so many admirers that you may not even see this but I would like to thank you for your dedication to saving the true art at woodworking. You have inspired me in so many ways beyond making.
    Thank you
    “Live long and prosper”🖖
    Rick
    Myrtle beach, Sc. USA

  177. Happy birthday, Sir!

    I wish you a long and healthy life!
    And thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you give us.

    Srečko
    Slovenija

  178. Happy Birthday Paul.
    People from all around the world are joining together today to celebrate with you and are grateful for the blessings and wisdom you have shared with us. God Bless……

  180. “Joyeux anniversaire” Paul, from France
    I wish you all the best for 2021. Thank you for all you are doing for us.

  184. A very happy birthday Paul . I hope you had a great day yesterday . You bring so much joy to so many people with your love of sharing your life time knowledge to others . You are an inspiration to us and I can’t thank you enough for the joy you have brought me . Stay safe and well my friend

  185. Happy Birthday. Enjoy your day. Just turned 69 in December, same day the Wright Brothers flew. But not the same year. I am looking forward to 2021 and all you have share with us. God bless.

    1. Happy Birthday Paul, hope you have a great day! Thanks again for your inspiration to be a hand tool woodworker.

  187. Happy Birthday, Paul! My Dad and I enjoy your videos and book greatly and have inspired us to unpack his fathers old tools and get them into condition. Granddad was a carpenter by profession, so I’m sure he’d have been delighted! Have a great 2021

  189. You’ll be up all night reading this lot, Paul, but it shows how much we think of you.

    Did anyone buy you a chisel? Thought not.

    Happy Birthday and many thanks for all your kindnesses to us throughout a difficult year.

    Chris M

  191. Happy Birthday Paul!!
    Your book is on its way!! Many thanks and look forward to your instruction and guidance during 2021. Jeff from South Africa 🇿🇦

  194. Best wishes on your Birthday, good health and thank you for all that you do to help us with our woodworking.
    Jim

  195. Happy birthday Paul!

    You have inspired me into loving woodworking and pursue it as a hoppy.

    All the best to you and your family.

  196. Happy birthday Paul.
    Most of the time when somebody ask questions on Lumberjock, a link to your video or post gives the answer.

    I have learned so much from you.

  198. Happy Birthday Paul!

    Thank you for teaching us woodworking with hand tools!
    Over fifteen years ago I stopped trying to learn woodworking because the magazines I was reading had me believe I needed a bunch of machinery I couldn’t afford.
    You’ve shown me that’s not true.

    Thank you!

  199. Happy birthday mentor Paul.
    I love to watch your work and the skills you have in your hands, You only have about 6 months to catch up to me since I also turned 71 back in June. God Bless you and grant you many more years of helping teach the hand tool woodworking trade.

  200. Happy birthday Paul!
    You are an inspiration to us all. As I have recently retired from 45 years in restaurant kitchens I was looking for a number of things to keep me moving forward on my journey. Photography and playing my guitars and woodworking projects when I stumbled on your video on chisel sharpening, I since have devoured all your videos several times. At the onset I was put off by the expense of power tools and the room to house them all, however after viewing your videos and purchasing elderly planes ( Stanley 4,5,&6 on eBay) for the price of one new plane, a whole new world has opened up to me.
    Thank you and be well
    Rob Sacco

  201. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Many Happy Returns,
    I have always liked the thought that black cats may be lucky, and although not superstitious, like one about our cottage !
    It would be nice to imagine that the coming year will only get better when you have three in the garden for company when digging,planting and constructing.

  202. Happy Birthday Paul! I can’t think of a single person who has so inspired hundreds of thousands of new and existing woodworkers to improve their woodworking skills, especially with the use of hand tools. Your vast knowledge and willingness to share it speaks volumes about your love for the profession. From sharing your life with us all on your posts it is obvious that yours has been a life well-lived. I wish you many more joyous and healthy birthdays in the future. Thank you for all that you do.

  203. Happy Birthday Paul,
    you deserve a gong for all your efforts there are so many positives that come from the classes you provide in hand tool work.
    Kind Regards
    Shane

  204. Happy Birthday Paul. I would bet that it is the best cut cake possible with all slices being even and square and measured to perfection 😀

  206. God bless and my sincere appreciation for your teaching. I have been an amateur woodworker for 30 years with only a modicum of improvement over most of that time. Paul, you have such a clarity when teaching that I immediately grasp, and I am leaps and bounds more capable today than when I discovered your teaching a few years ago. Happy Birthday, and New Year!

  207. Paulo, é com muito carinho que desejo que nunca te falte inspiração. Inspiração para continuar aprendendo a cada dia mais e transmitindo isso a todos nós, para que você não só continue ensinando, mas também mude a vida nos ensinando com o prazer e as técnicas que domina, proporcionando momentos mágicos dentro e fora da sala de aula, assim como fez comigo e com milhões de pessoas!

    Parabéns pelo seu aniversário!

  209. Happy belated birthday Mr. Sellers. Thank you for the inspiration from an 83 year old amature.

  210. Happy Birthday Paul.
    You are an inspitation and have encouraged me to make more things from wood in addition to my woodturning.

  211. My what a lot of comments. Well, you have earned it Paul. Happy Birthday to you and many more. Online mentoring is turning into a really positive thing that you are doing and you are an inspiration to all of us. April 2021 will be my own 71st and looking to make the best of it. Thank you so much Paul.

  212. Happy Birthday, Paul!
    You have been one of the few bright rays of hope for the past year.

  213. Happy Birthday Paul, from Ontario, Canada
    I hope you are having a great day!

    Cheers. 🍻

    Charles

  215. Happy birthday paul thank you for sharing your life with us it is a pleasure to read your comments thank you

  216. Happy birthday, Paul. And many thanks for all of the inspiration and skills you have been and will be capable of transmit to other people.

  217. Happy Birthday, Paul! Thank you for spreading knowledge, wisdom and goodness. You are a guiding light!

  218. Sorry for the late well wishes, Paul, but nonetheless hoping your birthday was filled with all the good things in life! Thank you for being an inspiration to so many of us. Many, many more happy birthdays to you!

  220. 71? Heck – just a pup yet. Happy Birthday from a land where morning bike rides have us put ice spikes in tires first this time of year. Thanks for just being you, someone who has made such a huge quiet difference.
    Christopher

  222. Happy Birthday Paul,
    I wish you many more such days. Many thanks for your inspiration and sharing your knowleg . It needs more craftmen like you, who teaches the basics to young people.
    By the way, your last book is great.
    All the best to you and your team for the future from Germany.

  223. Happy Birthday Paul. You are such an inspiration!! I pray God will richly bless you through out 2021 and the years ahead! Looking forward to many more years of you inspired teaching.

  224. Mr. Sellers,
    You have been a great inspiration to me during this pandemic. Listening to you patiently describe the process of the work you do and the thoughts and sensory experiences that you have while doing it made me feel like I had someone teaching just me. Listening to your voice and the words you say has been a great comfort also. I wish you the happiest of birthdays sir. I hope I continue to have the fortunate blessing of hearing your voice inspire and teach for many more decades.

  225. Paul you have been a real inspiration to me for many years now. I first discovered you when I found that my Morrison’s machine wouldn’t work and I was “forced” to cut mortises by hand. I found one of your videos online, learned the skill under your tutelage and haven’t cut a mortise with a machine since! Your passion and generosity for sharing your hard earned skills are a real inspiration. Thank you for everything and a very Happy Birthday!🎉

  226. Happy birthday Paul. Not just a lover of woodworking, but of people, the countryside and philosophy too.

  228. Happy Birthday Paul. We are the same age. I met you online and watched your youtube videos to relax before sleeping. Then I got hooked! I am having a bit of trouble learning to sharpen my old saws, but I am eager to get past this in the future. Thank you for your calm and dedication to teaching!

    Praying for your health help and happiness in this next “run around the sun”

  231. Happy birthday Paul and all the best to yourself and all your family and work collegues please keep up the good work. Started with your bench you built in you garden with laminated soft wood and now have a shed/workshop full of your “stuff” and have been an allotment gardner for 40 years plus so lots in common with yourself, all the best Ted Nicholls in Peterborough.

  232. Happy birthday, Paul.
    Thanks for all the inspiring videos and advice given.
    You give, we receive and benefit.
    Yours sincerely, Charles Bradshaw

  234. A most happy and birthday 🎂wish to you Paul and thank you for that quiet voice heard as I work the wood, it’s magical.

  236. Happy birthday Paul. I really love your videos and blog posts. You are an inspiration to us all. While I haven’t built many of your projects your designs are wonderful and I feel I learn a lot just watching your techniques.

  237. A most happy and birthday 🎂wish to you Paul and thank you for that quiet voice heard as I work the wood, it’s magical.
    Enjoy many more birthdays
    Regards Steve Eastwood

  238. Happy Birthday Paul, It’s always to be popping corks than popping your clogs….

  239. Now that you have reached the age of wisdom and maturity Happy Birthday.. Best wishes for a great day and many birthdays to come.
    Best
    Bob

  240. Paul, Happy Birthday! You are the bomb! The nuclear option—top of the heap. Thank you VERY much for your magnificent contribution to our craft.
    Bought your book for Christmas, and the commenters were RIGHT, it is outstanding. Warmest regards to you and your team.

  241. I wish you the Happiest of Birthdays Paul. May Gods Blessings & Holy Angels be with you and your family. Thank you very much for your generous spirit of sharing all your knowledge. May you be able to work your craft as long as you live Sir.

  242. Happy Birthday Paul,
    Being near 68 in a few months, I know about how it goes. I have learned a bit and hope you keep your health, woodworking and family and faith foremost.

  246. Happy Birthday,Paul. I wish you had been around in 1973 when I started to do woodworking in NYC. My information came from English woodworking books and where does one find “deal” in NY ? After embracing machinery for decades I now live in the country and with your help and enthusiasm am working more and more with hand tools. Better on the ears. Thanks

  248. Happy Birthday Paul and very best wishes to you, your family and your team. You do inspiring work and I’ve learned a lot of useful things from your blog, youtube etc . I wish I’d met a woodworking teacher like yourself when I was at school.. I’m particularly glad that you maintain the hand-tool skills and craftsmanship that has been lost in so many places under the pressure to get rapid results regardless of quality and durability. Wishing you health, happiness and enduring, durable, wealth.

  249. Happy birthday Paul,
    And thank you so much for teaching us so much. I never dreamed that working with my hands could be so fulfilling.

    Love your work

    Dominik from Germany

  250. Happy birthday Paul, and many more to follow. I’ll be 71 on the 6th of February. I found your blog about three months ago and haven’t missed a day since. Your inspiration and informative knowledge has been very helpful. I’m still in the process of building my work bench, hope to finish by my birthday. In a way it will be a birthday present from you. I’m still reading your books, watching your videos, and looking forward to your next book. I’ve purchased some tools to get started per your suggestion, and plan on following your guidelines. Hope your birthday brings you all the joyful memories to build your kindness further into the future. Take care and thanks again Paul. Your friend from Brunswick, Ohio in the USA. Bob Lenart.

  251. I hope that you have a very Happy and prosperous coming year and that yo enjoy your birthday. I also want to thank you for all your help and inspiration.

    Really enjoy the way you teach,

    Carlos Alvarado

  252. Happy birthday Paul. Love your video’s and the way you teach. I have lear’nt a great deal from listening and then trying it out for myself. Just wish I had done this years ago

  253. Happy Biryhday Mr sellers
    Have rnjoyed spending these last few years learning from uou both the woodworking snd your philodphy of working and life.
    Enjoy many more yesrs of health snd teaching.

  256. Happy Birthday Paul,

    Thank you for all you do! Wishing you health and happiness in 2021 and beyond!

  258. Happy birthday Paul , hope you had a great day with lots of prezzies haha, 71 jings you put me to shame, I turned 62 in December and feel it.
    Saw my copy of your book has been dispatched and can’t wait to get my hands on it. Green house is coming on well I see, I will keep watching your blogs to get the latest news updates.
    🎂🥂 cheers 😉

  259. Happy Birthday Paul! And best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year filled with blessings.

  260. Happy Birthday Paul! Many thanks for the all the inspiration you have provided over the years.

    Wishing you a great 2021 no matter what it brings 🙂

  261. Mr Sellers,
    Happy birthday sir. You have inspired me and been my greatest source of wood working education sense the day I discovered your youtube channel amongst two years ago. Thank you for you tireless devotion to hand tool working and spreading of knowledge. I wish and pray for all the blessings that God has to offer you in the coming year.
    Best wishes,
    Jon

  262. Happy birthday Paul. I hope that this day brings you much happiness and health for today and the coming future. I have learned so much from your videos and we all will be glad when you can start back to teaching us again. Once again, Happy Birthday.

  263. Happy birthday Paul and may you have many many more. Your woodworking videos and instructions are outstanding. Plus, you talk about things that are important, conservation, taking a walk and just seeing all the beauty around us. It’s truly a joy to read your blogs and watch all your videos. Yes …. Happy Birthday, Paul.

  265. Happy, happy Birthday Paul! I wish you all the health and happiness this coming year and I am looking forward to all the time I get to spend learning from and enjoying your awesome content. You have had such a great impact and been a huge influence in my life the past 3 years since my Dad passed away. You have honestly kept me going and I am forever grateful. I hope you enjoy your special day.

  266. Happy birthday Paul! Your teaching has given me a lifelong skill and purpose, setting me on a path I never expected. I owe you much.

  267. Happy birthday Paul!

    Just like many here you have been a great source of woodworking knowledge for me, and there are no words that can express the debt of gratitude that I and others owe you for the wealth of knowledge and skill that you have passed on to us.

    Hand tool woodworking has been a big part of my life since the start of lockdown here in Sydney Australia last March 2020. Before then I couldn’t even cut wood with any saw. Now I’ve made a few of your dovetail boxes, a couple of wooden mallets, your tool drawer organiser and even my very own workbench based on your videos.

    Thank you.
    Paolo

  268. Happy Birthday, Paul.

    Since starting to watch your videos, I’ve made, and then given to our local Visiting Nurses Thrift Shop, about 75 dovetail boxes based on the ones you make. They sell quickly and help support their worthy organization.

    Thank you,
    Harold

  273. Hope you had a great day Paul, doing just what you wanted to do. Keep enjoying life! We enjoy having you around.

  274. Happy birthday Mr Sellers, thank you for all of your help and more than anything else keeping us sane during lock down! Happy new year, Elliott.

  275. Buenos días, Sr. Sellers. Le deseo, desde España, salud y la ilusión necesaria para celebrar oros muchísimos cumple. Felicidades.

    Cordial, Antonio Vargas

  277. Happy belated Birthday Paul! Thank you for the inspiration and information you provide. Wishing you many more years of creating! Absolutely best wishes, and stay safe!

  278. My best wishes of a New Year of health and peace. Please, continue to inspire us in ursuit of woodworking skills

  279. A very happy birthday Paul, and may you have many more.
    Thank you for all the good advice and wisdom you have been supplying for so many years.

  280. Happy Birthday Paul! May you have many more. Thanks for all the help you and your staff have provided through the years.

  282. Happy birthday, Paul!

    I’ve been a fan since the very early days, even before YouTube and Woodworking Masterclass videos, which I have subscribed to all along.

    Your teaching style and methods resonated with me immediately. You’ve completely changed my woodworking approach and techniques for the better. Thank you.

    Dale Suilmann
    Elk River, Minnesota

  284. So, here I go again: Happy B’Day, Paul. May you continue to have HEALTH, be surrounded by your close circle of loved ones and members of your team, keep up with your phenomenal teaching/passing on of your knowledge and experience, and all that for many many years.

    All good wishes forwarded from Gatineau, QC, Canada.

  285. Happy belated birthday, Paul. I want to thank you so much for the work that you do and the love and skills you share with us. I have enjoyed making a number of your designs, some with modifications, and learned so much. I owe so much of my skills and confidence in woodworking/furniture making to you; it all began with a nine-day workshop in Greenwich, NY a half-dozen years ago.

  287. A very Happy Birthday to you Paul from the USA. I’m an expat following in your footsteps, but in Oregon and more recently Colorado.

    You’re an inspiration, a joy to watch, and it’s an honor to learn from you.

    Wishing you many many more happy and healthy years ahead.

    Simon

  289. Dear Paul I am so sorry I missed your birthday so I will wish you a belated message in hope it returned many happy moments and that you have many many more. Thank you for being here and the inspiration you have given me over the years. Happy Happy Birthday and New Year 2021:)

  290. Happy birthday Paul.
    May you have many more years teaching me and so many others, the skills you have.

  291. Happy birthday Paul!

    What a fantastic time I have had these past two years following your projects and realising a long held dream. I cannot thank you enough and look forward to many more projects and videos in the future.

  293. Happy Birthday! Paul.
    May you enjoy many more! Thank you so much for your unselfish sharing of your woodworking knowledge! And thank you for the encouragement to make us believe we can accomplish and learn. Thank you for caring about people you have never met.

  296. Happy Birthday, Paul Sellers!
    You have inspired me and my son for the past 2 years. We thank you and wish you the happiest of birthdays!!!
    God bless!

  297. Happy birthday, Paul Sellers.

    Thank you so much for all you do. I continue to learn from you both in the shop and your outlook on life.

    I only wish that I had the opportunity to meet you while you were in Texas.
    Keep up the good work.

  298. Happy Birthday Paul!
    It’s thanks to you that I re-discovered creating with my hands and that I proudly can call my self a woodworker. That I’m passionate about wood and the woodworking style of life. Thanks.

  299. Happy Birthday Paul. Health and all you wish for yourself and many more years in joy and health to come. Thank for all your inspiration.

    Best regardes from Leverkusen, Germany

  300. Happy (belated) Birthday!
    Thank you for sharing your knowledge, skill, and wisdom with your videos and blog posts. Hope your 71st year brings you much happiness and joy.

    — sending you the best from Oregon, United States.

  301. Sir Paul ; Mine was the 16th. I’m now 74. My Dad learned the trade back in the 1920’s when he arrived from Norway at the ripe old ae of 16 ! He learned from Norwegian and German cabinetmakers in Brooklyn n y . I learned from him what I have been watching you also do. Variations of course.
    One thing bothers me immensely about your placement of your planes face/blade down. Dad would have, SHOT, me if I hade done that. I Always set the plane down on its, SIDE, so the blade would not be damaged on the workbench. I have most of Dads tools including even a 24″ Stanley Joiner plane. Oh, the stories ! That is my 2 cents. Otherwise, YOU, know your business ! Thank YOU , Leonard J. Muller 40 Russell Road, Greenfield Center n y 12833

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