A Guide to Stave Construction for Woodworking and Woodturning

[@glencrandall7051]

This old video just popped up. I cannot believe I haven't seen it yet. Typical Gord rock work. Well produced and very informative. Glad I saw it.

[@GordonRock1]

Wow, that is an old one, Glen. I believe that was the second video I did. I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for watching, Glen! You are much appreciated, my friend. Stay safe and healthy!!

[@federicoolmedo2788]

Good video, greetings from argentinian!

[@GordonRock1]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching! Greetings from Canada! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@davidclauson5256]

Don't know how I missed this video, but glad I was going through and watched it. As always I learned something from you, thanks, I'll definitely give this a try.

[@GordonRock1]

Thank you, David. Thanks for watching.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@kareyber5536]

/ I also tried *Thebooks2015 .Com* , and this is a great website to learn the basics to advance and specially 16000+ level woodworking woodworking projects and plans //// .....++

[@billwells8054]

Excellent, Gord, thank you.
My method is similar to yours, but I have been ripping the stave segments along the table saw rip fence. I now recognize the benefit of cutting them on a sled.
Bill

[@GordonRock1]

Glad I could help, Bill. Thanks for watching!
All the best,
.....Gord

[@judithfairchild8620]

Thank-you for showing us how to do it easily and right

[@GordonRock1]

My pleasure, Judith. I hope it helps you. Thanks for watching!

[@hunterdogztc]

Wow, Gordon! Great video and explanation of stave construction. Very well done.

[@GordonRock1]

Thank you, Terry. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
.....Gord

[@grantmillard7071]

Great tips on making stave based constructions. Thanks very much for the information. Cheers!

[@GordonRock1]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

[@hallenw]

Excellent Job! The video, pace, instruction and techniques are all excellent. I subscribed for more.

[@GordonRock1]

+Allen W
Hello Allen,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks very much for subscribing; I appreciate the support!
Take care,
.....Gord

[@hubbadubchub]

Awesome video! I'm planning on building a stave drum and it was helpful to get an idea of what it takes.

[@GordonRock1]

Buster Layne Thank you, Buster. Glad you got some information from it. Thanks for watching; I appreciate the support.

[@leighstevens1075]

I use any idea that means less wasted wood & money. Terrific tip thank you

[@GordonRock1]

+Leigh Stevens
Glad you liked it, Leigh! Thanks for watching.
.....Gord

[@chandlerdavis952]

Very well thought out process and well described.
Thank you.
I have a different application that this will work nicely with.
Its close to what I was doing but yours has a couple extra steps that will make the end result a better product.

[@GordonRock1]

Glad you like it, Chad. Thanks so much for watching & commenting.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@erniezamora9509]

great video im learning wood and this is helping me alot thanks take care

[@GordonRock1]

+Ernie Zamora
I'm happy to be helping, Ernie. Thanks for watching!
Take care,
.....Gord

[@bearshield7138]

thank you this is helpful

[@GordonRock1]

You're welcome! I'm happy that I could help. Thanks for watching!

[@danceswithaardvarks3284]

Nice. Very clear video.

[@GordonRock1]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!!!

[@annwahlstrom149]

I really learned something new with this video, thanks for sharing great ideas, and I subscribed to be able to watch new and older stuff.🤩❤👍

[@GordonRock1]

I’m glad you liked it, and. I hope you will like some of my other videos as well. Thanks for watching! 😃😃😃👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@hawkwind23]

Hi Gordon , I found your video very informative and as a newcomer to woodturning have learnt from it ,many thanks for sharing
All the best Bram

[@GordonRock1]

Bram Sharp Hi Bram. I'm glad you liked the video. Thank you for watching & commenting; I appreciate the support. Have a great day, Bram,
.....Gord

[@stringmanipulator]

Great method :)

[@GordonRock1]

I'm glad you like it. It's worked very well for me. Thanks for the comment.

[@ErikAnderson1]

Nice video Gordon!

[@GordonRock1]

Erik Anderson Thank you, Erik. I'm glad you enjoyed it!.....Gord

[@pocketcruisersailing]

Brilliant! Thanks a lot...

[@GordonRock1]

You’re very welcome, Paul. Thanks for watching! 😃😃😃🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
.....Gord

[@thomasckuzia7129]

Hi Gord,
Very informative video,,,
Thanks,,,
Tom

[@GordonRock1]

Glad you liked it, Tom. Thanks for watching!
Take care,
.....Gord

[@janicemiller5382]

Nice job as usual Gord. Inspires me to dust off my lathe

[@GordonRock1]

Scott Miller You let your lathe get DUSTY???? What kind of shop do you work in? LOL!!!

[@Aprendeartesania]

Hellow, good solution for work clamp. Very easy and quick. Bay

[@GordonRock1]

***** I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching......Gord

[@CarlosAlencarCgalencar]

Meu nome é Carlos Augusto e moro em uma pequena cidade no interior do Ceará, Brasil. Parabéns pelo trabalho e pela criatividade, tinha muita vontade de ingressar nesse ramo, mais infelizmente minhas condições financeiras ainda não me possibilitam de adquirir máquinas e assessórios. Fica com Deus.

[@GordonRock1]

Obrigado por assistir, Carlos. Espero que sua situação melhore em breve.
Cuidar,
..... Gord

[@xBeauGaming]

I think I will use this to help make a beer mug ;) Nothing like a white oak beer mug...YEAARRRRRR Thanks bud.

[@GordonRock1]

I hope it works well for you. Thank you for watching!

[@norbertkovalovszky2976]

Good idea Thx

[@GordonRock1]

You're very welcome.

[@kosycat1]

Nice, thank you thank you thank you

[@GordonRock1]

You are very welcome, Jonathan! I'm glad you like it.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@Claudiomarsantos]

Muito muito ... MESMO Obrigado útil !!!!

[@GordonRock1]

+claudiomar santos Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Take care,
.....Gord

[@kenharper616]

Boy you look young back then. I guess we all do.

[@GordonRock1]

Well, Ken, if I’m in my late 20s now I must’ve been in my early teens back then! 😂🤣😂🤣 That sure feels like a long time ago, my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@ibilaibila]

I have to do this with kit-kat now.

[@GordonRock1]

LOL, it took me a second to get it. Thanks for the laugh.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@billwells8054]

@@GordonRock1 - Duh! Dumb me, did not get it - thanks for the help!
Bil

[@annwahlstrom149]

LOL

[@carlosmarioherrera5655]

Nice

[@GordonRock1]

+Carlos Mario Herrera
Thank you!

[@hayyoyoume2]

cool 😎

[@GordonRock1]

+najib bey
Thanks very much. I appreciate that.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@JuanGomez-cx1hi]

Very helpful video! I have a question...After you make the cylinder, How do you mount it on the lathe? Did you make a chuck for it?

[@GordonRock1]

+Juan Gómez
Hi Juan,
I'm glad you find the video helpful! If I was to mount it on the lathe I would use a large chuck because it is not too large to do that. If it were a much larger cylinder I would have to make a chuck of some kind for it. If I had enough length to waste some of it I would make sure the end was square and then probably use hot glue to attach it to a glue block. Thanks for watching, Juan.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@annwahlstrom149]

One can use a blank and make a tenon on that and glue it on the end, just making sure it's centered before the glue dries!👍 Then just put the tenon in the chuck, and remove the blank afterwards!

[@erniezamora9509]

you dont have videos on how to make barrel staves i want to make barrel tub thanks

[@GordonRock1]

+Ernie Zamora
I have never tried barrel staves, Ernie. I'm sure there must be a few videos on UA-cam showing the process but I have never looked for them. I hope you find something that helps.
.....Gord

[@roclo9927]

what if you wanted to make the staves wider in the middle to get a particular effect how can the all be made the same but slightly wider in the middle

[@GordonRock1]

+Roc Lo
I'm afraid I don't know as I have never tried that. If you ever figure it out I would sure like to know.
.....Gord

[@thomaskuzia8125]

Hi Gord,
After following the way you made this stave construction I've made a few pencil/pen "cups" that look like wooden buckets,,,,with a steel handle too!
This got me thinking about making a wine barrel and after watching just about every video here and looking on the web I'm finding that making a wine barrel isn't all that easy to do and have a lot of respect of Coopers now!
I did find one video on how to do the math for stave construction but that math is WAY over my head! LOL
Do you have any ideas on how to "easily" calculate barrel staves?
Thanks for this and all of your videos!
Tom

[@GordonRock1]

Sorry,Tom, I have never even tried to do that. I may have to look for that video and see if I can figure it out. I'm sorry I'm not any help right now! Maybe some day in the future. I hope you figure out before I do. Thanks for following my channel. I really appreciate the support.
I would like to see those cups with the steel handles! Did you do a video on them? 😀😀
Happy turning,
.....Gord

[@thomaskuzia8125]

@@GordonRock1
Thanks for trying to help me!
No videos of any of my work,,,
I never knew barrels were such a complicated process, especially the math!
Tom

[@philipselman2564]

The math isn’t that hard =. A circle is 360degrees Ok for a 10inch bucket you will have 10 staves which has 2 sides 10x2= 20. 360 divided 20 = 18. the angle on each side is 18

[@ffff1758]

nice video Gord, very clear, but, what if you want to make not a cilinder but a barrel? staves won´t be straight? do you know how to make them?
regards

[@GordonRock1]

Sorry, Carlos, it's not something I have ever tried. I'm sure there must be UA-cam videos showing how. It just isn't something that interests me.
Take care,
.....Gord

[@caballobueno]

can i make in a very long lumbers, 2000 mm for exenplo??

[@GordonRock1]

I have never tried anything of that length but can't see any reason not to try. Hope it works for you. Let me know how it goes.

[@FoxAxel1982]

would this work on a larger scale? Say 2ft round?

[@GordonRock1]

Absolutely! As long as you have correct angles cut it should work on any size. Thanks for watching!
Take care,
.....Gord

[@jeanmachardy4898]

Hi Gord. I have used your stave cutting method before but I am now trying to make wooden buckets (coopering). I have a method for cutting one taper/bevel that works to make only one size of bucket but I wish to make different size units and don't want to waste expensive wood experimenting. I was hoping you had a method for stave cutting to vary all the possible sizing (top/bottom diameters) possible. Thanks for your consideration. Alan

[@GordonRock1]

Jean MacHardy Hi Alan. I'm sorry but I've never tried making anything but straight cylinders with staves. I would assume someone out there has a chart for this but I don't know where to look for it. I hope you can find it.
Sorry Alan,
.....Gord

[@GordonRock1]

Jean MacHardy Alan, I did a quick google search and this might just help:
forums.finewoodworking.com/fine-woodworking-knots/general-discussion/formula-tapered-staves
Hope it helps!!
.....Gord

[@jeanmachardy4898]

Gord Rock Thankyou Gord. Alan

[@lolojr1]

great video for a robot

[@GordonRock1]

Bill Lolo Thanks for the feedback. Hope you enjoyed it!

[@lolojr1]

Autually I really did even subscribed !

[@GordonRock1]

Bill Lolo Thank you, Bill. I appreciate the support.

[@sfcisco85]

what make wood lathe are you working with?

[@GordonRock1]

Nova DVR XP

[@OramiIT]

What is a good way to mount that on a lathe? I don't really have a lot of bells and whistles to mine. Maybe some way to use a jaw or something?

[@GordonRock1]

Ritgar001 It depends on what you want to do with it. I generally put mine in a chuck using either expansion or compression depending on the size of chuck needed and what I have. You could also use a jam chuck if you wanted to. Part of the joy of woodturning for me is the challenge of coming up with a way to hold things on the lathe; there is usually more than one way to do something. Sorry if this isn't a great answer but there are so many variables - size of cylinder you've created, size of chuck(s) you have, etc. Hope this helps!!!

[@OramiIT]

I just want to do it safely. I had had ceder fly apart on my lathe and smash around. I do know glue is much stronger than wood though so I guess it should be fine. I'll give it a shot.

[@GordonRock1]

Ritgar001 I hope it works out for you. ALWAYS wear a face shield!! I've had things fly apart and if not for my face shield I would have been in the emergency room on at least one occasion. Safety first!!!

[@OramiIT]

Gordon Rock
Yea. I have heard about getting a face shield I just haven't yet I am always out of the direct line of fire though. I haven't been doing much on my lathe recently since I have been doing my first few boxes with miter joints on the table saw. It turned out so-so I should probably lightly sand it and do one more coat of poly, but a few small details are off that I need to fix next time. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=950585308301786&set=pcb.950585714968412&type=1&theater

[@GordonRock1]

Ritgar001 Thanks for sharing the photo. That's a decent-looking box and every future box will be just a little bit better. If the first one you built was perfect how would you improve? The joy is in the doing, more than in the product; at least that's how I feel about it.

[@cherylshire1225]

Kitkat

[@GordonRock1]

Caramilk 😂😂😂😂 ???

[@acheinacacambarecicle6586]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🏼👏👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@GordonRock1]

Thank you very much! 😃😃😃😃

[@avagage1]

please turn off the music

[@GordonRock1]

That video was one of my very first. At the time I did not know how to use the video editing program and couldn't add more than one track. I've improved since then and I hope you will enjoy my more recent videos. There is no way to alter the old ones. I'm sorry you didn't like it.
Take care,
.....Gord