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You convinced me to subcribe. Not by calling wenge a rejected wood under any circumstances but by the amount of knowledge and attention to the details provided in this video. I am not a content creator but I do have a 27 years experience in the industry and I really enjoyed every second of your video. I do not know for how long you are posting but in my opinion this channel should grow up to at least a couple millions of followers. And I wish you so! All the best and keep up the nice work you are doing!
Wow thanks so much for the compliment. I’m coming up on one year of posting this fall and hope to keep it going for a long time. This is really encouraging to me. I will do my best to keep up the quality and detail.
That table turned out absolutely amazing love the style and look of the contrasting wood. Your attention to detail was outstanding to watch. Thanks for sharing
Excellent work sir. Attention to detail, nicely filmed, edited, and explained. Beautiful final piece. You definitely are an artist, with a criminally low sub count. Keep doing what you're doing, and that's gonna change👍
Thanks so much. My channel is still new but I feel like I’m learning fast and definitely dedicated to doing more of this. If you know anyone who wants a custom piece, please send them my way. I build commissions like this for a living and knowing the piece is already sold really offsets the time it takes to also make a great video. Thanks again for watching 😁
@@sturdyboneswoodworking I do commissions as well! Lol. I like taking on the more complicated projects that really challenge me. I do a lot of repairs, and enjoy trying to make it seamless, like I was never there. I think that's why I really appreciated your attention to detail and more complicated joinery. I even enjoy making replicas, just having someone pick out there favorite piece, and making a subtle change or just making that same piece they really like, but in solid wood, a different species or making it smaller/larger... Anyhow, I definitely look forward to your future vids man! Respect👍
On all fronts this was a surpurb encounter. Nice design, great production and biggest gripe video production , you did it more than well. a 10 plus endevor. Oh, I like the design and the look Have another day RC
Damn!!! That is one nice piece. Thank you for showing how to fix the mistakes you made. I made a lot of mistakes over the weekend and watching you helps me know it's not just me. My project is like a tinker toy (dating myself) compared to yours. If I were to attempt a table like this, it would end up being some very expensive firewood. Like the Boyd T shirt :) Enjoy his UA-cam + 4 eyes. Thank you for your effort. I realize how much work goes into making a video like this.
Thanks so much for this. Yeah in the end the mistakes just make you a better woodworker. As many on YT say it’s more about how you recover from them. Keep pushing forward and try not to poo-poo your own work with comparison. You’ll get to the level you’re seeking if you keep it up. I also love both of those channels. They’re great people.
I had to subscribe after watching. Table looks beautiful. I would do some of the work differently but not criticizing. I like how he showed his mistakes. That was cool. I don’t care how good you are, you make mistakes.
Beautiful piece. I love the contrasting woods. It’s hard to understand how much thought and detail , second guessing and puckering it takes to design and build functional art unless your doing it. Great video and skill. Look forward to the next.
The choice of the design is very thoughtful and beautiful, One could argue that the height of the stretcher is relatively on the high side, but in general I think the result was a piece that most of us would love to own, Thank you for sharing. Keep learning, and keep challenging yourself, you are on the right path of success.
Thanks so much for watching! I could see where you’re coming from regarding the stretcher. I’ll keep that in mind if there’s ever a 2.0 of this table. Would enjoy making it again.
I've always wanted to be a woodworker, but this video has made me make the decision to get some 'scrap wood' and get my palm sander and woodglue out. This is incredible my man
Haha. I love hearing that. You can do it! If all my scraps were fancy exotic woods I guess I’d be motivated too. That said once you do it for a while you’d be surprised how much usable leftover walnut and Baltic birch ply you end up with. Hence the walnut edge banding on my miter saw station. lol.
Awesome! Thanks so much! Yeah I wasn’t seeking out barefoot shoes when I first discovered Lems but they’ve literally been life changing. Haha. All I wear now. I have like 4 pair. I can’t wait for it to get cold so I can wear my Summit boots more. Thanks for the sub.
Hey thanks so much! Yeah it’s a funny thought to me but each time I finish a new piece I’m more okay with it. Making videos about it also helps make it feel like art 😁.
This was a gorgeous piece! Subbed. Looking forward to seeing what other content you have that I haven’t seen before. I’m not a kid but I’m new to woodworking so watching how to both make mistakes and deal with them is incredibly helpful for me. I enjoy your commentary and appreciate that you don’t have obnoxious noises added. Have you ever worked with Osage Orange?
Thank you so much! I appreciate that. It’s not a large library yet but I’m planning to keep cranking out videos. I really enjoy the process. Haven’t tried Osage Orange yet. Is it nice?
Hats off man, you definitely earned my like and sub! Also, other than the great deal on the wood and the greater table made with it, how come this guy made wenge countertops without it occurring to them that making a kitchen countertop, obviously a food preparation surface out of toxic wood without a proper understanding of how to do so properly isn't the best idea? It is probably for the best wood movement saved them some potential health hazards because you don't know they installed it or how it was treated.
Haha yeah. I don’t want to throw too much shade at this person I don’t know but it’s clear there wasn’t a ton of woodworking depth of knowledge there. But also thanks so much for watching and subscribing.
Thank you. At least, I assume you mean in the part of the museum that showcases great UA-cam furniture of the 2020s and not memorably bad furniture of that period as a warning to modern furniture designers: here there be dragons. Either way thanks for watching and commenting.
That looks fantastic! Thank you for the video. Do you live in NC? My favorite wood store has that same print on it. But I have never seen curly maple there more than an inch thick. Every time I go in there I pick up a piece of wenge and get a splinter. The one wenge board that I picked up came home with me. But I have only used it for inlay and accent. Anyway, I really enjoyed your video and your work. I’m also a fan of bridle joints
I am Durham NC based. So I typically go to The Hardwood Store of NC in Gibsonville. When I picked up this material they had it in 8/4, 5/4, and 4/4. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thanks a ton for watching!
Thanks so much! I made the client a gift with some of it. But he is also a hobbyist woodworker so I think he wants to take the rest back home and make some things.
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Ar 22:44 Maybe a solution for your scary tablesaw cut could be to either use double sided tap, painters/blue tape or CA glue to stick the offcuts back on there, of course due to the thickness of the double sided tape you have to shave off a few mm's or whatever to make the side square/level to the fence again. Either way that seems more safe than doing a diagonal cut on a table saw like that. Hope this helps!
I hope you took time to disinfect that hole from the splinter. Also, if wenge wood is toxic, PLEASE wear a good mask while cutting and sanding it; imagine wat it can do to your lungs ( and your digestive system, if you happen to swallow any of the dust. Don’t monkey with your health, please!
Hey yes I did. Thanks for your concern! It was a little one and what I was worried about was the whole thing not coming out. Wenge is so brittle it’s easy for tiny bits to break off and be left in the skin and I think that’s what is dangerous. I got the whole thing out though. And I agree re: masks. I do sometimes forget but usually I’m wearing my RZ mask (link in the description lol) when doing really dusty tasks. I also run 2 air scrubbers in the shop continuously during work.
I didn't see any leveling feet installed in the feet of the table... living in a house that has past its first century of life I speak from experience when I say not all floors are perfectly level and having the ability to easily and build into the furniture account for those slight differences in floor hight is a lot more useful than you might think. Besides that I do like the furniture, not sold on the one board of the top that has a very different grain from the rest but I guess one has to make due with the materials one has especially when dealing with expensive materials like Wenge, it is not like you can just pick up double the material you would need to pick the best boards for your project at those prices.
Yeah thanks for giving me some wiggle room on that. My goal was to get all the boards looking similar but the only long boards I had left were the QS ones I sawed away at the beginning. I agree about the leveling feet. The client is local to me and we’re going to do more for him so we’ll address that if it’s a need. In a previous build (the giant conference table video) I went back and recessed some for that client and they worked great.
Hahaha. You’re right. I actually just used one a couple days ago. Fortunately my assistant was there the whole time holding the vacuum for me! And until recently, he was a free dust collection solution. 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Love the table, design to execution. Design question. You use fusion it seems. I’m struggling to find a way to get stylized “sketch like” concept drawings. Did you generate the “drawing” at 1:50 from a Fusion design? If do, curious how you achieved that look.
So fusion won’t really do the sketches. Sketchup has some ways to do stylized renders I think. But I do my drawings in Procreate on iPad with Apple Pencil. That’s a powerful app with a lot of cool built in brushes. I use fusion to do my technical work and convert to tech drawing with dimensions etc. Thanks for watching.
Oh wow. That is super cool. I had to look up what an okapi is and I can’t only wish it was intentional. But I sure did do that. lol. Thanks for pointing that out and for watching! Now I’m gonna be thinking of things like that in the future so maybe next time it will be intentional.
Hahaha yeah I did put a close up of that thing in there. I didn't list it because I turned it from a chunk of olive wood and I had to buy the hardware from a guy on Etsy. The blades are Swann-Morton surgical blades. Just look up "Swann-Morton Knife" from a seller called WellEngineeredStuff if you want to make one. He actually does sell complete ones too. But it was more fun for me to just get the brass portion and a pack of SM blades from Amazon.
Not so convinced on how your guy acquired all that wenge. Sounds a lot like what a guy that has 30 catalytic converters in his car trunk would say at the recycling center. 🤣😂🤣
Hey thanks for watching! Yeah I guess I only hinted at it. The main issue with how I did it was that the jig wasn’t long enough. I would at least make a full length fence jig next time. Another decent solution would be to make another jig similar to the one I used for the feet but angled appropriately and do it on the band saw.
Haha. Yes, a little. I thought about how to deal with it, but the only other chunks I had that were big enough were the quarter-sawn ones I removed at the beginning. I guess one option would have been to use one of the flat-sawn ones I chose for the stretcher and use the QS ones instead for the stretcher. But because the stretcher was getting angles cut on it, I wasn't sure what the faces of it would look like if they were only :slightly: QS after that operation. Thanks for watching!
I wish the grain on the top didn't create the one dark board...lots of other choices. Otherwise the construction and problem solving were entertaining. A fine piece overall.
Hey thanks so much for your kind words! I agree with you. I definitely had to make some tough choices with the available material. The two quarter-sawn boards were the only other ones long enough and they would have looked worse I'm afraid. If nothing else it'll speak a little to the character of the table's story. Would definitely not have gone with that if I were making it from new rough timber.
Hey that’s great feedback. I’m super open to that sort of critique. I’ve been trying to figure out how to better use it, or whether to keep it at all. So thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I really don’t. 😁 Shaun deserves far more subs and views than he currently has. I’ve learned a lot from him and he’s helped me a ton along my UA-cam and woodworking journey.
My Warwick bass guitars have wenge necks and fretboards. One time I got a splinter at practice. Within 10 minutes it was a huge green head. Super disgusting. I love it.
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You convinced me to subcribe. Not by calling wenge a rejected wood under any circumstances but by the amount of knowledge and attention to the details provided in this video. I am not a content creator but I do have a 27 years experience in the industry and I really enjoyed every second of your video. I do not know for how long you are posting but in my opinion this channel should grow up to at least a couple millions of followers. And I wish you so! All the best and keep up the nice work you are doing!
Wow thanks so much for the compliment. I’m coming up on one year of posting this fall and hope to keep it going for a long time. This is really encouraging to me. I will do my best to keep up the quality and detail.
Agree
The table looks great and all, and your woodworking skills are top notch...but that shirt, definitely the highlight of the video.
Hahaha. Thanks man! I agree. Love that shirt. I appreciate you, bro. Thanks for watching.
Both of you are amazing woodworkers ❤.
@@sturdyboneswoodworking I saw the shirt and I thought that Shaun Boyd definitely has told the same type of story!
Another new, excellent channel. The algorithm is on fire lately!
Thanks so much!
15:10 I audibly went “mmm” at the fit of that joint. Excellent work
Thank you! It really is a great feeling
Great video. Voice over, story line and camera work were great.
Wow thanks so much!
One of the best builds on UA-cam I’ve ever seen.
Wow that really means a lot. I watch a ton of YT and there is some incredible stuff out there. So I’m floored to be compared to them.
That table turned out absolutely amazing love the style and look of the contrasting wood. Your attention to detail was outstanding to watch. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the kind words and for watching!
Excellent work sir. Attention to detail, nicely filmed, edited, and explained. Beautiful final piece. You definitely are an artist, with a criminally low sub count. Keep doing what you're doing, and that's gonna change👍
Thanks so much. My channel is still new but I feel like I’m learning fast and definitely dedicated to doing more of this. If you know anyone who wants a custom piece, please send them my way. I build commissions like this for a living and knowing the piece is already sold really offsets the time it takes to also make a great video. Thanks again for watching 😁
@@sturdyboneswoodworking I do commissions as well! Lol. I like taking on the more complicated projects that really challenge me. I do a lot of repairs, and enjoy trying to make it seamless, like I was never there. I think that's why I really appreciated your attention to detail and more complicated joinery. I even enjoy making replicas, just having someone pick out there favorite piece, and making a subtle change or just making that same piece they really like, but in solid wood, a different species or making it smaller/larger... Anyhow, I definitely look forward to your future vids man! Respect👍
Why does this make me want chocolate so much?
Absolutely stunning sir.
Hahahaha. New title “I turned these chocolate bars into a table”
On all fronts this was a surpurb encounter. Nice design, great production and biggest gripe video production , you did it more than well. a 10 plus endevor. Oh, I like the design and the look Have another day RC
Thank you so much RC! I really appreciate the kind words and encouragement.
Damn!!! That is one nice piece. Thank you for showing how to fix the mistakes you made. I made a lot of mistakes over the weekend and watching you helps me know it's not just me. My project is like a tinker toy (dating myself) compared to yours. If I were to attempt a table like this, it would end up being some very expensive firewood. Like the Boyd T shirt :) Enjoy his UA-cam + 4 eyes. Thank you for your effort. I realize how much work goes into making a video like this.
Thanks so much for this. Yeah in the end the mistakes just make you a better woodworker. As many on YT say it’s more about how you recover from them. Keep pushing forward and try not to poo-poo your own work with comparison. You’ll get to the level you’re seeking if you keep it up. I also love both of those channels. They’re great people.
Great video, pacing, shot selection/camera work and narration! Honest about your mistakes and fixes! Hooked me!
Hey thanks for watching! More coming soon!
A beautiful piece of furniture, and I like the honesty you show in your work. Very enjoyable vid.
Thanks a bunch Geoff! Glad you enjoyed it.
I had to subscribe after watching. Table looks beautiful. I would do some of the work differently but not criticizing. I like how he showed his mistakes. That was cool. I don’t care how good you are, you make mistakes.
Beautiful piece. I love the contrasting woods. It’s hard to understand how much thought and detail
, second guessing and puckering it takes to design and build functional art unless your doing it. Great video and skill. Look forward to the next.
Thank you so much, Scott! Yes I definitely did plenty of handwringing on this one trying to get it right. Plenty more coming.
The choice of the design is very thoughtful and beautiful, One could argue that the height of the stretcher is relatively on the high side, but in general I think the result was a piece that most of us would love to own,
Thank you for sharing.
Keep learning, and keep challenging yourself, you are on the right path of success.
Thanks so much for watching! I could see where you’re coming from regarding the stretcher. I’ll keep that in mind if there’s ever a 2.0 of this table. Would enjoy making it again.
Gorgeous Table! Keep doing what you're doing. Never let anyone tell you anything different!!!
Thanks so much for the encouragement! 💪🏼
I've always wanted to be a woodworker, but this video has made me make the decision to get some 'scrap wood' and get my palm sander and woodglue out. This is incredible my man
Haha. I love hearing that. You can do it! If all my scraps were fancy exotic woods I guess I’d be motivated too. That said once you do it for a while you’d be surprised how much usable leftover walnut and Baltic birch ply you end up with. Hence the walnut edge banding on my miter saw station. lol.
this channel is pure gold!
Thanks. I’m blown away. Glad you’re enjoying my videos! 🙌
I love that you're rockin the Shaun Boyd t-shirt! Also, really enjoyed the build, first time on the channel & subscribed
Hey thanks so much for watching and subscribing. And yes I’m a big SBMT fan.
Beautiful presentation and result.
Thank you! Cheers!
That is one beautiful table, fine work sir! Very fine work!
Wow thank you for the encouragement!
It truly is a piece of art. Kudos 💥
Thank you so so much! More to come.
A piece of artwork indeed. Well done. Greetings from Paraguay.
Thank you so much 😀
Awesome piece 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow what a beauty i absolutely love it
Thanks so much! FWIW I do take commissions... 🙃
And this is how I know its curly maple 🤣 I was looking at the grain pattern and then i totally missed the words on the board. Awesome build!
Hahaha yeah I had to do it. Thanks for watching. Glad I could provide a laugh.
Gorgeous! Also, barefoot shoes for the win! I’ll never go back! I wear Vivo’s.
Subscribed 😊
Awesome! Thanks so much! Yeah I wasn’t seeking out barefoot shoes when I first discovered Lems but they’ve literally been life changing. Haha. All I wear now. I have like 4 pair. I can’t wait for it to get cold so I can wear my Summit boots more. Thanks for the sub.
Absolutely beautiful!! I'm going to try my hand at a George Nakashima-inspired console table.
Ah do it! They're really fun to make. Hopefully this can give you a bit of a reference point for how to make the joints.
@@sturdyboneswoodworking absolutely! Thank you.
Yes. It's definitely art. The table is stunning. New subscriber here! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent. I look forward to seeing more.
Hey thanks so much! Yeah it’s a funny thought to me but each time I finish a new piece I’m more okay with it. Making videos about it also helps make it feel like art 😁.
Amazing job and design!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed seeing it!
Beautiful work
Thanks so much!
Gorgeous!! Glad I subscribed!
Thank you so much!
This was a gorgeous piece! Subbed. Looking forward to seeing what other content you have that I haven’t seen before.
I’m not a kid but I’m new to woodworking so watching how to both make mistakes and deal with them is incredibly helpful for me. I enjoy your commentary and appreciate that you don’t have obnoxious noises added.
Have you ever worked with Osage Orange?
Thank you so much! I appreciate that. It’s not a large library yet but I’m planning to keep cranking out videos. I really enjoy the process. Haven’t tried Osage Orange yet. Is it nice?
It's gorgeous 😍
Thank you! 🙏
Wow, just earned a grateful sub!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice job. One change, veneering outside edges of the legs. The glue joint is fairly prominent.
Thank you! Yeah we considered a few different options for working in more wenge to the piece and landed on this one as it’s a bit more subtle.
Killer video man. Table came out beautiful 🫡
Thank you so much! Really happy you enjoyed it.
gorgeous
Thank you!
Hats off man, you definitely earned my like and sub!
Also, other than the great deal on the wood and the greater table made with it, how come this guy made wenge countertops without it occurring to them that making a kitchen countertop, obviously a food preparation surface out of toxic wood without a proper understanding of how to do so properly isn't the best idea? It is probably for the best wood movement saved them some potential health hazards because you don't know they installed it or how it was treated.
Haha yeah. I don’t want to throw too much shade at this person I don’t know but it’s clear there wasn’t a ton of woodworking depth of knowledge there.
But also thanks so much for watching and subscribing.
Daaaaamn girl! That is one fine table!
Thanks Geoff! 🙌
Can't wait to see what you create
Thanks so much! A lot more in the works!
That table belongs in a museum...
Thank you. At least, I assume you mean in the part of the museum that showcases great UA-cam furniture of the 2020s and not memorably bad furniture of that period as a warning to modern furniture designers: here there be dragons. Either way thanks for watching and commenting.
Interesting specs on the infection info😊. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Haha yeah man. Be careful out there. 😁
Templates and an L fence for difficult grain but with straight cuts is my go to.
Sweet! Thanks! Yeah I need to make an L-Fence
WOW that is a *beautiful* table!!!!
Thanks so much!
Love the shirt!
Thanks. Big SBMT fan here too.
thanks,thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
beautiful
Thanks!
Looks incredible
Thanks @kaceystevens6198! 🙌
I enjoyed it so much I subscribed bro 💯
Thanks so much! More stuff in the works!
That looks fantastic! Thank you for the video. Do you live in NC? My favorite wood store has that same print on it. But I have never seen curly maple there more than an inch thick. Every time I go in there I pick up a piece of wenge and get a splinter. The one wenge board that I picked up came home with me. But I have only used it for inlay and accent. Anyway, I really enjoyed your video and your work. I’m also a fan of bridle joints
I am Durham NC based. So I typically go to The Hardwood Store of NC in Gibsonville. When I picked up this material they had it in 8/4, 5/4, and 4/4. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thanks a ton for watching!
Beautiful job and personality.
You have a new sub.
Thank you so much!
Very nice job looking very!!!👌💯👍
Thank you so much!
Beautiful table and an awesome video! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Now, whats the plan for the Wenge scraps?
Thanks so much! I made the client a gift with some of it. But he is also a hobbyist woodworker so I think he wants to take the rest back home and make some things.
Ar 22:44 Maybe a solution for your scary tablesaw cut could be to either use double sided tap, painters/blue tape or CA glue to stick the offcuts back on there, of course due to the thickness of the double sided tape you have to shave off a few mm's or whatever to make the side square/level to the fence again. Either way that seems more safe than doing a diagonal cut on a table saw like that. Hope this helps!
Hmm yeah maybe. I thought about how I could do that but couldn’t figure out how to account for the kerf thickness that I had cut away.
I Would use the band saw on an angle. It works even for long curved pieces.
Subscribed! Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you so much! More coming soon!
I hope you took time to disinfect that hole from the splinter. Also, if wenge wood is toxic, PLEASE wear a good mask while cutting and sanding it; imagine wat it can do to your lungs ( and your digestive system, if you happen to swallow any of the dust. Don’t monkey with your health, please!
Hey yes I did. Thanks for your concern! It was a little one and what I was worried about was the whole thing not coming out. Wenge is so brittle it’s easy for tiny bits to break off and be left in the skin and I think that’s what is dangerous. I got the whole thing out though. And I agree re: masks. I do sometimes forget but usually I’m wearing my RZ mask (link in the description lol) when doing really dusty tasks. I also run 2 air scrubbers in the shop continuously during work.
1:08 that is exactly what i am saying all the time that is wat i love about it too
Awesome yeah. It’s a well that doesn’t run dry. So many disciplines too.
I didn't see any leveling feet installed in the feet of the table... living in a house that has past its first century of life I speak from experience when I say not all floors are perfectly level and having the ability to easily and build into the furniture account for those slight differences in floor hight is a lot more useful than you might think. Besides that I do like the furniture, not sold on the one board of the top that has a very different grain from the rest but I guess one has to make due with the materials one has especially when dealing with expensive materials like Wenge, it is not like you can just pick up double the material you would need to pick the best boards for your project at those prices.
Yeah thanks for giving me some wiggle room on that. My goal was to get all the boards looking similar but the only long boards I had left were the QS ones I sawed away at the beginning.
I agree about the leveling feet. The client is local to me and we’re going to do more for him so we’ll address that if it’s a need. In a previous build (the giant conference table video) I went back and recessed some for that client and they worked great.
I can tell you’ve never used an homemade router sled, there u can can talk about untamed sawdust 😅
Hahaha. You’re right. I actually just used one a couple days ago. Fortunately my assistant was there the whole time holding the vacuum for me! And until recently, he was a free dust collection solution. 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Love the table, design to execution. Design question. You use fusion it seems. I’m struggling to find a way to get stylized “sketch like” concept drawings. Did you generate the “drawing” at 1:50 from a Fusion design? If do, curious how you achieved that look.
So fusion won’t really do the sketches. Sketchup has some ways to do stylized renders I think. But I do my drawings in Procreate on iPad with Apple Pencil. That’s a powerful app with a lot of cool built in brushes. I use fusion to do my technical work and convert to tech drawing with dimensions etc. Thanks for watching.
amazing, how you captured the endemic okapi in the design. was that the intention?
Oh wow. That is super cool. I had to look up what an okapi is and I can’t only wish it was intentional. But I sure did do that. lol. Thanks for pointing that out and for watching! Now I’m gonna be thinking of things like that in the future so maybe next time it will be intentional.
You've listed everything you used in the video except the cool marking knife
Hahaha yeah I did put a close up of that thing in there. I didn't list it because I turned it from a chunk of olive wood and I had to buy the hardware from a guy on Etsy. The blades are Swann-Morton surgical blades. Just look up "Swann-Morton Knife" from a seller called WellEngineeredStuff if you want to make one. He actually does sell complete ones too. But it was more fun for me to just get the brass portion and a pack of SM blades from Amazon.
Not so convinced on how your guy acquired all that wenge. Sounds a lot like what a guy that has 30 catalytic converters in his car trunk would say at the recycling center. 🤣😂🤣
Haha. That would explain all the copper wire he had stowed in his back seat…
I get its scrap but that doesnt count as scrap haha. nice build
Haha. Well he gave me all the scraps and I took the big ones 🤣. Thanks for watching. We’re doing a follow up soon.
Was that a "The Postal Service" reference? Sneaky.
Mission accomplished! Yass my goal was to get at least one person to comment about it! Thank you! 🥸🙏
6:20 safety glasses please when using band saw and other power tools.
Thanks for looking out.
Nice table sir. It would be great if you included a better solution to those cuts that you would not do again.
Hey thanks for watching! Yeah I guess I only hinted at it. The main issue with how I did it was that the jig wasn’t long enough. I would at least make a full length fence jig next time. Another decent solution would be to make another jig similar to the one I used for the feet but angled appropriately and do it on the band saw.
@@sturdyboneswoodworkingI was thinking maybe retape the cutoff to maintain your reference face.
So does that 1 darker board on the top Drive, you nuts a little bit.
Haha. Yes, a little. I thought about how to deal with it, but the only other chunks I had that were big enough were the quarter-sawn ones I removed at the beginning. I guess one option would have been to use one of the flat-sawn ones I chose for the stretcher and use the QS ones instead for the stretcher. But because the stretcher was getting angles cut on it, I wasn't sure what the faces of it would look like if they were only :slightly: QS after that operation. Thanks for watching!
That much Wenge for $100 means he stole it.
Hahaha. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"rejected wood" ah yes, that's also what I call hundreds of dollars worth of wenge and curly maple.
Haha. Well the guy who had the wenge before my client got ahold of it did indeed reject it. I tell the story mid-way through.
I wish the grain on the top didn't create the one dark board...lots of other choices. Otherwise the construction and problem solving were entertaining. A fine piece overall.
Hey thanks so much for your kind words! I agree with you. I definitely had to make some tough choices with the available material. The two quarter-sawn boards were the only other ones long enough and they would have looked worse I'm afraid. If nothing else it'll speak a little to the character of the table's story. Would definitely not have gone with that if I were making it from new rough timber.
Beautiful table but sure looks like a toe smasher, knee breaker when you sit and slide your chair into place.
Haha maybe so! Thanks for watching!
Good video so far, but the background music doesn't help in my opinion. I kind if hate it. Just my two cents.
Hey that’s great feedback. I’m super open to that sort of critique. I’ve been trying to figure out how to better use it, or whether to keep it at all. So thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Why is this dude wearing a sean Boyd shirt?
Haha. I was trying to wear all black shirts throughout the video. Also, Shaun is awesome. Thanks for watching.
@@sturdyboneswoodworking I guess if you don't care about promoting your competitions swag.
I really don’t. 😁 Shaun deserves far more subs and views than he currently has. I’ve learned a lot from him and he’s helped me a ton along my UA-cam and woodworking journey.
My Warwick bass guitars have wenge necks and fretboards. One time I got a splinter at practice. Within 10 minutes it was a huge green head. Super disgusting. I love it.
Yikes that sounds terrifying. Yeah I think the key to avoiding issues is getting it right out without breaking off a piece inside.
@@sturdyboneswoodworking Yeah, neither of those things happened. 😂
Beautiful work
Thank you! Cheers!