How To Make a Wooden Floor Vent With All Hand Tools

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @warrenmunn3224
    @warrenmunn3224 Рік тому +29

    This video floored me

  • @artswri
    @artswri Рік тому +8

    Only 4 years... Wish I could get projects done that fast. I'm a decade behind...
    Nice job! It's beautiful touch to the entryway. Thanks for sharing!

  • @PedroPereira-ut6pp
    @PedroPereira-ut6pp Рік тому +2

    It's really nice that you do projects for the homeowner from upstairs xD

  • @ianpearse4480
    @ianpearse4480 Рік тому +2

    I am absolutely floored by how good that looks! LOL.

  • @bobbieglon1232
    @bobbieglon1232 2 місяці тому +1

    That is gorgeous! The design is just perfect. Great job!!!!!

  • @hubrigant
    @hubrigant Рік тому +3

    I actually like the way the vent cover doesn't match the color of the floor. It helps highlight the artistry and craftsmanship that went into it.

  • @lejlej
    @lejlej Рік тому +1

    Nice job. I like that you made something in your house. It puts the project into perspective.
    At the end of this video I was wondering if there wasn't going to be a joke. You had me fooled until you came back and told it. I love those jokes.

  • @J.A.Smith2397
    @J.A.Smith2397 Рік тому +1

    I could if I had a fancy FLOOR SAW!!! Lol no really I been wanting one for few yrs now. Dam saw, hand tool, antique addictions...😢lol great vid James. Hardest working man in UA-cam!

  • @johngalanes5264
    @johngalanes5264 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful result! I think you should call this Knights of the White Oak kumiko.

  • @christopherharrison6724
    @christopherharrison6724 Рік тому +1

    Looks wonderful got me thinking of all those jobs that keep getting put off,and put off.😊

  • @chagildoi
    @chagildoi Рік тому +1

    That turned out beautifully

  • @johnford7847
    @johnford7847 Рік тому +2

    Very nice, James. My former house (built about 1920) had a couple of wooden vent covers. As I recall, the gridwork was about 3/8 wide but an inch or more deep. And even then each cover had some damage. I think you were wise not to fasten the vent covers down. Good video.

  • @douglashopkins8070
    @douglashopkins8070 Рік тому +2

    I actually went looking for a curved saw a few years ago for making those folding book holders out of a single piece of wood. The japanese saw i wanted is called Azebiziki. You can get this at musical instrument making supply stores. I found a place in California that had the saw.... but it was during the first bit of covid so i wasnt going to rely on international shipping at that time (ditto for a Japanese source.) I ended up with a veneer saw from leevalley tools. I will be looking for a flooring saw in the future though since the veneer saw is a bit delicate for this work. Good video. The more hand tool work i do the less i enjoy pulling out my circular saw for home repairs, since a little plunge cut does it almost instantly as long as you have enough experience with the tool to not kill yourself.

  • @zacharyschroeder8385
    @zacharyschroeder8385 Рік тому +1

    Never knew I was missing a project like this until seeing your video! Great idea and great execution!

  • @professor62
    @professor62 Рік тому +3

    Excellent, James! The vent looks super cool. Bravo!

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 Рік тому

      Love the design. I worked on a whole lot of craftsmen homes and many had custom designs for floor vents.

  • @heavymetallife398
    @heavymetallife398 Рік тому +1

    Nice to finally vent your issues

  • @rsrrhino
    @rsrrhino Рік тому +1

    Might be the best looking floor vent I've ever seen. Great work. I might try something like this for my floor.

  • @gregsnewyt
    @gregsnewyt Рік тому +1

    Looks great! Nice to see those Veritas planes hard at work on white oak.

  • @kencarlile1212
    @kencarlile1212 Рік тому +1

    That looks really neat! Both the final result and the process!

  • @markhowlett1705
    @markhowlett1705 Рік тому +1

    Really nice work! Maybe some mesh underneath to stop the inevitable key going down the hole?

  • @matthew4878
    @matthew4878 Рік тому +1

    I have a flooring saw also. Haven't yet found a use for it.

  • @margaretkrantz1469
    @margaretkrantz1469 Рік тому +1

    That's gorgeous. Very classy.

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations Рік тому +1

    Really beautiful work, James! Nicely done!!! 😃
    Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @trollforge
    @trollforge Рік тому +2

    Knew you "wood" get to it e-vent-ually... ;) Looks gorgeous!

  • @noahfreeman8115
    @noahfreeman8115 Рік тому +1

    i’ll have to watch that first floor video! need to replace the carpet in my room

  • @blacknorce
    @blacknorce Рік тому +1

    I'm sure someone else suggested this, but you might want to add a metal mesh underneath to catch keys, Legos, and whatnot. But I like the design. Keep up the cool ideas.

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому

      Send an Email to Jeff. you never know what he will come up with next.

    • @blacknorce
      @blacknorce Рік тому +1

      @@WoodByWrightHowTo who is Jeff and what are you talking about?

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      Sorry I put that comment under the wrong post. LOL the funny thing is I sent your answer to the other guy. he was just as confused!
      to the question. I thought about doing that but the vent can be removed and I can also access it from the basement. so I chose not to add that or louvers.

    • @blacknorce
      @blacknorce Рік тому +1

      @WoodByWrightHowTo ha, that's a great little story. I should email Jeff to keep this confusing story going.

  • @bobbo0708
    @bobbo0708 3 місяці тому +1

    nice look. would it be more practical to have a removeable center grid to help fetch those occasional items that drop down the vent?

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  3 місяці тому

      This one is removal. You can either pull it up or because you can get in the basement push it up from underneath.

  • @vercingetorix721
    @vercingetorix721 Рік тому +2

    What an eventful project 😁

  • @jimmcnett
    @jimmcnett Рік тому +1

    Looks really nice. You do amazing things with hand toold.

  • @ryanstieglitz777
    @ryanstieglitz777 Рік тому +1

    Comment down below! Excellent job on it! The FLW reference....love his stuff. Would love to see you do another Wright themed project in the future like a lamp, chair, or table.

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      I actually used to do technical directing for the theater production that happened in the Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin theater I did a good bit of study around his structures. Lots of fun history.

  • @TadTheTinker
    @TadTheTinker Рік тому +1

    Will be very interested in how long this lasts. I built something similar but it was wafer thin and surface mounted. It didn't last nearly as long as I hoped it would. This inset application I know will last much longer!! Great video of a very tedious build.

  • @upsidedowndog1256
    @upsidedowndog1256 Рік тому +1

    Interesting. In the south our HVAC vents are on the cieling. My grandfather built furniture for Frank Lloyd Wright. It is cool to see his tags there.

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      That's far more common there isn't a full basement. In that case the HVAC unit is usually in the attic.

  • @theeddorian
    @theeddorian Рік тому +1

    Considering the state of the vent being replaced, did you consider a mitered half-lap joint, or a splined miter? I made a saddle square accidentally while setting up a make a number of repeated halving joints. The final test joint went together perfectly, it was square as well. It is now nearly 20 years old.

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому

      I had thought of making a more structural joint, but there was no need so I just stuck with the easier rout.

    • @theeddorian
      @theeddorian Рік тому +1

      @@WoodByWrightHowTo Thanks.

  • @rawr2u190
    @rawr2u190 Рік тому +1

    That looks so good

  • @axialmount5571
    @axialmount5571 Рік тому +2

    Where you pouring somthing else with the epoxy or? It looks like you mixed up a whole litre to use a tiny bit :)

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому

      I only mixed one pump of each it was maybe two or three tablespoons total

  • @janinawaz4596
    @janinawaz4596 Рік тому +1

    Gorgeous vent cover! I wonder how difficult it is to remove this for regular vacuuming out of pet hair, dust clumps, legos, etc. And if you wanted to remove it for regular cleaning, would you make it differently, like with a thumb notch, or some ither modification?

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      I can put in a T bar and pull it. Or I can go in the basement and move the run and push it up.

    • @janinawaz4596
      @janinawaz4596 Рік тому +1

      @@WoodByWrightHowTo Sounds straightforward. Thanks for the ideas.

  • @TheDistur
    @TheDistur Рік тому +1

    You stubborn? No way. Cool build!

  • @orellinvvardengra6775
    @orellinvvardengra6775 Рік тому

    Glad you could vent, you seemed pretty floored...
    I'll see myself out lol!

  • @Mike-pr8hx
    @Mike-pr8hx Рік тому +1

    Very nice, it looks great!
    Unfortunately, a real wood floor really isn't a good option in my house with a slab. And I don't like engineered wood flooring.

  • @petekarp3145
    @petekarp3145 Рік тому

    Love this master piece. I was searching for vent ideas for the acacia flooring we just installed and had been contemplating what to design for it. How do you plan to adjust for air flow??

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому

      I usually just leave this one open, but there is a flow Valve in the duct line if I need to.

  • @kennethnielsen3864
    @kennethnielsen3864 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @ping170
    @ping170 Рік тому +1

    How can it sit if you stand ? 🤔

  • @BAILEYWOODWORKS
    @BAILEYWOODWORKS Рік тому +1

    I just need to vent a minute. Lol. Great video.

  • @dalepatton4861
    @dalepatton4861 Рік тому +1

    I have a bent and broken sheet metal vent that looks just like yours. My vent would have to be 3/8" thick, would that be strong enough?

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      That would be a bit on the thin side. But you can change the pattern to be whatever you want. The more sticks you put in the stronger it is.

  • @richtawney9877
    @richtawney9877 Рік тому +1

    That really came out nice!

  • @phillipbrooks1289
    @phillipbrooks1289 Рік тому +1

    That’s how my stuff fits too, always one and done lol

  • @What_Other_Hobbies
    @What_Other_Hobbies Рік тому +1

    What I would do differently is is to have the long pieces on top so they go along with flooring direction.

  • @johnpankow2387
    @johnpankow2387 Рік тому +1

    Nice Job!

  • @ykkfamily
    @ykkfamily Рік тому +1

    Beautiful!!!

  • @emerald1587
    @emerald1587 Рік тому

    Again, great work and great video. But is this grid still easy to remove? If I had holes this size in my floor, they'd attract all sorts of small, valuable, and irreplaceable things that I accidentally dropped near them... SIM cards, small parts, wedding ring, you know.

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому

      yes. that is why I did not glue it in. I can eather pull it up with a T bar or push it up from the basement.,

  • @alexismarriagabolano2376
    @alexismarriagabolano2376 Рік тому +1

    Un artista von la madera

  • @clockman45
    @clockman45 Рік тому +1

    looks great,

  • @anpr5309
    @anpr5309 Рік тому +1

    Great job! How many hours work did that take to make? Sure looks nice!

  • @ssrattus
    @ssrattus Рік тому +1

    For the algorithm!

  • @groggjoggarn
    @groggjoggarn Рік тому +1

    Beautiful proportions and execution!
    If someone wants to educate an ignorant European - floor vents in ordinary house? What are they for? Heating? With air?

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      around 80% of the houses in the US are heated and cooled with Forced air systems. so there are large vents that run through the house and run hot and cold air to each room. Then the central unit also filters the air. but that is because most of the homes were made in the last 100 years and had the space built into the floors, wall and attics for the 300mm pipes

    • @groggjoggarn
      @groggjoggarn Рік тому

      Ok, cool. Thanks for the comprehensive answer. I’m from Sweden and have only ever encountered waterborne heating in housing. New and old alike.
      Just to quench my curiosity, is it a method still being installed? Instinctively, it would seem as a less efficient medium to me? Though, my knowledge about those things are rudimentary at best…

  • @stevensingleton2089
    @stevensingleton2089 Рік тому +3

    A power drill? Spray on poly? No BLO and paste wax? Am i in the bizzaro world? Lol

  • @davidlynn7161
    @davidlynn7161 Рік тому +1

    Comment down below. Great looking vent. Now how many more are you going to have make?

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому +1

      LOL just this one. Thankfully it's the only floor vent in the house. The rest are wall vents or baseboard vents.

  • @alexanderkononov1113
    @alexanderkononov1113 Рік тому +1

    Nice!

  • @jasonyeomanson1260
    @jasonyeomanson1260 Рік тому +1

    Anything you add to wood is an accent to your projects or someone else

  • @jsaurman
    @jsaurman Рік тому +1

    You said Vert in the title, did you mean Vent?

  • @JohnColgan.
    @JohnColgan. Рік тому +1

    Nice work. Only 4 year wait? Tell Mrs W, when a man says he'll do something, he'll do it. There's no need to nag him every 6 months about it!! (He's giving you time to forget it needs doing !!)
    PS. Not the best location to place a floor vent, fill up with outside debris! Blame the original HVAC guy

  • @idontwantachannelimjustcom7745

    Title says verti. I thought you were making a vert ramp for skateboarding

  • @MrMNRichardWright
    @MrMNRichardWright Рік тому +1

    Nice project. Good to see you rushed this one.

  • @santamorel6887
    @santamorel6887 Рік тому +1

    Como

  • @lydiarol7892
    @lydiarol7892 Рік тому +2

    Een vent maakt een vent.

  • @333rpd
    @333rpd Рік тому +1

    That floor isn't green at all.

  • @johnbloom1109
    @johnbloom1109 Рік тому

    Why the PVA? PVA is a modern glue and was never apart of traditional wood working.

    • @WoodByWrightHowTo
      @WoodByWrightHowTo  Рік тому

      I do not do traditional woodworking. I use hand tools because they are fun. And then I will do a particular project in one or another woodworking tradition.