As a guy that’s been doing this stuff for over 50 years, I just want to say I’m glad that the craft will continue on. I did woodworking as a hobby and eventually turned it into a business. So I’ve got a lot of hours at the bench. If I can put one thing out there, please be careful with the jointer. I couple of times your fingers got very very close to the blade. Keep your work piece up against the fence and don’t pull the guard away. The tools that you think are the safest to use will be the ones that hurt you. My worst cut I ever got was from the bandsaw. Good work my friend. Keep it up.
Halo It's a very, very good and beautiful piece of work Congratulations I wish you a good and beautiful day accompanied by safety and security my regards Abdullah from the State of Kuwait
Board looks great! You did a good, honest presentation. None of us are perfect and we all have those opps moments. Also, most of us don’t have all the tools we would like, but having the ability to make it work with what you have is a sign of a good woodworker. 👍
I love the 3D looking board , have you ever made one with arch's , maybe it would have been quicker and easier If you would have ran it through the planer instead of using the router to smooth out , I don't know you probably know a lot more than me and it is just a suggestion .
Despite your mistakes (AKA Lessons Learnt), your finished work looked really impressive. Well done and thank you for your honesty explaining what went wrong and what tips you were able to offer others to avoid making the same. One thing when you're upgrading your workshop tools, don't forget to upgrade your dust filter/extraction system. Watching all that dust flow out freely from the exhaust points gave me the 'shudders'. From another beginner/hobbyist (albeit much older/greyer than you) ... Protect your lungs (and those of your family/friends) from all the minute particles that you can't see but are still there, airborne, and just floating around (possibly for days before settling). If they make their way into your lower lungs, they'll make your life a misery as no-one needs to deal with the long term lung complications, pain and adverse impact upon your quality of life that could come with that. Another thing is ... Could you update your video and post your measurements? Maybe include some diagrams? You've inspired me as I'd like to have a crack at one of these soon and I'd really appreciate the extra detail and any other tips you might have thought of since posting this! BZ!! Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much. Dust collection is one of the first things I am working on. I actually just got an air filtration unit that you mount on the ceiling. Pretty excited to get it in use actually. Dust collection probably will be closer to January. Okay a brief rundown on measurements. The center piece I started with was about 1 3/4 in by 15 inches. This piece is what will dictate your finished length/width ratio. You can make it a square if you want too. On the thick strips I went with 1 inch and on the skinny strips I went with 1/4 inch. When you rip down your material to glue up into the boards that get broken down into these strips you'll want to over shoot that 1 inch because you'll need to plane them down to a flat and smooth surface for your glue joint. I went with 1 1/4 inch to give me plenty of tolerance. Mine ended up being about 15 1/2 by 28 1/2 inches. The more strips you add the bigger and on the opposite end if you are happy with the size with less strips you can stop adding them sooner. The pattern will still look great with a smaller size. Then I bordered it with 3/4 inch strips of the cherry. It's hard to plan for this board to turn out to be an exact size due to having to joint every glue up. So mathematically my board ended up being about 1/2 of an inch smaller in both directions than what it should be if everything actually turned out to be 1 inch and 1/4 inch. I went with 1 1/2 inch thick. Hind sight I wish I added another half inch. But thats another measurement that you want to give yourself some tolerance on. I usually give an extra 1/4 inch with the expectation that ill lose that much in the flattening and sanding process. On bigger boards I may start adding more. I said short but it ended up being long. Hope this helps.
@@TheRookieWoodworker how big is your shop i just bouht the lagona 1 horse that is a very small footpringt and it has plenty of suction for one tool at a time
I'm not really sure anymore. I think it was about 1 3/4 inch by something like 8 or 9 inches. The extra length of that piece ends up being the exact amount longer the length will be vs the width.
I had a hard time with that too. I think I mentioned that I really wish I had a good edge sander for that. But I don't have one. One thing to keep in mind with it is that to knock off the longer pieces you just glued on the opposite long piece needs to be off of the table if possible. if the other long piece is on the table as the first one gets ground off you may end up grinding off more than level. An after thought I had, was to add post-it's between the pieces we are grinding off so that you can take off a little bit at a time. Then remove a couple post-its at a time. Or to just simply glue up one side at a time. but that doubles the amount of glue ups you have to complete on a board that already requires a lot of them. Hope this helps. If you post your board post the link please. I'd love to see it. best of luck and let me know if you have any questions.
As a guy that’s been doing this stuff for over 50 years, I just want to say I’m glad that the craft will continue on. I did woodworking as a hobby and eventually turned it into a business. So I’ve got a lot of hours at the bench. If I can put one thing out there, please be careful with the jointer. I couple of times your fingers got very very close to the blade. Keep your work piece up against the fence and don’t pull the guard away. The tools that you think are the safest to use will be the ones that hurt you. My worst cut I ever got was from the bandsaw. Good work my friend. Keep it up.
Halo
It's a very, very good and beautiful piece of work
Congratulations
I wish you a good and beautiful day accompanied by safety and security
my regards
Abdullah from the State of Kuwait
Thank you very much
19:06 "everybody's favorite part of woodworking... the sanding" i felt that lol
Love the video and your candor.
Nice
Watching from Texas. Sounds to me like you are from Pittsburgh? Moved from there in 66 but still have my Accent
Board looks great! You did a good, honest presentation. None of us are perfect and we all have those opps moments. Also, most of us don’t have all the tools we would like, but having the ability to make it work with what you have is a sign of a good woodworker. 👍
Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Hello friend, it was very top, my congratulations, I'm from Brazil and your video arrived here
Really nice board
Just found you….you say you’re a rookie woodworker….can I ask how long you’ve been doing this?
Great video and board by the way
Beautiful work
Thank you! Cheers!
Good job buddy it looks fabulous it was a lot of fun to watch you
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I love the 3D looking board , have you ever made one with arch's , maybe it would have been quicker and easier If you would have ran it through the planer instead of using the router to smooth out , I don't know you probably know a lot more than me and it is just a suggestion .
Nice Job.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautifully done!
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing! I have to try this one
Absolutely you should. If you run into any questions please feel free to reach out.
Great work
Thank you so much 😀
Despite your mistakes (AKA Lessons Learnt), your finished work looked really impressive. Well done and thank you for your honesty explaining what went wrong and what tips you were able to offer others to avoid making the same.
One thing when you're upgrading your workshop tools, don't forget to upgrade your dust filter/extraction system. Watching all that dust flow out freely from the exhaust points gave me the 'shudders'. From another beginner/hobbyist (albeit much older/greyer than you) ... Protect your lungs (and those of your family/friends) from all the minute particles that you can't see but are still there, airborne, and just floating around (possibly for days before settling). If they make their way into your lower lungs, they'll make your life a misery as no-one needs to deal with the long term lung complications, pain and adverse impact upon your quality of life that could come with that.
Another thing is ... Could you update your video and post your measurements? Maybe include some diagrams?
You've inspired me as I'd like to have a crack at one of these soon and I'd really appreciate the extra detail and any other tips you might have thought of since posting this! BZ!! Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much.
Dust collection is one of the first things I am working on. I actually just got an air filtration unit that you mount on the ceiling. Pretty excited to get it in use actually. Dust collection probably will be closer to January.
Okay a brief rundown on measurements. The center piece I started with was about 1 3/4 in by 15 inches. This piece is what will dictate your finished length/width ratio. You can make it a square if you want too. On the thick strips I went with 1 inch and on the skinny strips I went with 1/4 inch. When you rip down your material to glue up into the boards that get broken down into these strips you'll want to over shoot that 1 inch because you'll need to plane them down to a flat and smooth surface for your glue joint. I went with 1 1/4 inch to give me plenty of tolerance. Mine ended up being about 15 1/2 by 28 1/2 inches. The more strips you add the bigger and on the opposite end if you are happy with the size with less strips you can stop adding them sooner. The pattern will still look great with a smaller size. Then I bordered it with 3/4 inch strips of the cherry. It's hard to plan for this board to turn out to be an exact size due to having to joint every glue up. So mathematically my board ended up being about 1/2 of an inch smaller in both directions than what it should be if everything actually turned out to be 1 inch and 1/4 inch. I went with 1 1/2 inch thick. Hind sight I wish I added another half inch. But thats another measurement that you want to give yourself some tolerance on. I usually give an extra 1/4 inch with the expectation that ill lose that much in the flattening and sanding process. On bigger boards I may start adding more.
I said short but it ended up being long. Hope this helps.
@@TheRookieWoodworker how big is your shop i just bouht the lagona 1 horse that is a very small footpringt and it has plenty of suction for one tool at a time
awesome
Looks great, are plans available
What size was your first starting piece? Thanks, Ed
I'm not really sure anymore. I think it was about 1 3/4 inch by something like 8 or 9 inches. The extra length of that piece ends up being the exact amount longer the length will be vs the width.
Te felicito por el buen trabajo 🇵🇪
I'm really struggling using jointer to clean up edges
I had a hard time with that too. I think I mentioned that I really wish I had a good edge sander for that. But I don't have one. One thing to keep in mind with it is that to knock off the longer pieces you just glued on the opposite long piece needs to be off of the table if possible. if the other long piece is on the table as the first one gets ground off you may end up grinding off more than level. An after thought I had, was to add post-it's between the pieces we are grinding off so that you can take off a little bit at a time. Then remove a couple post-its at a time. Or to just simply glue up one side at a time. but that doubles the amount of glue ups you have to complete on a board that already requires a lot of them. Hope this helps. If you post your board post the link please. I'd love to see it. best of luck and let me know if you have any questions.
Is all your cherry and maple the same thickness
Yes it is. 2 sides everything is 1 inch and the other 2 sides it is all 1/4 of an inch.
I have Jet 10/20 drum sander for sale for 700 but Im near Akron ohio
I would be all over that deal, but I ordered one about 2 weeks ago. Thank you very much for reaching out.
Let's go Brandon !!!
Beautiful work