Thanks for sharing how you did this. I am making a knife for my brother in law and I have some logs from a black walnut tree that we cut down in 2012 that I am going to try and use for the knife scales. I de-barked it and shaved off a lot of the soft wood to get to the darker heart wood. It is well seasoned, 7 years now, but it laid out in all sorts of weather, rain, snow, sunshine, heat and cold. Right now I have it inside and letting it thoroughly dry. I am hoping that I can get some good scales out of the heart wood of the black walnut. That way my brother in law has a knife made by me with scales from my property. I really appreciate this video you made. Juddie
@@jorgeo1492 he loves the knife I made him. I gave it to him on our deer hunting trip in November when he came in to hunt. The handle turned out well from the old black walnut tree. In fact I have just this year cut down another and plan on saving a few logs from it to make more knife handles in the future.
@@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures wow thats really cool, now that knife has a great origin and cool story. Im just getting into hiking more outdoors stuff. And later on will introduce my brother to all of this. So far just dipped a toe into fishing, but next is hunting. Anyways good luck and keep on making stuff
Looks like spalted maple to me. Spalting is caused by fungi in the wood. This is a very desirable wood sought after by wood turners. Very nice knife. As a retired woodworker (65 yrs in field) I am looking in to knife making and enjoyed your video. But please, please be a little safer by keeping your fingers away from the saw blades and if you replace your table saw blade the new one will not leave as much burn marks on your wood which will cut your clean up time.
That's ambrosia maple that has been spalted by being on the ground for a while. There is an insect that bores thru the tree and the secretions leave those marks.
First, that was a great job. I've spent most of the day checking out old logs looking for some nice wood. Second, I think the person who wrote the comment below mine about the music said it best. At first it was distracting, later on it became annoying. Thinks for the video
You said it mixed polyurethane with paint thinner. Polyurethane on the tube, or on the box? If possible, what a manufacturing company. I want to stabilize some wood and I do not know how to do it. Thank you in advance !
Fist off Im no expert but what I did seemed to work. I got a can of liquid polyuretnane from home depot. I made it thinner by mixing in some pain thinner. This way when you soak the wood the poly get absorbed deep into the wood. The the pain thinner evaporates leaving the poly to fill the wood cell structure and prevent cracking.
I'm glad everyone gets to share how they got injured and now know better than anyone that makes a video. Safety man is worse than Karen's. Nobody cares and any grown ass man doesn't want to be told how to do his job.
At the 4:08 point, you’re headed for trouble without a push block. As me how I know. ☺️ Bi-metal bandsaw blade literally halfway to my thumb cuticle before I realized it happened. Not being a safety nazi, just letting you know it happens very quickly.
No. Just when drilling the holes with the first side of the scale drilled. Seemed like u didnt glue it. Deff epoxy for attaching.. Hot glue just yo hold the scale to the tang while drilling the first hole threw the. First scale u. Attach
I had to stop and pause to comment, which I almost never do. When holding on to the knife and drilling a hole I held my breath. You said "You can also use a clamp for this" - You should always use a clamp for that. I've had the drill bit get stuck once doing exactly this and the knife spun around and went straight into my hand. Now I always wear thick gloves or secure the element that I am drilling into
Wow I see so many people who use band saws that do not seem to care about their fingers. 4:03 for finger danger. Why not use a push stick or a block of wood to push it through. Only takes on mistake and you will be in hospital.
your piece of maple is SPALTED its a fungus that happens in trees once they have been cut or have fell , lucky guy hopefully you have the rest of the tree :)
Speaking of Spalding, Spalded Myrtlewood is very beautiful, also, and it is a hardwood, too...found in Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Area...
Your table saw skills are dangerous. You NEVR reach over the blade to remove the cut wood. You risk hitting the blade and having your hand being dragged through the blade. Second, you need to align your blade to the fence. Those dark circular marks on the cut wood shee that the alignment is needed. Using the saw without aligning, risks kickback.
Great video killed by this stupid music. Use sound of tools and your VOICE sounds really great. Why kill the whole thing with this ridiculous loop electronic "music". And you are not the only one that kill otherwise fantastic howto videos with music that has nothing to do with the video content. Hope you'll listen and hope to see more from you..george
Beautiful work!! I learned a lot from this. Thanks
I have a walking stick made out of an Angels Trumpit stalk that died in a freeze. It has the same patterns. One of the coolest ive made.
Awesome how to man!! I have a piece of pecan from Hurricane Zeta that I am gonna use on my Bowie
Sounds great!
Beautiful knife sir
Great job, that knife is stunning, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing how you did this. I am making a knife for my brother in law and I have some logs from a black walnut tree that we cut down in 2012 that I am going to try and use for the knife scales. I de-barked it and shaved off a lot of the soft wood to get to the darker heart wood. It is well seasoned, 7 years now, but it laid out in all sorts of weather, rain, snow, sunshine, heat and cold. Right now I have it inside and letting it thoroughly dry. I am hoping that I can get some good scales out of the heart wood of the black walnut. That way my brother in law has a knife made by me with scales from my property. I really appreciate this video you made. Juddie
Did he like it? How hard was the making of the scales?
@@jorgeo1492 he loves the knife I made him. I gave it to him on our deer hunting trip in November when he came in to hunt. The handle turned out well from the old black walnut tree. In fact I have just this year cut down another and plan on saving a few logs from it to make more knife handles in the future.
@@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures wow thats really cool, now that knife has a great origin and cool story. Im just getting into hiking more outdoors stuff. And later on will introduce my brother to all of this. So far just dipped a toe into fishing, but next is hunting. Anyways good luck and keep on making stuff
Looks like spalted maple to me. Spalting is caused by fungi in the wood. This is a very desirable wood sought after by wood turners. Very nice knife. As a retired woodworker (65 yrs in field) I am looking in to knife making and enjoyed your video. But please, please be a little safer by keeping your fingers away from the saw blades and if you replace your table saw blade the new one will not leave as much burn marks on your wood which will cut your clean up time.
That's ambrosia maple that has been spalted by being on the ground for a while. There is an insect that bores thru the tree and the secretions leave those marks.
I learned a lot from this, I am trying to do the same for my knife
Nice. Lose the Sesame street music.
Cool, Well done,..
Thank you! Cheers!
Enjoy watching your videos great job. Can i suggest that you cut a small square off of the corner of you push stick. Keep it up
Beata D and please put the push stick between the blade and the fence. I was waiting for that chunk of wood to shoot back out.
It's an awesome thing to basically take refuse and dump bound components and create something special.
Give'r boys!
good job pretty wood
Cool lines and colors are called figure bro .nice job
Beautiful work.💜
Great tutorial thanks
Great video mate but please lose the music nearly made me turn you off
I me and myself are such great workers...
Can you writte all material you use, wood, steel rod screw, glue...
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
Great video! How did you mix the polyurethane and paint thinners? mix up the polyurethane and dilute before it went off?
also, what is polyurethane, the same as polyurethane varnish?
like your video but could no fully understand you because the music was too load
Id love to see these scales on a pattern welded blade and moku instead of the brass.
Nice video. Do you have a video of making the blade. I would love to see it if so. Thanks
ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=ZWTib8CQry4 this one is for the build
This one is one the flame etching ua-cam.com/video/4MxFWGap4zA/v-deo.html
What kind of paint did you use to mix with spicy?
I would like to know what paint as well as I am just about to do the same to my knife
I us resign dye
"Paint" is not what one would use CORRECT?
First, that was a great job. I've spent most of the day checking out old logs looking for some nice wood. Second, I think the person who wrote the comment below mine about the music said it best. At first it was distracting, later on it became annoying. Thinks for the video
Dude, this music is awesome!!
Mad skills.
That is a piece of Pecan wood. That is just how it looks when weathered and seasoned.
I like the way u sealed it. I have used Shellac in the past.
Great voice. You sound like Ray Magliozzi from Car Talk. :)
Amazing 👏
Thanks for the reply. When you say polyurethane, do you refer to a synthetic lacquer used for finishing and sealing the wood?
yes
Thank you very much ! Again. :)
How do you like that 4x36" belt grinder? I have the same model and have trouble grinding my plung line sometimes.
Check out this easy modification so you can grind plunge cuts on the 4x36 ua-cam.com/video/1D_euTrQ84A/v-deo.html
DIYeasycrafts That is the exact grinder i have. The right side is a bigger problem for me. Thank you for that!!
You said it mixed polyurethane with paint thinner. Polyurethane on the tube, or on the box? If possible, what a manufacturing company. I want to stabilize some wood and I do not know how to do it. Thank you in advance !
Fist off Im no expert but what I did seemed to work. I got a can of liquid polyuretnane from home depot. I made it thinner by mixing in some pain thinner. This way when you soak the wood the poly get absorbed deep into the wood. The the pain thinner evaporates leaving the poly to fill the wood cell structure and prevent cracking.
I loved the music
My man has a dull table saw, sands against the grain, and actively tries to slice his fingers open at 8:42... and I TOTALLY approve! 😅
A master craftsman 👍
I'm glad everyone gets to share how they got injured and now know better than anyone that makes a video. Safety man is worse than Karen's. Nobody cares and any grown ass man doesn't want to be told how to do his job.
Dude, get some Acetone and clean the sap off your saw blade. Excellent handle pattern.
At the 4:08 point, you’re headed for trouble without a push block. As me how I know. ☺️
Bi-metal bandsaw blade literally halfway to my thumb cuticle before I realized it happened. Not being a safety nazi, just letting you know it happens very quickly.
Did you notice he already had a bandaid on the same hand? Gee, I wonder why???? :)
Looks like ambrosia
do you really need that music to demo your knife scales......
Way too loud, can barely understand the narration. :(
Good commentary
Music is repetitive and annoying. Very distracting. Nice wood. Nice work!
I so want to watch these videos as they come up on my notifications but the background music makes me stop watching every time
I stopped the background music a while ago. Only music is for a few seconds during the intro
I’ve got no interest in the project, the craftsmanship, or the finished product... I am here for the music!! 🎶 🎵 🎸
@@paulduggan2 hahaha 🤣
Spalted maple. It is caused by fungus. Very pretty.
Very good video , except for the music it's too loud ,i barely can hear you talking
and its the same in your other videos
Or maybe it's just me -)
I really wanted to watch this but that annoying music was too loud over your voice. Maybe next time.
use hot glue to hold your wood to the knife, so u dont worry about it shifting .
I used 2 part epoxy when attaching scales to tang. Would you use the hot glue instead of the epoxy?
No. Just when drilling the holes with the first side of the scale drilled. Seemed like u didnt glue it. Deff epoxy for attaching.. Hot glue just yo hold the scale to the tang while drilling the first hole threw the. First scale u. Attach
Tasty, get rid of the annoying music
I had to stop and pause to comment, which I almost never do. When holding on to the knife and drilling a hole I held my breath. You said "You can also use a clamp for this" - You should always use a clamp for that. I've had the drill bit get stuck once doing exactly this and the knife spun around and went straight into my hand. Now I always wear thick gloves or secure the element that I am drilling into
Another thing u can soak it in is Danish oil
These scales should be planed before using them for scales!
It’s called spalting
you should dump the music so we can hear what you are saying perfecly.
so, I want to craft a new scale for my oldy trusty machete, but I have two problems: I have no powertools, and zero experience in wood working...
A wood rasp works well for shaping
Sounds like it's a good project to get your feet wet. Upload something when you get it figured out so we can see!
Music is too loud and overpowers the voice.
Just found this video. Very informative. But the music is overbearing. Hard to hear you speak.
never a good idea to use the table saw at its highest point , dangerous . just a tip for the future
Might be a good video but music was too loud relative to the speaking
Music caused me to move on. Be a nice channel without that
Wow I see so many people who use band saws that do not seem to care about their fingers. 4:03 for finger danger.
Why not use a push stick or a block of wood to push it through. Only takes on mistake and you will be in hospital.
Kutulue that is a scroll saw, not bandsaw. You never use a push stick with scroll saw. Not even near as dangerous as a bandsaw.
Look a lot like Sycamore
Bad music and I’m surprised you still have all your fingers lol
Ruined by the annoying music - shame.
Those flames, all that work making such beautiful scales is like giving breast implants to an ugly woman
Dont hold that against me. I have improved greatly. Check out this design. ua-cam.com/video/NOO8TUK3kE0/v-deo.html
Please, please, please turn that music off.
Its been off for quite some time. All of my newer videos have no music. Sorry no way to edit the ones already posted
Had to stop watching due to the music. I don’t mind the tune, but not at the same time as the commentary
Sorry already go rid of the music on all recent videos. This on is quite old
your piece of maple is SPALTED its a fungus that happens in trees once they have been cut or have fell , lucky guy hopefully you have the rest of the tree :)
Unfortunately I don not. I do have the rest of the log so I have enough for a few more scales.
Speaking of Spalding, Spalded Myrtlewood is very beautiful, also, and it is a hardwood, too...found in Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Area...
whats a chainsar? Haa!
Your table saw skills are dangerous. You NEVR reach over the blade to remove the cut wood. You risk hitting the blade and having your hand being dragged through the blade. Second, you need to align your blade to the fence. Those dark circular marks on the cut wood shee that the alignment is needed. Using the saw without aligning, risks kickback.
Bunch of whiners jeez, the music is not even that bad. You are all acting like its torture
Great video killed by this stupid music. Use sound of tools and your VOICE sounds really great. Why kill the whole thing with this ridiculous loop electronic "music". And you are not the only one that kill otherwise fantastic howto videos with music that has nothing to do with the video content. Hope you'll listen and hope to see more from you..george
I like your videos, but will no longer watch because of the music.
I stopped the music a year ago. Watch some of the newer videos
Handle looks great but that blade is ugly as hell
stupid music makes this almost unwatchable
Awful
Isn't that spatted maple?