There are very few you tube channels I watch religiously, but yours in my exception. I watch because of the artistry, but I keep coming back because of the laughs.
I really love those curves in your design, and they are so inspiring because I'm fascinated by curves in wood. Lol. You deserve your success because your turning out interesting works. 👍
Love your videos! Instead of MDF, use MR MDF (moisture resistant). You can drop it in a bucket of water for a day and it doesn’t explode 😅. I use it for custom baseboards for just that reason. Also a lot more dent resistant than MDF.
That's great info to keep in the back pocket. I've never really messed with the stuff. Truthfully, the base design was originally a little different and I hadn't intended to make the base from MDF. I might have considered the MR stuff... but I certainly will in the future!
@@ENCurtisIt's the only stuff with NASTIER dust than regular mdf... The edges still swell a bit with that stuff too if using waterbased glues/finishes. It is more impact resistant, but it doesn't matter if the glue or finish's modulus of elasticity is lower than the substrate anyway. Was hired to repair some veneered mr-mdf on round columns where a ride-on floor buffer had repeatedly ran into them... the substrate came apart internally, not at the glue line. The only solution was a complete redo in a thin ply layup, on site. Instead of vacuum bags I strapped air bags to the columns to press the layers. Expensive way to find out the architect's specs sucked.
The MR MDF we use in our shop is Medex. It is very hard, can be carved, and is extremely water resistant. The regular moisture resistant stuff tends to be pretty fluffy and I don't like using it.
Normal mr mdf you can't drop in a bucket of water but it is more dence and machines and sands alot better The mr mdf you can put in a bucket is a exterior grade and is more waterproof than mr mdf which is water resistant so will still swell up if exposed to too much water But mr mdf dose machine much better and is quicker to sand to smooth service so is a win Mr mdf is what I use for alot of my fitted furniture
been subscribed for a long time, but the throwback to StrongBad has me sub'd for life. Looking forward to seeing how you work Trogdor into future videos. Oh, nice woodworking stuff btw
Hi great video and the end product looked great. I am a professional cabinet maker in the UK and do this sort of thing all the time in one form or another. Just one observation you don't need to spend time and money on making curved bag pressed jigs if you already have the shaped piece, you can just put piece into the bag with the skin lamination and the bag will form it to the shaped stacked piece, as the the bag put the same pressure from all sides it won't deform the original shape. Hope that makes sense.
Another freemason woodworker given everything to make it to the top and teach us how to do it, to regular real ones who work for everything we have. Thanks mate.
@@melefth People within our society arent regular people. Alot are part of a secrt cult that controls every facet of our societies. These people are given trade jobs, office jobs, medical jobs, school jobs, police officers, fire fighters, etc, etc, and they succeed by being given all the tools needed to succeed and to keep this prison going. They use symbols to communicate. I see the symbols this channel guy uses.
Good morning 🌅, EN , nice looking 👀 project, just a shame that nobody is going to be able to see it, as others guys have said, using waterproof MDF, no problem, or even plywood, then veneered, look forward to seeing the finished product, from France,
Morning! And thanks my friend. Yes, it is a shame it will get lost in the shadow, but I do think it makes the cabinet a better overall piece! And it's a design I will certainly find a way to employ in a different project down the road.
I love your videography. I wish I could snap my fingers and be as good as telling story as I am doing builtins and cabinets. Sometimes I’m like dang I wish people could see this
I appreciate that. It just takes practice. I hope you give it a shot! Don't keep yourself from trying something just cause you won't be very good at first 👊
Nicely done! Could you provide more details on the ribbing of your forms so as to prevent the form from collapsing under atmospheric pressure? BTW - I have also inadvertently deleted video files. Steve
The client will know it’s there, and more importantly, you would know it’s there. If you’re making a bespoke piece of furniture, and spending the time to customize it, you’re not just going to throw some straight boards underneath. Sure, maybe no one who walks into the house will ever see it, but it’s that level of care that makes it worth doing.
Are you familiar with cold molding in boatbuilding? Basically, instead of building the hull from planks, you use multiple layers of veneer at 45 degree or other angles epoxied together. Typically then an exterior of fiber glass is vacuum bagged on top. It’s amazing what you can bag… even 100+ foot hulls
Great video! In my profession we tend to build curves in a similar fashion. (quick and comparatively cheap) I would like to draw your attention to an inaccuracy. at around 2 minutes you're talking about tension while applying a bending force. tension would be like pulling the ends of the stick in opposite directions (like you would a chain). when you apply a bending force, you are applying tension to the fibers above the center line, and compression to the fibers below. in the middle of that imaginary center line would be a shearing force where tension and compression meet.
En, use paper veneer tape when butt jointing veneer. The paper tape uses water to activate the glue (like an old envelope) and as the glue dries it shrinks and pulls the butt joint together. Take care brother.
Where can I read up on using the wood glue and iron technique. First I’ve heard of it, but I can certainly look back at instances I could have used it.
There is a video from the NH Woodworkers Guild where Owain Harris teaches this technique among others. It's just a recording of a live class but it's incredibly dense with good information and Owain is an incredible woodworker. I'll throw the link in another comment.
@@billF2380 Its a very old technique by using hide glue, letting it almost dry and in its day using coal heated irons and damp cotton fabric for the steam. 😁
Could you send me the link to where you purchased your veneers? I have a project I'm working on and will be doing bent lamination and don't really feel like cutting all my pieces to do my laminations. Thanks!
just for the concern with moisture, especially this being the base on a (potentially) damp floor think I would have gone with a solid wood or even composite core. Other than that, awesome as usual👌
@ENCurtis Welcome. BTW. From experience, keep videos or images copies in at least two or even three DIFFERENT physical media. In my case, laptop hard drive. flash cards and even DVD (Yes I am old). 😁
@@BlackRaven-w4e The worst part is... I ALWAYS do. I keep a backup hard drive for this very reason. But for no reason at all, this time I didn't. A cruel jape from the internet gods to remind me to always backup files, I suppose 😂
14:02 you book-matched the veneers on both those pieces?!? Or used adjacent pieces from the flitch and then alined them to get that flow of grain from one piece to the other?
The sarcasm and clips crack me up. I was wondering if we’d see a collaboration with you and “KJ” in the future. I live in your area and Thursday was definitely cold and windy and what you said lol. “Is this channel child approved?” You should’ve put a clip of Al Bundy with the No Ma’am t-shirt lol. Anyway great video
In this instance, the "half-lap" would really be closer to a bridal joint as these pieces are 4" wide, so the issues would be the same. Possible? absolutely. Just took a different approach.
Great question. Theoretically, yes. But plywood leaves a difficult edge to veneer well because of grain differentials and voids. So I would like still dress it somehow, whether with poplar or something else.
I once deleted 3 days of video from a trip to Utah (3,000 miles from home) while moving it from the SD card to my hard drive. I was lazy and used copy cut to save the step of deleting after copying and it all went away somehow in the process. Can't go back to the shop and fix that. Nice pivot on the montage.
The problem is that you use MDF for the feet. Floors are more likely to get/stay wet and that bottom lamination is NOT impervious to liquids. I have seen laminations come off and it's not pretty. If you think that your glue is waterproof let some glue dry overnight on a brush. Once it's hardened soak it in water and see how easily it comes off!
Hope you get bored are read comments. I forget the species veneer you're using, beautiful by the way. I came across spalted persimmon several years ago and had a buddy who happened to be a world scholar on persimmon and pawpaws. Beside the point. Spalted persimmon looks dang like what you are using. I called it a brindle kinda look. Seriously beautiful stuff. That last "assignment" my step dad gave me before he died was telling me to make some wooden spatulas out of it. I did. Pretty sweet looking. Sorry about the lost footage. Poop. Peace
Nice looking base, but I have questions: 1. Why did you choose to use the expensive veneers on the top and bottom since the unit will be (a) screwed to the underside of the cabinet; and (b) resting on the floor? The poplar veneer would have been more than sufficient and much cheaper, would it not? 2. You used dominoes, glued and screwed the inner arc section to the larger arc, which will subjected to far less stress than the two outer sections that were attached only with dominoes and glue. I seriously doubt there will ever be a failure of any of those joints, but if the piece is dragged across the carpeted floor, I'm pretty sure I know what could happen! 3. You gonna share that bourbon, or just keep it all for yourself?
The solution to the broken veneer exposing the MDF core to moisture is to use moisture resistant MDF. It is more expensive however the peace of mind is worth it too me.
And here I was just leaving my boards in the rain and hoping for the best. On another note, you can clamp - tie just about any shape with rope, just make sure you protect the surface from chafing.
Was just thinking how long (edit: of time) boats have been made out of steam bent timbers.... We're talking tree sized timbers bent with just heat and muscle and built into ships that sailed around the world. Random thoughts while doing this kind of work to pay the bills, wishing I could be earning a living making wooden boats. Would be so much sexier than some of my commissions.
Perhaps. But first, a 4" thick slab at 48" would be literally impossible to come by. And secondly, you would have sever short grain issues. So, possible yes. But well advised?
Nice, but… why hide the interesting curved structure underneath the cabinet where it won’t be seen? Also- are there leveling problems to contend with when your base is essentially two runners going almost the full length of the cabinet?
This is coincidence. I just watched a video with Johnson Woodworking and he had to do a major repair on a card table like you pictured, and he actually shows the stacked wood to form the facing of the table.
You'll see the visual weight of those wings as you walk around the cabinet, so making them really big and beefy would have looked a little heavy in my opinion. But from a functional standpoint, you certainly don't have to taper them.
'splain to me why you made the effort to double taper the base components when it's impossible to see unless you turn the cabinet upside down. I understand "the look" of a double tapered part, but it's not visible...pretty much ever. Otherwise, cool!
It's largely about the visual weight of the base. I didn't want the ends to be too thick and heavy, so I made them lighter. But I couldn't have the middle be too skinny, otherwise it felt unstable. So... vibes, I guess?
It somehow feels a bit of a shame that you put all that thought and effort into a thing that people will hardly ever notice. Yes it's awesome and gorgeous, but I hope the customer will appreciate it as well Quick question: those somewhat pointy ends, are they going to hold up against, running a vacuum cleaner into them?
It seems that MDF is a bit like concrete (compression or traction it only resists one of the 2) so we invented reinforced concrete! Why not do the same?? The core of your final element is made of 4 pieces of MDF why not insert between these 4 pieces of MDF a reinforcement (in wood, fiberglass or even kevlar...) that would make "reinforced MDF"
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Not the cold open I was looking for. Unsubscribing.
My sincerest apologies, sir. I should have consulted first.
Ha! He finally got you to leave. Do you know how hard he has been working at that Drew?? 😂😂😂
This isn't an Airport, sir.
Yet another entertaining, educational video. First class on both counts.
Thank you sir!
There are very few you tube channels I watch religiously, but yours in my exception. I watch because of the artistry, but I keep coming back because of the laughs.
Truly enjoy your efforts, I may not like or ever use your techniques (although I might)but I really respect and appreciate all you do. Thank you
I don’t ever leave comments, but goddammit, I will do so in the name of a good Strongbad reference.
You, Kyle, are a gentleman and a SB scholar.
Getting close to the 100k subscriptions. You deserve it!
Appreciate the kind words! Almost there now...
Great technique. I’ll definitely use that in the future.
I have nothing clever to say today. Great video. I always enjoy. See you next Saturday. Cheers and keep the cup full.
Much obliged my good man, even sans clever things.
Strongbad reference went so hard. 💪🏼🐉
SBEMAIL FTW
Good jarb, Hamstray.
It's amazing how you improvise and keep coming up with smart ideas to get the job done, nice work brother.
Entertaining, educational and inspirational video...again! Thank you
I really love those curves in your design, and they are so inspiring because I'm fascinated by curves in wood. Lol. You deserve your success because your turning out interesting works. 👍
Thank you very much!
Love your videos! Instead of MDF, use MR MDF (moisture resistant). You can drop it in a bucket of water for a day and it doesn’t explode 😅. I use it for custom baseboards for just that reason. Also a lot more dent resistant than MDF.
That's great info to keep in the back pocket. I've never really messed with the stuff. Truthfully, the base design was originally a little different and I hadn't intended to make the base from MDF. I might have considered the MR stuff... but I certainly will in the future!
@@ENCurtisIt's the only stuff with NASTIER dust than regular mdf... The edges still swell a bit with that stuff too if using waterbased glues/finishes.
It is more impact resistant, but it doesn't matter if the glue or finish's modulus of elasticity is lower than the substrate anyway.
Was hired to repair some veneered mr-mdf on round columns where a ride-on floor buffer had repeatedly ran into them... the substrate came apart internally, not at the glue line. The only solution was a complete redo in a thin ply layup, on site. Instead of vacuum bags I strapped air bags to the columns to press the layers. Expensive way to find out the architect's specs sucked.
Never heard of MR MDF. If it's available easily I might just pick some up for an upcoming project. I will look into it. Thanks for the heads up!
The MR MDF we use in our shop is Medex. It is very hard, can be carved, and is extremely water resistant. The regular moisture resistant stuff tends to be pretty fluffy and I don't like using it.
Normal mr mdf you can't drop in a bucket of water but it is more dence and machines and sands alot better
The mr mdf you can put in a bucket is a exterior grade and is more waterproof than mr mdf which is water resistant so will still swell up if exposed to too much water
But mr mdf dose machine much better and is quicker to sand to smooth service so is a win
Mr mdf is what I use for alot of my fitted furniture
been subscribed for a long time, but the throwback to StrongBad has me sub'd for life. Looking forward to seeing how you work Trogdor into future videos. Oh, nice woodworking stuff btw
An interesting way of merging two arcs, strong bad, and maker's mark - DAMN I loved this video!
I have been dry bending hard Wood for sixty years, stair railing, shutters, etc , I like this technique good video.
Those is some sweet joints! bravo my friend
Absolutely gorgeous, both the design and the craftsmanship. ❤
Thank you!
Your grain matches on the base are amazing! Great job
@ thank you!
Great work on this. I can't wait to see the end result.
Thank you!
I'm a fan of Netflix's Instant Dream Home and really appreciate your work. Very nice job and keep going ❤
Thank you!
Hi great video and the end product looked great. I am a professional cabinet maker in the UK and do this sort of thing all the time in one form or another. Just one observation you don't need to spend time and money on making curved bag pressed jigs if you already have the shaped piece, you can just put piece into the bag with the skin lamination and the bag will form it to the shaped stacked piece, as the the bag put the same pressure from all sides it won't deform the original shape. Hope that makes sense.
Love it. Another great freaking video man!!!!
Another freemason woodworker given everything to make it to the top and teach us how to do it, to regular real ones who work for everything we have. Thanks mate.
I don't understand!
@@melefth People within our society arent regular people. Alot are part of a secrt cult that controls every facet of our societies. These people are given trade jobs, office jobs, medical jobs, school jobs, police officers, fire fighters, etc, etc, and they succeed by being given all the tools needed to succeed and to keep this prison going. They use symbols to communicate. I see the symbols this channel guy uses.
Good morning 🌅, EN , nice looking 👀 project, just a shame that nobody is going to be able to see it, as others guys have said, using waterproof MDF, no problem, or even plywood, then veneered, look forward to seeing the finished product, from France,
Morning! And thanks my friend. Yes, it is a shame it will get lost in the shadow, but I do think it makes the cabinet a better overall piece! And it's a design I will certainly find a way to employ in a different project down the road.
Awesome content as always
Strong bad automatically gets you a thumbs up!
I love your videography. I wish I could snap my fingers and be as good as telling story as I am doing builtins and cabinets. Sometimes I’m like dang I wish people could see this
I appreciate that. It just takes practice. I hope you give it a shot! Don't keep yourself from trying something just cause you won't be very good at first 👊
@ hey when will you be in Vermont again? My family has a lake house in Greensboro. I would love to take your class
The strongbad reference was absolute cinema
Another cool mug/cup! 👍 do you have a link to where I can get one? Keep the vids coming, love watching and learning. Thx.
As always, your pieces are perfection. Not surprised to see you working with that "other" perfectionist. I was referring to KJ. Nice work!
Thanks! But let’s be honest KJ is the true definition of perfection 👏👏
You are better than Makers Mark.
Montage, smontage. Bend it man! Real good vid-ee-oo. Love what you do.
Thanks!
Very cool base. You forgot to talk about how you dealt with glue squeeze out for such a funky shape?
Nicely done! Could you provide more details on the ribbing of your forms so as to prevent the form from collapsing under atmospheric pressure? BTW - I have also inadvertently deleted video files. Steve
Really nice Work! Keep going for 100K sub!
First like and comment. Really enjoy your videos, sir!
🎖 medal? Or simple petting suffices
Thanks very much!
Dude, that shape on end would make an awesome footboard to a bed if scaled.
DUDE..... yeessssss. I've been wondering where I could employ that shape in the future and that is a FANTASTIC option 👊
I’m struggling to understand why put in so much effort for something that is going to be laying flat under a cabinet. Or did I miss something?
The client will know it’s there, and more importantly, you would know it’s there. If you’re making a bespoke piece of furniture, and spending the time to customize it, you’re not just going to throw some straight boards underneath. Sure, maybe no one who walks into the house will ever see it, but it’s that level of care that makes it worth doing.
Nicley done sir, Love your content.
Thank you kindly!
You had me at chicken arms. Beautiful work man!
Are you familiar with cold molding in boatbuilding? Basically, instead of building the hull from planks, you use multiple layers of veneer at 45 degree or other angles epoxied together. Typically then an exterior of fiber glass is vacuum bagged on top. It’s amazing what you can bag… even 100+ foot hulls
Wow, I love that, a true thing of beauty.
Thank you!
😂 when you slammed the whiskey, and then poured out the polish, I thought you were gonna throw that one back too
Great video! In my profession we tend to build curves in a similar fashion. (quick and comparatively cheap) I would like to draw your attention to an inaccuracy. at around 2 minutes you're talking about tension while applying a bending force. tension would be like pulling the ends of the stick in opposite directions (like you would a chain). when you apply a bending force, you are applying tension to the fibers above the center line, and compression to the fibers below. in the middle of that imaginary center line would be a shearing force where tension and compression meet.
Table base? Or a cool stand for displaying your Bat'leth? Either way, very nice job air.
En, use paper veneer tape when butt jointing veneer. The paper tape uses water to activate the glue (like an old envelope) and as the glue dries it shrinks and pulls the butt joint together. Take care brother.
Where can I get that mug??
Perty cool dude
Where can I read up on using the wood glue and iron technique. First I’ve heard of it, but I can certainly look back at instances I could have used it.
There is a video from the NH Woodworkers Guild where Owain Harris teaches this technique among others. It's just a recording of a live class but it's incredibly dense with good information and Owain is an incredible woodworker. I'll throw the link in another comment.
ua-cam.com/video/v4LiP1GWY3o/v-deo.htmlsi=8dbOtZcJS9jVg0n9
@@billF2380 Its a very old technique by using hide glue, letting it almost dry and in its day using coal heated irons and damp cotton fabric for the steam. 😁
@@BlackRaven-w4ethank u
@@ENCurtisthank u for the link.
Could you send me the link to where you purchased your veneers? I have a project I'm working on and will be doing bent lamination and don't really feel like cutting all my pieces to do my laminations.
Thanks!
just for the concern with moisture, especially this being the base on a (potentially) damp floor think I would have gone with a solid wood or even composite core. Other than that, awesome as usual👌
Totally fair consideration.
Master class. 😊
Thank you!
@ENCurtis Welcome. BTW. From experience, keep videos or images copies in at least two or even three DIFFERENT physical media. In my case, laptop hard drive. flash cards and even DVD (Yes I am old). 😁
@@BlackRaven-w4e The worst part is... I ALWAYS do. I keep a backup hard drive for this very reason. But for no reason at all, this time I didn't. A cruel jape from the internet gods to remind me to always backup files, I suppose 😂
14:02 you book-matched the veneers on both those pieces?!? Or used adjacent pieces from the flitch and then alined them to get that flow of grain from one piece to the other?
The sarcasm and clips crack me up. I was wondering if we’d see a collaboration with you and “KJ” in the future. I live in your area and Thursday was definitely cold and windy and what you said lol. “Is this channel child approved?” You should’ve put a clip of Al Bundy with the No Ma’am t-shirt lol. Anyway great video
KJ and I have been talking about a collab for years. But every time we hang we just end up hanging rather than building 😂 one day we'll do it though!
@ I bet those days are more enjoyable though. I’m wondering who’s the bad influence 🤔
@ we both are terrible influences on each other 😂
@ 🤣 I bet lol. 🤫
Great film, very entertaining even with missing footage. Instead of MDF can I use cardboard? Oh wait that's Ikea, never mind. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Haha thanks man. LMK how that cardboard curve turns out!
Is a bridal joint not an optioin because of the curvature? another great learning experience. TY
In this instance, the "half-lap" would really be closer to a bridal joint as these pieces are 4" wide, so the issues would be the same. Possible? absolutely. Just took a different approach.
SBEEEMAIL. Hey question Erik how do you woodwork with boxing gloves on?
Add some fingers onto those gloves, of course!
Ooh a homestar reference!
BRING BACK HOMESTAR
Could plywood be used instead of mdf so the poplar strips can be omitted?
Great question. Theoretically, yes. But plywood leaves a difficult edge to veneer well because of grain differentials and voids. So I would like still dress it somehow, whether with poplar or something else.
@ thanks a lot for answering! Keep up the good work, always a pleasure watching your vid
I once deleted 3 days of video from a trip to Utah (3,000 miles from home) while moving it from the SD card to my hard drive. I was lazy and used copy cut to save the step of deleting after copying and it all went away somehow in the process. Can't go back to the shop and fix that. Nice pivot on the montage.
Oof. Technology is hard!
@ENCurtis Yes, it is.
The problem is that you use MDF for the feet. Floors are more likely to get/stay wet and that bottom lamination is NOT impervious to liquids. I have seen laminations come off and it's not pretty.
If you think that your glue is waterproof let some glue dry overnight on a brush. Once it's hardened soak it in water and see how easily it comes off!
HAHAHAHAHA!!
Also, as a hobbyist woodworker and sometimes builder of commission pieces, I aspire to your level of woodworking. Incredible.
Hope you get bored are read comments. I forget the species veneer you're using, beautiful by the way. I came across spalted persimmon several years ago and had a buddy who happened to be a world scholar on persimmon and pawpaws. Beside the point. Spalted persimmon looks dang like what you are using. I called it a brindle kinda look. Seriously beautiful stuff. That last "assignment" my step dad gave me before he died was telling me to make some wooden spatulas out of it. I did. Pretty sweet looking. Sorry about the lost footage. Poop. Peace
Is that a mug from The Monster Inn?
Re: that chop saw cut, did you pre-score the faces with a knife?
Nope. just went nice and slow with a good blade.
Dude…. Was that a home star runner clip for the air guitar????
YEAH BOI
@ Trogdor!!
Great music. Love the circus-e track. 😂
It felt right for the way this thing stumbled over the finish line 😂
What shop glasses are you wearing? 🤓😎
Put a clamp on, as if you where just trying to hold them flush, do the clamp up as you're "leaning" or taping it together tightly
Strongbad?!! I have a new level of respect.
One of the great channels of the early internet!
Great morning. Woodworking with you plus some homestarruner and dumb and dumber thrown in. Love it
I refuse to let Homestar Runner be lost to the annals of the internet. SBEmail is still one of the great Q&As 😂
LMFAO "do you even lift, bro?"
Absolutely beautiful work, but why so much effort for basically feet hidden under the cabinet?
Did not have a Strongbad sbemail reference on my ENCurtis bingo card.
bahaha time to make a new bingo card now!
Nice looking base, but I have questions:
1. Why did you choose to use the expensive veneers on the top and bottom since the unit will be (a) screwed to the underside of the cabinet; and (b) resting on the floor? The poplar veneer would have been more than sufficient and much cheaper, would it not?
2. You used dominoes, glued and screwed the inner arc section to the larger arc, which will subjected to far less stress than the two outer sections that were attached only with dominoes and glue. I seriously doubt there will ever be a failure of any of those joints, but if the piece is dragged across the carpeted floor, I'm pretty sure I know what could happen!
3. You gonna share that bourbon, or just keep it all for yourself?
18:13 Bourbon? Ice Tea? Wipe-On Poly? Ahh, we will never know…
There's no way to know...
🤣 not the circus music! 😅
It was the only thing that felt appropriate 🤣
Comment and Like just for the Homestar Runner.
You're alright in my book my dude 👊
@@ENCurtis Random fact, my English teacher wrote the StrongBad question where we learn the Origin of the stick.
@ that’s the best random fact I’ve heard today 👏
The solution to the broken veneer exposing the MDF core to moisture is to use moisture resistant MDF. It is more expensive however the peace of mind is worth it too me.
And here I was just leaving my boards in the rain and hoping for the best.
On another note, you can clamp - tie just about any shape with rope, just make sure you protect the surface from chafing.
😂😂 we've all tried that technique a time or three
Really love it. Want to do a laminated piece so bad but no way I am convincing my wife I need a vacuum bag right now. 😢
You can do laminations without a bag!
@ I know but, having a bad press would be so cool! I will do it eventually. First have to finish powercarving.
Nice job but it could have been cut from a slab much quicker,but nice job on your part and nice job of passing on ideas,thanks
Was just thinking how long (edit: of time) boats have been made out of steam bent timbers.... We're talking tree sized timbers bent with just heat and muscle and built into ships that sailed around the world.
Random thoughts while doing this kind of work to pay the bills, wishing I could be earning a living making wooden boats. Would be so much sexier than some of my commissions.
Perhaps. But first, a 4" thick slab at 48" would be literally impossible to come by. And secondly, you would have sever short grain issues. So, possible yes. But well advised?
By cutting with the chopsaw, one of those arcs is two inches longer than the other
mmmm... but it's not.
Nice, but… why hide the interesting curved structure underneath the cabinet where it won’t be seen? Also- are there leveling problems to contend with when your base is essentially two runners going almost the full length of the cabinet?
Likely. Hopefully the floor is flat--it's a new building after all. And if not, I'll bring some walnut spacers and shims to feather it out.
Man I haven’t seen strong bad for ages.
This is coincidence. I just watched a video with Johnson Woodworking and he had to do a major repair on a card table like you pictured, and he actually shows the stacked wood to form the facing of the table.
Oh I’d be very curious to check it out if you wouldn’t mind sharing a link!
KJ guest appearance, unexpected for sure.
what's the point of making it tapered on both ends if its going to sit standing up under a cabinet and you really won't see the taper?
You'll see the visual weight of those wings as you walk around the cabinet, so making them really big and beefy would have looked a little heavy in my opinion. But from a functional standpoint, you certainly don't have to taper them.
One could always soak the MDF with CEPS ( clear epoxy penetrating solution ) and you'd humidity-proof it.
That would work for sure!
Shit that looks nice, congratulations
Thanks!
👍👍👍👍
The strongbad cut in has got me grinning like an idiot
Great video. The only thing missing was a glue up 😂😂 jk still loved it
I was thinking the same thing 😂
#TeamHalfLap 😉
Thanks for improving my Saturday afternoon with a very interesting video Erik,now go stand in the corner you technophobe.😂😂😂👍👍
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'splain to me why you made the effort to double taper the base components when it's impossible to see unless you turn the cabinet upside down. I understand "the look" of a double tapered part, but it's not visible...pretty much ever. Otherwise, cool!
It's largely about the visual weight of the base. I didn't want the ends to be too thick and heavy, so I made them lighter. But I couldn't have the middle be too skinny, otherwise it felt unstable. So... vibes, I guess?
The best part is when you template routed the ribs.
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Trogdor!
It somehow feels a bit of a shame that you put all that thought and effort into a thing that people will hardly ever notice.
Yes it's awesome and gorgeous, but I hope the customer will appreciate it as well
Quick question: those somewhat pointy ends, are they going to hold up against, running a vacuum cleaner into them?
Hopefully they will! Yes, it should hold up. But if they're slamming a vacuum cleaner into it regularly even a rounded corner would get damamged.
It seems that MDF is a bit like concrete (compression or traction it only resists one of the 2) so we invented reinforced concrete!
Why not do the same??
The core of your final element is made of 4 pieces of MDF why not insert between these 4 pieces of MDF a reinforcement (in wood, fiberglass or even kevlar...)
that would make "reinforced MDF"