Brings to mind...Japanese Tansu chests...but with more fluidity and contrasts....your creation is beautiful and your ponderings are thought provoking. If you haven't lost your marbles...you've certainly made a good place to store them.
This hits on so many levels and that’s always something I’m looking for in art: Overthinking with beautiful abandon. Marry the making aspect with poetry and philosophy and videography, and we are witness to this, we get to hear your thought process and get inside the inspiration for what you do, get to watch you produce inside the theater of your workshop. And it appears you are in a very beautiful place. I hope it is as pleasantly inspiring to you as it is to us who are blessed to watch your content. Because maybe it’s not overthinking: maybe it’s just thinking to a very abnormally elite level of accomplishment that not a lot of people are blessed to experience. And being mindful of losing your marbles is another layer to this existence. Because high talent and probing thoughts are so inspiring-we all wish to be there and crave the meaning it brings-but it is a lonely stratosphere at (or even near) the top. That is why I’ve found the best way to not go crazy is to have one or two very valuable relationships. I’ve focused on work to the sacrifice of friendships and that was a mistake. (Pitifully, my work wasn’t anywhere near as good as yours anyway.) So now I work in healthcare and I see often that on a content person’s deathbed what is important? Kind of two things put together: pride in one’s work, coupled with the relationships with the people in which that work affected and the idea of how your affect on the world brought joy or edification. I hope a little comment can help, because it’s important to so many of us who can’t form careers out of making work. We would like you to persist with joy and happiness where we could not, for whatever life-reason it is. Please keep it up and enjoy the journey and the perfect-ing.
In the future use blue tape on your router bit bearing to leave a couple thou of wood. Then remove the blue tape from the bearing and do a quick last pass to remove the buring on the corners instead of sanding it away.
while watching this a question came up to my mind.. could you make a box where the inside of the box has round edges? So it can run a drawer with round edges? If yes, how would you do it? With which machinery?
My wife accepts that your marbles are, indeed, AWOL. I, however, suggest that they are still in service, but maybe a little egg-shaped. I love this project! Simple things with flair often make the greatest statement. This one definitely does!
worried about the sanity? no were aware its been gone for quite some time but thats really one of the big draws to your work. that and its always incredible even if on the surface someone would think its quite simple
If you want to rabbit hole hard to define concepts like "hard" and "soft", give "quality" a go. // Nice piece! I do like the texture behind the pulls. Keeping it simple, but artistic, is really the challenge for me, and these are great examples to learn from.
No, not worried about your sanity, you're a woodworker. I've been happy with my Porter-Cable biscuit joiner, but now thinking about a domino machine. Great work, and I enjoyed it.
"Where the engineer meets the artist." Best quote I've heard to describe the process fine woodworking. Both play equal parts in great design. Did you choose butt/ domino joints (over miter to avoid showing end grain) on the outer boxes do to strength?
A new Sawyer vid is always the best way to start out the week. I must say, this seemed a bit toned down in its.... NickSawyer-ness, haha! Cool idea though. Will these be used for shop storage? or did you just need a challenge and the differing radii fulfilled that?
Very nice project. Nice video. And Yes, you're nuts 🙃😉🤣 . Anyway, I liked this video because the project, the boxes, would be a push to create for the home woodworker, but achievable. Hence your video is informative, inspiring and challenging. That level of work suites my needs.
I just have to ask how the hell you still have all your fingers?!?! Pushing narrow strips through your table saw with the blade raised as high as it is with BARE FINGERS?!?! That is a HUGE "nope!" for me!! I would ABSOLUTELY be using a push stick! I love my Bow push stick specifically
Your sanity is teetering on the brink but fear not I have the solution. Many years ago, too many years for me to count exactly, a fellow woodworker stumbled into this very dilemma. His solution, as he explained it to me, was to apply “The Fibonacci Scale” (which indeed worked beautifully and made him a fortune). Personally, at the time I just couldn’t see the relevance in his design. To me it was still just a box. However, when contemplating the introduction of curves and rounded edges, along with something that is naturally curved and rounded in all possible ways, one easily can begin to understand why imitation is the strongest form of flattery. Going slightly crazy while at the same time bringing everything into perspective is the goal of every true artist. Try adding your own perspective of crazy with a bit of real life imitation to the mixture and see what you come up with yourself? These are beautiful boxes, but in my own opinion they do fall just shy of brilliant. The one thing missing is the imitation of perfection. Oh, sorry to say that perfection is also a relative term so you may actually go slightly mad attempting to define your own idea of perfection. Just remember to strive to avoid going insane by doing the exact same thing in the exact same way while somehow expecting different results and you’ll truly reach enlightenment. Now with all the existential BS out of the way, this video is excellent work even if it doesn’t fit my own perspective of perfection. The creation of the boxes, which is what they truly are, delves into your minds eye and hopefully conveys the idea that we can think outside the box to achieve our goals. The video itself becomes the art piece rather than the subject of the video becoming the art. In itself a form of imitation of “How to build a box” while at the same time taking the audience to the next level. I really look forward to seeing your works, you are an artist and hopefully not a starving artist in the world of artistic creativity. We may never reach the level of the old masters, but from my perspective the old masters were not old masters when they created their masterpieces either. Creativity and perspective are traits we learn as we grow. Im enjoying watching you grow, not only in your woodworks but in your video production skills as well.
This was a great look at the design process and how the design evolved as the boxes and parts matured. I'd like a follow-up video explaining your method of labeling and measurements you wrote on the pieces along the way. That's one part that's always a struggle...how/what to label on a piece to keep track of the important details.
Don't worry. Sanity is all a matter of perspective. It all depends on who's doing the evaluating. As long as you're evaluating yourself, you're perfectly sane.
Oh don’t worry, we would totally tell you if we saw you losing your sanity. We’d never let you keep going just so we’d still have access to your inspired design and insightful commentary. No matter how entertaining your descent into madness became, we would never let that keep us from telling you. Nope, we are not selfish at all - you can always trust the UA-cam comment section.
Love this project. I may have preferred a slightly contrasting stain inside the pulls rather than the foil, but the style of the pull is a simple/elegant one. Would love to know where they ended up.
Don’t tell anyone but you are a little to the left or is it to the right I don’t know but I know your work is always on point so maybe it’s a good thing
Hopefully sooner than later you will regret having hit the upload button on a verbal Pollack. We all mature mentally at different paces. Just seems as if the younger crowd is pacing back and forth….too too much. Good luck with all that.
We are all losing and gaining marbles as we go. Your prose about design was poignant, but far from anything that should cause alarm about ones own mind. On the contrary, probably many of us have the base ingredients for similar expressions swirling in our heads, too. It's just that not as many of us are able to articulate it as well as you did.
Not a fan of the brass on this one, but love the pop of color inside the drawers. Great project as always Nick!
Brings to mind...Japanese Tansu chests...but with more fluidity and contrasts....your creation is beautiful and your ponderings are thought provoking. If you haven't lost your marbles...you've certainly made a good place to store them.
For me, the drawer liners and foiled pulls shifted the boxes from elegant, in design and execution, to 'trying to hard'.
For me, 'trying to hard' is not trying hard enough. English isn't that difficult.
Perfect 1970's vibe. Again, great video.
I love the design!!
Truly beautiful work!
This hits on so many levels and that’s always something I’m looking for in art: Overthinking with beautiful abandon. Marry the making aspect with poetry and philosophy and videography, and we are witness to this, we get to hear your thought process and get inside the inspiration for what you do, get to watch you produce inside the theater of your workshop. And it appears you are in a very beautiful place. I hope it is as pleasantly inspiring to you as it is to us who are blessed to watch your content.
Because maybe it’s not overthinking: maybe it’s just thinking to a very abnormally elite level of accomplishment that not a lot of people are blessed to experience. And being mindful of losing your marbles is another layer to this existence. Because high talent and probing thoughts are so inspiring-we all wish to be there and crave the meaning it brings-but it is a lonely stratosphere at (or even near) the top.
That is why I’ve found the best way to not go crazy is to have one or two very valuable relationships. I’ve focused on work to the sacrifice of friendships and that was a mistake. (Pitifully, my work wasn’t anywhere near as good as yours anyway.) So now I work in healthcare and I see often that on a content person’s deathbed what is important? Kind of two things put together: pride in one’s work, coupled with the relationships with the people in which that work affected and the idea of how your affect on the world brought joy or edification.
I hope a little comment can help, because it’s important to so many of us who can’t form careers out of making work. We would like you to persist with joy and happiness where we could not, for whatever life-reason it is.
Please keep it up and enjoy the journey and the perfect-ing.
Beautiful rounded boxes.
Enjoyed the video. Interesting technique. And I didnt have to cring away from any innuendo 😅
In the future use blue tape on your router bit bearing to leave a couple thou of wood. Then remove the blue tape from the bearing and do a quick last pass to remove the buring on the corners instead of sanding it away.
Those are some smooth boxes! I didn't think I would comment this under a woodworking video.
I'll get a round about it, man. You have some serious points there.
Great build, as always Nick!
while watching this a question came up to my mind.. could you make a box where the inside of the box has round edges? So it can run a drawer with round edges?
If yes, how would you do it? With which machinery?
Very nicely done, Nick. Always look forward to the next one and to going back to rewatch. Peace!
Very cool project. Thanks for some great work and inspiration :-) cheers from Germany
My wife accepts that your marbles are, indeed, AWOL. I, however, suggest that they are still in service, but maybe a little egg-shaped. I love this project! Simple things with flair often make the greatest statement. This one definitely does!
No marbles down here. Good video all 'round. I think you've inspired me to get into my shop and try out those soft edges. Cheers
worried about the sanity? no were aware its been gone for quite some time but thats really one of the big draws to your work. that and its always incredible even if on the surface someone would think its quite simple
They may not be fancy boxes, but they sure are nice boxes.
If you want to rabbit hole hard to define concepts like "hard" and "soft", give "quality" a go. // Nice piece! I do like the texture behind the pulls. Keeping it simple, but artistic, is really the challenge for me, and these are great examples to learn from.
These boxes are sweet!
Love the very engaging and thought provoking commentary... will have to re-watch...
No, not worried about your sanity, you're a woodworker. I've been happy with my Porter-Cable biscuit joiner, but now thinking about a domino machine. Great work, and I enjoyed it.
So you are going for a soft, fm, 📦... interesting. Gr8 build!
"Where the engineer meets the artist." Best quote I've heard to describe the process fine woodworking. Both play equal parts in great design. Did you choose butt/ domino joints (over miter to avoid showing end grain) on the outer boxes do to strength?
A new Sawyer vid is always the best way to start out the week. I must say, this seemed a bit toned down in its.... NickSawyer-ness, haha! Cool idea though. Will these be used for shop storage? or did you just need a challenge and the differing radii fulfilled that?
Amazing content as always. The brass bits might get some fingerprints on them, but the design is brilliant
I love elusive shit like this .
Wonderful, Nick! Really beautiful design and work! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
BTW, we're all kinda crazy, according to the aliens. 😬
Lovely project
A lot of hard work but the results are wonderful.
You can't have lost your marbles, you have drawers to keep them in. Great project.
Found your marbles 🔮🎲🎲 🔮
Where freedom meets control^
Nice video Nick. Getting a little deep but I like it.
as always ... awesome work
“I love elusive sh** like this.”
Same
Love it
Love the boxes, I don’t love the brass. Also did one of the boxes have a big cut halfway through it? 11:28. Second box on the right.
Very nice project. Nice video. And Yes, you're nuts 🙃😉🤣 . Anyway, I liked this video because the project, the boxes, would be a push to create for the home woodworker, but achievable. Hence your video is informative, inspiring and challenging. That level of work suites my needs.
Do you have a video on that domino jig / table idea?
Artwork!!!
"A straight line is a missed opportunity"
I like it but I think I’m missing the efficiency part.
I just have to ask how the hell you still have all your fingers?!?! Pushing narrow strips through your table saw with the blade raised as high as it is with BARE FINGERS?!?! That is a HUGE "nope!" for me!!
I would ABSOLUTELY be using a push stick! I love my Bow push stick specifically
Your sanity is teetering on the brink but fear not I have the solution. Many years ago, too many years for me to count exactly, a fellow woodworker stumbled into this very dilemma. His solution, as he explained it to me, was to apply “The Fibonacci Scale” (which indeed worked beautifully and made him a fortune).
Personally, at the time I just couldn’t see the relevance in his design. To me it was still just a box. However, when contemplating the introduction of curves and rounded edges, along with something that is naturally curved and rounded in all possible ways, one easily can begin to understand why imitation is the strongest form of flattery.
Going slightly crazy while at the same time bringing everything into perspective is the goal of every true artist. Try adding your own perspective of crazy with a bit of real life imitation to the mixture and see what you come up with yourself?
These are beautiful boxes, but in my own opinion they do fall just shy of brilliant. The one thing missing is the imitation of perfection.
Oh, sorry to say that perfection is also a relative term so you may actually go slightly mad attempting to define your own idea of perfection. Just remember to strive to avoid going insane by doing the exact same thing in the exact same way while somehow expecting different results and you’ll truly reach enlightenment.
Now with all the existential BS out of the way, this video is excellent work even if it doesn’t fit my own perspective of perfection. The creation of the boxes, which is what they truly are, delves into your minds eye and hopefully conveys the idea that we can think outside the box to achieve our goals. The video itself becomes the art piece rather than the subject of the video becoming the art. In itself a form of imitation of “How to build a box” while at the same time taking the audience to the next level.
I really look forward to seeing your works, you are an artist and hopefully not a starving artist in the world of artistic creativity.
We may never reach the level of the old masters, but from my perspective the old masters were not old masters when they created their masterpieces either.
Creativity and perspective are traits we learn as we grow. Im enjoying watching you grow, not only in your woodworks but in your video production skills as well.
This was a great look at the design process and how the design evolved as the boxes and parts matured. I'd like a follow-up video explaining your method of labeling and measurements you wrote on the pieces along the way. That's one part that's always a struggle...how/what to label on a piece to keep track of the important details.
Nice! I know this was less about the item and more about the process buy it would have been cool to see a registering system, magnets or foot holes
Don't worry. Sanity is all a matter of perspective. It all depends on who's doing the evaluating. As long as you're evaluating yourself, you're perfectly sane.
Gotta love a piece with nice curves... and furniture too
Oh don’t worry, we would totally tell you if we saw you losing your sanity. We’d never let you keep going just so we’d still have access to your inspired design and insightful commentary. No matter how entertaining your descent into madness became, we would never let that keep us from telling you.
Nope, we are not selfish at all - you can always trust the UA-cam comment section.
You're not losing your marbles, expressing the emotions designed into your art is difficult.
Absolutely beautiful work, and I always enjoy your musings.
Cute idea, but the title is wrong to the point of irony. This IS wasting time you don't actually need to spend obsessing about storage boxes.
We're all crazy
Ah, sanity is overrated. 😉
1:00 Im no expert, but that seems a little sketch 🤔
Love this project. I may have preferred a slightly contrasting stain inside the pulls rather than the foil, but the style of the pull is a simple/elegant one. Would love to know where they ended up.
Sometimes simple is better…
Don’t tell anyone but you are a little to the left or is it to the right I don’t know but I know your work is always on point so maybe it’s a good thing
Gorgeous. & No
i think the use of roundovers lacked justification, you should have gotten into it a little deeper 🙄
Maybe nice - but fingers way too close to the saw blade. Unnecessary risk. Why?
I think Nick would like to sell you his shirt "NYFNYP"
Losing your marbles vs losing your dice - Soft edges vs hard edges. you're onto something with all this edging talk I tell ya
Hopefully sooner than later you will regret having hit the upload button on a verbal Pollack. We all mature mentally at different paces. Just seems as if the younger crowd is pacing back and forth….too too much. Good luck with all that.
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Sanity is boring
We are all losing and gaining marbles as we go. Your prose about design was poignant, but far from anything that should cause alarm about ones own mind. On the contrary, probably many of us have the base ingredients for similar expressions swirling in our heads, too. It's just that not as many of us are able to articulate it as well as you did.
This would have been so much better without the non-stop verbal nonsense.
And yet you control that issue. It would have been great had you considered the volume control.