Patterned Plywood and Brass Light Fixtures
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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Love it! After your last hexagon plywood video I made an entire 4’x8’ panel that I used as a headboard for my bed (2,000+ blocks). Had looooots of gaps. Tried wood filler, but I didn’t like the way it looked so I went back and picked all of it out with an ice pick and then cut tiny individual plywood strips to hammer into the gaps. Took me a million years but the headboard looks dope.
Love your work dude!
Wow! That's a lot of patterned ply! I'm sure it looks awesome!!
I build custom lighting for a living, so it was fun for me to watch you learning about what I do. I love the way your lights came together! And I’m really happy to see that you went to a professional to help you with the electrical part of your project. So many people build lights on UA-cam, without consulting a professional, and end up making very dangerous lights.
Thanks Alex! Yeah there’s a lot to building fixtures.Excited to build more 😁
You can always tell that you are first and foremost an artist. Your design decisions are always standouts. 👏👏👏
you're car gets me, I just started watching your channel but as soon as i saw that old benz i was like this is my guy. Thanks for all the creative ideas
You can really see that hexagons are the bestagon
Not a lot of CGP Gray viewers here it seems. :)
was about to comment this!
I was not expecting this comment under one of Michael's videos!
How do these videos not have more views? Very inspirational, this gets me excited to get back into the workshop, something I've been putting off for so long because work has taken over my life.
One word, all caps: ART
These turned out beautiful! Great job Michael and thanks for sharing!
This much work exactly suits a custom work
Michael, I was doing some research recently and actually had this on my screen while watching you build those beautiful lamps. I hope this is useful.
3M Scotch Brite Nylon Pads
Number Color 3M Grit Grit Description
7445 White 1000 1200-1500 Light Duty Cleansing
7448 Light Grey 600-800 800 Ultra Fine Hand
6448 Green 600 600 Light Duty Hand (Most Common)
7447 Maroon 320-400 320 General Purpose Hand
6444 Brown 280-320 240 Extra Duty Hand
7446 Dark Grey 180-220 150 Blending
7440 Tan 120-150 60 Heavy Duty
Super helpful! Thanks!
“I don’t have a plan, I’m just going to see what happens” - what happens when you do have a plan? Excellent craftsmanship Michael.
Yes please to the brass solder video!
Dope.... I love how you share things that are new to you like your trial and errors with the brass. Loving it.... keep chargin Michael!
Very attractive lamps.
As you discovered, soft solder (lead solder) does not make a strong joint. Whenever possible you should have a good mechanical join and use soft solder only to waterproof the joint, e.g., for a bucket, or to give the joint a bit of extra rigidity.
A strong joint can be achieved without a mechanical join by hard soldering (brazing).
When making metal boxes the corners should be mitered. Unlike mitering wood, when mitering sheet metal the sides are not cut separately. A 90° groove is filed into the thickness of the plate, not quite all the way through. Then the sides are bent toward each other to form the square corner. The continuous metal at the corner ensures that a seam does not show on the outside.
Doing this well and efficiently takes lots of practice. In the jewelry trade making boxes is a specialty.
This is all great info, thank you!
it's so pretty and elegant!
A little advice to give to your friend: instead of using a drill bit to clean the burrs off the brass (like in the video), tell him to use spiral reamers. They give a much cleaner edge and are less likely to catch or snag on softer metals like brass. Only found your channel a week or 2 ago and enjoying your material 👍🏻 Going to give the plywood patterns a go soon for some drawer fronts
As an apprentice I learned from my Journeyman... "white to silver, black to brass, green to ground to save your A$$'
Nice job on the lamps
Came here for this comment. I'd always heard "Black to brass, white to bright, and green to ground."
I used to work with brass a lot. I am very lazy and bad at soldering. So, the trick I would pull for brass frames was that - make sure that insert (wood) has rounded edges. Sharp edges can cause metal fatigue and snap soft brass. Then measure around the insert, cut a bit longer off the brass bar, and simply wrap it around the insert. Ends can be soldered or (my favorite) joined with rivets. You can do this at the top or at the bottom, depending on which one is going to be less visible :)
Really pretty fixtures. Thanks for the info and details..
Oh man I really love that pattern, the design, and everything about it. Awesome job👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
What a way start my weekend, coffee, woodwork, metal work and electrical work, really enjoyed this video. Look forward more of the same. End result was awesome 👏. Thanks for sharing
Very nice job. They look good.
I want to see this pattern with epoxy as a table . With some crazy ideas. Like breaking it from the middle or something really simple like little burning with a torch, or you can make it like charcoal by burning it too and apply resin after cleaning the burning wood to make it little bit smooth look ❤️🇦🇪🤭☺️ love ur channel
Something to be aware of - don't put solder on connections that are going into screw terminals - over time, the solder "flows" under the pressure of the screw (you can imagine how this would happen, with how soft solder is) and the connection will become loose. Either just twist the wires (use some wide plyers to help if needed), or put a crimp fitting on the bare ends.
This is good to know. And Josh just soldered the ends not the full length of exposed wire, so the solder isn’t under the screw. It just keeps the wire from fraying
@@MichaelAlm Glad to hear. Congrats on some amazing lamps :)
Beautiful work! - thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Dude u are so talented.. I watched a video of urs where u made a piece for a home ages ago. I loved seeing this patterned plywood u did then and this is even more exceptional.
I love the ART DECO PERIOD. I love the form and shapes of this period completely so this video was awesome to watch so thanks for inspiring me to try and make these..
I was wondering how u made th3se lights before starting the video and I couldn't see it which is why u do this so well and I cannot even begin to see how it's done.. LOL..
Bro keep making these brilliantly informative videos bcos u make beautiful artistic pieces for everybody who loves woodworking to enjoy.
I get more and more inspired everytime I see ur videos and the fine Art u produce. I call it FINE ART. I hope u don't mind me calling ur work that bcos it's inspiring me no end dude.. Salute to u Sir!
Custom light fixture shop. Didn't know these existed. And yes on the whole brass welding and finishing video.
Wow! i just checked their website out. Right mow i got more ideas than money.
Nice fittings, noticed conductors were soldered prior to fitting to lamp holders...a big no no here in Australia, I think its because soldered conductors tend to loosen in time when fitted under a screw, instead to the capture the strands we would use a boot lace compression crimp.
Great design!
beautiful lamps.
Beautiful job.
I am waiting for tree and tree lovers. It's been a great work again👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥳
Really like how they turned out! Congrats man! Big up 💪✌
Great job Michael ! The teal color was a great choice.
Thanks Bart!
That’s cool...
I might put them in the other way up.... so it looks like a flame...
Next up, same thing, but transparent wood !
Yes please on the brass video
Very creative, and nice work!
It's soo much easier to solder brass that is clean, polished, and bright brass-colored.
Really gorgeous!!! Great project. Love the art deco feel with the hexagons, and the color cord just adds to it.
Thank you 😁
Would love to see a video on soldering from you Micheal. I love how your instructions are straight forward and have other suggestions and tell people what to expect by usinga certain technique. 😊
One sad thing is that the background music you use is so good but i can't get it on UA-cam😪 good stuff though
Those Edison bulbs would look really awesome!
I think your problem when soldering brass is you don't apply enough heat and flux on clean surface, i never solder brass but i solder pipes of copper, First clean with a fine steel wool, then apply flux and the best point in copper is when reach to red/black then you apply the tin and then flux do the job. capilarity absorb the tin and done. You waste a little tin doing that. Thanks for your videos!! regards from spain
Lol I saw you lookin at that pattern on Pinterest and knew you were gonna use it in a patterned plywood piece. Very cool.
that is a lot of work for a simple need.
WOW
HOW COOL...!
1st, don't solder on a metal desk. It takes the heat out of the parts to be soldered, also the flux will rust the bench top if its good flux. Make a jig to keep parts in the air in the correct relationship.
2nd, clean the joint areas.
3rd, use a liquid flux if available, (bakers fluid flux maybe) apply with an eye dropper when parts are warming and when hot and then apply solder immediately. If you use paste flux clean up is harder and it can leave a messsssssss. The lumps of solder you have on the back of the joints at 13.25 shows incorrect heat and or incorrect flux. It should never lump but simply glide into the joint by capillary action. Don't over do the heat or solder or gravity may defeat your nice clean flow into a non economic trickledown. Messsssssy.
4th, some times pre tinning of the edges works well. Get each part of the joint individually and clean the edges that are to be soldered. Heat the edge, apply flux and a thin layer of solder to cover entire edge no bald spots. Surplus can be wiped off with a cloth or leather while hot if required and depending on the joint. Do this with all parts to be soldered. assemble the parts bit by bit, apply heat and a little pressure and they will join. If there is uneven solder on the tinned parts it can be sanded or thinned but leave a layer on the brass. more solder and flux can be added during the joining if required.
If soldering many sequential parts it is possible to purchase solder that melts at different temperatures, so small intricate work can be done without the earlier work strangely disassembling itself to some strange howls, which you discover are yours, But caution as the melt temperature drops so does the strength.
I would use silver solder (expensive) for parts subject to movement or stress and simple 60/40 electrical solder if parts are in passive display. Hobby shops also have ranges of solder available. look in your local railroad modeller magazine, these are frequently used for soldering brass etched parts.
Practice is cheap and easy, the same practice parts can be used over and over for practice.
I would LOVE to see your brass soldering video! I love your videos and find it so entertaining and educational!
Try brazing your brass pieces in the future, it'll come out amazing. Great video, thanks.
Another company that has a wide variety of lamp parts is Grand Brass. Their prices are reasonable, and sometimes they have a larger selection of parts than some of my wholesale distributors.
Good to know!
Hexagons are the bestagons.
I am so glad that you shared this, I have a bunch of links from all over the internet for lamp parts.
I never built one simply because of all the hassle.
Shipping to Canada seems to be reasonable as well which is nice!
What a nice fixture ! I love the combination of pattern plywood and brass ! It makes a very fine finished product !
Glad you could learn a new technic, I should try this one day too ! Thanks for the great video as usual !!!
Thank you!
A brass soldering video from a fresh viewpoint would be awesome to see if you're up for it!
Reminds me of a match or a candle upside down, but the flame is not lapping toward the roof.
Stunning! Wao once again you nailed!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️👍
This is the most new age tech build project ive seen thats made something that looks so retro haha At the end i debated whether going with an Edison style bulb would have been the better choice but i like the look you went with. It would have detracted from the hexagon styling. :)
What a beautiful !! Awesome work !
Yes! Please make a video on soldering brass. That would be amazing!
Very nice!
They look absolutely fabulous.
Nice to see the arbortech gear come out, fab Aussie made kit. 🇦🇺
I feel all inspired to get in the shed !
Let's talk about the Benz wagon outside your shop.
Pre fluxed brazing rod Map gas works well
@diyperks would probably love these!
Beautiful lamps, Michael. I love them. Thanks for sharing.
Cool project. Somehow I've never thought making your own light fixture was a thing, just never occurred to me as a project but I like the idea. New maker possibilities open!
Lamps are super fun! I highly recommend giving it a go 😁
Yes! A video on brass!
Wow! Great looking lamps. Thanks for sharing the process.
Really dig these lights
Love this lamp style man! Amazing job and just subscribed. Fellow Seattle UA-camr! Keep up the great work.
Thanks!! That’s awesome. I don’t know of too many others out here.
Beautiful work! Love the gold color and the wood patterns 🙌🏻
Jolies lampe beau projet comme tout le reste d ailleur
Thanks for such a thorough and entertaining video. Beautiful work!!
Upgrading to mapp gas (yellow canister) over propane would help a lot too
Don't Die !
Like your videos on patterned plywood. they are the best!
Color cord seems really cool. Thanks Michael.
Love these unique projects Michael, turned out amazing!
Thanks Tyson!!
Você é fantástico.
Faz uma tábua de corte com madeira de deck segmentado.
Parabéns deste Brasil!!
Awesome job Michael!
I’d try some different types of flux, the stuff we use in our copper shop for soldering works great and just from looking at yours it doesn’t seem to flow as nicely, but that could also be because u aren’t getting it hot enough.
Nice
Yes please make a video on working with brass.
That is so cute! I want one!
Definitely would love to see a video about soldering brass. Gorgeous work as always.
I'd want a collaboration with someone who is highly skilled at soldering, where Michael presents the issues faced and someone explain how to avoid them, and how to get the best results.
I feel like the teardrop shape resembles a candle flame and it looks like it’s been turned upside down.
Congrats on 200k! Awesome looking fixture.
Thanks Brian!!
Wow! You’ve done such an amazing job! I love the design and you make welding bronze seem so easy 😅 Now I want to try it!
Can you tell I’m smiling?
Good!😉
nice . your upside down tear drop looks like more like pine cones with the patterned plywood. nice
very nice
Un trabajo genial, muy bonitas lamparas
I love this!! OMG... 💜
Ohh yay I love Color Cord!!
Awe, thank you! 😊
Gorgeous ! NIcely done.
Beautiful final product - and definitely want a tip video for working with brass!
Definitely would be interested in a brass soldering video.
These light's turned out great but i wish you had used the new style 💡 light bulbs 💡 the ones that are see-through but look old fashioned, they would have just topped off the style!!!
💯% 👍🇬🇧
Wouldn't miss a chance to learn a new way to shape some matter. Your videos have been really cool up untill now, would love to see how to handle brass
جميل جدا . Thanks sir
That was pretty cool.
Hey Michael! Revisiting this one awaiting the new light fixture video. Would still be in on a video on working with brass! Super clean build again by the way, they look awesome!