Great book for a beginner . ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ this book really starts from the beginning, as in it explains what basic tools are and how to use them. But when it gets to the art of creating joints and how and when to use them this book really starts to teach you something. At least that was my experience.
The author does like to from scratch, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
I always amazed at the brave steps you take in completing a project, like hammering in the offcut blocks into the gap left by the shorter workpiece. I wouldn't have trust in myself to make that trick work.
I just made about 10 chopping boards with my off-cuts which I distressed, blowtorched, stained and oiled and then gave away to friends and family. They’ve gone down an absolute storm which was surprising given my abilities lol
Before you put a finish on, like that tung oil, you can apply some mineral spirits to the wood. This gives you a 'preview' of what a finish will look like AND reveal things like glue residue and sanding scratches, which you can then address. The spirits will soon evaporate and you can go ahead and apply a finish with more confidence.
Brilliant idea. Got some of that exact stuff in that exact busted state, been sitting in the garage for too long, plus I'm about to start on renovating the kitchen, in which we will be having an island so a butcher block for the end of that will be a good addition. Cheers.
This is a good looking butcher block surface. You did a great job on it. I'm looking forward to seeing you build the kitchen island. Thanks for the video. Merry Christmas.
I have some offcuts like this that I was going to turn into end grain cutting boards. I'll be saving this video to watch again in the new year when I start on that! Cheers Keith. Merry crimbo!
Great work K Dog! Always hated that laminate oak crud stuff, but this was an excellent re-evaluation and use of annoying off cuts! Your are the Hombre of Wood! El Capitan du Bois!
I’ve just done the same thing but on a smaller scale, They come out so well and I will never be throwing away oak worktop off cuts. Great video Keith 👍🏼
Great job Keith look forward to seeing more. Have a very Merry Christmas and a superb New Year mate. PS: Maybe you could give a shoutout to 'The Small Workshp Adventures' in the next Banter podcast?
I'm glad you told us it was for a Kitchen Island. I thought.. man you could get a whole beast on that top. Just by chance, I have just about finished three reasonable sized boards of Acacia. Same deal, made from Staves. Fortunately Acacia comes in quite a lot of varieties so lots of contrast. The board came from a friend who has just put in a new Kitchen. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your Beloved.
I quite like the look of the staves and I must say I wasn't convinced when you said what you were going to do, but I watch the video through and I think the result was fantastic. I stand corrected! Have a good Christmas and New year.
Nice work, Kieth! By the way, based on your gift suggestions I gifted myself a jar of O’ Keefes hand balm. Love it! Hope you and all have a blessed Christmas and are looking forward to a joy filled new year. 🙏🏻
Brilliant video, thank you for the work you’ve done to provide these over the last year. Hope you, the Mrs and Cat/s have a great x mas and new year 👍👍👍👍
Beautiful, Keith! Really fantastic work! 😃 Looking forward to the island build! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊 Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Done pretty much the same, but smaller size (295mm x 270mm x 25mm) to make end grain cutting boards. Six strips of the oak off cut and an 8mm width of walnut between the first, third and fifth glue-up joint. For the finish I just use mineral oil. They look great, very practical and are relatively easy to make.
Great looking piece and a lot of effort gone into the wood and the editing. Really helpful to see how you glued and sanded it. Have a great x-mas and new year.
I've considered doing this myself in the past but I don't have a table saw, but seeing you use the track saw makes me thing it might actually be doable! ...and another vote here for those 3M sanding discs.
Looks great Keith 👍I want to make 2 tops for my bedside tables the same way but I've not got around to it yet, this has inspired me to get it done sooner rather than later.
A great video. I have so many worktop offcuts that I keep from ripping out kitchens and making kitchens and I think I might put them to use now. I love your food safe wax and I use it on every chopping board that I make. I am glad that you have them in tins now as I still have some from when you sold them in jars and they can be a bit of a pain to get the wax out in the winter. I use a hairdryer to heat it and let it drip out 😂
😁 Nice job Keith. I have some smaller worktop offcuts that I've been trying to get around to doing this with for ages 😁. Looks like Mrs Little Workshop will be getting a new chopping board in the new year then 😁. Happy Christmas to you and Mrs Keith.... and the cats of course 😁. 🎅👍
First, Happy Holidays! I was very impressed at the job, looks great! While I like all of your videos, I do enjoy the wood working the best. Just a personal preference. Curious though how the rest of the cat projects are coming along.
Looks a great project. How good is tung oil for finish? Does it create a surface coat or deep impregnation of the end grain? Have a great Christmas with family & felines. See you in new year!
Myth Busted then, I've always been sh%t scared of putting end grain through the thicknesser but it seems as long as the blades are good and sharp and you take very light passes all is good. Looking forward to part two Keith.
You are lucky that you didn't have any staining issues - I have some bad experience with wiping down glue with wet clothes from end grain surface...anyway great movie!!! Merry Christmas!!!!
Very helpful video, thanks very much. Could you suggest some good food safe wood glues please as I am working on an Oak chopping board at present which will need gluing up? Thanks.
Matthias Wandel had a great idea recently for easily spacing things from an edge like you're dong with the track saw track. Rather than the jig you've used here that pushes on the front of the track, make two narrower versions of them with a long "arm" that goes just over top of the track and past the backside with a block at the end attached to the underside. Position each jig at the ends of the track and the blocks will catch the backside of the track as you push the track AWAY from the edge. Check out Matthias' recent video "Dresser build" starting at 5:22 for a visual of how it works. It'd also be easy enough to make this sort of thing adjustable and reusable.
A great video and I love how you describe your workflow, as a blind woodworker, detail is in what you describe. I have a question for you. You mentioned the new Milwaukee cordless belt sander. Any chance of either a review on this or share your thoughts on what you think of it, it's strengths, weaknesses, etc? I've gone purely cordless throughout to avoid falling over cables / air hoses again, so I'm looking for certain solutions to particular challenges. Don't know if you've heard about one of the recent cordless polishers from Milwaukee, might be something to consider for high sheen polishing / friction polishing. I've used mains polishers in the past after sanding and coating and as long as you have some good mops / pads, you can get a beautiful feeling surface. Do you tend to stick to a certain brand of cordless tools or are you open to particular other brands? You mentioned your current track saw, which if I'm right is a plunge saw, they're limited to about 50mm unless it's a festool, but have a look at bosch's GKS18v-68GC which is a rail compatible saw, I love it to bits as a rail saw and yes I also use the GKT18v52GC, they make my life so much easier for sheet and other material processing. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you! The belt sander seems pretty good although I've only used it once, I'd like to try it out with some different belts as the ones I bought by Trend don't fit particularly well, so I found them annoying as they were not quite wide enough. I'll probably talk about it more in future once I've spent some more time with it. I use Milwaukee, Makita and Ryobi batteries in the workshop and Bosch Green for garden tools. They've all been great. I've not tried the Milwaukee polisher but it looks very nice. Happy Christmas!
@@RagnBoneBrown trying to think of who to recommend for belts, if I find the size for that machine and suppliers I'll send you a link when I get chance. I'd never use trend abrasives. speaking of, I'll take a gander at the M abrasives you recommended. I rely on Bosch Professional only, though recently Fein ampshare, so I trust these brands with my life. I'm picky about what I use and no more gas nailers. I'm thinking about milwaukee for a brand, what's your experience with them for warranty / service?
Thanks. Milwaukee sponsor my channel so I have a different kind of relationship with them than someone who buys their tools so difficult for me to comment on their customer service
Great book for a beginner . ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ this book really starts from the beginning, as in it explains what basic tools are and how to use them. But when it gets to the art of creating joints and how and when to use them this book really starts to teach you something. At least that was my experience.
The author does like to from scratch, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
I always amazed at the brave steps you take in completing a project, like hammering in the offcut blocks into the gap left by the shorter workpiece. I wouldn't have trust in myself to make that trick work.
I just made about 10 chopping boards with my off-cuts which I distressed, blowtorched, stained and oiled and then gave away to friends and family.
They’ve gone down an absolute storm which was surprising given my abilities lol
You just made my dream cutting board, Keith. Tons of room for prepared ingredients and even big enough for pastry rolling etc. Grrrrrr 😜
I took off cuts from my butcher block counters and made some floating shelves and an apron rack for the kitchen. Great video as always 👏👏👏👏👏
Such a great vision you had for use of the gift of salvaged oak you received...upcycling at its finest!
I’ve done this on a much smaller scale and can only admire your fortitude in seeing the job through. What a carry on it is especially with hand tools.
Before you put a finish on, like that tung oil, you can apply some mineral spirits to the wood. This gives you a 'preview' of what a finish will look like AND reveal things like glue residue and sanding scratches, which you can then address. The spirits will soon evaporate and you can go ahead and apply a finish with more confidence.
Genius idea! I've got a few offcuts of worktop like that buried in the shed somewhere
Brilliant idea. Got some of that exact stuff in that exact busted state, been sitting in the garage for too long, plus I'm about to start on renovating the kitchen, in which we will be having an island so a butcher block for the end of that will be a good addition. Cheers.
True craftsman. Fun to watch.
Thanks
Looks great! Looking forward for the second part!
Thanks!
This is a good looking butcher block surface. You did a great job on it. I'm looking forward to seeing you build the kitchen island. Thanks for the video. Merry Christmas.
Great vid Keith! Well worth the effort!
awesome.
Hope you all have a good Christmas and new years !
Thanks! You too!
I have some offcuts like this that I was going to turn into end grain cutting boards. I'll be saving this video to watch again in the new year when I start on that! Cheers Keith. Merry crimbo!
Great that you've utilised every scrap of material to achieve the final article.
Great work K Dog! Always hated that laminate oak crud stuff, but this was an excellent re-evaluation and use of annoying off cuts! Your are the Hombre of Wood! El Capitan du Bois!
Super job 👏🏼
Thank you! 😊
Great project. Love the character of it.
Wow what a transformation such an improvement on the staved worktop!
Big improvement. Like it. Well done for going back over it and making good. Hope you have a nice crimbo mate.👍
Thanks, you too!
The block looks great, it's good to know the sanding disks didn't clog up, that was surprising. Cheers Keith
Thanks Keith. Merry Christmas
This is beautiful Keith! It shows what a great material wood is; I was smiling when you were oiling the surface
Good job on the butcherblock top Keith! Hope you had a great Christmas! and Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing the video with us!💖👍😎JP
Beautiful 👍
Merry Christmas.
Thank you! You too!
I’ve just done the same thing but on a smaller scale, They come out so well and I will never be throwing away oak worktop off cuts. Great video Keith 👍🏼
Beautiful job!! Love working with Tung oil!
lot of work, but great results. Happy Christmas to all of you!
Same to you!
Fantastic Keith.. great idea 👍
Cheers Keith, have a good Christmas
Absolutely brilmiant Keith.
I hope to be as good as you one day buddy, im still pushing forward in my woodworking, even thougj im not making videos.
Great job Keith look forward to seeing more. Have a very Merry Christmas and a superb New Year mate. PS: Maybe you could give a shoutout to 'The Small Workshp Adventures' in the next Banter podcast?
I'm glad you told us it was for a Kitchen Island. I thought.. man you could get a whole beast on that top. Just by chance, I have just about finished three reasonable sized boards of Acacia. Same deal, made from Staves. Fortunately Acacia comes in quite a lot of varieties so lots of contrast. The board came from a friend who has just put in a new Kitchen. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your Beloved.
I quite like the look of the staves and I must say I wasn't convinced when you said what you were going to do, but I watch the video through and I think the result was fantastic. I stand corrected! Have a good Christmas and New year.
It's amazing how a video like this has had almost 2k views but only 25o odd likes. Great video by the way.
Hey, thanks!
Nicely done!
I actually like the natural wood finish as it adds a bit of character to the u
Surface.
Great video Keith 👍🏼👍🏼
Looks great. Merry Christmas Keith.
Nice work, Kieth! By the way, based on your gift suggestions I gifted myself a jar of O’ Keefes hand balm. Love it! Hope you and all have a blessed Christmas and are looking forward to a joy filled new year. 🙏🏻
Happy Christmas to you and those dear to you Keith.
Same to you!
Nice one Keith, your wax made it look super sweet! 👌
Thanks 👍
It looks really good anyway.
Brilliant video, thank you for the work you’ve done to provide these over the last year. Hope you, the Mrs and Cat/s have a great x mas and new year 👍👍👍👍
Same to you! Cheers
Beautiful, Keith! Really fantastic work! 😃
Looking forward to the island build!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Done pretty much the same, but smaller size (295mm x 270mm x 25mm) to make end grain cutting boards. Six strips of the oak off cut and an 8mm width of walnut between the first, third and fifth glue-up joint. For the finish I just use mineral oil. They look great, very practical and are relatively easy to make.
The part I was most impressed with was getting the small pieces to fit by hand planing them - great idea, don’t think I would’ve thought of that
Thank you
Great looking piece and a lot of effort gone into the wood and the editing. Really helpful to see how you glued and sanded it. Have a great x-mas and new year.
That Keith is a great board from a ropey piece of old worktop....nice one..... Merry Xmas to you and your family.
I've considered doing this myself in the past but I don't have a table saw, but seeing you use the track saw makes me thing it might actually be doable! ...and another vote here for those 3M sanding discs.
Looks awesome! Looking forward to the island-build video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thanks! You too!
Looks great Keith 👍I want to make 2 tops for my bedside tables the same way but I've not got around to it yet, this has inspired me to get it done sooner rather than later.
Another work of art...
A great video. I have so many worktop offcuts that I keep from ripping out kitchens and making kitchens and I think I might put them to use now. I love your food safe wax and I use it on every chopping board that I make. I am glad that you have them in tins now as I still have some from when you sold them in jars and they can be a bit of a pain to get the wax out in the winter. I use a hairdryer to heat it and let it drip out 😂
Great looking piece mate. Hope you and your family have an very Merry Christmas an New Year. All the best from Australia 👍🇦🇺
beautiful work
Thank you very much!
😁 Nice job Keith. I have some smaller worktop offcuts that I've been trying to get around to doing this with for ages 😁. Looks like Mrs Little Workshop will be getting a new chopping board in the new year then 😁. Happy Christmas to you and Mrs Keith.... and the cats of course 😁. 🎅👍
Happy Christmas Keith and a wonderful New Year!
Hi, merry Christmas and a happy New Year, Steve
Happy holidays!
Looks beautiful Keith. Great job. Looking forward to the kitchen island build. Merry Christmas and happy New Year 🥳
Thanks, you too!
Look's great Keith, Have a great Christmas & New Year both !!!.
Cheers you too!
First, Happy Holidays! I was very impressed at the job, looks great! While I like all of your videos, I do enjoy the wood working the best. Just a personal preference. Curious though how the rest of the cat projects are coming along.
Looks a great project. How good is tung oil for finish? Does it create a surface coat or deep impregnation of the end grain?
Have a great Christmas with family & felines. See you in new year!
have a great xmas and new year, thanks for all the content
Same to you!
Great work!
Thanks!
I think both the staves and the blocks look awesome, but I do like the butcher block style for kitchen counter tops!
The sink cutouts make good cutting boards.
Looks great!
That looks great Keith, turned out really nice. Milwaukee tools always sound so quiet. Is that just the editing?
Good on you for going back and doing it all again, Keith. Happy Christmas to you, Ria, Mickie and Hazel.
Looks great Keith
Thanks Lyn
Myth Busted then, I've always been sh%t scared of putting end grain through the thicknesser but it seems as long as the blades are good and sharp and you take very light passes all is good. Looking forward to part two Keith.
Looks awesome 🙌
Thanks mate, happy Christmas
You are lucky that you didn't have any staining issues - I have some bad experience with wiping down glue with wet clothes from end grain surface...anyway great movie!!! Merry Christmas!!!!
Did Fisher price design the Milwaukee belt sander
Very helpful video, thanks very much. Could you suggest some good food safe wood glues please as I am working on an Oak chopping board at present which will need gluing up? Thanks.
Matthias Wandel had a great idea recently for easily spacing things from an edge like you're dong with the track saw track. Rather than the jig you've used here that pushes on the front of the track, make two narrower versions of them with a long "arm" that goes just over top of the track and past the backside with a block at the end attached to the underside. Position each jig at the ends of the track and the blocks will catch the backside of the track as you push the track AWAY from the edge. Check out Matthias' recent video "Dresser build" starting at 5:22 for a visual of how it works. It'd also be easy enough to make this sort of thing adjustable and reusable.
Cheers yeah I saw that, great stuff. I love his channel
lovely job and great video
Thank you very much!
Have a look at Hampshire sheen food safe Danish oil. It's awesome 👌
How's the milwaukee sander?
Too nice to use!
I do agree, thanks for sharing
Good island top!👍but in first minutes i thinked you will make strong chopping boards)
I've done this myself and made chopping boards and a cheesboard. Tough as old boots.
A great video and I love how you describe your workflow, as a blind woodworker, detail is in what you describe. I have a question for you. You mentioned the new Milwaukee cordless belt sander. Any chance of either a review on this or share your thoughts on what you think of it, it's strengths, weaknesses, etc? I've gone purely cordless throughout to avoid falling over cables / air hoses again, so I'm looking for certain solutions to particular challenges. Don't know if you've heard about one of the recent cordless polishers from Milwaukee, might be something to consider for high sheen polishing / friction polishing. I've used mains polishers in the past after sanding and coating and as long as you have some good mops / pads, you can get a beautiful feeling surface. Do you tend to stick to a certain brand of cordless tools or are you open to particular other brands? You mentioned your current track saw, which if I'm right is a plunge saw, they're limited to about 50mm unless it's a festool, but have a look at bosch's GKS18v-68GC which is a rail compatible saw, I love it to bits as a rail saw and yes I also use the GKT18v52GC, they make my life so much easier for sheet and other material processing. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you! The belt sander seems pretty good although I've only used it once, I'd like to try it out with some different belts as the ones I bought by Trend don't fit particularly well, so I found them annoying as they were not quite wide enough. I'll probably talk about it more in future once I've spent some more time with it. I use Milwaukee, Makita and Ryobi batteries in the workshop and Bosch Green for garden tools. They've all been great. I've not tried the Milwaukee polisher but it looks very nice. Happy Christmas!
@@RagnBoneBrown trying to think of who to recommend for belts, if I find the size for that machine and suppliers I'll send you a link when I get chance. I'd never use trend abrasives. speaking of, I'll take a gander at the M abrasives you recommended. I rely on Bosch Professional only, though recently Fein ampshare, so I trust these brands with my life. I'm picky about what I use and no more gas nailers. I'm thinking about milwaukee for a brand, what's your experience with them for warranty / service?
Thanks. Milwaukee sponsor my channel so I have a different kind of relationship with them than someone who buys their tools so difficult for me to comment on their customer service
Most excellent 👌
very nice!!!!!
Thanks!!
It's like LEGO haha
Potentially an unpopular opinion but I actually prefer the look of the oak stave tops. Hats off to you for your commitment though!
Im Wondering Why you get so much burning when useing your tracksaw i dont get any burning when useing my festool tracksaw 😂nice Video 👍
I agree!
Thanks
Thank you so much!
Wasn't a thinknesser originally called a plane? Asking for a friend
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Looks great!