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Nachos! Great video! I just started working at a company that installs stairs (banisters, rails, balusters, treads, kick & skirt, wall caps, end caps, base shoe, etc.) and I've learned a ton in the two months since I started installing. I installed paint grade crown moulding and other interior trim for about 15 years prior to starting this job and I've wanted to become a real master carpenter for a while now. There's so much to learn and I'm basically a beginner but nothing good comes easy I suppose, huh? Anyway, keep up the great work. I believe this is the first or second video of yours that I've watched and I like your style. Very educational and informative while also being entertaining and well produced. God bless brother.
Stop doing what? Don't drag it on for the clickbair title please. I am trying to learn, but not spend a lot of time slowly going through things that are outside my scope now.
Ask for your money back. Get it? With a shit attitude and entitlement you aren’t going to learn a thing. He does what he does for engagement, which you also gave him, so he can make a living (or partial) doing videos. That’s his incentive, and why there is a library of videos he has created that you are looking at by choice.
BTW, don't know if anyone else has mentioned...hot melt glue will usually 'release' with a quick spray of isopropyl alcohol, just enough to seep under an edge, and capillary action moves it along as you peel it up with your prized HF chisel!
"Wood stain is a lie" brought back to memory of a customer that wanted a solid cherry set of cabinets. So the cherry was ordered and the cabinets for an entire kitchen were built and installed in the home. When the customer walked in they had a fit "those are not cherry cabinets" she exclaimed. She was assured that they were. Which made no difference in her mind, because "they were not the same as the cabinets in her sisters house". There was to much grain movement and the wrong color. Cherry she said "is a plain looking wood." So back to the drawing board I finally figured out that her sister had been sold a bad bill of goods and what she had was a set of birch cabinets with mahogany stain. (hideous) But that is what she wanted and so that is what she got. I ended up selling the original set for the cost of the wood to recoup some expense and keep the contractor I was working with happy. You can tell people something but you can't tell them much.
Yeah you have to show your clients samples of what wood looks like. People care about color, not so much wood or what finish is on it. So you have to show them what Cherry with poly on it looks like. What walnut with wax oil looks like. They only care if it’s the right shade of brown. You also have to make sure they understand that wood is natural and unique and they have to be cool with variation. If not the. I wouldn’t even work with them. Obviously cabinet builders are different than custom furniture makers though. People don’t see kitchen cabinets as unique pieces of art even though they are still handmade furniture. If she wanted exactly what her sister has she should have told you that up front so you could deliver that. You must really like your contractor to eat you labor cost when it was the customers fault. If the contractor requested Cherry cabinets and then didn’t accept I would definitely make them take some of the burden or I would be cautious working with them again. But I’m assuming you have a long history and this is the first time this happened.
Yea no. Client asks for product and you deliver, that’s a hell no to a redo. But always have samples to make sure the client knows exactly what they are getting.
NACHOS There is a formula for the number of clamps you need: {clamps needed} = {clamps have} + (2 x {clamps needed}) This is an old video so I don't know if your setup has changed, but when using a hand/trim router with no dust collection, I just clamp or tape down the hose of a shop-vac in the area I'm using and it does a decent job. There is still clean up to do after, but it's far less and keeps the dust from floating too far from the work area to where I have to vacuum the whole garage. Space saving tip for getting a CNC router: Install some french cleats, mount the router to a board and use french cleats with locking pin to mount it vertically on the wall. Almost all your cnc work is going to be clamped to the sacrificial board, or your going to use the tape + ca glue mounting method. So vertical mounting works perfectly well. Then since it's on french cleats, if you do need to use it horizontal you can always take it down for that project. I also would like to say that I appreciate that you are using (at least it looks to be) p100 filters on your respirator mask. I only use genuine 3M P100. For anyone that doesn't know the P vs R vs N: N is for particulates that contain no oils, liquids or other aerosols. R is usable when oils or aerosols will only be present for short periods of time. P is specifically designed to handle oil and aerosol particulates. The 100 means it stops 99.97%(HEPA Equivalent) of particulates.
Oh, one more things. Stains have their place. I use transparent water based stains and tints to get colors not found in nature for accents. I'll also use tint over purpleheart any day as purpleheart browns over time. Used sparingly stain is perfectly fine.
Nachos. I’m a tradesman but like you Spence, I don’t have a fully equipped fancy workshop. Your solutions are valid and inspiring. Take no notice of the “ I know better than you “ critics, you’re doing a fine job ! Keep up the great vids 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
It's nacho concern what color the customer wants it. You shouldn't even worry about whether you like it or not. I just remember they are paying me to do woodworking and I get to do something I really enjoy and support my family. I'm also getting the opportunity to give the customer what they want, which hopefully improves their lives. I hope this doesn't come across condescending or like I'm wagging my finger at you. It's just something I've thought about a lot while I'm working in my shop.
Exactly. It’s a good lesson for all of us. There’s no accounting for taste - even our own. And the fact that they’re contracting with a small maker says something good about the customer.
I definitely agree. It's fine to mention that the wood choice and stain colour is by the customer's request but you shouldn't openly rag on it if you disagree with their personal taste.
Thanks for your comment, Jordan. Not at all finger wagging, just pointing out that this video and project would have been just fine without the negativity. I noticed some new channels dumping on the way others build etc. & still they grow. Spencley Design Co. is not usually that kind of channel. SO hopefully he takes note of the comments and uses more care, for the sake of cust. service as you said. I really like what you said about getting more enjoyment from giving the customer what they want. I wish for continued success and happiness for you and your family ~ 🛠Lisa♿
Nice video and build advice about working with the tools you have or can improvise. That is what keeps it challenging and fun. About that front bottom shelf support piece … yes, a simple board can be fitted there … but maybe it would be interesting to make an oak “cheese wedge shaped” center foot that would have the curvature of the shelf and would be about the width of the side “legs” … set it back about 3/4 inch to give a “reveal” under the front edge of the bottom shelf. A challenge for corner items like this is the baseboard offset that creates a distance between the wall and the corner unit.
Nachos! I love the rack and if I was building it for me, I would have made the lowest shelf with a toe-kick that matches the curvature of the shelf to both support the whole rack up front and to prevent dust from accumulating underneath.
Hi Spencley, how well organizad you are. You make so easy to work with wood. Keep on same track!!! You really help the amateurs like me to live this hobby!!!! Regards from Monterre Mexico
Nachos: Great to have someone being honest about the amount of time and cleanup even 'small' projects take... it's not the size but the complexity and all the templates! Nice job.
A trick I picked up from Blanchard grinders is to use a number of small wedge shims to support the underside of a rough board during the first cut. It's a little cleaner than hot glue.
Nachos... I appreciate you pointing out how things can be done creatively without fancy tools because I hate it when someone in a massive shop tells you that while they use $100k worth of high end equipment.
I like that you have shown that GOOD woodwork can be produced in a small space. Yes, having more space & more equipment can make the job often quicker & easier but you can succeed in a small space if you take your time & take care. Cheers, Don from South Aust.
For the epoxy cake that you need to remove, you can remove a lot very fast using your router. Adjust the router bit depth by letting it rest on a small piece of cardboard or metal shim when standing on a table. That will reduce the sanding to the thickness of the shim. The shim should be thin, so never use a shim made of nachos.
I've been using charcoal to color my epoxy to fill these voids: the black dye was discoloring the wood pretty deeply sometimes and I'm sure that was user error, but charcoal doesn't cause the same discoloration.
I normally use black paint that I have in the garage and never had an issue with it dying the wood once sanded flush. But I use tabletop epoxy so it’s not a thin penetrating viscosity. It makes sense though if you are using epoxy that penetrates a lot the dye could get into the wood and stain it. It also makes sense that the charcoal particulate wouldn’t penetrate the wood fibers.
Nacho- first time on your channel. I really appreciated your tips and tricks for a small shop with limited room for tools. I will be exploring your other videos on how you have set things up. Great job!
Nachos, Really loved the video. I like how you admit how long some projects take. Good woodworking is all in the details. It always looks simple and fast when a project is covered by some content creators. I'm a fan. Keep on creating videos.
I did that also, purposefully. It reduces the "tripping" factor of multiple cords on the floor and catching cords with your feet thus pulling tools off of 'X'.
I don’t know what the client budgeted for this piece, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t enough to adequately compensate you for all the time and labor involved here. But I also realize that’s nacho sole reason for the build. Nice video.
Yes, and they get to watch this video of artist at work. Eric does a great job for such a small shop. I Just wish he had kept his negative opinions about the customer's choices and the other furniture in their home, that this will match, to himself. I guess the customer actually would not enjoy watching this video after all. Eric, is not usually negative though, and you are right, he really put a lot of time into this build.
Nachos, that was a nice build in such a small work space, a couple of things from an older woodworker to think about. If you do a corner shelf like this again you could do the first cut for the shelves at a 45 degree angle you can have the grain going from wall to wall instead of wall to radius. Having the grain going perpendicular to the common line of sight in some cases can be very nice, but it also means extra waste. Some customers don't care about small details like this and some love having more detail options available, and the more tricks and options you have the easier it is to have your customers happy and satisfied. Something to think about regarding stain, we always considered stain the last bit of enhancing a project before the finish coat. Things like creating subtle contrast, like this project if the sides were a bit wider or a full back you could mix the stain a bit darker for that and the lighter shade will naturally draw the viewers eyes to what's being displayed on the shelf. Uniform coloring; if you're building 2 dozen display cabinets, a few tables, and a desk for a storefront; or the tables, chairs, wainscotting for a court conference room frequently your customers will want it to be as homogeneous as possible and a good stain job can tie it all together in a way that the wood may not be able to do on its own. Accentuating the grain, I think especially for smaller projects like jewelry boxes, if you can mix a good stain and apply it well you can have it look so natural that non woodworkers won't think it's stained; making the grain or spalting or a burl show the beauty and character of that special piece of wood you've been saving for a close friend or family member. All that said about stain; the walnut stained oak was a bad trend in my opinion as well, I don't think it really added anything that the right choice of oil finish wouldn't have done better. But that's my opinion and the customer's opinion is the one we are looking to satisfy.
Nachos. Man, I'm Brazilian, 52 years old and already close to my retirement I started to learn carpentry. I also love wood in its natural state and I identified myself with your workshop. In mine I had to put wheels on all the countertops and furniture because of the lack of space. Congratulations for the work and for the valuable tips.
Nachos (Although I'll admit I fast forwarded a couple times because 1/2 hour is long video when you're trying to finish it on a 1/2 hour long break). Most impressive thing to me is that you manage to fit all your tools and supplies in a single bay garage and keep it neat, organized. Most of it looks accessible without too much digging or tripping over things. Making the most of a small workspace is an incredibly underappreciated talent. I wish you the best of success because it's obvious you've been planning this and putting it all together for a long time.
Nachos never lie, unlike “special” walnut wood stain. But don’t worry my brothers and sisters. Redemption, and dignity, awaits all who renounce such sins as deceptive stains, flash woods and needless filigree. Keep spreading the good word, brother Spencley!
Nachos! I think you could have cut down on the number of biscuits along the back vertical mitre to save some time and effort. Also if you rabetted all the vertical shelf supports it would have been just as strong and faster to build. Thank for all the great tips!
Hand tools work fine on epoxy. It’s just that hand tools are designed to take shavings measured in the thousandth of an inch. When you start getting up to 5 or 10 thou you’ve got a substantial shaving, about the max I would ever take for a rough pass. Usually we are talking about 1 to 4 thou depending on if it’s a finish pass. So shaving off 1/8 inch or more of a mound of epoxy obviously takes a bit. An aggressive sander that can clear the dust is obviously going to work pretty fast. If I was to rely only on hand tools and I overpoured my epoxy I would probably flush cut it with a Japanese saw. Put masking tape down if your saw scratches the surface. Then card scrape the remaining 50th of an inch. I say scrape it rather than plane it because you’re talking about knot holes and the grain is erratic there. Scrapers don’t care about grain direction the way planes do.
I reckon you should call this wine rack Nacho cheese as it is nach-yours and probably will be accompanied with fancy cheese. Great video, even if I didn’t know what you were making until 9 minutes in
Nachos! Great video Eric! I really appreciate you showing how to build complex projects without expensive tools like a CNC or jointer. It is really inspiring to go out and make projects!
I have done this and whilst it does a great job of quickly removing the epoxy there are two reasons I would never do it again. One is the huge amount of mess it made spraying epoxy ribbons all over the place (May not be an issue if you have good extraction).... the second more important reason is that it gummed up in my machine... the blades and feed bed were never the same again.
Naucho-sure you caught that he was "compromising" his "values", with the stain. So, i guess he was too distracted by the horror and too busy with the hyperbole, to use proper technique. I have always enjoyed his videos. The creativity with which he overcomes the challenges of a small shop, make his videos helpful and entertaining. However, i was very disappointed that he felt the need to take so many cheap shots. He was insulting to the folks that like colored epoxy. He exaggerated the negative opinion of red oak. ( those of us who have been building or involved in house design, for several decades, are kind of over the 90's computer desk look of red oak. But, we know it's an opinion. Eric used the word "hideous". He said it was "hideous", but would match the clients other furniture, which he has now called "hideous". Staining wood violates his "morals"(his word, not mine 21:35). But insulting someone's choices and tastes is okay? I know everyone likes to take the view, now a days, that people are soft & have their feelings too easily hurt. But, he didn't talk while working and have theses things just come out organically. He edited. Which must be awful time consuming and i truly appreciate all the work put in by content creators like Eric. He edited, did a voice over, remembered how he felt about colored epoxy and red oak and stain. And he shared it anyway. That's F'cked up. I can only imagine how much the client is paying for this custom build. If it was me, I would want to tell everyone how it was specially made for me and share the video build with them. Something, I just can't see them wanting to do now. Even if they can laugh at themselves, I hope they see how rude he was about it. Sorry, to torture you with this TheCatd6r, i just could not bring myself to post in open comment. Thanks for letting me vent ~ 🛠Lisa♿
@@geolisadrag-racing2349 Feel free to vent away! You are correct, there's no way to show them this video without insulting them. Not good customer relations, and future clients might think twice about requesting something they particularly like...
Wine bottles need to tilt toward the mouth of the bottle if you are going to use good wine which uses corks. The bottle tips so that the wine covers the inside of the cork and keeps it moist and therefore expanded.
1. It is a fallacy that good wine only uses corks. Screw caps actually more consistent and less prone to storage problems. 2. A full bottle laying on its side keeps the cork wet without having to be tilted downward.
@@JamalHeacock I have never seen a "good" wine that had a screw cap, ever! All Good wines (those that cost more than $250.00 a bottle ) have corks. I am not talking about pedestrian wines, but real fine wines. If the owners of these racks are going to have locally produced inexpensive wine, then that owner can store them in an old trunk and it will not make a difference until it turns into vinegar. A wine rack would not be necessary. The bottles are stored with a slight tilt as corks do breath if not saturated properly. When a bottle is just on its side the effervescence can escape through the cork. When stored properly with the bottle on a slight tilt the effervescence goes to the highest point in the bottle and is not near the cork so it cannot escape.
Nachos: It is refreshing to me to see woodworking videos which do not require a bazillion dollars in equipment to bring to fruition. So many UA-camrs have so much invested in their shop gear that it would take years to upgrade a newby shop.
You're lucky your management allows you to do woodworking in your rented garage. I live in Minnesota, my apartment owners won't allow any money making ventures. I am a retired toolmaker.
I love Natchos. I laughed at the 8x your said "it took forever" . My middle name is "that took longer than I expected". Nice job and thanks for the video.
Oh. Your comment on clamps reminds me of this tip, If you cut boards with a slight bow you can effectively use less clamps and still have all the clamping ability. Saw it in an fine woodworking magazine long ago. Just do a UA-cam search on clamping techniques I’m sure there’s a video explaining it in more detail. You’ll be happy once you learn the technique. Saves clamps big time! Research more on jigs. I’m in my experience I found later in career that knowing how to make great jigs can save you not only time but added tools you can manage without. Since you’re not a woodworker by trade I wouldn’t recommend expensive tools because it’s hard to recover the expense of them doing this as a hobby or side hustle.
Nachos, you're probably aware but there is a dust collection attachment kit that fits the bosch router, (BOSCH RA1173AT Dust Extraction Kit) there are attachments for both the plunge and regular base, as well as edge collection attachment. I don't have the greatest dust collection set up, but have found them super useful in reducing the dust in my shop/garage
Nachos. I’m so not a woodworker, but I am playing with metal and this has given me ideas for something that was being particularly problematic - not a solution exactly but more of a different way of approaching/thinking about the problem. Thank you
NACHOS. I don't do super heavy duty woodworking but I just picked up a Rikon 6"Benchtop Helical Jointer on sale for $410 and absolutely in love with it. I did a lot of research (including noticing these were the only benchtop/budget jointers Rockler and Woodcraft sold) and chose this one. I couldn't be happier, especially for the money. Going for almost $600 at Rockler but Amazon has them for $408.
Nice Video: Small shop here as well. Alternatively, you can a 12" piece of plywood 6 feet or so in length. Cut a second piece 3" and glue in onto the 12" piece, install hold down clamps and this becomes your straight edge jig for your table saw. Faster than the track saw. Subscribed so keep em comin.
I'm sort of in the same boat, my garden doubles as my workshop. But why hot-glue the boards to the jointer sled? I used to just lay the board on the sled and pass it through, getting good results. Since then I have made a sled with adjustable supports along its length, so it will support a warped board in several spots, allowing the planer to take off a bit more material on each pass without the pressure from the blades and rollers warping the board. That is a real time saver.
Nachos. My wife and I do a lot of custom work for her clients at our store, which means that we get compromise on stain usage often on tables and chairs and such. IF I were ever to build something like this with so many shelves - I would actually stain before my glue up as it makes the staining so much easier.
Nachos: Having run a commercial shop for years, I've seen a lot of horrible designs come through. Just hold your nose and paint it pink if that's what they want. I did a job for a rich woman. A semi & a half load of beautiful Sapele. We made all of it into moldings, tongue & groove wall paneling and doors. She had it bleached and stained grey!!!! This was an out building on her estate for parties (next to her private golf course.) Her husband didn't care what she wanted. A few years later we did something similar for another large out building on the estate. This time they flew to Germany and picked out 6,000 bd. ft. German white oak. Had it flown to the states and hauled to my shop. Everything has come in the rough, often highly variable in thickness. We had to run some of it though the planer first to get it down to a thickness the top head on the molder (only 20HP) could bring it to 3/4±. Stained yellowish brown. What do you suppose the air freight bill was? I never heard. I agree with you about what method of connecting one uses. As long as it is strong enough who cares? We had Dominos, Lamello, Castle pocket screw, Maka morticer, lock miter, miter folding, dovetail and CNC doweling. Doweling is by far the fastest along with auto case clamping.
Nachos,dude i find your videos really useful and educational,i only discovered you 2 days ago and i'm now watching all your videos,greetings from Beerse in Belgium
Nachos - my first thought was I'd have grooved the side pieces and screwed in from the back. Faster, but your joinery is cleaner. Second, I would have stained pre-assembly. Then again, more mess. I like the idea, your honest opinions and frankly, the time you take to explain the how/why. CNC is not a panacea- just a different way to make templates. You did great for a fraction of the money. Nice job. Look forward to your next one.
Don't you think it's a bit rude to say that your clients' choices are wrong? you are very funny and your videos are fantastic. congratulations for not hiding the mistakes. very honorable
Nachos!!! I just found you while browsing UA-cam. You are an awesome woodworker. I like your common sense approach to the craft and the fact that you don't take yourself seriously. Your video was outstanding. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I love that in your videos you give your opinion of decisions your clients' make that you totally disagree with. I am curious how they respond when they watch (if they watch) your videos.
Nachos. Great video,as always. I’ve only got a small shop and have only been doing cutting boards so far. But we all have start somewhere. Good luck in going full time.
Nachos, Eric! I’m not a new woodworker, but my space is also limited and I appreciate seeing you succeed in your small space. And you’re right; you can never have enough clamps.
Nachos: When I saw what you were building, I knew it was going to be very time consuming. I'm glad you were straight-forward about how long each step took. And I don't consider the need for an extra foot at the end a "mistake". It was just a good point of safety to notice. The client should probably attach the shelf to the wall anyway.
Nachos... You mentioned lots of micro-adjustment in creating the corner radius template for this project. I'm not sure what the micro-adjusting was for, but I was guessing that may have been because you needed a straight, tangential edge on the two ends for your uprights to attach to. It looked like you tried to achieve that by cutting the initial square to size and then trying to get the corner of your circle exactly aligned with the two edges of your square. Toolify did a video about 8 years ago on setting up a jig to make corner templates on a router. This method intrinsically creates the tangential ends on both ends. His goal was to create small reusable corner templates similar to some ones from woodpeckers, but you can scale the method up to create much larger templates. I used some OSB scraps to set up a jig to create 4 and 6 inch corner radius templates for rounding off corners on some floating desks I recently made. There's no reason why you couldn't scale the approach up to 18" or 24" or whatever radius you had on this project. Whether this setup is more or less work than what you did I can't say, but it should add a lot more certainty on getting the curve and the tangential lines on either end accurate. Toolify hasn't been active in a while, but he did come up with some neat little constructions for a few things in the shop.
Nachos: What a nice looking piece of furniture. While I will probably not make something like this, there are many excellent tips and methods that I can see me using. I also totally agree with your stance on colouring wood - it always looks false. Thanks for the time you put into sharing this project.
Nachos!!!! I knew what you were going to talk about within the first minute! I agree with the natural color of hardwoods! Let the beauty of the wood show!!! My wife is an artist and she finds beautiful solid wooden dressers, night stands, coffee tables and stuff at estate sales. She then wants to PAINT them... (sigh). I let her because she then makes them into wonderful functional art pieces that sell for hundreds of dollars. However... I feel your pain. Nice wine rack corner piece!
The dust from cutting MDF is insane - I'd strongly recommend masking up when cutting it on the table saw too. You can see that dust cloud rising from the table in your video.
Nachos must have been good body fuel for you making this Awesome stuff, thank you so much. I picked up a load of things from this which made me go off and google for a number of tools that you were using like that Kreg table, assembly squares and a number of other things. I'm a DIY and hobby woodworker, not a pro, but have been doing this for a number of years so have a reasonable amount of experience, yet I keep watching videos like yours because I often pick up good tips and ideas. Nice work fella. Now go and get yourself some more Nachos.
Nachos. Love what you're doing, Eric. I also have a small workshop, although bigger in area than yours. I share my space with 2 cars, which I have to move out every morning and in again every evening. My equipment level is quite a lot lower than yours, but I do have a nice Bosch mitre saw (which I need for the decking work that I do). Comes in handy in the shop. I wish I had half of the ideas that you have, but I'm learning. Thanks for your channel, bud. From Cape Town, South Africa.
I have neither a tracksaw nor a thicknesser. I do have hope and a dream. My way of sanding the edges to be good enough seems to be fine. I also only have tiny clamps
Nachos. Thanks Eric, I love watching your videos because you show so many different ways to make projects. I am looking forward to trying some of these techniques when we get our shop back up and running. Just moved so shop is now storage.
3:37 Flattening a board on electric jointers will get you into the surface planer quickly BUT you can get there pretty quickly with a hand plane. I sold my 6-1/2” jointer a few years ago (nice old machine!) and never have had an electric surface planer. Hand planes are surprisingly time efficient especially on ‘single projects’ and edge jointing with a fancy tablesaw blade leaves you with a glue-ready edge. It’s not necessary in a small shop to have electric jointers and planers to make a living. I’ve even built a humongous kitchen’s cabinets without an electric jointer or planer, and neither my time ($ per hour) nor the final results suffered. My dollars per hour factored a little extra time in, and my equipment overhead was less. Evened out. Other thing: low power availability like that single 20A outlet he mentioned is easily overcome with an appropriately capable solar power system AIO and a lithium battery. The AIO will supply more power than the 20A outlet, and it’s built-in charger will automatically recharge the battery without tripping the breaker feeding that outlet. In my case, I am offgrid and don’t have powerco to charge my batteries, but 95% of the time the solar panels do the job, and the generator only runs about 4-6 hours cumulatively per month, so it’s a nonfactor ($25/month, tops). My particular inverter is small though my situation is such that I can run a generator for the ‘big’ tablesaw or the welders. My cheap, small, portable Craftsman tablesaw runs fine on solar/battery (for utility rips and other rough cuts) as does the makita compound miter saw, sanders, routers, shopvac, and cordless tool chargers. Buying an AIO and using it without panels does come at a cost, but if you rent or have other limitations preventing upgrades to the wiring, the coupla grand may be worth it.
Nachos. I miss nachos. I don't eat corn anymore, but I do miss nachos. I love how you show multiple ways to do things. I do that myself to exercise my problem solving and expand my skill set. Love to engage my left hand too. I'm getting pretty good with it.
Exactly why do you think you need a jointer? I’m a 2nd generation woodworker myself and have learned there’s no reason to own one because you can accomplish the same things with tools you likely already have. You can use that jointer to flatten boards just don’t cut them to length before you do so there’s less to hot glue down to that board. Not to mention hot glue cools down to room temperature in just a couple minutes no big deal and a simple jig will allow you a straight edge. Anything else can be done with a router. I’m very curious why you find yourself in need of one considering shop space is a premium for most of us plus these tools are very expensive so unless you’re doing this for a living I found it best to avoid buying one myself.
You should check locally for a used shopsmith, it can be cut down to basically a power station and on one end You can have a jointer and a bandsaw on the other end, I picked mine up for 300 dollars and a shopsmith is perfect for Your small area.
Try double sided tape instead of hot glue for the jointer sled. A few strips for board and little pieces for wedges. So much faster easier, and cleaner.
Nacho! I'm aware many of my woodworking colleagues love to hate Red Oak. I don't get it. It's lovely, strong, workable, and affordable. By the way, that project, with Minwax Walnut stain looks like a lot like my 150-old walnut mammy bench which has turned golden. Fun sharing your experience.
I like the fact that you are using tools that a regular weekend woodworker would own. You talked about a big jointer and a CNC router. If you keep adding these big expensive tools, you'll be like all the rest of the woodworker shows with $100,000 worth of tools in a $500,000 shop. My suggestion is to keep it simple and show us how things can be built with regular DIY tools. P. S. I love your $7.99 prized chisel.
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Nachos,enjoyed the video!
Nachos! Great video! I just started working at a company that installs stairs (banisters, rails, balusters, treads, kick & skirt, wall caps, end caps, base shoe, etc.) and I've learned a ton in the two months since I started installing. I installed paint grade crown moulding and other interior trim for about 15 years prior to starting this job and I've wanted to become a real master carpenter for a while now. There's so much to learn and I'm basically a beginner but nothing good comes easy I suppose, huh? Anyway, keep up the great work. I believe this is the first or second video of yours that I've watched and I like your style. Very educational and informative while also being entertaining and well produced. God bless brother.
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Stop doing what? Don't drag it on for the clickbair title please. I am trying to learn, but not spend a lot of time slowly going through things that are outside my scope now.
Ask for your money back.
Get it? With a shit attitude and entitlement you aren’t going to learn a thing.
He does what he does for engagement, which you also gave him, so he can make a living (or partial) doing videos.
That’s his incentive, and why there is a library of videos he has created that you are looking at by choice.
You learned not to watch 30 minutes long videos having word "this" in title 🤣
I think he doesn’t want people to try to join wood using a nacho jig. It’s kind of a waste of time IMHO.
I think he probably means staining hardwood
I think he doesn't understand why people are smoking. Any more competing theories caused by a lousy clickbait title ?
BTW, don't know if anyone else has mentioned...hot melt glue will usually 'release' with a quick spray of isopropyl alcohol, just enough to seep under an edge, and capillary action moves it along as you peel it up with your prized HF chisel!
"Wood stain is a lie" brought back to memory of a customer that wanted a solid cherry set of cabinets. So the cherry was ordered and the cabinets for an entire kitchen were built and installed in the home. When the customer walked in they had a fit "those are not cherry cabinets" she exclaimed. She was assured that they were. Which made no difference in her mind, because "they were not the same as the cabinets in her sisters house". There was to much grain movement and the wrong color. Cherry she said "is a plain looking wood." So back to the drawing board I finally figured out that her sister had been sold a bad bill of goods and what she had was a set of birch cabinets with mahogany stain. (hideous) But that is what she wanted and so that is what she got. I ended up selling the original set for the cost of the wood to recoup some expense and keep the contractor I was working with happy. You can tell people something but you can't tell them much.
Yeah you have to show your clients samples of what wood looks like. People care about color, not so much wood or what finish is on it. So you have to show them what Cherry with poly on it looks like. What walnut with wax oil looks like. They only care if it’s the right shade of brown. You also have to make sure they understand that wood is natural and unique and they have to be cool with variation. If not the. I wouldn’t even work with them. Obviously cabinet builders are different than custom furniture makers though. People don’t see kitchen cabinets as unique pieces of art even though they are still handmade furniture.
If she wanted exactly what her sister has she should have told you that up front so you could deliver that. You must really like your contractor to eat you labor cost when it was the customers fault. If the contractor requested Cherry cabinets and then didn’t accept I would definitely make them take some of the burden or I would be cautious working with them again. But I’m assuming you have a long history and this is the first time this happened.
But... didn't you all even talk beforehand? No samples were discussed?
If they ask for cherry and you deliver cherry, they should pay for it.
Yea no. Client asks for product and you deliver, that’s a hell no to a redo. But always have samples to make sure the client knows exactly what they are getting.
Lesson learned. Find what clients want, not what they say they want.
And where can I get a set of cherry cabinets built for the cost of the wood?
NACHOS There is a formula for the number of clamps you need: {clamps needed} = {clamps have} + (2 x {clamps needed})
This is an old video so I don't know if your setup has changed, but when using a hand/trim router with no dust collection, I just clamp or tape down the hose of a shop-vac in the area I'm using and it does a decent job. There is still clean up to do after, but it's far less and keeps the dust from floating too far from the work area to where I have to vacuum the whole garage.
Space saving tip for getting a CNC router: Install some french cleats, mount the router to a board and use french cleats with locking pin to mount it vertically on the wall. Almost all your cnc work is going to be clamped to the sacrificial board, or your going to use the tape + ca glue mounting method. So vertical mounting works perfectly well. Then since it's on french cleats, if you do need to use it horizontal you can always take it down for that project.
I also would like to say that I appreciate that you are using (at least it looks to be) p100 filters on your respirator mask. I only use genuine 3M P100. For anyone that doesn't know the P vs R vs N: N is for particulates that contain no oils, liquids or other aerosols. R is usable when oils or aerosols will only be present for short periods of time. P is specifically designed to handle oil and aerosol particulates. The 100 means it stops 99.97%(HEPA Equivalent) of particulates.
Oh, one more things. Stains have their place. I use transparent water based stains and tints to get colors not found in nature for accents. I'll also use tint over purpleheart any day as purpleheart browns over time. Used sparingly stain is perfectly fine.
Nachos. I’m a tradesman but like you Spence, I don’t have a fully equipped fancy workshop. Your solutions are valid and inspiring. Take no notice of the “ I know better than you “ critics, you’re doing a fine job ! Keep up the great vids 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
It's nacho concern what color the customer wants it. You shouldn't even worry about whether you like it or not. I just remember they are paying me to do woodworking and I get to do something I really enjoy and support my family. I'm also getting the opportunity to give the customer what they want, which hopefully improves their lives. I hope this doesn't come across condescending or like I'm wagging my finger at you. It's just something I've thought about a lot while I'm working in my shop.
Exactly. It’s a good lesson for all of us. There’s no accounting for taste - even our own. And the fact that they’re contracting with a small maker says something good about the customer.
I definitely agree. It's fine to mention that the wood choice and stain colour is by the customer's request but you shouldn't openly rag on it if you disagree with their personal taste.
Thanks for your comment, Jordan. Not at all finger wagging, just pointing out that this video and project would have been just fine without the negativity.
I noticed some new channels dumping on the way others build etc. & still they grow. Spencley Design Co. is not usually that kind of channel. SO hopefully he takes note of the comments and uses more care, for the sake of cust. service as you said.
I really like what you said about getting more enjoyment from giving the customer what they want. I wish for continued success and happiness for you and your family ~ 🛠Lisa♿
Yah I see what you did there. Dad jokes aside, good advice 😝
Nice video and build advice about working with the tools you have or can improvise. That is what keeps it challenging and fun.
About that front bottom shelf support piece … yes, a simple board can be fitted there … but maybe it would be interesting to make an oak “cheese wedge shaped” center foot that would have the curvature of the shelf and would be about the width of the side “legs” … set it back about 3/4 inch to give a “reveal” under the front edge of the bottom shelf.
A challenge for corner items like this is the baseboard offset that creates a distance between the wall and the corner unit.
Nachos! I love the rack and if I was building it for me, I would have made the lowest shelf with a toe-kick that matches the curvature of the shelf to both support the whole rack up front and to prevent dust from accumulating underneath.
Hi Spencley, how well organizad you are. You make so easy to work with wood. Keep on same track!!! You really help the amateurs like me to live this hobby!!!! Regards from Monterre Mexico
Nachos: Great to have someone being honest about the amount of time and cleanup even 'small' projects take... it's not the size but the complexity and all the templates! Nice job.
A trick I picked up from Blanchard grinders is to use a number of small wedge shims to support the underside of a rough board during the first cut. It's a little cleaner than hot glue.
Blanchard grinders... I learned be methodical and be sure the magnet is ON. ;-)
You had me with that first statement. That will probably be on my gravestone: "This shouldn't take too long."
Nachos... I appreciate you pointing out how things can be done creatively without fancy tools because I hate it when someone in a massive shop tells you that while they use $100k worth of high end equipment.
I like that you have shown that GOOD woodwork can be produced in a small space. Yes, having more space & more equipment can make the job often quicker & easier but you can succeed in a small space if you take your time & take care. Cheers, Don from South Aust.
For the epoxy cake that you need to remove, you can remove a lot very fast using your router. Adjust the router bit depth by letting it rest on a small piece of cardboard or metal shim when standing on a table. That will reduce the sanding to the thickness of the shim. The shim should be thin, so never use a shim made of nachos.
I've been using charcoal to color my epoxy to fill these voids: the black dye was discoloring the wood pretty deeply sometimes and I'm sure that was user error, but charcoal doesn't cause the same discoloration.
I normally use black paint that I have in the garage and never had an issue with it dying the wood once sanded flush. But I use tabletop epoxy so it’s not a thin penetrating viscosity. It makes sense though if you are using epoxy that penetrates a lot the dye could get into the wood and stain it. It also makes sense that the charcoal particulate wouldn’t penetrate the wood fibers.
One shop I work with used to use Bondo with stainless added when mixing. It worked well and didn't bleed anywhere. Taco
Stain added (damned awful-correct)
Good job Spencer. It is not the high priced tools that make you a skilled woodworker. It is your knowledge and thinking outside the box.
Nacho- first time on your channel. I really appreciated your tips and tricks for a small shop with limited room for tools. I will be exploring your other videos on how you have set things up. Great job!
Nachos, Really loved the video. I like how you admit how long some projects take. Good woodworking is all in the details. It always looks simple and fast when a project is covered by some content creators. I'm a fan. Keep on creating videos.
Dude I’m amazed at what you’re able to do with one 15a circuit and one outlet. Insane efficiency
I did that also, purposefully. It reduces the "tripping" factor of multiple cords on the floor and catching cords with your feet thus pulling tools off of 'X'.
Nacho Loved the clamping blocks and your statement made several times that there is always more than one way to complete a task.
If you put the ledge to the front, the board won't move. since it's being pushed against the ledge.
I don’t know what the client budgeted for this piece, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t enough to adequately compensate you for all the time and labor involved here. But I also realize that’s nacho sole reason for the build. Nice video.
I'm sure it was.
Yes, and they get to watch this video of artist at work. Eric does a great job for such a small shop. I Just wish he had kept his negative opinions about the customer's choices and the other furniture in their home, that this will match, to himself. I guess the customer actually would not enjoy watching this video after all.
Eric, is not usually negative though, and you are right, he really put a lot of time into this build.
Nachos, that was a nice build in such a small work space, a couple of things from an older woodworker to think about.
If you do a corner shelf like this again you could do the first cut for the shelves at a 45 degree angle you can have the grain going from wall to wall instead of wall to radius. Having the grain going perpendicular to the common line of sight in some cases can be very nice, but it also means extra waste. Some customers don't care about small details like this and some love having more detail options available, and the more tricks and options you have the easier it is to have your customers happy and satisfied.
Something to think about regarding stain, we always considered stain the last bit of enhancing a project before the finish coat. Things like creating subtle contrast, like this project if the sides were a bit wider or a full back you could mix the stain a bit darker for that and the lighter shade will naturally draw the viewers eyes to what's being displayed on the shelf. Uniform coloring; if you're building 2 dozen display cabinets, a few tables, and a desk for a storefront; or the tables, chairs, wainscotting for a court conference room frequently your customers will want it to be as homogeneous as possible and a good stain job can tie it all together in a way that the wood may not be able to do on its own. Accentuating the grain, I think especially for smaller projects like jewelry boxes, if you can mix a good stain and apply it well you can have it look so natural that non woodworkers won't think it's stained; making the grain or spalting or a burl show the beauty and character of that special piece of wood you've been saving for a close friend or family member.
All that said about stain; the walnut stained oak was a bad trend in my opinion as well, I don't think it really added anything that the right choice of oil finish wouldn't have done better. But that's my opinion and the customer's opinion is the one we are looking to satisfy.
Nachos. Man, I'm Brazilian, 52 years old and already close to my retirement I started to learn carpentry. I also love wood in its natural state and I identified myself with your workshop. In mine I had to put wheels on all the countertops and furniture because of the lack of space. Congratulations for the work and for the valuable tips.
Nachos (Although I'll admit I fast forwarded a couple times because 1/2 hour is long video when you're trying to finish it on a 1/2 hour long break). Most impressive thing to me is that you manage to fit all your tools and supplies in a single bay garage and keep it neat, organized. Most of it looks accessible without too much digging or tripping over things. Making the most of a small workspace is an incredibly underappreciated talent. I wish you the best of success because it's obvious you've been planning this and putting it all together for a long time.
Nachos never lie, unlike “special” walnut wood stain. But don’t worry my brothers and sisters. Redemption, and dignity, awaits all who renounce such sins as deceptive stains, flash woods and needless filigree. Keep spreading the good word, brother Spencley!
You’re the man Tripp! I knew you would be so mad when you saw that stain come out 🤣
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Nachos! I think you could have cut down on the number of biscuits along the back vertical mitre to save some time and effort. Also if you rabetted all the vertical shelf supports it would have been just as strong and faster to build. Thank for all the great tips!
Hand tools work fine on epoxy. It’s just that hand tools are designed to take shavings measured in the thousandth of an inch. When you start getting up to 5 or 10 thou you’ve got a substantial shaving, about the max I would ever take for a rough pass. Usually we are talking about 1 to 4 thou depending on if it’s a finish pass. So shaving off 1/8 inch or more of a mound of epoxy obviously takes a bit. An aggressive sander that can clear the dust is obviously going to work pretty fast.
If I was to rely only on hand tools and I overpoured my epoxy I would probably flush cut it with a Japanese saw. Put masking tape down if your saw scratches the surface. Then card scrape the remaining 50th of an inch. I say scrape it rather than plane it because you’re talking about knot holes and the grain is erratic there. Scrapers don’t care about grain direction the way planes do.
I reckon you should call this wine rack Nacho cheese as it is nach-yours and probably will be accompanied with fancy cheese. Great video, even if I didn’t know what you were making until 9 minutes in
Nachos! Great video Eric! I really appreciate you showing how to build complex projects without expensive tools like a CNC or jointer. It is really inspiring to go out and make projects!
Thanks for your support Christian!
Why not epoxy the voids before you flatten the boards? I’m sure you’ve tried that, so why didn’t it work?
I have done this and whilst it does a great job of quickly removing the epoxy there are two reasons I would never do it again. One is the huge amount of mess it made spraying epoxy ribbons all over the place (May not be an issue if you have good extraction).... the second more important reason is that it gummed up in my machine... the blades and feed bed were never the same again.
It'll destroy the edge on the planer blades
Nacho! I'm hooked with this channel. Can't stop watching your projects get done. Therapeutic.
Nachsure of your reasoning but you might find it easier to stain before final assembly on that type of project....
Naucho-sure you caught that he was "compromising" his "values", with the stain. So, i guess he was too distracted by the horror and too busy with the hyperbole, to use proper technique. I have always enjoyed his videos. The creativity with which he overcomes the challenges of a small shop, make his videos helpful and entertaining. However, i was very disappointed that he felt the need to take so many cheap shots.
He was insulting to the folks that like colored epoxy. He exaggerated the negative opinion of red oak. ( those of us who have been building or involved in house design, for several decades, are kind of over the 90's computer desk look of red oak. But, we know it's an opinion. Eric used the word "hideous". He said it was "hideous", but would match the clients other furniture, which he has now called "hideous".
Staining wood violates his "morals"(his word, not mine 21:35). But insulting someone's choices and tastes is okay?
I know everyone likes to take the view, now a days, that people are soft & have their feelings too easily hurt. But, he didn't talk while working and have theses things just come out organically. He edited. Which must be awful time consuming and i truly appreciate all the work put in by content creators like Eric.
He edited, did a voice over, remembered how he felt about colored epoxy and red oak and stain. And he shared it anyway. That's F'cked up. I can only imagine how much the client is paying for this custom build. If it was me, I would want to tell everyone how it was specially made for me and share the video build with them. Something, I just can't see them wanting to do now. Even if they can laugh at themselves, I hope they see how rude he was about it.
Sorry, to torture you with this TheCatd6r, i just could not bring myself to post in open comment. Thanks for letting me vent ~ 🛠Lisa♿
That would make glue clean up easier.
@@geolisadrag-racing2349 Feel free to vent away! You are correct, there's no way to show them this video without insulting them. Not good customer relations, and future clients might think twice about requesting something they particularly like...
@@mikepeiffer7454 It makes everything easier. You can even do a spray finish on the pieces before final cuts...
@@geolisadrag-racing2349 Couldn't agree with you more! Really disappointing.
Nachos! Loved the vid. Keep up the great work!
Your support helps! Thanks so much
Wine bottles need to tilt toward the mouth of the bottle if you are going to use good wine which uses corks. The bottle tips so that the wine covers the inside of the cork and keeps it moist and therefore expanded.
1. It is a fallacy that good wine only uses corks. Screw caps actually more consistent and less prone to storage problems. 2. A full bottle laying on its side keeps the cork wet without having to be tilted downward.
@@JamalHeacock I have never seen a "good" wine that had a screw cap, ever! All Good wines (those that cost more than $250.00 a bottle ) have corks. I am not talking about pedestrian wines, but real fine wines.
If the owners of these racks are going to have locally produced inexpensive wine, then that owner can store them in an old trunk and it will not make a difference until it turns into vinegar. A wine rack would not be necessary.
The bottles are stored with a slight tilt as corks do breath if not saturated properly. When a bottle is just on its side the effervescence can escape through the cork. When stored properly with the bottle on a slight tilt the effervescence goes to the highest point in the bottle and is not near the cork so it cannot escape.
Using that little hand plane, lift it on the backstroke when it is not cutting, saves sharpness !
Tip from 90yr old tradesman.👍👍
Nachos: It is refreshing to me to see woodworking videos which do not require a bazillion dollars in equipment to bring to fruition. So many UA-camrs have so much invested in their shop gear that it would take years to upgrade a newby shop.
You're lucky your management allows you to do woodworking in your rented garage.
I live in Minnesota, my apartment owners won't allow any money making ventures.
I am a retired toolmaker.
I love Natchos. I laughed at the 8x your said "it took forever" . My middle name is "that took longer than I expected". Nice job and thanks for the video.
Oh. Your comment on clamps reminds me of this tip, If you cut boards with a slight bow you can effectively use less clamps and still have all the clamping ability. Saw it in an fine woodworking magazine long ago. Just do a UA-cam search on clamping techniques I’m sure there’s a video explaining it in more detail. You’ll be happy once you learn the technique. Saves clamps big time! Research more on jigs. I’m in my experience I found later in career that knowing how to make great jigs can save you not only time but added tools you can manage without. Since you’re not a woodworker by trade I wouldn’t recommend expensive tools because it’s hard to recover the expense of them doing this as a hobby or side hustle.
Nachos, you're probably aware but there is a dust collection attachment kit that fits the bosch router, (BOSCH RA1173AT Dust Extraction Kit) there are attachments for both the plunge and regular base, as well as edge collection attachment. I don't have the greatest dust collection set up, but have found them super useful in reducing the dust in my shop/garage
Nachos. I’m so not a woodworker, but I am playing with metal and this has given me ideas for something that was being particularly problematic - not a solution exactly but more of a different way of approaching/thinking about the problem. Thank you
NACHOS. I don't do super heavy duty woodworking but I just picked up a Rikon 6"Benchtop Helical Jointer on sale for $410 and absolutely in love with it. I did a lot of research (including noticing these were the only benchtop/budget jointers Rockler and Woodcraft sold) and chose this one. I couldn't be happier, especially for the money. Going for almost $600 at Rockler but Amazon has them for $408.
Just a thought- when taping over the void, fold over 1'' or so of the tape to allow easy removal
Nice Video: Small shop here as well. Alternatively, you can a 12" piece of plywood 6 feet or so in length. Cut a second piece 3" and glue in onto the 12" piece, install hold down clamps and this becomes your straight edge jig for your table saw. Faster than the track saw. Subscribed so keep em comin.
Nachos - I enjoyed this. Your videos help me realise what's possible in the small space I have to work in
Nachos! This was really informative. I've been bingeing your videos all day!
I'm sort of in the same boat, my garden doubles as my workshop.
But why hot-glue the boards to the jointer sled? I used to just lay the board on the sled and pass it through, getting good results. Since then I have made a sled with adjustable supports along its length, so it will support a warped board in several spots, allowing the planer to take off a bit more material on each pass without the pressure from the blades and rollers warping the board. That is a real time saver.
Nachos. My wife and I do a lot of custom work for her clients at our store, which means that we get compromise on stain usage often on tables and chairs and such. IF I were ever to build something like this with so many shelves - I would actually stain before my glue up as it makes the staining so much easier.
Nachos dude, great presentation just happened upon it. I was really impressed. I’ll be coming back to watch more. Thanks again.
Nachos- Thank you for taking your time and showing all of the steps. I have friends who might have 30-bottles of wine but, I don't.
Nachos: Having run a commercial shop for years, I've seen a lot of horrible designs come through. Just hold your nose and paint it pink if that's what they want.
I did a job for a rich woman. A semi & a half load of beautiful Sapele. We made all of it into moldings, tongue & groove wall paneling and doors. She had it bleached and stained grey!!!! This was an out building on her estate for parties (next to her private golf course.) Her husband didn't care what she wanted.
A few years later we did something similar for another large out building on the estate. This time they flew to Germany and picked out 6,000 bd. ft. German white oak. Had it flown to the states and hauled to my shop. Everything has come in the rough, often highly variable in thickness. We had to run some of it though the planer first to get it down to a thickness the top head on the molder (only 20HP) could bring it to 3/4±. Stained yellowish brown. What do you suppose the air freight bill was? I never heard. I agree with you about what method of connecting one uses. As long as it is strong enough who cares? We had Dominos, Lamello, Castle pocket screw, Maka morticer, lock miter, miter folding, dovetail and CNC doweling. Doweling is by far the fastest along with auto case clamping.
Nachos,dude i find your videos really useful and educational,i only discovered you 2 days ago and i'm now watching all your videos,greetings from Beerse in Belgium
Nachos - my first thought was I'd have grooved the side pieces and screwed in from the back. Faster, but your joinery is cleaner. Second, I would have stained pre-assembly. Then again, more mess. I like the idea, your honest opinions and frankly, the time you take to explain the how/why. CNC is not a panacea- just a different way to make templates. You did great for a fraction of the money. Nice job. Look forward to your next one.
Nachos. I love how smartly you have setup your wood shop/Garage.
Don't you think it's a bit rude to say that your clients' choices are wrong? you are very funny and your videos are fantastic. congratulations for not hiding the mistakes. very honorable
Nachos!!! I just found you while browsing UA-cam. You are an awesome woodworker. I like your common sense approach to the craft and the fact that you don't take yourself seriously. Your video was outstanding. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I love that in your videos you give your opinion of decisions your clients' make that you totally disagree with. I am curious how they respond when they watch (if they watch) your videos.
nachos: Your ingenuity and versatility considering your workspace is admirable, this is not the first of your videos I've watched- I enjoy them!
Nachos: nice job! I agree about the wood-stain consideration.
Happy New Years, going back through your catalog and really enjoying seeing how the channel has grown. Buenos nachos!
Nachos!
Amazingly interesting presentation! Beautiful AND practical. Thank you!
Nachos. Great video,as always. I’ve only got a small shop and have only been doing cutting boards so far. But we all have start somewhere. Good luck in going full time.
Nachos, I am a newcomer and enjoy everything you do and talk about, very entertaining and informative. Happy to be here! Mark
Nachos, Eric! I’m not a new woodworker, but my space is also limited and I appreciate seeing you succeed in your small space. And you’re right; you can never have enough clamps.
Tacos. Or enough woodworkers telling you, . . .
NACHO!!! Glad I found your channel, very impressive and useful as i also am in a one car garage for my shop
Nachos: When I saw what you were building, I knew it was going to be very time consuming. I'm glad you were straight-forward about how long each step took.
And I don't consider the need for an extra foot at the end a "mistake". It was just a good point of safety to notice. The client should probably attach the shelf to the wall anyway.
Nachos... You mentioned lots of micro-adjustment in creating the corner radius template for this project. I'm not sure what the micro-adjusting was for, but I was guessing that may have been because you needed a straight, tangential edge on the two ends for your uprights to attach to. It looked like you tried to achieve that by cutting the initial square to size and then trying to get the corner of your circle exactly aligned with the two edges of your square. Toolify did a video about 8 years ago on setting up a jig to make corner templates on a router. This method intrinsically creates the tangential ends on both ends. His goal was to create small reusable corner templates similar to some ones from woodpeckers, but you can scale the method up to create much larger templates. I used some OSB scraps to set up a jig to create 4 and 6 inch corner radius templates for rounding off corners on some floating desks I recently made. There's no reason why you couldn't scale the approach up to 18" or 24" or whatever radius you had on this project. Whether this setup is more or less work than what you did I can't say, but it should add a lot more certainty on getting the curve and the tangential lines on either end accurate.
Toolify hasn't been active in a while, but he did come up with some neat little constructions for a few things in the shop.
as long as your board is hot-glued to your planer sled, you can true one edge on the table-saw w/o needing the track-saw.
Nachos: What a nice looking piece of furniture. While I will probably not make something like this, there are many excellent tips and methods that I can see me using. I also totally agree with your stance on colouring wood - it always looks false. Thanks for the time you put into sharing this project.
Nachos - You made this project very achievable even for me as a newbie in the game. Thanks.
Nachos --Nice work , clear and concise. Keep up the dust suppression -
Thanks for the presentation. Ps. 1/64 inch = approx 0.4 mm (1 inch = 24.5 mm)
Nachos!!!! I knew what you were going to talk about within the first minute! I agree with the natural color of hardwoods! Let the beauty of the wood show!!! My wife is an artist and she finds beautiful solid wooden dressers, night stands, coffee tables and stuff at estate sales. She then wants to PAINT them... (sigh). I let her because she then makes them into wonderful functional art pieces that sell for hundreds of dollars. However... I feel your pain. Nice wine rack corner piece!
The dust from cutting MDF is insane - I'd strongly recommend masking up when cutting it on the table saw too. You can see that dust cloud rising from the table in your video.
Nachos must have been good body fuel for you making this
Awesome stuff, thank you so much. I picked up a load of things from this which made me go off and google for a number of tools that you were using like that Kreg table, assembly squares and a number of other things.
I'm a DIY and hobby woodworker, not a pro, but have been doing this for a number of years so have a reasonable amount of experience, yet I keep watching videos like yours because I often pick up good tips and ideas.
Nice work fella. Now go and get yourself some more Nachos.
Nachos very good work. Congrats on using what you have. I spend way too much on new tools. Thank you for your time. God bless you.
Nachos. Love what you're doing, Eric. I also have a small workshop, although bigger in area than yours. I share my space with 2 cars, which I have to move out every morning and in again every evening.
My equipment level is quite a lot lower than yours, but I do have a nice Bosch mitre saw (which I need for the decking work that I do). Comes in handy in the shop.
I wish I had half of the ideas that you have, but I'm learning.
Thanks for your channel, bud.
From Cape Town, South Africa.
Nacho’s: I wonder if the grove for the bottles was deep enough. Interesting video, and well done. Thanks
I have neither a tracksaw nor a thicknesser. I do have hope and a dream. My way of sanding the edges to be good enough seems to be fine. I also only have tiny clamps
A couple thin strips and a straight cut router bit can level your epoxy to a fraction above the wood, may be better than sand paper
Nachos. Nice job! Sure client was very happy with the build. Lots of work involved- turned out great.
Nachos. Thanks Eric, I love watching your videos because you show so many different ways to make projects. I am looking forward to trying some of these techniques when we get our shop back up and running. Just moved so shop is now storage.
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Flattening a board on electric jointers will get you into the surface planer quickly BUT you can get there pretty quickly with a hand plane. I sold my 6-1/2” jointer a few years ago (nice old machine!) and never have had an electric surface planer.
Hand planes are surprisingly time efficient especially on ‘single projects’ and edge jointing with a fancy tablesaw blade leaves you with a glue-ready edge.
It’s not necessary in a small shop to have electric jointers and planers to make a living. I’ve even built a humongous kitchen’s cabinets without an electric jointer or planer, and neither my time ($ per hour) nor the final results suffered. My dollars per hour factored a little extra time in, and my equipment overhead was less. Evened out.
Other thing: low power availability like that single 20A outlet he mentioned is easily overcome with an appropriately capable solar power system AIO and a lithium battery. The AIO will supply more power than the 20A outlet, and it’s built-in charger will automatically recharge the battery without tripping the breaker feeding that outlet.
In my case, I am offgrid and don’t have powerco to charge my batteries, but 95% of the time the solar panels do the job, and the generator only runs about 4-6 hours cumulatively per month, so it’s a nonfactor ($25/month, tops). My particular inverter is small though my situation is such that I can run a generator for the ‘big’ tablesaw or the welders. My cheap, small, portable Craftsman tablesaw runs fine on solar/battery (for utility rips and other rough cuts) as does the makita compound miter saw, sanders, routers, shopvac, and cordless tool chargers.
Buying an AIO and using it without panels does come at a cost, but if you rent or have other limitations preventing upgrades to the wiring, the coupla grand may be worth it.
Nachos, nice work!!! I've watched several of your videos and like them. Keep up the great work and Happy Building!!!😁
Nachos. I miss nachos. I don't eat corn anymore, but I do miss nachos. I love how you show multiple ways to do things. I do that myself to exercise my problem solving and expand my skill set. Love to engage my left hand too. I'm getting pretty good with it.
Nachos give me gas 😂
I've been watching your show more often lately. I'm picking up tricks.
Good job
Exactly why do you think you need a jointer? I’m a 2nd generation woodworker myself and have learned there’s no reason to own one because you can accomplish the same things with tools you likely already have. You can use that jointer to flatten boards just don’t cut them to length before you do so there’s less to hot glue down to that board. Not to mention hot glue cools down to room temperature in just a couple minutes no big deal and a simple jig will allow you a straight edge. Anything else can be done with a router. I’m very curious why you find yourself in need of one considering shop space is a premium for most of us plus these tools are very expensive so unless you’re doing this for a living I found it best to avoid buying one myself.
Nachos. Right level of detail for the videos. It's tricky to hit the balance between too basic and skipping over key steps.
I love that you can't justify buying a jointer but then you pull out a $500 palm sander.
You should check locally for a used shopsmith, it can be cut down to basically a power station and on one end You can have a jointer and a bandsaw on the other end, I picked mine up for 300 dollars and a shopsmith is perfect for Your small area.
Try double sided tape instead of hot glue for the jointer sled. A few strips for board and little pieces for wedges. So much faster easier, and cleaner.
Really need that "watch out for your toes" a bit sooner. My big toe is now black and blue -- thanks a bunch.
NACHOS - Liked the video and the project was excellent. The clamping blocks are a great idea - I think I'll be making some of those. Thanks!
Nacho! I'm aware many of my woodworking colleagues love to hate Red Oak. I don't get it. It's lovely, strong, workable, and affordable.
By the way, that project, with Minwax Walnut stain looks like a lot like my 150-old walnut mammy bench which has turned golden.
Fun sharing your experience.
Nachos! That is totally awesome! I will definitely try this for my friend who has more than 30 bottles of wine! I love the corner clamps too. 👌
I like the fact that you are using tools that a regular weekend woodworker would own. You talked about a big jointer and a CNC router. If you keep adding these big expensive tools, you'll be like all the rest of the woodworker shows with $100,000 worth of tools in a $500,000 shop. My suggestion is to keep it simple and show us how things can be built with regular DIY tools.
P. S. I love your $7.99 prized chisel.
NACHO! Thanks for being so elementary with your explainations. As a newbie/dumbie I could follow you and learned alot from your small shop.
Nachos. Thanks for sharing your tips on woodworking. Very helpful.