That brass inlay is stunning. It really take the piece up to the next level. I love you showing the jigs, helps me figure out what effects you put onto the work piece. Thanks a lot. 👍
Thank you man! I actually got the idea from inheritance machining, it’s an interesting way to show that it’s not always just a straight line to the finished project
I did, but with the samples being smaller it’s a lot easier to get a consistent color on a smaller piece than a whole table. I mentioned in another comment that the issue was more with the application than with actual color
Or... Colour match and make it worth your while by charging accordingly. Most people don't have the skills or knowledge to be able to get colours to match even remotely close. if you've got those skills to active this, you should be paid appropriately for it. If your not prepared to charge accordingly to ensure you dont make a loss, you might as well be stacking supermarket shelves.
I did samples for the customer and they approved of the shellac one. Problem was the sample was a lot smaller and much easier to get a consistent color on. Issue was more of application than with color
That and cherry are 2 of my favorite species to work with. I just found 2 pieces of 5/4 pomelle sapele at the lumber yard yesterday, so something will be made of that soon. So keep an eye out
Thanks! So far it’s held up really well. If I were to change anything, I would have inset the panels in the bottom into a groove, but that’s about it. Thanks for watching!
For those woodworkers stumbling in here, this does work temporarily. The fight with the wood begins once the wood starts to dey out again. Often replacing the water with a hardening oil does well, but if yoy have a really troublesome one you may need a stabilizing resin.
The design is beautiful and your execution inspiring. Your music choice was sublime. Unlike other commentors, I am not put off by any of the modern techniques you employed in making such an appealing lamp. I wish you all the luck in the world with your channel. I will offer one thought of criticality. The video you compiled was soft, smooth, even relaxing. Unfortunately, I became distracted by what seemed to be an unnecessary joke. You have talent and skill. No need to ad lib to a lower demographic. Keep up the great work.
I appreciate the kind words. I feel like every project has a purpose, and for this one I wasn’t so worried about hand cut joinery, but instead focused more on the reintroduction of Kumiko to my work. Intricate joinery has its place but this project wasn’t it. Thanks again
Regarding the marking gauge, it’s best to intentionally cut your tails and pins a little long, about 1/16” at most. This way you only need to plane down a little end grain after assembly to flush everything up perfectly. The down side to the is that it can make it difficult to clamp the joint because you have all the little bibs protruding on the outside of the joint. Alternatively, you could just the pins and tails a little short to prevent that problem, in which case you’d be planing the long grain faces after assembly to flush up everything. Even with the gauge set perfectly, you’ll always have to plane something to get everything perfectly flush after assembly, so just plan for it when you set your gauge.
The Sapele box is finished with walrus oil furniture butter, while the Bubinga one has a couple coats of garnet shellac followed by the furniture butter.
Nicely done! Regarding the marking gauge not giving the correct width, I'm not sure why it's happening but you may try putting a piece of paper or some tape underneath the gauge as a little micro shim to counter the incorrect reading.
@@upstreamstudios for sure. Great build - but why not learn the traditional joinery and improve your options and skills. Maybe you already can do all the joinery but your title suggests not..... esp if you made a lot of mistakes as is.... You'll be awesome, no doubt, beautiful finish but lights too bright :)
The purpose of the build was to get more exposure to constructing the kumiko panels. Instead of dragging this build out for a couple more days/week by hand cutting mortice and tenons I used the domino to expedite that portion of the build. Also the light has a dimmer
Haha, the amount of times I’ve tried to get this place cleaned out is absurd. But it’s not my stuff so I can’t just toss it, as much as I would like to
