sorry old friend, I am not deleting your comments and have never deleted anyone's ever. Perhaps YT has flagged you for using key words or for copy and pasting into a comment (makes you look like a bot.) A couple videos ago I came out as transgender. Decided to Own It.
Excellent work! Some good looking spoons! Have you considered a hook knife for carving out the bowl of the spoon? Might make it just a slight bit easier. Then again, maybe not. I’ve never used a gouge to carve a spoon so I could be totally wrong (as I often find myself to be…usually mid project)!
Thanks for the tip. I have seen them used and I bought a hand made hook knife, but I think I need to learn how to sharpen it properly or buy a better one. The gouges work pretty good as long as the wood is not too hard and clamped in a vice. I imagine I would stab myself otherwise lol.
Nice job Meg. Good inspiration, my 5 year anniversary is coming up and I have the first branch I looped from thrbhouse we bought. I was thinking a pen, but maybe a spoon as well. The branch however is quite narrow.
I did a couple spoons earlier with a branch from the garden, problem was it had a lot of knots which made it hard to carve, but at least turned out beautiful. Making something from wood grown in your own garden gives the project a huge boost in personal value.
@@Saw-IT Thank you! While I was watching, I wondered if you'd heard of Welsh love spoons. They're intricately carved wooden spoons that the miners in Wales here in the UK would carve for their sweethearts. In fact, an old Welsh workmate of mine proposed to his girlfriend with one. They've become a bit of a craft item and there are several sites selling them online. Just thought I'd mention them in case you think it might make a good video. : )
I don't plan on making more spoons, but spoon carving is pretty addictive haha. Definitely will make a Welsh love spoon next spoon. Thanks for the suggestion.
Haha, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing well and make a couple while you are at it.. haha. Thanks, I am posting the mallet demo video this weekend :)
G'day Meg. I was thinking that it'd been a while since you posted a new video while I was sanding one of my chopping boards a couple of days ago, and here you are! You read my mind from the opposite side of the world!
Haha, that is so cool how we are all linked in some way. It has become more difficult to get time in the workshop lately. I have suddenly got a social life, joined Parkrun, working on my transition. But RU-vid and making will always be one of my cores. Thanks Steve.
Many thanks for the review . . . at the moment I think a track saw has better quality engineering and more suited to my requirements. Several other reviews have also commented on major problems and poor SawStop engineering --- very pleased with other manufacturers will probable buy from them.
The Sawstop saw I bought was and is perfect. Quality is top notch. Other manufacturers probably have equal quality. That said, other manufacturers DO NOT have the safety feature blade brake. You have an accident on another saw, and you'll spend 10 to 12 thousand at the emergency room. IF they can repair the damage. Pretty easy decision: Sawstop.
Very nice work! I have a few of these myself and they are extremely useful in the woods. I have used mine to shave logs and build benches (along with my broad axe) when kept sharp and used properly, you can get alot of work done with them
Typical man. Throw the instructions away and assemble the item over four days and nights. The scene on day five. Red-faced and wrestling with the wife, the man falls back into a sobbing heap of despair. She retrieved the instructions and presented him with the evidence. Dear wife withholds his coffee until the man reluctantly reads the highlights on the text in the manual, which clearly states that the task would take twenty minutes. How do I know this? I am unsure, but I am seeing the doctor about my dreadful aversion to yellow highlighters, and he isn't much help because he suffers the same affliction. I found Doctor Google a reliable resource. He said it is a form of yellow colour blindness that only affects married men.
Yes you are so right, I should have read the whole manual including the maintenance section at the back, then I would have known that i needed to immediately go and purchase one of their recommended products Glidecote or Topsaver to prevent the top from rusting. But Wow indeed - I never had time, it rusted in two days. So "My Fault"... that's debatable, but it's a fact, and is relevant to mention as one of the negative aspects of the new saw stop experience. (the title of this video) If SawStop were interested in "customer experience" they would provide a sample bottle, I paid enough for the machine.
It occurs to me that the majority of your problems are shipping related. And I must say, I've NEVER heard anyone complain about a manual that is TOO complete. A tool (or any device) this complex, with this many adjustments, by nature requires a comprehensive set of documentation. (Before retirement, I was a technician on commercial aircraft simulators that weigh over 12 tons, and cost upwards of $15 million. The hardcopy documentation on those things spans over a hundred 4" binders, and that doesn't include the motion or visual systems). Likewise, 10 hours to assemble a tool that should last a lifetime (or more) is time well invested; whining about it is just ridiculous. As for the defective tables - aside from the space, are they able to be set level and (more critically) co-planar to the main table? If so, the space is inconsequential. Your experience with SawStop customer service is not typical, from what I've seen (I've been researching this saw/company for almost 10 years). The fact that they referred you to this "Carbatech" company implies a contractual agreement with them, and they are responsible for helping you. You're in Australia, after all, on the other side of the world. I'm sure you would complain if you had to call them at midnight, local time to get answers.
I replaced mine with a electronic rain gauge. It worked okay for a year, then started by not showing correct rainfall. I ended up buying another one of these.
I have replaced many components on mine to the exasperation point, so I dumped the whole kit. The most reliable way to predict rainfall and amount is whenever I hang the laundry on the line for the missus. You will find a correlation between the material's absorbency, the importance of the item being dry by a specific time, the intensity and duration of the rain, and you being as far away from the house as possible when it rains. The fellas at the weather station assured me I was right, and the ladies there said we were stark raving bonkers. There is further evidence on YT see THE MAGIC BASKET by Troy Kinne.
Yep, I can see how easy it's so easy to get swamped with wood crafting stuff, so many great ideas. For an impressive collection that has it all, just go’ogle the stuff in Woody Hyezmar's Woodworking Bible which he is giving away as of today.
Hi! I was so excited to see this. I have just started carving and wanted to learn kolrosing. Have tried a couple of knives but thought a proper kolrosing knife would be worthwhile. I don’t have the equipment to make one but do you make them for sale? I live in Australia and would love to buy Australian made🙏 Thank you 😊
Hello Toni, I only make things for home family, friends or just the sake of making a video. I am not interested in sales. If you live on the Sunshine Coast, I could knock one up with you in the workshop, making a video of that and then give it away? I will need to check but i am pretty sure i have a spare blade.
@@Saw-IT wow! Sounds amazing- I live in Maleny!! Currently I am in Ipswich caring for my dad who is dying. Doing carving on the verandah of his house has been a great source of comfort for me and so have been making spoons - comfort birds etc and giving them away. I am very much a novice but am so grateful for the beautiful wood I am holding and working with. What you do- I am very excited you do. If you would consider making me one- I would feel it would be very very special. More special than Australian made- local made!! I would happily gift you something I make too🙏😊
Hi! I have come back home to Maleny for a week respite. I just made another spoon and thought again about kolrosing it. Yes thought of you too. I do not want to bother you but wanted to ask you just to check now I am home if you might like to make one for me. And yes obviously I am ok if you can't.🙂 Thank you 🙏
@@tonilynch7872 sorry i don't have time to make another, I like the video idea of making it "with" you for you take it home, people dig that sort of thing because it has a human factor. But I am struggling with getting time in the shop to make videos and have to be selective with the projects sorry. One of my next projects are two spoon carving axe blocks for a friend. The click bait interest factor there is that I am making two different styles. like this video where i make two different style knives.
@@Saw-IT Thanks for letting me know. I will look forward to seeing your axe blocks 🙂 I am always checking out axing blocks on RU-vid to see how I can modify mine. I just picked up a new stump from a neighbour up the road to make a new axing block and made him a wooden butter knife (yes I did some kolrosing on it with the carving knife I have,!) He was interested in what I did and was hoping to interest his son in it. So yes- there is interest out here! Good luck with your next videos! I am keen to see them.
No worries my friend. Hey i noticed you have hit the big 1K. Are you going to start your channel back up again? Last i heard you were not well and also moving house?
@@Saw-IT yes building the house in progress. Now saving for the ceramic roof. I can't remember being unwell lol. All good. Yes I have a lot of footage to edit, very busy with the rat race job which pays for the house construction, no choice :)
If you haven't eyed it off already, the next cheap upgrade I'd suggest you do in the red-tools-range from your Local Green Shed is the hot glue gun. No more cords then ! It actually is an awesome glue gun, I bought it for an on-the-run task, and now it has beat my old wired one into submission at home, just way simpler to grab and use
My kind of carpenter. When I'm at work I do precision but when I'm in my shop I like to use my imagination and use what I have on hand. I cringe at those who spend a thousand hours making a workbench which looks like it should be kept under glass rather than worked on. I recently stripped down an old treadmill for disposal. I managed to salvage a bunch of square tubing and other parts. You've given me some good Ideas for my clamps that now sit in many plastic milk crates. Great video👍
Haha thanks Pinky, Getting yourself out there and publishing does that, drives improvement. I loved the saw blade shim hack too. Great catchup today too.
I was wondering if you were going to try to match the color of the top and put trim on the corners, then you brought out the angle iron. Really finished it off nice!! Nice upgrades and that sticker really pops!
Thanks Drew. I initially planned to strip the galvanized coating off the angle and then use CRC rust converter to blacken them and also use my iron acetate stain to darken the wood, but neither material reacted, (that's the nature of those chemicals) so took it as a sign and kept it natural. Yeah the sticker really pops, is in a place where I see it all the time and it covers a screw haha. win win.
Hi Craig, Oz Also as you probably guessed :) My Dad made this back in the 80's It is a simple design and looks almost haphazardly put together, but super solid. Hardest bit would be finding the wood. I made a really nice one for a friend you might get some ideas on. The best benches are home made to your own specifications. I like the split top and the height of this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rlmQXdP_NFA.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
Thanks Drew. Cleaning it up is a great way to motivate getting back into the space and creating. ATM I am upgrading the main workbench and making another one under the old drill press.
Hi Vic, Thanks, That vintage drill press was given to me and i restored it in a vid a couple years ago. I kind of like it in the workshop as it fits in with the other old tools. I should use it more.
Thanks Shawn, now it is cleaned and organized, the plan is, do some shop projects like that bench upgrade i mentioned, and then get back into some more creative projects.
1. Go pick up your saw yourself. Why spend thousands and trust delivery to who knows who? 2. Build your own mobile base out of wood. 3. As far as quality, my Saw Stop saw was and is perfect.
Good advice. Apart from the unexpected work and re-work required to assemble and setup the saw, and the damaged and defective parts. Mine is perfect too after I got them replaced. Quality of the saw is not in dispute by me and i now love it, just like any child who come after a difficult and painful birth.
It sounds like maybe you're not a cabinet saw type of guy. It's been almost 25 years since I bought my Delta Unisaw, and the assembly process was pretty much the same. Even down to one of the cast iron wings that drooped a bit before I used some brass shim stock to even it up. Heck I went through much of the same with the stationary thicknesser I just got, even including damage by the shipping company (forklift drivers are pressured to keep things moving no matter what). Some of the things that go with the territory with professional stationary power tools.
Good insight and yep pretty much the same. The only difference here is that there are a thousand YT videos praising how great the setup experience of this saw is and it is strongly marketed to ordinary hobbyists like me, so I felt like I was miss led. I could have put up with the myriad of nuisance points that I brought up and joined the ranks of praisers, but sawstop balked at rectifying my legitimate issues. I was going to do a direct comparison of the safety features compared to my last saw. broken fence, exposed electrical wires, the injury it did to my dad's hand. but looking at the footage it was obvious how the review needed to go. No home workshop hobbyist is a cabinet saw type of guy so I thought it is a fair review of the new sawstop experience. (I work in customer experience at my day job)
When it comes to tripping your breaker I'm not entirely surprised. They're made for the US market first lets be real and our 240v circuits usually start at 20a dual pole. But at the price most of these are going to be going into shops that are very unlikely to have less than a 20a single pole. Probably wasn't a concern so didn't get mentioned a lot.
