Keep the software development job for making money to buy the woodworking tools. Start small, see if you still like it after you practice it as a hobby. If you do, find a place to start working during weekends for a small profit (or even at a loss at the beginning). If you still like woodworking as a job, find your niche and start advertising to get orders in. If you're good, you should be able to start making a living out of this and transition out of software to woodware :) That way, you'll know that this is something you can live out of, rather than a romantic idea born out of disappointment with the current field of work. Good luck :)
I'm a software dev that also does woodworking! It's nice to keep hobbies as hobbies a lot of the time. Relying on something you used to do as a hobby to pay the bills can suck all the joy right out of it.
@@gamemeister27 Yup, exactly. I'm a mechanical engineer, and woodworking is my primary hobby. I don't ever plan on trying to turn it into a business. Maaaybe if one day I stumble upon a piece that I can both make easily and sell easily, then I'd consider batching them out when I'm bored, and selling them casually on etsy or something. But I very much enjoy being an engineer, and woodworking is kinda my therapy haha. So, like you said, best not to turn our passions/interests into a source of stress.
Whenever i see woodworking vids like these I'm reminded of the intricate architecture of some old japanese buildings like their temples and houses. All built without the use of nails at all. Awesome work.
@@gamemeister27 That is definitely true of their wonderful furniture, but I'm pretty sure they do indeed use nails when erecting an actual building, like a barn.
I love how you say hand tool joinery then break out the drill press 😂😂😂 Absolutely love your videos man! As a woodworker myself I get tons of inspiration to push my abilities from your content, keep them videos coming!!!
Cuánto más complejo de hacer es, repararlo resultada mucho pero mucho más complicado Cuanto más complejo es fabricarlo, repararlo es mucho, mucho más complicado. How much more complex it is to make, repairing it is much, much more complicated.
I love seeing you use all those amazing tools but I think nothing is as impressive as doing things the old fashioned way, that's where real talent shows.
I will celebrate this day every year. For the first time on this channel I saw what all these manipulations with the tree are for. Isn't that a table? Did I understand correctly? Is he making a table?
That looks nice but is it as strong as 2 screws? Not even trying to be a dick im just curious since I've done some neat joint work like that which proceeded to blow up after a bit and despite supporting itself im guessing thats weaker than a chunk of solid wood and some metal
fuckn love the title of the video says HAND TOOL JOINERY, as a mf pull out the good ol Electric Drill Press LOL. Gotta love the genuine craftsmanship here tho. always nice to see someone enjoying their work. Vury Vary Vuary nice.
@dustylumberco I enjoy your shorts. In the 1970s I took a semester at a school in the Solomon Islands. I had taken wood shop before but never did any joinery. My first shop class at the new school was to cut a dovetail joint by hand. Let's say the other kids did a much better job than I did.
I love woodworking, but unfortunately my husband don't like it when I do, he's always telling me to "just go out and buy what you want - it's much easier", he just doesn't understand the satisfaction of making it yourself.
Dude? What the hey? You got way too much time on your hands. There is absolutely no call for showing us up like that. But I got'a tell you; you are a bleed'in genius! Yeah? Let me know?
I wish i could get that precise with hand tools, or even power tools. And with lumber costs, it's too expensive to do a lot of practice runs. I can build anything and make it strong enough to withstand hurricane force winds, but i have to overkill the fastening of so many joints to compensate for any slop. I built some small stairs for a little old dog to get up and down off my parents bed. It's strong enough that you could drive a full size truck up those stairs without them giving at all, but the joints and notches look sloppy because there are too many gaps. They are all fastened with liquid nail and deck screws. I was able to fill all the gaps and spent forever doing finish work. So they look great now and, again, they are super strong, but I had to spend an absurd amount of time on detail and finish work because of the joinery being too sloppy
It always looks so easy, but when you try to replicate this yourself, it takes weeks if not months to make it work the way this guy does it. I couldn't do this with my current knowledge of woodworking no matter how hard I tried.😅 Still, this was neat to watch. I applaud your artistry good sir, keep up the good work! 😊
that is an awful lot of work and care for a material (pine) that is going to split apart and break as soon as any stress is put on it.....you should learn about quality hardwoods like walnut or maple, or better yet the tropical hardwoods ......
Мне всегда было интересно, а если при выпиливании ненужного пилой задеваешь часть которую не надо выпиливать, все надо делать заново или подобная погрешность не страшна?
This is satisfying to watch and I have to wonder, do you use any wood glue or anything to hold the joints together or is it just held together by tension? (I’m unsure what word explains it other then tension)
When i first started watching his videos i was thinking that big smile he showed at the beginning was because he loves woodworking so much.... Now i realize his big wide grin is because he knows that he doesn't have to work for a grouchy boss at some big corporation. His skills prevent it and he knows it....thus...BIG SMILE.
Hello Alex, very nice video and great sharpening skill as usual. People all over internet, YT included, claim convex ground knives are so much better than knives with a secondary/edge bevel... Have you ever considered making a video sharpening a convex ground knife? I've watched many where sandpaper over soft backing is used but only a handful using stones and never seen one using diamond plates. To me, it appears to be much more work and at the opposite of what is commonly taught which is maintaining a constant angle... Anyhow, I would personally like to see you sharpening a convex ground knife on stones. Thanks a lot in advance and congrats again on your educative videos.
Remember. No matter how good you get at something. There will always be some random tard on RU-vid that will criticize you. Even if they themselves, have absolutely zero skills in the area they choose to criticize. You know who you are.
Idk how practical any of this is, and it would be way faster to do it with some screws and an electric hand drill, but man it looks so good when those pieces perfectly interlock
Dusty, another trick video. I appreciate that you show different techniques, even though you have all the tools in the world to make this joint. That's what makes us all like you so much... Because you share your knowledge ;)
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