Thanks again Chris for the amazing sign for our office. Our patients have not stopped complementing it since you installed it. Truly a great addition to the office. Thanks again
Beautiful work as usual Chris! Bartering for your service is a mutually beneficial arrangement and how things should be done between friends with different professional skills / resources. Can't wait to see what future projects you come up with to use those "off-cuts"!
Bartering existed long before anyone ever conceived of something called "money". If you're a small business working for other small businesses, bartering goods and services is a terrific practice that can bring you far more value than simple cash transactions. Beautiful work, as always.
I bartered throughout my professional career and now that I'm retired I still do it with my friends. We don't get it done as fast as we use to but it's done right and we keep our $$ in our pockets. With times being what they are right now every bit helps. Great work!
Those signs turned out amazing and as long as you’re happy with what you get for your services that’s all that counts. Thanks for sharing love your channel and what you do
These signs look fantastic. For the second one, to help with the inlay filling, after you seal the surface but before you put it in the CNC for carving, cover the surface with stencil film. I like Oramask from Oracal. Leave the stencil when applying the epoxy inlay and pull once done.
I was a network / desktop support person for about 20 years before I moved over into software engineering. I found a chiropractor in Portland, OR that I really liked and he needed a lot of computer help. I was his "on-call" tech support for him and everyone in his office and got free chiropractic and massage therapy for several years. It worked out great and neither of us had to tell the IRS. 🤓
Fantastic work, Chris! Really beautiful signs! 😃 But yeah, you're absolutely right! If you can use the service they offer... Why not? Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I used to manage a pizza place. I traded pizza for eye exams and got my glasses at a huge discount. Got some free oil changes. I did a 50% off for an order to feed the staff in a high end steak house and would get free reservations, drinks and our meal for Valentine's Day and New Years Eve. Bartering is awesome!
In this video time stamp 10:11 you use a lazy-susan turntable style project holder for spraying paint or finishes evenly on all sides. Great idea I would never have though of it. Great idea.
Thank you brother. And yes I had a few cases of people reaching out to me about eucalyptus being very toxic to them so I just didn’t want to run the risk and I know it’s probably a longshot but it just wasn’t worth it
I subscribed a bit ago and have binge watched ALL of them. They are all fantastic! Thoroughly enjoy your way of presenting your projects. Love the family aspects too! Keep up the great work and I wish you every success! Greetings from Hamilton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Love the projects, Chris. Great point about barter, as well. Heading off to ping a guy about flattening some slabs for him to see if he has some maple to spare for a project that just came through for me this morning.
I know this is an older video, so hope you still read comments/questions. Love the faux wood idea. I have a lot of black walnut I'd like to "stretch out" like that. One question... I noticed you pin nailed the wood down w/glue. how did you manage to not hit any pins with your router bits? I can see the surfacing bit passing above if the pins are recessed a little, but the v carve would surely hit a few, IMO.
I have specific router bits. I use for stuff like that in case they’re going to get hit. You know like a cheap set from Harbor freight or something. So I don’t really try to avoid them. I just try to avoid using the good tools. Thanks for watching brother.
Have to mention: your offered product or service must be of a high quality and reputable to barter and not offend the professional you're trading with. Don't low ball with your work like you wouldn't low ball offering them less for their service/product. Like you said mutually beneficial arrangements. Ps gorgeous work, the wood pattern made my brain happy looking at it lol..
Trade and barter is a great way to get things done. Best part is the lack of taxes!!! Very little if any out of pocket expenses and both parties get a good deal. Who could ask for more!
I stopped bartering because I was always getting hosed on the receiving end. I always go above and beyond with regular work, let alone with bartering/friends and boy when its time to reciprocate, people think their time and product is WAYYYY more valuable than mine. It's so bad I have stopped bartering altogether. Now you pay what I'd charge anyone else. Sucks to have to be a d!ck about it but thats just the reality.
Great job brother, it looks pretty sick! I have gotten a lot of my stuff through bartering. It's a great way to get stuff with minimal money invested. By the way, Happy late Father's Day!
without the clear skim coat, a dark resin color (especially black) can bleed into a more open grain wood like oak as well. I like to run a bead of clear caulk to act as a dam, I'm always worried I'll over pour or my piece isn't level and it will run off
First of all, great looking signs! You mentioned using the 60 deg V for the woodworker's sign. Did you use a flat end mill for rough of the large areas out first, or did you let the 60 deg V do the whole thing?
Question: Once you pour in the resin, so that it over fills the pockets & dries, you take to your CNC to flatten it. After that, you give it a sanding. Does your varnish, laquer actually make the resin shine? I know sanding the resin leaves it white & chaulky. Will any finish make it shiney? Great job!!!!!! Thanks Cheers
Good job Chris! Years ago I did photography as a "side hustle". I did some work for our local Harley dealer. Gave him the bill for the work and he let me decide if I wanted a check for the work or "Harley Bucks" for twice the amount to be used at the store. We were riding motorcycles at the time, I took the "Harley Bucks"!!! :) Got some nice clothes and new chrome for my bike! :)
Is there a reason to not use Oramask on the black stained surface, then carve the pockets and doing the epoxy pour? I'd think it'd remove a bit of stress about applying the epoxy perfectly
Just FYI, Ipé and Mahogany are not the same thing. African Mahogany isn't even mahogany (it's a different species entirely), but that's another story. Ipé is from Brazil, South America. It is an extremely dense and almost waterproof wood, that if it weren't for its high weight, would be extremely useful for outdoor furniture, but instead is mostly used in making decks since it's basically impervious to water. It's oily and hard to finish and because it is so dense, quickly dulls tools (e.g. saw blades). It doesn't glue or take stain well and is super expensive.
This is really creative. I am new to all of this and this video gives me some ideas to try. One question - I noticed you were using brad nails, are those okay to run a surfacing bit over? I am assuming that’s okay but was curious how that worked.
Honestly, not really. Pin nails are OK but anytime you hit metal and metal it’s probably not the best thing. So there is a gun that shoots composite/plastic nails. If you search online composite Brad nailer you’ll come up with it. I believe the brand I’m using is called OMER.
What did you you to seal the wood after you carved them. You mention this is an important step before putting resin in yhe letters. I'm doing a sign for my daughter and thought this would apply. Ps beautiful signs!!!
If it's Ipa you would know, it's one of the hardest and heaviest woods in the world and very, very hard on your cutting tools. I would never run it through a planer. I have banned its use where I teach furniture making. Mahogany for the most part is more in the cherry range for hardness. They use Ipa as deck material a lot. Terrible wood to work with. Beautiful sign work.
New sub here! Great video! Wondering if you cut the backer for the chiropractic sign on a laser? If so which one? Also, I have a critter spray gun. Do you think that would be able to spray the total boat products you sprayed?
@@benjaminl3084 I wanted to use some quarter inch material up. Plus I needed to make room for the cord and it was honestly the easiest way to do so by stacking those layers my original design.
As I was watching you flood the lines with the epoxy, it reminded me of cookie decorating with royal icing and I thought to myself that you'd be awesome at cake decorating. You have great attention to detail! Fast-forward to the end of your video and I think I heard you say you were a bakery shop manager?? Did I hear that right? I backed it up twice to be sure and yes, I think that's what you said! So now I just gotta know, did you ever decorate cookies with royal icing? Or get into cake decorating as a bakery manager? Perhaps an unusual question to come from your video but my mind works in mysterious ways lol
I do CNC signs, but not with resin inlay. My technique is a bit different, but makes for an easy finish process. I first dimension the sign, and sand it. Then I coat it with clear gloss, sanding (220-320-400g) level and do that until I have a flat finish. Then, I cut the sign lettering. I can then paint each letter whatever color, and be almost as sloppy as I want. The gloss allows quick wipe up of any mistakes. Once I get the letters to the desired look, I sand with 400grit just enough to remove any color haze, and put a cloudy finish on the gloss. I re-coat with gloss or matte until satisfied. This eliminates bare wood taking finish, masking, etc. I think this may work for your epoxy method as well. On the woodworking sign, I'd probably have done the whole sign in the clear resin, just like I do mine in gloss clear. Just suggestion, and info for those not wanting to mess with epoxy resin. All sorts of methods to get to the result. Love the signs!
what amazing intricate work that turned out to be visually stunning and has that professional look because well...ur a professional! (u make it look so easy) Good job and kudos on the bartering, these are the things that foment local community. Thanks for sharing your skills and findings 👊🙏
Great topic and a couple of great signs. Do you ever use the CNC to create windows (either plain or in script) that utilize Lexan or plexi with back lighting?
Had that flatten bit issue, got a cheap-ish one from amazon that uses the carbon replaceable 4 sided blades like a spiral head planer or jointer! Friggin thing is SSOOOO much better!
here's the one I got, people have stated having issues with the shaft bending, but if you install it correctly with the shaft all the way in, I've had it bring my CNC to a stop and Emergency shut down and no issues with the bit... smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B098DRSFQ8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
Thank you for this that looks awesome. I recently picked up a four replaceable car buy tooth one from Amana. Haven’t used it yet but it looks like a beast. May have to pick that one up too the one you showed
@@AGlimpseInside yay that Amana should be nice! Use it! so much better than those cast units!! when this cheapo wears out I'll be getting a decent branded/better one, though honestly, it works rather well!
Love the signs you created, they turned out amazing, but you already know that, really they are a beautiful piece of art! Bartering is as any have already agreed a great way for people to do trade, it also works great for working relationships on a positiveside for everyone. Andrew
I totally respect the hand chamfer with the orbital sander. I usually do the same thing when I'm making anything where a chamfer would make it look that much more crispy.
