My father was a carpenter by trade, a craftsman by desire. He was fond of box making and, had he not passed many years before the internet was probably even contemplated, would have been a fan of your work. As a child, and I’m now 78, I can recall the countless hours he spent in his home shop fashioning small works of art we simply called “boxes”. Boxes his friends keenly admired in the hopes he might take pity on them and craft one for their keepsakes. Keep up the ”fine wood crafting”.
Beautiful work, as usual. And the narration I find very stimulating, and at the same time comforting. Because your work turns out so nice, yet you highlight your mistakes as you proceed through. The sunburst glue bleed through, I thought looked like an extra touch of detail against the maple, as I imagined it on all of the pieces. Maybe try "screwing up" on all of them next time.😂
Dude I really enjoy your videos I’m not much of a wood worker my self but I truly enjoy your witty humor and attention to detail! Absolutely love your work sir thank you!
Ah damn, thought you were going to walk us through from milling scrap logs to joinery, but still a gorgeous video of gorgeous woodwork. And I thought graphic penetration was against community standards, even if you pull out (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="507">8:27</a>).
Those turned out really well. I mean, everyone likes box... -es, even yours. I do doubt, however, that you'll ever land a hand modeling gig, but don't give up! My only thought here other than, "Finally he used lacquer!" is that you've managed to take basic boxmaking and complicate the snot out of it. When I got ready to attempt my first box (we all remember our first box), I watched too many YT videos, and promptly discarded the kind with the fancy corner pinstriping thing that luthiers fap to... way too complex. Great fix on the accidental lid cut, btw. Also, others might be traumatized by the splinter shot, but I really enjoyed seeing you get penetrated by wood. Okay, I'm done now. Beautiful effort, seriously. I'll show myself out.
First Harsh Criticism - Loose the self deprecation. It is completely undeserved. Go drink some coffee with EnCurtis and keep up your well pondered narration. Second, THANK YOU!!! I can share this video with my kids and extol Your virtues. Third, I will probably watch this many times. I usually don't do that with "total boat baby" as much as I love him and the kats, only Paul Sellers and Padula. God has blessed you my friend. But, none of us are completely blessed or completely perfect. I come from Asheville, please y'all join us in prayer. Much is desperate there. Thank you much. Cordially David McGuinn.
Dude!! There are peeps I watch and wonder or ask my self { "self..how would I do that with out those tools?"} With you stuff? I sometimes don't even know how you pull it off with the tools you have. Your builds are equal art and woodworking. Dare I say it ? For me you are the Frank Lloyd Wright of furniture building/creation. Well done.
I always enjoy watching your videos and to witness your wood working skills improve along with film making is awesome. That FlexiSpot desk is a good idea for a workshop. Keep it up and don't forget you are awesome.
I just glued up a pair of matching drawer boxes, without any issues, and was pret-ty proud of my boxes. Then I watched you make these, where your mistakes are better looking than my final product. Well, always room for improvement. Very nice video.
I always worry that the perfling will not be robust? enough. Like, I'll get it all finished, turn around and brush the wall or something, and rip a chunk of it out. Great veneer work, the boxes are beautiful! Super impressed with the bleed through repair, I probably would have just cried.
I'm currently making a desk for my teenage son, and am using your technique for making thin veneers with the platform in the planer. Works great. Thanks for the tip.
Regarding celebrating rather than trying to hide mistakes- Prof. Stamm at University of Az college of architecture often used the phrase “paint it red and call it a feature.”
Beautiful work they look stunning and what a great recovery on your boo boos too beautifully executed. Thanks for stopping by a bit more to your always a great watch
Funny you are advertising for that adjustable workbench. I just designed and build an adjustable workbench with a torsion top that can adjust from a 24 inch working height to 44 inches. I am working on the video for it.
Dude your skills are unmatched on this thing called RU-vid! Fckn insane bro! Every video is better than the last! Good shit! Keep up the awesome work! You’re Welcome!
The picture that leads to the video showed actual firewood but you did not use “firewood” at all. Scraps that might end up in someone’s wood stove but firewood no. Your boxes are incredible so please just skip the clickbait.
Thanks for the feedback! It gets the point across and really isn't intended to be misleading and I deliver on the title, so not sure I'd call it bait from my perspective, but appreciate you sharing yours.
Stunning, beautiful, all those adjectives. I have. yet to tackle the intricacies of veneer. I'm interested to see how well the veneer holds over time. I've always heard "thou shalt use hide glue on veneer" and "that shalt use none but PVA on veneer".... etc. Seems to me like they would all work as long as. you get the coverage even. But I think PVA might work better. Thoughts?
Yeah I’ve not had luck with PVA and the people I look up to recommend against it. Hammer veneering with hide glue is a pro approach that I’ve not tackled, but has been recommended. Looks messy.
nice work. question: how are you able to plane the edges and veneer fixes without gouging into the surrounding surfaces. I have trouble with that almost every time. Thanks.
I was digging the video and then it got to the feet bit. I finished pretty fast after that…. Then I watched the rest of the video. Also I saw this with the old title and made a note to watch later. Then I was scrolling around and saying to myself “what the f is with showing me some dumb firewood video? Where’s the Sawyer one?” I finally figured it out.
See more at footfinder dotcom. lol Yeah sorry for the switch up. The thumbnail and title haven't been landing, so trying out some different approaches. Glad you found your way back.
At first, I thought you said " Dope Box." I went back and listened to it again, and my 10-year-old asked, "What's a dope box? " I said, "No, he said, "Hope box. " She then says, " Is he from where we used to live? I said, yes he's from Washington. He definitely, said dope box, Dad.
You are amazing, man! I love your style so much, not just what you make, but your attention to detail, your meticulous and artistic capture of video of the project, and your voiceovers. Hell, even the soundscape is great! I love watching you, and I was especially surprised to see when you did the purfling, and also mentioned the idea of covering a mistake with an embellishment - these two ideas intersected in my box, as my shitty mitre saw caused hella tearout when cutting the mitres... So I routed out the corners and purfled it. Bam! Hahaha don't stop man, I'll religiously watch everything you put out!!!
Your narrative is the best Nick, and your skills to me are unmatched. I thought my 30 plus years skills were pretty good, then I see yours and nah, my skills are just poop. Lol. This old man really likes your videos.
Nice work always appreciate you showing your fixes. It is so helpful to see what can be fixed and how good it can look afterwards. Where did you get those latches got a project coming up that might be the trick. Thanks.
These boxes are beautiful!! I’ve learned a lot can you make something else with verneer so we all can keep learning. Lastly where do you get those brass base nameplates from?
Very nice. While you might consider yourself green at veneering I hope to oneday work up to veneering. Also, looks like we had the same idea for that Flexispot base!
