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Thank you! I’ve tried just about every method there is to apply edge banding. I’m most comfortable using a file but it does take practice. My favorite part about this video is the thermal adhesion part. When I first learned about this, a good friend of mine ( and an amazing furniture maker) showed me that you could “edge band” something 6” wide and 8’ long! He showed me an example in his home and I was blown away. Well, learning that really opens doors and can simplify a build.

Coming up through the ranks I used to be bothered making mistakes. As I get older I realize that my best teacher has always been Mr Mistakes.

That's the plan!

I had a large shop once and it looked like a hospital room. I thought I’d be so efficient in that space because I had so much room. But I was a slave to it. I feel less like a slave in my at home shop but I regret not taking some time to prepping my “ Operating Room” This comes down to simply establishing a strategy for the “Operation” Part of that gets in the way of raw creating, but creating in a space that bothers me is counterproductive to a degree. So, as I balance all this, I’m happy with striving to at least improve my practice.

That’s the good stuff.

Thanks!

Thank you sooo much! Yeah, improvements in one area make me fall behind in others lol!

Thanks Ponch! I’m just starting this journey and having a lot of fun with it. I’ve got a long way to go but I’m committed to showing people what I’ve learned. There’s a shortage of skilled craftsmen in our society and it’s growing. This has concerned me for quite some time now so I’m trying to encourage people to know more about woodworking, cabinetry, architecture millwork, art and design. It’s important to me to share what I know because the path all of those things have taken me on has been amazing and I have a fear that young people, the next generation, are going to miss out on what has given me so much. My career has taken me everywhere. From Boston to Honolulu and damn near every major city in the United States. I’ve worked for the wealthiest people on earth and rubbed shoulders with the most talented craftsmen all while being the underdog, uneducated normal person. And that’s most of us. But luckily, I had great mentors who saw that I was willing to learn and I was interested. So they gave me their time because they knew I’d make good use of it. These days, people don’t want to teach young people the trades. They don’t want to “waste” their time. I don’t think it’s a “waste” of time, I think it’s important and necessary. As content creation, I’m still in the infancy phase and have so far to go. But I promise to improve and people like you are helping me know it’s worth the effort. It’s not easy for me because I’m long winded and a story teller. I’m trying to engage with a society that’s only interested in instant results and gratification. I’m trying to show them a subject that takes time and patience and that sense of accomplishment WILL come, but you’ll have to work for it, you’ll have to be patient and somehow know from the start that it’s not a “waste” of your time and it may be necessary. With the help of our dear friends, Josh, Brian and Bertrand, I’m making mental adjustments to try to convey lengthy subject matter into short messages. All of this subject matter came to me over the course of an entire lifetime and an interesting path so, try to tell someone the thought process in a few short minutes is… well, tough for me to do. Thank you for joining me and stay tuned. I’ve got ALOT to share!

@ClarkYoungblood I thought I was the worst perfectionist I know. Boy was i wrong!😉 I will surely be here learning more my friend. Consider doing some live streaming. You can be as long winded as you want😅

I made jigs for years. Not really a big deal but, sometimes for my day to day routine, the only thing I have to do is a few odds and ends on a project and I’m trying to minimize the tool set up required to make a jig. It’s a a real luxury now that I can skip those steps. Not chop saw, sometimes table saw, looking for that right piece of material…Then loading it all back up in the van, vacuum up the dust, etc.

Never enough biscuits

Thank you! It’s definitely my happy place.

I think I get more done and have more fun in a smaller shop

Yo yo Tin Knocker!

She’s clean and mean but doesn’t work right.