That was a lot of learning. It's quite an accomplishment, especially doing everything in the free version of Carbide Create. Congratulations and thanks for sharing your journey.
Wow, that came out great! Thanks for going to all that work, and expense, to show us the capabilities of the Shapeoko and Carbide Create. And, thanks for sharing your mistakes/learnings. Watching this really makes me appreciate those who truly hand-make furniture.
Hey John, Yes, those who make high end fine furniture should be admired. Four Eyes furniture is one you might like to watch. I’m always happy to hear people are finding value in the projects and their videos. - Kevin.
Wie geht's, Martin. I’ve been to Germany many times over the year for volleyball. More recently I was in Berlin with my family. Hope all is well. - Kevin
Absolutely gorgeous. Blows my chair away! I made a mid height barstool on my ShapeOKO. Made it fight in a single sheet 30" x 30." It's hella uncomfortable but boom....a chair!
I think for a first attempt this made a beautiful chair! There will always be room to improve! The 20th chair will be way better than the 10th, which will be light years ahead of the 1st. It's really cool to see how the shapeoko is capable of fine woodworking & furniture design and not just signs & gizmos. Anyone with enough motivation could honestly start a fine furniture business in their garage, and the shapoko would give them a huge advantage. Way to go!
That looked like a lot of lessons learned type of job, but I will say the only (TRUE) way you (or anyone) learn(s) is by doing & you definitely did that! I commend you for being truthful & transparent in your builds, showing your flaws & struggles along the way. I also like that you told us about the costs associated with this build too. I’ll say one thing though (me personally) I’ll leave the chair🪑 building to Nebraska Furniture Mart!! 😉 None the less Kevin that was a great project, great knowledgeable video & I personally thought the chair turned out great too. Though just me personally I would’ve liked to of seen the leather (but that’s just me. In my older age I kinda have/take the "when in Rome" outlook on things especially if I’m already X # of $$$ into something, but (A.) that’s not my money, (B.) you didn’t ask me & (C.) my opinions really don’t matter… so moot point. 😉 Great Job Though Kevin ✌️
Thanks, Pierce. Yes, chair building could be left to the experts (unless you get super frustrated with not finding the exact shape or design you want). As for leather.......I love the YOLO you're expressing, and I totally get it. Being a big fan of green, I was happy to find a reasonable-looking fabric to work with on this build. I always like hearing from our people. Thanks for the note. - Kevin
So are you going into production as a side hustle? New Custom Furniture Art? Very nice final project, I always love the oil pop, Looking forward toyour next project
Built custom closest for a full Festool shop of tools. Made large format event signage for my Shapeoko Pro XXL. 3D printers were for Festool and CNC jigs.
Nicely done! If you've never built a chair, it's difficult to appreciate the complexity and nuances. Kudos for doing this in Carbide Create. Something like Fusion 360 could've identified those domino alignment issues, but that's a whole other ball of wax.
Thanks, Anthony. Yes, I agree that Fusion adds layers of complexity due to its capability. I always feel as though I'm using Fusion at 12% of its potential while at the edge of my knowledge. - Kevin
No time like the present. Some of our videos here may give you a kickstart. Or, if you're at the beginning of your CNC Journey, try the content over at: carbide3d.com/hub/ That's a site geared toward getting you started from point zero.
Nice chair. Lots of work and thanks for showing all the trials and tribulations too. Like to ask if you if you could implement importing STEP files in the next software update. Owner of a Shapeoko Pro5 4x4 and loving it! Thanks.
Definitely a challenging project. I may try something similar but I will probably try to cut each side out of a slab to avoid all those intersections. Maybe glueing lumber and then cut them out as one piece for all the LH side and same for the RH side. Then connect the 2 to the central sit and back areas. (Similar to ikEa chairs)
@ yes. That way the dominoes you use would be standard and repeatable in case you do variations of your design. It looks more of a streamlined process to me.
That's absolutely a possible plan of attack. The major drawback would be cost. The purchase of enough 8/4 walnut to create the panels will be costly at $14/board ft. If you do a similar project, we'd love to see it. - Kevin
This is an amazing learning project… I’ld be interested in buying plans or a video course about this! I think it would give me a huge boost on my cnc learning without taking as long as you did 😜
@@carbide3d I think this deserved a proper video course but I understand you have other fish to fry... The files could be great to learn how you did it
Awesome video, like the other comments have mentioned, loved seeing a full 3D object project with the cnc. Question, can you use 3/8" or 1/2" cutters with the 65mm spindle? Or are those only for the 80mm spindle?
@ I really appreciated the background import and tracing. I hadn’t thought of it from this perspective. I saw another carbide community post on a puzzle joint. I’m surprised joints like this aren’t in the library.
This is one of my favorite builds as I love quality furniture design. Will you build another chair like this after learning from the mistakes/issues along the way? A lot of CNCers go straight to Vectric but this build shows that Carbide is a very capable software. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the positive feedback. I don't think I'll revisit this project anytime soon. If I were making furniture full-time, this project would sell further pieces that could be iterated off this initial structure. That's where the value may lie for those building businesses. This type of project showcases capability rather than being a product example. - Kevin
Hey Mark. As I wrote to another viewer, I'm not sure the project is replicable from my files, but I could post them as reference guides. Purely a jumping off point for you to inspect. No guarantees of success. The files were wild and wooly! - Kevin
Very nice. I suppose it would be worth it to glue up layers of plywood to match final stock thickness for your prototype. I appreciate you showing the minor issues and your lessons. Overall a really good result.
That's a good idea. I considered power carving the frame to create an angle to the edge of the arms. However, I then decided the risk wasn't worth the reward.
That was a lot of learning. It's quite an accomplishment, especially doing everything in the free version of Carbide Create. Congratulations and thanks for sharing your journey.
Thanks Gizmo, It was quite the test!
Wow, that came out great! Thanks for going to all that work, and expense, to show us the capabilities of the Shapeoko and Carbide Create. And, thanks for sharing your mistakes/learnings. Watching this really makes me appreciate those who truly hand-make furniture.
Hey John,
Yes, those who make high end fine furniture should be admired. Four Eyes furniture is one you might like to watch.
I’m always happy to hear people are finding value in the projects and their videos.
- Kevin.
There’s literally not enough videos on how to make a fully 3D object with a cnc router. This is 10/10 content.
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll bet you like our next project……..Stay tuned
Super nice video. Thank you so much for doing all this work! Greetings from Gearmany
Wie geht's, Martin. I’ve been to Germany many times over the year for volleyball. More recently I was in Berlin with my family. Hope all is well.
- Kevin
That was great - thank you for the complex build walk through. And go Eagles!
Go Birds!!! Thanks for the feedback, Pip.
- Kevin
Absolutely gorgeous. Blows my chair away! I made a mid height barstool on my ShapeOKO. Made it fight in a single sheet 30" x 30." It's hella uncomfortable but boom....a chair!
Love that. It’s all about taking a chance to make a thing. There is no better way to learn than to simply jump.
- Kevin
I think for a first attempt this made a beautiful chair! There will always be room to improve! The 20th chair will be way better than the 10th, which will be light years ahead of the 1st. It's really cool to see how the shapeoko is capable of fine woodworking & furniture design and not just signs & gizmos. Anyone with enough motivation could honestly start a fine furniture business in their garage, and the shapoko would give them a huge advantage. Way to go!
Thanks, Chris. Absolutely there’s plenty of places to go from this version. It’s tempting to continue the journey.
Came out phenomenal.
Thanks, Josh. It provides an enjoyable spot to sit
That looked like a lot of lessons learned type of job, but I will say the only (TRUE) way you (or anyone) learn(s) is by doing & you definitely did that! I commend you for being truthful & transparent in your builds, showing your flaws & struggles along the way. I also like that you told us about the costs associated with this build too.
I’ll say one thing though (me personally) I’ll leave the chair🪑 building to Nebraska Furniture Mart!! 😉
None the less Kevin that was a great project, great knowledgeable video & I personally thought the chair turned out great too. Though just me personally I would’ve liked to of seen the leather (but that’s just me. In my older age I kinda have/take the "when in Rome" outlook on things especially if I’m already X # of $$$ into something, but (A.) that’s not my money, (B.) you didn’t ask me & (C.) my opinions really don’t matter… so moot point. 😉
Great Job Though Kevin
✌️
Thanks, Pierce. Yes, chair building could be left to the experts (unless you get super frustrated with not finding the exact shape or design you want).
As for leather.......I love the YOLO you're expressing, and I totally get it. Being a big fan of green, I was happy to find a reasonable-looking fabric to work with on this build.
I always like hearing from our people. Thanks for the note.
- Kevin
love this level of content... would love to see some in depth carbide pro videos
Hi Dave, Thanks for the feedback. Is there something specific you want to see in Carbide Create Pro?
Beautiful work.
Thank you Yaniv. We're stoked you enjoyed the project.
So are you going into production as a side hustle?
New Custom Furniture Art?
Very nice final project, I always love the oil pop,
Looking forward toyour next project
Thanks John, No production plans. Chairs are better left to those with low material costs and cheap labor.
On to the next big build…..
Good stuff. I built a vanity for a 3Hp router and a deck for a Domino 500. I built a pair of Kevin Rodel's chairs by using CNC cut templates.
Awesome.
More like this … end to end from 3d modelling to carving ……. Well done.
Thanks for the positive feedback. I've been looking at doing some live streams showing the modeling process. It can get long and tedious.
- Kevin
Built custom closest for a full Festool shop of tools. Made large format event signage for my Shapeoko Pro XXL. 3D printers were for Festool and CNC jigs.
Very nice. I love it when all the specialty tools come together to make a project unique.
- Kevin
Nicely done! If you've never built a chair, it's difficult to appreciate the complexity and nuances. Kudos for doing this in Carbide Create. Something like Fusion 360 could've identified those domino alignment issues, but that's a whole other ball of wax.
Thanks, Anthony. Yes, I agree that Fusion adds layers of complexity due to its capability. I always feel as though I'm using Fusion at 12% of its potential while at the edge of my knowledge. - Kevin
I really have to take the time to get to know how to use this CNC. Ive had this same 4x4 CNC for a little over a year and it’s just collecting dust.
No time like the present. Some of our videos here may give you a kickstart.
Or, if you're at the beginning of your CNC Journey, try the content over at: carbide3d.com/hub/
That's a site geared toward getting you started from point zero.
Nice chair. Lots of work and thanks for showing all the trials and tribulations too. Like to ask if you if you could implement importing STEP files in the next software update. Owner of a Shapeoko Pro5 4x4 and loving it! Thanks.
Thanks, KAP. I'll pass that suggestion along to the software team.
I've seen and copied specific angled clamps, but never considered having round ones to cover almost all angles. That's really smart
Thanks. I think having a selection on hand would be a benefit. And, they’re an easy make from scraps.
- Kevin
Keep it up.
Thanks, Dennis.
Definitely a challenging project. I may try something similar but I will probably try to cut each side out of a slab to avoid all those intersections. Maybe glueing lumber and then cut them out as one piece for all the LH side and same for the RH side. Then connect the 2 to the central sit and back areas. (Similar to ikEa chairs)
Let me know if I got your idea:
1 - you glue the pieces extra wide for each side with domino’s
2 - you cnc it all at once?
@ yes. That way the dominoes you use would be standard and repeatable in case you do variations of your design. It looks more of a streamlined process to me.
That's absolutely a possible plan of attack. The major drawback would be cost. The purchase of enough 8/4 walnut to create the panels will be costly at $14/board ft.
If you do a similar project, we'd love to see it.
- Kevin
@ understood. Thanks. And will do. I have other priorities for the CNC at the moment. (Developing products to sell )
This is an amazing learning project… I’ld be interested in buying plans or a video course about this! I think it would give me a huge boost on my cnc learning without taking as long as you did 😜
I'm not sure the project is replicable from my files, but I could post them as reference guides.
- Kevin
@@carbide3d I think this deserved a proper video course but I understand you have other fish to fry... The files could be great to learn how you did it
Awesome video, like the other comments have mentioned, loved seeing a full 3D object project with the cnc. Question, can you use 3/8" or 1/2" cutters with the 65mm spindle? Or are those only for the 80mm spindle?
Thanks for the positive feedback. On the spindle question, an 80mm is required for 3/8” or 1/2” tooling.
Do you happen to have any of the files available for some evaluation?
Hey Rion, I'll get some files uploaded to CutRocket. Reference Only - should be the warning label.
- Kevin
@ I really appreciated the background import and tracing. I hadn’t thought of it from this perspective. I saw another carbide community post on a puzzle joint. I’m surprised joints like this aren’t in the library.
Here's the upload to CutRocket: cutrocket.com/p/678fd39134027
Could you put a pencil or pen on the spindle chuck and mark the domino locations that way?
Ah, an interesting thought....... Thanks
- Kevin
This is one of my favorite builds as I love quality furniture design. Will you build another chair like this after learning from the mistakes/issues along the way? A lot of CNCers go straight to Vectric but this build shows that Carbide is a very capable software. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the positive feedback.
I don't think I'll revisit this project anytime soon. If I were making furniture full-time, this project would sell further pieces that could be iterated off this initial structure. That's where the value may lie for those building businesses. This type of project showcases capability rather than being a product example.
- Kevin
Great video but I have to disagree .... domino does add strength to a joint. when it comes to glue surface area.
Hey Greg, Then I suggest you fight the internet. 😂
I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
- Kevin.
Cut Rocket? PLEASE!!
Hey Mark.
As I wrote to another viewer, I'm not sure the project is replicable from my files, but I could post them as reference guides.
Purely a jumping off point for you to inspect. No guarantees of success. The files were wild and wooly!
- Kevin
@carbide3d I understand but it's a starting point and got me thinking about a rocking chair. Thanks for sharing Kevin & crew!
Hey Mark, The file is now on CutRocket: cutrocket.com/p/678fd39134027
Very nice. I suppose it would be worth it to glue up layers of plywood to match final stock thickness for your prototype. I appreciate you showing the minor issues and your lessons. Overall a really good result.
That's a good idea. I considered power carving the frame to create an angle to the edge of the arms. However, I then decided the risk wasn't worth the reward.