I shared this with a thirty-one-year-old mother-of-three in order to help her make some extra money. She's crazy about the idea. She went out and found her a pallet to use. I had already given her a jigsaw and some tools. Thanks a whole lot!
Another great video, Chris!👏 I'm on a bit of a binge-watch of your channels this morning.👍😁 In case anyone is wondering why 72 degrees for the angles... since this star has 5 points, we take 360 degrees and divide by 5 to get 72 degrees. Have a great day!
My daughter was here this morning,says dad can you make me some stars,sure I says ,thinking to my self might as well ask me to make a typewriter. Then this popped up! Thanks! Serendipity!
After watching too many videos with compasses and angles, this is a refreshingly simple and easy way to make a star to the size you want. Thanks! This flagpole Christmas star will be of your design .
Thanks for this video. I love it when guys have tools that are ideally suited for the project that they're doing but they use more mediocre tools that perhaps a novice may have. Thanks again for sharing 😀.
@@chrisnotap Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy watching creative videos where the RUclipsrs use those cool jobsite table saws and the miter saw, but I don't have those tools yet. Infact, 'my-1st-shop' is my back yard, just off the patio. I'm poised to start a RUclips channel of my own. From guys like yourself, I've developed an appreciation for the person who doesn't have boatload of tools to work with. Wood Working is a Hobby for me, that I might like to build a business around. The idea of using tools that 'can' do the job. And showing and perhaps inspiring others to just go build something and discover it can be fun, and therapeutic 🤓.
Thank you so much for this video!!!! My wife's a class representative in my 4 year old son's class, and he requires a large star for this school's sports day. Although I'm a beginner at workwork, I was still able to use your method to create a perfect star at 2.2m in height. It's large enough to be included in photos at the event. I just need to sand it down, and apply some wood varnish, then I'm wrapping it with fairy lights. I don't have a truck/suv, so will need to assemble it at the event - I made my markings and just need to drill holes for bolts to run through the wood. thanks again!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I have made one star so far, practice star out of paint stir’s from Home Depot, now I want to go bigger to hang from my porch with lights on the back, thanks for the angles🥹
Chris I want to amend my first comment. After considering this method I see that it has a dimensional quality to it. One could paint it in contrasting colors. Thumbs up for this method as well. Stay healthy.
Great video! I picked some boards that were to wide to allow assembly of the star 😞 . But - then i just cleaved the boards longitudinally on the table saw - and made 2 stars instead 🙂
Having figured out the width restrictions for making the overlapping star the results areamazing. I made stars from 24 to 35. Inches in duplicate out of cedar fence pickets. Thanks Chris Notap.
High school Geometry teacher here. The width of the star is whatever is aesthetically pleasing to you. There are some limits, I suppose-- too thin it will look fragile, too think and it will look clunking. A good rule of thumb to begin with would be to take the height of the star (h) and divide it by 10.666 to find a good width. So, for example, if I want to make a 16 inch high star: 16/10.666=1.5, so I would make the width of each piece of the star 1.5 inches as a starting place. I may want to make it thinner or fatter, but at least I have an idea where to start.
This is a nice way as well. For people that do not have the JIG. I am a bit more fussy and prefer your first method. To me it has cleaner lines and in my opinion it is prettier. Thanks so much for giving me the heads up on this method. You are so creative and I enjoy watching the many ways you make your projects. My goal is to view them all and to begin to make many of them. This star will appeal to many people who own a jigsaw. Be well.
Thanks - this worked out great for me! I made a small mistake when setting up the saw for the 36deg angle and after a few scratches of the head I got it. Looks great too!
One of the best I have watched. Thank you for explaining each step and the rules for different sizes. I am going to do a few different small ones, to go with the cresent moon I did and a 4' LED yard ornament.
Thank you for your Video I loved it and Being new to wood working i was looking for a project that was simple but cool and your stars fit the bill so i made my first one yesterday and it was fun to make and easy thank you again
Hi Chris. Nice video. I have used it yesterday to make my first star. Only one thing to note: You cannot use any width of wood in relation with the length you wish for your star. I mean that for example if you want to build your star with a 4 inches width wood and a length of 10 inches it doesn't work at all. I met this problem yesterday during my star building. I had to reduce the width to 2 inches in order to be able to assembly wood at the final step. You precise angles ( 36° and 72°) are very important....It is right...But maybe...It is juste an advise, you should had a ratio between wood pieces length and the wood pieces width which is also important. Felicitations again for your video. I like your sharpener ;-). Best regards. Laurent
thanks for posting this one. I think im going to practice the other way. i kinda dont care for the way it looks. i like all flat around the whole thing for painting. thanks though.i might try one though lol.
I have a challenge if you're up for it. Smaller stars around 12-14 inches using thin wood like 1 gallon and 5 gallon paint sticks. These stars could be great for weddings or a galaxy themed birthday. Or even used for Christmas tree toppers in your yard. I'm curious what you come up with.
I am not a mathematician, but utilizing proportion, and cheating like crazy with a CAD program, I arrived at the following; With height H as defined by you, if S is the length of the pieces, and W the width of the pieces, then S=0.4106H + 1.053W. If we take Wmax as the maximum reasonable piece width, where the piece end meets the point middle, then Wmax=0.118H. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, I'd like to hear. I offer this only for the benefit of pedantic viewers who like to chew over detail. I like your idea, and flying pencil humor.
Making some "rustic" window shutters for a friend of mine that wanted stars mounted to them...holy hell this has to be the easiest way to mass produce a shit ton of stars I've ever seen..!!!
Just found this video and really like this design and its simplicity. I do however have a problem with the angles. I understand that you’re cutting everything with a jigsaw which makes sense and simplifies the 72° angle, but seems like a very time consuming process. Why not just cut an 18° angle? This way you can use a mitre saw and increase productivity. Food for thought…. Merry Christmas
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Thanks for the video my brother I am going to make these stars soon .. thanks for simplifying it for me.. ima subscribe now
I shared this with a thirty-one-year-old mother-of-three in order to help her make some extra money. She's crazy about the idea. She went out and found her a pallet to use. I had already given her a jigsaw and some tools. Thanks a whole lot!
You're a good person for doing that! I wish her luck!
Outstanding! Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
- LUV the overlapping; gives the star distinction. Thanx 4 sharing.
Glad you liked it!
Verygood , Chris and simply described. Well Done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video, Chris!👏 I'm on a bit of a binge-watch of your channels this morning.👍😁 In case anyone is wondering why 72 degrees for the angles... since this star has 5 points, we take 360 degrees and divide by 5 to get 72 degrees. Have a great day!
I'm glad there is people like you around I was wondering how you get the angle as and I'm terrible with math. Cheers 😊
@@karlpopewoodcraft What a nice thing to say.🙏 I appreciate you for taking the time to comment and hope you have a great day, Karl.
This video is the exact video I was looking for. I want to make a few stars. Thank you.
LOVED it!! I particularly liked the pencil segment! I’m inspired to make my own star!! Thanks!
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Glad you liked it. I was hesitant at first to put it in but slo mo is always interesting if you do it right. Thanks!
You took the words out from my brain!! I love this....great execution!!! Subscribing now!
My daughter was here this morning,says dad can you make me some stars,sure I says ,thinking to my self might as well ask me to make a typewriter.
Then this popped up! Thanks! Serendipity!
Lol !!
Haha . . . Funny how that works out sometimes isn’t
After watching too many videos with compasses and angles, this is a refreshingly simple and easy way to make a star to the size you want. Thanks! This flagpole Christmas star will be of your design .
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video. I love it when guys have tools that are ideally suited for the project that they're doing but they use more mediocre tools that perhaps a novice may have. Thanks again for sharing 😀.
Couldn't agree more!
@@chrisnotap Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy watching creative videos where the RUclipsrs use those cool jobsite table saws and the miter saw, but I don't have those tools yet. Infact, 'my-1st-shop' is my back yard, just off the patio.
I'm poised to start a RUclips channel of my own.
From guys like yourself, I've developed an appreciation for the person who doesn't have boatload of tools to work with.
Wood Working is a Hobby for me, that I might like to build a business around.
The idea of using tools that 'can' do the job. And showing and perhaps inspiring others to just go build something and discover it can be fun, and therapeutic 🤓.
Figured out the chop saw angles. Subtract 36 from 90 and subtract 72 from 90. 54 and 18. You're welcome.
Thank you so much for this video!!!! My wife's a class representative in my 4 year old son's class, and he requires a large star for this school's sports day. Although I'm a beginner at workwork, I was still able to use your method to create a perfect star at 2.2m in height. It's large enough to be included in photos at the event. I just need to sand it down, and apply some wood varnish, then I'm wrapping it with fairy lights. I don't have a truck/suv, so will need to assemble it at the event - I made my markings and just need to drill holes for bolts to run through the wood. thanks again!
You made this look easy, I have lots of pallet boards. I will give this a try
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I have made one star so far, practice star out of paint stir’s from Home Depot, now I want to go bigger to hang from my porch with lights on the back, thanks for the angles🥹
Chris I want to amend my first comment. After considering this method I see that it has a dimensional quality to it. One could paint it in contrasting colors. Thumbs up for this method as well. Stay healthy.
I knew you like this one too!
Yeah!! Thank you! This will be much easier for me to make! I want to make a Christmas Star.
Just made a 31" star. Came out great! Thanks for the video.
Nice work!
These are great! Used old lath from a remodel project to gift staff members. Memory maker!
Great idea!!
Thanks for the show - nice project for beginners like me 😂 cheers!
Wow! So easy yet so cool looking!! Thank you!
Fantastic! ! It's great to see something made by a person who makes it fun and simple for anyone to follow 😊😊😊😊😊 love it! !
Thank you so much 😀
Ahh!!! Wood shavings in my eyes!!! lol, great job ! Thanks for the inspiration
Great video! I picked some boards that were to wide to allow assembly of the star 😞 . But - then i just cleaved the boards longitudinally on the table saw - and made 2 stars instead 🙂
Having figured out the width restrictions for making the overlapping star the results areamazing. I made stars from 24 to 35. Inches in duplicate out of cedar fence pickets. Thanks Chris Notap.
Thank you for making it so easy to make ❤
High school Geometry teacher here. The width of the star is whatever is aesthetically pleasing to you. There are some limits, I suppose-- too thin it will look fragile, too think and it will look clunking. A good rule of thumb to begin with would be to take the height of the star (h) and divide it by 10.666 to find a good width. So, for example, if I want to make a 16 inch high star: 16/10.666=1.5, so I would make the width of each piece of the star 1.5 inches as a starting place. I may want to make it thinner or fatter, but at least I have an idea where to start.
@@jimbrooks2944 oh, thank you!
Cool man, really like those,,and so easy
This is a nice way as well. For people that do not have the JIG. I am a bit more fussy and prefer your first method. To me it has cleaner lines and in my opinion it is prettier. Thanks so much for giving me the heads up on this method. You are so creative and I enjoy watching the many ways you make your projects. My goal is to view them all and to begin to make many of them. This star will appeal to many people who own a jigsaw. Be well.
merci pour le partage , belle vidéo et explication , bravo
Sort and concise; Thank You!
superbly simple way of making a star. Thanks
Super helpful!! Thank you!!!
i ave been making stars out of pallet wood the hard way and just seen this video....it is amazing ! thanks Chris
Bravo, sir. Your video and instruction were well done! I'm starting on my stars today thanks to your excellent methods.
Fantastic!
I like stars. Try making a nor cal star out of wood. Very interesting
Awesome Buddy. This is a simple method but still delivers aesthetically! Good job ⭐️
Thanks! Are you making one for Christmas ?
Looks good.
This is one thing I've never tried. You make it look easy enough. Thanks
Thank you for straight forward instructions! Great video👍🏻
Omg my daggers would love these so much , if I were able bodied I'd get right onto this and also add some lights to it . Thanks so much for sharing.
Hola, funciona muy bien. Thank u sooooo much from Spain 😁
It is a beautiful Star. Easy to do.
Nice and too the point instruction. I like your style of presenting. Hello stars, here I come.
Love these, thank you!
Glad you like them!
I love this star
I can do this
Thank you so much
nice job. made one no problem out of treated 1 bys and put lights around premiter. now on a 10 foot pole at garage peek.. thanks
Love it!
Thank you, this is a lot of fun!!
Too Cool! Too Easy! Well Done!
Great and very understandable tutorials. Very well explained for the beginner. I'm not a beginner but any means, I'm just hear for ideas.
Thanks for the nice and simple way to build a beautiful star ⭐️
Chris, This is so cool. Thanks for the detailed instructions!
great instructional video!
Good explanation
Thanks - this worked out great for me! I made a small mistake when setting up the saw for the 36deg angle and after a few scratches of the head I got it. Looks great too!
Great build Chris
I’m going to make some
Thank you!
One of the best I have watched. Thank you for explaining each step and the rules for different sizes. I am going to do a few different small ones, to go with the cresent moon I did and a 4' LED yard ornament.
Sounds cool!
Beautiful, thank you for my Christmas video. You are inspiring Chris. I always enjoy!
Thanks for that.
Thank you for your Video I loved it and Being new to wood working i was looking for a project that was simple but cool and your stars fit the bill so i made my first one yesterday and it was fun to make and easy thank you again
You're the first to say they made one! Welcome to wood working and I'm glad it all worked for you.
That was a really cool idea.
Look out Scrap Wood Pile, here I come. Lol
Cool! Thanks😎
cool idea.
its beautiful, I love your films :) ❤
That was so cool ty so much.
Hi Chris. Nice video. I have used it yesterday to make my first star. Only one thing to note: You cannot use any width of wood in relation with the length you wish for your star. I mean that for example if you want to build your star with a 4 inches width wood and a length of 10 inches it doesn't work at all. I met this problem yesterday during my star building. I had to reduce the width to 2 inches in order to be able to assembly wood at the final step. You precise angles ( 36° and 72°) are very important....It is right...But maybe...It is juste an advise, you should had a ratio between wood pieces length and the wood pieces width which is also important. Felicitations again for your video. I like your sharpener
;-). Best regards. Laurent
Yes. I realized that after I made the video if you go small and too wide it won’t work. Good eye! Thanks.
Yes what is the ratio to use here?
I liked as soon as that pencil dropped
That was so easy!! And It cost a few dollars instead of 60$$ I really love the look of it too, it’s such a cool pattern.
I totally agree!
Great Thanks
What is the other angle ? Love this.
Hey Chris, I am super careful cutting everything but it never comes out. What am I doing wrong?
Love your videos!
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thanks for posting this one. I think im going to practice the other way. i kinda dont care for the way it looks. i like all flat around the whole thing for painting. thanks though.i might try one though lol.
Awesome
I really liked this video. Take that dad you said I couldn't do anything.
How much work and time put into just to film him self sharpening a pencil made me laugh. Very admirable.
I'm glad you like the pencil segment. Thanks.
And an old school sharpener too!👍
This is great. What angle are both ends in degrees please as I don't have the jig you used. If I were using a chop saw for example
That's so cool and very simple
Awesome, good job
Love!! 😍😍😍
I have a challenge if you're up for it. Smaller stars around 12-14 inches using thin wood like 1 gallon and 5 gallon paint sticks. These stars could be great for weddings or a galaxy themed birthday. Or even used for Christmas tree toppers in your yard. I'm curious what you come up with.
Just did this, awesome tutorial. Note on my tool, it didn’t look right until I made the angles 54 and 18, I’m a noob....
I am not a mathematician, but utilizing proportion, and cheating like crazy with a CAD program, I arrived at the following; With height H as defined by you, if S is the length of the pieces, and W the width of the pieces, then S=0.4106H + 1.053W. If we take Wmax as the maximum reasonable piece width, where the piece end meets the point middle, then Wmax=0.118H. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, I'd like to hear.
I offer this only for the benefit of pedantic viewers who like to chew over detail. I like your idea, and flying pencil humor.
Making some "rustic" window shutters for a friend of mine that wanted stars mounted to them...holy hell this has to be the easiest way to mass produce a shit ton of stars I've ever seen..!!!
When I came up with the idea, I thought the same! All the pieces are the same size. No farting around. Thanks!
Lo Máximo!!!! Gracias!!!!.
Just found this video and really like this design and its simplicity. I do however have a problem with the angles. I understand that you’re cutting everything with a jigsaw which makes sense and simplifies the 72° angle, but seems like a very time consuming process. Why not just cut an 18° angle? This way you can use a mitre saw and increase productivity. Food for thought….
Merry Christmas
Very cool.
Love the star! How wide exactly is the board? 4 or 6 inch?
this is pretty awesome thanks man (y)
Very neat, thanks for sharing :)
happy holidays!
Love Love Love
Buen trabajoooo!!!!
Me gustó mucho!!!!,Gracias!!!!!!!
Muchas gracias!!!!!
Buen trabajo!!!
Buen trabajó!!!!.
Nice !!