Charlie, I 80 years old and been doing cabinet making and wood working sine I learned from my grandfather in 1949. You have really inspired me to try larger projects (tables) and love your videos. I love your presentation and the fact that you share so very much. Am starting my first 72” table of black walnut.
Gym Flader 80 years of age NOT 80 years old Understand that People and Animals live through the ages it is THINGS that become old such as your shoes - appliances - home - clothes etc. Did you not live through teen-age years - or did you miss the obvious point ? Make a list of all the ages ManKind has lived through - starting with the Ice age. Good luck and make sure you keep learning - and pay attention to detail or I will have to tell your mother.
@@andrew_koala2974 "80 years old" is correct English. So is "80 years of age". Both are found in formal English, the latter is perhaps a little more old-fashioned. Or do you want to tell me that "5-year-old child" should be written "5-years-of-age child"? The idea that only things become old and not people seems bizarre to me. People do become old. That's why they're called "old people". Or do you think "old people" is bad English too?
Charlie I feel your passion when I hear you do what seems like advanced apologizing. Don't worry bout the world's opinions. They are here because they are interested in your work or area of work. You shouldn't ever apologize for doing your best. People are just mean for the hell of it. Keep on doing what u do. I appreciate you
Charlie. I love your work! I don’t care for the trolls, never feed them! Lol your presentation is magnificent. I prefer it to any other type of presentation. What I mean is I like lots of words and comments like you do without having to listen to all the buses and saw sounds and all that other stuff.I don’t really care for that. I’d much rather have a commentary. Good job! Keep up the good work
I feel it's more him having certain principles and having to deviate from those makes him feel obligated to justify design choices, rather than being afraid of the viewers' response. You don't do youtube without a thick skin.
Charlie, I just watched two in a row, as a lifetime shop/wood worker the "story" you tell is a facinating and informative as the work that you do. You are as clear about why you do as you are about what you do and that makes your work even more impressive. Thank you for sharing the entire process with us, even the thing that don't always go exactly as you planned them.
For the life of me, I can’t understand how anyone wouldn’t love your style of videos. They’re both informative and therapeutic. It’s just so much fun to watch the process play out. Don’t apologize to people that have negative comments about your content. The amount of subscribers and video views you have definitely speaks volumes in favor of your work. Keep it up, Cam! 👍
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish I hope you find what you seek, wish, or pray for. As for me.... Life's a bitch, and then you die. Always look on the bright side of death. We come from nothing, we are going back to nothing-In the end what have we lost? Nothing! Despite my dim view of the way in which Christianity and other religions are manipulated by those wishing to seek their own goals, I still honoured my mum and dad, though. Mum had a horrible, long painful death with cancer of the urinary tract. Bad, that. Luckily, dad died very smartly in a few seconds. I hope I go the same way. Yes, it all goes well with me! Perishing? Well, that's a blessing. Life is complicated, and hard. Death is pretty simple and final. I hope Death has a quick swipe at the back of my neck, when I'm least expecting it!
It’s one thing watching a table come to life but it’s also absolutely awesome to watch where the table is going, what kind of folks are interested in your work and it’s a pleasure to see how each table spruces up the interior of the house. Good job “Charlie”!
Hey Slavik it's cool to see you on this page. I'm a big fan of your knife making. I'd like to set up a work space like your new garage space. Keep up the good work.
I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful tables that I have ever seen. It's as if you could fall into the dimensionality in the swirls of the grain patterns. Charlie and his wife got themselves a family heirloom. *A Magnificent Creation.*
I am an 80 year old grandmother and I am really enjoying your videos. When I was in my 50s and 60s I refinished a lot of furniture (hand me dows) for my children and myself. Wish I had seen these videos before finishing furniture..
Charlie. This is a case of the wife not believing it will fit, but weeping tears of joy when she finally sees that big piece of hard wood filling the space beautifully, and it's just right. Awesome work!
I love your chattery style. Your communication is excellent, intelligent and fun. Your grammar is good, which adds to my enjoyment in watching your videos. You have a natural gift.
I think your one of the only people where I enjoy listening to your commentary. I am just a beginner when it comes to fabrication but I absolutely love it, and I hope to get into the tread business as soon as I finish this school year, watching your videos are both inspiring but also fulling my motivation to keep working
Charlie, that finished table almost made me cry too. What a beautiful job you did on it. I do not believe I could part with a table that was that labor intensive and that turned out that beautiful. It would be like asking to part with one of my children. Thanks for adding to your burden by making this video to share with us. I really appreciate it.
Charlie. Its so nice seeing the look on the new owners face once you have their new table set up. Great to see the kids giving you a gift back. Awesome looking table and great finish. love your work
Charlie, I’m a sales person at a furniture store in Miami Florida, and in my free time I watch all your videos, I can say that I’ve never seen nothing more beautiful than the tables you make. Awesome man. Congrats
Charlie, question have you ever thought to put a small crane on the ceiling of your workshop? Or a block and tackle setup? By the way, this must be one of the nicest slabs to date. It was absolutely beautiful, and I’d hang that on my wall if the wife let me. We have different ideas as to what looks best in our home.
yep...even a mini gantry crane............I'll be working up in Iron mountain U.P. let me know if I should make a road trip with my son this summer for some welding...cheers terry
Charlie-the reaction of Mr and Mrs Chainsaw must have been so heartwarming for you. I’m sure their new table will be passed down to one of their children and they will always remember that you crafted it. A beautiful piece of art as always.
Miss Chanandler Bong, I very much appreciate your post. I remember a special project that my dad and his friend did for us when I was still just a toddler. It felt magical at the time. It was a bunkbed for my sister and I.
Charlie, I am a wood turner and charcuterie board maker since I retired. Now you have tempted me to step it up a few notches! Thank you for your video. For sharing your talents, thoughts and links. Most helpful and easy to watch to the very end. CHEERS, Bill
Just stumbled upon your videos, and they're so satisfying to watch. The last time i worked with wood was 15 years ago at school's labour classes, doing some basic stuff using lathe machine from 1960 and candent wire to figure-cut shapes from planks. I loved that work, the smell of processed wood and wood stain. Your videos gave me a nostalgic feelings, and an inspiration to properly restore the table, that's been standing in my mother in law's garden, bending and fading under sun, snow and rain for a few years. Thank you.
Charlie, my dad and I DID it. We built our first epoxy resin table with some walnut and black epoxy. So far it's been an amazing experience and we just wanted to tell you "Thank You" for sharing your content. You brought a Father and Son together on a project, a project that we're both incredibly proud of.
You love analogies! You should know that roux came from France, not Louisiana. There were French people that settled in the Gulf Coast long ago. The cooking in the Gulf Coast, not just Louisiana, reflects the French influence. Again, beautiful work. Don't worry about individual tastes. Some of us like bowties. Some like epoxy. Some don't. Your work is always thoughtful and beautiful. I would be proud to own one of your pieces and I happen to have black walnut trees.
Charlie, I love this table and I love your epoxy tables too! Really what I enjoy about your videos is your good sense of humor, that you show the problems that you run into, and you find a good solution to those problems. I do a little bit of wood working, mostly on my CNC, its totally different than what you do but I still learn little things from watching you.
Charlie! I am an extreme novice and am afraid of even how to put basic finishes on. I also only have a small handful of basic tools. It’s inspiring to see your work I hope I can make simple furniture and fun stuff for my family some day soon. Thank you for sharing fun content and explaining things so throughly!
Charlie. This is absolutely stunning all the beautiful markings that pop when you do the finish is gorgeous. Really loving your channel and I'm slowly making my way through your videos. I actually don't mind that you use epoxy....with our without it the work you do is awesome.
Charlie, you know recently watching your videos i've started wondering about the life that these trees would have seen. Such massive, amazing pieces of wood must've come from such old, majestic trees that have seen so much in their life. Far too overthought but you're work really brings the most out of it! amazing work!!!
Charlie. This is a case of the wife not believing it will fit, but weeping tears of joy when she finally sees that big piece of hard wood filling the space beautifully, and it's just right.
Charlie, I have watched you before and enjoy watching your expertise at making these tables. You do beautiful work! Keep it up and I will keep enjoying your videos! Charlie I came back to edit this to let you know I made it to the end of the video. I think it was great that you got gifted a piece of custom artwork by the kids.
Wow. That is the kind of appreciation everyone should have in their loving relationships. Wonderful watching you spread joy for people who can appreciate your work and not immediately look for "flaws".
Charlie, I gotta agree. After watching your stuff for years and having a major case of shop envy, I’d put a hoist on a beam so you could lift and move these slabs around your shop. A slipped disk or hernia is no fun and could put you out of work. Oh BTW, same thing has happened to me with a router a couple of times. The worst was when the bit ended stuck in the ceiling. Still trying to get my other ball to drop……
Charlie, I have to agree with Ted, every time I see you lift those slabs all I can think of is “can’t he put a hoist system in with a button and straps to help him flip those slabs” if you’re hurt we don’t get great content and your customers don’t get awesome wood working projects. Think about!!!
Charlie is one lucky guy to have a friend that can build a table like that. And the look on her face when you say your favorite animal. 😳 nice job and the table. Absolutely stunning.
this channel eases my anxiety. and i am in love with walnut tables and everything you build. since i cant workout i think wood working will be my new hobby. ( not undermining the absolute amounts of work you do and ite effort it takes)
I do a lot of small scale woodworking because I’m a bladesmith and swinging a hammer is a great workout. Anything can be a “workout” you don’t have to lift weights you can do functional strength exercises
@@tjboylan20 i should have explained better lol...i have chronic hypertension and its not going away and its very bad ...m told to walk not even run or strafe...i am told to not even try to climb stairs in 1 go ...i dont think ill live a long life (24 right now) ...so i just want to do something to yk keep myself busy and i really love woodworking i havent done any but llike i really apreciate the beauty. and yeah anything can be an exersise ..i work standing all day and i dont sit ..it has helped me a lot.
Mrs Chainsaw is never wrong, I can think of a couple reasons why. Bow ties look like stitches on a wound. Not a big fan of them. As usual, the table came out great! Nice job 👍
Charlie, this was so amazing to watch. I adore wood furniture of any type and I don't think I have ever watched a wood table like this being made in its entirety. Heck I may have to go back and watch this again. You are an artist.
Don’t really know much about woodworking, but I love watching your videos due to the fact that you keep it real with your viewers and share the knowledge to help out others! Keep up the great work man!
Charlie, I wish you many happy family times at this table. This table is stunning as it is, no expoxy needed. The finish looks superb. Even though I am not a woodworker, I enjoy wathcing the blacktail studio videos. Your commentary is pleasant to listen to and helps to understand the building process. And… no annoying music, great!
That feathering/rippling throughout the whole slab looks incredible, I didn't even notice it until you went to put the finish on but wow did it come to life.
you are an artisan. artisan is a worker in a skilled trade! creating digital art 🎨 is most certainly a skilled trade! yes u didn't make the software or hardware but u make the art! blacktail didn't make his chisels varnish or grow the tree but he makes the art. if he is and artisan so to are you! don't be thinking ur not!
Charlie, being good at what you do doesn't mean you never have problems. It means you know how to handle it to where it can't be detected and you certainly do that. I enjoy watching a craftsman work. Thank you
Charlie. Beautiful table Cam. Nice to see it going in a family setting where it will be used and appreciated for years. The inevitable wear and tear and 'battle scars' over the years will just add character.
Charlie - like always watching the slab become furniture is amazing. I have a recent carpentry business / handyman service and would love to make slab table as good as yours one day!
Charlie, I enjoyed your video. I am a 67 yr old woman. Big projects are too much for me now. I’ve built decks and custom shelves and a few other things. I’m still doing carpentry, but realize my .limits. I still enjoy watching anything related to woodworking. I’m now watching the about the table that the customer wanted 50” x 50”, that had to be 47” x 47”.
Beautiful table Charlie! I have 2 suggestions for you. 1) Look into a product called CPES (clear penetrating epoxy sealer). It's a 2 part liquid epoxy used a lot in marine projects that is specifically designed to penetrate into the wood and stabilize it. 2) For ripping those thin pieces on the table saw, get yourself a set (or two) of Grrrrippers.
Charlie - That was absolutely stunning! Even if I am never going to make such a table, your videos are a joy to watch, and inspires me to do other smaller projects with wood.
I am head over heels in love with this table you made for chain saw Charlie. When I am finally settled & know the size of my dining room, I want something as close to this one.
I feel like the bowties look great in places where you would expect to see some support like sides or bottom but on the top of the table they are distracting
Charlie! Hey Cam, it's always a great time watching you create such awesome pieces, and making the wood come alive. Love to see your creations become part of someone's everyday life. Please keep making these super videos. 💜💜
The table is so pretty (as always!) and the family's reaction is so cute :) Love that the kids drew you a picture as thanks! The table adds a nice contrast to their dining room!
I know I will never get into woodworking, or have a lot of tools. What I do enjoy is seeing the WORK that goes into the woodworking, and to see, and hear of the mistakes. Bow Ties, do not bother me. IT WAS A TREE, and now after death lives on to be still useful. May no longer have birds nesting in the tree, but it has useful for so much more. Glad you and your friend took advantage to make use of the tree. Thank you again..
Charlie, this is one of the prettiest pieces of wood I have seen. I love how much curl and variation there is. Simply beautiful. The wait was totally worth it. How do you know when you have stabilized the wood enough in the pockets you used epoxy on?
😅😅 Is it weird I find your videos just soooo relaxing? My husband comes in and literally laughs and says "why" and walks away, shaking his head! I find watching relaxing and the journey is amazing! ❤❤❤ I'm ok with that 😅😅😅
Charlie! You mentioned in a past video that black was your favorite color for epoxy tables because it’s the most discrete. Would you ever try a brown/tan epoxy pour and see what it would look like with the wood?
Charlie, watching from England, I have to say, have been really enjoying your process and video's, the fact that you explain everything your doing and why your doing it is the best part. also this table was amazing! maybe one day i'll be able to afford a table like this!
Charlie: Regarding the bow-tie on the end edge. Have you considered drilling a starter hole with a regular bit before starting the router? The hole could be slightly larger than the router bit and slightly deeper than needed for the insert. Slip the router bit into the drilled hole before starting the router. No plunge needed = less dangerous. Thanks for the video.
Charlie, beautiful table! I would love to get into woodworking more, but thus far my tool budget has been blown on forestry equipment. I saw a couple of suggestions about you getting a crane or hoist. I was thinking maybe you could build a rotisserie like they use for automotive work to hold and flip your slabs something like that may save your back
Charlie - A brilliant video and a fantastic piece work. I live on a small Island called Fuerteventura in the Atlantic and unfortunately getting any wood which is not Pine or Pallet wood is very difficult. Seeing what you create out of some of the most beautiful woods around is awe inspiring.
Charlie - I have just stumbled across your channel and wanted to say this was very enjoyable! I have made a much smaller live edge table from a tree that fell on my workshop/garage and demolished it - just for a remembrance (long story HAHA). Your work brings making a table like this to a much higher level! Great work!
Charlie, I am a guitar player and my personal favorite guitars are acoustic guitars because of the various woods that can be used to make expensive guitar. I have over 10 guitars 4 electric and 6 acoustic and multiple types of wood from Mahogany, Cocobolo, Rosewood, Ovangkol and Maple. Nothing makes me more excited when buying a guitar than how the different woods look on a guitar and how the wood makes the guitar sound. I love how wood looks and how nature has shaped and created wonderful lines. I love watching your YT channel and how beautiful you make your tables look. My favorite part is when you first put on a finish and how the wood just jumps out. Always a fan!
Threaded insert super tip: _Don't_ use an Allen wrench to install it. The hardness of the install location of each insert is extremely variable. Use a bolt threaded flush to the bottom of the insert with a jamb nut snugged tight to the top of the insert. Then use a ratchet and socket or a box end wrench on the bolt to install the insert. You will never strip out the hex socket of an insert again, especially if you are using brass.
Wera make special hex keys which will bind well at high torque even into brass inserts. They are not exactly hexagonal, they have curved faces,which are designed to cut into, and grab, the insert. They are a lot quicker to use than fiddling around with nuts on the end of the insert, which in any case need to be removed to get the insert flush with the workpiece. Personally, I'd avoid brass like the plague as it's coefficient of thermal expansion is much more than steel, and it therefore stresses the wood a lot more with changes in temperature. Plus, brass is a terrible choice because it's far too soft to safely use as a threaded insert into any hardwood, and it will deform when someone dances on the table (yes, it does happen). Always use stainless steel.
@@garyday3741 not really. Just avoid brass... it's a terrible choice for many reasons. Use stainless steel inserts, and wera hex keys which bind into the inserts as they are tightened. They have a special cross section which grabs into the flat faces of the insert rather than the corners.
@@tasmedic Coefficient of thermal expansion !? seriously ? The heat involved for the thermal expansion of a bras insert to be a problem would already damage the wood Directly. Any tool that applies torque to the very thin top hex portion of the insert has an appreciable chance to split the thin walls of the insert. You did point out the exact failure point of your product saying it is designed to cut into the interior of the already too weak hex socket. This is the exact weakness that the nut and bolt avoids completely. Note: I am not pushing any product. My observations are form installing dozens, maybe hundreds, of these inserts. In my experience a bolt with a jamb nut has never caused the failure of the insert. Sorry for m the rant ..silliness annoys me.
Charlie - Love watching your videos and have watched several more than once. Great work!!!! Been getting into woodworking slowly over the past year or so and finally have a somewhat decent shop. Keep the amazing videos coming!!!
Charlie, I'm a retired contractor. So over the decades I've experienced The Good The Bad and The Ugly. This finished out as a gorgeous piece. Well done!!!
As a born and raised Louisianian, I appreciate the roux reference 😄 The finished product is gorgeous as usual. P.s, I love that y'all celebrate Passover as well🥰
Charlie, I'm happy to see another amazing build. While I'm not likely ever going to be able to afford your work for myself, every video get's me a step closer to replicating something similar. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Cam, I loved your videos and watching them made me start making DIY furniture for my personal use. So far I've made a bed, a small table and a shoe rack/slim side table combo. All are very simple builds and with metal foot that I also welded. Anyways, I've watched maybe all your videos and I've been dying to see a brass bowtie on one of your tables. I think it would look absolutely beautiful with your walnut and black epoxy resin builds. Hope you read my comment. Thanks for your videos. :)
Charlie, thanks for these videos, they're really inspiring, I just got delivery of my first workbench (a little sjoberg 1450), and actually biting the bullet has been mainly thanks to you and Gunflints vids. Happy woodworking :)
Charlie - I am doing research on live edge tables. This is in order to make or have someone make one out of an oak tree that has been on our property when purchased in 1940. It is probably well over 250 years old. You seem to be very knowledgeable in this area and love watching your videos. Take care of your back and thanks for your hard work.
Charlie 🥰 I am non-binary and I actually dont mind bow ties! They can look really awesome, and this table is fantastic!
The non-binary bow tie lover is my rarest viewer of all, love it!
What is a non binary? Is it when you only have one leg or arm? How would that impair you from wearing bow ties?
@@BlacktailStudio another here. I'm a fan. 🙂
@@m4inline it means they're more advanced than you. Similar to how ternary are more efficient. But most are only simple enough to handle being binary
@@daviddavids2884 you obviously didn't watch until the end of the video lol
Charlie, I 80 years old and been doing cabinet making and wood working sine I learned from my grandfather in 1949. You have really inspired me to try larger projects (tables) and love your videos. I love your presentation and the fact that you share so very much. Am starting my first 72” table of black walnut.
It is never to late to take up new hobbies.
Gym Flader
80 years of age
NOT
80 years old
Understand that People and Animals live through the ages
it is THINGS that become old
such as your shoes - appliances - home - clothes etc.
Did you not live through teen-age years - or did you miss the obvious point ?
Make a list of all the ages ManKind has lived through - starting with the Ice age.
Good luck and make sure you keep learning - and pay attention to detail or
I will have to tell your mother.
@@andrew_koala2974 old, age...it's the same difference
@@andrew_koala2974 "80 years old" is correct English. So is "80 years of age". Both are found in formal English, the latter is perhaps a little more old-fashioned. Or do you want to tell me that "5-year-old child" should be written "5-years-of-age child"? The idea that only things become old and not people seems bizarre to me. People do become old. That's why they're called "old people". Or do you think "old people" is bad English too?
Andrew, I'm 62 years old and if you don't like me calling myself old I will happily fight you, because you're wrong.
wife has a great personality
yeah, a big... heart
26:54 she has a couple of personalities I must say
Charlie I feel your passion when I hear you do what seems like advanced apologizing. Don't worry bout the world's opinions. They are here because they are interested in your work or area of work. You shouldn't ever apologize for doing your best. People are just mean for the hell of it. Keep on doing what u do. I appreciate you
I absolutely agree Charlie my boy!
Charlie. I love your work! I don’t care for the trolls, never feed them! Lol your presentation is magnificent. I prefer it to any other type of presentation. What I mean is I like lots of words and comments like you do without having to listen to all the buses and saw sounds and all that other stuff.I don’t really care for that. I’d much rather have a commentary. Good job! Keep up the good work
I feel it's more him having certain principles and having to deviate from those makes him feel obligated to justify design choices, rather than being afraid of the viewers' response. You don't do youtube without a thick skin.
Charlie, I just watched two in a row, as a lifetime shop/wood worker the "story" you tell is a facinating and informative as the work that you do. You are as clear about why you do as you are about what you do and that makes your work even more impressive. Thank you for sharing the entire process with us, even the thing that don't always go exactly as you planned them.
For the life of me, I can’t understand how anyone wouldn’t love your style of videos. They’re both informative and therapeutic. It’s just so much fun to watch the process play out.
Don’t apologize to people that have negative comments about your content. The amount of subscribers and video views you have definitely speaks volumes in favor of your work.
Keep it up, Cam! 👍
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish
I hope you find what you seek, wish, or pray for.
As for me....
Life's a bitch, and then you die.
Always look on the bright side of death.
We come from nothing, we are going back to nothing-In the end what have we lost? Nothing!
Despite my dim view of the way in which Christianity and other religions are manipulated by those wishing to seek their own goals, I still honoured my mum and dad, though. Mum had a horrible, long painful death with cancer of the urinary tract. Bad, that. Luckily, dad died very smartly in a few seconds. I hope I go the same way.
Yes, it all goes well with me! Perishing? Well, that's a blessing. Life is complicated, and hard. Death is pretty simple and final. I hope Death has a quick swipe at the back of my neck, when I'm least expecting it!
I love his Honesty!
What if the negative comments are warranted?
It’s one thing watching a table come to life but it’s also absolutely awesome to watch where the table is going, what kind of folks are interested in your work and it’s a pleasure to see how each table spruces up the interior of the house. Good job “Charlie”!
Hey Slavik it's cool to see you on this page. I'm a big fan of your knife making. I'd like to set up a work space like your new garage space. Keep up the good work.
@@AH-ql4pw Thank you.
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish.. Get @.... JOB.!!
Hello sir, absolutly love your work.
@@SLAVIKTELY it awesome to see you make the knives that you do.
I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful tables that I have ever seen.
It's as if you could fall into the dimensionality in the swirls of the grain patterns.
Charlie and his wife got themselves a family heirloom. *A Magnificent Creation.*
I am an 80 year old grandmother and I am really enjoying your videos. When I was in my 50s and 60s I refinished a lot of furniture (hand me dows) for my children and myself. Wish I had seen these videos before finishing furniture..
Absolutely beautiful. The size, the shape, the curves, the attention detail and she's so happy too.
At first i wasn't sure if you were talking about the table or the wife
Perfect
Are you talking about the table or her???? could apply to both as far as I can see.
Legends understood 😂😂
Charlie, that is a beautiful table and a great video of your build process.
I think you talking us thru the videos is what makes them so good. I appreciate you're dedication for all of the projects you take on. Thanks Cam.
yesh agreed 👍
Charlie. This is a case of the wife not believing it will fit, but weeping tears of joy when she finally sees that big piece of hard wood filling the space beautifully, and it's just right.
Awesome work!
This comment... beautiful
"finally sees that big piece of hard wood filling the space beautifully" - I see what you did there
Whadda ya mean? It doesn't match the surroundings at all....
lol, good one
not thinking it would fit in a home that big 🤔 bit like thinking two football teams wouldn't fit into a football ground 🤔
I love your chattery style. Your communication is excellent, intelligent and fun. Your grammar is good, which adds to my enjoyment in watching your videos. You have a natural gift.
I think your one of the only people where I enjoy listening to your commentary. I am just a beginner when it comes to fabrication but I absolutely love it, and I hope to get into the tread business as soon as I finish this school year, watching your videos are both inspiring but also fulling my motivation to keep working
Charlie, that finished table almost made me cry too. What a beautiful job you did on it. I do not believe I could part with a table that was that labor intensive and that turned out that beautiful. It would be like asking to part with one of my children. Thanks for adding to your burden by making this video to share with us. I really appreciate it.
Charlie. Its so nice seeing the look on the new owners face once you have their new table set up. Great to see the kids giving you a gift back. Awesome looking table and great finish. love your work
Quite beautiful. Congratulations!
Charlie, I’m a sales person at a furniture store in Miami Florida, and in my free time I watch all your videos, I can say that I’ve never seen nothing more beautiful than the tables you make. Awesome man. Congrats
always a marvel!!
Charlie, question have you ever thought to put a small crane on the ceiling of your workshop? Or a block and tackle setup? By the way, this must be one of the nicest slabs to date. It was absolutely beautiful, and I’d hang that on my wall if the wife let me. We have different ideas as to what looks best in our home.
Yep. Chain hoist on an I beam....with some nylon straps would help a bunch.
She's allowed to be wrong...
yep...even a mini gantry crane............I'll be working up in Iron mountain U.P. let me know if I should make a road trip with my son this summer for some welding...cheers terry
@@meilnartin9109 that’s exactly what I was thinking of but couldn’t remember what it was called. Had a blonde moment.
@@howesfull8 yeah, but does it have to be stupid kittens on a plate! Lol
Absolutely beautiful. The size, the shape, the curves......and the table is pretty cool too.
there it is :P the comment i was looking for _
Yes you were right😊. I wasnt looking at the table. His wife is a masterpiece. ❤
Glad somebody else said it before me she got da heavies
Charlie-the reaction of Mr and Mrs Chainsaw must have been so heartwarming for you. I’m sure their new table will be passed down to one of their children and they will always remember that you crafted it. A beautiful piece of art as always.
Miss Chanandler Bong, I very much appreciate your post. I remember a special project that my dad and his friend did for us when I was still just a toddler. It felt magical at the time. It was a bunkbed for my sister and I.
Charlie, I am a wood turner and charcuterie board maker since I retired. Now you have tempted me to step it up a few notches! Thank you for your video. For sharing your talents, thoughts and links. Most helpful and easy to watch to the very end. CHEERS, Bill
Just stumbled upon your videos, and they're so satisfying to watch. The last time i worked with wood was 15 years ago at school's labour classes, doing some basic stuff using lathe machine from 1960 and candent wire to figure-cut shapes from planks. I loved that work, the smell of processed wood and wood stain.
Your videos gave me a nostalgic feelings, and an inspiration to properly restore the table, that's been standing in my mother in law's garden, bending and fading under sun, snow and rain for a few years.
Thank you.
Charlie, my dad and I DID it. We built our first epoxy resin table with some walnut and black epoxy. So far it's been an amazing experience and we just wanted to tell you "Thank You" for sharing your content. You brought a Father and Son together on a project, a project that we're both incredibly proud of.
looks like someone didn’t reach the end of the video
@@Cat_WasTaken I did reach the end of the video. I always do.
Charlie is lucky to have that table. Live edge isn't a fad, it's definitely a style. And I love it.
You love analogies! You should know that roux came from France, not Louisiana. There were French people that settled in the Gulf Coast long ago. The cooking in the Gulf Coast, not just Louisiana, reflects the French influence.
Again, beautiful work. Don't worry about individual tastes. Some of us like bowties. Some like epoxy. Some don't. Your work is always thoughtful and beautiful. I would be proud to own one of your pieces and I happen to have black walnut trees.
Charlie, I love this table and I love your epoxy tables too! Really what I enjoy about your videos is your good sense of humor, that you show the problems that you run into, and you find a good solution to those problems. I do a little bit of wood working, mostly on my CNC, its totally different than what you do but I still learn little things from watching you.
Charlie! I am an extreme novice and am afraid of even how to put basic finishes on. I also only have a small handful of basic tools. It’s inspiring to see your work I hope I can make simple furniture and fun stuff for my family some day soon. Thank you for sharing fun content and explaining things so throughly!
Charlie. This is absolutely stunning all the beautiful markings that pop when you do the finish is gorgeous. Really loving your channel and I'm slowly making my way through your videos. I actually don't mind that you use epoxy....with our without it the work you do is awesome.
Charlie, you know recently watching your videos i've started wondering about the life that these trees would have seen. Such massive, amazing pieces of wood must've come from such old, majestic trees that have seen so much in their life. Far too overthought but you're work really brings the most out of it! amazing work!!!
Charlie, every guy says it's too big to fit, but in the end the wife realizes it wasn't as big as he thought!
Great work, as always!
I was surprised that this wasn't the top 18 comments, given the video title.
Well, in this case there was the "Wow!" and some tears also but it did fit!
Charlie. This is a case of the wife not believing it will fit, but weeping tears of joy when she finally sees that big piece of hard wood filling the space beautifully, and it's just right.
@@johnhutchins top 18 well that's a random number
lmfao brilliant 👏 🤣 👌
Charlie, I have watched you before and enjoy watching your expertise at making these tables. You do beautiful work! Keep it up and I will keep enjoying your videos! Charlie I came back to edit this to let you know I made it to the end of the video. I think it was great that you got gifted a piece of custom artwork by the kids.
Charlie, this is absolutely gorgeous! It suits their home perfectly and I can tell they will cherish it forever. Great work!
Wow. That is the kind of appreciation everyone should have in their loving relationships. Wonderful watching you spread joy for people who can appreciate your work and not immediately look for "flaws".
Charlie, I gotta agree. After watching your stuff for years and having a major case of shop envy, I’d put a hoist on a beam so you could lift and move these slabs around your shop. A slipped disk or hernia is no fun and could put you out of work. Oh BTW, same thing has happened to me with a router a couple of times. The worst was when the bit ended stuck in the ceiling. Still trying to get my other ball to drop……
Charlie, I have to agree with Ted, every time I see you lift those slabs all I can think of is “can’t he put a hoist system in with a button and straps to help him flip those slabs” if you’re hurt we don’t get great content and your customers don’t get awesome wood working projects. Think about!!!
he have a youtube?
Charlie, that was awesome having his family in the end & you gotta frame that drawing.
Charlie is one lucky guy to have a friend that can build a table like that. And the look on her face when you say your favorite animal. 😳 nice job and the table. Absolutely stunning.
LMAO! She was cracking up at that comment!
This is probably one of the most beautiful tables I have ever seen. I would cry too! Amazing!
Charlie, that slab is amazing, and I enjoy listening to you talk through the process. Thank you!!
this channel eases my anxiety. and i am in love with walnut tables and everything you build. since i cant workout i think wood working will be my new hobby. ( not undermining the absolute amounts of work you do and ite effort it takes)
I do a lot of small scale woodworking because I’m a bladesmith and swinging a hammer is a great workout. Anything can be a “workout” you don’t have to lift weights you can do functional strength exercises
@@tjboylan20 i should have explained better lol...i have chronic hypertension and its not going away and its very bad ...m told to walk not even run or strafe...i am told to not even try to climb stairs in 1 go ...i dont think ill live a long life (24 right now) ...so i just want to do something to yk keep myself busy and i really love woodworking i havent done any but llike i really apreciate the beauty. and yeah anything can be an exersise ..i work standing all day and i dont sit ..it has helped me a lot.
Mrs Chainsaw is never wrong, I can think of a couple reasons why. Bow ties look like stitches on a wound. Not a big fan of them. As usual, the table came out great! Nice job 👍
Nice table for Charlie and the family, when you have a client that sheds tears , that is awesome!
Charlie, this was so amazing to watch. I adore wood furniture of any type and I don't think I have ever watched a wood table like this being made in its entirety. Heck I may have to go back and watch this again. You are an artist.
Charlie. That’s a gorgeous table. And those kids are so sweet for making that for you.
Don’t really know much about woodworking, but I love watching your videos due to the fact that you keep it real with your viewers and share the knowledge to help out others! Keep up the great work man!
Charlie, I wish you many happy family times at this table. This table is stunning as it is, no expoxy needed. The finish looks superb.
Even though I am not a woodworker, I enjoy wathcing the blacktail studio videos. Your commentary is pleasant to listen to and helps to understand the building process. And… no annoying music, great!
That feathering/rippling throughout the whole slab looks incredible, I didn't even notice it until you went to put the finish on but wow did it come to life.
charlie, that table looked absolutely stunning...Thank you for sharing this with all of us...
Charlie, your commentary in this video was absolutely hilarious, 🤣 just what I needed today, Thank You and Your work is AWESOME💖
Her face, when you said beaver….. priceless
you were watching her face?
I am not an artisan, but these vids are very entertaining for me! Gets me in a creative mood before working on digital art. 😄
That’s how this channel gets millions of videos… most of us aren’t, but somehow we’re allured to it 😂
you are an artisan.
artisan is a worker in a skilled trade! creating digital art 🎨 is most certainly a skilled trade! yes u didn't make the software or hardware but u make the art! blacktail didn't make his chisels varnish or grow the tree but he makes the art. if he is and artisan so to are you! don't be thinking ur not!
@@genkisudo an artisan is juts a worker in a skilled trade! engineers and bridge builders are also artisans its nothing to do with ART
Charlie, I like how you're working in more of your humor. Amazing work, as always.
so humble and such a good creator, really relaxing to watch and entertaining as well. doesnt get better really
Charlie, being good at what you do doesn't mean you never have problems. It means you know how to handle it to where it can't be detected and you certainly do that. I enjoy watching a craftsman work. Thank you
Charlie. Beautiful table Cam. Nice to see it going in a family setting where it will be used and appreciated for years. The inevitable wear and tear and 'battle scars' over the years will just add character.
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Charlie - like always watching the slab become furniture is amazing. I have a recent carpentry business / handyman service and would love to make slab table as good as yours one day!
"His Wife Said it Wouldn't Fit"
GIGITTY!
That's what she said 🤣😂 actually 😂🤣😂
Thats a great problem to have.
Charlie, I enjoyed your video. I am a 67 yr old woman. Big projects are too much for me now. I’ve built decks and custom shelves and a few other things. I’m still doing carpentry, but realize my .limits. I still enjoy watching anything related to woodworking. I’m now watching the about the table that the customer wanted 50” x 50”, that had to be 47” x 47”.
Beautiful table Charlie! I have 2 suggestions for you. 1) Look into a product called CPES (clear penetrating epoxy sealer). It's a 2 part liquid epoxy used a lot in marine projects that is specifically designed to penetrate into the wood and stabilize it. 2) For ripping those thin pieces on the table saw, get yourself a set (or two) of Grrrrippers.
Charlie, I made all of the way through your video! I'm always fascinated with your talent and finished project. That is one gorgeous table!
Charlie - That was absolutely stunning! Even if I am never going to make such a table, your videos are a joy to watch, and inspires me to do other smaller projects with wood.
I am head over heels in love with this table you made for chain saw Charlie. When I am finally settled & know the size of my dining room, I want something as close to this one.
I feel like the bowties look great in places where you would expect to see some support like sides or bottom but on the top of the table they are distracting
Charlie! Hey Cam, it's always a great time watching you create such awesome pieces, and making the wood come alive. Love to see your creations become part of someone's everyday life. Please keep making these super videos. 💜💜
The table is so pretty (as always!) and the family's reaction is so cute :) Love that the kids drew you a picture as thanks! The table adds a nice contrast to their dining room!
I know I will never get into woodworking, or have a lot of tools. What I do enjoy is seeing the WORK that goes into the woodworking, and to see, and hear of the mistakes. Bow Ties, do not bother me. IT WAS A TREE, and now after death lives on to be still useful. May no longer have birds nesting in the tree, but it has useful for so much more. Glad you and your friend took advantage to make use of the tree. Thank you again..
Charlie, man these videos really do make my day. Also I completely understand the wife crying at the end, I want that table!!!
Charlie, this is one of the prettiest pieces of wood I have seen. I love how much curl and variation there is. Simply beautiful. The wait was totally worth it. How do you know when you have stabilized the wood enough in the pockets you used epoxy on?
Charlie. I love your work. With or without epoxy 😉. And thanks for teaching all your tips and tricks for working with wood/epoxy. I learn a lot. 🤗👍
😅😅 Is it weird I find your videos just soooo relaxing? My husband comes in and literally laughs and says "why" and walks away, shaking his head! I find watching relaxing and the journey is amazing! ❤❤❤ I'm ok with that 😅😅😅
Not weird at all!
Charlie! You mentioned in a past video that black was your favorite color for epoxy tables because it’s the most discrete. Would you ever try a brown/tan epoxy pour and see what it would look like with the wood?
Charlie, watching from England, I have to say, have been really enjoying your process and video's, the fact that you explain everything your doing and why your doing it is the best part. also this table was amazing! maybe one day i'll be able to afford a table like this!
Charlie: Regarding the bow-tie on the end edge. Have you considered drilling a starter hole with a regular bit before starting the router? The hole could be slightly larger than the router bit and slightly deeper than needed for the insert. Slip the router bit into the drilled hole before starting the router. No plunge needed = less dangerous. Thanks for the video.
Old fashion ways - still good and worth remembering so as to remind us of the basics. Carry on with the amazing work.
Charlie is one lucky guy! Beautiful table, beautiful friend, beautiful family and beautiful wife - who likes the beautiful table!
Charlie, beautiful table! I would love to get into woodworking more, but thus far my tool budget has been blown on forestry equipment. I saw a couple of suggestions about you getting a crane or hoist. I was thinking maybe you could build a rotisserie like they use for automotive work to hold and flip your slabs something like that may save your back
Charlie - A brilliant video and a fantastic piece work. I live on a small Island called Fuerteventura in the Atlantic and unfortunately getting any wood which is not Pine or Pallet wood is very difficult. Seeing what you create out of some of the most beautiful woods around is awe inspiring.
That would be the worst! Good thing you’re on a beautiful island
Charlie - I have just stumbled across your channel and wanted to say this was very enjoyable! I have made a much smaller live edge table from a tree that fell on my workshop/garage and demolished it - just for a remembrance (long story HAHA). Your work brings making a table like this to a much higher level! Great work!
Charlie, I am a guitar player and my personal favorite guitars are acoustic guitars because of the various woods that can be used to make expensive guitar. I have over 10 guitars 4 electric and 6 acoustic and multiple types of wood from Mahogany, Cocobolo, Rosewood, Ovangkol and Maple. Nothing makes me more excited when buying a guitar than how the different woods look on a guitar and how the wood makes the guitar sound. I love how wood looks and how nature has shaped and created wonderful lines. I love watching your YT channel and how beautiful you make your tables look. My favorite part is when you first put on a finish and how the wood just jumps out. Always a fan!
Threaded insert super tip: _Don't_ use an Allen wrench to install it. The hardness of the install location of each insert is extremely variable. Use a bolt threaded flush to the bottom of the insert with a jamb nut snugged tight to the top of the insert. Then use a ratchet and socket or a box end wrench on the bolt to install the insert. You will never strip out the hex socket of an insert again, especially if you are using brass.
Super good idea on the insert install.
Wera make special hex keys which will bind well at high torque even into brass inserts. They are not exactly hexagonal, they have curved faces,which are designed to cut into, and grab, the insert. They are a lot quicker to use than fiddling around with nuts on the end of the insert, which in any case need to be removed to get the insert flush with the workpiece.
Personally, I'd avoid brass like the plague as it's coefficient of thermal expansion is much more than steel, and it therefore stresses the wood a lot more with changes in temperature. Plus, brass is a terrible choice because it's far too soft to safely use as a threaded insert into any hardwood, and it will deform when someone dances on the table (yes, it does happen). Always use stainless steel.
@@garyday3741 not really. Just avoid brass... it's a terrible choice for many reasons. Use stainless steel inserts, and wera hex keys which bind into the inserts as they are tightened. They have a special cross section which grabs into the flat faces of the insert rather than the corners.
@@tasmedic Coefficient of thermal expansion !? seriously ? The heat involved for the thermal expansion of a bras insert to be a problem would already damage the wood Directly. Any tool that applies torque to the very thin top hex portion of the insert has an appreciable chance to split the thin walls of the insert. You did point out the exact failure point of your product saying it is designed to cut into the interior of the already too weak hex socket. This is the exact weakness that the nut and bolt avoids completely. Note: I am not pushing any product. My observations are form installing dozens, maybe hundreds, of these inserts. In my experience a bolt with a jamb nut has never caused the failure of the insert. Sorry for m the rant ..silliness annoys me.
Charlie - Love watching your videos and have watched several more than once. Great work!!!! Been getting into woodworking slowly over the past year or so and finally have a somewhat decent shop. Keep the amazing videos coming!!!
He have a youtube page?
Charlie, I'm a retired contractor. So over the decades I've experienced The Good The Bad and The Ugly. This finished out as a gorgeous piece. Well done!!!
Carlie -- Wife's reaction on seeing this beauiful table is lovely.
Don't always comment, but I watch and like several of yours.
As a born and raised Louisianian, I appreciate the roux reference 😄 The finished product is gorgeous as usual.
P.s, I love that y'all celebrate Passover as well🥰
I wish all u mericans would stop saying yall makes u sound like halfwits
@@odoggow8157 LOL us "mericans" as you put it don't really care. You are very rude dog.
Charlie, I'm happy to see another amazing build. While I'm not likely ever going to be able to afford your work for myself, every video get's me a step closer to replicating something similar. Thanks for sharing!
Dang Charile, big fan of you, your work, your humor, and your work ethic. And I think this is my favorite table so far. So simple and stunning! Bravo!
Thanks michael!
Charlie. When you started the 2nd coat of finish, I was blown away with the figure in that table. Absolutely stunning!! Great work and a great video!!
Charlie: The curl and quilt of the crotch feather is amazing. Fabulous slab, and you did great work with it. Congrats.
Hey Cam, I loved your videos and watching them made me start making DIY furniture for my personal use. So far I've made a bed, a small table and a shoe rack/slim side table combo. All are very simple builds and with metal foot that I also welded.
Anyways, I've watched maybe all your videos and I've been dying to see a brass bowtie on one of your tables. I think it would look absolutely beautiful with your walnut and black epoxy resin builds. Hope you read my comment. Thanks for your videos. :)
If your back is hurting imagine how Charlies wife feels.
I was imagining that....but maybe not in the way you meant....
She's got more plastic than most of the man's epoxy tables do! 🤣
hilarious
I don’t know what else you could even mean by that other than what I’m thinking.
Meaning she would have to stretch her back real hard to get that surface cleaned and yet there would be marks on the table...2 in particular
“Charlie” I’d cry too. Your work is just so beautiful ❤️.x
Man that home was so cozy and the family was so sweet. I was cheesing like an idiot the whole time watching them all, they're so cute
It is really big. I mean the table. Love your videos bro!
Charlie, this has got to be one of my favorite videos that you've made. Really helpful and entertaining :)
Charlie, WOW! Native Oregonian here. I love, black walnut, I love wood period and that's just so beautiful! Truly! Thank you for the entire video
Charlie, thanks for these videos, they're really inspiring, I just got delivery of my first workbench (a little sjoberg 1450), and actually biting the bullet has been mainly thanks to you and Gunflints vids. Happy woodworking :)
Charlie... I dont know what is more beautiful Charlies table or his wife lol... you go boy
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Charlie has a Good Friend when he has you. I know he will cherish that Table for years to come. What a Masterpiece you've created
Charlie. What an amazing piece of art! Not just a table, but pure art too.
Charlie!!! I absolutely made it to the end of the video. That table and the whole process was fun. Beautiful 👍🏼✝️
He’s Jewish 👍🏼✡️
@@itai2545 SO?? I'm NOT! Screw off!
Charlie - I am doing research on live edge tables. This is in order to make or have someone make one out of an oak tree that has been on our property when purchased in 1940. It is probably well over 250 years old. You seem to be very knowledgeable in this area and love watching your videos. Take care of your back and thanks for your hard work.