I would like to see only a small bit of the milling. Just a sample of what had to be done. And if there happened to be a special issue or method you had to employ. Show a little bit more of the hand worked joinery. And yes Paul Sellers either machine preps all (or most) of his stock, or, he hires some else to do it. In fact, I remember seeing a video where he even spoke of it.
Milling wood is part of the building process and you had the right balance of milling and joinery in this video. Do what you are comfortable with and keep your focus on your love for the craft
nice work. I appreciate your insights and observations. I like the whole process. It could be a two way learning experience. You may teach and through comments you may learn.
What I’ve found to be interesting about this craft is how introspective it is. I’ve learned a lot about myself as well as the skills of the hands. Appears to have affected you the same. 😊
@@DaughtersWoodCo For what it's worth, Paul Sellers does this full time. It is his life, and his living. He actually DOES all his flattening and jointing by hand, and no longer has a power jointer or thickness planer. He used to, but no longer. I'm more like you. My life takes up more time and I need a little help speeding things up if I'm going to get anything made at all. Best wishes for a well thought out presentation.
I have a pro shop with all the pro machines in it. i was trained on hand tools many years ago. When I retired from pro work I went back to my roots, hand tools. The only time I use a machine for anymore is ripping boards to width, cutting mortices and a lathe. I join my boards with jointer planes, flatten my boards with hand planes, use a smoothing plane and card scrapers to finish with using no sand paper. Invest in the best hand tools you can buy. I use Lie Nielson hand planes and saws. Have a few Veritas tools also, some Stanleys and a whole lot of old wodd hand planes. I have 12 Japanese saws and use them often. I have Swiss and German carving chisels, bought one at a time until I completed my collection of 45 chisels. Took a long time to get all the hand tools I have. I like Moxon vises and have no tail vice either. You do excellent work and should think about more hand tool work. I do reproduction Chippendale, Shaker and Colonial furniture and make a lot of money doing it on commission only. Keep up the good work, and by the way, the only time I use ash is for firewood lol.
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement! I want to begin investing into some nicer hand tools. I think I could really benefit from a nice dovetail saw.
Your rationale for saving time by investing in specialty tools is part of the process for the hobbyist and the professional but it doesn't diminish your inner craftsman. Time management is also very important to the working family man.
I have the same planer and ran into the same issue when trying to remove twist and bow using a sled. I believe the sled needs to be very stiff to get the board truly flat. If there is any deflection in the sled, it will transfer to the board you are trying to get flat.
Nice work! I think a couple keys to cutting grooves and dadoes are passive stops and holdfasts. Working against (or along) a bench hook and sometimes knocking a holdfast in will definitely speed things up and make them easier!
on the wood color, especially the sapwood transition, that seems to bother you. Different finishes can play a big role in highlighting or playing them down, so limiting oneself to one type of finish is not ideal. For example, amber shellac on ash blends them together. As it doesnt soak in and make the grain pop but provides a monotone hue. With time the wood darkens and the tone of heart and sap become ever more similar, making an aged piece look better than freshly finished. This happens slightly over months or years, so it is a good idea to experiment and observe.
You’re right, the mill work using power tools are very similar and I think you should skip showing that. Do include the dimensions of the milled lumber. Keep up the good work!
I’ve never seen someone use black walnut for drawer sides before😄 Not making fun btw, just have never seen anything like that. I enjoy the zen/philosophy of your videos as well. Good reminder that I’m the only one who knows about and focuses on the flaws in my work.
Only just discovered your channel and work, I'd say you're well on the way to becoming a master of your craft so keep it up, what I would say though, you put way too much emphasis on "perfect" which doesn't really have a place in furniture in my opinion (I'm also a woodworker), but sure, aim for as good a standard as you can and thrive for that but perfection is just something that isn't possible with material that has a mind of its own, so my advice, relax a little, enjoy the process, even milling the lumber because every step matters, if you give each stage due time, attention and care, the end result will take care of itself. Too much pressure on yourself can be detrimental in the creative space of arts and crafts so have some fun with it as well. All the best
Thanks! And couldn't agree more about perfection getting in my way. That is something I'm continually working on is trying to simply enjoy the process and not be too concerned if things are "perfect".
IMO including milling is fine, but it has to be fast. Like you say it's not really interesting to see someone run wood through a jointer/planer/table saw in the same fashion for the 34525435th time.
IMO when you used your sled you used nowhere near enough wedges, and yeah hot glue helps a ton. You need to wedge the board the whole length to prevent it from moving when the planer applies force to it, not just at the ends. If the board is bowed/not flat, it's going to be pressed unevenly by the planer, that's what you want to avoid. Personally I keep a drawer full of small/thin offcuts that I use for this purpose and I use a ton of hot glue.
@@DaughtersWoodCo There are even people who make sleds with hardware that allow supporting the board from the underside, not just at the edges. I make smaller things so I've never needed one for now.
Thanks for watching! What do you prefer? Seeing the whole building process including milling or skipping all the milling process?
I would like to see only a small bit of the milling. Just a sample of what had to be done. And if there happened to be a special issue or method you had to employ. Show a little bit more of the hand worked joinery.
And yes Paul Sellers either machine preps all (or most) of his stock, or, he hires some else to do it. In fact, I remember seeing a video where he even spoke of it.
Milling wood is part of the building process and you had the right balance of milling and joinery in this video.
Do what you are comfortable with and keep your focus on your love for the craft
I like seeing the joinery and assembly. We are almost always more critical of our work than others are.
Imperfections make things rare!!! Thank you for this interesting video, seeing it from the start to finish.
nice work. I appreciate your insights and observations. I like the whole process. It could be a two way learning experience. You may teach and through comments you may learn.
What I’ve found to be interesting about this craft is how introspective it is. I’ve learned a lot about myself as well as the skills of the hands. Appears to have affected you the same. 😊
Yes it has. A lot of time by yourself haha
@@DaughtersWoodCo For what it's worth, Paul Sellers does this full time. It is his life, and his living. He actually DOES all his flattening and jointing by hand, and no longer has a power jointer or thickness planer. He used to, but no longer. I'm more like you. My life takes up more time and I need a little help speeding things up if I'm going to get anything made at all. Best wishes for a well thought out presentation.
I have a pro shop with all the pro machines in it. i was trained on hand tools many years ago. When I retired from pro work I went back to my roots, hand tools. The only time I use a machine for anymore is ripping boards to width, cutting mortices and a lathe. I join my boards with jointer planes, flatten my boards with hand planes, use a smoothing plane and card scrapers to finish with using no sand paper. Invest in the best hand tools you can buy. I use Lie Nielson hand planes and saws. Have a few Veritas tools also, some Stanleys and a whole lot of old wodd hand planes. I have 12 Japanese saws and use them often. I have Swiss and German carving chisels, bought one at a time until I completed my collection of 45 chisels. Took a long time to get all the hand tools I have. I like Moxon vises and have no tail vice either. You do excellent work and should think about more hand tool work. I do reproduction Chippendale, Shaker and Colonial furniture and make a lot of money doing it on commission only. Keep up the good work, and by the way, the only time I use ash is for firewood lol.
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement! I want to begin investing into some nicer hand tools. I think I could really benefit from a nice dovetail saw.
Your rationale for saving time by investing in specialty tools is part of the process for the hobbyist and the professional but it doesn't diminish your inner craftsman. Time management is also very important to the working family man.
Thank you so much for sharing your work and thoughts.
wow amazing. thank you sir .Final cabinet turned out super nice.
Thanks!
Looks great good job
lovely work.
I have the same planer and ran into the same issue when trying to remove twist and bow using a sled. I believe the sled needs to be very stiff to get the board truly flat. If there is any deflection in the sled, it will transfer to the board you are trying to get flat.
Thanks Peter! That sounds like maybe what was going on. I would have though the 3/4 inch MDF would be sturdy enough, but maybe it isn't?
Great video and congrats on another finish
Thanks!
Nice work! I think a couple keys to cutting grooves and dadoes are passive stops and holdfasts. Working against (or along) a bench hook and sometimes knocking a holdfast in will definitely speed things up and make them easier!
Yeah, I really want to get some holdfasts. I think those would really help with the work holding.
It's interesting how dovetails were once considered unsightly. It's why it was usually used in inconspicuous areas such as drawers.
nice work
on the wood color, especially the sapwood transition, that seems to bother you.
Different finishes can play a big role in highlighting or playing them down, so limiting oneself to one type of finish is not ideal.
For example, amber shellac on ash blends them together. As it doesnt soak in and make the grain pop but provides a monotone hue. With time the wood darkens and the tone of heart and sap become ever more similar, making an aged piece look better than freshly finished. This happens slightly over months or years, so it is a good idea to experiment and observe.
You’re right, the mill work using power tools are very similar and I think you should skip showing that. Do include the dimensions of the milled lumber. Keep up the good work!
I’ve never seen someone use black walnut for drawer sides before😄
Not making fun btw, just have never seen anything like that.
I enjoy the zen/philosophy of your videos as well. Good reminder that I’m the only one who knows about and focuses on the flaws in my work.
Thanks! Yeah, not normal usually, but I always like contrasting woods with my drawers so I went with the walnut.
Only just discovered your channel and work, I'd say you're well on the way to becoming a master of your craft so keep it up, what I would say though, you put way too much emphasis on "perfect" which doesn't really have a place in furniture in my opinion (I'm also a woodworker), but sure, aim for as good a standard as you can and thrive for that but perfection is just something that isn't possible with material that has a mind of its own, so my advice, relax a little, enjoy the process, even milling the lumber because every step matters, if you give each stage due time, attention and care, the end result will take care of itself. Too much pressure on yourself can be detrimental in the creative space of arts and crafts so have some fun with it as well. All the best
Thanks! And couldn't agree more about perfection getting in my way. That is something I'm continually working on is trying to simply enjoy the process and not be too concerned if things are "perfect".
IMO including milling is fine, but it has to be fast. Like you say it's not really interesting to see someone run wood through a jointer/planer/table saw in the same fashion for the 34525435th time.
IMO when you used your sled you used nowhere near enough wedges, and yeah hot glue helps a ton. You need to wedge the board the whole length to prevent it from moving when the planer applies force to it, not just at the ends. If the board is bowed/not flat, it's going to be pressed unevenly by the planer, that's what you want to avoid. Personally I keep a drawer full of small/thin offcuts that I use for this purpose and I use a ton of hot glue.
Thanks for the info! Yeah, I think I really didn't support it enough.
@@DaughtersWoodCo There are even people who make sleds with hardware that allow supporting the board from the underside, not just at the edges. I make smaller things so I've never needed one for now.