This is FANTASTIC! My brother is about to landscape his backyard and this is exactly what's needed. Brilliant video, I'm positive you've saved many people a lot of trials and errors. 👍👍 For the pit, laying a few of your blocks on the bottom layer with a couple of inches between them gives you the oxygen needed. Also if anyone is wanting to build a similar fire pit but can't find the metal insert, old satellite dishes work well. The large ones also make a good pond 😊
You're the only other bloke I've ever seen using one of those orange handled fishing knives on the job. Glad to know I'm not alone haha Great work mate. What a process
Nice work mate! Sometimes projects don't look to great until they have paint/stain on them, and it can really make it a big gamble when making decisions like the back rest height and those sorts of decisions, but the decisions you made and colors you chose payed off. Good on you!
Stunning bit of work. If it was me, I'd be getting rid of the crushed rock as soon as possible because it must be awful underfoot. I'd replace it with exposed aggregate. Apart from that choice of materials, it's a hugely inspiring build.
Looks great going to do something like this for my place 👍🏽 only difference I’ll be doing is using my trimmer to put a round edge on any of my rip cuts
Bro you did a good job, love it. The stained decking always looks way better than people who leave it to silver off imo. Looking at your project, if it were me and my own property and I had the time I’d probably mitre every board and biscuit join it just cos I have the time. A random thought came to me too, only if it were my place and I had the time to fuck around, I’d jerry rig a heat exchange coil into the fire and pump glycol through it to some heat blowers around the seats so you’re getting warm off the waste heat of the fire too, that would be sick
Hey Dave, a 1/2" corded router would have made your life easier for this project. A flush trim bit for the decking board curve. A roundover bit for rounding those sharp edges. The bench looks great.
I should have used a round over but definitely, I was worried about using a flush trim bit for the curve, as it may have kicked in at the ends of every board
nice job! FYI, dry pockets of concrete mix in the ground actually will eventually harden slowly as the ground moisture gets in! obviously not ideal though...
Regarding cutting all the boards flush to the curve: I would definitively urge you to purchase a flush trim router bit. (and a router, depending) No need to undo anything at that point, just run the router down the line and chop them perfectly flush to the curve beneath.
Could you have cut off the extra seat board lenghes using a jigsaw or oscillating saw and then smoothed and sanded them even? Everything seemed amazing otherwise, just wondering if you think that would be a viable route!
Both of these methods have a high chance of ruining the face boards below them. The jigsaw blade will rub against the lower boards and possibly cut into them, and a multi tool will either rub against the lower boards, or end up cutting the top boards on an angle (to avoid rubbing against the face boards) I decided both of these methods weren’t worth risking the lower boards, and the mitresaw was the safest and more accurate method. Thankyou!
100%. I did. I know guys who heaps that did the same. Even dudes that did it at 30, 40 and 50. All qualified now. Key is to find a small quality good crew
Great design great idea. Great effort, work and time spent on the carpentry. Just disappointing how blasé you were with the little fire retaining wall, and pavers. They won’t stay in place long. They will move for sure
You don’t need structural for fence posts. We use one bag of concrete (25kg) to about 4 bags of 1/2 inch minus. Mix with very little water (2-4 L depending on weather) and pack it in in layers. Also improves drainage.
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Nice to see you put the backrest on an angle. Can’t believe that even professional joiners still make benches with vertical backrests.
This is FANTASTIC! My brother is about to landscape his backyard and this is exactly what's needed. Brilliant video, I'm positive you've saved many people a lot of trials and errors. 👍👍
For the pit, laying a few of your blocks on the bottom layer with a couple of inches between them gives you the oxygen needed. Also if anyone is wanting to build a similar fire pit but can't find the metal insert, old satellite dishes work well. The large ones also make a good pond 😊
Thankyou! I’d love to hear how your brother goes when he’s done!
Thanks for the tip with the fire pit!
Great job Dave, it looks very nice.
Great job! Excellent adjustments to pretty severe radius with angled slats to keep everything looking even.
You're the only other bloke I've ever seen using one of those orange handled fishing knives on the job. Glad to know I'm not alone haha
Great work mate. What a process
Outstanding! Its clear to see you enjoy your trade and the master class results. Very impressive!
Top idea with the pole champ 👌... You are 100% spoton with the mitres aswell👍👍👍should be the same with exposed porch/pergola beams.
Insane! You are such a creative. This had to have taken a lot of patience. Bravo!
This is gorgeous!!
Nice video Dave!
Thanks mate!
Well done Dave. An excellent product. We call your "Nogs" noggins in the UK. Once again well done with your amazing bench.
Nice work mate! Sometimes projects don't look to great until they have paint/stain on them, and it can really make it a big gamble when making decisions like the back rest height and those sorts of decisions, but the decisions you made and colors you chose payed off. Good on you!
Thankyou! Appreciate it!
The garden looks great. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you have enough time out from work to enjoy it👍
Stunning bit of work. If it was me, I'd be getting rid of the crushed rock as soon as possible because it must be awful underfoot. I'd replace it with exposed aggregate. Apart from that choice of materials, it's a hugely inspiring build.
Awesome 👍 love that timber
Looks great going to do something like this for my place 👍🏽 only difference I’ll be doing is using my trimmer to put a round edge on any of my rip cuts
Bro you did a good job, love it. The stained decking always looks way better than people who leave it to silver off imo.
Looking at your project, if it were me and my own property and I had the time I’d probably mitre every board and biscuit join it just cos I have the time. A random thought came to me too, only if it were my place and I had the time to fuck around, I’d jerry rig a heat exchange coil into the fire and pump glycol through it to some heat blowers around the seats so you’re getting warm off the waste heat of the fire too, that would be sick
You remind me if my self 25 years ago
Insanely Great !
Consider a smokeless pit design, would be more enjoyable for all that work. Looks great!
Definitely.
BRILLIANT VIDEO!!! Is there any chance I could get the measurements? I'd love to build this myself
What a massive slog! Nice work mate you smashed it 💪💪
Thankyou!
very nice indeed, your videos are grouse mate keep it up your gonna blow up soon xx
Looks amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ps you could always stain the out side of your fire pit blocks like a dark black with the bronze bowl stunning ❤
Love your videos man, I always wanted to be a chippy when I was younger
The future is bright for you mate! Cheers !
Bro you definitely need to replace the fireplace with a smokeless fire pit 👋😏👉🔥🔥
God dam. Its really nice to see top quality carpentry for once. I wish every chippy i work with was like this.
Hey Dave, a 1/2" corded router would have made your life easier for this project.
A flush trim bit for the decking board curve.
A roundover bit for rounding those sharp edges.
The bench looks great.
I should have used a round over but definitely, I was worried about using a flush trim bit for the curve, as it may have kicked in at the ends of every board
@@DaveDoesCarpentry not if you setup a curved guide to route against
nice job! FYI, dry pockets of concrete mix in the ground actually will eventually harden slowly as the ground moisture gets in! obviously not ideal though...
Beautiful....😊
Nice Job !!!!!
Thankyou!
bloody awesome bro
Cheers bro!
Regarding cutting all the boards flush to the curve: I would definitively urge you to purchase a flush trim router bit. (and a router, depending) No need to undo anything at that point, just run the router down the line and chop them perfectly flush to the curve beneath.
8:20 I use a 2-3mm pencil round in my laminex trimmer
Nice!
Amazing work 👏👏👏👏
Great job! What wood did you use?
Could you have cut off the extra seat board lenghes using a jigsaw or oscillating saw and then smoothed and sanded them even?
Everything seemed amazing otherwise, just wondering if you think that would be a viable route!
Both of these methods have a high chance of ruining the face boards below them. The jigsaw blade will rub against the lower boards and possibly cut into them, and a multi tool will either rub against the lower boards, or end up cutting the top boards on an angle (to avoid rubbing against the face boards) I decided both of these methods weren’t worth risking the lower boards, and the mitresaw was the safest and more accurate method.
Thankyou!
A flush trim router bit would of done the job for you
I'm worried the flush trim would chip the ends, unless you stick spaces inbetween
Use a long flush trim router bit would have saved unscrewing all the boards.
do you reckon it's possible to get into carpentry at 25 years old?
Yep of course bro.. go for it!
100%. I did. I know guys who heaps that did the same. Even dudes that did it at 30, 40 and 50. All qualified now. Key is to find a small quality good crew
Brother, you're 25 not 95
Hit a star picket into the ground and use a sfingline for your radius
brilliant
Beautiful work! I would have dug out a deeper base for the fire pit stones and used a screed to set the grade. Other than that, top-notch!👍🍻
Thankyou! That sounds like it would have been a better idea!
How good does the green spray smell haha 🎉
The rats are gonna love it mate good joinery btw
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What did it cost just curious.. cheers
they dont have H5 in straya?
Great design great idea. Great effort, work and time spent on the carpentry. Just disappointing how blasé you were with the little fire retaining wall, and pavers. They won’t stay in place long. They will move for sure
Why use a router instead of pulling every 2nd one off?
Tough job mate , good effort
I would quote $20k for that job hopefully I don’t get it
A heads up mate Quickset concrete is not structural
You don’t need structural for fence posts. We use one bag of concrete (25kg) to about 4 bags of 1/2 inch minus. Mix with very little water (2-4 L depending on weather) and pack it in in layers. Also improves drainage.
Brass screws would have been nice
Nice but too long, maybe half that length or until the fire cant warm the people...
It’s australia. If anything the goal is get away from the fire
extra seating is handy if you have a bigger gathering
It’s perfectly wrapped around the existing vegetation, shorter would only make it less aesthetic
Should’ve been longer
You really want to avoid home projects that you do just because you're a carpenter but add nothing to your property value.
Are you on the spectrum?