Getting better. And you were on the right track seperating the two pieces, a V cut so that the two points don't wedge each other safe way to separate. You could do that between centers too. That last catch wasn't caused by the skew but how you are holding the blank in your chuck. Just as in a mortise and tenon joint the strength comes from the shoulder. With no shoulder registered on the face of the jaws there is very little strength in the blank holding. Twas exasperated by the distance from the chuck which amplifies torque working against it. (Simpler: a shoulder when clamping in the chuck gives it more strength, the farther out you turn from the chuck the more you torque the piece outa chuck.)
This reminds me of the short from that Finnish dude who turns a mallet with a roughing gouge in 56 seconds flat, with no poncy insert shots, no music and no talking at all.
Oh, the agony of the skew!!! I saw that catch coming before it happened.... I am mostly a bowl turner. So, a few comments on your turning. For parting things off, I don't think any one parts some thing all the way off with the lathe at high speed, and most will part down to a very small tenon, then use a hand saw, especially on that box you turned. Might have to look that video up. For the end grain, a standard scraper can give you a good finish, but for very hard woods, generally they will hone/polish the burr off. Now days, many are using a negative rake scraper. The first version of this was a skew chisel, but you leave the burr from the grinder on. That burr is gone in seconds though. I have a bunch of them, ground to 30 degrees on the top, and 60 degrees on the bottom. Many will use ones with the same angle on each side. With mine, you can burnish a burr on it which makes it cut a lot longer. You can get 400 grit surfaces with one of them, and they are very handy in box making. To grip an end grain piece in your chuck, depending on jaw size, I like some PVC pipe. Cut a ring, then cut a slot in the ring. I do like the thinner more pliable type rather than the schedule 40 stuff like used for heavy pressure lines. With leather, you can get dents from the jaws. For sizing your tenon, use an open end box wrench. They are just a hair bigger than a nut or bolt head that size. It will actually burnish the wood down a bit, then you can fine tune it for the perfect fit. Of course the water in the glue will swell the wood a bit, but when the moisture dries out a bit, the fit can be loose again if you make it too small, but you probably already know that. A quote I love to use, from the movie The Princess Bride, and no it isn't a chick flick, "Good job, sleep well, I will most likely kill you in the morning'. If you haven't seen it, you must!
Good job ! I am glad you warned folks about the dangers of the hole and touching the blank when turning. You may have saved some digits. Also you figured out parting off. Good. You can “catch “ a piece like the handle being parted of with light hand gripping pressure around the handle. With only the chuck holding the piece, and tail stock away the piece really was no way to catch or pinch. Just falls in your hand, but you did it safe and to me that’s rule #1. I love Turning Tuesday’s.
Great video. Your point about turning something with a hole drilled through it was excellent. That’s something I’ll definitely have to remember. That big catch in the handle actually caused you to make the handle a little smaller and it seems to fit your hand a little better. The end product looks fantastic.
A safer way to drill through the head with the forstner bit would be to drill a pilot hole with an extra long small drill bit all the way through, then drill through from each side to meet in the middle. You would need to make sure that your two faces are exactly parallel for the holes to line up just right. I have extra long, small diameter drill bits scrounged from the cast-off bin at a michinist's shop that I use for situations like that.
Very nice work Matt. I would love to make one of these one day. I love that you own and share your mistakes as this helps others like me learn too. I hope this new mallet serves you just as well if not better than the old one 😊.
When mounting something in the jaws if you bring the tail stock up and line up the point of your center onto the center of your turning it helps to get it squared in the jaws before you tighten them up reducing wobble on your part. I love the mallet and I think I'm gonna turn one now rather than what I had planned before
Very nice result, that mallet looks good and should serve you well. The only thing I'd have done differently in assembly is to avoid the glue, leave the handle long, cut a top kerf, and applied the traditional wedge prior to final top trim-up. Just to make it easier to re-handle if ever necessary. I've never turned on a lathe so your mallet beats anything I could turn out right now.
Great looking mallet. Tamboti is one of our local woods that I use quite often, Just be careful with it as the dust is very toxic and irritates both the lungs and the eyes. Its a fantastic wood to work with and finishes very nicely. Nice video as well. Keep them coming.
One thing you can do when fitting axe heads and mallet heads like that is to turn it upside down and hit the bottom of the handle. Don't clamp it in anything but let it float free, seems counter-intuitive but by hitting the handle whilst upside down means that the stationary mass of the head causes the handle to drive its way into the head without clamping anything. An old axe-makers trick I learnt a while ago when re-handling an old axe
Hiya I've only one problem with your videos, I've watched them all!!! Found your channel about when you moved to your current workshop and binge watched your earlier content... now reduced to sitting on the edge of my chair... Thank you and keep up the great content... Take care...
After making this comment I made a similar small “slugger.” What I had at hand was Osage and olive wood. Olive handle and Osage head. I love my little mallet. Thanks for the inspiration. I just watched this again and realized this was what prompted me. Thanks for all you do! You are an encouragement.
This is the first videos I’ve seen of yours on the day of release. I saw your dovetail video about 3 weeks ago and binged all the rest. Great work Matt, I’ve learned so much. Thank you!
Hi Matt. Really liked this one. I make these too, if you like taking the handle through the head, try leaving the end as a dome, they look great. You can also turn the head in brass from 50mm brass rod, you'll be surprised how easy this can be done on a wood Lathe. Good stuff thank you
Loved this one matt. Especially love that you own your mistakes and demo how to recover which is always very helpful to the hobbyist. Suggestion - now that game of thrones is coming back make a big gaudy goblet!
You may find that an oval shape to the handle will work better as it will give you an intuitive registration to keep the head in the "north and south" position. Round handles do tend to rotate slightly in the hand when being used and that will throw the direction of impact slightly off and also need a constant adjustment while using (annoying and with potential to damage the intended surface). The ash nicely compliments the mallet head, great choice. As others have mentioned, a wedge in the top would be nicely decorative and very functional .
Nice work! I use the back of the chisel to test for roundness rather than my fingers. It saves the chance of losing my fingers. As the piece spins it will bounce the chisel if it has a flat spot. I pretty much finish parting off anything large-ish with a saw then sanding off the nub.
Really nifty tool. Concave and convex contact surfaces is a nice touch. To get the handle seated in the head I would’ve tried pounding the butt of the handle on the bench. Inertia would push the head further onto the handle.
Great work! inspired me to also make one very soon! Be warned about the waxed wood from the supply store. Check its moisture content before working, it can really open up, breathe and crack when it is turned. Waxed doesn't mean dry :/ Not sure if this stock was waxed or not just sharing my bad luck I had with Peppermills once :)
Nice job like always! Little suggestion: try to wrap some leather around the handle of the mallet with the backside up I’ve tried it on mine and it feels so good, it improves the grip and reduce the vibrations into your hand and sh** it looks very nice!
So after parting when it grabbed the skew, I may have pooped a bit on your behalf! It came out great though!! Maybe if you make another, you could make your life a bit easier and make the tenon fit a bit looser and use a wedge in the final assembly to make it nice and tight though do keep in mind, that I am an idiot and most likely have no idea what I'm talking about :) Cheers!.
Next video: a shooting board and pros and cons of different sizes and styles and which routers to use?! And does it makes sense to integrate a kind of sawing guide (sry I’m German) in one of the guide rails?
I think I would've tried to add some registration to the grip? Maybe a squared bit at the top of the handle? Or a leather wrap that takes it into more of an oval shape. Although that final look is pretty stunning as is.
question from a novice: would there be any merit in either putting a dowel through the head and the handle? Or, putting a wedge through the end grain of the handle's mortis?
Could you have drilled from both sides on the pillar drill or were you concerned on not meeting up? But as hole centered surely that would be easier and safer than 26th the hand drill?
It's a lovely mallet. I'm still dying to know about your speaker on the shelf behind you. Did you make it yourself or did you purchase it? In either case, I want one for myself. (build plans? link to purchase?) Thanks for great content!
I like having oval handles on my tools to help with alignment by feel (like they do in swords). I wonder if there is a technique for making that other than willpower powered hand planing
18:22 knew that was gonna happen. Don't blame the skew. Unsupported length. Use a steady rest and this won't happen. Nice mallet. Good learning curve for you.
This. In hindsight, the mismatch/ratio between the rotation speed and video frame rate makes it fairly easy to see how much the part was moving out at its end.
Oh, yeah! Now that's more like a turning Tuesday project! (Good job it turned out well, because my Russian car crash video channel hadn't got any new videos)!
Making this coment after 8:51 so fogive me if it is answered later in the video. But why wouldn't you turn the head then drill the hole making a jig to hold the head if it was hard to hold clamping from the faces of the mallet. As wouldnt the holes on the lathe potentially cause spots to catch and cause tear out. Also the dangers that you mentioned as well, pluss once you have turned the head the hole wouldnt have to be so deep and you could chuck the bit better. Just curious please tell me if I am wrong.
For the most part, I'd call it 50/50 as to which to do first; but, I think the safety tip that Matt mentioned (plus the catching possibility you suggested) gives the nod to spinning the head first, then drilling the handle hole. At least, that would be recommendation, if anyone asked me...which, to be honest, has yet to occur...(sigh. such is life....)
@@MattEstlea Also going back to your video of 5 tools for woodworking, you showed off the marking knife. I have just bought a pack of those blades and am In the process of making a handle. I remember you said "you'll never be seeing a wood turning video from me" now that you have turning Tuesdays. It would be cool to see how you made your handle or you could do a completely different design with your new skills...especially with the skew😂
I did a bit of letter carving once. Found it a lot more enjoyable than I thought I would however I am not an expert by any means! I’m not against doing (attempting) some carving in a future video though :)
Why do catches always seem to happen just when your finishing the piece. Matt do you know that rags soaked in linseed oil can self combust. Stick them in a tub of water when your finished with em.
Beautiful mallet! I'm really enjoying these videos, Matt, thanks. But my OCD is killing me, the numbers on the pen jaws don't match those on the chuck. ;) What is that stain on your workbench?
You talked about having to be super careful with touching the wood as it’s spinning due to the risk of getting your finger caught in the hole you drilled but couldn’t the same thing happen to the chisels as you are working on it too? Sorry I have no idea, never tried turning wood
If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to press the *LIKE* button. It really helps me out!
Glad you are keeping the old one, nice to see a reminder of where you’ve been and compare it to where you are going.
I love your humility and ability to laugh at yourself. Most people wouldn't have the integrity to leave that in the video. Thanks much Matt.
Getting better. And you were on the right track seperating the two pieces, a V cut so that the two points don't wedge each other safe way to separate. You could do that between centers too. That last catch wasn't caused by the skew but how you are holding the blank in your chuck. Just as in a mortise and tenon joint the strength comes from the shoulder. With no shoulder registered on the face of the jaws there is very little strength in the blank holding. Twas exasperated by the distance from the chuck which amplifies torque working against it. (Simpler: a shoulder when clamping in the chuck gives it more strength, the farther out you turn from the chuck the more you torque the piece outa chuck.)
Gargh! That makes so much sense now I look back on it 😂 Cheers!
Nice little mallet. Thanks for sharing.
The finger getting pinned bit made me lift my feet off the ground like a shark was under me.
Quite possibly the nicest thing you’ve done yet. So simple, but yet it’s ultra functional and a damn fine shape. Nice job, Matt 👌
I would have to agree Chris, cheers!
This reminds me of the short from that Finnish dude who turns a mallet with a roughing gouge in 56 seconds flat, with no poncy insert shots, no music and no talking at all.
Had me squirming at the thought of catching your finger in the hole on the lathe!
Thanks, love watching your screw ups along the way. Nice job. 😂
Oh, the agony of the skew!!! I saw that catch coming before it happened.... I am mostly a bowl turner. So, a few comments on your turning. For parting things off, I don't think any one parts some thing all the way off with the lathe at high speed, and most will part down to a very small tenon, then use a hand saw, especially on that box you turned. Might have to look that video up. For the end grain, a standard scraper can give you a good finish, but for very hard woods, generally they will hone/polish the burr off. Now days, many are using a negative rake scraper. The first version of this was a skew chisel, but you leave the burr from the grinder on. That burr is gone in seconds though. I have a bunch of them, ground to 30 degrees on the top, and 60 degrees on the bottom. Many will use ones with the same angle on each side. With mine, you can burnish a burr on it which makes it cut a lot longer. You can get 400 grit surfaces with one of them, and they are very handy in box making.
To grip an end grain piece in your chuck, depending on jaw size, I like some PVC pipe. Cut a ring, then cut a slot in the ring. I do like the thinner more pliable type rather than the schedule 40 stuff like used for heavy pressure lines. With leather, you can get dents from the jaws.
For sizing your tenon, use an open end box wrench. They are just a hair bigger than a nut or bolt head that size. It will actually burnish the wood down a bit, then you can fine tune it for the perfect fit. Of course the water in the glue will swell the wood a bit, but when the moisture dries out a bit, the fit can be loose again if you make it too small, but you probably already know that.
A quote I love to use, from the movie The Princess Bride, and no it isn't a chick flick, "Good job, sleep well, I will most likely kill you in the morning'. If you haven't seen it, you must!
Good job ! I am glad you warned folks about the dangers of the hole and touching the blank when turning. You may have saved some digits. Also you figured out parting off. Good. You can “catch “ a piece like the handle being parted of with light hand gripping pressure around the handle. With only the chuck holding the piece, and tail stock away the piece really was no way to catch or pinch. Just falls in your hand, but you did it safe and to me that’s rule #1. I love Turning Tuesday’s.
Love the mallet.
Laughing my head off at 2:50 at your reaction when you realized you could spin the handle😂
“I have been wacking this thing for years.”
Nah. Too easy...
hooks up the dust collector to the miter saw, proceeds to do absolutely nothing as sawdust flies everywhere else lol
I've worked with tamboti before. My favorite thing was the smell. When cutting it, it smelled AMAZING!!!
Awesome stubby mallet! Your absolutely right about keeping calm when things don’t go right. Easier said than done 😂
Great video. Your point about turning something with a hole drilled through it was excellent. That’s something I’ll definitely have to remember. That big catch in the handle actually caused you to make the handle a little smaller and it seems to fit your hand a little better. The end product looks fantastic.
A safer way to drill through the head with the forstner bit would be to drill a pilot hole with an extra long small drill bit all the way through, then drill through from each side to meet in the middle. You would need to make sure that your two faces are exactly parallel for the holes to line up just right. I have extra long, small diameter drill bits scrounged from the cast-off bin at a michinist's shop that I use for situations like that.
Excellent advice - thanks, Walter.
I was just about to say "You're doing great with the skew!" when you got the catch. Tough one, but it all worked out in the end! Nice work!
Very nice work Matt. I would love to make one of these one day.
I love that you own and share your mistakes as this helps others like me learn too.
I hope this new mallet serves you just as well if not better than the old one 😊.
When mounting something in the jaws if you bring the tail stock up and line up the point of your center onto the center of your turning it helps to get it squared in the jaws before you tighten them up reducing wobble on your part. I love the mallet and I think I'm gonna turn one now rather than what I had planned before
Beautiful result, thanks for sharing
Very nice result, that mallet looks good and should serve you well. The only thing I'd have done differently in assembly is to avoid the glue, leave the handle long, cut a top kerf, and applied the traditional wedge prior to final top trim-up. Just to make it easier to re-handle if ever necessary. I've never turned on a lathe so your mallet beats anything I could turn out right now.
Great mallet, well done Matt 😃👌👏👏👏
Great looking mallet. Tamboti is one of our local woods that I use quite often, Just be careful with it as the dust is very toxic and irritates both the lungs and the eyes. Its a fantastic wood to work with and finishes very nicely. Nice video as well. Keep them coming.
One thing you can do when fitting axe heads and mallet heads like that is to turn it upside down and hit the bottom of the handle. Don't clamp it in anything but let it float free, seems counter-intuitive but by hitting the handle whilst upside down means that the stationary mass of the head causes the handle to drive its way into the head without clamping anything. An old axe-makers trick I learnt a while ago when re-handling an old axe
Hiya I've only one problem with your videos, I've watched them all!!! Found your channel about when you moved to your current workshop and binge watched your earlier content... now reduced to sitting on the edge of my chair... Thank you and keep up the great content... Take care...
Dammit Steve! 😂 I’m sorry you had to put up with my voice for that long! Really appreciate it, cheers!
Love the side commentary!! Great job
Cheers Alan :)
that's awesome. the wood for the head is gorgeous; and, ash is my #1 favorite wood. So, the combination is a dream come true....
After making this comment I made a similar small “slugger.” What I had at hand was Osage and olive wood. Olive handle and Osage head. I love my little mallet. Thanks for the inspiration. I just watched this again and realized this was what prompted me. Thanks for all you do! You are an encouragement.
This is the first videos I’ve seen of yours on the day of release. I saw your dovetail video about 3 weeks ago and binged all the rest. Great work Matt, I’ve learned so much. Thank you!
Yay, you listened to my suggestion. Awesome. Looking forward to this.
Hi Matt. Really liked this one. I make these too, if you like taking the handle through the head, try leaving the end as a dome, they look great. You can also turn the head in brass from 50mm brass rod, you'll be surprised how easy this can be done on a wood Lathe. Good stuff thank you
Loved this one matt. Especially love that you own your mistakes and demo how to recover which is always very helpful to the hobbyist.
Suggestion - now that game of thrones is coming back make a big gaudy goblet!
It looks absolutely gorgeous!!!
That was really well done the finished product is awesome
Cheers mate!
Nice work, man. That mallet looks great!
You may find that an oval shape to the handle will work better as it will give you an intuitive registration to keep the head in the "north and south" position. Round handles do tend to rotate slightly in the hand when being used and that will throw the direction of impact slightly off and also need a constant adjustment while using (annoying and with potential to damage the intended surface). The ash nicely compliments the mallet head, great choice. As others have mentioned, a wedge in the top would be nicely decorative and very functional .
A beauty. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome mallet Matt
Nice work!
I use the back of the chisel to test for roundness rather than my fingers. It saves the chance of losing my fingers. As the piece spins it will bounce the chisel if it has a flat spot.
I pretty much finish parting off anything large-ish with a saw then sanding off the nub.
Looks great Matt!
You need a mallet with a longer handle to crack walnuts ! Great mallet 👍
Really nifty tool. Concave and convex contact surfaces is a nice touch.
To get the handle seated in the head I would’ve tried pounding the butt of the handle on the bench. Inertia would push the head further onto the handle.
Nice! Matching chisel handles would look sweet
Ohhh man now you’re talking!
That got me curious. The woods are:
tamboti - Spirostachys Africana
chacate preto - Guibourtia conjugata
For the second face I would use turning tape and mount it to a blank on a faceplate holds pretty well for some light scraping an sanding
Really like the proportions of that mallet! I know the Handle isnt going anywhere but designwise wouldnt a crossed wedge Look cool?
Yea a wedge would have been awesome! Unfortunately, as you said, it was just waaaay to tight to even consider it at the end
Great work! inspired me to also make one very soon! Be warned about the waxed wood from the supply store. Check its moisture content before working, it can really open up, breathe and crack when it is turned. Waxed doesn't mean dry :/ Not sure if this stock was waxed or not just sharing my bad luck I had with Peppermills once :)
Very nice work. On your next handle, consider an offset turning. Result is a nice oval handle, have done this on many projects.
Nice job like always! Little suggestion: try to wrap some leather around the handle of the mallet with the backside up I’ve tried it on mine and it feels so good, it improves the grip and reduce the vibrations into your hand and sh** it looks very nice!
So after parting when it grabbed the skew, I may have pooped a bit on your behalf! It came out great though!! Maybe if you make another, you could make your life a bit easier and make the tenon fit a bit looser and use a wedge in the final assembly to make it nice and tight though do keep in mind, that I am an idiot and most likely have no idea what I'm talking about :) Cheers!.
With the scrap from the head you could cut a plug for the other end of the handle hole, also hiding the wedge
Next video: a shooting board and pros and cons of different sizes and styles and which routers to use?! And does it makes sense to integrate a kind of sawing guide (sry I’m German) in one of the guide rails?
Nice Job! I think I might like mine with the ends slightly tapered though.
Wow you should sell them!! I would be your first customer 😉
I’ll give it some damn good testing first!
2nd!
3rd
easy to remember convex vs concave, is to imagine that you go in cave, so in conCAVE you go into the piece.
how the heck did you get the mallet head off the handle when dry fitting? Looked so tiiiiiiiiiiiight
Why does your handle look like a teardrop but mine looks like a Parsnip?
Very nice. How much did the end product weigh?
Hi Matt any chance you can put a link as to where you purchase the wood to make the mallets.
I’m gonna miss that old mallet.
I think I would've tried to add some registration to the grip? Maybe a squared bit at the top of the handle? Or a leather wrap that takes it into more of an oval shape. Although that final look is pretty stunning as is.
3:33 nice touch with the music and film speed
NIce combination of colours and looks like it's got good weight. If you made another one, I would buy it (potential income stream :)
Little copper or brass inlay in the side of the mallet head would look cool.
Saw a guy make an osb bowl today, with a rim of hardwood. Why dont you try that? 😊
I may have missed it in the beginning, but what are the dimensions of the head. It’s a beautiful piece
question from a novice: would there be any merit in either putting a dowel through the head and the handle? Or, putting a wedge through the end grain of the handle's mortis?
Could you have drilled from both sides on the pillar drill or were you concerned on not meeting up? But as hole centered surely that would be easier and safer than 26th the hand drill?
concave - caved in
Great vid.
18:22 Blimey! By the way, nice moustache! (12:49) LUL
😂
It's a lovely mallet. I'm still dying to know about your speaker on the shelf behind you. Did you make it yourself or did you purchase it? In either case, I want one for myself. (build plans? link to purchase?) Thanks for great content!
nice one!
Great video. I was wondering if you ended up drilling a 25mm or a 30mm hole for the eye of the mallet. Thanks for everything you stare.
You should have used a wedge in the handle instead of glue. Looks real nice.
Nice work Matt, but you need to whack something with it in the end! :)
Nice Mallet, never heard of either of those woods. As a Brit living in the US I can tell you that no one here has any idea what "fly tipping" means :)
17:47
why all the headache? can't you just part it with a saw and sand it?
I like having oval handles on my tools to help with alignment by feel (like they do in swords). I wonder if there is a technique for making that other than willpower powered hand planing
18:22 knew that was gonna happen. Don't blame the skew. Unsupported length. Use a steady rest and this won't happen. Nice mallet. Good learning curve for you.
This. In hindsight, the mismatch/ratio between the rotation speed and video frame rate makes it fairly easy to see how much the part was moving out at its end.
@@torpedan that's what a run-out gauge is for, among other things.
Nice!
love it .🤔
Oh, yeah! Now that's more like a turning Tuesday project! (Good job it turned out well, because my Russian car crash video channel hadn't got any new videos)!
You and I share the same taste in videos...
Making this coment after 8:51 so fogive me if it is answered later in the video. But why wouldn't you turn the head then drill the hole making a jig to hold the head if it was hard to hold clamping from the faces of the mallet. As wouldnt the holes on the lathe potentially cause spots to catch and cause tear out. Also the dangers that you mentioned as well, pluss once you have turned the head the hole wouldnt have to be so deep and you could chuck the bit better. Just curious please tell me if I am wrong.
To be honest Bailey, I have absolutely no idea which is the best way to do this! It was complete guess work for me
For the most part, I'd call it 50/50 as to which to do first; but, I think the safety tip that Matt mentioned (plus the catching possibility you suggested) gives the nod to spinning the head first, then drilling the handle hole. At least, that would be recommendation, if anyone asked me...which, to be honest, has yet to occur...(sigh. such is life....)
@@MattEstlea Still "Turned" out great 😂
Eyyyyyyy
@@MattEstlea Also going back to your video of 5 tools for woodworking, you showed off the marking knife. I have just bought a pack of those blades and am In the process of making a handle. I remember you said "you'll never be seeing a wood turning video from me" now that you have turning Tuesdays. It would be cool to see how you made your handle or you could do a completely different design with your new skills...especially with the skew😂
i want one, make mine next..
4:56-5:02 "That's what she said!"
LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL you killed me mate!!
Hi Matt
The grey clamps you use in this video can you send me a link for them please. I would like to get some
Thank you
Stephen
Should find all my stuff on here Stephen :)
www.kit.com/mattestlea
Hi Matt love your videos mate. Are you interested in wood carving if so would you consider making a video on it.
I did a bit of letter carving once. Found it a lot more enjoyable than I thought I would however I am not an expert by any means! I’m not against doing (attempting) some carving in a future video though :)
4:59 what do you have against wacking small ones
Just found your channel, I LOVE IT!!! ps: you look (a bit) and sound (allot) like "you know nothing John Snow 😂
Finaly bro...a mallet... i have been waiting to see this from the start of the series...great one...you are getting skilled...keep it up Matt 😉
I think you will need an apron next time! :D
I’ve needed an apron the entire series, Julio 😂😂
I seems to have the same expansion issue when glueing dominoes. The dry fit is perfect then I’m fighting to clamp up with glue.
I think that's due to the glue swelling the wood... I always leave a tiny bit of clearance on tight fitting joints for that very reason.
You about to do a river table or wood epoxy combo
Why do catches always seem to happen just when your finishing the piece. Matt do you know that rags soaked in linseed oil can self combust. Stick them in a tub of water when your finished with em.
derek wilkinson I think Matt mentioned it when he was working on the kitchen desk if his mothers house...
But: good point
nunatakker oh right I must of missed that. 👍
Beautiful mallet! I'm really enjoying these videos, Matt, thanks. But my OCD is killing me, the numbers on the pen jaws don't match those on the chuck. ;) What is that stain on your workbench?
So i'm not the only one! Thank you Sir! 😂
You talked about having to be super careful with touching the wood as it’s spinning due to the risk of getting your finger caught in the hole you drilled but couldn’t the same thing happen to the chisels as you are working on it too? Sorry I have no idea, never tried turning wood