How to DIY a grave stone
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2023
- How to properly install a memorial stone step by step, and musings on life and death.
Is it possible to Embrace Life's Shortness?:
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Life is a series of unfinished projects. But how often do we pause to reflect on the meaningful completion of not just projects, but moments, relationships, and experiences? I intended this video to serve as a reminder to cherish every second, to savor the journey, and to find joy in the process. Not sure if I succeeded and so much remains unsaid...
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Thanks for watching friend. My life normally feels like a series of unfinished projects, a journey unfolding. But how often do we pause to reflect on the meaningful completion?? I must admit savoring the micro and the macro isn't one of my strong characteristics. I made this video to be a bit of a reminder to do that - not just with projects, but moments, relationships, and experiences too - all of which come to an end.
So yeah, although this video completely bombed, I'm keeping it up: as well as the practical guide I was missing when I installed this gravestone, I wanted it to serve as a reminder to cherish every second, to savor the journey, and to find joy in the process.
Lets talk more. I'd love to hear your reflections on life and death. Have you accepted the shortness of life? Do you find meaning and purpose in finishing projects, or do you believe the journey matters most? How do you make the most of life's fleeting moments? We love hearing your thoughts friend, so get in touch.
Peace and love, Bongo and Sam.
that was the most existential experience i had during the first 6 seconds of a youtube video
I so wish RUclips had more stuff like this.
Even we've never met before, I feel a bit sad for Sam (and you, sure) and happy for the quality of your work. I hope you got the bit of relief that comes from these praises.
I was not prepared for how existential this video would become, but it was beautifully done and very thought-provoking. We very much appreciate you sharing your thoughts and experiences. This was quite cathartic. Thank you.
Tomorrow would have been my dad's birthday and I was thinking about him, so your lovely video has really hit me.
He told me he wanted no memorial as his memories of visiting his own father's grave were of it just being a place that made him sad, and that he wanted us to remember the good times and places instead. I was a double edged wish as it is true that I have no object that focuses the sadness, but at the same time it allows almost everything else to become that, and leaves me walking about thinking about how fleeting our lives are.
I love the stone you made and hope it brings you the comfort that I am imagining it does.
Thanks to you both for sharing your moment.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience friend. Sam and I were barely holding back tears reading your comment together. ❤
“I intend to live forever, or die trying.” - Groucho Marx
Thanks for the video. Stay safe out there.
Nice quote! Thanks for watching friend.
I love you two. In my humble opinion going through it with a string of unfinished projects is the only way :)
Quite a profound video.
I must say many projects are never truly "finished", especially motor vehicles, houses, machinery. I say these things are not "finished" untill they are decommissioned, sent to the scrap yard or demolished. While in in existence there will always be some amount of human effort required to keep them going.
Well said friend 👏
I really resonated with your statement about the perceived passage of time at 3:25. Life is weird that way.
That stone is a really nice tribute.
RIP Stephen. I hope he's in a better place. I absolutely love your CNC machine. I also expected you'd pour concrete right there in the hole you dug up. I didn't know you can get prefab saddles. But then I don't know a lot of things! :)
Thanks Johnny👍
Yeah I think that would certainly be strong and permanent.
Without question, you are the most kind, thoughtful, and decent person on RUclips. A beautiful video.
Never believed in an afterlife - that's just a desperate longing for the obviously impossible. However, as I get older and see more people go, it gets increasingly hard. All you can do is love and appreciate them while they are there and remember the good things when they are gone. Lovely job with the stone...
Nice job you guys. Surely the parental occupant of the grave is pleased with the result...
Oh man, I love your videos, hope you upload More often, Just yesterday we put on the ground my older brother in law and the fibre its very Up and sensible still, thanks and a tight hug from Chile, @woodmanndesign
Thank you so much. Very nice video and it calmed my mind.
What a beautiful tribute!
It touched me and immediately I went back in time to the anniversary of my father's death. How I, like you, designed and placed his stone. People often say that those are sad times, but now, almost 25 years later, I still look back on those events with great love and warmth. I wish that this will also apply to you.❤
Thanks for your comment my friend. Sam and I already look back at the process fondly - well maybe not the paper work and council back-and-forth, but the rest of it. It makes me love her all the more that she trusted me to help her with such a thing... Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Talent and thougfull rare quantities
It is both wonderful and sad that you were able to make a memorial for someone you love with your CNC. I hope you continue to post more about the the machine and what you have been able to do with it.
A beautiful tribute.
This is just lovely.
Thanks for sharing this very unusual and quite moving experience.
As I was watching this, I'd glance up at a photo of my friend's grave marker. We went to high school together in the late 1950's and early 60's. Bryan went into the Army (U.S.) and I went into the Air Force (USAF). Bryan was killed in an accident while stationed in Korea in 1963 while I was stationed in Texas. It was one week after his 19th birthday. I still miss him after all these years, all 64 of them.
It's a wonderful and beautiful thing you did for Sam and her dad. The ones we love should never be forgotten but forever remembered and honored.
Thank you for doing this for him.
Well done.
Thanks for sharing this friend and thanks for watching. Peace, Bongo.
Love it. Thank you so much for sharing this very personal endeavor.
James 4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”- 14yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (ESV)
Loved the video! Thank you so much for sharing!!
happy to hear your reference to Seneca. The Stoics simply understood so many wonderful things.
Beautiful video, peace and love from Atlanta ❤
This is a beautiful gesture. I'm sure it brings a little joy into a sad situation.
Kind words. Thank you for that.
A beautiful tribute
Well done, it just looks good and solid. Here we both are well aware of our mortal condition, since I believe there is no answer and that it leads to anxiety in a matter of second we try not to think too much about it. On the plus side, it drives our life forward, we try to build a simple life according to our values. Always a pleasure to hear from you. PS : yay I'm now autonomous in wood for life thanks to a brand new bandsaw mill (woodland mills). With the farm restoration I didn't have the time to build it but it will soon pay for itself. Cheers.
Hey Lou1ouze. Thanks and good to jear from you. Great news on the bandsaw!
Well done!
A beautiful thing.
That was amazing! Well done!
All your videos are lovely 😍 Thank you for sharing. Please keep the content coming 🙏 🙂
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Nice job .do what gives you comfort
Sam, sorry to hear your loss, but I would like to leave you with a thought. The Egyptians believed that when you spoke the name of he dead it brought them back and reincarnated their spirit. I know when I speak of my mother, she is with me and my soul. Just as I remember her love.
Might have done with some resin in around the wedges to ensure permanence.
Thank you.
Love this video
unique video
Well mr elbows ..im sorry to hear aboot sams pa ..burrrt ya did a good jorb .. oh and dealing with bureaucrats ... rope ..😎pip pips and carryon pilgrims
hi and thanks soomuch for for this iformation as i belev my sons grave has been vandlized and i will need to fix it
Glad you found It useful but sorry to hear you would need the info. Peace.
Was watching becos I'm starting my cnc journey and I had considered a stairlift but am in not such a populated area though I have a idea but stink I'll get called stupid 😭
Would you mind sharing the type of V-bit and cutting parameters you finally ended up with?
I recently lost my Dad and as a CNC owner the thought crossed my mind if doing something similar. In the end, we did the more expedient and less stressful way of paying someone experienced. But I'd still enjoy trying my hand at a stone plaque for the house.
Two thumbs up for your video.
Hi john, of course not This was over a year ago now, but I checked back in fusion 360:
19000 rpm spindle,
cutting feedrate 1000 mm/min
lead in and out feedrate - 600mm/min
It was an 8mm 45degree carbide chamfer bit - nothing too special, an $8 AliExpress bit I believe.
It was set very conservatively, My only real concern was to not mess it up, precise clean moves was all I was after - didn't care about bit longevity etc.
Hope that's of use, good luck if you try it - have better dust extraction than me ;)
@@FloweringElbow Thank you so much for your quick and thorough reply. I too am always looking back at programs to remember how I ran things last time. Thankfully Fusion360 has copy/paste for programs 😂.
Not to worry, I have a HUGE dust collector. It's the pile of half-finished projects in the corner of my shop. It takes a while for the dust to get there, but it's as relentless as more expensive systems. All jokes aside, I'll be careful.
I am sorry for your loss. Time will heal your pain fella. God bless too.
Can you help me ??? How where can I buy 6 inch stainless steel stove pipe ??? Seems this for some reason is a challenge when just a few years ago stuff was everywhere, not now.
The guy died too young, gotta love Sam, X.
great work, but that's the wrong shovel for the job that's why it was so difficult
we used a shovel a spade and an iron bar. I know a pointy shovel might have been better, but sometimes when your in a different country, you gotta make do country. Says the poorly prepared man ;)
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I was feeling in a quite optimistic, glass half full type of mood... then I pressed play.