The people have spoken. After many comments, this table is officially the "Dead Spider Table". Now, if you want to build the original spider, or any of our other projects. Check out my woodworking plans here - www.foureyesfurniture.com/plans In other news. Several people have mentioned that it would have been cool if I made the table where it was "flippable" so the eventual customer could pick how they wanted it and swap it back and forth. Here is my answer for the reason I didn't do that: I actually thought about doing that. The problem is that flipping it over is WAY harder than you would think. Basically the floating tenons need to be pretty dang tight. In fact, I would have glued them in. To make it flippable I would NOT glue them in, But they still need to be very tight to function properly. And taking them in and out, you basically need to pull them out with pliers, and they are going to get really beat up looking even after one time of putting them in and taking them out. The other option would be to make them a bit loose so they go in and out more easily, but then the table would have the same problem I described towards the end of the video. Where putting weight on one end could potentially make the top want to lift out of position. So a cool idea. But not actually very practical.
the default solution you went into would definitely not be very practical... so how would one engineer/design a more practical solution? i don't have an answer, but i reckon it would require a lot more work in the build, perhaps reinforcing the legs and making them much heavier so the detachable joints can be heavier duty and be magnetic or something. the corollary tho, is whether any future owner would actually flip the legs of the table over much, if ever.
This is a good reason why paying attention to the details that people DON'T see is just as important as the ones that you DO see. Imagine if you'd not given as much care to the hub (as in typical use, it won't be seen). Flipping it over would expose the hub. And I agree... I immediately thought either "dead spider" or "Spider table for people that like spiders to be dead table" or "spider hiding after getting almost whacked with a slipper table" It's also giving me slight jellyfish vibes, if jellyfish had crustacean-like hard tentacles. I just realized that might be hard to visualize.
I like the "dead spider" more, even if I'd consider it a "kissing M.J. spider table", but these are finesses... If you'd like to make it flippable, you could have used the same aluminum disks, but with one more hole, so that you can screw them to the top and to the base.
I love how even when you're trying to explain aphantasia to someone, you're stuck using words like "imagine", which not only means "picture" to a lot of them, it even comes from that root.
Deff final ‘feet in the air’/‘dead spider’ layout is best. The legs now being recessed lets you sit closer to the table. Or walk near it without the danger - big danger for old curmudgeons like me - of tripping over a keg sticking out. Nicely engineered build. Sweet choice of lumber. Bravo.
As an arachnophobic I appreciate you doing a whole video about a spider table without showing an actual spider even once. There were so many times where I half-covered my eyes just waiting for it but it never came. I liked the original design better, but can also appreciate the final one. Great work as always, keep it coming
the change to the base lifted the table from nice design to unbelievable great design. You made for sure the right decision to switch the legs upside down.
I am definitely on the same page. I believe the original design was way more dramatic, but the revised version is harmonic and "calm" in a way that doesn't attack your senses. The original would work for a particular kind of aesthetic, but it's not as versatile. And I agree that _if_ it should live up to its full potential then a glass top is definitely the way to go.
My first concern (with prior experience) would be the possible tripping over the legs, or bumping them as I am getting to the couch or passing by, which might spill coffee or what not. Typically, I had to give coffee tables a wide berth due to that issue. After I saw the legs flipped, I figured that it would be better for those less coordinated (like me) and I think it does look better. I was with him when he said he would need glass to make the original design work, and I personally don't much mind the lack of the additional detail at 25:40 as it won't be seen unless you lift up the table, and would mean its little more than additional weight.
Super uncanny as an adult to realize you’d been built without key functionality that everyone else takes for granted. I discovered that I have aphantasia mid-pandemic. I also discovered your channel. Even then, I suspected there was a deeper reason why your videos and workflow resonated so much more than others. Thanks for sharing that with us all-might not matter to most but to me, a novice woodworker, it’s unbelievably empowering. Keep up good work bud.
That moment at 28:50 is very correct. How a piece of furniture looks changes on the vantage point. While standing, sitting or lying on the floor the table looks very different. I support your choice for inverting the legs, and if they were normally put then a glass top would be much better. Stunning result!
Came out great. I kept wondering if you were going to lean into it and built up the bottom and make it more pointy; accentuate the angularity. (Referring to the inverted design)
I had a similar moment when I built a cocktail table from an old fiberglass diving board base. I knew I wanted a cantilever table, but for stability, I had the wider part of the base on the ground. It was ok, but not great. I flipped the base over (which is how it would be as a diving board) and it was perfect. It's coming up on a year now since I built it, and I still admire it all the time.
I would never have guessed you were a fellow aphant! I discovered it a couple of years ago and it was mindblowing to find out that people can actually see things in their head! I only discovered your channel a couple of days ago, and am loving it!
I'm a hobbyist woodworker, and I'm just in awe of the craftsmanship that's gone into this table. Really liked the late change to Plan B. But even more, I just liked the self-deprecating irony in the commentary - what a hoot.
Your channel is, by far, the best RUclips content out there right now. Perfect blend of light hearted humor and seriousness combined with extreme high quality builds. When I get rich, I'm buying three tables... and a desk.
You are in for a treat going through the backlog. Chris's videos are my happy place. Woodworking, Soothing tone, beautiful furniture and dad jokes *Chef's Kiss
Great pivot! Really like the way this one turned out. Also, always enjoy you sharing your skills and expertise, and yet not taking yourself too seriously. Your humor is one of the reasons I really enjoy your channel. Thank you!
The table looks fantastic. I am a complete 1 on the scale. Like an unplugged monitor, no images, no smells, no sounds, no texture what so ever. It makes being creative more challenging but completely doable. I have heard that Pixar has a larger percentage than average number of employees that have Aphantasia. Love the Chanel.
Absolutely my favorite wood working channel on this platform! Your videos are the most relaxing and instructional viewing on here. Thank you for taking the time to make such phenomenal content and projects!
Thank you for bringing up Aphantasia. It took me over 60 years to find out what it was that I found different in others. I was born with it, knew something was different but could never figure it out. When I brought it up to anyone they thought I was lying. So I lived with my, Aphantasia, deep depression and lots of drugs and alcohol growing up. Since recently learning of my Aphantasia I have relaxed and let it sink in. I now live a more relaxed life knowing what it is and how it greatly affected me all my life, I’m okay with it. Again thank you for letting me know and sharing. Mike😊
@@HGD70 Having made many bad decisions thru my life I have have had many fantastic accomplishments. I have found that I would focus on the task at hand more because I would forget other stuff. Having a picture present makes a difference. I found making hobbies fills in the spaces. Once I perfected a hobby I would find another.
I have it too. I found out when I was struggling to describe some one to my sister and she said cant you see them with your eyes shut and that’s when I found out she could see pictures with her eyes closed and I couldn’t. She’s very academic and I more artistic and made my career designing. It blows her mind I can design something and not see it in my mind while I’m creating.
Me too, learned about 3 mos ago (age 69), the way he did. I'm about a 1.25 on his "cardinal" scale, though i have none of the other issues with planning or imagining, just the pictures. Can't even picture what my parents looked like though identifying people through pictures i'm as good as anyone else. I remember images as a list of details and when i try to recreate (draw) an image, i'm matching the drawing against the list. Kinda bummed about the whole thing too.
Gosh, I really enjoy your videos. Can't pick a winning reason why: Your highly enjoyable humour, great video filming, editing and production skills, excellent and selfless passing on of your vast knowledge, unbelievable workmanship or your final products. I just love them all. Another fantastic video. Kudos 👏👏👏
Honestly, I've watched Blacktail and a couple other woodworking youtubers and I liked blacktail and I still do. I normally watch these videos as I'm going to sleep or getting ready to go to sleep, but I'm also a thinker and I have to say. The rants are my favorite parts of your videos. You almost get philosophical sometimes and I LOVE it, for me it's what sets you apart from all the other woodworking channels I've watched. The 3d models are also amazing I love being able to see models of how your work process with designing and even just conceptualizing a piece of furniture is. I'm not sure why but your voice and the jazz are also so just perfect for me, I also love jazz, so you got me there as well. Keep up the good work and I love all of your designs and tables.
I do also have Aphantasia, got it after I hit my before pretty face into the stone floor. Woke up, all was in black and white... After several hours, color went back. From that day, I haven't been able to form ANY sorts of pictures nor anything else in my so-called brain. All is totally black. Today I really struggle to learn new things, mainly doing to memory issue, that again is explained by the Aphantasia, since you would normally bind your new knowledge onto pictures in your head. I really enjoy this video, and man, I wish I was young again, and have got into woodworking. You are Fantastic and I really wish you and family all the best and good luck.
I really like the way you think in the process and the originality of your creations. You still remain the best project director with intelligent humor. Thanks! Merci!
Having just learned that you are Aphantasic, yet design and execute such absolutely intricate and amazingly beautiful works of art...well, my mind is blown. I paused the video, went and took the test and learned that I am hyperaphantasic; then I looked again and realized there was no second "t" and got a bit depressed... Anyway, I can visualize a design in my mind. I just can't see the internal joinery and joints in my head. Oh, well. Love your videos and have for years. Thanks.
I tell people all the time that one of the main things I love about woodworking is the ability to pivot based on how something is coming together. And I agree that the actual spider legs the way you were going to do it would look much better with a glass top.
It's funny how even though the kind of art we create is entirely different from each other (Because making furniture IS art), I still managed to learn a lot of really good lessons from this.
I built the original Spider table and I learned so much from those plans and video. Attaching the base to the table was an awesome/scary tactic. The jigs alone were amazing to try out! Thank you.
i really like how you explain your thought process when designing your works because it kind of helps me put my own jambled mess of thoughts into words when i try to explain my design choices (to myself mostly) when I draw :3 Love your work
Hey welcome to the Aphantasia club! I usually hang around a 2, but maybe even a bit more abstract then that. Like I can do a good job of visualizing 3d space and know where items are positioned relative to each other, but any time I try to visualize a very specific item, it never has any defined edges or anything like that.
What a great project! I’ve had the opportunity to make some things for the sake of my own creativity, had some last minute epiphanies, even though I couldn’t visualize them but followed through with them fearing I might not like how they look and they completely made the project. Good on you for following that creative spark!
8:46 Controversial opinion here, but spiders are bugs. I'm not saying spiders are INSECTS, I'm saying that the term 'bug' should just mean any creepy crawly invertebrate with an exoskeleton that you don't want in your house. Spiders are bugs.
The last thing that I expected to learn while randomly clicking on a woodworking video on youtube is what my lack of mental visualization is called... Sadly aphantasia is one of the reasons I've dropped so many creative hobbies from my life... Hrmm.
Absolutely the right choice! Love the dead spider legs in the air v.2.0. And yours are among the very best woodworking vids on RUclips! Clear, well shot, great animations, no overpowering music, pleasant "storytelling" like commentary and explanations. Five stars, ten thumbs up! Subcribed and hit the top bell! Phenomenal job!
The woodworking is pretty cool, but the real reason I always end up watching your videos is your story telling and calm voice. Always very entertaining. Thank you!
Ha… yeah discovered I had aphantasia a few years ago. Similar experience: problems in class with teachers telling you to “picture this”. Similar design habits: model render builds before I make something. Absolutely amazed when I figured out people actually had pictures when they visualized things and not just formless thoughts and word clouds! Oh yeah, loved the build and video as well! Thank you as always!
Same here. I found out like 1 year ago. I thought all the "dont think about an elephant" things where just trolls. I never understood that people really see pictures in their mind..
I like 1 hour compilations that don’t have any talking or music and the machine sounds aren’t super sped up. Just the actual sounds of the woodworking and machinery. I watch them every night to fall asleep!
Not exactly a liar, but mistakenly believing you are first doesn't mean you're telling the truth. I'm sorry, I can't help but mess with people sometimes. You totally were the first.
I've been procrastinating on starting a RUclips channel and since watching their long videos, and seeing how my favorite RUclipsrs started from the bottom and now they are here🤭 has given me so much encouragement. So I image yours would be even better cause I've been following you and your development has amazing
I love your videos! I’m just getting started on the toob showing my woodworking and old machinery and videos like yours really set the bar high… thanks!
I look forward to these videos more than most things a month! Hearing you say what you did about modeling things so meticulously bc you cant see images in your head answers so many questions I had and I love that you voiced the whole thing to the world. My wife only recently discovered she is near the bottom of that graph and it blows my mind.
Thank you so much for the Aphantasia stuff. I discovered less then 10 years ago that visual imagery was a thing, I had always thought it was a metaphor. It doesn't bother me because I never could see images in my head, but was interesting to learn. You just taught me about Aphantasia. Went to look it up. It explains so much. I have struggled my whole life trying to find help with my atypical neurology. It doesn't really fit with ASD, ADHD, or OCD. Many similar symptoms but treatment never worked well. Will be 50 next year, who knows, maybe looking into this may make me finally at ease in my own mind.
That truck beeping every time you try to talk was hilarious!!! I deal with the EXACT same thing at my warehouse. Great project, thanks for inspiring the world.
I appreciate a good non-ASMR woodworking channel. If I see a project that I'd like to see made, but find it ASMR, I skip to the end or skip it all together - if I want to hear tool sounds I can go to my shop and make some sawdust. Your videos are enjoyable with explanations and how-tos.
Thank you so much for mentioning Aphantasia it really explained a lot. I often wondered why I could not picture what others were trying to explain to me when they wanted me to make something. Love your channel and the pace of your videos.
As another furniture designer with Aphantasia, Fusion 360 is my best friend. Coworkers never get why I want to sketch or model everything out first. 😅 Nice for collaboration though since I always have a differing thought process and approach to design. Keep up the great content my dude. 👍
I was reading a book this last month that had a main character with aphantasia and what it was like and trying to describe it to other people. personally I don't know if I can picture things or if I am just remembering things I've already seen before and just recalling what it looked like. (or if I know I've previously seen it and my brain is telling me I know what it looks like since I saw it at one point before and "should" remember) p.s. your 3d models are awesome and a great visual and greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Yeah, that's what is interesting. I definitely don't see anything in my head. But if I try to picture something. Even like...my wife's face. I know what it looks like and I can describe it. But still...there is no visual in my head.
First time on this channel. For some reason I don't really care about the table, but watching the work flow and the narration was one of the most relaxing and inspiring things I have seen in ages. Reminded me of a Brian Eno concert I have seen in Berlin: As soon as it started I fell immediately asleep and when I woke up at the end, I felt so refreshed and energised like never before. Thanks for getting me close to that feeling!
Funny you say that. About 8 years ago was when I first started making videos, and I had this pipe dream that the music that would be the background for these videos would be Music for Airports. I actually recorded my own music for my first video that was heavily inspired by that music since I knew I couldn't use the real stuff.
Good pivot. I also want to praise your ability to not utterly drown your joints in glue. There are many RUclips woodworkers that end up losing half the glue they put on to squeeze out and that just seems like a nightmare to clean up and just such a waste.
hi chris the liar. my only concern is 5 years down the line, will those ground contact points still hold the table and be level. i think you should have used those plugs to attach adjustable feet so it can always be made level even as the wood "ages". that is why 3 legs are considered better than 4 for smaller builds because it is more "stable" given age, as with age the wood changes and it never stays even. now you have essentially 1 center foot, with 8 edge feet that have to stay level 10-20 years down the line.
Love it Chris, I have been served the compilation videos. To be honest with you I loved the individual videos, so I just watched them over in the compilation. I enjoyed your original design, however I understand your pivot and really cannot choose 1 or the other for a finished product.
Missed opportunity to close with "Hi I'm Chris...I'm a Liar and a Cheat" would have been a great call back. Table is awesome and your detail make people with OCD smile like a Cheshire Cat! Love it, and yes the call to make the OG Spider table with a glass top would be better suited to see your work in full detail.
I have been making furniture for 30 years. Haven’t ever made detailed drawings so that I could envision it in my head. I always chased a vision and just worked towards it. I don’t ever have a a concrete plan and I just go with it. It’s a gift but I don’t have a lot of things that most people have. It comes with a great emotional cost.
yo chris. ik this has always been prevalent in your videos but u have some of the nicest lighted shots in all of yt woodworking your willingness to use natural sunlight is always appreciated
Appreciate that. Honestly...a big part of it has always been that I keep a lot of my lights in the shop off. It makes it look nicer I think...I can still see well (it's not pitch black)...but also I just like the vibe more. Makes the day feel more relaxing to me.
I'm so proud of you for correctly stating that true bugs and spiders are from different classes. The next step: acknowledging that the Linnean classification system is flawed and that one should use the underlying phylogeny to name groups!
Really love listening to your voice and the combination of 3d modelling and shots to capture your progress. The AI art had continued to take away that pleasure. The first picture (picture of a computer) could be any screen, and I'm sure you can find some premade B-roll or clip art for the ad spot. Everything else was really not needed, or you could find CC free versions (eg Charlotte the pig & the spider)
I really feel like if you hadn't been a woodworker, you could have been a terrific writer with the narrations you do for your videos. It's extremely soothing, while still interesting, educational, and funny. You've also absolutely inspired me to get back into woodworking, so thanks for that! I can't wait to build my first coffee table using your plans.
Aphantasiac here, too. I went 51yrs without realizing that there are people who really can close their eyes and picture things and that apparently they're the majority. I'm a member of an aphantasia group on FB, and it's interesting how most of us, well into our adult years, just one day discovered we have this thing and that it's not "the norm".
It is so wild to me. When I first tuned in you were in your garage. Then commercial space you were sharing with someone. Then we had Shaun for a bit. Now you've got a $20k milling machine. Obviously, you put in the work. Designs continue to improve - and the storytelling and shooting... you should be right proud of yourself man. Watching you makers just continue to grow... it's really been a treat.
Hey Chris...appreciate the long time viewership. It's been quite a ride so far. I hope it can continue for many years to come. I also hope eventually you see me in another new space. And hopefully the next one will be something that I can own :)
Turned out great! This piece reminds me of the woodworking projects my professor used to make back when I was in college. He loved using insects such as butterflies and spiders as inspiration for his chairs and tables, Thanks for bringing back the fond memories of that time in my life, and the amazing video as always!
i would have never guessed you had aphantasia, its really cool how good you are at modeling and building artistic pieces despite not being able to visualize it in your head.
No idea why this video was recommended to me. Although woodworking kind of fascinates me, I've never actually watched anything related to it on RUclips. Regardless, I decided to click out of curiosity, and after half an hour I feel like I've spent that time with probably one of the most interesting, thoughtful, and zen videos I've watched in the past year or so (and I watch a lot of videos falling into at least one of those categories). And although the end product is a piece of beauty, I think the whole journey towards it was even more satisfying. Well done.
Wow! Glad you took a chance on my video. There's a lot of good stuff to discover here in the Woodworking niche. And hopefully you'll enjoy some of my other videos just as much :)
Hi Chris, I'm Chris, I started watching your channel a few months ago as I was in a woodworking class. I am no longer taking that class, but these videos always make me smile. The editing, the way you record, and even the process you go through are always intriguing and inspiring. I plan to always take at least one bit of knowledge or notice one thing in each video I watch. You probably won't read this but, as an artist and someone who aspires to be just as passionate, if you are, and just as meticulous as you are with each of your videos and projects. I don't really enjoy woodworking as a class subject, but on my own time I have made many different objects that I put up around my apartment, and watching one of your videos inspires me not to just settle, but to push forward and improve. In many ways, your videos help me, with art, day to day, even when I just am bored. I also think all Chris's are liars in the same way. Keep going, just know that we are always going to watch, even if you think we won't.
Thank you for liarhonesty on this. As a woodworker myself, I often realise that I'm too far into the project to change something right now. And in this situation, honestly, I would have hesitated to the point where I'm not sure what to do already. And the whole project would have been abandoned in the workshop for years because I wouldn't have known what to do to it to finish it the 'right' way. This video is a great example on why it's never too late to pivot. Even though I did really like the initial design more :) Thank you!
❤❤❤😂 that spider is a perfect name for this table because if you think about it when you kill a spider, it’s usually on its back unless you step on it, but if you find a dead spider, she usually lay laying on his back with his legs up here so yeah, that name fits anyway the table is beautiful but that spider yep, I see it. Someone’s gonna enjoy that table. Great work.😊😊😊
Your focus on the details when planning actually brought you to the ultimate outcome! No chance you’d have a leg up on the web if you were just winging it.
I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel. This is such excellent content for so many reasons ... high-quality furniture-making, patient instruction, self-deprecation, #dadjokes, super high production values, and perhaps most importantly, great storytelling. There's a through-line to each video that's such a solid way to ground everything else that's happening (in this case, it's the "I'm a liar" gambit). IMHO, it's one of the keys to what makes your videos so watchable and why I'm both glad (YAY! ANOTHER ONE!) and disappointed (DANG! WHEN WILL THERE BE MORE?) that you don't rush content onto the channel. Quality v. quantity and all that jazz. Thank you.
You've basically just boiled down everything I've learned over 7 years of YouTubing, into one nice concise paragraph. And even left enough room to cap it off with an "and all that jazz". Well said!
Thank you for sharing this VVIQ test! I seems to be lvl 1 o 2 and I kind of struggle with that daily. I hope it will help me understand myselft better!
Recent subscriber/disciple here. I thoroughly enjoy your content; you're one and honest and unpretentious. Your work is beautiful and inspiring. Keep it up.
The spider table was cool, but what you got there at the end... Gorgeous! The idea for a glass top on the original spider table legs seems like an improvement on the idea as well.
Excellent episode, Chris! I enjoyed your process narration. Sometimes more experienced Woodworkers/Makers leave that out. I have some international Architectural background in Design, plus was raised, initially, by my Grandfather, who was, like many working men of that time, had his personal shops. Me? I was set on a stool beside him asw he worked at his bench, and had one favorite word:, "why?". It has remained so since. Some say that I had n o experience then. Well, not my monkeys, not my circus. But, if , as you demonstrated nicely, understand that experience and knowledge can be shared openly, and yet to still be able to make your way, too, then voila... win-win! You did really nice work with your "scrabs" and their grain, and treatments. Also, Including all the changes, refinements, and even the 'reversals', made it "all of a piece", as they say, unified. For the Architect in me, "Form follows Function", or perhaps Function creates the Form [?]. It all works, and keep on at it, my friend. Cheers! 😎
Your vids are just satisfying. The amount of commentary you have, the wry humor... and the results, of course. I like that you could have done either way. I sure don't need closure on these things. I'm learning so much, it just doesn't matter.
I built a table to go into my wife and my first apartment so 24 years ago. I used two pieces of plywood cut into an "M" shape which fit together perpendicular to one another resembling your spidey design and topped it with a 36" round glass top. I later turn it over into a W and added a round shelf in the center. It came out so awesome and only cost me like $20 to make.
When I make a plan I usually stick as close to the plan as drawn. I have never turned my plan up side down and gone in 180 degree change. All I can say is pure genius.
I had a photo professor in college tell me once "You just have to follow the art where it goes. You can't force it if it doesn't want to go there. " It's been 15+ yrs later and I think that is one of the biggest I took from his teaching beyond technical things in color lab work and b&w lab work. I didn't really 'jive' with a lot of his philosophy but a broke clock is right 2x a day. I still follow this line of thought in all my art: photography, sewing, prop building, makeup, woodworking, painting, and crafting.
Wow 8 years and over a million subscribers ! Way to go! I remember when you were working from home in your garage with the random guitar music. Ah, the good old days.
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The people have spoken. After many comments, this table is officially the "Dead Spider Table".
Now, if you want to build the original spider, or any of our other projects. Check out my woodworking plans here - www.foureyesfurniture.com/plans
In other news. Several people have mentioned that it would have been cool if I made the table where it was "flippable" so the eventual customer could pick how they wanted it and swap it back and forth. Here is my answer for the reason I didn't do that:
I actually thought about doing that. The problem is that flipping it over is WAY harder than you would think. Basically the floating tenons need to be pretty dang tight. In fact, I would have glued them in. To make it flippable I would NOT glue them in, But they still need to be very tight to function properly. And taking them in and out, you basically need to pull them out with pliers, and they are going to get really beat up looking even after one time of putting them in and taking them out. The other option would be to make them a bit loose so they go in and out more easily, but then the table would have the same problem I described towards the end of the video. Where putting weight on one end could potentially make the top want to lift out of position. So a cool idea. But not actually very practical.
It's a spider walking on the ceiling!
the default solution you went into would definitely not be very practical... so how would one engineer/design a more practical solution? i don't have an answer, but i reckon it would require a lot more work in the build, perhaps reinforcing the legs and making them much heavier so the detachable joints can be heavier duty and be magnetic or something.
the corollary tho, is whether any future owner would actually flip the legs of the table over much, if ever.
Столешницу делай восьмиугольную или шести !
This is a good reason why paying attention to the details that people DON'T see is just as important as the ones that you DO see. Imagine if you'd not given as much care to the hub (as in typical use, it won't be seen). Flipping it over would expose the hub.
And I agree... I immediately thought either "dead spider" or "Spider table for people that like spiders to be dead table" or "spider hiding after getting almost whacked with a slipper table"
It's also giving me slight jellyfish vibes, if jellyfish had crustacean-like hard tentacles.
I just realized that might be hard to visualize.
I like the "dead spider" more, even if I'd consider it a "kissing M.J. spider table", but these are finesses...
If you'd like to make it flippable, you could have used the same aluminum disks, but with one more hole, so that you can screw them to the top and to the base.
The dead spider table appeals to me more. Love your work!
I was going to write the same thing.
😂😂😂
Definitely thought of dead spider as well. I like both designs but dead spider kind of makes some storage underneath the table
❤ agreed 👍💯
Yup, beat me too it as well 👍
I love how even when you're trying to explain aphantasia to someone, you're stuck using words like "imagine", which not only means "picture" to a lot of them, it even comes from that root.
Deff final ‘feet in the air’/‘dead spider’ layout is best. The legs now being recessed lets you sit closer to the table. Or walk near it without the danger - big danger for old curmudgeons like me - of tripping over a keg sticking out. Nicely engineered build. Sweet choice of lumber. Bravo.
dead spider goes hard. really gives off "you killed the man but not the idea" vibes
As an arachnophobic I appreciate you doing a whole video about a spider table without showing an actual spider even once. There were so many times where I half-covered my eyes just waiting for it but it never came.
I liked the original design better, but can also appreciate the final one. Great work as always, keep it coming
the change to the base lifted the table from nice design to unbelievable great design. You made for sure the right decision to switch the legs upside down.
Thanks a bunch! Glad people seem to be agreeing with me about the decision
I am definitely on the same page. I believe the original design was way more dramatic, but the revised version is harmonic and "calm" in a way that doesn't attack your senses. The original would work for a particular kind of aesthetic, but it's not as versatile. And I agree that _if_ it should live up to its full potential then a glass top is definitely the way to go.
Consider it to be s spider table, just a dead spider! You never fail to be entertaining, informative and funny. Love your channel.
My first concern (with prior experience) would be the possible tripping over the legs, or bumping them as I am getting to the couch or passing by, which might spill coffee or what not. Typically, I had to give coffee tables a wide berth due to that issue. After I saw the legs flipped, I figured that it would be better for those less coordinated (like me) and I think it does look better. I was with him when he said he would need glass to make the original design work, and I personally don't much mind the lack of the additional detail at 25:40 as it won't be seen unless you lift up the table, and would mean its little more than additional weight.
Looks like a bad 70's knockoff table. Thrift stores are filled with such stuff.
Super uncanny as an adult to realize you’d been built without key functionality that everyone else takes for granted. I discovered that I have aphantasia mid-pandemic. I also discovered your channel.
Even then, I suspected there was a deeper reason why your videos and workflow resonated so much more than others. Thanks for sharing that with us all-might not matter to most but to me, a novice woodworker, it’s unbelievably empowering.
Keep up good work bud.
I'm on the complete opposite of the spectrum. Give me a few seconds and I can picture something in my mind near perfectly
yup. i was 53 years old when i "discovered" why i couldn't see the beach or imagine the sunset. I also have to draw out everything i want to build.
@@UpperCumberlandGamerssame i can also think in 3d which I’m told not many can.
@@dakotareid1566 but what is funny about me is that I can imagine something in my mind, but I have a very hard time putting something down
me too, i can only vaguely picture something and with a lot of effort an concentration.
That moment at 28:50 is very correct. How a piece of furniture looks changes on the vantage point. While standing, sitting or lying on the floor the table looks very different. I support your choice for inverting the legs, and if they were normally put then a glass top would be much better. Stunning result!
Thank you much...and yeah. Took me a while to learn that lesson.
Came out great. I kept wondering if you were going to lean into it and built up the bottom and make it more pointy; accentuate the angularity. (Referring to the inverted design)
I had a similar moment when I built a cocktail table from an old fiberglass diving board base. I knew I wanted a cantilever table, but for stability, I had the wider part of the base on the ground. It was ok, but not great. I flipped the base over (which is how it would be as a diving board) and it was perfect. It's coming up on a year now since I built it, and I still admire it all the time.
It is more than just a coffee table, it is a piece of art. Thank you for this amazing video.
I would never have guessed you were a fellow aphant! I discovered it a couple of years ago and it was mindblowing to find out that people can actually see things in their head!
I only discovered your channel a couple of days ago, and am loving it!
I'm a hobbyist woodworker, and I'm just in awe of the craftsmanship that's gone into this table. Really liked the late change to Plan B. But even more, I just liked the self-deprecating irony in the commentary - what a hoot.
Your channel is, by far, the best RUclips content out there right now. Perfect blend of light hearted humor and seriousness combined with extreme high quality builds. When I get rich, I'm buying three tables... and a desk.
Appreciate that. I’ll be here waiting.
Just came across your channel. Educated. Simple. Great sense of humor. Work ethic, shop, and tools clean and tidy. Very nice.
Glad you found me and really appreciate the kind words :)
I hope you enjoy other videos too!
You are in for a treat going through the backlog. Chris's videos are my happy place. Woodworking, Soothing tone, beautiful furniture and dad jokes *Chef's Kiss
Great pivot! Really like the way this one turned out. Also, always enjoy you sharing your skills and expertise, and yet not taking yourself too seriously. Your humor is one of the reasons I really enjoy your channel. Thank you!
The table looks fantastic. I am a complete 1 on the scale. Like an unplugged monitor, no images, no smells, no sounds, no texture what so ever. It makes being creative more challenging but completely doable. I have heard that Pixar has a larger percentage than average number of employees that have Aphantasia. Love the Chanel.
Absolutely my favorite wood working channel on this platform! Your videos are the most relaxing and instructional viewing on here. Thank you for taking the time to make such phenomenal content and projects!
Wow, thank you! You're very kind. Really appreciate it. Also congrats on the "Got 'Em" :)
Thank you for bringing up Aphantasia. It took me over 60 years to find out what it was that I found different in others. I was born with it, knew something was different but could never figure it out. When I brought it up to anyone they thought I was lying. So I lived with my, Aphantasia, deep depression and lots of drugs and alcohol growing up. Since recently learning of my Aphantasia I have relaxed and let it sink in. I now live a more relaxed life knowing what it is and how it greatly affected me all my life, I’m okay with it.
Again thank you for letting me know and sharing.
Mike😊
I have it too. I tend to save and display a lot of photos and mementoes in order to remind me of things since I can’t see them in my head.
@@HGD70 Having made many bad decisions thru my life I have have had many fantastic accomplishments. I have found that I would focus on the task at hand more because I would forget other stuff. Having a picture present makes a difference. I found making hobbies fills in the spaces. Once I perfected a hobby I would find another.
I have it too. I found out when I was struggling to describe some one to my sister and she said cant you see them with your eyes shut and that’s when I found out she could see pictures with her eyes closed and I couldn’t. She’s very academic and I more artistic and made my career designing. It blows her mind I can design something and not see it in my mind while I’m creating.
@@Hippydays1959 sometimes scary how well something turns out so good. I never considered me a perfectionist but just a necessity to belong.
Me too, learned about 3 mos ago (age 69), the way he did. I'm about a 1.25 on his "cardinal" scale, though i have none of the other issues with planning or imagining, just the pictures. Can't even picture what my parents looked like though identifying people through pictures i'm as good as anyone else. I remember images as a list of details and when i try to recreate (draw) an image, i'm matching the drawing against the list. Kinda bummed about the whole thing too.
Gosh, I really enjoy your videos. Can't pick a winning reason why: Your highly enjoyable humour, great video filming, editing and production skills, excellent and selfless passing on of your vast knowledge, unbelievable workmanship or your final products. I just love them all. Another fantastic video. Kudos 👏👏👏
Appreciate it...you're very kind :)
Honestly, I've watched Blacktail and a couple other woodworking youtubers and I liked blacktail and I still do. I normally watch these videos as I'm going to sleep or getting ready to go to sleep, but I'm also a thinker and I have to say. The rants are my favorite parts of your videos. You almost get philosophical sometimes and I LOVE it, for me it's what sets you apart from all the other woodworking channels I've watched. The 3d models are also amazing I love being able to see models of how your work process with designing and even just conceptualizing a piece of furniture is. I'm not sure why but your voice and the jazz are also so just perfect for me, I also love jazz, so you got me there as well. Keep up the good work and I love all of your designs and tables.
I do also have Aphantasia, got it after I hit my before pretty face into the stone floor. Woke up, all was in black and white... After several hours, color went back. From that day, I haven't been able to form ANY sorts of pictures nor anything else in my so-called brain. All is totally black.
Today I really struggle to learn new things, mainly doing to memory issue, that again is explained by the Aphantasia, since you would normally bind your new knowledge onto pictures in your head.
I really enjoy this video, and man, I wish I was young again, and have got into woodworking.
You are Fantastic and I really wish you and family all the best and good luck.
I really like the way you think in the process and the originality of your creations.
You still remain the best project director with intelligent humor.
Thanks!
Merci!
Wow, thank you!
Having just learned that you are Aphantasic, yet design and execute such absolutely intricate and amazingly beautiful works of art...well, my mind is blown. I paused the video, went and took the test and learned that I am hyperaphantasic; then I looked again and realized there was no second "t" and got a bit depressed... Anyway, I can visualize a design in my mind. I just can't see the internal joinery and joints in my head. Oh, well. Love your videos and have for years. Thanks.
I tell people all the time that one of the main things I love about woodworking is the ability to pivot based on how something is coming together. And I agree that the actual spider legs the way you were going to do it would look much better with a glass top.
It's funny how even though the kind of art we create is entirely different from each other (Because making furniture IS art), I still managed to learn a lot of really good lessons from this.
Wow these are some of the highest quality videos I’ve seen on RUclips. The storytelling is absolutely top tier
I like your sense of humor. Wish I had room for this, I think it came out amazingly well.
I built the original Spider table and I learned so much from those plans and video. Attaching the base to the table was an awesome/scary tactic. The jigs alone were amazing to try out! Thank you.
i really like how you explain your thought process when designing your works because it kind of helps me put my own jambled mess of thoughts into words when i try to explain my design choices (to myself mostly) when I draw :3 Love your work
Absolutely the right decision to invert the legs - looks great and avoids stubbed toes😂
The production value you're putting out is absolutely phenomenal.
Hey welcome to the Aphantasia club! I usually hang around a 2, but maybe even a bit more abstract then that. Like I can do a good job of visualizing 3d space and know where items are positioned relative to each other, but any time I try to visualize a very specific item, it never has any defined edges or anything like that.
What a great project! I’ve had the opportunity to make some things for the sake of my own creativity, had some last minute epiphanies, even though I couldn’t visualize them but followed through with them fearing I might not like how they look and they completely made the project. Good on you for following that creative spark!
8:46 Controversial opinion here, but spiders are bugs. I'm not saying spiders are INSECTS, I'm saying that the term 'bug' should just mean any creepy crawly invertebrate with an exoskeleton that you don't want in your house. Spiders are bugs.
The last thing that I expected to learn while randomly clicking on a woodworking video on youtube is what my lack of mental visualization is called... Sadly aphantasia is one of the reasons I've dropped so many creative hobbies from my life... Hrmm.
I can understand your decision process on the design at the end, but now I really want a spider table with a glass top....
It's still a spider, just walking on the ceiling now. Beautiful work!
Absolutely the right choice! Love the dead spider legs in the air v.2.0.
And yours are among the very best woodworking vids on RUclips! Clear, well shot, great animations, no overpowering music, pleasant "storytelling" like commentary and explanations.
Five stars, ten thumbs up! Subcribed and hit the top bell! Phenomenal job!
Wow. Thank you for the kind words. And thank your 4 friends for me, for the 10 thumbs up. 👍🏻
The woodworking is pretty cool, but the real reason I always end up watching your videos is your story telling and calm voice. Always very entertaining. Thank you!
Ha… yeah discovered I had aphantasia a few years ago. Similar experience: problems in class with teachers telling you to “picture this”. Similar design habits: model render builds before I make something. Absolutely amazed when I figured out people actually had pictures when they visualized things and not just formless thoughts and word clouds!
Oh yeah, loved the build and video as well! Thank you as always!
My wife has aphantasia, found this out about 3 years ago. It definitely helped us understand each other better. Explained a lot of things.
Same here. I found out like 1 year ago. I thought all the "dont think about an elephant" things where just trolls. I never understood that people really see pictures in their mind..
I like 1 hour compilations that don’t have any talking or music and the machine sounds aren’t super sped up. Just the actual sounds of the woodworking and machinery. I watch them every night to fall asleep!
First. Not a liar.
Truth!
Not exactly a liar, but mistakenly believing you are first doesn't mean you're telling the truth.
I'm sorry, I can't help but mess with people sometimes. You totally were the first.
@@Foureyes.Furniture I have a friend who is an Aphantasiac.
@@BunhieKleever Thanks and you're welcome.
Second..?
I've been procrastinating on starting a RUclips channel and since watching their long videos, and seeing how my favorite RUclipsrs started from the bottom and now they are here🤭 has given me so much encouragement.
So I image yours would be even better cause I've been following you and your development has amazing
I put this video while coding because I not only love the furniture you build but also find your narration funny and relaxing
I love your videos! I’m just getting started on the toob showing my woodworking and old machinery and videos like yours really set the bar high… thanks!
Nothing more relaxing than one of your videos after a bad day 🫶🏻
Happy to hear that!...but Sad to hear about the bad day
Happy new years Foureyes!
Been watching you videos for over 6 months now and i probably wont stop for a long time. Keep up the good work!
Glad to hear you're enjoying them. I'll try to keep making them better :)
I look forward to these videos more than most things a month! Hearing you say what you did about modeling things so meticulously bc you cant see images in your head answers so many questions I had and I love that you voiced the whole thing to the world. My wife only recently discovered she is near the bottom of that graph and it blows my mind.
This is my favourite one your videos yet. So true to your own views and evolving design. A lot of inspiration to take from that, thank you
Thank you so much for the Aphantasia stuff. I discovered less then 10 years ago that visual imagery was a thing, I had always thought it was a metaphor. It doesn't bother me because I never could see images in my head, but was interesting to learn. You just taught me about Aphantasia. Went to look it up. It explains so much. I have struggled my whole life trying to find help with my atypical neurology. It doesn't really fit with ASD, ADHD, or OCD. Many similar symptoms but treatment never worked well. Will be 50 next year, who knows, maybe looking into this may make me finally at ease in my own mind.
That truck beeping every time you try to talk was hilarious!!! I deal with the EXACT same thing at my warehouse. Great project, thanks for inspiring the world.
29:12 now it's a dead spider table lol
I appreciate a good non-ASMR woodworking channel. If I see a project that I'd like to see made, but find it ASMR, I skip to the end or skip it all together - if I want to hear tool sounds I can go to my shop and make some sawdust. Your videos are enjoyable with explanations and how-tos.
Thank you so much for mentioning Aphantasia it really explained a lot. I often wondered why I could not picture what others were trying to explain to me when they wanted me to make something. Love your channel and the pace of your videos.
As another furniture designer with Aphantasia, Fusion 360 is my best friend. Coworkers never get why I want to sketch or model everything out first. 😅
Nice for collaboration though since I always have a differing thought process and approach to design.
Keep up the great content my dude. 👍
I was reading a book this last month that had a main character with aphantasia and what it was like and trying to describe it to other people.
personally I don't know if I can picture things or if I am just remembering things I've already seen before and just recalling what it looked like. (or if I know I've previously seen it and my brain is telling me I know what it looks like since I saw it at one point before and "should" remember)
p.s. your 3d models are awesome and a great visual and greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Yeah, that's what is interesting. I definitely don't see anything in my head. But if I try to picture something. Even like...my wife's face. I know what it looks like and I can describe it. But still...there is no visual in my head.
looks like a dead spider! i love it..
Was just going to say This. It's still a spider table, just a dead spider table
You beat me..
First time on this channel. For some reason I don't really care about the table, but watching the work flow and the narration was one of the most relaxing and inspiring things I have seen in ages. Reminded me of a Brian Eno concert I have seen in Berlin: As soon as it started I fell immediately asleep and when I woke up at the end, I felt so refreshed and energised like never before. Thanks for getting me close to that feeling!
Funny you say that. About 8 years ago was when I first started making videos, and I had this pipe dream that the music that would be the background for these videos would be Music for Airports. I actually recorded my own music for my first video that was heavily inspired by that music since I knew I couldn't use the real stuff.
Good pivot. I also want to praise your ability to not utterly drown your joints in glue. There are many RUclips woodworkers that end up losing half the glue they put on to squeeze out and that just seems like a nightmare to clean up and just such a waste.
hi chris the liar. my only concern is 5 years down the line, will those ground contact points still hold the table and be level. i think you should have used those plugs to attach adjustable feet so it can always be made level even as the wood "ages". that is why 3 legs are considered better than 4 for smaller builds because it is more "stable" given age, as with age the wood changes and it never stays even. now you have essentially 1 center foot, with 8 edge feet that have to stay level 10-20 years down the line.
I absolutely love the dead spider table!! Your artistry, once again, takes my breath away!! ♥️♥️♥️
Love it Chris, I have been served the compilation videos. To be honest with you I loved the individual videos, so I just watched them over in the compilation. I enjoyed your original design, however I understand your pivot and really cannot choose 1 or the other for a finished product.
GREAT design, brilliantly executed and the commentary made it so very interesting. That was 30 minutes of my life well spent - thank you. :)
Missed opportunity to close with "Hi I'm Chris...I'm a Liar and a Cheat" would have been a great call back. Table is awesome and your detail make people with OCD smile like a Cheshire Cat! Love it, and yes the call to make the OG Spider table with a glass top would be better suited to see your work in full detail.
I have been making furniture for 30 years. Haven’t ever made detailed drawings so that I could envision it in my head. I always chased a vision and just worked towards it. I don’t ever have a a concrete plan and I just go with it. It’s a gift but I don’t have a lot of things that most people have. It comes with a great emotional cost.
I really did like the spider table better, but you're right. That would have been best with glass. Glad you had so much fun making this! ♥
yo chris. ik this has always been prevalent in your videos but u have some of the nicest lighted shots in all of yt woodworking your willingness to use natural sunlight is always appreciated
Appreciate that. Honestly...a big part of it has always been that I keep a lot of my lights in the shop off. It makes it look nicer I think...I can still see well (it's not pitch black)...but also I just like the vibe more. Makes the day feel more relaxing to me.
I'm so proud of you for correctly stating that true bugs and spiders are from different classes. The next step: acknowledging that the Linnean classification system is flawed and that one should use the underlying phylogeny to name groups!
Really love listening to your voice and the combination of 3d modelling and shots to capture your progress. The AI art had continued to take away that pleasure.
The first picture (picture of a computer) could be any screen, and I'm sure you can find some premade B-roll or clip art for the ad spot. Everything else was really not needed, or you could find CC free versions (eg Charlotte the pig & the spider)
I really feel like if you hadn't been a woodworker, you could have been a terrific writer with the narrations you do for your videos. It's extremely soothing, while still interesting, educational, and funny. You've also absolutely inspired me to get back into woodworking, so thanks for that! I can't wait to build my first coffee table using your plans.
Aphantasiac here, too. I went 51yrs without realizing that there are people who really can close their eyes and picture things and that apparently they're the majority. I'm a member of an aphantasia group on FB, and it's interesting how most of us, well into our adult years, just one day discovered we have this thing and that it's not "the norm".
It is so wild to me. When I first tuned in you were in your garage. Then commercial space you were sharing with someone. Then we had Shaun for a bit. Now you've got a $20k milling machine. Obviously, you put in the work. Designs continue to improve - and the storytelling and shooting... you should be right proud of yourself man. Watching you makers just continue to grow... it's really been a treat.
Hey Chris...appreciate the long time viewership. It's been quite a ride so far. I hope it can continue for many years to come. I also hope eventually you see me in another new space. And hopefully the next one will be something that I can own :)
The final result was brilliant! Also, I hope you'll make the glass one too, sound like a very good idea!
I have no intention of building furniture, but your videos are incredibly relaxing and enjoyable to watch.
Turned out great! This piece reminds me of the woodworking projects my professor used to make back when I was in college. He loved using insects such as butterflies and spiders as inspiration for his chairs and tables, Thanks for bringing back the fond memories of that time in my life, and the amazing video as always!
i would have never guessed you had aphantasia, its really cool how good you are at modeling and building artistic pieces despite not being able to visualize it in your head.
No idea why this video was recommended to me. Although woodworking kind of fascinates me, I've never actually watched anything related to it on RUclips. Regardless, I decided to click out of curiosity, and after half an hour I feel like I've spent that time with probably one of the most interesting, thoughtful, and zen videos I've watched in the past year or so (and I watch a lot of videos falling into at least one of those categories). And although the end product is a piece of beauty, I think the whole journey towards it was even more satisfying.
Well done.
Wow! Glad you took a chance on my video. There's a lot of good stuff to discover here in the Woodworking niche. And hopefully you'll enjoy some of my other videos just as much :)
Hi Chris, I'm Chris,
I started watching your channel a few months ago as I was in a woodworking class. I am no longer taking that class, but these videos always make me smile. The editing, the way you record, and even the process you go through are always intriguing and inspiring. I plan to always take at least one bit of knowledge or notice one thing in each video I watch.
You probably won't read this but, as an artist and someone who aspires to be just as passionate, if you are, and just as meticulous as you are with each of your videos and projects. I don't really enjoy woodworking as a class subject, but on my own time I have made many different objects that I put up around my apartment, and watching one of your videos inspires me not to just settle, but to push forward and improve. In many ways, your videos help me, with art, day to day, even when I just am bored.
I also think all Chris's are liars in the same way. Keep going, just know that we are always going to watch, even if you think we won't.
Hey Chris. I read it. I’m on my phone so I won’t reply with much. I guess I’ll just say. Thank you. Appreciate it
Love the table! Very nice video too. Brave to change your mind that far in the proces, and I think it is absolutely beautiful how it turned out
Thank you for liarhonesty on this.
As a woodworker myself, I often realise that I'm too far into the project to change something right now. And in this situation, honestly, I would have hesitated to the point where I'm not sure what to do already. And the whole project would have been abandoned in the workshop for years because I wouldn't have known what to do to it to finish it the 'right' way.
This video is a great example on why it's never too late to pivot. Even though I did really like the initial design more :)
Thank you!
❤❤❤😂 that spider is a perfect name for this table because if you think about it when you kill a spider, it’s usually on its back unless you step on it, but if you find a dead spider, she usually lay laying on his back with his legs up here so yeah, that name fits anyway the table is beautiful but that spider yep, I see it. Someone’s gonna enjoy that table. Great work.😊😊😊
I love how you just turned it and decided its better
Your focus on the details when planning actually brought you to the ultimate outcome! No chance you’d have a leg up on the web if you were just winging it.
I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel. This is such excellent content for so many reasons ... high-quality furniture-making, patient instruction, self-deprecation, #dadjokes, super high production values, and perhaps most importantly, great storytelling. There's a through-line to each video that's such a solid way to ground everything else that's happening (in this case, it's the "I'm a liar" gambit). IMHO, it's one of the keys to what makes your videos so watchable and why I'm both glad (YAY! ANOTHER ONE!) and disappointed (DANG! WHEN WILL THERE BE MORE?) that you don't rush content onto the channel. Quality v. quantity and all that jazz. Thank you.
You've basically just boiled down everything I've learned over 7 years of YouTubing, into one nice concise paragraph. And even left enough room to cap it off with an "and all that jazz". Well said!
Thank you for sharing this VVIQ test! I seems to be lvl 1 o 2 and I kind of struggle with that daily. I hope it will help me understand myselft better!
The resulting "Dead Spider Table" has zero possibility of someone kicking the legs. A better overall design. Kudos. Subscribed!
Recent subscriber/disciple here. I thoroughly enjoy your content; you're one and honest and unpretentious. Your work is beautiful and inspiring. Keep it up.
The spider table was cool, but what you got there at the end... Gorgeous!
The idea for a glass top on the original spider table legs seems like an improvement on the idea as well.
Excellent episode, Chris!
I enjoyed your process narration. Sometimes more experienced Woodworkers/Makers leave that out. I have some international Architectural background in Design, plus was raised, initially, by my Grandfather, who was, like many working men of that time, had his personal shops. Me? I was set on a stool beside him asw he worked at his bench, and had one favorite word:, "why?". It has remained so since. Some say that I had n o experience then. Well, not my monkeys, not my circus. But, if , as you demonstrated nicely, understand that experience and knowledge can be shared openly, and yet to still be able to make your way, too, then voila... win-win!
You did really nice work with your "scrabs" and their grain, and treatments. Also, Including all the changes, refinements, and even the 'reversals', made it "all of a piece", as they say, unified. For the Architect in me, "Form follows Function", or perhaps Function creates the Form [?]. It all works, and keep on at it, my friend.
Cheers! 😎
Your vids are just satisfying. The amount of commentary you have, the wry humor... and the results, of course. I like that you could have done either way. I sure don't need closure on these things. I'm learning so much, it just doesn't matter.
Thank you very much!
I built a table to go into my wife and my first apartment so 24 years ago. I used two pieces of plywood cut into an "M" shape which fit together perpendicular to one another resembling your spidey design and topped it with a 36" round glass top. I later turn it over into a W and added a round shelf in the center. It came out so awesome and only cost me like $20 to make.
What an inspirational peace of work
Working on a project from my head myself You have given me some great methods thank you x
I'm not even here for the content, just the editing and vibes, immaculate
Your shortcomings become your biggest strengths, a real superpower. Thank you for sharing and being awesome.
When I make a plan I usually stick as close to the plan as drawn. I have never turned my plan up side down and gone in 180 degree change. All I can say is pure genius.
Love watching, i think you made the right choice, maybe you should lean into it and call it the upside down "dead spider" table. That works for me.
You have the cleanest wood-shop in the world.
I had a photo professor in college tell me once "You just have to follow the art where it goes. You can't force it if it doesn't want to go there. "
It's been 15+ yrs later and I think that is one of the biggest I took from his teaching beyond technical things in color lab work and b&w lab work. I didn't really 'jive' with a lot of his philosophy but a broke clock is right 2x a day.
I still follow this line of thought in all my art: photography, sewing, prop building, makeup, woodworking, painting, and crafting.
That’s some pretty sound advice.
Storytelling abilities are unmatched
Wow 8 years and over a million subscribers ! Way to go! I remember when you were working from home in your garage with the random guitar music. Ah, the good old days.