If you like this video, you have to see my next rendition of this concept. I use bent lamination and cut the pins in resin! oh... and BACON! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqF_pZuvpq-bYZM.html

@mikej5959

9 ай бұрын

@John_Malecki Wouldnt Micro Mesh sanding kit help make the resin more clear?

It's crazy how much better your audio sounds in newer videos than some of the older ones. As a new fan that didn't realize how good I had it, thank you for getting better audio equipment.

Friendly suggestion: just watched 17 minutes of a build to only have 4 seconds of revealing the final product before the outro, where half the screen is covered by links. Would love to have seen a bit more full screen unabridged reveal and presentation of this badassery in all of its glory.

@daddyfamlittle6262

4 жыл бұрын

👏🏾 at least I wasn't the only one smh.....sheesh

@EssenceRare

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah like a spinning slowmow 30 sec shot

@MakarovFox

4 жыл бұрын

yeah and dont do an spoiler in the miniature of the video man

@dakel20

4 жыл бұрын

Too much yelling, too much crap going on. Actually hitting the cutoff on a mic is impressive, he needs to learn some volume control. Also, that box would have looked way better if the resin was dovetailed together as well.

@SilentShadovv

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

She's pretty! One suggestion though, I would inlay 2 rare earth magnets in the 2 epoxy blocks that touch the slide of the 1911. That way, when you pick up the box, they'll hold the weapon in place.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea

@v12tommy

4 жыл бұрын

That would depend on what metal the gun is made out of. Aluminum is non magnetic, and certain kinds of stainless aren't magnetic either. I'm not super familiar with 1911s to know which models are which.

@redsharpie3714

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to suggest the same thing as soon as the video ended. Then thought I'd check comments in case someone already suggested it. GMTA Josh! Additional suggestion is to put a rubber coating over the magnets to avoid marring the surface of that beautiful 1911. Maybe even embed some small magnets into the edges and the lid to hold the lid shut. GREAT vids John! Subbed here.

@braleyshardwoodcustoms8584

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt the heat has a magnetic alkaloid ,tho the fact you mentioned inserting magnets in the epoxy rang a helluva bell in my brain so two thumbs and a thank you for that.

I love this experiment so much! I love to see others push the boundaries and be able to learn and grow my own craft from their ingenuity. Whether you like it or not this is an awesome exercise in creativity.

@landonford1067

4 жыл бұрын

Hey I love Your videos.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

hell ya man, huge inspiration from your joint of the week series! Thank you !

@katzmosestools

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki I love it bud! Thanks for the shout out!

(Hello? I live in Seoul. It's a test period ahead of the full-fledged KZread activity. I am not fluent in English.) It's my first time posting comments, and I'm always grateful for them. It's really beautiful.

Lets all watch as John slowly goes insane during quarantine and builds increasingly odd things!

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Would you like a job as our PR rep? You basically nailed it hahah wait till you see what we got in the hopper the next few weeks hahahah

@featherorknot

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki Don't toy with my emotions like that! I think I've done my best writing during quarantine - you should see the resin-river squirrel picnic table write up I did

@HappilyHomicidalHooligan

4 жыл бұрын

Quarantine CAN'T make John Insane... Quarantine makes peoples Mental State Worse and Insane would be a step UP for John... 😁😂🤣

@David-fv7zg

4 жыл бұрын

Too late, he’s already there.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or you actually think im nuts.... either way. You are correct, clinical insanity would be a step up for me!

I love the 1911. My favorite handgun, bar none.

Woodworking and a 1911. My morning is complete and I can go to work thinking happy thoughts now. Thanks John.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly why im here

Love it, John. Really cool. I think if you had polished the resin instead of the lacquer topcoat, you would have achieved the clarity you were looking for. Billy

This is probably the most "american" thing I have seen today... :D Keep it up John!

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!you should check out the BRCC Video next

I like watching guys work with wood.

I can't imagine having a shop like this. That'd be incredible! Hopefully one day!

@Hellsong89

Жыл бұрын

Shop is nice, but those tools make things just go faster. Pretty much results you can get with cheaper hand tools most of the time. Imagine having laws that allow you to display your guns and enjoy them visually instead of having them in essentially bunker hidden away. 2A to all corners of the world!

I want to see you and April Wilkerson happy dancing together.

I used a headlight restoration kit to clear up my epoxy. It worked pretty well to polish it up.

Try a blow torch on the resin. It will clear it up. Look at Evan&Katlyn. They’re pros when it comes to resin

Great build and excellent choice of firearm. I would have put magnets in the “ice cubes” and had the box standing up, that way you could have the pistol on display at any height. I only wish that the stuff I make would turn out half as good as that 👍

I think you did an awesome job. I have watched this episode a few times now. I’m a gun lover as well and I appreciate the craftsmanship you put into the case and the craftsmanship the gunsmith put into the gun. 👍🏽 keep the videos coming from one of your fans in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

Cabot guns makes excellent 1911s, good choice

If you sand the epoxy (before finish) down to about 2000 grit, then use a polishing compound (ie: turtle wax/etc) and buff it quite a bit, you can get a near glass finish that looks great. It's alot a work, but well worth it for builds like this. Looks great!

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

yea i would have to sand the wood up too, all a balance. Solid tips !

Great floating

One of the things you can do to make the Apoxsee perfectly clear again once you’re done make some fresh Apoxsee and apply it with a good paintbrush and it’ll clear it all up

I'm 3 videos in . You're nothing like them other dudes. 👍🏿

You should make a chevron table where some of the arrows are epoxy. I never seen that before and i think it would be one of a kind on your channel!

Looks like a well constructed box of freedom!

Now make some custom scales for your freedom blaster! I bet Claro walnut would look good too!

Props to you man. Making content all the time even when things are boring.

He’s an honest to god gun floatin Patriot!

I love the idea. Even though the box didn't come out as you expected. With different resin and different methods, I feel like this could have become the perfect glass edges like you where wanting.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

Loved this video. just gave me some idea for a few different projects using clear epoxy or glass. one thing I'd add, on the top of the clear resin "floaty blocks", you could put some traction tape (also called roller tape) on top of the blocks. would keep that gun steady when the box is moved or bumped.

When I use clear epoxy I use fish tank acrylic scratch remover and polish. It will make the epoxy perfectly clear.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

That is a killer tip!

Great build, John! A quick tip I've learned for getting Ecopoxy and Total Boat as clear as glass, I sand from 24 all the way to 12,000 and then use the 3 Festool buffing compounds. It's literally crystal clear and looks unreal! Hope this helps if you ever need to go fully clear in the future! Stay safe!

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Great tip!im gonna have to get me some of that !

@davidwiggins26

4 жыл бұрын

John Malecki I’ll send you some pics on IG!

For a glass-like look, after you have sanded and used automotive paste and have buffed, paint a coat of clear resin and it will have the exact look you want, high gloss clear!

NICE GUN

You should have used that small river for the base of the box. that would have looked insane

I've always loved wood work but haven't been able to make anything recently. Your videos almost make me feel like I'm back out making stuff again. Love your content keep it up John! (And Sam/Jordan!)

Because "Freedom".... Love it...

that Skill Saw is sweet

Man you are the only man that shares the way he thinks .... plus you are really cool.... thank you very much for these projects.

That 1911 is BADASS and that case you made does the gun justice. Awesome all around, love it

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Ity iis bad ass... thank you Kyle

@duin2in

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki no problem brother, keep doin your thing

Love it... interesting concept glad you are having in lock down

This is the John I like! Keep this style up bro! Killer vid.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!

Love it with the corners in epoxy. I would like to try something like this but will build the box with dovetails and pour the corners so ya dont have to glue together Awesome job

If the core of the 3 standup displays were full of STRONG magnets it could make your case more versatile.

I've got tool envy.

Stunning

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I love it nice gun

I got a kick out of the subtle ASMR reference! I experience it... that’s why I like chiseling and planing! Cool build as always!

This is so cool I wish I was there to learn new things about woodwork and I’m 14 still have someway to go and learn about this

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Keep watching videos and take some classes!

Put some rare earth magnets on the epoxy block holding the gun, to keep it magnetized in place.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea !

Gotta get a wool buffing wheel. Sand up to like a 600 or higher then buff the resin and it will be crystal clear. That’s how I do it at least. You can pick up a cheap set of 3” buffing heads for your drill just about anywhere. Love the piece and the Freedom Seed thrower inside !!!

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!!!

Hey nice jig john!! About time!!! About the pistol, its shiny pretty. Never been shot. Cool box gives me the idea of my daughters box i made for her when i gave her her first pistol. Enjoyed every single minute of it

Great video and unique construction! Pick up Festool's polishing compound - it goes from 4,000 up to 11,000 grit. They have pads as well to match the compound. It would bring that epoxy to an absolutely clear finish.

Friendly suggestions but epoxy does matter. Go with a crystal clear if you want no haze and be able to see through it. Maybe use your match piece that’s slightly too small, make the frame slightly bigger to comp. then (is that a Kimber? Can’t tell you move too fast) scroll a “K” in the lid and fill with clear epoxy.

Bro....SICK build. Enough said 🤘🤘

Back when I used to work at Klingspor they had some 3 part buffing compound system that would take swirl marks out of anything. Or is that haze deeper in the epoxy.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

the haze is in the resin, it didnt clear up because i poured it too thin

Love it man!!! Makes me want to get a chunk of walnut I just got slabbed out!

Thats a big ass saw!!!!

That is awesome! It's giving me more ideas for my PC case design.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Hell ya Charles!

@Azurko

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki Now if only this damn isolation business would end so my wood dealer could open back up. Made the mistake of taking this lightly at first and have no walnut in stock! These are dark days my friend.

2 of my favorite things brought together! BEA UTI FUL!

2 things. 1st would've sanded both inside and out to the grit needed to be crystal clear before lacquering. 2nd wouldve created a mold for the gun, so the case can be displayed at an angle or on a wall if need be. If needed even embedded magnets into the mold.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the insight bud !

Glad I found this dude channel

Great video. Its cool to see you continue to keep innovating in creative ways. Keep up the good work.

Super sick project. Awesome look and a great idea for a purdy piece.

Beautiful. My husband is trying to get in to epoxy resin

This is really cool. I’d like to see you try to pour that in place so it cures as the box. No mitres required 👍🏻 quarantine crazy project time 🤪

@robledo09

4 жыл бұрын

I was just going to suggest that myself. I am no expert but I think it would have helped the corners be more transparent. Maybe even less work as well. Awesome build btw. And awesome firearm 👌

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

The best transparency would 100% be from the correct resin. With all the love this video has in just 2 weeks, I may have to give your guys method a shot!

@robledo09

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki please do.

Resaw the river lid and router the edge to match the bottom panel and polish. This project is amazing one of the only epoxy projects that has stopped me in my tracks. But man you have to use the original lid.

Skill. Well done.

Use plastic headlight cover polishing compound for getting epoxy beautifully see thru. Yin’s are welcome. Merca!

The technique of edit the video with a little fun things is interesting but your woodworking skill is bold, cool, and tough so I can't stop watching videos. Finally the box is artistic and awesome.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@unitwoodworking5403

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki You're welcome. Take care

I love your style. sarcasm is the only way to get through the day!!! And you are not a dumbass. Your creative. Great project.

Love the box and the gun.

John you make some badass projects and you are one rowdy man brother

That’s a rare beauty you got yourself for your wedding there, 62. So’s the pistol. 😉 -Troy

Oh I am pumped to see this lol.

Beautiful job, dude! Looks fantastic! 😃 The gun is amazing, hum? 😱 Stay safe there! 🖖😊

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend !

dude thats awesome!! you should give Yorkshire Grit original and Microfine abrasive paste a try, it was made for woodturning but it can be used on flat wood too, its awesome stuff, you can get it from the Walnut log in the USA i believe

Out of all the wood working channels I follow, you are easily the most entertaining and fun channel. Just finished my floating shelf with hidden compartment that was inspired by one of your earlier vidyas. Shh, don't tell anyone but the hidden compartment hides a freedom boomers

Beautiful!

My favourite woodworking Chanel atm love the humour

Dude this has inspired me to try my own experiment so thanks for sharing! Love it! I’ll be sure to link this video when I eventually upload my own take on it! Keep up the great work!

you have the John Goodman appearance from The Big Lebowski with those glasses sir. Excellent. Great work sir.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Doug, that was potentially our goal....

@dougmate2378

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki haha excellent sir. I definitely got a kick out of it. I also really like this project, do you have plans on doing more projects like this, or even gun cabinets along this line?

Good job. Comin atcha witha jumpin high five. I was just thinking, is it possible to pour the resin into a corner shape or even a 45 deg. corner. This might give an clearer view of what is in the box. The down side is more work by hand to get it polished up.

8:14 I almost spit my ice cream out! 🤣

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Never waste ice cream.... never

Your gun and box are beautiful! But how did you get the gun to float on the blocks?

Just came across your channel some how... definitely like the Yinz shirt... does that mean you're from my hometown? PGH??

Hey John you could have cut out the inside of the trigger guard out and placed it to hold it truly floating. Great job I like the color.

Beautiful work!!

Use painters tape for marking for the dovetails so it doesn’t mark the wood. Vacuum chamber to get air bubbles out of the epoxy, torch after pouring breaks the surface tension so air bubbles can come out.

Cool project (and .45). Ya should've sunk a few rare earth magnets in those resin blocks you used to suspend the gun in the box. Hopefully they'd keep it from moving off those blocks as the box is handled.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Ya i got that input from a few people. Its a good idea. Appreciate it Mike!

You really went outside the box with this build 😂. (I’ll see myself out)

That gun is awesome what brand is that? I need one

Something very different; What kind of watch are you wearing? Looks nice!

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Its a Garmin Fenix 3HR, i dont love it

I still don't hate it.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Me neither dude ! its not the worst.... just not the best haha

Guns! God! Liberty! Steelers!

Hey you can't show guns on KZread! HOW DARE YOU!!!😡Cool display case though and freaking sweet 1911. Congrats on the marriage.

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoyed!

@rockinHurley777

4 жыл бұрын

Cant show guns? Sarcasm?

Nice vid. Speaking of the stuck clamp pads, I was working with some epoxy 2 days ago and mine got stuck. All you have to do is take the clamp off and grab some pliers and pull them out

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Nice, glad you could save em !

@couragewoodworks2843

4 жыл бұрын

John Malecki to be fair they were 2.99 harbor freight twist clamps😂. If you get the right ones though, harbor freight is a great option for a lot of clamps.

Awesome work John, looks really cool! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

Nice video, but is it only mw ? There is still something wrong with the sound like distorted/overpowered .

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

I just got new mics, we will conquer this

@Q-and-Q

4 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki thanks

Well done.