This man literally just made damascus wood

@jesterman1302

Ай бұрын

Totally

@TheDrunkhammer

Ай бұрын

I laughed so much

@ericquinn8578

5 сағат бұрын

Herringbone plywood

Plywood industry working REAL hard on making plywood a viable and consumer friendly option with its main two faces. And this guy comes in without a care and hides it. Genius, love the content.

If you veneer the original plywood (before you started the process) with a very different looking wood. Maybe a brightly coloured stained veneer or brightly coloured plastic, or even if you started by glueing two pieces of plywood together with a coloured resin. Then you'd end up with a thin line of colour that would add a lot to the finished pattern. I actually really liked it before you veneered it. Those little squares added a nice little detail around the edges.

@inthefade

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Blackraven6

Жыл бұрын

I think I'd just used a chamfered edges on those.

@giovannimoriggi5833

Жыл бұрын

Plastic………………😳

@davidelliott5843

11 ай бұрын

Glueing plastic to wood is unlikely to be reliable. Gluing three sheets of thin ply is unlikely to deliver a flat sheet. Not to mention the silly costs of Baltic birch plywood.

@calfagra

11 ай бұрын

Agree, the veneer actually make it like plywood again with different pattern and hiding those trace of artistic hardwork

8:44 you can see a spiral pattern form as the diamond ones misaligned.

@giavri2010

2 жыл бұрын

looks so much better to me bro.reminds me an ancient greek pattern

@kennyk4134

2 жыл бұрын

Well spotted.

@dottyjyoung

2 жыл бұрын

Daaaaaaaamn! Y'all are quilting in the comments section, I love it.

@dottyjyoung

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, thats a greek key design. Very popular on wedding bands too

Wow, I am a woodworker and have never liked plywood until just now. You are very talented and this is definitely high end material that you just created.

i love the way it looks when you offset it by one or three and it looks like a very cool spiral pattern, would have loved to see you use it! looks much more refined and complex, would personally love it on a piece

@Skitad

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to say exactly the same thing

@simonstucki

2 жыл бұрын

noticed that too at around 8:20

@evelinagarcia6352

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonstucki Evidently I missed it so I looked for it at 8:20 to see what the big deal was and didn't find it. Well I kept going a bit more and WHOA, there it is @9:20-9:21. Wow!!!; that is terrific! Attention to detail. Thanks

@evelinagarcia6352

2 жыл бұрын

You are right! I totally missed that. It would look absolutely amazing. Good eye.

@exintrovert6803

2 жыл бұрын

Pause video at 9:42 for a great view of the spiral pattern.

This is one of the most inspirational carpentry vids I've ever seen. Keep on truckin'

I really admire your ability to think outside the box with your woodworking! This is outstanding! Thank you for sharing!

Wow! I don’t know how I stumbled upon this video but I enjoyed it so much! That veneer is stunning. It makes me want to sell everything I own and set up a woodworking shop in my garage. You are a true artist.

@MichaelAlm

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Glad you enjoyed it!

That ‘wood’ look great as plywood end grain laminate countertops

"Great temporary solution" Yeah, that should be Harbor Freight's motto.

@northwestgardener5076

2 жыл бұрын

We all go there first, and then upgrade later.

@ToolforOffice

2 жыл бұрын

Hater. I've had a 20 dollar Chicago grinder last longer than a Makita before. Obviously it's an exception to the rule but don't be a hater

@jamesconroy7030

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToolforOfficeI don't hate them. I said they were great.

@ToolforOffice

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesconroy7030 I must need to learn to read again I suppose

@ThatVatoKingDirk

2 жыл бұрын

Are they not? HF has gotten me out of so many problems.

Wow the pattern is incredible, i imagine that would look great to have the pattern continue all the way around the piece. Top, bottom and all the sides

I love your stuff Michael! This is such a neat way to take exposed ply edges to the next level!

As always, an awesome and inspirational presentation. You definitely make complex/sophisticated stuff look simple and practical.

A person going way beyond their means to bring better quality and design is always great to see. For craftsmanship like this, you deserve to be paid top dollar because of the quality.

This was really impressive someone get this guy a bagel!

I just love watching your creativity unfold in pushing these ideas further and further. Really excited to see next week’s project!

This is amazing, truly creative not to mention visually appealing! You’ve truly made it addicting to watch your videos using bb ply especially. Thank you for open sourcing these innovative concepts with the rest of the woodworking community 🤙👊.

Woodworking is one the most beautiful and satisfying jobs to do. Thank You to all The wonderful Skillful wood workers for making beautiful work.

I appreciate how you model good safety practices!👍

This is a really thorough and thoughtful how-to video, but honestly, for me, the biggest benefit is pure inspiration. I’ve worked with a lot of reclaimed plywood and saved those little offcuts because they’re just too cool to waste. Your ideas have inspired me to create inlays and edge banding with those old beauties. Fantastic content, looking forward to viewing more of your work!

@pinkyhotmessx69

2 жыл бұрын

I'm like you I can't bare to toss left overs because they can somehow be used for something cool

I liked the look of the exposed edge of the plywood-edge-edge-banding.

That is sooooo pretty. I used to use plywood for wood carving of sculpture many years ago, before my hands go very arthritic. I loved the topographical look of the human form carved with all those layers.

"No, pattern welded Damascus must be metal." "Hold my drink."

Your patterned plywood builds and ideas are simply amazing... keep them coming...

Bonus, I've been looking for different ways to apply veneer. This is the first time I've seen contact cement used. Usually it's a big elaborate glue and clamp process. I came for the plywood pattern and left with a new to me veneer process I am definitely going to try.

@lukejones7366

2 жыл бұрын

2p10 super glue / activator is an excellent option as well

@TheBeaker59

2 жыл бұрын

We use a 40mm silicone rubber roller to roll afterwards much better than the ply idea though that is a good start point.

@johnfarrar1482

2 жыл бұрын

Using contact cement with veneer is a bad idea. Not permanent, it'll bubble eventually. Get a vacuum press and use Titebond

@gipsasl

2 жыл бұрын

Bro if you have Wood Glue you don't need to use any toxic Glues. We make Bespoke Furniture in England mostly we use PVA,which is wood glue.Don't know Why everyone thinks they need some sort of epoxy to glue Venner..... After All veneer is just thin piece of wood

@Djlukz

2 жыл бұрын

It is what they use for laminate to adhere to the particle board.

By the way, anyone who does not have all of these tools, dont be discouraged! It is entirely possible (and I, a total noob have done) this all by hand :D

@Arterexius

2 жыл бұрын

Even if someone doesn't have the shop, but owns a jigsaw that can be angled, then it's still possible to do with relative ease (and without spending oceans of time on it). Did you do yours entirely by hand? If so, that must have taken an insane amount of time

@martinpanev6651

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arterexius Yep. It took a while but it inspred me to keep going and upgrade my tools!

Gorgeous! Love your attention to detail and design. Nice shop. Love those long clamps.

I used to make my own plywood from all kinds of wood veneer. The veneer is thin so you get a lot of layers and if you use dark and light wood it gives a great effect.

Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and know how! I'm studying to be a woodwork teacher, and am excited to share this with my students in the future :D

I''m really interested in the mathematics of tilings and symmetry, I really enjoyed watching the chevron and diamond patterns come together so well. great stuff!

Wow, this is beautiful, I could think of a thousand different uses. Thanks for this.

Very informative Michael, and the diamond pattern is really great looking. The chevron pattern looked great too, but the diamond really popped. Thanks.

Geez, I'd be honored to have a cutting board or cheese board that looks like that. A+++

@georgedavies7903

2 жыл бұрын

U8

Mind blown, thank you. And thank you for reminding me just how satisfying working with wood can be. I was actually jealous of you.

That does give your ply wood so much more style!! It would be interesting to try to do a whole kitchen like that..... possibly with different patterns in different areas 🤔 I have a bench that I want to build in my workshop so when I get round to it I think I'll give this a go...... fancy workshop furniture 😍 👍👍👍👍👍

This looks so amazing! Wow, I’m bluffed! Kudos on having the idea and executing it so well.

That was extremely cool, I can see so many opportunities to use this. Oh the possibilities!

Wood workers are awesome people they have more patience than I could ever have

Very nice look. That really opens the door to new ideas. Great job.

Love anything with the patterned plywood on it. It’s so artistic and beautiful. Great job! 👍

When gluing on the veneer, lay down several thin strips of wood across the substrate and put the veneer on top of the strips. Pull the strips out one at a time and allow the veneer to attach to the substrate a little at a time. That way you won't position the veneer in the wrong place. Once the two pieces touch, they are not coming apart. Use a j-roller instead of a piece of wood to finish the adhesion. This is pretty much the same as attaching plastic laminate like Formica. I once positioned a large piece of plastic laminate incorrectly and had to remove it. I wound up using Autozone's brake cleaner to spray between the layers. It dissolved the contact cement immediately and I was able to clean it up and re-glue it. It was simply amazing. I haven't tried it with wood veneer and I hope I will never have to.

@chichidouglas5078

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I've had the same thing happen but it wasn't a big piece so I just made another one. But I always have brake cleaner for mechanic work and that would have been faster and no wasted material. I haven't made that mistake since but it's still good to know

@wholegrain27

2 жыл бұрын

@@chichidouglas5078 doesn't applying some heat release the contact enabling repositioning

@chichidouglas5078

2 жыл бұрын

@@wholegrain27 I had to finish a kitchen & bathroom remodel that someone else started and got fired halfway through. Nobody lived there and it sat through the winter with the heaters turned off and the countertops had bubbled up In several places. I didn't know how to fix it because I'd only used the prefabed countertop pieces. But I had used the pre-fab end caps that have dried glue on the back that you stick on using a clothing iron. So I used an iron with a damp hand towel under it. It took a while but it worked and I also had to put weights on it right after I rolled it because it would start popping up after a couple minutes. So heat does reactivate it but I've never tried to reposition a whole piece before.

What a beautiful way to finish a plywood project.

Really beautiful, unique and creative! Thank you for the content! Glad this brought me to your channel!

This would be a really cool look for larger speaker cabinets

I’ve thought about using patterned ply as edge banding when you’ve done like the tambour shop cabinet, your wife’s ply and metal workbench, etc etc. I absolutely love it, if you added patterns mixing hardwood with ply it’d be stunning just like with your cutting boards and your tool chests… you’re the Micheal Angelo of woodworking with the art you implement in your projects. I can’t wait for next week, it’ll take forever to get here. Thanks a bunch for showing the process of your experiments lol

@MichaelAlm

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Mixing patterns with hardwood is a great idea! I'm looking forward to sharing the furniture piece. It's going to be a good one 😉

@myincarnation4922

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm I've worked with alot of plywood but honestly never thought about using it as a finished edge. Great idea. Thank you.

@jewdd1989

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm I’m sooooooooo excited! Thanks a bunch for all the hard work you put in not just the builds themselves but the filming and the attention to detail in explaining how or why, your solutions for problems… phenomenal and greatly appreciated 🤘🏽

What an awesome result. I even liked the look before veneering.

To see is to believe! Great craftsmanship! 💚

I like how if you offset the strips just a bit, you get a greek key pattern, too!

Love it ! I would be curious to try 45° cuts, see if it is is solid enough, it would allow a uniform pattern all the way around (except for the last corner, unless you're a maniac enough to try to make a perfect fit with the size of the pattern :p )

That right there is commitment and attention to detail!

I think this got recommended to me bc I watch the Japanese woodworking vids. I love their patterns and how they plane it and make their own beautiful veneer

I feel like this would make a lovely surface for a painting with the decorative edge. Like a collab of painter and woodwork

@MissMolly3377

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing. Would make a lovely edge, for a painting.

@Justin-Outdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of 70s wallpaper.

It just looks so good. The veneered piece is magnificent. Now I need to find an excuse to use this on something.

@justinkinter8651

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right, it looks absolutely stunning :)

Nice. And those clamps look really good as well, thank you.

Just stumbled upon this clip, glad I did... I'm an instant fan

I just love this technique!

@MichaelAlm

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I thought I was the only one that used a Japanese pruning saw as a flush cut saw! I discovered that a few years ago and it has become my favorite tool. If anybody else wants to pick one up you can pick a flush cut with a composite handle up at most harbor freights for $12. When I started buying them they were $6 but they've gone up a little! Well worth the purchase.

@pinkyhotmessx69

2 жыл бұрын

Amazon has done really neat ones

That's a really cool project. Thanks for sharing. I sent the link to my wife. She comes from a woodworking family and will love this.

This was a super neat introduction to your channel. This looks really amazing!

Great idea, Michael. Try running a groove in a piece of wood the thickness of your strips and using it to hold them when you sand the edge. That will reinforce them and keep the edge straight. Also, that piece of wood you used for burnishing the veneer is the same as the old hammer veneer technique. Take care. Bill

Wonder if the ancient Greeks knew about lamination? That "Greek Key" pattern when the strips misalign is great!

@african9686

2 жыл бұрын

They relied so much on original materials.

Wow! Who knew plywood could be soooo nice? Two secrets: great power tools and a gazillion wonderful clamps. Oh yes, very clever talented wood worker!

Wow! So glad I found your channel! Thank you for your wonderful videos and thank you for sharing your talent with us!

4:35 If you cut that piece in half, couldn't you glue the 2 halves together at the notch ends? It looks like they would fit perfectly and you would have a square piece with no edge waste.

@wizard-of-bacon9384

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@123jbuster

2 жыл бұрын

that was actually a good idea

@AnxiousCowboy

2 жыл бұрын

no, sorry...

@DraconicDuelist

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe if every piece was the same length, but it looked like they had some variance.

Somebody has probably already mentioned this, but if not I'll give it a go. That plywood you made (the patterned plywood) wood (see what I did there?) look amazing as a tabletop in its own right. Just clamp all of the strips together and plane/sand them level and clean and arrange the patterns you want on a tabletop. Then flow some Envirotex/Epoxy over it to seal it up, protect it, and give it depth. I think that would look amazing! You could also ebonize it when using wood with higher tannin content, or do some selective staining on different pieces to create further pattern differentiation. Love what you created by the way! It's definitely amazing looking!

that finished product is INCREDIBLE!

This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in woodworking!!!

Seen oriental carpenters who do this kind of thing and instead of using a bandsaw to cut 1/8th inch strips, they use a hand plane to shave a paper-thin veneer for edging. Zero curf too so you get TONS more use from a single piece of stock.

@martykorn9266

2 жыл бұрын

Ive seen them hand planing paper thin strips. But I think doing that with end grain BB with 20% of the surface being glue joints would be impossible.

At first, I thought you gonna make a whole sheet with those diamond pattern cut inside of one ply of wood on top and bottom.

@nullsnaggle5198

2 жыл бұрын

...have fun with that😓(directed to anyone who wishes to do that)

man these on some frameless baltic birch cabinets would look so dope in my kitchen. amazing stuff Michael 👏🏼

Wow. That worked out beautifully!

Thank you Michael, I expect Baltic birch boards to outprice gold ounce for ounce once the lumber gods lay eyes on your edge banding.

Another way to make the edge banding invisible: cut a wedge of that patterned edge banding and cut a angled channel around the whole piece. That will hide the seam of the edge banding in the top veneer of the plywood. (See the way 3x3 Tamar does her hidden hard wood edge banding)

@mrfochs

2 жыл бұрын

This!!!! They even make a set of router bits that are both "diamond" shaped and "hour glass" shaped to match this up as edge banding with no visible top/bottoms. Using that and mitered ends would make for a really nice final look.

Awesome. Totally get covering the top with veneer, but I think the top edge pattern could also be a nice touch on some projects. Thanks for the video!

this is phenomenal. what a genius idea. well done and thanks for sharing

I wonder if you did a dado on the edge leaving about a 1/16 on each side and then inlaid the pattern pieces. That way you would have a solid top and bottom without having to use veneer

@darkmagna9004

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea. I'm stealing it! :)

@kidlatbangis4782

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea, but unless you smoothen the edges of the strips, you might see the burry edges of the strips merely filled solid with glue.

@texasfossilguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@kidlatbangis4782 smear very fine sanding dust into that or sand after gluing while the glue is wet.

12:22 Clamp the strip between 2 boards to keep it straight and to allow you to apply a bit more force.

@kidlatbangis4782

2 жыл бұрын

or use steel bars

Fantastic idea. One of those that makes you wish you had thought of it. Absolute genius and impressive initiative

Beautiful, simply beautiful. Great work man

Lindo trabalho amigo 👍👍 parabéns 👏👏.🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

I have tried the plywood blades that do not have carbide tips on them, but they dull fast and then burn. What works best for me is a 7-1/4" 24 tooth carbide blade that is about 1/16" wide and a zero clearance insert. It cuts great and usually does not leave any fuzz like you are seeing. The down side is you can't cut more than about 2 inches deep and a SawStop tablesaw will not work with anything smaller than 10" unless it's a Dado blade. Otherwise this is my go to tablesaw blade.

@joshsoorlin579

2 жыл бұрын

All that and you dont even mention what brand?

This was really enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing

Awesome video, no bs. Everything straight to the point.

If you’re going to make even wider pieces, i noticed that when it was offset some more, it made loopy rectangular shapes. Nice job!

Curious if youve seen/thought about getting some japanese saw blades so you can make paper-thin veneer (yosegi shavings!). I do love the thicker edge so you can see the pattern on top as well though, but thats just personal preference! Looks amazing either way!

I applaud your patience

"I hear you're something of a woodworker?" "I prefer 'glueclamper'"

@kasai7272

2 жыл бұрын

In my head, I pronounced it like it was a German compound noun lol

Rather than messing with paint rolls in order to apply contact cement, try applying it using a spray. You only need to cover the background with some scrap hardboard or paper. For smaller surfaces you need the double amount of glue as your roll absorbs a lot of contact cement.

Great project and idea. Glad I tuned in. Keep up the great ideas.

Michael , I’m quite impressed with your ingenuity. You have my attention. I’m subscribing!

Thanks for the great video, I really love the experiment! I've got a question: did you ever think about using epoxy as your bonding medium for patterned plywood?

I thought I had a lot of patience being a wood worker until I started watching your channel and I realized I’m almost as bad as a adhd squirel

thank you for these ideas. I am thinking about using patterned plywood as the center slice in a bandsaw box!

I'm really excited to see your project. On the other hand, your workplace is rich in materials. I like places like this.

That's neat. You're basically making damascus steel but with wood. Just an fyi steel behaves similar to wood with all the grains. Instead of heating and beating you're using glue to stick it together, it's a very good visual of how damascus steel is made.

Use a new blade when sawing the strips. Should help with the “fuzzies”. Then switch back to old blade when done for regular cuts.

@jeffcook8501

2 жыл бұрын

Run a scrap board under the board you are cutting and you will get no fuzziness.

@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffcook8501 You mean like the plexiglass he used but didn't work?

@aidanwoodward3975

2 жыл бұрын

Why do fuzzies sound like knockoff furrys?

@HonoredMule

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse I believe a sacrificial board below will work better because it moves with the workpiece, providing more stable support for the edge fibers.

shivering black bell thumbs up! 3/6/23 watched this, most recent was the lathe case and build that I am aware of. I enjoy your material , skills you show.

You have no idea how many ideas this video gave me 🙏

Neato edge banding with extra steps

@MichaelAlm

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly 😜