I wasn't expecting to make this video, but I was asked by a customer to make a modern box and I consistently receive questions about brass inlay. Even though I have an older video on it, I think this video addresses much more of the questions I receive. If you decide to make something similar then let me know in the comments section!

Your projects are very practical and inspiring for me. A new woodworking enthusiast from India. Thanks a lot

When I do a metal bar inlay like that I wrap it around the ends. I like the look better, I think it looks more finished. That is a gorgeous-looking box. You explained out your steps very clearly. Nice job!

This is beautiful box, Billie. I'm with you. Walnut is very beautiful stuff.

Love the music. Right up my street!

That is simply beautiful.

Man, I love your videos. I am a beginner wood worker eventhough I've been dabbling in the craft for about 2 years. And I have to say Iove this channel. It's informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work!

I might want try anodizing aluminum flat bar bright colors and inlay it in light color wood like maple or similar. One point I’d like to make is you want your metal inlay stick up a little so you sand it flush with wood. With anodized aluminum, obviously you would sand one side and flip it over when it flush.

Great work Billy! Really enjoy your videos!

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated. I love making them. They're a lot of fun.

AWESOME!!!!👍💓!!

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it

Boy that brass pops! Nicely done!

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It changes the look of the walnut for sure. 👍

Excelente trabajo, muy buen profesional !!👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

Beautiful. Nice work :)

The bookmatch looks awesome gotta look great in person cool

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

It's killer in person. The customer wanted as much color as possible so I used the quartersawn section of an air dried slab. Lots of natural colors.

Nice job again Billy boy. Brass and walnut looks good together.

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Always does. They're meant to be. I'm really glad that the customer decided that this is what she wanted.

Trippy music, loving it.

Great work again, Cheers

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! 👊

Beautiful.

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Love it

Outstanding

@NewtonMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Amazing

I’m relatively new to using “utube” (my apologies). I find your videos very well done; excellent balance of informative, personable, entertaining, technical yet “doable”, but I digress. May I pass along, to you, two little tricks I’ve learned that you may find interesting? I ask out of respect, as you’re a far more advanced artist than I and I don’t want to present myself inappropriately.

Go Vols, helpful info

Great video and beautiful box! Question: what board thickness did you use? Also what size domino? Thanks!

Thanks great work ! Which glue did you use for brass

Nothing basic about that box, it looks awesome! Love the grain on the lid and how it contrasts with the side panels. 2 questions: When you clamped the box, you had glue squeeze out. Did you wipe the squeeze out off before it dried or did you let it dry and then sand? I have found glue difficult to sand out and curious if you wiped it (spreading some of it around) or let it dry in it’s natural place. What saw did you use for cutting the brass? Didn’t look like your mitre saw, which I figured you would use with a different blade......

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it was a whirl wind of a project as I was trying to hit a deadline. The best method that I've found is to let the glue skim up. Wait until it's dried enough to be peeled away and then lightly scrape it away with a chisel. I used a super expensive Harbor Freight metal cut off saw. I think I paid $30 for it. 😂

Simple idea.

I don't think it was mentioned in the video - what type of lumber was the body of the box made of? Thanks!

Quick question when you Mark in chalk are you cutting to the outside of the chalk?

Hey awesome man what polish you used here??

what are you sanding the brass strip with after it was installed?

It's fun watching wood go from slab lumber to finished, workable wood! Question: I'm sure it varies based on where you live, but how long did you let the resawed lid acclimate before continuing to work it? Are we talking days? Weeks? Obviously, lots of variables, like humidity, ambient temperature, thickness of the resawed pieces, kind of wood--just tryin to get a feel for what you did. Don't think you mentioned it.

@NewtonMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I find it best to wait at least 24hrs. But I notice very little change in my shop if I'm using slabs dry wood. Each shop is different.

@jasonbrooks623

2 жыл бұрын

​@@NewtonMakes​ Okay, wow, was NOT expecting it to warp that quickly. Thanks for the quick reply.

You should show how to open the box. I was unsure how to do it.

Very nice! You in Knoxville?

What tAble saw blade do you use so that groove remains flat when you make cuts

What will that large of a box be used for?

Beautiful! Can you share what tool you used to cut the brass strip? Thanks!!

@NewtonMakes

2 жыл бұрын

It's a metal cut off wheel from Harbor Freight.

Nice job.....Did I miss it, or did you show or say where you got the brass strip?

@NewtonMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I think I have a link in the bio. I get my brass from wherever I can find a decent price at the time.

It really looks beautiful, does your planner have helicoidal inserts to cut bronce or should any planner with steel knives be able to cut bronce like that ?

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't use a planner. I used a drum sander to sand it down. I don't know that it's a good idea to use a plane it down. 🤷‍♂️

@Dinckle

2 жыл бұрын

@@mwinner101 thats the drum sander

@Apexxshock

Жыл бұрын

@@mwinner101 that’s not a plainer that’s a drum sander my friend

Wasn't that HF $50 chop saw you used to cut the brass bar?

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Or like $30 with a coupon. Gets the job done. 👊

So you may as well do a copper inlay, then a bronze one. I'd love to see a bean shaped inlay in a beaned shaped box or any organic rounded forms in a box of any shape.

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do copper. It's definitely on my list!

This is exactly what I was looking for. Where can I buy brass bars like that? I want some strips on a credenza.

@NewtonMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I got mine locally, but you can buy it from McMaster Carr as well.

@getindianmusiconline

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewtonMakes thank you so much!

@getindianmusiconline

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewtonMakes is there anyway for you to check this sideboard and see if it’s possible to add brass bars on the lighter wood parts?

Do wooden slats break easily?

Hello or Bonjour Nice job. Well done but can you show on screen the product that you use …. Merci

Very nice. What was the stuff you squeezed out into and around the knots?

@travisbowman8022

3 жыл бұрын

It’s starbond

@peterclifton7069

3 жыл бұрын

@@travisbowman8022 Thank you

@NewtonMakes

3 жыл бұрын

Link in the description. They sell different colors. Pretty good stuff.

I'm putting brass inlay into a large oak tabletop that I'm going to stain. On a practice board, I have to sand the brass with extremely fine sandpaper to get it to shine nicely, but I don't know if the oak will take the stain after that kind of sanding. Should I prefit the brass, then remove it, stain, then glue in the brass?

@NewtonMakes

Жыл бұрын

I would carefully hand sand the brass after its installed. That way there's no risk of glue or anything else impacting the oak.

so its ok to run that brass thru the planer? it wont damage the blades? also, do you use the regular long blades that come with the dewalt planer or did you upgrade it?

@jazzmaskguy5290

2 жыл бұрын

Brass is a very soft metal, it shouldnt hurt the blades to bad

@blackTWANG1991

2 жыл бұрын

He ran it through a drum sander not a planer/thicknesser. Personally I wouldn't risk putting brass through my planer blades

Any suggestions where I can find brass!

I will be stealing the lid idea to go with my brass miters. I would have added a small Grove handle to it but customers know best

How long after resaw do you let it acclimate?

@NewtonMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I usually let boards rest a day.

если бы мне в школе попадались такие видео, я б английский учил вперед программы.

You ran the brass through the planer🤔😳

Ideas received with thanks = metal-inlay, finishing grit, wax/film Likely Usage = (check suitability)finishing, aluminium-extrusions for more low-class industrial look with (cheaper than good-wood)modular(click) floor-laminates(fake-wood, maybe more-expensive wine-resistent type and/or burning cigarette-resistant type). Objective = troll internet to buy more and spend more and play more and ... jealous more = cheaper is more

I quite enjoy your videos however I think the word is acclimatise.