I build custom lighting for a living, so it was fun for me to watch you learning about what I do. I love the way your lights came together! And I’m really happy to see that you went to a professional to help you with the electrical part of your project. So many people build lights on KZread, without consulting a professional, and end up making very dangerous lights.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex! Yeah there’s a lot to building fixtures.Excited to build more 😁

You can always tell that you are first and foremost an artist. Your design decisions are always standouts. 👏👏👏

Love it! After your last hexagon plywood video I made an entire 4’x8’ panel that I used as a headboard for my bed (2,000+ blocks). Had looooots of gaps. Tried wood filler, but I didn’t like the way it looked so I went back and picked all of it out with an ice pick and then cut tiny individual plywood strips to hammer into the gaps. Took me a million years but the headboard looks dope. Love your work dude!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's a lot of patterned ply! I'm sure it looks awesome!!

How do these videos not have more views? Very inspirational, this gets me excited to get back into the workshop, something I've been putting off for so long because work has taken over my life.

you're car gets me, I just started watching your channel but as soon as i saw that old benz i was like this is my guy. Thanks for all the creative ideas

What a way start my weekend, coffee, woodwork, metal work and electrical work, really enjoyed this video. Look forward more of the same. End result was awesome 👏. Thanks for sharing

Oh man I really love that pattern, the design, and everything about it. Awesome job👏👏

You can really see that hexagons are the bestagon

@martinedelius

3 жыл бұрын

Not a lot of CGP Gray viewers here it seems. :)

@justindesilets3526

3 жыл бұрын

was about to comment this!

@znefas

2 жыл бұрын

I was not expecting this comment under one of Michael's videos!

Beautiful work! Love the gold color and the wood patterns 🙌🏻

Just stunning! Love the way these turned out. Great job 👍

Dope.... I love how you share things that are new to you like your trial and errors with the brass. Loving it.... keep chargin Michael!

These turned out beautiful! Great job Michael and thanks for sharing!

Wow! Great looking lamps. Thanks for sharing the process.

“I don’t have a plan, I’m just going to see what happens” - what happens when you do have a plan? Excellent craftsmanship Michael.

Beautiful lamps, Michael. I love them. Thanks for sharing.

Is it just me or every video Michael uploads you just like it straight away.. also just started making some pattern ply, hexagons, squares and chevrons. Keep up the amazing quality

I would LOVE to see your brass soldering video! I love your videos and find it so entertaining and educational!

Custom light fixture shop. Didn't know these existed. And yes on the whole brass welding and finishing video.

Really gorgeous!!! Great project. Love the art deco feel with the hexagons, and the color cord just adds to it.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😁

Really like how they turned out! Congrats man! Big up 💪✌

I am so glad that you shared this, I have a bunch of links from all over the internet for lamp parts. I never built one simply because of all the hassle. Shipping to Canada seems to be reasonable as well which is nice!

One word, all caps: ART

They look absolutely fabulous. Nice to see the arbortech gear come out, fab Aussie made kit. 🇦🇺 I feel all inspired to get in the shed !

Thanks for such a thorough and entertaining video. Beautiful work!!

Yes! Please make a video on soldering brass. That would be amazing!

Michael, I was doing some research recently and actually had this on my screen while watching you build those beautiful lamps. I hope this is useful. 3M Scotch Brite Nylon Pads Number Color 3M Grit Grit Description 7445 White 1000 1200-1500 Light Duty Cleansing 7448 Light Grey 600-800 800 Ultra Fine Hand 6448 Green 600 600 Light Duty Hand (Most Common) 7447 Maroon 320-400 320 General Purpose Hand 6444 Brown 280-320 240 Extra Duty Hand 7446 Dark Grey 180-220 150 Blending 7440 Tan 120-150 60 Heavy Duty

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! Thanks!

Great job Michael ! The teal color was a great choice.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bart!

As an apprentice I learned from my Journeyman... "white to silver, black to brass, green to ground to save your A$$' Nice job on the lamps

@stackman120

3 жыл бұрын

Came here for this comment. I'd always heard "Black to brass, white to bright, and green to ground."

A little advice to give to your friend: instead of using a drill bit to clean the burrs off the brass (like in the video), tell him to use spiral reamers. They give a much cleaner edge and are less likely to catch or snag on softer metals like brass. Only found your channel a week or 2 ago and enjoying your material 👍🏻 Going to give the plywood patterns a go soon for some drawer fronts

Wow! You’ve done such an amazing job! I love the design and you make welding bronze seem so easy 😅 Now I want to try it!

I love this so much! Well done!!

it's so pretty and elegant!

Very creative, and nice work! It's soo much easier to solder brass that is clean, polished, and bright brass-colored.

Stunning! Wao once again you nailed!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️👍

Love these unique projects Michael, turned out amazing!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tyson!!

Love these, the finished product is beautiful 👍 😁

Followed along on IG, great to see the video come to life. Awesome job!

Would love to see a video on soldering from you Micheal. I love how your instructions are straight forward and have other suggestions and tell people what to expect by usinga certain technique. 😊 One sad thing is that the background music you use is so good but i can't get it on KZread😪 good stuff though

I am waiting for tree and tree lovers. It's been a great work again👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥳

Dude that looks so gooood! Love to see some brass tutorials btw 🤙🏻

What a beautiful !! Awesome work !

What a nice fixture ! I love the combination of pattern plywood and brass ! It makes a very fine finished product ! Glad you could learn a new technic, I should try this one day too ! Thanks for the great video as usual !!!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful work! - thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Beautiful craftsmanship.

Really pretty fixtures. Thanks for the info and details..

Inspiring man!! Beautiful work. 🙌🏻

Lol I saw you lookin at that pattern on Pinterest and knew you were gonna use it in a patterned plywood piece. Very cool.

Definitely would love to see a video about soldering brass. Gorgeous work as always.

@helvettefaensatan

3 жыл бұрын

I'd want a collaboration with someone who is highly skilled at soldering, where Michael presents the issues faced and someone explain how to avoid them, and how to get the best results.

Yes! A video on brass!

Beautiful final product - and definitely want a tip video for working with brass!

Awesome job Michael!

Really cool Michael, I love it!

Very attractive lamps. As you discovered, soft solder (lead solder) does not make a strong joint. Whenever possible you should have a good mechanical join and use soft solder only to waterproof the joint, e.g., for a bucket, or to give the joint a bit of extra rigidity. A strong joint can be achieved without a mechanical join by hard soldering (brazing). When making metal boxes the corners should be mitered. Unlike mitering wood, when mitering sheet metal the sides are not cut separately. A 90° groove is filed into the thickness of the plate, not quite all the way through. Then the sides are bent toward each other to form the square corner. The continuous metal at the corner ensures that a seam does not show on the outside. Doing this well and efficiently takes lots of practice. In the jewelry trade making boxes is a specialty.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

This is all great info, thank you!

Really dig these lights

Wouldn't miss a chance to learn a new way to shape some matter. Your videos have been really cool up untill now, would love to see how to handle brass

That’s cool... I might put them in the other way up.... so it looks like a flame... Next up, same thing, but transparent wood !

Beautiful. Probably could've scored and folded the brass around the wood to make life a bit easier. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice job. They look good.

That is so cute! I want one!

Oh my goodness! This are gorgeous lights! I’m a new subscriber!

Congrats on 200k! Awesome looking fixture.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!!

I want to see this pattern with epoxy as a table . With some crazy ideas. Like breaking it from the middle or something really simple like little burning with a torch, or you can make it like charcoal by burning it too and apply resin after cleaning the burning wood to make it little bit smooth look ❤️🇦🇪🤭☺️ love ur channel

Wow this is soo cool thanks for sharing in such detail!! I’m totally signing up for the patterned plywood class! ☺️

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you 😁

Color cord seems really cool. Thanks Michael.

Those Edison bulbs would look really awesome!

Hey Michael! Revisiting this one awaiting the new light fixture video. Would still be in on a video on working with brass! Super clean build again by the way, they look awesome!

Gorgeous ! NIcely done.

Nice fittings, noticed conductors were soldered prior to fitting to lamp holders...a big no no here in Australia, I think its because soldered conductors tend to loosen in time when fitted under a screw, instead to the capture the strands we would use a boot lace compression crimp.

Awesome like always! 😊

Love this lamp style man! Amazing job and just subscribed. Fellow Seattle KZreadr! Keep up the great work.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! That’s awesome. I don’t know of too many others out here.

beautiful lamps.

These lights are awesome, nice job. I share your pain when soldering brass. Sometimes works for me and sometimes not. Sounds like I need more heat too. Andy UK

I used to work with brass a lot. I am very lazy and bad at soldering. So, the trick I would pull for brass frames was that - make sure that insert (wood) has rounded edges. Sharp edges can cause metal fatigue and snap soft brass. Then measure around the insert, cut a bit longer off the brass bar, and simply wrap it around the insert. Ends can be soldered or (my favorite) joined with rivets. You can do this at the top or at the bottom, depending on which one is going to be less visible :)

Definitely on board for a brass soldering video

Cool project. Somehow I've never thought making your own light fixture was a thing, just never occurred to me as a project but I like the idea. New maker possibilities open!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Lamps are super fun! I highly recommend giving it a go 😁

Great design!

Un trabajo genial, muy bonitas lamparas

Beautiful job.

Wow! i just checked their website out. Right mow i got more ideas than money.

Wow, great ideas, nice video, excellent man, I love all 😍

Yes please to the brass solder video!

That was pretty cool.

I love this!! OMG... 💜

Great video, well shot. Enjoyed the trip to the other shop. Lamps are gorgeous. Mahalo for sharing! : ) 🐒

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😁

Ohh yay I love Color Cord!!

@colorcord

3 жыл бұрын

Awe, thank you! 😊

A brass soldering video from a fresh viewpoint would be awesome to see if you're up for it!

Yes please make a video on working with brass.

This is awesome.

Really, really nice.

Definitely would be interested in a brass soldering video.

Have a peek on KZread and look for modifying drill bits for brass. The trick is to file the cutting edge slightly so the bit creates chips instead of curls. It's very easy to do. And it solved the stalling and binding problem I had with 1/2" holes in thick brass.

This much work exactly suits a custom work

Você é fantástico. Faz uma tábua de corte com madeira de deck segmentado. Parabéns deste Brasil!!

Reminds me of a match or a candle upside down, but the flame is not lapping toward the roof.

Dude u are so talented.. I watched a video of urs where u made a piece for a home ages ago. I loved seeing this patterned plywood u did then and this is even more exceptional. I love the ART DECO PERIOD. I love the form and shapes of this period completely so this video was awesome to watch so thanks for inspiring me to try and make these.. I was wondering how u made th3se lights before starting the video and I couldn't see it which is why u do this so well and I cannot even begin to see how it's done.. LOL.. Bro keep making these brilliantly informative videos bcos u make beautiful artistic pieces for everybody who loves woodworking to enjoy. I get more and more inspired everytime I see ur videos and the fine Art u produce. I call it FINE ART. I hope u don't mind me calling ur work that bcos it's inspiring me no end dude.. Salute to u Sir!

So yes, you want to heat it glowing amber (red+gold=?)! Brass is cool, welding : it's a heat shield! ;) Coper: to get it glowing, it wont be long like brass at all! Has long, it would melt! ;)

I think your problem when soldering brass is you don't apply enough heat and flux on clean surface, i never solder brass but i solder pipes of copper, First clean with a fine steel wool, then apply flux and the best point in copper is when reach to red/black then you apply the tin and then flux do the job. capilarity absorb the tin and done. You waste a little tin doing that. Thanks for your videos!! regards from spain

Another company that has a wide variety of lamp parts is Grand Brass. Their prices are reasonable, and sometimes they have a larger selection of parts than some of my wholesale distributors.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know!

WOW HOW COOL...!

This is the most new age tech build project ive seen thats made something that looks so retro haha At the end i debated whether going with an Edison style bulb would have been the better choice but i like the look you went with. It would have detracted from the hexagon styling. :)