The trick with brass screws is to use steel screws first, to cut threads in the wood, then replace them with brass screws.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Smart!!!

@randycosgrove3608

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, learned that the hard way some time ago. I was just going to make that comment when I saw yours.

@paulheitkemper1559

3 жыл бұрын

A came to the comments to say the same thing. I learned that lesson the hard way.

@cookfred281051

3 жыл бұрын

Also use some wax to make them screw in easier.

@doubledarefan

3 жыл бұрын

Before starting the brass screw, turn it backwards up to a full turn until you can feel it engage the threads. Same works with any screw in any already-threaded hole. Clips cross-threading in the bud. Nick Ferry did a vid on the subject.

I love that feeling of turning on a properly wired light the first time. You know you did it right before flipping the switch, but that instant validation is so satisfying

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

For real! it's like magic every time

Michael - please please please consider wearing a particulate mask and protective glasses when routing metal next time. Especially if you're going to stick your face really close to the router table. As someone in the healthcare field, you really really don't want to know what happens when you get metal shavings in your respiratory tract or your eye sclera. I'm not your mother. Not telling you what to do. But want you to stay safe and have a long life full of happy woodworking. Be careful, brother!

@paulheitkemper1559

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! And they cannot use a magnet to pull brass from your eye like they could with ferrous metal.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Pablo, I totally agree, and that was definitely a lapse on my part with the respirator. I'm pretty sure I was wearing safety glasses though. I've had steel in my eyes before and its awful. No matter what, yes people should wear both, and I will double check next time. Thanks!

@triciac.5078

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm sorry but no. When you were drilling the hole for the wire, the scariest part of the whole project you called it, you were not wearing safety glasses for most of the video shown. I actually had to cover your face with my thumb as it was freaking me out. (I also ran through the woods as a kid and scratched my cornea - came millimeters from blinding myself, so eye injuries are a super ick thing for me!)

@TrevorDennis100

3 жыл бұрын

@@triciac.5078 Seeing as we are exchanging war-wound stories, I had broken glass in my eye after being hit in the face with a squash racket. OK, this was a long time ago, but I suspect that plastic lenses might have been an option. All I know is that I ended up getting my wife to take me back to the hospital at 3am because I was convinced they'd left glass in my eye. They hadn't of course. It was just the scar I could feel, but by heck it was an unpleasant experience. I worked 40 years as a toolmaker, and those slivers that come from the side of an end mill or router cutter are like needles, and can be a nightmare to deal with. I retired at the end of 2004, but I still use machine tools three days a week at my Menz Shed, and I use gloves when handling swarf.

@BogdanWeiss

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm Ahhhh ... the safety police.....we are so lucky they haven’t mandated 3 pairs of underpants as a minimum safety standard 🤪

@16:15 when you used the crescent wrench on the vise-grips...MIND BLOWN. Also, I just dig your videos. This is a really cool build. Thanks!

This is stunning, a true art piece. It’s mod, natural, and something you’re just not going to find easily if ever. I love the brass screws for this project. They’re a design element. Great job! 👍

@CearaRed

3 жыл бұрын

yes, but the red power cord sticks out like a sore thumb...especially in light of the fact there are color choices that would have complimented the oak and brass so much better.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris!!

The mole grip and adjustable spanner move on that snapped screw is such a good move! Never seen that before 👏👏👏

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It doesn't work every time, but I was glad it did this go round. 😅

@turgworks4138

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm I bet you were 😂

@chrisflavelle1200

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm As you probably already know, Vise grips are made to work perpendicular to the threads, so they bite in. If you put enough pressure on them in parallel with the screw, it will work, but not the best way to do things. Keep a few nylon washers handy as spacers to protect your project if it happens again. Great looking fixture!

Maaaaaan, its beautiful!!

Love the beauty of the oak gran and brass, Michael.

This is the most beautliful lamp I've ever seen in my entire life. It's wonderful. It's a shame you don't sell it. I would have bought it. I'm italian, not american so I don't know what is appropriate in this situation but here in Italy we give compliments on a job beautifully done. So...Compliments. It is magnificent.

Love the improv, and multiple materials and skills used. Great job Michael!

You blow us away with your designs. Been there with brass screws snapping but never saw using a crescent wrench to help with the clamping wrench.

OMG -- hello Winston - that is absolutely beautiful. If you don't burn your house down you should consider making them as kits. Wait, never mind, that would take forever, you'd have to charge so much. I'd buy one. It's a work of art with a pop of orange. Really nice.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Linda! Yeah, a kit's a good idea, but you're right it'd be pretty pricey. Maybe I'll come up with a simplified version at some point 🤔

Wrench on the vice grips is next level wizardry I will use from now on!!!

*Shouts at Winston* Great build!

I always learn something watching these

I really like the brass work.

I saw the video well. The wood and metal are connected smoothly without any foreign feelings. The part of trimming the log to the surface was really cool.

Love these multi-disciplinary projects!! And the brass with that oak is juuuust gorgeous! Thank you for continuing to create such inspiring content. Also, shout out to Winston!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!! Winston says hey 🐶

What a great project!! One detail in the end caught my eye though... The visible white plastic part at the ends of the light tube. I believe it doesn’t match the quality of the piece. Here’s an idea. Try covering them by inserting them in a piece of brass tube ; )

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! If I were to build a version 2 I would probably do something like that

hey Winston I agree beautiful light fixture

This is gorgeous! I have two or three light designs floating around in my head and now just might Lee’s to pull the trigger on one! Also, I’m sure it’s been mentioned but I always use a steel screw first to establish the threads before using a brass screw. ...of course this was learned the hard way too! Thanks for the video!

Very cool, I kept thinking about the movie Dune throughout the video. Great demo on process and love the final piece.

What a beautiful design and excellent execution of your idea! God bless you and yours!

Love this build. By the way, not sure if you planned for this but, the ad breaks created the perfect cliffhanger feels.

This is gorgeous! All your pieces are beautiful. Winston is adorable! As a new(ish) woodworker your pieces are so inspiring!

8:45 - the first reveal of the perfectly satisfying carving. Very nice!!

Love that. Now all I can think about is brass!!!!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

✨Same ✨

I’m impressed! Amazing job.

I like the project, the video was great, but the thumbs up is for Winston 😉

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Thank you 🐶👍

Thanks for doing complicated projects! Really inspiring!

Absolutely love it. Beautifully done 👍

Really cool and inspiring piece. Thank you!

Waz up Winston, make sure to keep him in line. Oh yeah, that light looks bad ass bud.

Excellent, Michael Alm, and Winston! Stunning work and craftsmanship! 12 out of 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 !!!

You should watch a couple surfboard shaper vids. They set up the shape shack with fluorescent light just above waist high. It will show all the high and low spots when you're carving.

Beautiful job! And fun to watch!

Evokes a strong influence of the game Homeworld. Ships have that look to them.. at least from my memory from about two decades ago. Crazy cool looking. It looks like it weighs a bit but doesn’t matter if it’s heavy. Over five.. under ten pounds. Fun.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

I've never played Homeworld, but I was thinking about sci fi movie/tv sets when I designed it. I love all the background pieces in old Star Trek episodes and the Blade Runner movies. Thanks! It's probably around 15lbs 🤷🏼‍♂️

awesome to see this project. it really encourage me to keep creating Tks!!

Super unique and cool light. I like your use of metals and wood.

Gorgeous!

Good eye. Like what you did with contrasting metal and wood. Makes me want to make one finally.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick!

Cool original design, brass and wood is always a good combination.

Beautiful piece. The pilot drill for the hole saw wants to be the same size as the mandrel in the hole saw. It can be a very good idea to pilot drill, particularity when free handing to prevent banging the saw teeth into your work when the mandrel breaks through the back side. I would like to have seen you attach the ground wire to the body of the brass.

This is amazing. I’d kill for this. So cool

Shout out to Winston. Cool lamp.

Whass Up Winston!!! That turned out awesome!!! Thank You!!!👍😎

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!! 🐶

Beyond beautiful!

Excellent work on this one, Michael!

Also, Also, use beeswax on screws to keep from snaping them off! especially on really dense woods like oak, i use it even for steel screws. changed my life!

I love this project Michael!

WOW ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL LOVE THE COLOR YOUR EXPERTISE REALLY SHINES IN THIS AND EVERY PIECE

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Great job Michael.

Super awesome build!

man the light hanging over the desk looks great! Such a good place for a nice light you made yourself, makes me want to make a light of my own.

Stunning piece - nice work!

Wow!! Love this design, it turned out great!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew!!

Awesome project!!!

Amazing. Another level.

The oak and brass matches nicely with your green desk as usual.. great design details Michael and Winston!!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! 🐶

Love the build.

Already subbed to you based off the collab with Jason from Bourbon Moth, and I've just been binge watching your vids at 1am. From the crescent wrench with vise grips trick for a broken screw, to the tombstone in the clamp though the band saw trick, I've learned way more than any of those clickbaity "top X shop hacks" videos on youtube. You've definitely earned my sub

@MichaelAlm

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!! Glad you picked up some tips! Thank you 🙌

I wasn't overly sure about this at the beginning but the finished light looks AMAZING! Winston is also really cute 👍👍👍

Beautiful!

Nicely done!

Looks great!

Absolutely stunning!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!!

Very, very cool!

WOW, beautiful.

A master piece.

wow, this is awesome.

It’s awesome to see something that you imagined over and over come to life. Sensational build!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was looking through old sketchbooks, and I think I drew the first design of it 3 years ago 😳

Simply gorgeous, Michael!! As always, we learned so much from your video. This is such inspiring work! We’re looking forward to what you come up with next, you always out do yourself 😍.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! That Crimson Color Cord is 👌! Thanks for the support!!

Wow. Love this and all of the videos, so inspiring! Shout out to Winston

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad! 🐶

I honestly didn’t think I was going to get into this video but since I like all of your others I thought I’d give it a go. Pretty cool and well done as always.

Every single part of this is just perfect!! It turned out amazing! 😍

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnny!!! 😄

incredible! very well done, sir. love it. it's so cool to see the sketch turn to reality.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

awesome job! i love it

Mike, it’s so good! The brass and the oak... incredible

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kris!!

Hey Winston! You’re looking good under that fabulous light!

Graeat design ! Love it !

Awesome - thank you!

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Stunning, perfect, beautiful and the techniques you use educate us viewers beyond what I feel I get from most other woodworkers online. I love the colors you always go with, the reds, greens, yellows and blues and of course the hardwoods, etc. I’d love to see you build a piece of furniture that you veneer into either shapes, art, or preferably like Blake Weber did with his wife’s famous outdoor scenery but with you’re own twist, inspiration and ideas!!! What first drew me to your channel was your stunning outdoor bench/garden... I’m guessing wherever you live would offer phenomenal inspiration for a veneered scenic pic 👏🏼 I’d just love to see what you come up with

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! I love that piece by Blake, and it'd be super fun to try that out in my shop. Thanks for the idea!!

Super cool!!

That fixture is utterly gorgeous. Also top notch on the video. I learned a bunch and got some great inspiration.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dominic!! 🙌

i've been looking forward to this for a while now and it did not disappoint. it looks so good!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben!!

Awesome job!

Have you seen the Adam Savage one Day Build of his Saw Station for his hand held Bandsaw? This could be something for you. I really dig the design of your Light! Edit: A little Tip I caught up. You can braze Steel Parts (and Screws) with a torch and a Brass Wire brush. So you won't have to use the delicate brass screws and still get the look of it.

Very nice and high quality content you got here! Also love the W123 wagon. You are a man of class!

Awesomeness! Great Job!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Donnie!

I ❤️ Winston and the lamp is pretty good too, I guess 😋

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Winston always steals the show 🐶

Aww man I really like that trick using the vice grips and wrench

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

60% of the time it works every-time!

Amazing project, great detail in your work. I like the design as well. Save those brass chips, shavings to mix into epoxy for a gold look inlay or crack filler..

That is a very awesome light! Also, those brass shavings would be very cool being used in a resin bowl. Might have to route some brass to get myself some :)

Thanks Michael, this is great and turned out beautiful! I love seeing you combine working in brass and wood. I’ve been following your channel for a while now and wanted to mention that I’ve had success using my Shaper Origin to cut and engrave brass. I can just imagine what your creativity could make.

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Yeah I actually looked into using Origin to cut the reflectors, but the folks at Shaper said it was a bit too thick. The tool could do it, but I would have to do a ton of passes. Not worth the energy. Brass engraving is a great idea though!! I'll have to give that a go!

@FLiar3

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelAlm This was my experience: community.shapertools.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-your-origin-this-week/1766/706 I think it was 4 passes on 1/8” thick brass. I don’t think it was the soft machinable brass though but I was happy.

Anyone else think this thing is screaming for a pull chain? What up Winston!

Awesome piece and a really interesting build process! Great work!

@MichaelAlm

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Didn't know where you were going but you got there. Nice work!

Now I want to make a lamp, seems easier than previously thought.

this is a very cool project man, I love it!

Love it !

@youtukang

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍