Welcome! My name is Jordan and I am en engineer by profession. I started this channel because I love building and fixing things with my own hands. Here you will see videos on how-to's, tool reviews, honing wood working skills, and at times renovation/building oriented videos. I am not a professional woodworker or contractor I just love learning and doing things on my own!
Lastly, I started an Etsy shop recently and sell most of the things I make there, for now. My eventual plans are to have a dedicated website in order to work with customer's wants and desires directly, one-on-one.
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Great info and a nice build. My nitpick is "Go Ahead" It's like raw onions in your pudding. My most favorite tubers don't overuse this filler.
Debbie downer much?
Finally someone using tenon joints to slide panels in between the t-slot frame. I've always wondered why that is not used more often...? Any downside in your opinion? Would you use it as a worktop (and thus have the alu profile as edge around the worktop)?
what did you do to get the screw flush on the back of the board, when connecting the shelf to the backboard ? looks like you use a special bit ? or is that a phillips head?
Hey man when making those cuts with your miter gauge and cross cut sled around the 1:10 mark, I would recommend having some type of 1 inch spacer block on the inside of the fence, and adding 1 inch to your fence dimensions. It’s not a good idea to make crosscuts with the stock flush with the fence, it’s a known issue to cause kickbacks or other problems
GREAT song! Thanks for the upload!
I recently followed your video and made one, thanks so much for sharing how you did this. Your instructions were excellent and easy to follow. Its one of my first wood working projects and I have learnt loads in the process.
Not many videos on this subject. I’m definitely interested in seeing the whole process of cutting and jointing. Thanks for the info in this video, its been very helpful!
Great video. I am always looking for ways to use my track saw since I don't have a table saw (nor do I want one, those things give me the willies). For panel glue ups, I saw a recommendation in a video on another channel that goes one step further and makes sure that the edges to be glued to each other will match each other *exactly*. After you do as you did here and get both edges as straight and parallel to each other as possible, put two of the boards that will be glued together in the workbench with any gaps between them as small and evenly distributed as possible, and clamp both boards firmly to your worktop. Then place the track so that the track saw will cut a bit off the edge of both boards everywhere along the joint. Then even if there is any variation when making this cut, that variation will create mirror images in the edges of the two boards. Do that for each joint in the panel and you will have invisible seams. Just remember to label each edge of each board so that when you glue the panel each edge is paired back up with its twin. I just write the number of the joint so that the number is half on one board and half on the other just before I make the cut. Then any mismatch at glue up is obvious. Plus the amount of clamping force to get a good even glue squeeze out will be much lower which greatly reduces the chance that the panel will bow. This is especially critical for thinner panels. Still I would likely use cauls on thin panels to insure that the panel stays flat.
quick and easy, does the trick. Great video!
From Scotland, UK. Informative, well presented, good content. Like your style and voice. Well done.
Gun cabinet.
How is a torsion box better than a solid core? My workbench tabletop is just a bunch of 2x4s: It's three groups 7. Each group was 2x4 glued to one another, then planed with a planer. The 3 groups were then joined with a biscuit joiner
5:30 circular bubble level will come in handy
3:55 cringe
I understand many people have'n't a clue as to level and flat. Basically the two terms have nothing to do with one another. something could be flat but on a 23 degee angle. Your 2' level though goold wasn't sufficiently long to make the long side flat. Go on.
I'm going to try wax as mold release on my first go round on a round table pour. Mighty good tips. Thanks
Is the “Cadillac” of track saws even a compliment these days? When was the last time Cadillac truly made a great car.
What length of nails did you use?
i want to just go for it, should I give the dimensions to the people at home depot? I dont have access to any of those tools, and im kind of intimidated to buy them and not know what to do with them.
You should go for it. The people at Home Depot or somewhere else might cut them for you? Not all stores are created equal even in a huge corporation
Legitimate question. How can it be so flat if you said there were variations in the height of the pieces inside? or were the variations not in the height of the pieces? Great build though! I wanna make one for my CNC I'm waiting to build... For this table! Great video
Real talent 😅
Haha yeah. Big learning lesson on this one!
Very cool!
Thanks! I love making these…super fun
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Beautiful board.
Thanks! So many options to personalize them too
I’d like to see the plans if available.
Do you get snipe
Yes I do unfortunately. But it isn’t too bad as long as i apply downward pressure on the in-feed and out-feed.
thank you... i was lost before your post
No problem! Glad I could help
Would be nice with a chamfered edge to show off the epoxy more
That’s a good idea, I’ll try it on the next experimental board
Excellent, clean presentation. ( even with that pesky nail gun :-) Best editing I’ve seen in a long time. Pre stain ? What did you use ? Same as final ? Thank you. Yes , I’d like to see more practical items like this.
For the pre stain I just use a mix from min wax or varathane for example. You can also make your own if you want to get creative. But make sure to match up whatever you use with the type of stain (water based or oil based).
@@scotchinhandmillwork6528 so a mix of finish product with stain color (same base) This seals and second coat of stain is a more consistent color on pine ? Second coat will adhere over first coat of 50% finish product?
I would do a light coat of pre stain. Let that dry. Then apply your preferred stain. It can be an all in one stain (stain + poly) or you can apply the stain first. Once dried then apply polyurethane. Always follow manufacturer recommendations at first until you get the feel for it. And always test on scrap pieces before doing anything on the finished work piece.
Can’t beat handmade for quality.
Thanks for watching
Really enjoyed watching you put this together. Lots of great tips. It appears that the top sets of slats aren't actually usable? Am i missing something?
Yes the top slats are just for show to keep everything as symmetrical as possible. Thanks for watching. I’m planning to make an update video in the near future as I have modified the design a bit 👍
Full view air, loved it all. That’s a solid build and will last a lifetime. Said this Instagram that the black looks sweet. Good to see you back, keep it up !
Thanks brother!
Great Video!! I had planned to make a chessboard this year and this is the absolutely best way I have seen how to make it with wood and epoxy. Thanks much for this one.
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it! I’m toying with some other designs that I’ll try out in the coming weeks 👍
Gotta love the anti slip.
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Very cool! Can’t wait for part 2! I’ve subscribed ☺️
Thank you so much for the support!
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Hey man, I really liked your wooden/resin chess set video. It was a good video. You should do another one. Doesn’t have to be a tutorial though. Just make another bad ass wooden/resin chess board again. I plan on making a chess board for a good friend of mine for Christmas. Keep your head up man. Making making another board would be a good distraction. Feel better brotha
I appreciate the kind words. I actually did just make one for a customer, she wanted it to look exactly like the one in the video though haha. Next one I’ll do some crazy color schemes for sure! 👍
@@scotchinhandmillwork6528 I just ordered a resin kit with a bunch of color powders. Bought some walnut wood too. I only have a hand saw and hand sander but I’ll make it work. Send ya pics when im done. Hope you’re in a better place these days brotha. Happy Holidays to you and yours
That’s great! For sure send some pics my way I’d love to see 👍
Man, great video. It’s actually the best video I’ve seen on how to make a wooden/resin chess set. Really reassuring and calm. I’m gonna try this shit. Don’t have all table saw though damn it
Thanks brother! You should definitely try it out, nothing more rewarding than building something with your own hands 👍. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
The nice thing about this method is that the table saw is not all that necessary. Get it reasonably square by any tool that you have and I think that the epoxy will hide most, if not all, of the imperfections. Go for it!
Very nice table top. The only thing I'm unsure of is how would you attach this 'top' to a 'bottom'? In other words how would legs get attached to this and be sturdy?
So I made a few mistakes with this table. It actually ended up cupping severely down the middle and I had to take it back from the customer. Part of the main reason this happened, in my opinion, is that I waited too long to fix it to the base and the base wasn’t sturdy enough at the attachment point. Next time I would add some c channels underneath (hidden of course), or some beefy boards with a skirt around it (some people call it an apron too). Hopefully my long winded response makes sense 😂 **ignore this comment haha. Thought I was replying to a comment on a different video!**
Looking back I realized this comment doesn’t pertain to this video haha! The KZread app isn’t super clear when it comes to responding to video comments. Sorry for that confusion. As for attaching this to a base you can do almost any setup imaginable. Mobile, fixed, storage underneath, whatever 🤷♂️
What size screws were those?
The screws to hang it on the wall or the screws for the hooks?
I think you mean Ferrari of all track saws.
Haha yeah it is kind sexy I’ll admit. But honestly I’ve heard great things about the makita and it’s 30-40% cheaper. I only chose the festool because my dust extractor… which THAT thing is worth every penny, if you ever need a good one.
You lost me in the safety section as you were committed to your cut with no hearing or eye protection. LOL. Not faulting you for not wearing your PPE but don't include safety tips in your videos if your not going to represent. Again, if you don't want to wear PPE that's on you dude. But don't preach safety unless you are practicing safety.
How do you know if you’re track is straight?
They are manufactured pretty high quality. I’d be surprised if they weren’t. But it’s not a bad idea to check it out though! I’d use a long level or something known to be dead straight to test it out.
Good job. Simple but elegant at the same time
I like your process compared to others I've seen. Did you get much leakage from the pour or did the glue stop that?
No all the glue stops that. I also added a step where I shellac the squares getting epoxy. This helps stop color seepage in the end grain especially for the wood squares.
Been doing this one for a long time. Festool is known for outstanding dust collection. One of my main reasons I bought into a CT22 in 2006.
Yeah I’m a believer now myself. Love their tools…wish I could afford more though haha
What is the distance between the vertical slats in the jig?
3-1/4”
good job but watch your fingers with the under table saw
Haha yeah I’d like to keep them!
Keep up by telling what is going on ect. God bless you.
Appreciate the feedback and kind words! 🙏