Wooden Snowflakes on a Table Saw
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I took Steve's weekend woodworker course in december 2019 and never went back to my office. changed my life. thanks Steve.
I remember doing this as a kid with my dad. I should send him the video to see if he wants to cone over and do it again.
Such a sweet comment
You should.
Agreed!
Great idea!
Your a good son,your father would love that,certain.
At first I was like , how are those random cuts gonna work. Then seeing you putting it together as example and flipping them over making various patterns with the cuts you got , blown away ! ;) Really cool ! Thanks for all the information of having me and others be able to do this ourselves too !
Hi Steve. I just made my first batch of snowflakes, using this and your previous videos as a guide. They turned out amazing! I used a bandsaw for cutting them apart, and was happy to see how many flakes you can get out of a single glue-up. I just used a plain spruce wood board for the raw material, but this piece had some pretty nice dark/light grain contrast, so when you glue up the six segments that grain really contributes to the design.
I used plain 3/4" thick stock for the first batch, but for my next ones, I think I will use some 2x4 or 2x6 lumber, to get a larger snowflake.
My wife and I love this idea and are in the process of making them right now. I really appreciate the great idea and clear instructions.
Thanks for the metric! Much appreciated!
I made something like this over ten years ago out of a magazine article... this is a great updated and clear explanation!
A thousand hours of scroll sawing in ten minutes of table sawing.
Quick but dangerous process though..better to protect the fingers!!!
@@custommadecrafts1271 Where do you see the dangerous part of the process?
When you have a table saw and go too close to the saw whilst slicing . Quick 10 minutes for a lifetime of a finger (obv if it cuts)
@@custommadecrafts1271 yes...hence the fence and the last one is thick. One could resaw the last few on the band saw.
@@jeffbaker8808 The parts when he's using the table saw...
The snow flakes are a terrific project, thank you for sharing
Hi Steve, great project. Perhaps you could make something similar to be used as coasters. I think this would be a really cool gift idea for Christmas!
I was think about the same.
There's a neat trick where you lay these on their side and... Voila! Coaster!
Thank you They lookl awesome Thank you for your time and passing on this skill!
Wonderful project! I will do my final slice cuts on my bandsaw. The thinner kerf will yield a few more snowflakes 😊👍🏻
Love the Camp Crystal lake sign!
You are seriously awesome, I love your videos.. My boyfriend and me are very much into woodworking and you have a lot of excellent videos that we can use to help us out, thank you for sharing your wisdom, you are truly one of the best out there
This is sooo neat! Thank you so much for sharing!
Just great! Let's make our own flakes. Thanks Steve.
Naturally I loved this!
Stay Frosty, Steve ❄💙❄
A wonderful idea for Christmas ornaments
Hey Steve, with the incra miter guage, you can adjust the gold fence to get alot closer to the blade. Doing that will give the piece more support. It helps alot along with using the 2x4 hold like you did :)
Yes you can! It's a very versatile miter gauge.
Brilliant!!!! I’m currently in the process of making your router lift. But I’m thinking I’d like to give this a try!! Thanks for all your useful knowledge. !!!
Extremely good project
Pretty slick, Steve. Thank you.
Wow, I never would have thought of that! Those are super cool!
Holy crap - beautiful!
That was cool ! I know what I'm doing this weekend.
Very original and clever
Congratulations on your grand woodwork skills and your presentation is just wonderful. Thanks again Steve.
Cool idea.
What a great idea, ty
1:46 There's a better option. push the side that's correct up against the blade and then push the stop block and fence against this. In other words you can use the bit you cut to set the fence (and stop block) in the right place, without the slight guessing of tapping the fence.
Whilst this is easily the best video of doing this, the Mr.H Woodworking video shows what Im talking about at 1 : 10 in their copy video
Really nice project. It's fun seeing something done outside of the box. Thanks, Steve.
Awesome! Thanks for the video.
Wow! I love this project!
Would love it if you had a look at mine and told me what you thought!!
That was cool .. thank you. .can't wait to make..
Good job
Very cool! It is a lot of work but the result is awesome!
Steve, where’s your respirator when spraying the lacquer??
Awesome project Steve...
Now i have to try that!
Ohh thanks for the idea!! These are great!
Normally I clamp my stop blocks to the fence using scrap but watching your stop block it occurred to me I could cut a block to a particular size and put a magnet in the bottom. When you aren't using the block it can hang out underneath the fence.
I thought this was a great idea when I first saw it in an American Woodworker article by Frank Klausz in the late 90s. Is that where you learned it? He used a band saw for slicing off the individual snowflakes which would reduce the kerf and increase the yield.
These are great, I’m definitely going to try it!
Wondered how those were made, now I know but,,,,I enjoyed watching you more than me, lol. 👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Those are beautiful! Great job as always Steve!
Nice and easy project Steve. Thanks for the video and great explanation. Happy Holidays
Brillant 👍💪❤️
COOL !!!
I tried gluing two pieces at a time like you recommended but the rubber bands pulls them apart. I tried gluing the six pieces at once and it seamed to work better.
I was thinking that drawing a pencil line or two, even before the strip cuts would help keep them aligned ahead of grove cuts.
Nice Video! I just inherited a bunch of tools from a friends wood shop. Need all the help I can get here!
Love this!!!!!
Thanks for the metric mate, I can use a calculator but I appreciate the inclusion
Great tips. Thanks for sharing your skills. Andy UK
Ur so creative is it ok that I'm super jealous of ur talent 😁
Steve got an idea for ya! Would love to know your take on different Home Improvement/ woodworking stores and what makes them different.
Like Lowe’s, Home Depot, Ace, Rockler, Woodcraft, etc.
Some let me find what I need, some I can find someone knowledgeable to ask a question, and in some I can't even find what I need!
Buenisimo maestro de lujo vi el video de los consejos para no temer accidentes con la sierra circular estaban trducido asi entiendo más en todos los vídeos que veo se aprende algo nuevo gracias por compartir que Dios te bendiga
Love it!
Very cool!
Making a pushblock out of mahogany is the woodworking equivalent of lighting cigars with 100 dollar bills
Whenever I try to make these all the little pieces in the middle fall apart and I can't get them to stay together when I cut out the shape.
Woo superbly and cool content bro
Hi @steveramsey_wwmm,
Would you be able to do a video about brad nailer and pin nailers? Which should you get it you can only get one? What size nails should you use? Air powered vs. electric.
Ice seen you and other TH-cam woodworkers using them. But no one ever explains them.
He had an old video recommending one or the other if you can only get one... Although I can't remember which vid it is in...
Interested to see if this thread takes off. Everyone who uses them has an opinion on this I think. I find the pin nailer to be the best for what I do. I mostly make boxes, and small furniture. The only time I use nails is to hold something still while the glue sets. Finish nailers are more for a permanent joining. Meaning, if you don't necessarily need glue, a finish nail might do the trick. (Like hanging trim).
I hope this helps. :-)
I have an electric cordless brad nailer and I would say its the best bang-for-buck tool I bought this summer. For a lot of smaller projects where I want or need glue but dont have enough clamps, its perfect.
Other than for angled cuts, are there reasons not to always use the zero clearance insert plate?
Lost ure channel for a while..glad I found u again, resubbed! Ure looking good !!
Welcome back!
make them a bit bigger and you have coasters or trivets...
After the Halloween video, I'm watching EVERYTHING in the background. 🧐
In two years it will be important!
Thought each ‘Snowflake’ would squeak “Ouch!” When you made it,and cry uncontrollably.
Have been watching on FB and when I saw the video on the table saw snowflakes I want to do this.
I am assuming we need to take the info from the video and progress from there or do you have plans for this.
Wouldn't a bandsaw be a bit more gentle than a table saw?
Definitely! But this video is about making snowflakes on a table saw.
Mahogany push block... You must be making some sweet cashola for that :P I'm usually scrounging around for kindling cutoff that kind of stuff.
Lovely Jubbely! Liked and Subbed!
I wanted to ask what computer program you use to design and determine what materials you need
Thank you very much
Glad to see you getting some mileage on those! I think I saw them somewhere before? LOL
When cutting the "snowflakes" from the "log", I'm getting a TON of tear out in all the nooks and crannies.... What blade is recommended?
Hey Steve,
any chance you can talk about wax paste? both about applying on tools and wood
I haven't really analyzed this, but do you think it would be hazardous to do this on a right-tilting saw?
Any alternative options if you don't have a zero clearance insert? It's a bit too delicate of a job for the mitre saw I reckon?
Ya not something for a miter saw. MAYBE a radial arm, being sure to clamp the wood down when creating the voids. rather than just holding it in place with your hand. Much safer with the tablesaw though.
"Now cut the snowflakes .. "
Some people will be pissed off ;-)
special snowflakes will be
why
@@wizzerd229 Liberals are referred to as snowflakes.
@@hotrodhog2170 i dunno, seems like the conservatives are being the snowflakes right now. anyway, snowflake is a dumbass term and children use it
@@wizzerd229 I was simply answering your question therefore you would get his implied joke. Not getting into politics here.
I made about 2 dozen of these using the same size boards as you did in the video and my wife and daughter loves them. But they would like to have some bigger. Using thicker boards (same width) would I still use the same 30 degree angle or would the angle be different for the thicker board?
Angle should be the same no matter the width
If you close your eyes its like Bill Nye is a shop teacher...
That’s a 2x6
Great tool list and all but no tablesaw? I would think thats essential 🤷♂️
It's the very first tool on the list. 🤷♂️
You forgot the heads, legs and arms.
wheew the title of this vid I thought the riots got worse!!!! my mistake !
Should you start the beginning, then show the ending.
gotta say that hot glue trick at 8:39.... now that's a handy trick. i've been in that exact situation and i had no idea what to do. thanks steve!
Fun thing, blacksmiths and woodturners use this general principle all the time. It is kinda surprising to see it not used as often/popularly on the table saw
If you'd thought to arrange them in a pattern on the bench before spraying them with lacquer, you could have hung the paper up as a snow flake "negative" decoration :) Nice project!
Good idea!, I like it!
Great project! I'm going to try to make some this weekend. Here's a little trick to simplify the initial cutting. At about 1:25, when you are setting the distance of your fence to get the pieces the right width, you can flip your board so that it rests against the blade with the cut side down, then you can just push the stop block and fence up to the tip of your board. That will automatically set your cut the same as the thickness of your board.
Merry Christmas!
That's what I did. Great minds...
Good call
I don't get it
Nice work buddy.
Please make yourself a hot glue gun stand.
I’m always after ideas to earn me more brownie points with senior management so thanks for this Steve.
You're the first channel I ever subscribed to back in 2010, and one of the reasons why I started my own TH-cam channel. Keep up the great work and thanks so much for the inspiration!
I'll support that!
Yea, him and Mathias Wandell, then Diresta.
@@TheSmallWorkshop I'll support that too!
@@TheSmallWorkshop Diresta has some interesting things but far too many tools that I'll never have and projects I'll never attempt.
I'm really glad you redid this video, this was really nice to see again and get another look at!
Also, I tried these for the first time (thanks to your video) last year and found that instead of cutting the designs with my table saw, I like using my router. I can do about the same setup, but a lot more cool shapes and being able to use rounded edges makes them look a little nicer. You can't get as many good angles, but I think next time I'll combine the two methods to make them super interesting.
Have you tried cutting one stick into 6 so that you have the same pattern automatically without the need to try to repeat the same cut 6 times? It's something I was thinking about, but haven't tried yet...maybe this year...
I also thought about using the router. That seems like a great idea.
I am glad I clicked the "Read More" link- that second idea is even better! Doing the same cut consistently 6 times seems much less likely for an amateur (like myself) than doing it once and splitting it into 6. Thank you!
@@caryrobertdean Glad you like the idea and let me know how it goes for you, I'd be really interested to hear
Great call... I just did a practice run with the 6 separate blocks, and the cuts definitely didn’t match up as perfectly as I wanted... will try your method
Ffc
this video is a mirror to one you made 7 years ago.however you had grey hair then.boy you have aged well.lol.nice video though pal
2million subscribers and ryobi tools. Looks like he invested in himself ;)
His hair looks great in this video.
Thank you for including the mm measurements, 1st class as always :)
Is there any chance you could make these out of ice and then fly over Tahoe and drop them? I really want to go skiing
Resorts in Utah are looking bad as far as trying to have a good time because of the rona. Have to call ahead and they are already pushed back 4 weeks. Tram is at quarter capacity. 4 chairs only take two. Going to be hard to get some pow laps with rules like that so the backcountry will be the spot to be.
What is "Tahoe"??
@@tubalcain1 Lake Tahoe California
You forgot one of the metric conversions, Steve. Non Americans will cut a -1.1° angle.
Do SI countries really use radians for angles instead of degrees? I had no idea
Steve after so many weeks and days in a row I was worried you might have been a victim of 2020! Thanks for showing us the great craft idea for snowflakes.
I better not show this video to my mom or grandma. Otherwise I will end up making a lot of these for the both of them.
They could even use them as coasters throughout the year.
Next time clamp the spacer block to your rip fence. Much safer. The block can't slide unexpectedly forward if it's clamped.