I’m binge watching your channel and I’m seriously very impressed by your skills and the way you present different things to us and not just the cookie cutter videos of which there is hundreds of channels of different people doing the same things…. Much respect had to comment again im just very impressed and interested in what you make
It's impressive how you can avoid inevitable mistakes when you working on wood lathe without samples? It's a bit painful to watch step by step slow approaching to the desirable shape of the barrel of workpiece. But you managed to do it perfectly! And why don't you use protection gloves? Some people can learn bad habits with sad consequences... Nonetheless it's quiet obvious you've come through many own mistakes and got that high level of mastery due to your love to the woodworking and commitment to gain perfection. Huge respect to you!
Honestly, I just had the best time watching you make that rolling pin. Kudos to you and your mad skills, but also to the camera person/s and editing person/s. I was smiling through the entire video. Nick, I've watched and learned from you for many years. Some of those early Shopsmith videos are just painful to sit through, but your presentation skills have grown a thousand fold since then. Always though, offering so much knowledge. Thanks for continuing to entertain and educate us.
It’s rare to find such great content on you tube. You really know your craft and how to teach and your videos are excellently done showing all the important information so that we can copy your work without any fluff or wasted time. What a gem of a channel this is!
I wish to heck that I could have been your granddaughter, and I would have got to sit in your workshop every day and learn everything you had to teach! Me and your dog would both sit and look up at you with big admiring eyes thinking you're just a real-life magician making amazing stuff!
Very happy that I found your Chanel, I love working with wood, I’m looking forward to getting a lot of ideas from you. Thank you. By the way I’m also Nick. Take care and hope you have a great weekend.
FNG HERE! This is the best old school woodworking channel! Wow, how did I miss this? O'l Nick and I have have scheduled many dates this month. Fantastic!
Thats bloody mint! I reckon that will be my mums birthday gift this year with Jarrah, Sheoak and Tassie Oak👌 Just need to borrow my mates lathe for a day...
Each time I watch such woodworking videos and the Hi-Tech generation tools I regret why I didn't go for such a skilling subject back in high school. I opted Fine Art for Woodwork since you had you select one.
I took woodshop and i love being a woodworker. I can make almost anything out of wood, and its thanks to my great woodshop teachers, its not just a skill they passed down, it's peace and tranquility, and a sense of accomplishment on the daily. You can always learn, its never too late.
Your pins are lovely! I have found short rolling pins (no end handles, both with and without a taper to the ends) that i made from "scraps" to be very useful in our kitchen.
Hi Nick. I've recently subscribed to your channel. And love everything you do. I've been a carpenter since 1968. But now retired. I'm a self-taught woodturner. I've had very good success at laminating alternate types of timber. And when gluing the timber together. I used your method of just adding a small amount of grit sprinkled into the glue, to stop the wood sliding during the clamping up process. Which works so well!! However, I've noticed a small drawback of using this method. I cut the laminated block diagonally, on my table saw, into 2"x 2"x 12" lengths. So that I can turn them into what's known here in the UK, As a 'Narrowboat Tiller handle'. I guess you may have never heard of a Narrowboat? I soon noticed how quick my turning chisels lost their edge. Also, previously On my circular saw, and Band saw. I want to have a go at turning a bowl, from a flat board. But I don't want to use the grit method anymore. So would you have an alternative method, instead of grit? I have myself thought of an alternative, other than real grit. How about using salt or sugar, Have you thought of that? because possible that type of "Grit" would be more forgiving to my tools. Finally one other question. Are you sponsored by a glue company? the reason I ask is that you do seem to use an awful lot of it. Which looks so wasteful. Yes, I agree with applying glue to both surfaces. But it looks like 90% squeezes out, onto your bench. Anyway Nick. Keep uploading your excellently presented videos. And Have a happy new year. Best regards Dave. From Suffolk in the UK.
I have a Shopsmith Mark 5 as well as a whole shop full of other machines, but I never see You Tube videos of folks using their Mark 5. Nice to see it in use. Can't believe you didn't have some dust collection going on during the turning and sanding.
wow!!! impressive what a talent step by step how he brings it all together is pretty cool 😎 carpenters are half artist half chemist or mathematicians got to have knowledge to do this !!!kudos
Just found your channel. Really nice work. I have a bunch of projects I'm currently working on ( canoe paddle). But as I finish I will give the rolling pin a shot. Love to use up scrap wood! Also very impressed that most of the work was done with a Shopsmith. Thanks
That must have been a marathon. And thank you for the kind words. But I can't take all the credit -- it was the Rudy Osolnik (the late head of the School of Woodworking Arts at Berea College) that showed me how to make these decades ago, when I first started writing about woodworking.
@@WorkshopCompanion I'm not a baker and neither is my wife but if I were to ever see one of these in a store made by you, I would purchase it just for the wow factor of having it. God bless you and keep up the beautiful work.
I had that same radial arm saw, purchased at Sears for $400 with all the accessories. I gave it to a friend when I got my table saw. But I wish I would have hung on to that saw. Looking back I liked it better them my current chop saw a lot better, and it was a lot more versatile.
You're talking about Liberty, I presume. She's a gentle old border collie, and we've been stuck together like Velcro since my wife and I rescued her 12 years ago.
Hey Nick! Glad to see you are using ShopSmith tools still. I was hoping you would be using a 520 system instead of a "real" tablesaw LOL, but loved the SS Proplaner and bandsaw. As usual, nice work. Glad to see you are still sharing your mastery!
Rudy O'solnik, the gentleman and teacher who showed me how to make these many years ago, would have been happy to hear you say that -- he did a good job too.
You're kind. But I've got to give credit where credit is due. It was the late Rudy O'solnik that showed me how to turn these almost 40 years ago -- we featured the pins in one of my early books. Rudy was the head of the School of Woodworking Arts at Berea University in Kentucky, a world-class turner, and an effective and beloved teacher.
Absolutely fascinating to watch! What an amazing talent you have! It brought me right back to my childhood, sitting in the shed watching my Dad make things. Do you sell them on Etsy or any other site? I'm in the UK.
Nicely done! Thanks for showing how you turned off and finished the knobs. Too many videos seem to skip that part. What liquid did you initially use for the wet sanding?
@@WorkshopCompanion Well I have built it. I didnt follow your instructions exactly. I found someone who was selling scrap hardwood and glued them together to fit the same dimensions as yours. Its a good first effort but no doubt I will be back at it again next weekend. after rewatching this video.
@@timheffernan4519 I always tell my students to please not follow my instructions exactly. One of the most most wonderful things about woodworking is that there are always dozens of good solutions to any woodworking problems, a thousand good designs for any one wooden object. The very process begs for creativity.
👏👏👏 BRAVO!!! Excelente trabajo!. Trataré de realizar unos similares pues tengo un torno a pedal y se demora un poco en realizar los trabajos. Gracias por subir el video 👍. Saludos cordiales desde aquí Buenos Aires. 👍🖖🍀🐯🇦🇷
Bravo! We believe we would have learned more and liked the video a bit better if you had been speaking to us! Best of luck! The music reminded me of Dave Brubeck.
I’m binge watching your channel and I’m seriously very impressed by your skills and the way you present different things to us and not just the cookie cutter videos of which there is hundreds of channels of different people doing the same things…. Much respect had to comment again im just very impressed and interested in what you make
Thanks again for the kind words.
It's impressive how you can avoid inevitable mistakes when you working on wood lathe without samples? It's a bit painful to watch step by step slow approaching to the desirable shape of the barrel of workpiece. But you managed to do it perfectly! And why don't you use protection gloves? Some people can learn bad habits with sad consequences... Nonetheless it's quiet obvious you've come through many own mistakes and got that high level of mastery due to your love to the woodworking and commitment to gain perfection. Huge respect to you!
Honestly, I just had the best time watching you make that rolling pin. Kudos to you and your mad skills, but also to the camera person/s and editing person/s. I was smiling through the entire video.
Nick, I've watched and learned from you for many years. Some of those early Shopsmith videos are just painful to sit through, but your presentation skills have grown a thousand fold since then. Always though, offering so much knowledge. Thanks for continuing to entertain and educate us.
Thanks for the kind words.
I love that you truly do respect the safety
It’s rare to find such great content on you tube. You really know your craft and how to teach and your videos are excellently done showing all the important information so that we can copy your work without any fluff or wasted time. What a gem of a channel this is!
This man's videos will teach generations. It's amazing craftsmanship. You can see the skill in his hands and movements. Cute dog!
My dog says thanks!
Using the 12 inch sanding disk was brilliant. And those wedge shaped cut offs can be glued up for random rolling pins also. Great video.
We tried gluing up the waste wedges and turning another pin; didn't turn out as well as we hoped. No clear or attractive geometric pattern emerged.
I just love to watch this man work with wood. He makes it look so easy! Great video.
Thanks.
I wish to heck that I could have been your granddaughter, and I would have got to sit in your workshop every day and learn everything you had to teach! Me and your dog would both sit and look up at you with big admiring eyes thinking you're just a real-life magician making amazing stuff!
We could talk adoption -- as long as you're fixed and have all of your shots. ;-)
@@WorkshopCompanion😂😂😂😂😂❤
@@WorkshopCompanion I am fixed and have all my shots!!
It makes me happy to see him happy while woodworking
Very happy that I found your Chanel, I love working with wood, I’m looking forward to getting a lot of ideas from you. Thank you. By the way I’m also Nick. Take care and hope you have a great weekend.
FNG HERE! This is the best old school woodworking channel!
Wow, how did I miss this?
O'l Nick and I have have scheduled many dates this month. Fantastic!
Glad to have you.
Good to see someone using a Shopsmith !
It's nice to see that old shop Smith spinning spindles. I use a greenie and love it.
Makes a great lathe, agreed.
First class ! With an easy going style .......a smile & the dogs 👍😉 ,
The dogs say thanks.
Thats bloody mint!
I reckon that will be my mums birthday gift this year with Jarrah, Sheoak and Tassie Oak👌
Just need to borrow my mates lathe for a day...
Cheers.
Beautiful rolling pins!
Wow!!!😄 videos like this makes me happy!
Glad to be of service.
Each time I watch such woodworking videos and the Hi-Tech generation tools I regret why I didn't go for such a skilling subject back in high school. I opted Fine Art for Woodwork since you had you select one.
It's never too late. And the feeling of having made something both useful and beautiful is well worth the effort.
I took woodshop and i love being a woodworker. I can make almost anything out of wood, and its thanks to my great woodshop teachers, its not just a skill they passed down, it's peace and tranquility, and a sense of accomplishment on the daily. You can always learn, its never too late.
Yeah, been contemplating doing a rolling pin and this video convinced me! It's on the to do-list now! Thanks!
Most welcome.
These are absolutely amazing and so beautiful the workmanship is so amazing!
Thank you for you kind words.
A true Craftsman. Nick is on par with Norm Abraham.
Fascinating process that works beautifully ... a real pleasure to watch!! Cheers ...
The colours look stunning
Thanks.
Your pins are lovely!
I have found short rolling pins (no end handles, both with and without a taper to the ends) that i made from "scraps" to be very useful in our kitchen.
Hi Nick. I've recently subscribed to your channel. And love everything you do. I've been a carpenter since 1968. But now retired. I'm a self-taught woodturner. I've had very good success at laminating alternate types of timber. And when gluing the timber together. I used your method of just adding a small amount of grit sprinkled into the glue, to stop the wood sliding during the clamping up process. Which works so well!!
However, I've noticed a small drawback of using this method. I cut the laminated block diagonally, on my table saw, into 2"x 2"x 12" lengths.
So that I can turn them into what's known here in the UK, As a 'Narrowboat Tiller handle'. I guess you may have never heard of a Narrowboat?
I soon noticed how quick my turning chisels lost their edge. Also, previously On my circular saw, and Band saw. I want to have a go at turning a bowl, from a flat board. But I don't want to use the grit method anymore. So would you have an alternative method, instead of grit?
I have myself thought of an alternative, other than real grit. How about using salt or sugar, Have you thought of that? because possible that type of "Grit" would be more forgiving to my tools. Finally one other question. Are you sponsored by a glue company? the reason I ask is that you do seem to use an awful lot of it. Which looks so wasteful. Yes, I agree with applying glue to both surfaces. But it looks like 90% squeezes out, onto your bench.
Anyway Nick. Keep uploading your excellently presented videos. And Have a happy new year. Best regards Dave. From Suffolk in the UK.
Really nice item. I'd make this, if not that I have a really nice solid marble rolling pin already.
I have a Shopsmith Mark 5 as well as a whole shop full of other machines, but I never see You Tube videos of folks using their Mark 5. Nice to see it in use. Can't believe you didn't have some dust collection going on during the turning and sanding.
We have an overhead dust collector/air scrubber. But we turn it off when we're shooting.
wow!!! impressive what a talent step by step how he brings it all together is pretty cool 😎 carpenters are half artist half chemist or mathematicians got to have knowledge to do this !!!kudos
Thanks for your kind words.
I really want that roller ! lol What a great looking tool.
Thanks for saying.
My goal is to learn turning next year and this will be my first project.
That's great!! We made an extended video on this rolling pin and lathe turning if you search our channel.
@@WorkshopCompanion I'll check and subscribe. Thank you
Много добре,живот и здраве,поздрав от България
Благодаря и поздрави от Америка.
Just found your channel. Really nice work. I have a bunch of projects I'm currently working on ( canoe paddle). But as I finish I will give the rolling pin a shot. Love to use up scrap wood! Also very impressed that most of the work was done with a Shopsmith. Thanks
Most welcome. And welcome!
It would be great to have some of the attachments you have for my own shop smith. Love the videos and the production. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for showing this. I learnt some really helpful tips and tricks.
For some more tips, be sure to see this: th-cam.com/video/9g_7-9LRNEE/w-d-xo.html .
your work is a delight. Thanks .
Most welcome.
This is with out a doubt the nicest ones I have seen in 8 hours of watching youtube today on rolling pins
That must have been a marathon. And thank you for the kind words. But I can't take all the credit -- it was the Rudy Osolnik (the late head of the School of Woodworking Arts at Berea College) that showed me how to make these decades ago, when I first started writing about woodworking.
Sir for what purpose these pins are used
Why aren't these in Walmart and other stores? Your work is too gorgeous to go unnoticed by those who aren't seeing it on TH-cam.
I'm not sure that Walmart is the right venue for "gorgeous." But I appreciate you're saying so.
@@WorkshopCompanion I'm not a baker and neither is my wife but if I were to ever see one of these in a store made by you, I would purchase it just for the wow factor of having it.
God bless you and keep up the beautiful work.
@@JamesBrown-ik5lk Again, thank you.
Best intro in youtube!!!!
Thanks.
Шикарная работа! Весело! Хороша скалка вышла. Спасибо
Рад, что вам понравилось, и спасибо за добрые слова.
@@WorkshopCompanion очень понравилось! ПОДПИСКА!!!
@@СергейКоробань-р1п Добро пожаловать.
Very beatiful sir
Thank you.
That was a cool sound track
Thanks.
Looks good enough to eat!
So pretty 👁️👄👁️
Lovely job 🌞
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful work. You are truly a craftsman 👌🏼👍🏻👍🏻
I try. Thanks.
I had that same radial arm saw, purchased at Sears for $400 with all the accessories. I gave it to a friend when I got my table saw. But I wish I would have hung on to that saw. Looking back I liked it better them my current chop saw a lot better, and it was a lot more versatile.
Hear you. Have both a chop saw and a radial saw, they both perform well, but they are two different animals.
@@WorkshopCompanion I just got your PDF on the plywood table, that looks a lot better not that I'm, well no longer 20.
thank you for the downloaded plans
they are very good.best wishes from UK
Thanks for you kind words.
Nice job Nick!
Thank you.
Excellent video. Thanks
Отличная работа 👍👍👍!!!
Спасибо.
Great work and I love your companion.
You're talking about Liberty, I presume. She's a gentle old border collie, and we've been stuck together like Velcro since my wife and I rescued her 12 years ago.
@@WorkshopCompanion just had to put my rescue dog down, a collie and a beautiful mate. I wish you all the very best my friend.
Nice work ❤❤❤
Thanks.
Thanks Nick I love your books.
Glad you like them!
So beautiful
Amazing👍👍👍👍
Thanks.
Yay Shopsmith!
Makes a great lathe, that's for certain.
Beautiful work and finished product. I really like the design.
I love your work because you are nutts in the most lovable way. Thanks for adding to my education.
Most welcome.
Very cool project.
I really like that! Looks like a wonderful future project. Nifty holder, too. Well done.
Thanks.
@@WorkshopCompanion hi Sri I'm from Pakistan and I Mead the rolling pin and bored ... My contact number is 03157952533 WhatsApp
Wow amazing skill 🙏
Thank you so much.
Insanely ingenious project , great creativity !!!!!
Thank you.
Very nice sir. I love a good gluey mess 👍
You should watch our glue video. Thanks.
No doubt you are an artist!
Thank you for your kind words.
Hey Nick! Glad to see you are using ShopSmith tools still. I was hoping you would be using a 520 system instead of a "real" tablesaw LOL, but loved the SS Proplaner and bandsaw. As usual, nice work. Glad to see you are still sharing your mastery!
Thanks.
My favourite type of project, something out of nothing.
What a work of art!
Can't take credit -- as I mentioned in another thread, it was the late Rudy Osolnik who showed me this procedure.
Congratulations. Good job
I lost all my tools a bunch of years ago, if I ever get them back, this is one of the first things that make.
Sorry to hear. Hope you get your wish.
Don't see many folks on TH-cam using ShopSmiths!
What a Excellent project and looks fantastic. Thank you 👌👌👌👌
Thank you and please see my response to Chris Perry. This is not my design, but the work of a late, great turner and dear friend.
Beautiful work!!
Thank you for your kind words -- and discerning tastes.
Super 👌👏👏
Beautiful job !
Rudy O'solnik, the gentleman and teacher who showed me how to make these many years ago, would have been happy to hear you say that -- he did a good job too.
Hi.YES LIKE IT..LIKE THE WAY YOU SHOW THE VIDEO... DAVID.. N. S. W. AUSTRALIA.
Simplesmente Showwww...
Obrigado por compartilhar essa beleza da ARTE em Madeira!
Obrigado por suas amáveis palavras - você certamente mora em uma bela ilha.
Nice work sir, just beautiful.
You're kind. But I've got to give credit where credit is due. It was the late Rudy O'solnik that showed me how to turn these almost 40 years ago -- we featured the pins in one of my early books. Rudy was the head of the School of Woodworking Arts at Berea University in Kentucky, a world-class turner, and an effective and beloved teacher.
That was awesome. Thanks for posting
Thanks for watching.
Amazing design...I love it
That was GREAT!
Thanks, Billy.
Absolutely fascinating to watch! What an amazing talent you have! It brought me right back to my childhood, sitting in the shed watching my Dad make things. Do you sell them on Etsy or any other site? I'm in the UK.
Belíssimo trabalho amigo, parabéns! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Obrigada, amigo.
wow master of skill
Thank you. Great work.
Thanks for your kind words.
Figured you had a MARK 5 when I saw the PLANER. I have one also and love it. Recently changed the wheel bands on my band saw from Shop Smith.
beautiful ❤️
Thanks for the great video Nick 👍
Fine work Sir!
Nicely done! Thanks for showing how you turned off and finished the knobs. Too many videos seem to skip that part. What liquid did you initially use for the wet sanding?
Tung oil.
@@WorkshopCompanion Thanks for the quick response! I'll give that a try.
Très jolie travail bravo 👏👏
Je vous remercie pour vos aimables paroles.
Thank you for showing this. I''ve just been given access to a lathe and I will make this my first wood project. Subscribed :)
Thanks for the kind words, Tim. Welcome aboard.
@@WorkshopCompanion Well I have built it. I didnt follow your instructions exactly. I found someone who was selling scrap hardwood and glued them together to fit the same dimensions as yours. Its a good first effort but no doubt I will be back at it again next weekend. after rewatching this video.
@@timheffernan4519 I always tell my students to please not follow my instructions exactly. One of the most most wonderful things about woodworking is that there are always dozens of good solutions to any woodworking problems, a thousand good designs for any one wooden object. The very process begs for creativity.
thumbs up for the Shopsmith !
Wonderful! Congratulations! I love this! Tks for shared.
Thanks for writing.
Very nice!
Very awesome
👏👏👏 BRAVO!!!
Excelente trabajo!.
Trataré de realizar unos similares pues tengo un torno a pedal y se demora un poco en realizar los trabajos.
Gracias por subir el video 👍.
Saludos cordiales desde aquí Buenos Aires.
👍🖖🍀🐯🇦🇷
Obrigado pelas suas amáveis palavras.
Stellar piece of work, dude.
Good Job!
I love it
Thank you very much
شكرا جزيلا لك
Bravo! We believe we would have learned more and liked the video a bit better if you had been speaking to us! Best of luck! The music reminded me of Dave Brubeck.
If you want to hear me blather on about rolling pins, try th-cam.com/video/9g_7-9LRNEE/w-d-xo.html .