Making a Nutcracker - Year 6
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Each year, my wife and I make a nutcracker. Here's a video of this years little fella. He's a blacksmith. This is the second nutcracker that we have made in the basement shop and it's great. The first 4 where made in my old shop which was pretty cold in the winter, it did have a wood stove, but it doesn't compare to well lit warm shop with full power. We turned the nutcracker on a lathe, made other parts with a bandsaw and even used a metal lathe.....as I like to get complicated on at least one aspect of each nutcracker. Looking forward to the years to come.
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You two make a great team and I think the blacksmith was the best one yet. Excellent workmanship, both of you.
In all your videos you make everything look so easy when constructing or building furniture ... owing to your consummate skills. HOWEVER...it was hilarious to see you defeated by the long whippy branch :))) you're human after all ! Thank you for all your uploads. Keep up the good work. Jay
I thought you all might like seeing me get my butt kicked by that branch. Thanks for watching.
those turned out beautiful your wife and you should be really proud of your craftsmanship. I love all the extra features you put into yours with the hammer and the real looking hair.
Thank you, we had a nice time
That is a great tradition you and your wife have. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Some people are blessed with awesome talent. You are one of these. Merry Christmas
One word: WOW! Make that two, my wife says the same. Thanks for sharing.
Well thank you thank you.
You truly have a talent and also your wife. Amazing
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What a superb display of craftsmanship, i must say! Of all the woodworkers i follow on youtube, you are one of my favorite! Your channel is much more diverse than most others
Thanks, glad you are enjoying my videos
Yes!! The nutcrackers are back. Thank you
Thank you........I filmed last years as well but never got the video together.
Awesome! I like that you have the mouse king in there also. I'm so glad you all made another nutcracker video.
The play is what kicked off the whole thing, here's an article I posted along with the video. www.thehomesteadcraftsman.com
Good job that is the best nutcracker I have ever seen
Boy, that was a lot of work but the best I've seen.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks, it is quite a bit of work....I like to over do at least one aspect each year, this year it was the hammer.
This is by far my favorite video that you have ever posted! God bless!
Well that's nice. I also did an article if you did not see it. www.thehomesteadcraftsman.com. It has all the nutcrackers we've made in the video.
Great work, I think that one looks the best of them all. The wife says he looks crazy! Really like the hammer and anvil detail.
Thanks, they do look a little crazy.....it's the mustache!
man i tell ya,i have watched countless makers for a long time. I just witnessed the most unbelievable artistic craftmanship ever. you and your wife are amazing. speechless thank you
Thanks, we really enjoyed making it.
WOW! Incredible craftsmanship.
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Congrats on 6 years, very nice.
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That came out absolutely fantastic. The great detail you put into this is great. I now know that if I need someone to detail anything I make who to call on. lol Again that is great.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you Roy
Super job, there is something special about hand made.
Thanks for watching.
Suh-Weeet! Very cool project, I especially like the anvil and stump!
Thanks, Glad you liked it.
That's true craftmanship for sure, those will be pretty special to hand down when there's ones to hand it down to. :-)
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Brilliant! Thats Folk Art right there.
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Tisn't the season... Just kidding! Excellent video. Love seeing the light hearted humor with your professional craftsmanship. Pretty funny when the nutcrackers mouth opened everytime you hammered his head 😃
That was funny. Your joke and the hammering.
This brings back fond memories. I remember the first video of yours I watched which featured your nutcrackers and your (then) girlfriend's (now wife's) smile. These warm my heart.
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Love what you did with your nails!
Thank you, it's a lovely shade of red.
There is no end to your talent - the nutcracker is fantastic 😃👌👌👏👏👏👏👏
Great job, you are one talented individual, another excellent video, thanks.
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I love your shop, the machines, the tools, the paint supplies, the anvil, the vacuum cleaner, etc. Great videos and beautiful work. Thank you.
Awesome job! I love the attention to the little details that make each one special
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Simply beautiful. I smiled throughout the entire video! Thank you for sharing!
Glad to make you smile, thanks for watching.
What an awesome project that you guys do together, and making a new one each year is great.
Thanks, the collection is adding up
Wow I really enjoyed this one!!! What a great tradition!!!!
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Wow! Really great job you two! It's nice to see fine craftsmanship on display.
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Beautiful project. Really nice details!
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This is a great project, and even better that it's something that you do with your wife. I've just shown my Mrs, and it looks like I might be doing this one on my own!
I've been watching your videos for quite a while now and your nutcracker videos are my favorites. Very nice work!
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Awesome work and great painting!
Thank you, it was fun.
Extremely enjoyable to watch! Enchanting piece of art with such attention to detail! :)
Thanks, it was fun
Very cool. I totally enjoyed watching your process. Great job sir.
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That was a really great build! The whole set of them is pretty incredible. And I love the idea of the tradition of coming together to build a project every Christmas. Need to find something like that to do with my wife for Christmas!
Thanks, there's a lot of nice stuff to do, even simple stuff. Making wreaths is another one. We usually make one each year with straw wreath forms and those long staple things. We go around and get stuff, it's a quick fun project but the wreath will last a while.
Great idea. I've been trying to get my wife to get in the shop. But no go. May have to show her this.
Thanks, you just got to come up with a mutual project or ask her what she'd like to make. In the end, it's just not some people's thing.
Very well done man! This is a cool tradition you guys have.
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Fantastic and fun to watch!
You are truly gifted.
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Que buen trabajo 👍, me gustó el Nutcracker del leñador!!,Gracias desde Hawaii.
A lot of fun to watch you two working together :) keep up the good work!
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You must a lot of patience and you sure have talent, looks great !
Wow great work! Very impressed.
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Amazing job. You are such a lucky man! Thanks for sharing.
I am, thank you.
Now that is fantastic !! I've been hoping to learn more about your nutcracker since I heard you mention it over a year ago. They are simply gorgeous. You and your wife are fine artists ! You seem to work well together. I bet that's nice !!
Thanks for sharing HC,
Steph_Louisiana
The plan is to try to make a video each year as well, so stay tuned!
You bet I will. :)
Awesome Job. LOL on you trying to break that branch. Merry Christmas
Thanks, same to you....just a month late!
Wow, that's about the best word I can use to describe your craftsmanship, the wife's painting and the imagination you two put into all the nutcrackers!
The added accessories you put some of them (anvil and hammer for one example) are great! Hope there is more detail on all of them at your website (which I will check later)?
Sure is, I did a short article about making them and posted a nice photo of each one, for others who read this the article is right on the home page of my site, www.thehomesteadcraftsman.com
Really nice work!
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Very well done!
That is awesome well done lot of work but holly crap it is worth every bit of stress and sweat lol love them all ...
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Nice, I love them!
Great work!!!
came out nicely!!
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these are incredible!!
Fun to make too! Thanks.
I was hoping y'all would put out a nutcracker video. Nice job!
Well there you go, thanks for watching.
Heart warming!
perty sweet !
Thanks for the inspiration
Keep on trucking (from France) !
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Jesus! That IS art.
Thanks, it was a fun one.
You know I've been following you for months now. I guess the first video I ever watched was the knife making. Every time my phone tells me there is a new video up I have to quit everything I'm doing to watcha cause it will certainly be something awesome. :)
Wow, thanks.....hope you don't get an alert while driving! Glad your watching, I'll be posting another video later this week.....with many more to follow.
Nice work!
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wow, thank you for sharing your journey! it was made with such love.. blessings to you from the Great Pacific Northwest, Lakewood, Wa! stacysartfulheart
Than you
Awesome job.
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WOW !! So what are you going to surprise us with next? My goodness, you have amazing talent. Well, you still have to work on learning how to break a vine twig. LOL, that was amusing. Thanks for sharing.
Indeed I do, I'll start practicing now and maybe I'll be ready do battle next year.
We look forward to it. ;) You know, for a moment there I was like: What in the world? What's with the red nail polish? Then we realized this was your wife's hand. She is pretty talented too. You will have talented children... in the future that is. ;)
Brilliant!
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that was really well done. roll on next year for the next in the series :D
I'll be back
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing
Your welcome, now you don't seem rude to me!
Lol thanks, a shortened version of Rudi so it became my nickname.
absolutely awesome
Thank you
such more kindness , thank u very much
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Talent!
Very nice!
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that is awesome!
Thanks Shane
Very cool
Well done
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very cool
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Wish I could do that ? If for sale how much ,they are the best I have seen great lop.
2:15- aak!! Poison ivy!! Wash your hands! Also, Always loved your videos.
Yeah that tree has it bad, but it's dead now. I cut all the vines at the ground and sprayed them and will continue if it starts to grow back. I steer clear of it....the piece I'm breaking was a branch from the tree I was wacking.
Commercial's, I have recently stared to watch the commercials from start to finish on all the channels that I like, I just wanted to encourage you guys to do the same if you felt so inclined. Anything I can do to support the channel. Nice video by the way.
Well thanks, for those of you reading that don't already know I also have several things I sell with plans for more in the future. Due to demand and many requests I have written one ebook www.amazon.com/How-Make-Money-Woodworking-Developing-ebook/dp/B01C4IWUNK and also sell furniture plans for farm tables and more. www.thehomesteadcraftsman.com/p/plans.html
I bought your ebook and found it very informative. when can I look forward to more in the series? Also, do your customers pay for tables when they order them or after you deliver it?
Thank you. I'm working on the next one now, it's on my marketing techniques, which are all low budget but effective options and just ways of doing things in general, presentation and such. My customers pay a deposit and then the rest when I deliver the table. Good luck.
The Homestead Craftsman Thanks. I look forward to the new book.
That my friend is an awesome video. Although I about panicked when I thought you had finger nail polish on
You mean you would have a problem with a fella with fancy nails!?..........just kidding.
Manliest branch breaking I've ever seen....
Oh yeah.....
Yo quiero uno!!!!!
Super
I can relate to trying to break a stick @ 2:04
Amazing. How long does it takes you to finished it? I want so bad to try to do one myself but not sure to have it done for the holidays.
Normally a week or working on it straight for a couple days and then off and on for the rest......but the past few years have taken longer as they are more complicated.
Small fingers on the hands would have been nice to see. Either way, great job.
Yeah, you can do just about anything. We still like to maintain a semi traditional look for the most part but we may do fingers in the future, out rat king had fingers! Thanks for watching
Incredible. Amazing attention to detail on them. One thing, and I hope you take this the way intended, it scares the living daylights out of me watching you wearing gloves when using your workshop tools. Keep expecting your hands to get pulled in any minute.
Yeah, gloves are a bad Idea...with that said, I wasn't wearing them long and they are fingerless.
The Homestead Craftsman it's all good just don't end up fingerless yourself. you have a major talent and it would sucks if you couldn't do it anymore. anyway enough preaching. great job on the nutcracker and I am following the house redo with interest.
Good come back! Made me laugh. If I do take them off I'll craft up some nice wooden fingers using my stumps.
If you don't mind me asking... How many hours do you think you had in building this Nutcracker
I don't know, I have never kept up with how long it takes me to make projects like this.
I stopped the video to ask why are you whipping that tree? Was it a bad tree? I hear your wife laughing.
I think I was the one being whipped and yes, laughed at.
that's a manly nutcracker
It is.
6:59 Ow!.......Ow!........Ow!
I saw this and I thought: "Why's his fingernail red? did he hurt himself or did he paint his nail? That's weird." Then I realized it was your wife.
wow he sure is a cutie.
little late and super video
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you unspuaurd me i think i'm going to make it
Jw
steve ramsey has nothing on you!
Except for his 700,000 subscribers.........but thank you!
Forget 700k subs, you should have a show on HGTV or DIY! Major talent and excellent outlook w/finances.
Sorry I have to say, "cute".
Oh don't be sorry, it's very cute!