My Woodworking Journey | How I got to where I am today. And answering some common questions.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มี.ค. 2024
- Thought I would do a video about me and how I get to where I'm at today with the business. Let me know what questions I can answer for you guys.
Ive written before to you about my sons shop in Florida.
He bought an existing 4000. sq ft cabinet ship that had been closed for a few years due to the owner being ill.
There was an Oniada cyclone dust collection in the shop.
But it was inoperative due to neglect.
He was able to make it operable again by replacing the motor etc.
And he relocated it to a shed he built on the side of the building.
It dumps the chips and dust into a regular metal trash can.
But there is also a pump to suck it from the trash can and pump it directly into an enclosed high sided dump trailer.
When he turns on the dust collection the pump comes on also.
Its not uncommon for them to run a whole draft of lumber thru the planer, which will pretty much fill the trailer.
The shapers are another machine that create the most dust.
Like you they make their own drawers and doors and use the shapers for that.
They use a Powermatic 36” vertical belt sander on the doors, and a stroke sander and an ocilating belt sander on the drawers.
He recently sold his Grizzly 5’ stroke sander and bought an SCI 8’ model, he will also use that on large doors.
The stroke sanders require a more skilled operator than the vertical belt sanders do, but they will do everything the much more expensive machine does.
Sounds like a nice setup
It’s very inspiring to hear you’re story I have been trying to build my woodworking skills and my tool collection and I absolutely love working in my one car garage workshop I would love to turn it into a full time business. I’m slowing building it but it just takes time and hard work.
Your right. Takes time and hard work. Keep pushing ahead. You’ll get there
Great video. It’s always nice to hear the backstory of where a shop owner started out as. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the feedback 🤙
Good for you ! I thought u were back East! I am in Northern Ca , North of Sacto! Keep knock’em dead brother! I found your channel and enjoy! I am an older guy that came into this trade around 50ish? 65 now and healthy guy so I work! I am solo finish carpenter/ contractor and I work outta my garage shop. Build smaller. Cabinet jobs however I hv a retirement so I hv to keep my income reasonable or Uncle Sam gets it all.
I take what you throw down! Ha! Oh I hv a storied past ?
Awesome. Thanks for watching 🤙
I been spraying lacquer since 1981. If I have to be in the spray room long time I wear a mask. But most of time no mask. All airless pumps one for sealer and one for finish. I helped a guy that was from Bolivia he taught me real good.
Nice! yeah I use all airless pumps too
The man, the myth the legend! Haha love it, dude, thanks for sharing 🤙🏼
Thanks bro. 👊
really enjoyed this one looking forward to the paint booth
Thanks man. I really appreciate it
Great vid man! This is the stuff I want to know, the nitty gritty and behind the scene stuff of running a cabinet shop business.
Awesome to hear. Glad you liked it.
Dust collection came out great dude!
Great video..TH-cam seems like a whole other animal..inspiring to see you getting into it
Thanks brotha
Thanks so much for posting this. It would be awesome if a future video touched more on tips for working efficiently as a one man operation. I'm currently working out of my garage while I save up to lease a shop space, and I need to increase my output somehow but it's tough since I'm already in the shop every day and chipping away at designs, quotes, and bookkeeping each night
All great points. Will answer some of your questions next week. Would love to help people not make same mistakes I have along the way.
Loving the channel. I have a small shop in a double garage, and am going to move to a bigger space soon. I also started a youtube, it has done better than expected but, I find the time to make videos hard.
Nice I’ll have to check it out. It’s definitely tough with everything going on. But to get to where I want this thing to be, just got to put in the time.
@@NE_woodworks putting in the time is a beast. I like making videos, I don’t like voicing them over @AshtonMillworks is the channel.
Cool background. Deserves a follow. Good Luck with your future plans. Is that notebook a rite in the rain? 😂
Thanks
Too much money lol lol, we were on a job and the builder walked by our trailer and our set up and in front of the customer... "these guys make to much money" we finished the job and I went to the builder and said "your fired from our customer base, don't ever call us again" We had additional bids out to the customer, and they to this day have never called us back. Some people have no idea what it takes to be able to do this type of work. Keep up the good work!
Hahaha yeah that’s annoying. Some people just don’t get it
Really like your videos. Keep it up man.
Thanks you! 👊
Enjoyed your vid sir, keep it up!
Awesome. Love to hear that. Thanks for watching.
@@NE_woodworks Can you share your process of breaking down plywood to small parts? also started woodworking but my table saw cannot handle whole plywood for my cabinet projects
Congratulations on your successes and your new shop. You stated you build your cabinet doors first then the cabinets - seems like it'd be cabinetes first, then the doors. Could you give a sentence explaining that? Subscribed and looking forward to many more videos. Good luck from the mid-east.
Thanks. A couple reasons I build the doors first. My shop is small and if I build all the cabinets first it gets crammed in there and more difficult to do other things. Second, if I build the doors first I can have a helper sand them while I build boxes.
Makes good sense. Thanks for responding and again, best of luck.
Thank you for sharing your story. Very inspiring. Welcome to my state. Hope it is treating you well. Question for you. I know it is too early for them to be thinking about the future, but do either of your boys have an interest in following in your footsteps???? Keep up the great work and the videos. Look forward to following you and your journey in the future. Continued success and wishing you nothing but the best!!!!!
Thanks man. I really appreciate that. At this point I’m not sure if the boys will take this path. Time will tell. Thanks for following along.
Really appreciate the down to earth approach and sharing info. What type of mdf do you use for your door panels? Ive tried light weight and regular for my panels but find that the finish is a bit tricky and get some bleed through even with two coats of primer…thanks!
Im just using regular mdf. Gives the door some weight. Makes it feel better.
I’m gonna shoot you a message on IG bc I have questions about that new finish you’re using and as someone who loves lacquer but doesn’t like stinking up the entire house, this sounds great!
Cool. Happy to answer any questions I can
It says waiting for invite on IG messages but talked to local rep at the paint store and the said that Gemini got bought out so they weren’t going to be getting anymore
The must be nice comments never happen when you're working 100 hour weeks, people like to ignore that most people have to fight, bleed, sweat, cry, and work yourself to the bone to succeed.
This is true
Did you say you're 30 swxonds from your house??
Yes!
@@NE_woodworks can't beat that! 🎯