Woodworking, How To Flatten A Live Edge Slab
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Hi, I'm Brazilian and I live here in Brazil. But I am a follower of the great works of several friends in the USA, just like you. I worked more than 35 years in offshore and today I'm retired. Now I'm with a joinery and I'm taking my time with it. Although I don't have knowledge of English, the videos that you produce are so good that I just understand some 80%. I appreciate you pass these experiences and share with all the world their knowledge. A big hug.
Got myself some Japanese Cedar slabs a couple of months ago. Good timing on the Vid. Now I can watch this for the next two years while I wait for them to be ready to work. Thanks Samurai.
Samurai! I don't leave comments but it seemed appropriate to tell you at this turning point. I am learning more advanced carpentry through your channel than any other source. I am bootstrapping a furniture making business right now so funds are non-existent for supporting your patreon (I do use your tool store.) I watched a previous video where you used this type of jig for flattening work and it convinced me to use this simpler style design. It got me up and going fast and I use it 3-4 times per week. I use the same massive Freud straight cut bit and it makes a huge mess that is totally worth it! Thank you for being a public craftsman and artist.
its nice to see the old samurai enthusiasm along with the quality content
A hint for anyone looking to use such a setup... For this wide of work the box where the router slides in it works good, but requires bending over and reaching for long periods of time. A longer router box with the router fixed in the middle allows you to stand upright on one side and slide the box back and forth, or better yet move the long direction with the grain as it ends up a cleaner cut. The router box needs to be long enough so the bit that's fixed in the middle can reach the other side of the piece without the box falling off the rail. You do have to be careful swinging the sled around so you don't end up angled too much and falling off the rail, a couple of stops underneath at the ends would prevent that. Cool projects and great channel!
Is just adore the shot at 5:50 . Props to your new viedographer, great work. We never had these kinds of scenes before. I absolutely love it.
That is a really sick shot.
Starts off nice, but holds too long on an out of focus shot of his arm. Still, I like the new style and with some tweaking I think the new videos are going to be fantastic.
That is an insane amount of shavings!
whatand1 That is one big pile of shi.. shavings
What can you do with all those shavings?
I was thinking you shaved away an entire board with all those shavings
Rocky can use those shavings for to use for kindling, ash for cement, with some epoxy for skateboards.... hmm what else?
@@Rockoblocko take a hamster as a pet
7:37 So much wood! Also, mad props to the new guy, he's doing a great job at showing the audience what you're doing throughout the video for tutorial purposes and he slips in a few extra cinematic shots to make the whole thing look better as an overall video
Samurai, I have found when using this technique that when you rout across the grain it almost always leave those high marks that you then sanded down with your belt sander. What has worked well for me is after I am done taking the wood to thickness across the grain is to leave the router height set the same as the last pass, but then do a pass with the grain. It leaves the work MUCH smoother in the end and all that is needed is a quick sanding with a random orbital sander.
Hi Samurai, just 2 things for your information hope these help in future. 1, if you want to remove the bark off of a live edge board to some interesting figure if you don't remove it all the way through try using a sanding flap wheel in a 4 inch grinder, works wonders. 2, try using RB 406 J-FLEX sanding belts and flap wheels on your sanding machines, I think it's made by Hermes and it is a little expensive, it was originally made for the metal industry but work wonders in the woodworking. Oh and if you get a tube of silicone sealant any colour, cut the top off and allow to set for a few days (maybe a week) cut the plastic tube off and rub it on your sanding belts on any machine whilst it's running it will clean your belts to near new condition. Hope these help.
I've done this setup a few times. It is a lot of work and it is mind blowing how many shavings you get. That being said, each time has given me great results! Nice vid!
Back to your roots it feels like. This gives me the same peaceful feeling I felt with your workshop table. Interesting blend of how-to and feel-good video. I really think this is a great direction.
Wow! The editing and shots were awesome in this video! Great work!
Also, that's genius on how to flatten slabs. Thanks!
I've been bing-watching your last 10 videos and sorry to hear about all the troubles... But awesome to hear in the next video, that people are contributing so much to help you! Stay positive! And thanks to all the people who've helped too!
yeah, i would love a sketch up video from The samurai.
I'm liking the new combination of time lapse and live action, together with some of the more abstract shots.. works really well... plus the musak fits too.
I love it! The wood shavings piling up reminds me of when I'm doing work. The jig you built shows that you can get a lot done with some ingenuity and good old fashioned elbow grease. Well done my friend.
Well...reading down the comments section definitely shows that you can't please all of the people, all of the time. I personally come here to learn new things, and I did. So if this new format helps free up more time for family, then keep it up. Thanks for the great content, I look forward to your next post.
This was a great video man. Don't listen to the people that don't like it! can't please everyone my brother. thanks for getting back into it! from Australia.
Glad to see your back to the wood working that made the channel popular.
the way that video was shot with music was amazing, great way to show off your skill
Glad to see you back in the shop! I can't wait to see what you make with these beautiful slabs.
back to the roots and killing it. please never stop being the samurai!
That's the spirit! Just enjoy your passion and inspire us by being who you are and doing what you love!
This woodworking book is really detailed, *TopFineWoodworking. Com* ! With the aid of this plan, I was able to use words, drawings, real images and different diagrams. It is really an informative product. I am presently making furniture together with my brother and thanks to this product, I feel like helping him is possible.?
Sketchup tutorial would be sickkkk. I've done a bit but looking forward to your take on it. As always, great content. Glad to see you getting back to what you do best.
We used waterlox on a huge black walnut counter top and its stood up to heavy use for close to 10 years. Have never had to re coat!
Thats a nice looking slab. I was so sad when you chopped off the other end. The end you chopped off was my favorite part! Any plans for it? Would love to see where the other half ends up! Keep up the great stuff. Define Your Legacy!!
That is a nice film job. Long lens at end soft background. Tight shots of the waste. I give the dude filming a 10. The star of the video gets a ten too.
I like the new cinematography! Hope that helped you time wise!
It reminded me of the old-school samurai videos, like when you were building the guest house. I really enjoyed it, and am happy to see more of the process. It's amazing what you can do with a few small power tools, that's an astounding amount of wood chips!
This is the Samurai Carpenter that got me hooked! Awesome.
Wow, finally a video where i know way more than you about the subject.
This rig is decent and you seem to basically understan how to plane out twists and bows.
So that's good.
Really the main thing I can tell you first off is that you always want to make lengthwise passes, at least for your last pass, which saves a ton of sanding!
Also, you could've saved a ton of thickness (if you wanted).
Apparently you took all the imperfection out of one sides...then flattened the other.
But you can save a lot of thickness if you learned to take the imperfections out of both sides.
The finished result is also totally flat but with a lot less passes and material removal.
I surface plane slabs constantly so if you need anymore tips feel free to ask.
I'd love to be on the other end of the skill learning haha.
I like that you are back to showing us you working! Been doing this kinda stuff for years but always looking to learn new things and you almost always have something to teach me. Thanks!
i think the new videographer definitely has a lot to learn but also it seems he was going for similar style as your older videos and the familiar music makes the transition into a new era easy. glad to see you're back on track!
Very nice to see you in the shop doing your thing again and sharing it with us.
Hay man, I wish I could donate and help you out, as always feel guilty for watching your vids for free, but unfortunately I really can't afford to share the dollar right now (as soon as I can I will).
I'm not worried about you or your situation at all. That's because, like me, your a grafter and we always come out on top in the end.
Mesmerised by your work, enthusiasm and energy. Makes me angry at myself that I didn't follow cabinet making as a youth, as I enjoyed it so much.
YOU THE MAN!! Love it. Keep grafting dude. There's a cold one in Oxfordshire, UK if ur ever here!! 👍🏻. 👊🏻
I recently did a slab with a half inch bit. I definitely should've invested in the thicker router bit. Nice video!
Soooo many shavings! The quality of your video is awesome and the details you provided are very useful. As a complete noob I could have used more instruction on the leveling you were doing to help me understand the process even better. Thank you for this though! It’s very useful.
nail on the head samurai. this is what we want to see. nicely orchestrated scene's, nice wood, nice projects and a sense that woodworking and craftsmanship is paying the bills instead of it being obvious that you tube is. No offense meant at all by this comment. This video felt like a sudden good shift in direction.
HE'S BACK!!!
This is much more like it. Nicer feel, better content, better editing. Welcome back, I look forward to more of this...
This is something that I keep wanting to try. I think I'll give it a go this weekend.
Just my two cents worth on the finish. I have had great results on warming the color of cherry when using lacquer. I first use a couple of coats of boiled linseed oil then a wash coat of dewaxed shellac as a sealer then lacquer. Work great. Warmth and color of the wood and the durability that lacquer gives.
Samurai, have you heard of the Japanese TH-camr, Ishitani? He does incredible work and his wife does the videography. This video was shot very well, but maybe try less music and more sounds of the tools. I'm sure many tradespeople like ourselves find a lot of peace and calm in the sounds of our tools. Just an idea! Love your work, man!
Just a thought about making the jig: I use 3" PVC pipe for the long parallel supports. They never warp or change, and are ready to go right now. I set them in a cradle on the short cross members, lined with sandpaper to keep them in place.
Glad to see you finally back making carpentry videos instead of the 'home reno' show of late. Good stuff
I spray lacquer, and when it's gassed out, and almost cured, I use the feed N wax, and it takes it to another level for lacquer imo. Actually getting the best of both worlds with the mix I tested this for a full year, to make sure I didn't get any peeling or crazy weird issues. I use Sherwood (Sherwin Williams) Lacquer. With the price of big slabs and labor etc I wouldn't mention this to anyone unless I was sure it was good. Even tested it with oil based poly and then the Howards. Your next video should be a review of the new Rigid shop vac haha. 1 7/8 is more than enough beef
Love how he's not concerned about how clean the shop is! Not like some people on here that have it like a kitchen, and have all the best equipment and make a candle holder! Then state "one day I'd like to make a table..."
Awesome and relatively simple way to flatten a large piece! I have a large bar top i need to build and was wondering how to plane it down. Now i know what is needed. Thanks! Keep up the awesome work.
wow the quality of your videos just went through the roof. Love the change, and excited to see videos about sketch up.
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Back to basics! I like it. Show more woodworking!
Awesome! Samurai back in his element! Love the videography and the creative shots, pleasure to watch...
It's great to see you back in the shop! You look more relaxed and in your comfort zone.
Awesome to see you back to the wood working projects! Keep doing what you do, you are meant to do this!
I dig the direction of the camera work your going for...its different but its awesome. well done!
In my option this was one of the better videos really enjoyed this one thanks
I've been building for a long time. you're good man respect
A little while back you asked for direction in your videos. Although I really like the timelapse montages of your work, I think your knowledge and experience is what matters most. I'd like to see more of your opinions on these projects. Why did you choose this particular setup? How did you construct it? What would you have done differently the second go around? Lets see those different finishes and hear your thoughts on each. You seem to be holding back on the knowledge aspect of your videos recently. I think most people that come to this channel are looking for new information on a topic they know little about. There are a lot of armchair experts on youtube who will inevitably critique your every choice. Still, the explanation of your choices is invaluable knowledge that should be dispensed on this incredible platform that you have. Keep up the good work and I look forward to your future videos!
I like that new format, keep up dude!
Great to see you back in the shop Samurai! I like this new approach, with the filming from different angles and in moving shots. I only have one critique and thats concerning your use of timelapses. I get that you speed things up, for example when you're using the router to flatten a huge slab like that. But when you remove the bark from the wood, sand it down towards the end or even when you aply the oil and the laquer, a slower pace would be nice. I get that your videos would be superlong without timelapses, but i personally wouldnt mind them being 5 minutes longer. You are very good at explaining what youre doing, but i dont think i am the only one, who'd like you to show more of what you're doing. I know how to apply oil or sand ofcourse, but i also think your videos could be more pleasing to watch, if you turned down the tempo a bit, every once in a while. Its hard to catch the details in movement, of a certain part of the process, when everything is moving at warp speed. Anyway, just a suggestion. Im curious to see what happens next.
Good to see you back in the shop again, Samurai.
You mentioned lacquer and the problem with drinks and glasses leaving white rings. I use Pre-catalyzed lacquer from Sherwin Williams and never have a problem with rings from drinks. It's much MUCH tougher than the lacquers such as Deft. The Pre-cat only has a shelf life of about 6 months, but if you buy the catalyst separate and mix up only what you need for a job, you can minimize that issue. I have pre-cat on my dining room table and never worry about it, it's about as tough as urethane.
Samurai.... 👏👏👏 u are d best Carpenter on net. 🏆🤝
New videographer is a keeper; this looks terrific.
great to see you back in the shop dude. and you're FINALLY using the slabs! been waiting for well over a year for this series.
I like the new look. Thanks for all of your work.
Definitely headed in a great direction, Jesse. Loved the film work - short and sweet while covering every aspect of the process. I'd love to maybe hear a voice over here and there a la Joey at Kingpost Timberworks - dudes videos are almost 100% time-lapse and he just talks over them - if the build is good enough (which they generally are here), that enough for me. Keep it up man, we're all rooting for ya.
i love that you didn't sweep any chips during the process...that pile was awesome....
Great videography. Keep this person on!!! I feel way closer to the process in this film and I've watched almost all your stuff. This is a great step forward.
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The slab videos are really the best
that was an epic chip pile. super pumped for the sketch up instructional video. that may be a challenge but that information will be invaluable.
Your work is super inspirational.
You've defiantly upped your game! Some of the shorts are very pleasant!
Hey Jesse - Hats off to the new camera guy! He stayed so still while filming those timelapses! lol And those shavings!!!
I can see you new video crew is on. A lot of shots are really cool. I loved the motion shots near the beginning. The knee thing I work critique is the speed. The slow speed filming looked good, but when the camera had the motion which would look good in real time looks very chopping in slow speed. I would have loved to see some high speed shots of the hammer and some shavings flying away, those were huge.
I look forward to seeing the video quality evolve as the crew gets more comfortable in the space.
really looking forward to sketchup videos. I've tried to use it before but it takes a good while of learning to use it efficiently.
Good timing. I have a live edge table that apparently wasn't seasoned well enough when the table was made and has developed a hump over time. It's distracting enough that my plate doesn't sit flat on the table. I'll be able to follow your example here to plane out the hump and refinish it. Although I'll probably use steel rails because steel is cheap and easy to get here in Mexico (hardly anyone builds with wood.) Also comes completely straight so I don't have to worry about that. And now I have an excuse to buy a router and belt sander :)
Great clip, I have a live edge dining table to build for our new (to us) house, this was very helpful, thanks!
This is FANTASTIC! Exactly what I was looking for!
OMG.. Look at that sawdust pile up... Lol... Awesome... Now you need a biochar setup to utilize that waste... I really love your videos...
Hello all the way from RSA. It is a great looking piece of wood man. I am stocked about the SketchUp idea. I have been using it for the last 4 years. I hope I get to learn some new stuff. Looking forward to it.
Glad to see you back in the shop getting into your groove. Whatever you did in this video keep doing it! Production/editing was awesome. Keep up the great work!
Muy hermoso trabajo!!! Excelente explicación y muy útil, ya que siendo una simple trabajadora en Argentina con poca experiencia en carpintería, me sirve tu explicación, para realizar algunas tareas en madera, supliendo herramientas, tengo mucha habilidad y poco presupuesto, me encanta que muestres todo el proceso de trabajo ya que mediante el video, se puede apreciar el tiempo que demora tu maravilloso trabajo, te felicito desde Buenos Aires Mil Gracias!!!
I enjoyed the video, the first I have watched in a while (Been busy). I got everything I wanted from it so I have nothing to say about camera/editing work, just good to see you still at it.
I had a job back in the winter to make a bunch of stools and a couple of coffee tables from some big old pine trunk, 5 minutes in my router quit in a cloud of smoke so I made a couple of pieces of angle iron into a guide for an old circular saw that I don't use much. Otherwise it was a similar setup to this one. Using the saw laterally I thought would be a pain in the neck and slow but I was surprised at how well it worked and seemed to put no strain on the saw at all.
that looked so fun. No so mutch to clean up thow. These are some great video ideas. I tried to use sketchup and watched plenty of videos, i could not get the hang of it. I studied civil engenering and we used Autocad. So i just ended up using that for all my project.
Loving the moving camera stuff.
Yes your back and look more relaxed
Good vid
Every wood worker is happy knee deep in wood shavings
Camera guy did a great job!
My dad made one of those jigs but he made it out off steel and can do a max of 8ft x 16ft. It's pretty cool watching it go
Thanks Jesse just the idea I needed to flatten a slab I have. Now I just need to find the time.
awesome to see you back in the shop. Keep the videos coming. I've also been really impressed with your renovation vids and the recent vlog style stuff. Excited to see where you take your channel!
SAMURAI IS BACK!!!
The Samurai is back
Quit a bit of ball busting in the comments but all that aside this is the type of video a lot of your subs actually subbed for which are awesome videos and props to the new camera guy👌🏻
Love the filming on this one.
That music was fire while watching keep up the awesome work!!!
great videography and great music
great to have you back in the shop!
I may do this on a smaller scale. Waiting to see your ideas for legs and stretchers.
As always another nice treat for your fans. look forward to seeing more content.
Thank you for making it back to the shop.