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Sky Valley Studio Woodworking
United States
Приєднався 27 лис 2006
We are self-taught artisan/craftsmen working out of our home based studio and workshop. We’ve learned from countless resources from masters of their trade (books, videos, magazines, blogs and blogs, etc.), then put what we learn into practice.
This channel shares our journey into woodworking craftsmanship as we expand and develop our skills. We hope it inspires others to create beautiful designs.
Woodworking, fine art, and video (obviously) are all produced at Sky Valley Studio.
This channel shares our journey into woodworking craftsmanship as we expand and develop our skills. We hope it inspires others to create beautiful designs.
Woodworking, fine art, and video (obviously) are all produced at Sky Valley Studio.
Angled Butler's Tray with Ebony Splines
This is the fifth in a series on making compound angle joinery wood trays. This time finishes the mitered tray with ebony splines.
This video covers making the planning, pantorouter cutting, making ebony splines, shaping and concludes with stain and finishing.
The audio has some rough spots because our lapel mic died!! Sorry for the delay in posting, life gets in the way!
This video covers making the planning, pantorouter cutting, making ebony splines, shaping and concludes with stain and finishing.
The audio has some rough spots because our lapel mic died!! Sorry for the delay in posting, life gets in the way!
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Making the Bottom - Compound Angle Butler's Tray
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This is the fourth in a series on making compound angle joinery wood trays. This video covers making the bottom from reclaimed wood by resawing, bookmatch glueing, and cutting to fit. Along the way, there is a big mistake that has to be fixed!
Shaping Sides and Ends - Butler's Tray
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This is the third in a series on making compound angle joinery wood trays. In this video, we cover the planning, cutting, and shaping to make the sides and hand holds that match the angle of the bottom. 0:06 Cut Sides 0:55 Planning 3:08 PantoRouter 7:40 Rough Cut on Bandsaw 8:01 Shaping
Compound Mitered Corners without Math - Butler's Tray
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This is the second in a series on making compound angle joinery wood trays. The compound angles with mitered corners can be done without complicated match if you have a setup block and a drafting triangle. Drafting Triangle (affiliate link): amzn.to/37LGmUY 0:26 Setting the Miter Gauge angle. 2:15 Saw Blade Angle 5:45 Cutting to Length
Compound Angle Butler's Tray Setup Block
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This is the first in a series on making compound angle joinery wood trays. A setup block makes it easy to get consistent results and is key in making the mitered and butt joint for dovetailed compound angle corners. 0:18 Trays 0:40 Setting the Angle 2:08 The Block 3:33 Cutting to Shape 6:05 Ripping Tray Sides 7:55 Groove for Tray Bottom
String Inlay Jigs, Tools, and Techniques
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String inlay adds charm, character, and decorative elements to woodworking. Dot shows you a few simple jigs to make it easier, how to make an ecomomical straight line cutter with a Steve Latta cutter head, how to use Veritas cutters and chisel, and techniques for inserting string inlay that crosses itself.
MAKE a Double Arrow Inlay out of Scraps
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Making another inlay pattern. This time it uses scraps from other inlays that were made of scraps. So, this is VERY "scrappy"! The Maple, Walnut, Sapele, and Padauk make a very colorful combination. They are wrapped with strips of Ebony to set them off with good contrast. 0:40 First Glue-Up 0:59 Side Triangles 2:13 Trim Triangles 2:58 Padauk Inserts 4:55 Another Glue Up 5:12 Used in a Pizza Peel
MAKE a Zero Clearance Table Saw Insert
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Step by step details on how to make a table saw zero clearance insert. 0:15 Bottom Layer 1:47 Oops! 2:15 Top Layer 2:40 Cut to Shape 3:27 Sand to Final Shape 4:10 Glue Layers 6:27 Cut Through
Walnut End Grain Cutting Board from Scraps
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Sanding vs card scraper showdown! End grain cutting boards are a great way to use up some of this scrap ends. And the results can be stunning! I used walnut ends and maple scraps as accents in this piece. Finish it off with a bit of beeswax/mineral oil (board butter) to really bring out the beauty of the wood grains. 0:25 Preparation 2:20 Design 4:25 Pinstripe Detail 5:05 Glue Up 5:33 Leveling ...
Making Wood Inlay - Carpenter's Star Pattern
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Making a Carpenter's Star Pattern has a lot of steps. This video covers the plan and process. This is another inlay destined for a decorative pizza peel. Difficulty: Advanced Chapter Markers coming soon.
Making Wood Inlay - Pinwheel Quilt Pattern
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Making a Pinwheel Quilt Pattern has a lot of steps. This video covers the plan and process. This is another inlay destined for a decorative pizza peel. Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced 0:30 Plan 5:10 First Glue-Up 6:05 Center Section 8:10 Outside Section 8:20 Grain Matching 11:05 Second Glue-Up 12:05 Miter Cleanup 14:20 Corners 16:35 Final Glue-Up 17:05 Pizza Peel Project
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 9 - Finishing
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This episode covers preparing and finishing the table top. Garnet Shellac for the first coats and Mohawk Rockhard Ply for the top coats. The basic plans for the Barnsley Hayrake Table can be found here (we modified them to suit our specific project): cdn.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/BarnsleyTable.pdf Learn with us on this mom & son teaching project. This is no ordinary farmhouse ta...
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 8 - Breadboard Ends
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This episode covers all of the details on the breadboard ends. The mortices, shaping the tenons and stub tenon, and pegging the breadboard on the table top. The basic plans for the Barnsley Hayrake Table can be found here (we modified them to suit our specific project): cdn.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/BarnsleyTable.pdf Learn with us on this mom & son teaching project. This is no o...
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 7 - Complete the Base and Attach the Top
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This episode finishes up the table base with apron joinery, slots for table top holding buttons, shaping, and our choice for finish. The basic plans for the Barnsley Hayrake Table can be found here (we modified them to suit our specific project): cdn.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/BarnsleyTable.pdf Learn with us on this mom & son teaching project. This is no ordinary farmhouse table!...
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 6 - Walnut Table Top
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This episode covers cutting, jointing, and preparing the boards for the main part of the table top. Then we glue the top in stages and overcome some mistakes. The basic plans for the Barnsley Hayrake Table can be found here (we modified them to suit our specific project): cdn.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/BarnsleyTable.pdf Learn with us on this mom & son teaching project. This is no...
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 5 - Wedges, Pegs, and More for the Hayrake Base
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Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 5 - Wedges, Pegs, and More for the Hayrake Base
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 4 - Leg Joinery
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Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 4 - Leg Joinery
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 3 - Crossbar Joinery
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Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 3 - Crossbar Joinery
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 2 - Stretcher Joinery
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Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 2 - Stretcher Joinery
Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 1 - Starting the Base
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Barnsley Hayrake Table - Part 1 - Starting the Base
MAKE a Zero Clearance Bandsaw Insert
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MAKE a Zero Clearance Bandsaw Insert
Making Wood Inlay - Dot Dash Pattern
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Making Wood Inlay - Dot Dash Pattern
Wood Branding Iron - Two Minute Tuesday
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Wood Branding Iron - Two Minute Tuesday
Making Wood Inlay Banding - Zig Zag Pattern
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Making Wood Inlay Banding - Zig Zag Pattern
Router Mortising Jig - Two Minute Tuesday
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Router Mortising Jig - Two Minute Tuesday
MAKE an adjustable Bandsaw Miter Sled
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MAKE an adjustable Bandsaw Miter Sled
Well done, been looking for inspiration and ideas for a Japanese style planter!
Glad you found some inspiration! I loved the challenge of a completely knock-down pattern. If you put a bottom in it make sure it's reinforced, as the dirt can get quite heavy! I'd also recommend lining it somehow, with some drainage holes. The wood will last much longer.
@@SkyValleyStudio Yes, I have started to construct a similar style planter and followed your recommendations for a liner and reinforced bottom. Thanks!
A simple project of great use in ribbon saw, authorizes copy for use in my workshop!
👍💓!!
Nice build. What, if anything did you use to secure the machines to the base? I thought I'd take a forstner bit and cut a recess for the feet to rest in similar to LG's plastic bracket on their base. Thx Jeff
We bought heavy duty rubber cups for the feet. We still get a bit of vibration with unbalanced loads. I’d recommend a lip or trim piece in front to keep the machines from walking off the pedestals for those times you don’t realize the load is imbalanced. Or screw the cups to the top before putting the machines in place. That may work even better.
Fascinating hand tools that you used for shaping. I figured a router was coming out.
I have an aversion to power tools. Especially a router, unless it’s in my PantoRouter. More than once I’ve had wood go flying off the router table. Just a little too aggressive.
You really shouldn't have those long hood-pull strings dangling all over the place while leaning over a moving saw blade . Tuck them inside your jacket , it just might save you from a nasty accident.
Excellent point and spot on! I’ve removed most of them entirely because they sneak out like that. Safety FIRST!!
Looked great and u broke everything down very nicely.
Thanks for the feedback! And for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
I may have missed it - Why the jig and bandsaw and not a compound mitre saw?
Easy answer. I rarely use my miter saw. The band saw is safer, especially for small pieces. Try cutting 1/4” slices on a miter saw. Also, the band saw removes about 1/16” material even after planing smooth. The miter saw will be closer to 1/8” or more.
Great demonstration. I love the challenge of figuring out if there is an order of operations. Cutting through an inlayed piece intersecting or deciding to stop/start skip over it.
yea, good luck with getting them to do anything for you. Since my order of their Panto Router they have continued to treat me like a major enemy! This was due to me proving the defective castings as proof they were sub standard. It took 8 months to get them replaced. They continue to cancel any orders of mine for anything!
Have you tried emailing Mac Sheldon personally? I’ve gotten no thing but fantastic response from them. If you are going thru Wood raft it may be an entirely different story.
It's beautiful, a labor of love, very nicely done. Thanks for sharing 👍👍 two thumbs up!
Thank you very much! I enjoyed making this for a quilt maker's kitchen.
a nailgun? Really??
Just a quick pin nail hold. Glue and clamps are fine too.
well done
Thanks, Two Captains! Great tag, BTW.
I’ve never heard of shellac being applied before a poly finish before. Shellac is a soft finish and poly a hard finish. I was taught at trade school that a soft finish should always be applied on top of a hard finish. I was asked to inspect some 3m high bank doors where the new finish was peeling off. On inspection, the joiner had applied the shellac before the poly and being in direct sun light, the shellac had melted and failed to provide a firm surface for the poly to sit on. The poly was delaminating and peeling off in sheets that looked like steamed wall paper. I think your fabulous looking table may suffer the same fate if it is left by a window in direct sunlight.
Shellac in this case is simply “sanding sealer”. If poly is coming off in sheets, it’s probably the lack of sanding be l sufficiently between coats. Poly needs the surface roughed up between every coat in order for it to stick. Thanks for the compliment and feedback.
Oh. And if you read Flexner on Finishing you’ll see where this concept comes from. I get a much more even stain I’d I shellac first, and a much more even surface as the alcohol raised the grain, but the shellac fills the pores slightly.
Great video! What size staples and stapler did you use?
I used what I had. I tried a hand stapler but it didn’t have enough power. Don’t recall off hand what I used, but I thought I addressed that - perhaps in an earlier video in the series. Start with the one on the seat frame and go from there.
Look at “Under the Leather”.
I love your projects, magnificent
Thanks, eries759! More to come!
Boa tarde é muito bonito o seu trabalho parabéns, aprendi muito com você
Fico contente por conseguirem retirar alguma coisa dos meus vídeos, apesar de não ter a tradução portuguesa! Obrigada pelo vosso apoio!
Excellent. I purchased a thick rough suede leather log carrier . I want repurpose it and use to reupholster my office chair.
I’m sure that would work, but the thick leather may not be very pliable. Certainly good for sling type chairs. Good luck! Hope it goes well.
@2:12 let me help you hold that tiny board
LOL. Yeah. That extra helping hand is pretty funny. Comes in “handy” once in awhile.
Half of the fun of woodworking for me is making jigs.
A very useful video. How do you prevent the glue used on the string inlay from contaminating the surface of the spalted maple? BTW, once the glue has set to hold the inlay in place I’ve had good luck using a card scraper to reduce the inlay to the depth of the groove.
Use just enough glue so there is very little squeeze out. Use a card scraper to clean the surface of remaining glue. Or use hide glue, which cleans up very easily in the gummy state. Kind of like rubber cement.
@@SkyValleyStudio I’ll try the hide glue since I’m about to set inlay into a large walnut charcuterie board. Thanks for the tip!
@ramsayholmes4913 Your inlay should be proud of the surface slightly anyway, and needs to be sanded or planned or scraped down anyway. If you are super concerned about penetration and you’re using oil and wax on the board go ahead and do that before you cut out for inlay. Just don’t soak it. The wax will keep the glue from penetrating. Your cuts will be fresh wood.
Your system makes more sense than most I have seen. I will try this only alternating file direction as my files are single cut only.
That works be perfect! I shouldn’t have assumed everyone would have my file. Save time by doing all one direction first, then flip the file and do the other tooth direction. Good luck!
Happy New year you two. Looking forward to new vids! P.S. is/was there a Blacker arm chair project up your sleeves? (My favorite piece of furniture in the world) Hope to see you soon!
Happy New Year! We’ll have new videos coming out soon. I don’t have a Blacker stern chair video, but have you seen our series on the Gamble House Chair (our version)?
Very helpful, thanks.
You’re welcome! Let us know if there’s something specific you’d like to see published.
It looks as if you are using a mortise chisel to take down the inlay to near surface level. I had never thought of using it that way. Good instruction.
Good catch! Sometimes you use what you have! My bench chisels are non existent. My mortise chisels are always sharp (but so are the sides!!).
Very useful video, thank you!
I didn’t see much out there on string inlay, and it can truly enhance the finished product. Thought it was time for information! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share!
Glad you found it helpful. That’s what my channel is about. Sharing, learning, and teaching as I go.
Nice jig. Thank you
You are welcome! I use it every time I have mutters to do. They end up a perfect match with no rough saw marks. I can sneak up on the second (opposite) and one shaving at a time.
I really like your version of the skid!
Wow I was feeling your pain I just got a new Ooni oven and first few well lets say a tad messy but changing to a bamboo peel has made a big difference and its defiantly a skill you get with practice.
Yours does exactly as it says on the can. I'm busy making very fine and small windows, door casings, fascia's, trims for dolls houses, shops and intricate model buildings. Very good video and thanks very much for sharing . North East Coast, England.
Sounds very detailed! Hope this helps. Feel free to post some of your work here.
i will be making this
See my possible mod notes to make it a 90 degree as well as a 45 miter.
Obviously two of the right passions : wood working and cycling. Great couple. BTW nice jig.
Good eye! I always wonder is people look to see what logo wear I have on. Sad too see ATOC go. (I’m an International Commissaire, which sometimes gets in the way of woodworking and producing videos.)
Someone won the wife lottery. 😊
Lol. And here I thought I’d win the Husband lottery! Always good to have a video editor!
You van use rubberbands to get the blok together or tape around.
Far as I know , the dough didn’t slide cuz the sauce was cooked, spread the sauce and slide it to the oven first until the dough start to get brown, and then add all the ingredients Enjoy
This is great! You just saved me $70 as I was about to order the Bridge City Tool miniplane with depth skids :)
I have that plane, too, but it’s not as versatile as the plane skid. It has its uses and it’s a beautiful toy, but doesn’t get nearly as much use.
Some good info here. Suggestion - I find when slicing the stringing with a chisel it is better to use a slicing motion rather than using the chisel straight on.
Thanks! I’ll have to remember that. Makes perfect sense.
Thanks for the thanks! I get mine at Walmart of all places! But you can get these elsewhere!!! I buy the preverbal ball of rubber bands! It's like a ball of yarn but it's rubber bands! Cheap and lots of rubber bands if you happen to stretch one too far!!!
Thank you for the video, Its a money saver,
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful.
I've seen other Pro Wood Workers use rubber bands to hold things like that together. Maybe that would work here!
I’d actually thought about it, but wouldn’t you know, we don’t have a decent rubber band in the house! Just some very old ones that don’t stretch without breaking! Good suggestion though.
Hi Sky. My bandsaw blade does not make very smooth cuts. What kind of blade do you like to use for cutting inlay?
Cutting inlay requires a finer tooth set than thicker wood. Often, I’m cutting pieces that are no more than a half an inch thick and sometimes less. This means I need to have at least 6 to 12 TPI. Tensioning the blade correctly is necessary, as is having a good sharp blade. I have a video on sharpening blades that may help. Setting the guide blocks or bearings correctly both above and below is also critical. As for the brand, I’ve had acceptable success with Timberwolf, but better success with a ennox blade. My go-to general blade is an alternating 3/4 slip tooth Woodslicer.
Thank you so much for making and explaining the block and method. I've made some truly inspired trays following this method. The precision IS AMAZING!! RealLy, thank you!!
You are very welcome! Thanks for the support!
How is working with hot hide glue bs old brown glue? I haven’t taken the plunge into the hot hide glue yet
Hit hide glue is a little more versatile in that you mix it for the particular application. But if the woods is cold (think winter garage) it cools the glue too fast. I still prefer it over old brown glue. Just a choice.
@@SkyValleyStudio thank you for the information
Glad you overcame your almost embarrassment. For newbies like myself seeing the bad is sometimes more important than the good. I purchased a used bandsaw from a friend which was rarely used. Doesn't mean it wasn't frequently ABused... 🙂This vid was very helpful. Thank you!
Glad you found it helpful! The bandsaw is one of my most frequently used power tools. Much more than the tablesaw. And it’s much safer in general, too.
Thanks for sharing!
One of my better series, IMO. There are other parts to it, too, starting with the tools needed. And a good one on the layers “Under the Leather”
Those splines look so gorgeous sticking out. It reminds me of a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
The slightly proud accents is something the Greene brothers did. It adds visual appeal and begs to be touched. Thanks for the compliment!
Can't wait to try this. I have a load of blades and have got to the point where I'm constantly swapping to try to find the best one (the least bad one, to be more precise). I can get them sharpened locally but the bloke takes forever and at 10 Euros per blade it adds up really quickly. And your instructions are nice and clear too - thank you.
Let me know how it works for you or if there is an improvement to make - aside from adding that most files are not by-directional!
I thank you for all of the inspiration. Your work is beautiful.
Thank you! Let me know if there is something in particular you’d like to see.
What type of wood is it? Also, you think you can adjust the nose guard to leave the nose free and get those inches cutting a bigger log? like on the small log mill from granberg. Thanks! Awesome video.
This was cedar. Removing the nose guard would remove the clamp on that end of the bar, and it wouldn’t work well horizontally. The small mill Granberg has is meant to cut vertically, slabbing off the sides.