How To Do a Perfect Bowtie Inlay By Hand - NO ROUTER

How To Do a Perfect Bowtie Inlay By Hand - NO ROUTER - Mallet and Chisel only

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Brian Benham - Artist • Designer • Craftsman

2 жыл бұрын

In this video, I show how I inlay Bowties, butterflies, dutchmen, or whatever you want to call them, using only a mallet and chisel... for the final clean, I use a hand plane and a sander. Yes, a sander, I'm not a savage, after all.
For more information on how to inlay a bowtie, www.briansbenham.com/how-to-i...
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@bradymcphail9690 2 жыл бұрын

After 20 some years as a earth mover mechanic, I hate dirt in my crack but I hat glue in my crack even more! Your chisel straightening hint is genius, I’ve noticed that you have a lot of great hints and ideas to make the job better and easier. I only wish you had more time make more videos, but I’m being selfish & greedy. Thanks for what you’re doing man.

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, keep watching, the more people that watch directly impacts the amount of time I can dedicate to making more videos.

@kjs2489 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work! I love how you creatively turned the natural split in the wood into a nice aesthetic feature while simultaneously reinforcing it.

@jessjulian9458 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the educational insights. Great job my friend. You are a great teacher.

@spencerbass7142 2 жыл бұрын

It looks really good.

@rickyforte5756 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work as always.

@Gabsfiles 28 күн бұрын

This is what i am looking for. I don't want to use router because i want to feel how ancient people do things accurately without electric tools. I want to be more passionate on what i am doing. By the way, i am just starting on woodworking and I've had a lot of failures now. Still trying to learn more in youtube. Thanks for this video...

@nathanek6598 2 жыл бұрын

You have done the most detailed video of bowtie technique I have ever seen. Lots of good tips!

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@karl_alan 2 жыл бұрын

These can be super functional in places where the humidity changes a lot. I have found in my region, the humidity of a dry board varies a decent amount depending on time of year, so these really do help with checked and cracked boards to keep it from splitting further.

@NarrowAscent 2 жыл бұрын

Good vid. I don't have a router and was looking for something like this. Thanks for the work

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent overall important tricks . Thank you !

@chrisstearns10 2 жыл бұрын

Like a glove👍 Great explanation and walk through 😁

@tinycuisine6544 Жыл бұрын

Perfect! Thanks for sharing

@JoshDub78 Жыл бұрын

Subscribed. I'm blown away by your craftsmanship and artistry.

@Benham_Design Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davecurda2350 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work Brian

@GregsGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Brian. Nice fit!

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

Hand tools : the pure lovely way .

@gregmize01 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@stevelirette5421 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian - Really liked the Video. Im a fan. I'm also a friend of Gardner Scott who referred you. Looking forward to more videos.

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out my channel! Gardener Scott is a good due, I've learned a ton from him.

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

Great demo and tips, Brian. You make a difficult process look easy.

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@karl_alan 2 жыл бұрын

Curious why you do the bevel before marking out. Seems if the sides are square when marking, it might eliminate some of that extra paring after the first test fit. But I might be missing something, I have only done a few of these.

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a slight bevel, as you drive it in the fit will get tighter ensuring a tight fit. However, too much of a bevel it could split it out, that's why I stressed a very shallow bevel.

@digimikek 8 ай бұрын

Excellent instructional video; detailed step by step, helped me enormously with all the nuance of self made bowties. Thank you. Which chisels do you use?

@Benham_Design 7 ай бұрын

I keep meaning to look every time I go out in the shop but keep forgetting. The ones I used in the video, I've had for 20+ years. Lately I've been using the chisels from woodcraft they start with a ph. They are fantastic.

@jodytho 2 жыл бұрын

great video! What brand of marking knife is that? I couldn't find it in your tool links....

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

I got it at woodcraft, I think it's their house brand.

@jodytho 2 жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design thank you, and thank you for the tips!

@BiP00 2 жыл бұрын

What wood are the bowties made of? They are beautiful! Thanks a lot for the mini course also, was right on time, I recently got my chisel set and been planning to start practicing making bowties inlays(And getting the hand on working with good chisels the proper way).

@BiP00 2 жыл бұрын

...and not losing a finger in the process lol

@karl_alan 2 жыл бұрын

Bowties look to be wenge

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, when gay bow ties in a mesquite shelf

@viorsa8200 2 жыл бұрын

Excelente proyecto muy bien desarrollado y mejor ejecutado , no hablo inglés , me quedo con lo que veo , pero me pierdo todas sus explicaciones , porfavor subtítulos en español , gracias por compartir , un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón , Galicia ( España) 🤓 😜

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

Intentaré averiguar si puedo subtitular en español. ¡gracias por ver!

@viorsa8200 2 жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design gracias a usted por intentarlo

@andrewrobinson7797 2 жыл бұрын

How long did that take to do in real time? I'm curious so I can multiply by 3 to give myself a realistic timeframe!

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

If I'm not talking to the camera, I can typically inlay one start to finish in about about 20 minutes. Your time may very on how hard the wood is and experience level.

@gerardtempelman4245 Жыл бұрын

Hello Brian, I'm a carpenter and craftsman to but i will always lay my chisels upside down because then they will stay longer sharp.

@Benham_Design Жыл бұрын

I don't really worry about how I lay my chisels down. When I'm using them, driving them into the wood is going to dull it much more than the tip resting on the bench. So as I work with my chisels I am constantly touching them up on the stone to maintain a sharp edge. An edge that is dulled from use more than dulled from resting on the tip.

@bruce9108 Жыл бұрын

Are there any guiding pricinples for Bow Tie Dimesions. These are particularly pleasing.

@Benham_Design Жыл бұрын

I just sketch out a few proportions and pick the one I like.

@bruce9108 Жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design Never tried a significant wood working project. Have hand cut (pull Saw) three large bow ties. (Largest 5.5 inches x 2 in x 1-1/4 deep) Squared them up with chisels and have created the mortise with the method in your video 1 inch. Plan to remove excess with pull saw and card scraper. Going to set the bow tie tomorrow. Any last minute thoughts?

@Benham_Design Жыл бұрын

@@bruce9108 let her rip!

@bruce9108 Жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design Update…. Radical SUCCESS! Thanks for the great tutorial!

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

Brian, question : can we put the butterflies even if not totally dried wood or should we wait ? Ok you just said it … but then.. why putting them ? Just for pleasing the eye ?

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

I would wait until the moisture level is around 10% or less. If it is wet and the wood shrinks, it can pull away from the butterfly leaving a gap. Or on the other end shrinks tighter around the butterfly creating another crack. All depends on the grain flow of the board

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design thank you Very much for answering !

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design do you know if it was done before to put some underneath and on the top , when not totally wet , limiting hence the warping effect of having only one at the top of not fully dried V

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

@@ikust007 I think you are over thinking it, working with wet wood and trying to tame it is fraught with problems. Why green wood turners often throw out cracked bowls. You could put a bowtie on the other side, but would it help, maybe maybe not. It would totally depend on that piece of wood and how it want to move as it dries out.

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

@@Benham_Design ahahahah! Kind of my style indeed…:) ok ok. You are right .

@epiphgd4302 5 ай бұрын

Beauty! What about adding one to the end grain?

@Benham_Design 5 ай бұрын

My design eye, tells me odd numbers look better than even, so I think to add a 4th would make it look off. Also, end grain inlays aren't as clean looking

@epiphgd4302 5 ай бұрын

@@Benham_Design Sorry I should have been more specific. I agree with what you're saying on this piece, it's perfect. What I meant was in an instance where the checking is occurring on the end grain only and the split hasn't reached the face of the board yet- Can I 'dig' into the end grain to insert a bowtie? Any issues there? (It's pine i'm working with)

@Benham_Design 5 ай бұрын

The only issue I see would be risk splitting the wood. Chopping into end grain with a chisel would be similar to splitting wood with an ax.

@epiphgd4302 5 ай бұрын

@@Benham_Design That's excellent-Thanks. I've seen pics before in lumber yards where they've these large pieces of lumber and they hammer in what look like a large ring you'd wear on your hand into the end grain- Have you any idea what they are called?

@LarryBinFL Жыл бұрын

I like a lot about this video but tell me, why not drill out some of the center wood? Are you opposed to using a power tool?

@Benham_Design Жыл бұрын

Ohh, I love power tools and use them all the time. 3 reasons why I did it this way 1. I enjoy using hand tools for detailed tasks like this. 2. The know it alls (hand tool only users) on KZfaq will chastise you if you use a power tool, so I send them to this video to watch. 3. Clients like the fact that they are inland by hand, and each one is its own unique shape and not a router template sold to the masses.

@ikust007 2 жыл бұрын

15:33 agree . Not comfy …;)

@Benham_Design 2 жыл бұрын

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