That is beautiful in its simplicity! You nailed it. I'm sure if I suggested the same thing to another person they would have made a simple box. You kicked it up a notch. The ripple effect will be awesome, can't wait to see that project put together. Also, if you choose to hire someone I'm sure I can relocate to Oregon!!!

The smell of walnut reminds me of horses and saddles😊

Back here watching again, I like to go back over your vids to grab some inspiration sometimes 👍

Amazing. This Combination between acryl and Wood is what i love, Greetings from Germany Cologne . Like your Channel!

The light shining thru that acrylic is going to GLOW

WoW! Michael Fortune! Impressive. Nice explanations along the way!

Man, I need to work at your shop... um, garage. Amazing work.

I like this site because it shows very high levels of skill, imagination, knowledge and sheer guts. Who would be brave enough to play with $3,000 worth of a product they don't normally play with. Some people start out small and build up, not our Mr Sawyer.

You are a warrior and a world class furniture maker and designer. Thanks so much for letting the world see your work and process. I made a living as a solo woodworker for over 40 years. I loved my work, but so many hours go by and it becomes a physical and mental battle. It always helped to know others were sharing the load. I wish you the continued success that you deserve.

There is no woodworker who despite seeing a perfect finish after the first pass with a handplane says: Yeah, that's enough.

What A cool desk !

It's looking fantastic so far. Can't wait for level 2!

I’ve been binge watching you’re videos over the last week and I just can’t understand how you don’t have a million + subscribers. You’re easily as good or better as some of the bigger woodworkers on this platform and you do it all with tools that the average workshop has. You have an eye for fine design and it’s very relaxing to watch. Keep it up, I wish you tons of success

Like you said. The simplicity and the practicality. Nice combination! I like it Nick. Nice video. Can’t wait till next week! This is like waiting for season 4 of Yellowstone.

I love German Shorthair Pointers. I’ve had 2. I miss them bad.

Wonderful build! Love your videos.

Awesome!! Also, that panto, I want one.

The issue with sawn flat panels was noted centuries ago. Look at old flat top furniture, they solved the issue of warping by rotating the timber planks.

Not gonna lie, feeling very humbled to have found your channel of woodworking goodness!!

Super excited for you and the future! Best woodworker in my opinion on KZfaq

I love working with walnut. Its a good looking wood and i find it easy to stain and finish.

Love that walnut. My favorite wood to work with. Cherry is a close second. Beautiful work.

I'm here from Blacktail Studio's recommendation. New Sub. Looking forward to seeing many more vids.

And where have you been!? Why did I just find this. So much to catch up on. Great content.

Love that walnut, such a beautiful wood.

Beautiful!

Hi! If that was not a joke about an employee, I would love to. That may sound a bit dumb but I don`t like to waste chances, even if they are miserable. Woodworking took a place deep in my heart

Awesome video!

Been enjoying the vids a lot more with the humble commentary you're including recently. Subscribed...thanks Tom.

Incredible!

Great job! I’m really impressed with your designs. I bet it was a pain working with all that acrylic. I recommend wearing a mask. When spraying (even outside) and especially all that acrylic dust. Keep creating cool things.

I love all the work you have put out, not like any other woodworkers I’ve seen on KZfaq! I have been trying to grow my finishing technique and you seem to have it down. Rubio mono coat is normally my go to, but I’m really curious about more of your finishing process. I don’t know if you have a video already on that, but if not I would love to see one in the future

The thing about gluing up the bowed panels is gonna probably save my but on a bunch of future builds. Love watching your process!! Could be cool to see a bit more of the design early on in the build. Keep it going Nick, awesome seeing your channel grow!!

I was laughing at the "rainy Portland" comment, thinking, not this year man...not this year. How I look forward to more of the lovely wet stuff!! Beautiful job on pt 1, looking forward to the rest!

Ahhhh….. the simplicity!! Mate I have loved watching you and your success grow. Not only your woodworking but your videos as well in the way you seem far more relaxed in front of the camera. Very entertaining mate. Keep up the good work.

Exceptional work as always Tom! Only issue with your channel is I have to watch your videos multiple times because there are not enough of them! Keep up the great work and amazing content!

I really enjoyed this video, your way of working and the beautifull furniture you made.

Outstanding work Nick! I don't know how anyone could dislike this build

Simple but beautiful at the same time. Awesome work once again mate 👊👍

Simple is good, but, is seldom simple. Well done!

Hey Tom, simplistic in design not skills, you are a great woodworker Tom and I really love your attention to detail. That acrylic is so expensive, really looking forward to the final video. As commented on below, the wood shavings from your plane are awesome to watch. Thanks for sharing

Our cabinet shop uses all waterbase finishes. After investing a lot of time on different products we have settled on Rudd product through an airless air assist. It's a great product, and feels really nice. I'm in Bend btw. :)

I love every aspect of your videos! I feel like I'm watching myself lol. I really like how you explain your reasoning behind each seemingly-excessive detail. Not many people appreciate the why and how behind the excessive details. Your creativeness and quest for knowledge is admirable. Projects aren't fun unless I get to learn a new skill or technique or somehow improve on something. I even sound like you when trying to explain the 'why' behind a lot of the little things I do lmao. Keep overthinking, the thought is what counts!

I love when you mill the wood as I want that jointer/planer combo unit..but one of the bigger versions..

That's a lovely table. It's always interesting to see how much effort is required to make something look "simple". A lot of design resolution is evident. 10:21 I was cutting acrylic today for a custom reception desk covid shield and while brushing/flicking/picking/vacuuming and blowing all the chicken feather bits off the table saw, me, and everything within shouting distance, I too was thinking "I'll be happy to never cut acrylic again..." :-) I looked like older you! The stuff is made of static cling!

These acrylic sheets are used for Lichtenberg figure art production. Never seen them used in any other context

I can't help thing of the channel "Get hands dirty" when that bass driven beat comes in... "Booooom!" Beautiful work here :)

PSA: My name is Nick. Tom’s that guy from the book with Huckleberry Finn. He’s also a nice guy, but he’s dead and not real.

Beautiful work, Nick! It really looks fantastic! 😃 That acrylic is going to shine there! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! Dogs included! 🖖😊

Stunning!

Recently found your channel and am enjoying it a lot. Fellow Portlander, how about that windstorm today?!

Love the finishing. Looks amazing and suites the design. Can´t wait of part 2 Tom ;)

Too much skill and work to be worth 30k. U didn't get the memo? Big tickets are reserved for pouring a finish directly on the tree slab 😆. Lol at least on the "reality" show of YT. My hats off to you, great work and creativity

High quality videos and good work. Like your channel ✌

Hey new style of videography, really nice. First i thought that acrylic sheet will not look as cool but it was really good.

I adore everything about black walnut from the smell to the gold hues that shine through when you first apply oil. This is very nice! May I ask if that is a phone pouch on your hip? It's cool looking.

Re-sawing stock through the bandsaw only to find out you’ve got a whole lot of tension unleashed and kill what was very nice timber in the first place, just kills things for you instantly

You captured beauty in simplicity well. Even though I hate acrylic this turned out very cool. Really looking forward to next weeks video. If you ever come to the SF Bay Area to teach a class I’d love to go.

I could be your co Worker for milling, tho i live a bit far away in Germany to be exact. :D This work rly inspires me. Used to be a carpenter but stoped after accident. Take care buddy and dont stop ;P

Its a funny thing, the timing of things... I just resawed, Rift Sawn White Oak, and ran into the same bowing issues. I flip the boards opposite of the sawn face from one another and used dominos to aligned them for glue up. It is so flat, I am amazed.

Great Video, Great Piece. I been wanting to get into conversion varnish or 2k poly, so what products did you use to get that look?

Beautiful work. I’m really looking forward to seeing how the other items of furniture are getting on too. This turned out superb. I actually like the acrylic too - it’s so different! I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to pay the cost of it though.

FINALLY someone that uses a smoothing plane (very enjoyable experience) instead of just complaining constantly about having to sand for hours. Just planed some walnut last night and its so freaking satisfying to do and it had a sheen like I put finish on it, looked beautiful. Beautiful build, how come the acrylic is literally glowing, is there a light under it?

Very nice work. Interesting that a simple aesthetic takes as much time as a complicated one - no where to hide. I’ve got a couple of questions. Firstly, finishing with a scraper plane. I notice that you finish a piece off with a jack or low angle plane. What are your (fellow viewers; fellow seekers of perfection) experiences with a scraper plane as the final act after planing to size? I have mixed experiences - which is more about my technique than the good or bad of a scraper plane - but when I get it singing, it’s beautiful. Secondly, those warped boards. I tried soaking a board in denatured alcohol by putting it into a plastic bag, pouring in alcohol, squeezing the bag so that not much alcohol is needed, sealing it and leaving it for a couple of days. I then took it out and was able to flatten it in crawls. Was that beginners’ luck or does it really work? If it is a new invention, then it is already patented and global rights are mine. All mine.

Simplicity doesn’t mean simple. Really nice job!

What’s beautiful to someone making it is a different standard than someone buying it.

go get em

Simple is stunning but nothing about this project looked simple! Impressive! Still can't believe you do this in your garage.

Amazing, and yes - beauty in the simplicity. I'm anxious to see the 'wave' piece, since you nailed that movement with wood, the 'simple' around it will only call out that detail you created even more, sort of like the glow of the acrylic is the feature in that desk. Suggestion: get a tee shirt with Apocalypse Now's LTC Kilgore and the words, "I love the smell of walnut in the morning." You're a young-un, you might have to google that s**t.

Mission Accomplished! Would be helpful for you to discuss in beginning what you’re building. Like, Dining Table, Sofa Table, etc… Or maybe I just missed that.

If you wanted to complicate things, you could hide some led lights in the mortises at the two ends of the acrylic.

Love this concept, the level 1 piece is just gorgeous. Really love it. The acrylic is as impressively good looking as it is expensive!

If you ever need more metal work and powder coating done I work for a shop in phoenix as their designer and we would be happy to accommodate.

Hola desde España, me encanta tu trabajo, seria posible activar subtítulos también en castellano? Muchas gracias y enhorabuena por tu canal

1:45 I'll come work for you as an apprentice. Next summer after I finish fine woodworking school.

Love you, NIck!

you should try shacker furnitur or japenese.

Would love if you would be interested in making a finishing video? Your process ,products , experience. The words you used might as well been computer code to my ears lol. Finishing is my weakness and I wanna be better and I love hard wax oil look. Thanks great work

Oh please pick me for your employee!!! Can't wait for part 2.

“walnut smells like old women” kareem :)

Excuse my ignorance but I am building a walnut ladder for a loft bed for my daughter and need help with the finish. Your finish on this sounds perfect except I do not have a sprayer and I have used this project to reason too many tools already. Any suggestions on something similar? All my other walnut pieces have been finished with oil or rattle can laquaer. Thank you for your help and inspiration.

Hi mate, why did you change from a jointing plane to a smoothing plane when flattening your edge? Just curious

Amazing 🙏

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you're amazing at this, I wonder what would be the most complicated design you could come up with.

Rubio monocoat is super durable

Subscribed, found your channel from Black Tail Studios. This is really a beautiful piece, one question though, you epoxied the center tenon on the acrylic and not the outside ones to allow for movement, this makes sense to my simple mind, but then you glued the two spreaders/stretchers into that same board and those are glued together with the "mini stretchers". Doesn't that negate the ability of the end panel to expand and contract? Not trying to criticize, just trying to learn. Still think it is an awesome build!!!!

not sure what you said about the two halves cut from resawing and using cauls? “smoosh” them?

great job! 👍 what kinda spray gun you used and that laser engraving, thanks

😅I definitely like your complex work more but this still looks high end👍 getting a good finish on a project can make it or break it👍 the platina shellac is awesome on the oak I sent you, thank you for that suggestion.👍 your plane shavings look amazing 👍great video overall, lighting, sound, framing, editing. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this series😁Stay awesome👍

Just show your beautiful work and stop talking! You became an actor .

Great video. I like the approach you took with the joint for the acrylic into the walnut. Its pretty much the same approach when putting breadboard ends on a table. The acrylic also appears to glow as the light hits it which is cool. Question, when you started sanding the edges of the acrylic to the same sheen as the top. Did you with you did that now before assembly? I would see getting into the inside corners with the walnut challenging without damaging the finish already on the legs. Oh and I've routed acrylic before, it sucks. I'd rather cut and sand MDF than acrylic. The acrylic just sticks to everything.

I like milling (well better than sanding). …but my neighbors don’t 🤔🤣🙉

Can you tell me what 2k urethane you are using? I use products from the automotive world, but I'm always looking for products more suited for wood. Great video BTW!

Ripple in still water. Keep on trucking? Deadhead woodworker too?

Once again - digging the design, and….my favorite wood species. I love how when planed, walnut can have a 3-D effect to the grain pattern. You mentions that you teach classes. Is this with a particular school?

Awesome work. Btw, that's not your address on the packing slip... right?

does hand planning take less material off than sanding?

Don’t know about being an employee because 1) after three decades, I’m days away from being done with employment and 2) do you really want to fill out all that paperwork? So here’s a crazy idea: what about taking on an unpaid intern, somebody with sort of mid-level hobby skills but who shares your passion for craftsmanship? If ever you find yourself with an ambitious project where you could really use that extra set of hands to do the milling or helping with a stress-inducing glue-up, I’d be open to trekking up to Portland to help out in exchange for soaking in some learning. Feel free to message me. “Strive for perfection. Tolerate excellence.” - John Sexton, photographer

Is that 3form acrylic? I used them for my wave desk. They have a part of their site where you can buy returns or rejects for a discount. Makes it much more affordable