They aren’t costs, they’re just unintended investments in your woodworking education. Thank you letting us come along for the ride.

A part? Are you kidding? Workshop builds are my favourite! Show us everything!

"It is suggested to be two people on the job" is my favourite description ever

I love your videos because they remind me that 95% of the time I'm creating ethereal problems just so I can solve them and also I need to buy more clamps.

What an elegant and gorgeous way to show off the technique used without being in your face!

As someone who is planning a wood bending project, this video scares me.... Haha nice job man, beautiful end result and awesome attention to detail along the way. Good call making your own frosted acrylic too, I definitely wont be buying that anymore.

Great video, and btw, adding little emblems and logos and badges isn't stupid. I 3d model and 3d print a lot of different things. And personally I find adding logos and badges gives it so much character. It truly does make a project just a little bit more special

Gorgeous lamp! You should make an overhead chandelier type fixture using 10-12 of the curved sections lashed together. You know, when you have free time.

I would suggest draping some towels or blankets over your steam box in the future. It will help the steam to condence and drip. A puddle is easyer to deal with than a moist shop.

The essence of how I do it. I do not have room for a steamer, so I just make a tub on the floor with some plastic. Put my object in it, fill up with water, leave it for a couple of hours. When I want to bend, I heat a small area (like 10 cm) with a hot air gun, and bend. Works every time.

My grandfather come to the united states when he was 26 his family were boat builders I learned a lot from him in woodworking and made a very good living at it I have steam bent a lot of wood but I have had some break you did a great job thank you

Very, very slick design. Quite inspiring. With that said, please: 1) wear a mask!!! especially when you flunk on dust collection; 2) work on your shop’s ergonomics! I understand the heaviness you get when you interrupt your flow in order to setup machinery. But, once you think outside the box (and relegate design on the back burner), enhancing your work environment can lead to your most interesting projects, and even become an obsession (my (nut)case). I’ll really always be proud that, once, in a sublime Canadian chain of hardware stores (strangely) named Princess Auto, I saw a small motorcycles’ lift on sale (about 115$USD) and thought: this will support and carry my thickness planer! As a result, I use my planer at the utmost convenient height, and then fold the moto stand after use, and slide all of this under a workbench. You’re tall! Lift your work surfaces. Use magnetic bars in strategic places to hold rulers, bits, etc. I wish YT coud allow me to send you pictures of my small shop. Greetings from Montreal! PS : wear a mask!

I hate it that the KZfaq algorithm didn’t show your video earlier. I love your videos and get inspired to make things myself every time I (re)watch your videos. You’re improving your skills so fast! And I’m not only talking about your woodworking skills, but your video editing skills as well. Let’s get to the 100K followers asap!

The lamp is a thing of beauty you have a great eye for design. I loved the video and your sense of humour and cheeky personality shines through ( did you get the lamp reference there) well done Pierre ❤

Speaking for myself. But I really like the vibe of your small workshop. But I understand the limitations.

Building a new workshop (speaking professionally as an Architect); 1st write a brief that includes current and future machines and processes, 2nd analysis, and document your processes /production work-flow, 3rd work out the minimum work /circulation spaces required for each work station, 4th design the layout of the shop allowing for the above, 5th critique and assess your design and layout with consideration of all your requirements 6th modify as required and reassess. Router tables... dust extraction! As for the "old" bits, learn how to sharpen them and other tools

I love your channel. Your excitement and enthusiasm is real and that is a joy to watch. As far as a new shop. I want to see it from start to finish. I think that would be a great series and great content to watch

Good luck on your new workshop. I have been updating a shop for my needs and recently tore out a bench that was nailed into the wall. I was suprised to find the paint-covered, dented bench top was actually a pair of expensive 2x12 LVL's. Here's what I'd like to see in a shop build video: - How do you keep track of progress and order of operations? Sharpie list? Post-its? Digital project tracking? - What goes into your choice of amperage spec for the electrical wiring? - Do you consider any specific workflows key while you're deciding on the layout? Sounds like "Filming a 2 meter glueup" is one :) - How do you balance quick and dirty vs over the top when deciding how much time to spend meeting each shop need? - How can you let sunlight into the shop without weathering your wood supply? - What extra steps do you do - and what steps do you skip - to make it easier to change the shop layout or functionality in the future? - What safety considerations play a part in your layout decisions? I orient my table saw such that kickback wouldn't wreck anything important and so I can see the shop door.

Nice to see wood bending succeed on the first try! But don't worry, you will get some cracked wood, eventually. I know I did. Jealous of your lovely steamer and steam box. Mine was just a wood burner, an old pressure cooker, and a piece of PVC pipe. And yes, it got soft and sagged. I could rescue my wood, just in time. One little comment, when you say; "I had it cut on the table saw" in English, it usually means, you got somebody to do it for you. About the shop, yes please, I'd love to see you do it step by step. Subscribing for it, right now.

I don't think I have ever seen him so excited visually. Haha good for you!

Did you consider a different process: - cut thin strips - steam thin strips - bend thin strips into shape - routing out the groove and do the roundover I thnk this is the way I would prefer to do it. Thinner strips = less likely to crack and if it does crack you have not invested time in doing the perfect groove / roundover beforehand. 22:30 - I see yes you would :D Ok good! I like the form of this light, would love to see you implement floating shelf techniques to attach the next one to the wall (ie invisible attachment points), and think you did a great job. Well done on the finished item and your video presentation. Look forward to more. Was not aware of a screw in thermometer, so that's a bonus lesson in available tech too. Great!

Beautiful lamp, and I enjoyed your presentation too. I have done one (larger) steam bending project so I am an expert. Unless you are concerned with overheating your workshop, the insulation is not necessary; there is a ton of heat in the steam and it will easily heat your wood including the heat losses. Extra time steaming is good. Extra time clamping is good. You will only put as much humidity in the room as the steam generator uses in water, so not a big deal....just open the door to the room if needed. Water will condense inside the tube. Tilt the tube slightly so the steam supply end of the pipe is lowest and leave a space for water to flow out. I just put the steam hose inside the pipe and crumpled up some aluminum foil as the cap. You don't need or want a perfect seal on either end of the pipe. CPVC plastic pipe, available at a large home center, will work fine. You want quarter-sawn wood to make the bending easier. Its not necessary to soak the wood, but it helps. If you're making, for example, slats for a chair, cut 20% more than you need to account for broken ones or some that do not bend like the others. You were correct to buy the steam generator-steam cleaner-wallpaper remover. The cheap ones will work great. Also it's very helpful for cleaning clothing or auto interiors or in the kitchen!

A perfect router table should also include a wi-fi router.

Even if the LED groove had not widened, it has shortened because the wood inside the bend is in compression and ends up shorter. That is a very nice lamp you have made for yourself.

Wow the lamp turned out great ,and the pure joy when the steam bending worked 😃 👍

Thanks man and that was wonderful 👍🏻

I added an extra panel to my table saw (steel frame and plywood top) and added a enjoywood router lift, you can then use the fence off the circular saw. This is great if you are limited with space.

Great video. Really nice production. One thing I’ve found to help with routing those longer thin pieces without a table is to clamp the router upside down to something solid and then push the piece across the bit instead of the other way round. Not perfect but it feels more easily controlled. Beautiful lamp by the way.

Put your wood in a pressure cooker (custom made format). This allows the steam to penetrate deep into the wood with the pressure. A large gas bottle could be the basis. This is how horse cart wheels were made.

I love seeing genuine excitement and happiness during projects haha. Hell yeah!

I love the transparency and honesty. You are living My dream and an inspiration to another 3d printer and woodworker enthusiast. You are impressive!

I love your honesty and showing the mistakes. So often others show a project hapen and completed without those elements. Then when the rest of us try it, and it screws up.... We start to feel inferior and disappointed in our abilities. It makes sense now that the grove would widen. But its something I wouldn't have thought about till you showed it. The grove is possibly one of the reasons your wood didnt crack because the thinner area not only let more steam and heat in. But also put up less resistance to bending.

I learn a lot when I watch your videos and I'm sure it will be the same if you make one to show how you build your workshop. Thank you for all that you do!

Very nice build. I like that you kept the lamp simple and clean.

For the router table I recommend adding fold up wings and a way to vent out the dust collector air from the bottom box of the router. If that box is air tight it restricts the air flow. At least in my experience.

I'd attach a condensing pipe to the output so you can recapture the moisture and possibly feed it back into the steamer

Vary cool project, thanks for sharing. And a second vote for the workshop build videos!

Awesome that you got it on the first try. I think the lamp would look much better free standing. Maybe pouring a concrete base or something. Mounting it to the wall kind of removes the complexity and beauty of the lamp.

I really like this video! It's a full step-by-step guide "How to ...".

Beautiful design and concept. I have failed at bending, but tried to get by with PVC and a poor steam design. You have given me newfound hope for actually trying this again, but with the proper pieces. The piece I've been trying to duplicate is a quarter round piece of trim that is bent only on one end of a 2 meter long piece of Quarter Sawn White Oak. I am hoping you or one of your subscribers have some experience with using Quarter Sawn Oak, as it must match the old, broken piece my client needs. Mange Tak

The router table fence in Fine Homebuilding issue #216 from 2011 is simple & functions well. I made it back then and have used it on the three router tables I've built since. It catches nearly all dust. I'll try to remember to post a video about it & my router table setup on IG when I get to the workshop today. Best, Andrew Thiessen

I understand your stress and your enjoy after you bent your piece of wood with SUCESS ! 👏. Very nice video 👍

That was awesome simple and elegant

This lamp is really beautiful. Simple clear design.

Beautiful result! I guess the main takeaway from this project is that wood expands as it absorbs moisture :)

Super cool project! Excited for the router table!

Very nice result!

This was super cool!

Absolutely loved this build Pierre!

Great project, great video! Thank you, Pierre! 👍🏻

Love the lamp, Pierre. Really simple, lovely design. And good on you for giving steam bending a crack! It's on my list of "Things I put off because I'm scared of it going wrong", but you've made it seem a tiny bit less scary :D

I would definitely have made the insulating box around the steam chamber quite a lot bigger.

It was well worth going over budget for. The light turned out beautiful

Really enjoyed this build and it turned out great! I'd love to see the whole shop build process. Why you made what decisions, what goes right and what goes wrong.

i built a viking longboat in Ireland, we bent planks with a wallpaper ateamer, wrapped the planks with Cellophane with the pipe from steamer in the wrap, litterally no need for the box and using the method we used youre not strapped in to what size of plank you can steam. We were doing 20ft planks!

For the banding, earthquake straps, used by wood framers to tie a building to the foundation, is a good option, and it comes in smaller pieces.

Great video Pierre, really informative and well balanced with the sponsorship. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with on the router table.

Wauw! An absolutely beautiful piece of furniture!

Great video. I love your honesty 👍

That is a very beautiful lamp. And I really enjoy your video....very realistic, happy when things go well, not so happy when they don't.

Fantastic project. The lamp turned out really nice! It looks like it would be even better free standing instead of clamped to a wall to really underline the split.

Went through a similar challenge when making a bent wood trug basket ,straight grain wood hard to find . Great job

I really love your videos! Lamp came out perfect, and you both gained an awesome steambender and alot of knowledge! Cant wait to see your next video 😍

I loved this build. And as a first time viewer loved that beard too.

excellent lamp, looks cool and original. good vid too pal

Well done. Beautiful result.

What a great design!

It turned out beautiful. 😍

Very cool! This might be one of your best projects yet. Even the way you chose to mount it to the wall is cool. And now that you’re working with steam, the next build can be a sauna! haha Well done!

You can clean your saw up with some spray foam solvent from the hardware store

Really nice build!

Awesome job, great prcoess, even better result, I hope your channel continues to grow and please show the full new workshop build

Man. This. Lamp. Is. Pure. Beauty. Well done

It’s really beautyfull! I just discovered your channel but I really like the way you explain your projects. You can be sure i’ll stay and watch all your videos

It's really beautiful congratulations!

For the workshop build - planning and design phase/considerations please

I love it !!!! Amazing 🪵🛋 lamp !!!!

Beautiful design. This would also make a great desk lamp or bedside lamps if you made a smaller version.

Really nice. Like the combo with wood and modern approach

It's a gorgeous thing Pierre! Love it.

Looks awesome Pierre, well done mate 🎉🎉

the result is really beautiful

Great job 🤩🤩🤩

Beautiful work! I was expecting it to be freestanding, so was looking forward to seeing the split part more. I thought the wall brackets interrupted the slender, linear nature though. It deserved a hidden screwhead into keyhole-type fixing - although perhaps you have other plans for it and didn't want to drill into the stem for now?

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing

For the router table, make a removable top that allows you to use it as a normal table and protects the surface. The top could also flip over and act as a homemade shaper origin workbench. They sell something similar. Use routed dovetail grooves for work holding while using the shaper.

Awesome job. My favourite video of yours so far

First time comment. That was awesome! Good job! Bravo! Glad to have your channel in my favorites :) Best Regards.

Looks amazing😍😍😍😍

Beatiful lamp.

from a safety perspective you should really reduce the cutting height on your bandsaw to your work pieces @ 4:30. And thanks for the video:)

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I’m a new subscriber and boy am I impressed with your skills… genius idea with this wooden lamp post it’s beautiful my friend… love your humour in your narration very dry and relatable… you definitely need a more spacious workshop to help you reduce on unnecessary labor… love your skills my friend all the best with your future endeavours I’ll be watching with great appreciation because you truly inspire me with your creativity and craftsmanship….

Great job :)

Nice design.

Another great video! Thank you.

Well done! Marvelous idea and done very well.

That was a great project! It may have been one of trial and error, but the result is amazing. I really enjoy watching your videos. Good luck with the router project.

That is a beautiful lamp. Amazing that was your first time with steam bending!

That's a gorgeous lamp!