How Dark can you go with a piece of furniture?

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@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I want to say a huge thank you to all of you for helping me reach 10,000 subscribers! It's been a long road to this point and I'm excited to keep putting out videos and see where this channel goes. I've got a long list of projects to do, and those will be slowly coming out over the next few months. I'm also really looking forward to hearing what you guys think about my "Emo Shaker Style" furniture.

@airnashville3883 Жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion, start your videos with a brief segment showing the completed piece and use that in your thumbnail for KZfaq. That will draw in more views. Nice work.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

@@airnashville3883 I'll have try that on the next project, thanks for the suggestion!

@jimrosson6702 Жыл бұрын

Another absolutely beautiful piece of art you get better with each build. And how you share all your mistakes right along with you successes. And I love the look of the contrast between the two different colors looks amazing. Keep up the amazing work.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I really like the look of the two color too, it's very subtle contrast from what I typically do but it definitely works!

@bansheeindahouz7594 Жыл бұрын

I have a foot in both the "keep it natural" & "paint it" camps. I think it really depends on the project. Certain woods do pop with some paint/stain. I don't shy painting certain woods or wood products, but there are some that I would do everything I could to keep it natural. I guess it depends on the project 🤷‍♂️

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

That is the perfect mindset to have and exactly how I think about it!

@ericc3327 Жыл бұрын

Really nice piece. I love the way the pins turned out, even if I thought it was excessive as I watched you make them.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thanks, the pins were totally excessive, but the effort was definitely worth it!

@jeffforbes3772 Жыл бұрын

Great story, instruction, dialogue and result! Thanks for posting.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@TheSMEAC Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the growth and the delving back into some hand tools. Stick with it, there are so many operations that are actually faster with a hand tool as well, so a hybrid shop IS a faster shop and hand tools feed the tactile form you already desire in your work. Maybe start with hanging a crosscut saw near the bench and do your rough crosscut work at the beginning right there instead of going back and forth to the sliding miter. Keep a card scraper in your pocket, make chamfers sometime with your spike shave or next time you do inside curves, remove bandsaw marks with spokeshave and refine with the compass or cards. Happy to watch your journey brother thanks for sticking in there when things were hard; I’m sure your family appreciates it.

@Hatchmade Жыл бұрын

Turned out fantastic. I really like the 2 tone stain.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's a nice subtle contrast!

@pitsnipe5559 Жыл бұрын

Nice. Sort of mid century modern meets shaker.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Is it the colors that make you think of mid century modern?

@pitsnipe5559 Жыл бұрын

@@morganhurst_redridge That and the curve on the drawer.

@SuperCruelworld Жыл бұрын

You are right about the staining, Drives me crazy. On the other hand listening to you gain experiance is very enjoyable. I wonder when you might discover natural stains that allow the wood to retain its vibrance? Thanks for the video I been enjoying your designs.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Trust me, as the channel gets bigger and I'm able to put more money towards these project I will definitely start getting back to working with natural wood! Working with stain is my way of making due with the cheaper woods I can afford to use at the moment. I did some work with the Tried & True stains which are all natural and I used them on the Side Cabinet and Entryway Table projects. While they work pretty good, the amount of color change is very minimal and I couldn't achieve the look that I wanted. I'm also working on my own version of a natural stain at the moment that is proving to give some really nice results and I may end up using that on some future projects.

@mattmaxey5864 9 ай бұрын

I have a piece that I thought was white oak. It has the creamy color of white oak, but when I cut into it, I noticed it has the open end grain of red oak. It came from an old barn of my aunts, so I'd say the tree was cut down at least 100 years ago.

@morganhurst_redridge 9 ай бұрын

That's awesome, I'd love to get my hands on some nice reclaimed oak to use in projects that aren't stained of course!

@matthewwright57 Жыл бұрын

Template routing is an awesome technique. I use it all the time. Get a oscillating belt sander for profiling the templates.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I have my little ridgid belt sander and that works okay but you really can't beat the accuracy of the compass plane when it comes to making curves!

@richardstone371 Жыл бұрын

Your work is always amazing Morgan.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@brigetteanderson-atkins1128 Жыл бұрын

This may be my favorite piece of yours. I am also learning woodworking from KZfaq University. The one thing I wish was talked about more is the board footage of projects. I draw mostly my own plans for projects and I can't seem to figure out how to calculate the board feet correctly. I am always calculating or more truthfully guessing way too little and I find myself running to the hardwood dealer before they close on most of my projects!!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you saying that! I didn't think anyone else would like this style, so you've really made my day! For calculating board footage, I wish I could give some advice but I've pretty much given up on trying to calculate it out because I always ran into the same problem as you. What I do instead is pick out certain woods I know I like working with, for example ash. I know if I have ash in the shop I'm going to end up using it on a project, so when I'm at the lumber yard I just buy as much 8/4 stock as I can afford or I think I'll need and go from there. If you like working with alot of different woods this method doesn't work very well but if you tend to stick to specific species like I do, then you just end up with wood in your shop. It also has the benefit of taking away some of the guilt of buying wood because you spend lots of money once, do a few project, then your not having to go and spend money at the beginning of every project you do.

@brigetteanderson-atkins1128 Жыл бұрын

@@morganhurst_redridge I'm glad I'm not the only one running into problems with board feet. I will try your method. Thanks for the advice.

@PedroS_InFL Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Love it!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Aci26 Жыл бұрын

hm, i was about to say something along the line "it's way to dark, you can't put that in any room" but damn it just look so good 👍

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I will say as a stand alone piece it does feel slightly out of place but that'll be changin over the next few months...

@labbing5861 Жыл бұрын

Hallo - du fertigst sehr schöne Möbel, ich bin absolut begeistert!!!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Danke fürs Zuschauen, ich freue mich, dass es dir gefallen hat!

@sterlinghein Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@user-cq4lh7rf2z Жыл бұрын

Beautiful cabinet!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@crazy-eyewoodguy4489 Жыл бұрын

Nice design and execution! You earned my SUB :)

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@jaimegutierrez6055 Жыл бұрын

Love your work. Awesome job!1

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@MortimerSugarloaf Жыл бұрын

Killer job, dude!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jonboy8181 Жыл бұрын

It’s…..perfect.

@SleeperHoundDesign 3 ай бұрын

Im not a huge fan of staining because I'm messy. 😂 hey, if it brings the project to that next level and it hits your vision, then more power to you.

@morganhurst_redridge 3 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of it either, this was just my experimental phase! Now I'm back to pretty much only natural wood.

@1deerndingo Жыл бұрын

I'm jealous of how you can transfer a design concept to a fine piece of furniture - simple. Q. If you are pinning all the joints then why not draw boar the joint and you wouldn't have to glue. The furniture would be easy to conduct major repairs on if needed. There is a piece I'm developing at the moment that I intend doing that with.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

In my opinion the pinned mortise and tenon is far better than drawbored mortise and tenon. The main reason is that if you use pins, they can easily be added and removed while you're building the pieces, every time you need to do a dry assemble you just pop in the pins and you have a structurally stable frame to work with like in this clip 19:49 . If you're using drawbored joints you can only put those pins in once and everything will be locked together. Theoretically you can remove drawbored dowels but from my experience, once you pound in those dowels they will be an almost permanent joint, where as with the pinned joints because I'm using hide glue theoretically all I would need to do is introduce heat/steam and I could separate the joints. Another benefit of pinned joints is that you can work with smaller dowel like the 1/4" ones I use on this project. I've tried many times in the past to use 1/4" formed dowels on drawbored joints and they have a high failure rate. The more I think about this topic the more I have to say about it! I'm going to put together a video for my other channel about this because it's actually a really interesting debate.

@ColinForBooks Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Keep up the good work!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@ColinForBooks Жыл бұрын

@@morganhurst_redridge where do you rank your mortiser? How valuable is it to you? I think I would really like to have one.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

@@ColinForBooks I definitely recommend getting a mortiser, the only thing to understand is that they're just like a hand tool. The bits get dull pretty fast and you have sharpen them and the accuracy of the tool comes down to experience with it. For the money, it's a great way to cut a whole bunch of mortises, but if you don't want another machine to take care of something like the Leigh FMT pro is another good option, that's what I'm hoping to replace my mortiser with someday.

@jamesgreene8629 Жыл бұрын

The door catch could have the same proportional curve as the drawers for visual interest. 2 cents.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I've been think about remaking it like that! Initially I thought the more square shape would tie in better with the box joints in the drawers but with almost everything else being curved, I agree with you that the catch could use a curve too!

@wharfrat360 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful design! The subtle curve is just the right touch. I've seen many people use India Ink when wanting black. Have you ever used it? Do you know of any pros/cons? Thank you for the inspiration, looking forward to the next one!

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I've used india ink alot in the paste but I think I've only shown it once on the channel - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpN_gtVj062ylZc.html It's not a bad way to turn wood black but I ran into problems with it all the time. The main thing is that it doesn't dry like a stain, the ink pigments don't lock into the wood the same way normal stains do so if you want to do a rubbed finish over top you'll pick up alot of the pigments. The ink also has issues getting even coloring on some woods because the pigments are quite large. My new go to method for staining where use a dye stain and a gel stain gives me perfect even color every time.

@douglasbrown3493 Жыл бұрын

I love the design, I love the joinery. I am not a fan of the staining/colors. I would like to try this in Walnut and Maple. But thanks as always for your effort.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

100% agree, if I could afford walnut, a nice natural combo would look great. Hopefully, someday I'll get to be like the big KZfaqrs and build anything I want out of walnut!

@TWC6724 Жыл бұрын

Another great one Morgan. I think it’s great you basically have a “series” of these types of projects because most people I know are all in the same boat as you as far as not being able to afford hardwood right now. Way to overcome and adapt and still produce great pieces. Totally loving the raised dowel look. Very stunning feature. I have a random question for you. With you being in Canada and having probably extreme winter vs summer climates, when you build projects in the winter, do you allow more dimensional tolerances in your pieces to allow expansion when it becomes summer? Or do you keep the same tolerances whether you build in summer or winter? I know it probably depends on project size as well.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

Thanks! When it comes to expansion/contraction that's more about humidity and where I live in Alberta we have super low humidity year-round. I do adjust my fitting depending on the month slightly but not nearly as much as some people have to. If I'm building something in the winter months, I leave slightly larger gaps and in the summer months, I leave slightly smaller gaps. Having talked to a few woodworkers I know in Ontario where they do have a much wider humidity range over the year, I know they have to account for much more room than I ever have. I think the most important thing is that expansion/contraction really isn't that big of a problem unless you're working with panels over 12 inches. The panels on this cabinet are about 14" wide, so I made sure they have about 1/8" on both sides to expand into. That's a lot more space than they'll ever need but in this case, it's better to over estimate!

@curtisbragg 11 ай бұрын

Red and white oak is two families of oak. You can have red colour white oak and white colour red oak. White oak is more dence.

@joeleonetti8976 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing. Was wondering if you have considered ebonizing oak to get to a dark color? I'm sure Fine Woodworking has some good how to articles on the specifics. I haven't done it myself yet. I have a project I will likely get to in 2024 to try it. I'm fine with the way you are staining. It's your work after all. Just pointing out an option.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I've done a decent amount of testing with ebonizing oak and it's definitely an interesting technique, the only thing I don't like about it is the unpredictability. With stain, I know I'm going to get a pure black and if the panels ever get damaged and need a touch up, the new stain will still be pure black. In my testing, the ebonizing was heavily affected by any small difference in the wood. one piece of oak might have a warm black/grey color while another piece will have blue/purple undertones. Repairs are very challenging because the ebonizing solution is always going to be slightly different and can cause different color. Overall, it's a really interesting technique and I highly recommend playing around with it but those are the reason I don't use it in my own projects.

@joeleonetti8976 Жыл бұрын

@@morganhurst_redridge Makes sense based on what you said.

@carboranadum Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I do have to ask about the plane...it looks to be an adjustable plane for curves? Any additional information would be appreciated.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

That's a Stanley No. 113 Compass plane, they have an adjustable sole specifically to refine curves. Sadly they're not being made anymore so you have to try and find them on the antiques market but it's on of my favorite tools I've added to my collection. I have a more detailed video about this plane coming out on my other channel on Thursday - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6x6ft1lxs2snGg.html

@Hichamhasan Жыл бұрын

Very nice piece, I wonder though if darkening with ammonia would've worked with your staining of choice ? (Commenting from France, so excuse my poor English)

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I've tried ammonia fuming in the past and it's an interesting technique but the problem is that it comes with alot of risk, even small amounts of ammonia fumes are enough to permanently damage your lungs and eyes. It's just comes down to a risk vs reward, with the stain it's all reward and no risk, with ammonia there's alot of risk for the same reward as the stain.

@lynnejohnson6699 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Please tell us the brand and model of your compass plane. Thanks.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

It's the Stanley No. 113, they aren't being made anymore so you'll have to keep your eye out for one at garage sales or antique stores.

@taosclark Жыл бұрын

Doesn't using glue on finished parts affect how well it works?

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

The trick is to avoid getting finish on your joinery, as long as you do that there's no issue.

@gregmcgoffin2938 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever considered.......just slowing down? I'm a big fan of your channel and your work. You have an extraordinary sense of design, and you exhibit a high level of craftsmanship. However, you talk mighty fast. Knowing nothing about KZfaq algorithms, I wish you would post a build like this in 3 to 4 segments about 30 minutes each. As for the stain, I rarely stain anything, but I really like what you did. It is a fantastic piece in all regards. Best wishes to you Morgan.

@morganhurst_redridge Жыл бұрын

I apologise but I don't think I can slow down how fast I talk anymore than I already have. I've been training myself for months to talk at a more controlled speed and when I watch this video I feel like I'm talking super slow. So it's just a case of I have no way of controlling that aspect of the videos because from what I can hear I am talking slow. My best advice is to use the playback speed controls to slow it down if there are certain parts you missed. I used to do these project videos in multiple parts but that end up backfiring pretty badly and is the reason my channel is struggling and still very small. This style of a single 30 minute video with all the info packed in tightly is annoyingly the only format that seems to work on KZfaq. I would love to be able to stretch them out more and show more of the project but it's sadly not an option at this point in time.

@mongocrock Жыл бұрын

Greg you can adjust the playback speed on KZfaq down to .75 if you want a slower experience. Conversely for slow channels you can crank it up to 2.0x speed...

@amsluis Жыл бұрын

@@morganhurst_redridge I think the issue is more that you are continuously talking. Try skipping around the video with the arrow keys and there is always narration. There's no break to give the viewer a moment to reflect. It can feel overwhelming. Try the same exercise with some other channels you like and see how they compare for a point of reference. It's understandable to want to include everything you want to, to be excited about your ideas and to want to share what is important. But the format can only hold so much before it is overwhelming, and as you say, KZfaq is fairly limiting with what is marketable. But I don't think that means you have to try to cram it all in vs. edit things down. The editorial process allows you to clarify your thinking and make a stronger creative work. Much like woodworking, writing is both additive and subtractive.

@gregmcgoffin2938 Жыл бұрын

@@amsluis That sir, is a great observation, and your intention to be helpful is very clear.