Can’t figure out if I like your woodworking, or story-telling ability more. They are both exceptional. You’ve created a beautiful piece of furniture and another beautiful piece of filmmaking/editing to compliment it. Well done sir. Cheers!

I love that you used a belt sander and reciprocating saw. They seem to be under utilized and people obsess over the 'right' tool. If it works, and you know how to use it, *use* *it* ! What a beautiful wood species and a gorgeous piece!

I was a student of Wendell Castle in the early '80s. I can tell you as you found out that he did not "go with the flow" when producing his stacked laminated organic shaped works. Each lamination was carefully layed out and where possible, the middle wood was removed to reduce overall weight and to minimize movement and possible cracking since the glued up blank of solid wood laminations acts as a solid chunk of wood. Nice videos and work. To pull off sculpted pieces, you need to be able to visualize in 3 dimensions as a sculptor and see the negative spaces which need to be removed. Wendell was extremely talented in this respect and in design. His hard lines and curved planes were quite frankly, perfect.

Man, this is a breathtakingly stunning piece! It’s made me realise just how much I rely on the comfort of using precise machines and tools to achieve “perfect” lines, and neglect the artistic side of working with the material with my hands. It takes a lot of bravery to hand carve such a large chunk of expensive wood; my hat goes off to you, sir! Really happy I found your channel!

Yo Nick, carpenter from UK here mate. There are many HEAVILY subscribed channels on KZfaq where the work is nowhere as beautiful as yours. Either you know you are underrated or very few people who appreciate top quality woodwork are left. More power to you. Cheers, Kapil

I served my apprenticeship some 50 years ago in a cabinetmaking shop in Greenacre that specialized in reproduction period furniture. I learnt to carve, turn and French polish, and did a LOT of sanding. We used Tasmanian blackwood sometimes, and I had a bad reaction to the sanding dust, turned my fingers black and irritated my breathing. Nice piece you made there. Stay safe and watch your fingers. 🙂👍

Your craftsmanship is inspiring and your knowledge and use of the wood species is seldom seen. Respect!

I think what is overlooked here is the amazing balance that Greg has with his left/right brain approach. The ability to be free flowing and creative but with the logical and disciplined planning. In my experience technique and skill can be learnt, but 'mental' balance is what leads to success.

You are an extraordinary woodworker and your manner of explaining yourself is great.

I love the scalloped inside, that set this piece apart from others. Well done, a beautiful piece. The owner is lucky to own such a piece.

I can confidently say that this is the only channel of "woodworking" videos that I pause at the end to put on my headset because I know what is coming... another work of art in video and audio to present the physical work of art that is the piece. Thank You for sharing your work Nick. PS: in future, please share bloopers as proof you are a human being.

That Tassie Blackwood is stunning. The tips on the glue up on the species are invaluable. Thanks mate.

That shot of the top is amazing, I love the finish as well. The edge line is just insane, thank you so much for sharing your work here, we're incredibly lucky to get to watch a master work.

Just found your channel and just starting watching your videos. In previous videos you didn't talk and let the work speak for itself. Honestly i liked that you spoke for your work in this video. Having that narration of what's going on is such a next level advancement in your video making skills. Keep it up

You are an incredible designer and woodworker, but you’re also wicked smart. There were at least 3 -5 techniques and design decisions in this one project that I’ve never heard mentioned or seen implemented. Need a break to process your work after watching this. Just incredible!

You're an evil genius, and that table is amazing. I think the texture added to the inner carved surfaces makes the magic happen where the outer surface and top get highlighted even more. I'm glad I found your channel back when, and I'm also glad you're doing narrated content now because I'd guess we all want to know how your woodworking mind functions... I do, at least.

Another outstanding video! Thanks Nick for continuing to share your expertise and insights. I enjoy applying your techniques and design elements in my hobby shop.

bro your builds are GORGEOUS. you need more "full body shots" of each piece at the end. Love that you've got the closeups but man I just want a slow pan from 10 feet back of those sweet sleek curves from every angle for the last minute! Keep up the fantastic work!

I have said this before but it bears repeating. Having you voice over the video adds so much color. I am so glad you have stuck to it. Another terrific video. Thank you.

Clearly the best woodworker on KZfaq, your pieces are unbelievable

It is so nice to see true craftsmanship and artistry. Your title says "The Easiest Technique That No One Gets Right", I disagree there is one person who gets it right, and that is you. Truly fantastic work, thank you for posting this video.

Stunning piece. You sure know your stuff, and you impart your knowledge with flair and humour. Great to see an Aussie on YT.

Truly enjoyed seeing the dedication, the effort, the artistry and the story being told. It makes one appreciate the craft and the master delivering it. Keep them coming.

Fantástico!!! Belíssimo trabalho, como sempre! Parabéns ❤️

Your work is amazing!..I stumbled across your channel 5 yrs ago during your sculpted walnut coffee build and I immediately thought of Wendell Castle(RIP),and here you mention the father/pioneer of the art furniture movement. I've an original crescent rocker that my late uncle commissioned Mr. Castle to build in 1978 during his time in Philadelphia(been a fan ever since). As for your woodworking journey we follow a similar path. I’m an ex builder who now works as a solo, carpenter-for-hire in remodeling projects, custom cabinetry, finish trim work, stairways, custom doors and the like. In my past, I have been a framing carpenter and for a while was a crew foreman in the building of large, multi-million-dollar custom homes as well as up-scale tract housing. From there, I got into custom design/build remodeling and renovations, working first as a “lead-carpenter” until I was a project manager. From a young age, I was building “stuff.” Whether it be doghouses or playhouses for my sister in my grandparents' backyard with old lumber scraps, or small (rickety) furniture pieces. I was often at play in my grandfather's wood workshop and garage. At 14 I took a job with my neighbor who was a builder. I was able to become a carpenter's helper, rather than a general laborer, and found that the demands and challenges of framing a house suited my mind and my physique. I developed a love for the work, the atmosphere of the jobsite, and the process of building homes. Once I joined the carpenters union I was introduced to new challenges and new opportunities to develop my skill-set and my overall experience. What has kept me in the game now nearly forty- six years later, is the ever-evolving demands on my skill and my ingenuity in practices of one-of-a-kind carpentry, or in my occasional design/build projects. Since then, I’ve been a contractor-in-general, but mainly sought for my finished carpentry work.

Lovely to see an Aussie at work and to see and learn more about our native Timbers. Keep up the good work mate.

It’s sooo refreshing to see a fellow furniture designer/maker who uses the same approach to wood waste! I also design almost everything beforehand in sketchup to avoid waste as much as possible. And on top of that, your vids are very easy on the eye after a days work. And I actually pick up some tips from time to time. So yeah, big fan of the voiceovers. 👏

You both inspire me yet at the same time leave me bewildered. Wonderful job.

Masterful. I recently made my first pair of shoe lasts and the process included a couple of similarities to yours. I built a laminated stack using hardwood for the bottom to accommodate lasting nails and softwood for the top to ease carving. Because the lasts are much smaller I could use a bandsaw for very rough shaping but I also found the saw rasp to be invaluable for intermediate carving.

I love this table so much. It looks organic and modern which is something I rarely see in woodworks, the species choice and finish also look beautiful. Usually I see woodworking projects try to accentuate the grain, which is an aesthetic I don’t like personally. It tends to make pieces look rustic, where I personally prefer more modern looking pieces. So I was really happy to see in this end product a result that shows off the beautiful grain without looking like it belongs in the American south. I’ve never seen that before so it gives me a direction I can go with my projects! :) Thank you for sharing this! :)

The one thing that I find somewhat disappointing after getting into woodworking the last 5 years is that just about everybody is making squares...large squares....small squares...cabinets...drawers...boxes...etc. etc. And if you are self taught like most of us...your main source of learning is youtube...which means more squares. This is not a square. I love it!

Amazing work, Nick! Really out of this world looking table! 😃 That's a real work of art! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

I just started as a woodworker content creator. I had never heard of that salt trick. I actually made two night stands that had a the same method as this and that would have really helped. great idea. And yes you were right the wood glue clogged up the grinding disc

Absolutely stunning! Beautiful finishing technique.

Once again beautiful and inspiring. My wood working journey is just getting started but your level of craft is the star I shoot for. Thank you.

Just genius 👌. Privileged to have watched your channel grow. Not only great at what you do but the insight as you do is next level. 🙏

great results come from great skill - i wasnt taken with the gouge part of the table when you did it, but it adds real interest in my opinion. Whether that was a 'wing it' moment or a planned part doesn't matter when the final piece looks so good

Art in craft. Craft of art... You are amazing! And as you asked earlier in another video, it is SO good you comment the way of the creation with your voice. Thank you :)

Bravo Nick! Fantabulous work as usual. Love the detail of not only your work but the explanation of everything.

Hi Nick - love your work and a great salt idea - can’t wait to try it. I was also amazed at Wendell Castle’s work when I first saw it in FWW years ago. Micheal Cooper is also very good as is Greg Duncan’s The Wall in Tasmania

Beautiful! The mark of a true master artisan is the ease with which you create. Tools are just that: implements that facilitate creation. The work is, like great string music, all in the hands. Mine are still someplace just north of those of a five-year-old. 😁

That piece of furniture is stunning, you are an absolute artist. Very classy.

Thank you so much for your videos. I am absolutely in awe of your skill, and the beautiful craftsmanship you demonstrate in every single piece. I applaud you for trying the "wing it" approach, but I have to say that I also appreciate your inherent attention to detail and precision. I think that is the mark of a true artisan, which you most assuredly are. Your planning and attention to detail seem to serve you very well, and your pieces demonstrate that quite clearly!

Literal art! Nobody could even dream of putting a glass on that table if it was mine….just found your channel and now a new sub. Amazing work.

I can relate to what you said about going too far. I sometimes take progress shot of my paintings and when looking at them later, I sometimes which I had stopped sooner. That table looks awesome. Well done. 😃

Brilliant work, Nick. Appreciate your mindfulness of improving. The narrated videos are fantastic. Well done.

Another outstanding piece. I’m with you on the idea of working with a plan. Without a plan it’s much more likely that you could go a step too far on a certain procedure and be forced into altering the original design substantially. Then you’re stuck with either having to start all over or forever wondering how the original design could have really come out. 👍👍 I’d love to subscribe to your channel, as I just recently found it. But I’ve also just recently discovered how difficult (or perhaps impossible) it is to unsubscribe to a YT channel. While trying to clean up my subscription list the other day and get rid of some channels that no longer created new content, I discovered this very annoying feature about YT. I’d love to be able to give the support of a subscription but if YT won’t let me control my own subscriptions, in their infinite wisdom, I guess I’m done subscribing and will have to go back to the old fashioned method of keeping a manual subscription list. Thanks YT. (I wouldn’t be surprised if they censor this).

Now that was really great. At first I had no idea where you were going, but WOW! How did that work of art come out of those rough boards? I'm going to guess that the table was already in the wood, it just took your incredible skills, hard work and a little patience to show us the masterpiece within. Great job! You are absolutely an artist working in the wood shop. Thank you for sharing.

Amazing piece of work. Really like all the tips and tricks you throw in now, especially the one about the hard wax oil

Absolutely stunning - that is truly a work of art. Thank you.🙂

Amazing as always. Thank you for sharing your skills and your vision.

Love the partial roundover on the top - looks great!

Gorgeous work! Excellent design and wood selection combined with a great finish. Very nice.

Stunning piece! I work the same way! I want to honor the tree that I'm making by using every single bit, not end up with half of it in the garbage because it's dust! My dining table I built a few years ago has a top that is 550+ years old. That was a mighty tree. I want to celebrate it's life every time we looks at it. All the offcuts were saved and one day it will have a couple of other pieces to keep it company :) Thank you for the tip on finishing to stop yellowing! I'll have to try that on my next endeavor.

Great solution for the roundover on the top, and a very good explanation for it. Also, the texture on the inside is reminiscent of looking into a cave. Beautiful piece!!!

Wow. That wood is exceptionally beautiful. Not sure if ever seen a more beautiful wood. Thus it is fitting that you designed and crafted such a fantastic piece so as to show off the natural beauty of that wood. I so love watching you work and this video with its detailed narration is excellent. Thank you for sharing and being such an inspiration

Hi Nick, as always best compliments for this piece! I found so interesting the use of the white finish, never heard about it. I will search for some more info about that. One tip for you. On another channel I heard something that I never forget since: "perfection is the best you can do today". Don't be pissed off by some mistakes and not having planned everything perfectly: tomorrow you will do better. 🙏🏻🌞

G'day from another Sydney based cabinetmaker, love your work! Not to mention your video production is tight and you explain your processes really well. Keep up the good work 🙌

you are an extraordinary carpenter... your concern for waste is a respect for material that is rare... thanks for sharing... please accept a hug from lisbon, portugal

Stunning piece. I loved the gouged interior.

The thoughtful approach in the design, attempted winging it, story telling, and even all the way to choosing a white finish to create a brighter finish... how are you going to top this one? You said that about the last project video, but I'm over here in awe after seeing this one.

Art, in its varied forms, intrigues me, as it does a great many of us, and its sheer beauty and ingenuity shall most assuredly, bring me to tears. It's the unique conception of their shape, the varied and at times conflicting texture of surfaces -as on this coffee table- and the movement of the grain. In paintings, it's the movement and selection of vibrant colors on canvas. Lately, as I chance a glance at the innumerable works of art, that aptly astound us here on KZfaq, do these tears of mine flow And so it is for these tears of joy you've given me, sir, I thank you.

Man this PIECE or art has more Love & Skill in it, than any Silly Picasso Painting. I am a Auto Body man and Painter and doing Body Work and Paint on Cars for 42 years now, and I can totally imagine all that Grinding & Sanding from the roughest 36 Grit to probably around 800 to 2000 which is what might be needed to turn wood finishes smooth enough. I have shaped Bondo & Fiber glass almost the same way as this odd chunk of wood pieces are magically and skillfully turned into a Masterpiece. Excellent job Buddy....Regards from California.

Badass table 👍. Love your channel and content. Keeps my mind active.

2/27/23; Tasmanian Black Wood Coffee Table...beautiful! Always love your narration & watching those tools 🎶'sing'!💪🪚👍👏✅️

I really dig all your content and you have changed the type of woodworker I want to be. Thank you

I’m in Melbourne and i have learned a lot today from your amazing work and explaining about Australian wood with type of glues to use. I will be joining your patreon.

I think that's the best piece I've seen you make and quite possibly the nicest coffee table I've ever seen. Superb, congratulations.

This is truly amazing, beautiful ART! Thank you for sharing it with the world. 👍👍👍👍👍

This kind of woodworking seems maybe a little bit easier but definitely more artistical and that there’s no precise measurements but rather a feel and a flow that goes with the wood and the creator I think I like this approach by far more than any other approach

I’m doing my first non-square furniture this month. It’s also my first commission work. No pressure, just follow the process. Templates are a must. Thanks for the inspiration.

Мужик спасибо, ты в очередной раз помог мне с новой идеей, теперь я знаю какое основание будет у моего стола в кухне

Great job! Nick, thank you so much for sharing with us! Very beautiful end cuts!!!

Another amazing piece. Great video. Thanks for the comparison in glue products

Wow ! That is a work of art. Thank you for sharing your skills.

Love the use of the giant roundover bit at less than full depth to keep the sharp line on the tabletop

Dude, that is some incredible workmanship! The table is gorgeous!

Astonishingly beautiful. Inspirational work, thanks.

That gradient is awesome! Well done overall!

I greatly enjoyed watching the proces and the end result is stunning! Well done! Being a woodworker myself, I recently moved from Sydney to Belgrade, Serbia, and you would like to know that I am enjoying the abundance of timber here that os about 10 x cheper than that in Oz. A cubic meter of wallnut, oak, maple or cherry is around €1200, beach €500, pine €400 etc. Plenty of choice too but there is no purple heart, ebony or other exotics, and the offer of tools and supplies is better than in Oz. I miss my Asian food, the law, order, and the good weather. Best regards to all from Beograd!

Wow!!! Very nice!! Thanks for sharing. Love this piece and hearing about your process.

I love this style!! It's so minimalist yet fancy!

fark yes! awesome video, the insight into your glue, design, and finishing choices is outstanding content.

Incredible piece! Your work is definitely inspiring.

I’d like to see you make a coffee table of a breaking wave using the live edge as the feathering and impacting part of wave! This would be a fantastic statement piece I believe.

Incredible! What an amazing piece of artwork! Thank you.

Bro that rounded over sharp edge on top was definitely the right call. The underside detail is brilliant as well. Very neat the whole way round. 🤘😎

Your designs and joinery techniques are awesome.

That looks incredibly beautiful. I have nowhere near your skill, but after watching this, I think I'd like to try the stacked lamination technique on something smaller. If I come up with something that looks half as good as your table, I'd be happy!

I just used tightbond III on a blackwood project and had the exact problem that it was green! Amazing skill mate I haven't seen a better woodworker on YT

Absolutely an amazing job; what a piece, more like an artwork.

Most beautiful wood working l have ever seen. Remarkable!

Stunning

Wow!! Beautiful table. Perfect execution.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Incredible. Thank you for the video (love the 'flash' editing and that is a must-steal). ;)

What a beautiful wood species and a gorgeous piece!👍

Looks incredible. I really like the design and patterns of the wood look great

Wendle Castle is amazing thanks for the heads up. Sadly he passed in 2018, but theres plenty of his work still on display, quite the genius indeed.

Incredible work here, you’ve got a talent to be proud of, sir! My First time watching one of your videos and I’m sub’d for more!

Amazing work! Have you considered a sponge sander attachment for when you are finish sanding? I feel like you would be able to follow your curvature easily with a tool like that! You have inspired me to create a table like this in the future!