Making a pushblock out of mahogany is the woodworking equivalent of lighting cigars with 100 dollar bills

I took Steve's weekend woodworker course in december 2019 and never went back to my office. changed my life. thanks Steve.

gotta say that hot glue trick at 8:39.... now that's a handy trick. i've been in that exact situation and i had no idea what to do. thanks steve!

I remember doing this as a kid with my dad. I should send him the video to see if he wants to cone over and do it again.

Hot-glueing to the 2x4 is the best tip I have seen.

I’m always after ideas to earn me more brownie points with senior management so thanks for this Steve.

At first I was like , how are those random cuts gonna work. Then seeing you putting it together as example and flipping them over making various patterns with the cuts you got , blown away ! ;) Really cool ! Thanks for all the information of having me and others be able to do this ourselves too !

Steve, this is a great video and project. I will be doing this with my daughter. You have a great way in communicating and simplifying things that could be much more complicated. You have motivated me around woodworking and exercising. Thanks!

You're the first channel I ever subscribed to back in 2010, and one of the reasons why I started my own KZfaq channel. Keep up the great work and thanks so much for the inspiration!

Thank you for doing this far enough in advance of Christmas.

Cool project. That hot glue to the 2x4 tip is awesome. Now I’ll be counting my fingers less often lol!

Thank you for including the mm measurements, 1st class as always :)

Thanks Steve. Always nice to see a fun festive project, especially in these times.

My wife and I love this idea and are in the process of making them right now. I really appreciate the great idea and clear instructions.

Really nice project. It's fun seeing something done outside of the box. Thanks, Steve.

You never cease to amaze me with all of your quirky wood projects.

Great video. I’ve never seen this before but looks like fun. I’m trying to do more craft style projects this holiday season and this will for sure be on the list. Thank You for providing inspiration.

That’s amazing. I love the batch techniques. Great video Steve!

Biggest tip I learned was hot gluing my piece to a 2x4 to make those last cross cuts . Great project. Thank you!

Hi Steve. I just made my first batch of snowflakes, using this and your previous videos as a guide. They turned out amazing! I used a bandsaw for cutting them apart, and was happy to see how many flakes you can get out of a single glue-up. I just used a plain spruce wood board for the raw material, but this piece had some pretty nice dark/light grain contrast, so when you glue up the six segments that grain really contributes to the design. I used plain 3/4" thick stock for the first batch, but for my next ones, I think I will use some 2x4 or 2x6 lumber, to get a larger snowflake.

Great idea, Steve~! My wife was watching this video over my shoulder. You know what happened next~! Off to the shop...

I know it is "random" but I would love the recipe for that second design at the end. Thanks for your videos.

Great video thank you!! My wife wants multiple sizes and colors so I am headed down to the shop to get started. Such a cool idea!

Beautiful work, Steve! 😃 Thanks a lot for the tips! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

The negative spaces in the snowflakes would also be a good opportunity for the router table to make some other shapes (cove bit, etc.). Great idea - thanks!

A thousand hours of scroll sawing in ten minutes of table sawing.

Wonderful project! I will do my final slice cuts on my bandsaw. The thinner kerf will yield a few more snowflakes 😊👍🏻

Congratulations on your grand woodwork skills and your presentation is just wonderful. Thanks again Steve.

Steve, you never cease to amaze me with your designs. Your narration through the process make it easy to understand and follow. To the woodshop!

If you'd thought to arrange them in a pattern on the bench before spraying them with lacquer, you could have hung the paper up as a snow flake "negative" decoration :) Nice project!

Just great! Let's make our own flakes. Thanks Steve.

Thanks for the cm!

Very very interesting video and technique. I learned a lot in the ten minutes this video lasted. Thanks for sharing. I'm surely going to try this. Probably not yet for this Christmas

I was buffing out 20 cubes tonight (long story). I was continually adjusting my grip on the paper preparing myself for the cramping that would inevitably ensue. Then I came up with a jig that I'm sure I am not the first to invent. I took a small strip of 1/2" ply as wide and long as the mouth of a spring clamp, rounded the end, wrapped a piece of paper and gripped it with the spring clamp. I experimented with grips (hand under works best) and rounded vs chisel end (rounded was best overall but chisel was great for problem areas). I finished it all in about the same amount of time, but with no hand cramping. All the while, I was thinking of Steve because I learned that technique here first. Then, 20min later, I watch this video where he ends buffing! Excellent. Thank you Steve. I love your channel. Hope this helps somebody.

Wow! I cannot wait to make these. Great video Mr. Ramsey.

I think your videos are just the most useful. Good instructions, good projects simply presented.

Naturally I loved this! Stay Frosty, Steve ❄💙❄

I made something like this over ten years ago out of a magazine article... this is a great updated and clear explanation!

The snow flakes are a terrific project, thank you for sharing

Steve, This was a great fun little project. Learned a lot about the 30 deg angles and eventually got them correct. Side note, one of my 6 sides got buggered up. My suggestion to anyone planning to do this project is if you are cutting 6 sides, do 1 more just to be safe. Of course I had already changed the table saw fence and the angle. A perfect accident. Now our gifts will also have snowflakes ornaments. Great simple little project, keep them coming.

Thanks, Steve. This was an awesome project. I made tons of them the last few days.

Brilliant!!!! I’m currently in the process of making your router lift. But I’m thinking I’d like to give this a try!! Thanks for all your useful knowledge. !!!

Thanks Steve, I made about 15 of these and I am giving them for Christmas! Thanks again!

I'll have to give these a try. Great video!

Steve after so many weeks and days in a row I was worried you might have been a victim of 2020! Thanks for showing us the great craft idea for snowflakes.

Thanks for the metric! Much appreciated!

Those are beautiful! Great job as always Steve!

This is sooo neat! Thank you so much for sharing!

Made these for the first time today. Took some fiddling. You make it look easy. Great idea!

Loved this video, I have a sister in law who would love these. I guess I’m making her Christmas present this year. Thanks again Steve

Well done! Glad I found this video. Thank you for sharing this

Pretty slick, Steve. Thank you.

Amazing Work ! I Remember You Making These Years Ago, Great Updated Video !

Really good video on making them. So many uses-inlays with epoxy etc.

Great video and a piggy back on the other one you did ~10 years ago. I was inspired by both videos, but after building and moving I still had not set up my shop yet. Now that my shop is usable (but not set up to my liking just yet), I decided to make snowflake ornaments for this past Christmas. Being engineer minded, I decided to have a pattern in mind prior to making the pattern cuts. This year was relatively easy because I kept the blade set to 30° and proceeded with various blade depths. I've got other ideas for patterns in mind for the future. One other thing that was useful for me was making an additional cut on the opposite end of the push block with the reverse 30° angle. This was used to make all of the cuts in the diamond strips while still being able to leave the blade set to the same angle. Having batched out my first 80 or so snowflakes, I've learned quite a bit that will help as I make more (different patterns) going forward. Thanks so much for the inspiration and the great videos!

As always, thanks for a great idea!

Great project! I'm going to try to make some this weekend. Here's a little trick to simplify the initial cutting. At about 1:25, when you are setting the distance of your fence to get the pieces the right width, you can flip your board so that it rests against the blade with the cut side down, then you can just push the stop block and fence up to the tip of your board. That will automatically set your cut the same as the thickness of your board. Merry Christmas!

Another great woodworking video Steve! Great idea to sell at the farmers market this Christmas! Or to make as gifts!

Very neat and fairly simple ornament. Thank you sir.

Excellent workmanship !

This is a cool project. My wife and neighbors loved them.

These are great.. I know what I'm making for gifts for family this year. Thank you

Thanksgiving week slow at work, going to start making some with the extra time. Just in time for giving. Thanks for the instructions

Just made my first, guided by your video. Perfect!! Many thanks!

What a great gift for all of my snowflake friends.

Oh my God .. you are a carpenter, artist and creative 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great video and great idea! Of all the snowflakes I've done in the shop over the years, this is a much different technique. Going to have to try this.

Sup 2022 woodworkers what a great video

That is so cool! Thanks Steve!

Just made these today but had to use the mitre saw at the end because my 8 1/4" table saw blade didn't look like it was high enough to make a complete cut. I figured they weren't too bad for my first attempt. Thanks for sharing this!

I saw this and instantly ran to my shop and started to make these. Amazing idea and great to keep me busy! Also used up some scrap I was gonna throw away 😅

their just so brilliantly lovely Steve. thanx for the share

Holy crap - beautiful!

These are great, I’m definitely going to try it!

COOL !!!

Thanks for the great video Steve! I will have to try these some day. 👍😊

Thank you They lookl awesome Thank you for your time and passing on this skill!

Wow, I never would have thought of that! Those are super cool!

Love the Camp Crystal lake sign!

Steve is a legend! A major thank you for your hard work and effort to share!

Awesome! Thanks for the video.

You are seriously awesome, I love your videos.. My boyfriend and me are very much into woodworking and you have a lot of excellent videos that we can use to help us out, thank you for sharing your wisdom, you are truly one of the best out there

Well just add this one to my weekend list 😀

Nice, thanks... If you don't mind different grain you can reduce the labor by cutting long strips from the initial board (with the grain instead of against the grain. Then run them through the saw as one long strip. Later, cut and glue then slice...

Wow Steve the snowflakes are awesome!! Just imagine, my first woodworking tool was a scroll saw and my second is a glue gun. Who knew that would cone in handy!!

Hi Steve, these are beautiful...thanks for sharing....Take care...stay safe

Loved this project! Thank you for sharing. Subscribed and saved…! ❤️

Looks great, Steve.

These are awesome and I’m going to give them a try!

A wonderful idea for Christmas ornaments

Super cool, Steve...thanks for posting!

Outstanding job mate

This one is great for getting the kids involved with. (not with the cutting, Hahaha) I like to have my kids tell me where I should make the cuts. Then Set them down at the end with a bunch of paint and have them go to town! Yet another great video boss!

Ohh thanks for the idea!! These are great!

Good idea and clear explanation. Thank you.

What a good idea. I’m going to try this and surprise her for Xmas…she’ll love this….thanks for showing. 👍🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This is awesome, thanks for sharing!

Beautiful snowflakes Steve!

Beautiful, thanks!

Hi Steve, great project. Perhaps you could make something similar to be used as coasters. I think this would be a really cool gift idea for Christmas!