Woodworking Fraud

Got to admit that the desk you made with our E7 desk frame looks even sturdier than ours. Applause from the FlexiSpot Team. Thank you for your incredible work friend!

"There was no way I was going to let down 25% of my audience, so I decided to cut it down into smaller pieces." Nicely done. I love the maker content but the commentary and understated humor are a big plus in your videos too. I always enjoy them.

DARK. Fantastic work and informative talkin. I'm 65 years old now. Unfortunately I've become disabled and incapable of working wood any longer. Watching you work makes me pine to be able to work wood again. Alas, short of divine intervention I don't believe I'll ever work wood again. Still, it's nice to see a man like you doin it and doin it with grace.

“care more than other guy”. Love it. If only more people had that state of mind — imagine how great this world could be. Dark

Dark for sure ! Hey Cam, I'm a spray-painter from Germany and I used to work in an automotive shop for several years (learned a lot!!) I've noticed that you struggled a little bit with your sanding on this project and I think I got one or two tips that might help you. First : Don't put to much pressure on your orbital sander! With to much pressure your disc won't turn, but rather vibrate which can produce those curls* on the surface. More pressure will generate more heat on the surface, wich will soften your coating up for a moment and make it vulnerable for curls* or bind up your Sandpaper. Especially if your coating has not hardened completely. Bound up sandpaper is more likely to damage your surface, because you are dragging stuck particles over it. Always put your sander flat on the surface, if possible never use the edge of the sander in an angle. It will uneven your surface and maybe leave deep scratches. To much pressure will also damage your sander (gears and shaft especially) and your orbital disc, it will start to vibrate more or even shake or wave in your hand and maybe leave a bad surface finish. Rather use lower grit sandpaper with less pressure, than higher grit with more pressure. Second: Never use dry sanding paper as a wet sanding paper! The liquid will loosen the grit (particles) of your dry sanding paper. Those loose sanding particles will be rolled around or even pressed into the surface under your orbital disc and potentially leave curls*. Third: Always sand as clean and dust free as possible! No matter if dry or wet sanding, always clean your surface and tools between the grits or every now and then. Left over sanding particles of higher grits, dust or dirt in general can damage your surface. Especially because you are sanding most of your projects horizontally the dirt will stay on top of your surface. If you pay attention you will sometimes even feel or hear particles or debris rolling around between your sandpaper and surface. Forth: Always sand in circular overlapping motions (if possible!), especially hand sanding on flat surfaces! It isn't always possible to sand in circular motion, but it is the best way to keep your surface even and avoid surface damage. If you (hand)sand only back and forth, you are dragging the same particles over the surface over and over again. This can lead to deep scratches or rubbing* on your surface. Also you can unknowingly create deep craters on your surface wich you will discover after your surface finishing/buffing. I do have a few more but I am pretty sure that you know most of them, I am also pretty certain that you know most of the ones I have just pointed out or someone was faster than me but maybe there is something helpful in there. You will surely get the feel for spray painting soon, cant wait for that. Love your Vids because you are honest with you failures and super entertaining, I learn something new almost every time I watch your projects. They are super amazing and inspiring like the denim table or the burned one❤

I just want to add that I'm loving the massive amounts of sass and sarcasm coming out of your videos lately. First the Beatles and then "no way I disappoint 25 percent of my followers". Ha. Love it.

Okay. You sold me. I'm turned off by videos that START with "subscribe now", before I even know if I like the channel. But you waited until later, and your narration, editing, filming, everything was so good, and I want you to keep succeeding, so I'm gonna subscribe, which is something I don't often do.

Dark for sure! That desk finish is just beautiful! The depth you achieved is just amazing and truly worth all the steps and detail involved.

Cam, I don't think you're giving yourself enough credit. You aren't "tricking" anyone into thinking you're a good woodworker, you ARE a good woodworker. A great one. All these tips and tricks you give, as well as your attitude that everything that leaves your shop has to be done to to the best of your ability, is what makes you a great woodworker.

I have been a furniture maker for years, Oak and Alder, glue and dowel. I just started doing live edge and I am doing my first real "from scratch" piece. I had a tree on my property struck by lightning and I salvaged the useable pieces. In the spring I am slabbing it with a chain sawmill and I loved watching your work. I am almost 75 years old and am making furniture either for myself or to give to family and friends. No pressure, no customers saying why is this so expensive, I can go to Levitz cheaper. Thank you for teaching an old dog new tricks!

Dark - That table is gorgeous! My dad is a third generation woodworker. He started out working summers & weekends for his dad, a finish carpenter, installing baseboard when he was 10. He's done several burl tables, one almost 12 feet long. He also uses wine barrel staves & wine boxes to build furniture.

Your dry sense of humour is a great gift for your videos on top of your honest outstanding work! 😄👏👏

The dark one is gorgeous with several color depths. And I love it that you show how you improve your skills.

As a longtime woodworker myself, the tips and tricks about "working" the wood are always appreciated and do help the non-woodworkers understand your process. I'm not a big fan of the trendy epoxy thing, as I really like to accentuate the beauty of natural woods and even hesitate to add stain to natural hard and softwood, so i don't hide the grain. So...after all that work and money you spent on this build it looks to me like plastic laminate. Sure I can still see some grain, but that beautiful burl got lost in the stain and high gloss polishing. But heck...that's why they make chocolate AND vanilla...

Your humility reminds me of a story about J.S. Bach. His opinion was that anybody who puts in the work can do what he does to similar or greater success. "I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well." [translated]. He believed that 'talent' was an insult, that laboriously acquired skill was his achievement. But everybody knows Bach, and almost nobody knows of Palestrina. You're good at what you do, my dude. We all love it, please keep doing it, and I honestly believe that you deserve to be proud of it.

I love how you're 6-7 years into turning your hobby into a legit business and still every single video there's at least one or two times where you say "lesson learned" . You're truly set out to master your craft, LOVE IT!

Could you do a total cost breakdown into a project like this? When a piece sells for $9,900, how many hours of work total, material cost, equipment cost, electricity (maybe a bit harder to break down but I'm sure it has an impact when using drills and electric sanders. Amazing piece!

Loved this! saw both dark and light. Both were gorgeous.

Light - These two tables turned out fantastic...I'm constantly blown away by your work and have now subscribed to see more in the future...Hopefully, I too can someday turn out projects this good...I know the work you put in is not easy, but your messages to "do better" than everyone else and "work harder to put out quality work" resonate with me...Thanks for the motivation and I hope to get started on epoxy tables here soon as well!

I have been a woodworker for 52 years, professionally. I watch this and see all the tricks to reach the goal of achievement. Just as I have. I specialize in custom entertainment builds with every bell and whistle. I have build at least a dozen or so of tables but always ordered the slabs from a fabricator like like yourself. I wish I had the gadjetrty you use, All by had here! I am retired now and have sold my shop. You brought it all back for me, Thank you