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Crouch Vale Woodcraft
United Kingdom
Registrace 13. 02. 2014
Welcome to my channel. I'm Rob and I love all aspects of woodcraft. I started wood turning in my 20's and have gradually expanded what I make over many years. Since I retired from my career in the NHS I have been making Windsor and stick chairs and carving. Having thought about making some CZcams videos, I finally got the finger out and started. I hope you like what you see. If you do please like the videos and subscribe to the channel.
The tilting and rotating workbench
This shows the build for a workbench that can tilt and rotate. Ideal for woodcarving but can also be used lots of other projects.This is a simple project using screwed togther timbers, no difficult joinery, but the finished bench works really well and is sturdy enough for use.
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DIY garden upcycling project
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This is an upcycling project for the garden - taking and old window frame and converting it into a mirror
Let's make a stick chair - part 6
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This is the final episode where the finish is applied
Let's make a stick chair - part 5
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In this episode we shape thew sticks, make the crest and complete the final assembly.
Let's make a stick chair - part 4
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In this episode I make the arm rail, the sticks and drill the arm and stick ready for construction.
Let's make a Stick chair - part 3
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This is part three of the stick chair build and in this episode, the stretchers are made and the undercarriage is assembled.
Let's make a stick chair - part two
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In this video the seat is shaped and the leg mortices are drilled and reamed.
Let's make a stick chair - part one
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This is the introduction to making a stick chair and includes making and shaping the legs.
DIY garden screen
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Make a garden screen using simple tools. This shows how I made a modern looking screen in plywood. The design is a simplae leaf shape but repearted to create big impact.
Carving the floral pattern step by step
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This shows the steps to carving the floraal pattern. Examples at ther end of the video show it used in different ways.
Carve a floral pattern
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This video shows the carving of a floral pattern into a treated, softwood bracket from a garden pergola. The process uses six carving tools, a V tool, two gouges, a skew chisel, a straight chisel and a fishtail gouge. This shows how a simple carving motif can be combined to make a bigger pattern.
Excellent series. Beautiful chair. Can't believe you didn't include clip or photo of actually sitting in it! :)
@@Rossco242424 thanks for watching. Yes, I should have sat in it shouldn't I. Next time 😂👍
Your dog rolling the tennis ball through the door at 22:59 made me laugh. Great series of videos so far. Thanks for sharing your methods.
@@Rossco242424 thanks for your comment. Yes, Hector is always bringing me toys and balls to try and get me to play with him. Glad you are enjoying the video👍
thank you for the excellent series!
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching 👍
Could you advise on the size of the borders? I want to do this for a deck balustrade but the screen will be landscape with the leaves facing up
The border was 10cm/4 inches. However, you can change this to fit where you are going to put it. I just wanted a good margin to add stiffness and allow for fixing. Thanks for watching and good luck with your project 👍
@@crouchvalewoodcraft what a failure on my part! Loads of tearout on the ply. Did you use a specific jigsaw blade?
I bought some Bosch blades. A bit more cost than budget blades but cut soooo much better👍
You’re an artist, this is incredible!
Many thanks for your kind words. But I'm not much of an artist.
Found 3/8"×48"×96" PVC panels at Lowes ($128/ea), so I may try this with that so it is rot-proof. Such a beautiful idea!
That should be longer lasting👍 thanks for watching
Well done! Beautiful work and very good explanation of the steps involved. Bravo 👏
Nice job, how did you do the glass?
Thanks. I took the frame to a local glaziers who cut the mirrors to size 👍
Hi Rob, great video and very informative. Is reaming holes and tapered tenons essential? Would straight tenons and holes work as well?
Yes, straight tenons can be used with a straight drilled hole. The advantage of a tapered tenon is that it tightens as you apply load/sit in the chair. So if the wood should shrink, the leg shouldn't become loose. But with wood that is good and dry, a straight tenon is fine and the shoulder will hold the leg in place. Thanks for watching.
@@crouchvalewoodcraft brilliant, thank you for your help. Look forward to watching the rest of the series
Enjoy👍
What a brilliant Chanel Rob, I'm really enjoying your videos, you are an excellent teacher, you have inspired me to have a go at making a stick style chair, thank you for sharing your techniques I really appreciate it 👍 all the best Tom
Many thanks for your kind words, Tom. I'm glad to hear you are going to give it a go. It will be a chair that you will cherish, for sure, and hopefully the first of many. Good luck with your chair building 👍
Thanks for filming this series, I like your methods for making leg and spindle tenons on the lathe.
You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed them 👍
Wow that jig for turning tapered tenons is genius! You could make another jig to make precise straight tenons too I suppose! 👏🏻
Yes, you could make it any shape you like, within reason 👍
👏👏👏Good video Rob
Cheers Vic 👍👍
Nice job. Bit to intricate for my arthritic hands to attempt, but enjoyed seeing it being made.
Thanks for the comment and the watch. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Nice job Rob, rekon there’ll be some awesome carvings coming off that mate 👊
Cheers mate, let's hope so 🤞😂
Great video rob and a great bench, it will really help with your workflow👍
Cheers Lewis, yes, it should prove useful 👍👍
Great work! Seems to be a good addition to the workshop
Cheers Ewan👍👍
Great video Rob!
Thanks, Donna👍
What did you rub on your planer? When planing the legs
I used a piece of candle wax to lubricate the plane some. Works a treat. Thanks for watching 👍
Great...^^
i enjoyed your video always something to learn
Glad you enjoyed it. Many thanks 🙏
This is lovely!
This is GREAT ! Has helped me a lot. Thank you.
Fantastic Job!
What an awesome job you done. Thanks for sharing :)
Excellent video series. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and skills. Your chair is beautiful.
Thanks for this chair build series Rob, really enjoyable and informative. Love the final chair. Keep it up!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching, much appreciated 👍
Beautiful! I'm wanting to do something like this but want to make sure it can make it thru the weather so I'm not sure what material to use. Love your design!
Great series, and a very nice looking chair.
What size are the dowels you are making?
These are about 17 mm in diameter. They are cut from 7/8th's inch /23mm square stock, cheers 👍
That looks brilliant Rob, what a great idea !
Nice job Rob, I'm sure your friend was really happy with the finished job 👏👏👏
Excellent job Rob, really good videography 👊
Cheers Hoggy, much appreciated 👍👍
You’ve given the old window new life and saved it from the landfill. I hope your friend gets to enjoy it for many more years.
Many thanks, definitely worth saving 👍
That really turned out well mate, I bet they was over the moon with it, and the story lives on !
Nice job Rob, turned out out really nice 👍
Cheers Vic, 👍👍
Good video Rob, so satisfying seeing it all come together
Thanks Vic, much appreciated 👍👍
It’s crazy to think that there is nearly as much work in the finishing as there is in making the chair ! Really came out nice mate !
Stunning mate ! Looking forward to seeing the finishing process !
Good video Rob, I never really appreciated how much goes into making one of these chairs until I watched your videos. Quite interesting seeing the processes involved.
Cheers Vic, chair making has been likened to the decathlon of the woodworking world. I guess that's not far off. 🤣👍
Coming along nicely mate ! It’s going to be a beautiful chair
Cheers mate, getting there 👍
Excellent job mate, that dowel maker is so satisfying to watch👊
Cheers mate. It's satisfying to use as well 👍
👍Good video Rob, neat trick mounting the plane on the vice
Cheers Vic, yes, it works well 👍
Great video Rob, clear instructions. I would be interested to know how you made the home made lasers perhaps a future video
Another great video rob, really enjoying this series 👍👍
Nice job mate, very interesting to see all the hints and tricks to making a good chair
Excellent instructional video Rob, you’re a clever old stick aint ya 👊
Great video as always Rob ! That seat is coming along nicely !
So beautiful, and such talent!