Thoughtful woodworking - A Video to Watch

[peter halle]

When I watched this video which was linked on Festool USA's Facebook page I was amazed by the thoughtfulness that professional woodworkers put into their projects.  This video is well worth getting a cup of coffee or something else and turning off the cell phone and just watching full screen.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  Thanks Shane for finding this!

Peter

Portland's Flag Pole Gets a New Life

 

[Phred]

Very, very cool--thanks both Peter and Shane!
Fred

 

[GPowers]

Very cool video, thanks Peter.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

The real thanks goes to Malachi Milbourn of Against the Grain for his passion and creating the video. Many people would have just turned that flagpole into fire wood, or tossed it in the landfill.

 

[nclemmons]

Reclaimed wood is great, particularly something like that piece of history.

Capers Cauthen is a craftsperson I met in Charleston earlier this year that has been making tables from recycled wood and really has done some nice work.  I had first heard about Capers in an article in Garden and Gun.

His is a great blend of the craft and the natural beauty of the wood.

His site is here - http://landrumtables.com

Not as inspired as taking down a flagpole to make a table, but a nice design eye and passion for reliving the past...

neil

 

[ScotF]

This was a great video...thanks for sharing it!

Scot

 

[WoodFromOurHood]

Thanks for sharing! We are very happy you like it!

Anthony

 

[Kevin D.]

You can feel the passion.  Thanks for posting.

 

[jmbfestool]

The real thanks goes to Malachi Milbourn of Against the Grain for his passion and creating the video. Many people would have just turned that flagpole into fire wood, or tossed it in the landfill.

No they wouldn't not something that size and in such good condition maybe many non joiners but true joiners I would like to think not.  He was contacted by a contractor or owner to take the pole so who ever contacted him where the ones who wanted something making out of the pole and not just cut up and burnt.

I for one wouldn't off burnt it.    

I agree with he has a lot of passion and is good at talking and was a good video and was interesting but to me it looked like all he did was sanding the table an give a helping hand to lift.   Every one else did most the work.

Then after all that I was expecting something really fancy but turns out something pretty simple and I can't see the history in the table.

 

[hockey_magnet]

The real thanks goes to Malachi Milbourn of Against the Grain for his passion and creating the video. Many people would have just turned that flagpole into fire wood, or tossed it in the landfill.

No they wouldn't not something that size and in such good condition maybe many non joiners but true joiners I would like to think not.  He was contacted by a contractor or owner to take the pole so who ever contacted him where the ones who wanted something making out of the pole and not just cut up and burnt.

I for one wouldn't off burnt it.    

I agree with he has a lot of passion and is good at talking and was a good video and was interesting but to me it looked like all he did was sanding the table an give a helping hand to lift.   Every one else did most the work.

Then after all that I was expecting something really fancy but turns out something pretty simple and I can't see the history in the table.

Pretty negative response to a positive post - Why would you expect something "fancy"? I think the approach they took was the correct one, let the wood speak for itself, not the design. Maintaining the shape with the legs retains some history . Were you expecting a little flag pole protruding from the middle of the table?  [big grin] ( Just kidding) 

 

[jmbfestool]

The real thanks goes to Malachi Milbourn of Against the Grain for his passion and creating the video. Many people would have just turned that flagpole into fire wood, or tossed it in the landfill.

No they wouldn't not something that size and in such good condition maybe many non joiners but true joiners I would like to think not.  He was contacted by a contractor or owner to take the pole so who ever contacted him where the ones who wanted something making out of the pole and not just cut up and burnt.

I for one wouldn't off burnt it.    

I agree with he has a lot of passion and is good at talking and was a good video and was interesting but to me it looked like all he did was sanding the table an give a helping hand to lift.   Every one else did most the work.

Then after all that I was expecting something really fancy but turns out something pretty simple and I can't see the history in the table.

Pretty negative response to a positive post - Why would you expect something "fancy"? I think the approach they took was the correct one, let the wood speak for itself, not the design. Maintaining the shape with the legs retains some history . Were you expecting a little flag pole protruding from the middle of the table?  [big grin] ( Just kidding) 

Yeah lol I was haa haa

 

[Jalvis]

That simplistic "natural" style is really popular in the northwest.  Makers are utilizing reclaimed lumber and people eat it up!  I'm like you JMB.....its really nothing any skilled worker can't accomplish.

Really a well made video and shows the great city of Portland.