3D Wood Topographical Map made from Dyed Skateboard Veneers

[@katzmosestools]

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[@brooxbreaker]

If you live in Kansas you can just use a planer.

[@henrycollins2478]

I laughed more than I should have when I read this

[@jasonmickley4835]

I feel ya in Oklahoman man....

[@katzmosestools]

I laughed pretty hard. This might be a winner

[@sgsax]

As a native Kansan, I can confirm this. We're not exactly known for our topographical features.

[@SirAngusSteele]

I don't have a CNC, so I was thinking of making a cutting board shaped like my state. But unfortunately, I live in Colorado.

[@AtelierQube]

Great vid as always! I’ve been working with coloured veneers (rainbowwood) for a few years now and if I may, I could suggest 2 things to prevent cupping: 1 - uneven number of layers 2 - change grain direction between each layer. It will be much stronger and less likely to cup. Bonus for everyone who wants to do this with regular wood glue. You can, but you have to leave it clamped for a really long time to let the glue dry 100%.

[@taitano12]

Between the first and second maps, I'm reminded of those rising sealevel maps. Like a before and after.

[@nathanieltube525]

Hey man I love the videos. I am a 15 year old who just got into wood working over the last year because of a shop class in school. I started working at McDonald’s to work and save money for tools and a car. I have a decent little shop set up in my garage now. I also just got your apron for Christmas and I love it. It is so nice to have everything right there. I also just ordered the flush cut saw that I have been wanting for a while. I have been watching your dovetail videos and I am thinking about getting a dovetail saw and jig too. Your products are really high quality and have a great price. It would be cool to hear back from you.

[@katzmosestools]

Thats awesome bud! Keep up the good work!

[@OldschoolJefke]

Skateboard veneers are great for making lots of different things. I use my old skateboards and recycle them into toolhandles, keychains, coasters, .... This map looks insane!!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@Roarockit]

Can't believe we haven't seen this video until now! It is wonderful to see our colored veneer in this application, it turned out amazing!!

[@WinstonMakes]

Duuude! This came out phenomenal! The layered veneers add such a unique look to it. I'm definitely going to have to borrow some of these ideas next time I revisit topo carvings.

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks buddy! Your video was so helpful!

[@JoeMakes]

@@katzmosestools No affiliation? That's not true because we all had a great time hearing you speak at WBC last year! Awesome stuff

[@adamrobiansyah8089]

WAW AMAZING GOOD SKILL 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@1deerndingo]

Off topic: I finally got one of the Taylor Tools marking wheels kits (I'm in Australia - had to come by boat). What a really great tip you gave to try one of those. I knocked up a laminate of 1/4" Rosewood, 32nd" of Jacaranda, and 1" very heavy Blue Gum hardwood. Looks great and I built it. The wheels are sharp and comes with two spares! The threaded nut inserts call for a 25/64ths hole, but in hard hard wood that would tear away the brass outer cutting threads. I made a 7/16ths hole with epoxy and that's fine. Thanks. Great tool and looks great too.

[@bigburlymikesmswoodworking]

I love the look of the second one. The colors just seem to pop a lot more, plus you don't have that horrible FU valley in there. Oh yeah, I ordered a stop block and a Suizan saw recently and can't wait to get them. Awesome work!!!

[@majormartin7718]

wish this guy uploaded more..... his content is great!

[@jcarletto27]

Such a great use of the veneers

[@iggyandangus]

I just got my first CNC in late November. So far I’ve just been learning the machine and making a few small projects. The plan is to start a business and scale up to bigger and better machines.

[@katzmosestools]

They're like an unpaid employee that doesn't take breaks

[@StuffWithKirby]

Awesome. I was just browsing their site the other day and ordered their vacuum bag kit.

[@adamduerr1203]

Kudos for first searching for what colors Topo maps actually use. The white would have added quite a bit, but knowing that you actually looked means a lot to many of us (professionals that deal with this subject). Brooxbreaker said you can use a planer for Kansas. I am working with topography in Iowa and California, so he/she/they are right in that topography differs greatly across the US. Such a cool project - and I would love one of California. I've done Eagle, Raven and Condor work in CA, so am familiar with how topography influences these birds flight. Very cool!

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha thanks. Glad I got it right

[@WoodcraftBySuman]

Great video, Jonathan! I've glued up a piece with various species of wood at different depths with diff colors and have been meaning to carve into it for a landscape image. This is a great motivation for me to get that project rolling!

[@kevinetheridgemakes]

Really friggin amazing. Kudos.

[@leswheeler2023]

Jonathon, I would invest in a vacuum bagger to pull the veneers down to make a proper contact with each other. Your Loss of of your parts may have been an air pocket or lack of resin between the veneers. Bloody good idea, pity I am in New Zealand and no such work has been done to produce the files necessary for my country or parts thereof. Love it!

[@heyimamaker]

Super cool, I see these sorts of things in city maps and what not.

[@dimcclung]

The second version looks amazing. The things that can be done with a cnc. I’ve even seen dovetails. 😮

[@derekdeconti3059]

This is too cool!!!

[@ricos1497]

Can't wait for the next video where you do this with hand tools.

[@bigdogmn73]

Man this makes me want to get a CNC

[@TotalBoat]

This is insanely awesome! You did an incredible job!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks K!

[@EvanDunville]

Awesome!

[@Zufoto19091979]

You could take as reference (Z0) the table it self. This way you make sure that the reference is always the same (if you have the table leveled).

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@Aprendiz-de-Marceneiro]

It was beautiful!

[@ChadPalmer]

MADE LOVE TO A UNICORN🤣.I have you on in my shop on the big screen. Man o Man I love your work and you crack me up. Hope the thumb is getting better and stay away from the unicorns 😊

[@katzmosestools]

Hubba hubba!

[@ChadPalmer]

@@katzmosestools baahahaha

[@pancua978]

Love this, Jonathan! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@sebastiendesormeaux1853]

Love your input, maybe do a few more cnc related videos?

[@evanmccrindle5355]

Very sweet project "made love to a unicorn" haha that cracked me up

[@Katmanish]

Your daughter is going to turn in some amazing projects when she gets to 5th grade

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha the teachers are going to be skeptical of her involvement

[@MakerCuisine]

This is so cool, amazing what technology and a great idea can create, love how the layers come through and really show off the peaks and valleys.

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

This project was so sick! Nicely done Jonathan! Keep up the fantastic work man

[@DKWalser]

Very nice. Your second one makes it look like the Central Valley is part of San Francisco Bay, which bothers my wife. She feels blue should be reserved for water. Suggestion: Do some more with sections of California blown up to a larger scale. It would be great to see Yosemite , Crater Lake, Tahoe, or the SF Bay area done with sufficient detail that you could pick out prominent features, such as Half Dome.

[@katzmosestools]

Yeah, it was almost impossible to separate because the central value is basically sea level but I agree. Was thinking about trying to paint it. I definitely have plans to do a much larger one out of solid walnut or cherry..

[@jmakins5]

Nice watch bro.

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud. We just launched a horology channel and have a new video coming out next week.

[@jmakins5]

@@katzmosestools right on! I’ll have to check that out.

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful, Jonathan! It looks fantastic! 😃 Really well done!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@gslope1]

very interesting video. I have no idea what you're talking about with all the technical stuff, but I'm sure I will if I ever make the CNC jump.

[@allencurry256]

Wow, the laminate is not cheap. How would you go about pricing this for sale? Also, would you specify which lams and colors you used. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

[@jacobeaton4042]

Dude you and 3X3 coming in CLUTCH with these massive discount codes this week thanks so much!

[@whitexeno]

Hey Jonathan, when you change bits, you shouldn't have to reset your material Z. You should be able to just use the smart tool set to the bed zero, at least that is how it works on my legacy cnc with mach3, highly recommend doing some digging on what you can do for your avid because that seems like a big pita.

[@canoista01]

I really loved it! I'm geography teacher and it may help me in class... and strong enough to resist the children's curiosity.... hahaha

[@katzmosestools]

Awesome!

[@internet4861]

How cool would it be to make a full map using state trees

[@rodpotts2666]

That's cool as hell! If that makes any sense .

[@ifiwooddesigns]

Absolutely stunning. CNC is way above my league. I need to start somewhere but it seems so overwhelming.

[@garrydye2394]

Its actually really easy. There is front/back...side to side...and up and down. IT looks way harder than it actually is. I have average brains and I found it fairly easy in reality.

[@PetesShopMakes]

Those are Legit! Nice work. Ive tried doing something similar in the past on my Xcarve and I'm pretty sure it is incapable of doing a carving like this but there has got to be a way so I'm definitely going to do some more research and try again now that you've re-inspired me. Thanks for the motivation as always.

[@katzmosestools]

The guy who I linked in the pinned comment did it with a shaepoko so I'm sure you can get it done. Watch his video. Cheers

[@bugnurddesigns5268]

That is a really great idea. They look like something right out of an atlas. I may get some strange looks when I’m backpacking and pull out my “topo map” Well done Jonathan!!

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha thats a lot of weight but well worth it

[@InTheLab3d]

cant wait to do iowa. Ill sell a 1" thick piece of S4S maple and call it good :)

[@henrycollins2478]

Yes! Finally the Instagram teasing is over!

[@RabidCheetah]

can you do a video on pin vs brad vs finishing nailers?

[@adenolenti]

Would love one of these, but just the UCSB campus and lagoon. Is that possible?

[@c.a.g.1977]

Great! I'm Dutch, so I'll make one for The Netherlands. ___________________________________ 😂

[@katzmosestools]

🤣

[@karledman4625]

Can you only enlarge a county from a state? Thanks for sharing.

[@katzmosestools]

All you need is the .stl file. There's a million resources out there

[@TimberWood.Customs]

Great video! the link fir thigiverse is not working. Do you possibly have another one?

[@christianbocka2724]

This is awesome. I have one question though. I am not familiar with the composition or characteristics of the veneers, but why did you used 2 part epoxy instead of wood glue? Are the skateboard veneers more of a plastic composition or something that titebond would not work well for?

[@davidcaverly9659]

"...like an unpaid employee that really helps you grow your wood [business]" ... HOW!? How did that not get a finger point and a "..Gentlemen.."

[@rboswald]

Is that your marking knife, point up in the pocket right below your right hand? Hope not

[@AGTDesigns]

Really awesome man, congrats on the great result!!! I was thinking that you would flood everything with epoxy to protect the fine details from chipping off, but it's great as it is! Would love to replicate that, but don't own a CNC (yet) ;) ... Maybe in the future, and when I do, I'll surely revisit this video! Hope your finger is getting better! Cheers

[@davidmiller2933]

Where do you get the colored veneer?

[@1LEgGOdt]

You should have done Florida

[@tomzborovsky8378]

How long was the cut time?

[@darktuner888]

- made love to a unicorn ROFL

[@marvelone4231]

😲

[@kalpeshwani8520]

Scalar Creativity ... with a shortcut.

[@ES-id9rs]

youtube recommended this to me

[@matthewlaberge]

No judgement here, make love to all the unicorns....

[@guitarchitectural]

Out of curiosity - what happened to the business? Did the business only show up in fits, or did you scale it back for other reasons? Just wondering why you don't do it full time if it was that lucrative? Also how long did the full carve take?

[@katzmosestools]

Check out my making money with cnc video linked. Quite the opposite. We have 5 cnc based machines in the shop and have expanded to 5k sqft. The carve took about 3hours of run time

[@tharemyhopkins5873]

Are the dislikes from Unicorn Activists? That was a great vid!

[@katzmosestools]

Hahahaha people will never understand the love between a man and a unicorn 🦄

[@ricos1497]

@@katzmosestools the national animal of Scotland and you've both just offended the entire nation.

[@SirAngusSteele]

This map depicts the rest of the country's fantasy: cutting off California and leaving it adrift in the ocean.

[@katzmosestools]

They hate us cause they ain't us

[@rikroberts]

I had this idea a couple of weeks ago and was telling my son how I wanted to do it. Weird timing.

[@carl-parkerhansen2449]

Has anyone tried this with V-Carve Pro?!

[@TyyDaymon]

I know the hates coming but I think CNC takes out craftsmanship yeah it’s art but the computer crafts it

[@tomzborovsky8378]

If you used a thicker plywood and a vacuum bag it'd probably be dead flat

[@AtelierQube]

Also: Grain direction matters when glueing up, the grain direction has to shift in between layers. And the number of layers has to be uneven to avoid cupping.

[@tomzborovsky8378]

@@AtelierQube Yeah, but that kind of goes out the window when you remove so much material via CNC

[@sidespin9968]

Left me hanging, why did it miss steps?

[@katzmosestools]

Graphics card failure

[@Sandman60077]

You sound just like Jimmy Kimmel. Kinda look like him too.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

60ed.

[@mzulqanainhaider2472]

What is your mail ID ?

[@-lll-ll-llll-AVE]

Nice video! If you like this kind of sculptures, check out Dom Ricobene on Instagram, he’s been doing topographical CNC sculptures for years and his making videos and time lapses are truly top notch

[@brintos9141]

Topographic Maps, not "Topographical" Map

[@cocomellon3638]

No