Curvy board toy from table apron pieces

Building a curvy board toy from some curved scraps of wood from an old table.
Previous curvy board build:
woodgears.ca/toys/curvy_board....

[@evanbarnes9984]

I know a lot of people seem concerned about the finger squishing potential, but that's a good thing. Kids need to learn to negotiate the dangers of the world in a controlled manner, and this provides a perfect opportunity for that. I also totally want a curvy board now! That looks fun

[@truckguy6666]

yeah they're making it out to be as dangerous as a homemade pogo stick

[@saveriog.825]

I was concerned too, but this is an interesting point. At the end, I agree with you!

[@SelbstversorgerRigotti]

I had myself such a thing when I was a child and I squished my hands a couple of times. It hurts like hell but you learn to deal with it 😀

[@TheGreatFury]

I'd be more concerned about the walls after seeing that walking board technique 😂

[@spaz_chicken]

My kids have one. They learned VERY quickly not to squish their fingers.

[@MichaelKieweg]

Being born in 1964, I remember us playing with boards and tin cans, making stilts or balancing boards. We fell and we got bloody scratches. Mother washed it out, put som iodin and a band-aid on it and we were out in the woods 15 min later. Good to see kids play kind of the same way. Best wishes from Germany

[@SierraLimaOscar]

Haha Exactly! My mom used something called Mercurochrome (same function as iodine) that was bright red in color, so after treatment you looked even bloodier - we loved it because it made us look tough 😂

[@hman2912]

We used to play with knives and chainsaws. Was all in good fun. If someone lost an arm, a drop of brandy under the tongue and off you'd go again. Those were the days.

[@Audioventura]

@@SierraLimaOscar yeah my mom used the same stuff!

[@Nitecrow314]

@@hman2912 A mere flesh wound...🤕

[@mike60521x]

I was using hammer and nails around the age of 8, wood saw too - I can still cut a 2x4 faster with a hand saw faster than most can with a radial saw - and the handsaw ALWAYS works, don't need a rechargeable battery or an outlet to plug it in

[@sloapmonkey123]

I know you're not getting as many views as you used to, so I want you to know I really appreciate that you still make videos. You're probably the most knowledgeable and experienced wood worker on KZbin. Have a great day Matthias!

[@cbalan777]

Your kids seem to have found a bunch of creative things to do with it, so I'd call that a success.

[@Chunbar]

Been subbed for what feels like a decade and your content is always so interesting, fun to watch, and I am always learning something. I'm so glad that you are able to keep up with the postings and projects even while raising your kids. You are a huge role model and inspiration!

[@reypatey]

At first I thought this was a reupload since I knew you already made a curvy board some time ago. Goes to show how long I've been following your channel - and I still enjoy every video of you thoroughly.

[@JonnyDIY]

As a kid I was already skateboarding at 4-5. We used to take an old deck (just the board part) and balance it on a hard cardboard tube (around 5 inches around). Called it a balance board

[@ITubetc]

I like the walk down the hallway on the board. You're a great Dad. keep up the great work on your videos and being a dad too.

[@peterhorne7203]

I loved watching your daughter(?) 'walk' the board down the hall then negotiate the corner! Kids don't need electronic gadgets to learn.

[@AdamEarl2]

We do that on a snowboard, called “duck walking”.. when in ontario need creative ways to get across flats

[@Dr._Spamy]

Kids need everything to learn.

[@VTGoPro]

When you said you made your first curvy board nine years ago I was in disbelief, I remember that coming out just a few years back. This led me to go back and see how long I've been subscribed. The first videos I remember seeing were the marble run videos 12 years ago. That's crazy. 12 years of watching your videos. Keep it up!

[@pennyroyal3813]

In the mid-60s my dad made toy car molds and melted solid lead into them for my brother and I. Matthias understands that kids play more with the wrapping paper than the purchased toy.

[@danharold3087]

Kids and Cats prefer cardboard boxes over purchased toys. It lets kids use their imaginations. For cats is often a nice place to snuggle up and feel safe.... I think.

[@SirMrBerk]

they got him, poor man just wanted to do woodwork and got got

[@railfan439]

Back in the mid to late 1950's a company came out with the same toy, called a JOGGLE STICK. Thanks for the video. Jon

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Don't know about your kids, but mine definitely love these kind of boards. I was kind of amazed by that fact!

[@aserta]

You should totally do it. I had endless hours of fun inside a tractor tire half cut that my grandpa cleaned out for me. Probably unsafe for today's standards, but it was fun, even slept in the damned thing.

[@WarrenPostma]

The kiddos are super adorable using this fun toy!

[@samTollefson]

I remember that past curvy board video, didn't you make that for your nieces and nephews for a holiday gift at a family get-together? Fantastic!

[@darrellbedford4857]

I don't have kids but seeing your gang using the curvy board having fun makes this video worthwhile watching. Have fun kids.

[@aserta]

Recycling, happy kids and a cool Matthias project, what more can one ask.

[@xmozzazx]

I can only imagine what those kids will invent one day with a dad like you. Love your work Matthias!

[@felixmerz6229]

Wood 2, I imagine.

[@Caliber632]

They're loving it! Great to see!

[@stevejohnson1685]

Wow - your kids are as creative and inventive as you are!

[@andystevenson3862]

Your kids have such bright futures ahead of them...

[@richardpatterson4312]

9 years ago! So I've been watching you for much longer... dang. I remember when you uploaded that. I'd had already been a fan for years. Way to make guy feel old. I like to think I've only been into wood working for a few years. And i didn't start watching you until I'd been screwing up wood turning for a few years.... That's enough internet for today and this is my first video.

[@kenharrison3364]

That’s pretty cool. And again shoes how kids will come up with their own way to have fun with stuff.

[@Ernzt8]

Nice repurpose of materials. I like the bandsaw idea, gonna steal that!

[@wwsvs]

What a great dad! Very nice, Matthias.

[@gregmislick1117]

Kids are SO creative.

[@AvengerDK]

Ahh a FingerSquisher™ 2000 lol. Nice work !

[@kjl3080]

I don’t get it

[@massimookissed1023]

@@kjl3080 2:54 Rock OW rock OW rock OW

[@toolsarecool]

A great learning tool. Definitely better than bubble wrap 😂

[@edburdo]

I had one at work... great for a standing desk... gives you some wobble and such to help with core muscles.

[@paulpaul1948]

Wow! Your kids are great! Kudos to you and your wife.

[@_rlb]

That last clip. So cute!

[@bami2]

You would have to do some extreme stuff to break a finger as a kid with a board like this Worst case it gets pinched and they'll learn not to hold it like that lol I would've loved one of those as a kid, but instead I removed the trucks on worn skateboards and used those.

[@chrisgriego549]

Kids are so inventive when it comes to play

[@anderswegge6828]

What a joy to see your kids go full creative.

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Matthias! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@TwoScoopsOfTubert]

Ambiguous toys like that are so awesome

[@aucomint]

Very good idea to make this board. Your kids are adorable, they seem to have a lot of imagination when it comes to using the board ;-)

[@burtmcgurt3584]

The kids just wrecking up the house with that Haha! They love it :)

[@nobuckle40]

Great, inexpensive way to have hours of fun at the hospital. That's the way it would be if I got on that thing. Seriously, I'm sure they love it.

[@patmash]

Awesome build. Just glad my kid days are far behind me lol.

[@Sqwince23]

Those long sleeves next to the belt sander belt made me gasp...

[@Antti_Nannimus]

It's a little-known-fact that the curvy board is one of the earliest known pre-historic inventions, coming just after fire. It is the necessary precursor and predecessor to the invention of the wheel. Without the curvy-board, we would all still be dragging things on the ground.

[@MattTester]

Looks like your kids will be great snowboarders after playing with this.

[@truckguy6666]

Do you not use a glue bottle just to be ornery? Not trolling, just a genuine question. I really like the titebond glue bottle caps for dispensing. I cant seem to find anything that I like better to replace it. Went and watched the old video, excellent as always. Too bad this style of video making isnt more successful with the youtube algorithms. Really nice to see you have stayed true to your content since the early days. Dont change! I think you should push patreon more. I have never given a penny on patreon but you're one of the few that I would consider subscribing for. Consistently high quality content.

[@matthiaswandel]

sometimes a glue bottle is better, other times it isn't. And I hate unplugging the nozzle every time.

[@LynxSnowCat]

@@matthiaswandel Try trimming the skirt off of a shampoo bottle cap/nozzle, it's the same thread. Dunno yet it it will plug any less frequently, but it hasn't broken/leaked as much for me.

[@freddybee4029]

@truckguy, The reason, that I watch this channel, is because it is of genuine content. Matthias has not be bought out buy the corporate youtube gods

[@billkurek5576]

Yes, no intro’s or outro’s just great content. Thanks

[@OldAndGettingOlder]

I saw your youngest sitting and rocking on the curvy board. They'll learn quickly not to grab the edges and rock too far. Smashed little fingers hurt!

[@tinkerjar396]

yesterday i got a curvey board video that you made 9 years ago in my recomendations. and now you made a new one. so random

[@richderk]

Looks like fun!

[@InterstellarRanger]

Your kids finding use for it is the best part of the video 👍

[@mattrinne]

Absolutely!

[@Spiderelectron]

What a great dad! 🥸

[@jerrystark3587]

Great toy!

[@FrietjeOorlog]

Toys without a set use make kids use their imagination. Those are the best kind!

[@ralphvanthoff]

They're also perfect for squashing the little ones' fingers. They'll learn quickly!

[@garyknight8616]

Simple. Brilliant.

[@justmakeit2849]

Got to love kids having fun!

[@gbspikyfish]

For smoothing the faces of the curved board what you needed was either a Stanley No 20 or No 113 compass plane. You know, for the one and only time in your life that you'd ever need such a plane...

[@matthiaswandel]

but the grain is nasty, cause it’s curved pieces from straight grain. might not be a good idea.

[@AbdicateDotNet]

Wonderful ending!! ⭐⭐❤❤

[@CDP135Z]

Wow! That was 9 years ago!?!? I guess I’ve been watching your videos longer that I thought.

[@CDP135Z]

As a matter of fact, I started watching your videos when you were making the wooden air engines.

[@davidlynch7666]

I want a smaller one to lean back on to crack my spine back into place.

[@Gary_Hun]

Great finger squishing opportunities, fun!

[@tim8767]

OMG NINE YEARS. That went fast.

[@rcredmon]

I need to make one of these for my nephew.

[@MrNoncredo]

sei un vero genio

[@cafe_milton_neves]

I hope you can get your channel back soon, Matthias!

[@MiscMitz]

Very cool

[@IndianaDoug]

One man’s trash, is a kids treasure👍🏻

[@mumbo1956]

A most awesome toy

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Now that's a good toy.

[@johnmanning4577]

LOL (While watching your kids enjoy your creation)

[@musicbro8225]

What a good dad :)

[@philkugler2429]

You could have saved a lot of time by buying one. Home depot sells them in their lumber section. I'm fact, that's exclusively what they sell in their lumber section, curvy boards.

[@philkugler2429]

@@JorgTheElder I think you may have missed the point of my comment. Its satire directed at the quality of home depot lumber, not an actual recommendation to buy it from there.

[@leifhietala8074]

Considering the fact that original curvy boards are over $150, building your own just seems like common sense.

[@H4rleyBoy]

I'd be forever waiting for tiny trapped fingers, but they do seem to enjoy it.

[@bobweiram6321]

Mathias: Don't let anyone convince you to buy a curvy board when you can make one yourself.

[@jocmarti]

I still have my form from making a curvy board after watching the first video. Mine gets used all the time and I think its time I made another one too.

[@tiitsaul9036]

I remember your plywood curvy board.

[@toms4123]

You kids live in paradise

[@filosofotacio8950]

I remember you making the other, has it really been 9 years?!! *cue landslide song..

[@BalugaWhale37]

The kids are so cute. I love watching them explore how their bodies move through space with an unusual object. Fascinating.

[@onjofilms]

I made a hammock stand like that.

[@TomGabriele]

I have a couple questions I could use help understanding for my own edification: 1. Why such shallow fingers on the joints? Just because that's all the strength they'd need since the edge-gluing will be supporting most of it? 2. Why resaw to even out the bottom? Would a jointer work for that too, if you had enough width?

[@Smallathe]

Very cool... :)

[@helmut8697]

the kids have fun ✔👍

[@Eg-kq8vn3so5x]

Боюсь что б маленький пальчики не придавил.... А так интересная игрушка!

[@anusficker-hw2xe]

this is a certified hood classic

[@lightdark00]

Time to make a wider sander!

[@RobertDinTulsa]

I nominate Matthias Wandel for Dad of the Century

[@JonnyDIY]

Lol these comments are a riot! Yall must only let your kids play with bubble wrap, ohh wait that's a choking hazard

[@Keifsanderson]

Awesome! But my fingers are terrified!

[@travisfinucane]

Incredible the bandsaw could manage trimming the surface like that. Thought the idea was wishful thinking

[@meetv7700]

Just a word of caution, kid's finger can go pinchy pinchy at ends

[@DeweyKentM]

I’m sure the glue is plenty strong for any force children can put on it, but the holes made me think about dowels. I’m not experienced, but is there any risk of twisting force or difference in density causing cracks over time? Again, they’re kids, and they’ll probably grow out of it before they can do serious damage, but do you think dowels would make a significant enough difference in a project like this to be worth the trouble? And which do you think is stronger, this one or the laminated one?

[@matthiaswandel]

yes, there is risk. might happen, probably not.

[@billboy7390]

Great use of old apron’s. I can’t wait to see what one of the children makes out of it when they get older. If they have your imagination it will be something great.

[@gorak9000]

Looks like a pretty awesome bridge / overpass for toy cars later - can have one road (or train) going underneath, and another going over the bridge in the other direction on top.

[@pfsmith01]

I see vids about making skateboards in your future...

[@harisharyanto3816]

👍👍👍

[@Traderjoe]

A crazy question: Could finger joints ever be done along the length of a plank instead of only along the ends? Would the glued joints along a curved plank butt joint be equally as strong as a finger jointed joint?

[@matthiaswandel]

could be done, but the wood grain is at 22 degrees at the end, so that orientation would be very weak

[@Wordsnwood]

9 years ago? man I feel old... well, oldER... 😆

[@FlightSimDude]

👍

[@garrettnielsen9562]

Good thing your so handy I'm worried about your walls @3:20

[@BitHead1000]

If you want a curvy board that bad…just buy lumber from the Home Depot.

[@matthiaswandel]

wrong radius

[@danharold3087]

@@matthiaswandel LOL good one!

[@gorak9000]

Yeah, those are randomly twisted / cupped / bowed boards, not proper curvy boards.

[@adamspivey]

Possible alternative name "Finger masher 3000" lol