How To Build A Maple, Walnut, and Resin American Flag

[@ronfontenot4534]

Awesome job!!!

[@marcgaudette1301]

Real nice work!

[@t170404]

Excellent job - turned out beautiful!

[@BetThat18]

I like your videos! One thing I would do is put everything you use in the description. Helps out with specifics. Might get less questions on the video :) Also if you put links to where you buy stuff that will add to the video even more! But your video was great! Have a sub!

[@keystonewoodworx4544]

Thanks Kevin! I will start to do that! I appreciate your help!

[@joshsapp77]

Wish you would put out more videos

[@BetThat18]

Also one thing with epoxy that is important and it looks like you did with your video. Make sure the piece is level when you pour it on. The stars do not matter as much for level but the final pour over the whole project should be level :)

[@keystonewoodworx4544]

Kevin Rialson great point!! Thanks for adding 👌🏻

[@Sirxx99.]

Nice lookin stuff man! you did a great job and I also like your hidden flag video too.

[@kkaldor]

Good job on your first video, looking forward to seeing the camo flag video!

[@keystonewoodworx4544]

Thanks!! It’s coming soon! I’d say by next week!

[@whitecollarworkshop]

That flag turned out really nice. Been looking into doing one like it. You mentioned you would have done a couple things different. I’m curious as to what those would be.

[@keystonewoodworx4544]

White Collar Workshop thanks!! I would have chosen a white epoxy rather than the blue. I would have also done the last epoxy pour in a dust free zone. Lastly I should have wiped off excess epoxy off the bottom edges of the flag after it drips off. None of these are even notice but when I do this again I would change those small things. All in all it turned out great, especially how crisp the stars are. Thanks for asking and definitely show me your end result when you get to it!

[@MsPk82]

Love it..do you sell them? I have no place to make one and I would love to have one

[@keystonewoodworx4544]

Thank you so much!! I sell them at Lakesidewoodshed.com

[@philbaker29]

One of the better flags out there! Do you make/sell the union piece? That's the only hard part to complete this diy.

[@RwitR]

I sell wood flags from time to time. I think I will start making some unions on my CNC and start selling them by themselves.

[@michaelbattin6717]

@@RwitR i'll buy one

[@RwitR]

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[@blakenorton2784]

Where did you get that clamp setup?

[@dawsonklein5916]

I wanna know how you made that miter saw set up lol great idea

[@pinkfluffydino8217]

Right?! I NEED that in my shop I’m building in the spring when it warms up again!

[@christianlarson3380]

What are the dimensions of this flag

[@keystonewoodworx4544]

Hey Christian, this flag is 19.5”x 36”. Each stripe is about 1 1/2” wide. The union is 10 1/2”x15”. Thanks for asking!

[@STAIRKING429]

Great looking flag, I really enjoy your videos and I would like to know what cnc router you use?

[@hafzamacie8858]

Woodglut has very good and accurate plans.

[@tinoescareno8334]

What are you using to make the stars?

[@johnhelton457]

I prefer to build with woodglut plans.

[@markbasco6035]

Way Way to labor intensive & time consuming to make a real business out of it . If it’s just your hobby then cool 🇺🇸

[@starrstewart7083]

There are many similar projects in Stodoys's plans.

[@xman4328]

Very odd technique's used,, And "Blue stars??? Making the stars with the maple inlays or even stand-ups would have made more sense.. No consideration given to planer snipe?? Using wide pieces of walnut for the union and only sealing one side will end up being problematic especially when no line-up fasteners such as biscuits, dowels, or dominoes were used.. All that money for the hardwood and time spent on labor could go to waste due to skipping a few simple, small but very important steps

[@therebellion6911]

I think what our diplomatic friend meant to say is what ever sealer you use on one side it should be the same sealer on the other even if its a skim coat. He also appreciates you stepping out and trying different colors even though it wouldn't be his choice.

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

@@therebellion6911 Perhaps what the Diplomat meant is, By making a flag with wood, certain liberties are taken. On a US Flag, the stars are the same color as 6/13ths of the strips It just seems to make sense to keep that the same so they stand out.. A purest would insist that all surfaces and edges get the exact same amount of the same sealer. The diplomat is not a purest but has made the mistake of joining boards that will move differently, in microscopic amounts over time and had beautiful pieces split wide open because precautions were not considered or taken. Wide pieces ARE going to warp even when properly sealed. Different woods are going to warp and shrink differently. Even if the movement is barely noticeable, joints WILL pop apart. The Diplomat won't go into issues with gluing end-grain.. That is a whole nother subject.. It's a beautiful piece that took a lot of labor,, but it WILL split open and the stars are barely visible.. The Diplomat was interested because he makes his with old reclaimed redwood decking and white fir leaving the natural colors as they are.. Very few people do that....