How To Make A Table (With The Shaper Origin)

[@walkedawayjoe]

Welcome to Philly...I know 7 or 8 years to late. All your work is beautiful especially the liquor cabinet. Thanks for all the tips.

[@serendipityguy]

Such a Beautiful Table and Great Techniques to learn and revisit this again & again Thank you Curtis!!

[@ENCurtis]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it,

[@gXXrGoNe]

This was a great series. I watch all three videos. Regardless of owning a Shaper or not, you build these projects with tools already in the workshop. I will say though that you have shown a more useful way of using a Shaper than other creaters. When watching their Shaper Origin Videos I question why not just purchase a full CNC machine especially for the price. But you have shown techniques that will likely be the proper way of using this machine. The price of this machine seems more approachable in the methods you have shown. Thank you!

[@rhays4445]

Very well said. I totally agree.

[@ENCurtis]

I'm so glad you feel the Origin is more approachable after these videos. That was my hope with these projects! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@mullinstech]

Dude! Thank you SOOO much for sharing your knowledge!!

[@HammDesign]

Great video... How do you set the three grid points on the mortise when it's setup horizontally since the end of the leg hangs beyond the workstation table? Thanks

[@walterrider9600]

thank you

[@ewetuber186000]

Nice work!

[@ENCurtis]

Thanks!

[@thomlipiczky9021]

any chance you could release the .svg files for the "advanced" table leg? I'm eager to try the thru tenon on the corner detail. Also, how you calculated the pocket cut on the backside of the leg. Very nicely done!

[@mrberlinmethod1492]

@ENCurtis, first I have to say how much I love your videos and enthusiasm about woodworking! Now to my question, I am on the fence regarding buying a shaper origin but am wondering if you see it as possible to use it to make full blind dovetail joints? Thanks from Sweden

[@rhays4445]

I very much enjoyed all three parts of your Shaper series. You show the power and the usefulness of this machine better than most other videos I have watched. Your ease of creation of the mortise-tenon joint was great. One thing that I would suggest, (that I have not seen anyone else do either) is this. When making an inside radius such as on the mortise, make it a little larger than the cutter radius. This will allow the cutter to make a small radius cut instead of ‘banging’ the corner. Making a .135R instead of a .125R will make a smoother cut and less burning. Thanks for the videos. I hope you will be making more showing the Shaper Origin in use. They are very much appreciated.

[@ENCurtis]

That is a clever idea indeed. I will have to play around with that as a method of work some time. Thanks for sharing.

[@sputnik4216]

Wow , nice fancy table ! .. Did you think about something cover end grain on the top? 18:30 .. just sayin' , a super nice design, I'll try it!

[@williamcox8491]

How does dust collection work on the pneumatic sander?

[@chuckgrumble5440]

dust will collect in your teeth, similarly to a whale philtering for plankton

[@ChuckMarzahn]

Terrific vid. Could you post the rules from the background. I found them interesting but didn’t have all showing

[@robohippy]

Yup! You were a gymnast once upon a time.... What you didn't show was how you attached the top on the second table. Bad boy! Did you use those same clips or not?

[@ENCurtis]

Haha sure was. Yes I used the same figure 8 clips for both tables.

[@stevewallace2849]

On the second table, did you also connect the top to the base using the figure 8 clips?

[@sdolge]

If you find the table base is not square, how do you fix it?

[@Bryan-fn6lp]

Beautiful work, thanks for making this video. I found your statement about completing your example projects with the Shaper Origin taking a beginner woodworker to advanced as thought provoking. If I’m not mistaken, Origin reduces the “skill” needed to create the joinery. So if I complete an “advanced” project using a tool that makes it much easier, am I an advanced woodworker? I’m not saying that I wouldn’t love to have one of those tools. But I kind of want to find out how far I can go with minimal tech and tool investments, partly because I don’t have a lot of money to spend on them. On the other hand, I also want to create high quality furniture and I don’t want to spend years on throw away skill builder projects. If could sit at a computer and design something using a CAD program and have a CNC do most of the cutting and shaping of the pieces for me to assemble, I would almost certainly end up with a higher “quality” piece than if I built the same thing with hand tools. I’m not sure that would be satisfying though. I think I could be happy with it if was beautiful and unique. But if it was just a reproduction of someone else’s design, I don’t think it would be satisfying. It would be like buying really expensive SAR furniture. Regardless of how you do it, your projects exhibit creativity and beauty and for that reason I’d say you are truly an advanced and inspiring artist and woodworker. Do you find that technology like the Origin has an impact on your satisfaction with your projects?

[@ENCurtis]

This is an timeless questions and one to contend deeply with. It may merit an entire video one day. However, while I agree with you on a philosophical level that creating without the aid of computers is more satisfying (and why I use them only sparingly in my work as a craftsperson), I found as I was teaching wood shop for 5 years that many young students are more comfortable in the digital design space. And my philosophy largely boils down to one simple rule: so long as you are engaged in the creative process, I am open to you exploring your own path. So this series is aimed at the folks who prefer to work digitally. And all this not to mention the discussion to be had about the use of power tools vs hand tools and the definition of "hand made". Regardless, I do appreciate your considering deeply how you approach your own creative work. We need more folks in the world to do precisely that, even if they come to varying conclusions.

[@Bryan-fn6lp]

@@ENCurtis Thans for taking the time to respond to my question. It is an interesting subject to me. I appreciate the benefits of both power and hand tool work.

[@louisolivierfortin]

That use of the shaper is super cool honestly. But did you do it for the sake of using the shaper and challenging yourself? Is't it overly complicated when you could have used a domino? Or you see a real benefit of doing it that way in terms of strenght?

[@ENCurtis]

The domino absolutely would have sufficed. This project is aimed more at the school wood shop with students between 7-12th grades. As a former wood shop teacher I think learning the proper place and function of joinery in woodworking is best for students before introducing more convenient and efficient methods like the domino.

[@Quannum]

Hi, on minute 3 and 4 seconds, stop screen and have a look at the orientation of the tree rings ... perhaps i am too old fashioned ... ?

[@yamahaxt652]

Ok wait a minute…Did I see a Lowes lumber cart in the background?!? 🤔😂

[@glennmacneil549]

Hey brother… nice work. I think you meant to say “cut-list” in your notes, not “cultist”… side note, autocorrect turned cut list as one word into cultist… so blame auto correct

[@pomonabill220]

nice arms!

[@ENCurtis]

😂 thanks

[@donaldb8649]

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