Red stain for the vampire looks great !! Really stands out 🦇👍
@themunce12 ай бұрын
I use wood glue, but not braid nails. I use 1" pin nails. It holds great and if you have a blow out.. its easier to repair as oppose to 18 gauge braid nails. On another note: Love your video's. I like the details you give. Thank you for making this.
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm sure the pins would hold out until the glue dries, I just didn't own a pin nailer when I made the original video.
@daveb9562Ай бұрын
I just finished following you on first video on making these. The upgrades here are really well done, great job. Can't wait to give them a try.
@maverickdesignswoodworkingАй бұрын
Thanks! They're fun to make. A nice break from the stuff I'm usually working on.
@kimhavey78502 ай бұрын
Love these!! Great tips!! For the bottom, my thinking...make it exactly the width of an extra picket all the way around, then you can hold a scrap piece on the edge to know where the piece under it will start. You can also use that scrap piece to make sure the bottom is sitting correctly. I also think it would great to make the back hinge open so you don't have reach all the way in to put the light in...
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
Thanks! I thought about the hinge idea too, but it seems like a significant amount of extra work and materials that you really wouldn't be able to get your money back. If you raise the prices too high, nobody will buy them. I decided to make them as simply as I could in order to get the highest possible profit margin. But if you're making them for yourself and not selling them, it's a great idea.
@Saintcustomwoodworking3 ай бұрын
😂 I love how you hit that brad into the fake piece to hold it . Great frustration cure
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Lol. You gotta do what you gotta do! That top is pretty beat up. I've been meaning to replace it with a sheet of black melamine for a while, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
@Kevo203 ай бұрын
I use a Ryobi One+ nail gun and have experienced blow outs and wondered why?! thank you so much for explaining and clearing that up. Excellent video and Jack-O-Lantern designs.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thank you, and you're welcome!
@goodwinml3 ай бұрын
I have 2 Shapeoko cnc’s. I’ve been wanting to do these for a few years but never got around to making them. I like your rectangular box over the squyyou usually see these made with. You’ve put some great ideas in my head, thanks!❤ I would think if you spent a little time on a jig for the base mounting to the body. Time is money! Much faster batch processing them with a jig. Less time measuring all sides to center. Just slide bottom into jig. The jig is a 2 level design. 1st level is a piece of wood the same thickness of your base. It has a 3 sided hole cut out so base slides in easily. 2nd piece is glued to 1st. It has 3 sided cutout the size of the body. Once the base is inserted then glue edge of body and set on top of base in jig. Perfect alignment every time. Once glue dry enough to hold, take out and shoot brads. Or build upside down jig. The same basic design. 1st is body on table. Have the jig so it sits somehow on the body. Once the jig is sitting on body you put you a bead of tightbond on. Then put base in jig on top of glue and brad nail. Now all base plates are aligned perfectly every time.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
That's a good idea about the jig. I'll see what I can come up with for one.
@katspeace55503 ай бұрын
Love the Vamp! Haven't seen that before 😎🤘🏼
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Kat!
@larrystone57493 ай бұрын
Good job and thank you for sharing Keep building
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thank you, I will!
@scottromero20913 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back. Good video
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks Scott. Yeah, between my day job and trying to keep up with orders, I've had a hard time finding time to make videos. Hopefully it will get better.
@morethanenoughwoodworks76543 ай бұрын
Well done, great content
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@jackies_world3 ай бұрын
These look great!!
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@k9kayaks2 ай бұрын
Will you do any Christmas theme boxes like snowflakes or Christmas trees ?
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
As popular as these videos have been, I think I'll have to. Maybe for all the holidays.
@STA_FARMS3 ай бұрын
Great video, love the colors. I went back and watched the first video as well, I might have missed it but did you say what brand and color stain? I have bought tinted stains in the past but they were not that dark more transparent with a tint to them
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
These are all minwax stains from Lowes. In the video I'm using the semi transparent tint base, but only because I already had it and don't want to waste it. I strongly recommend you use the minwax solid tint base. Go check out my 2 videos on staining American flags to see why. The colors I'm using are hunter green, true black, and pure white.
@STA_FARMS3 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking Thanks
@charleshicks7669Ай бұрын
awesome look, where did you get the stencils please
@maverickdesignswoodworkingАй бұрын
Thanks. I got them from Etsy. There's a link in the description.
@davidjefferds85323 ай бұрын
Great video.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks, David!
@johnnygsdiy19812 ай бұрын
Thanks for the follow up video. I didn’t read all of the comments but I’m assuming that you go to trade shows and flee malls to sell your stuff, or do you have a store front? Thanks in advance. New subscriber!
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yes, I do trade shows, craft fairs, gun shows, etc., as often as I can, but I've been kept busy with bigger custom projects and furniture lately, which will be a lot of the new videos coming out.
@johnnygsdiy19812 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking I got a little KZbin channel myself. I do a lot of woodworking to, but I haven’t got into selling to much yet. I look forward to seeing what you got in the future.
@jcowboy1232 ай бұрын
Can i ask what stains you used ? Awesome project thanks so much !
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
Minwax fiesta orange, true black, pure white, and hunter green.
@jcowboy1232 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking thank you !
@robertdiffin91362 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@jlathem563 ай бұрын
Cool project. I have seen other projects that had similar issues sticking the electrode (protruding dowels) onto a board after assembly. I catch myself wondering if you drilled a smaller hole into the board and the dowel sort of like a dowel joint or just drilling a hold into the board the same size as your electrode and gluing them in would have worked and been a bit stronger. Anyway, cool project and thank you for sharing it.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks. Yeah, making a hole and gluing them in would've been better, but I'll just use these 2 for displays, and make others to sell with a screw, like the top.
@jlathem563 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking great idea!
@Dan-ol2rd2 ай бұрын
Great video and instruction, thank you. I agree with you, the rectangular shape looks much better than the square, what size did you make your sides?
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
Thanks! They are 3.5 x 10.
@ClearViewSolutionsMS2 ай бұрын
Is there a tool I can use in place of a scroll.saw, but better than a Jig saw? These are awesome. I hope they've sold well.
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
You could also use a CNC or a router, but if you use a router you're going to need templates. There's a guy here on KZbin and on Facebook that sells templates, called Wallace Workshop. But after you've spent money on all those templates, you could have just gotten a cheap scroll saw from Harbor Freight or Wen, or even a used one from Facebook marketplace, and then you can do any design you want and not be limited to only the templates you can get.
@ClearViewSolutionsMS2 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking thanks for the info. I appreciate it.
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@jcowboy1232 ай бұрын
I'd like to know how much you sold them for ? Thx great video
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
20 each or 3 for 50.
@jcowboy1232 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking thank you 😊
@MississippiPrepper3 ай бұрын
These are awesome, I had thought about trying some of these, maybe if time allows. The white stain would make a cool Scream/Ghostface also if you are looking for more ideas.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Already did it! Watch the first video. This is an update to that one.
@MississippiPrepper3 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking 🤦🏻♂️ My bad bro, I do need to go back and watch it. I did really enjoy the tips on the Brad nails. I never really thought about which way I put them in before, but it makes so much sense! Thanks!
@brt91683 ай бұрын
Very cool. For more halloween designs check out Zombie Pumpkins.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks. Will do.
@bobs79753 ай бұрын
Love your videos and teaching style. Excellent presentation. I’m a newbie so I’m wondering why you chose the brad nailer over a pin nailer? If you had to buy just one to start out with, which one would you choose and battery or pneumatic? Thanks Bob
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks. You could use either, I suppose, but pins are headless which makes a smaller hole, but because cedar is so soft and this wood so thin, my concern is that they would not hold it together as well as brad nails. You'd also have to play around with your air pressure (or depth on a battery one) so the pin doesn't push all or most of the way through the top piece. And to tell the truth, I didn't have a pin nailer yet when I made the first video, so using the brad nailer was a necessity. I prefer air over battery because the battery ones are so big and heavy. The air tools just feel more elegant to me, for lack of a better word.
@bobs79753 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking Thanks for a great response. So as a first tool you’d say a brad nailer?
@bobs79753 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking Thanks so much. I’ll be trying this project. I appreciate the advice so much! Bob
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's much more versatile. The pin nailer is more for finish molding and stuff like that.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
You're absolutely welcome!
@pantango55032 ай бұрын
Give everyone a tip on how to attach your template. Buy peel and stick shelf paper for around $7 a roll. Cut piece to fit board, peel off the back and attach it to your project, then attach the pattern to the shelf paper with spray adhesive or whatever is your liking. It's over all cheaper than painters tape (almost $8 a roll at some places), and it peel off real nice without any residue. Steve Good is the person that recommended this to me a while ago. If you like scroll sawing, that guy has you covered, highly recommend. Now, I need to make a few of these for my wife and daughter
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
I'll give it a try, but I'm not sure it's all that much cheaper. Between the roll and the spray adhesive, I can't imagine it being cheaper than using about 8 inches of painters tape, though it would definitely hold better. Also, I'm kinda lazy, and it seems like extra work, lol. But I'll give it a try, and if I do another video on these I'll mention it if I like it.
@pantango55032 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking it is cheaper in the long run, and it's easier to get off than blue tape, especially if you wait too long to take blue tape off.
@jeffmath24113 ай бұрын
My local LOWEs doesn’t have 1x6 Cedar fence pickets. I assume I can use the pine fence pickets or even just use regular pine correct? And where did you find the different face designs from.
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Yes any wood will work, it's just much cheaper to get fence pickets generally. There are a bunch of people selling those files on Etsy for just a couple dollars. That's where I got mine.
@sirguy66783 ай бұрын
Home depot has them- most pine are pickets are treated
@pantango55032 ай бұрын
You need to look down the aisle where they keep the premium woods like, red oak and popular. There is a section for cedar which includes fence slats. Now I live in the Midwest (Michigan), so idk where you are at and I'm assuming cedar is available. I just wanted to let you know they keep it separate from the other fence slats at my store in case you overlooked it.
@jeffmath24112 ай бұрын
@@pantango5503 Okay I will check. I’m in New England. I will check next time I’m at Home Depot. If not, I’ll just use common pine instead
@donnaglandorf38193 ай бұрын
Hi! Are you allowed to add the link to Etsy for the faces?
@donnaglandorf38193 ай бұрын
Love these projects!
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Donna!
@maverickdesignswoodworking3 ай бұрын
I think so. I'll paste it here and put it in the description. This is the one I got, but there are a lot of them there. www.etsy.com/listing/1068596566/pumpkin-face-x100-bundle Keep in mind though, that I drew out these newer ones myself-- they aren't in those files, except for the vampire face. That one I took elements from a couple different faces and put them together.
@donnaglandorf38193 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworkingThanks so much!😊
@shoans38972 ай бұрын
I was wondering why you (not just you) would put the side panels showing? Why not put them behind the face you don’t see them? If you stain or water wash a color(white wash) the sides would be very noticeable and not aesthetically pleasing. Seen other’s do it as well. Just curious. Thanks for great info! 👍☺️
@maverickdesignswoodworking2 ай бұрын
A couple of reasons. One, so I could get the shapes close to the edges and still have that extra half inch support on each side (some of the face designs are wide). But also so that the brad nails are showing at the sides rather than the face. Because we're staining and these are rather inexpensive items that I don't want to waste time and materials to make prettier, I don't want to have to deal with filler and sanding because they're on the face.
@TheIronMoose2 ай бұрын
Thanks
@shoans38972 ай бұрын
@@maverickdesignswoodworking makes sense thank you 🙏!
@k9kayaks2 ай бұрын
Red stain for the vampire looks great !! Really stands out 🦇👍