I got injured, so I built something different

[@stephenbartlett8289]

A router related safety tip. On my corded router I have the collet spanner (wrench) secured to the plug end of the power cord with zip ties. It makes it impossible to swap or adjust the bit without unplugging the router to use the spanner.

[@stratocactus]

That's actually pretty smart. Thanks for the tip.

[@foxylovelace2679]

Brilliant

[@zuilok]

I like it. Even tho mine is battery powered.

[@onehandedmaker]

Hi Chris, I have been watching your channels for years which inspired me to create my own woodworking channel named "ONE HANDED MAKER" This video for obvious reasons connected with me on a more personal level, seeing I have one arm and make furniture then post on KZbin. That said, it's always interesting to hear from a great maker on how they manage "One Handedness" (that is a real word). Love the build and love the video. Regards James - ONE HANDED MAKER - Australia P.S. Good to see you recovered from the incident!

[@kieronknott8741]

Just subscribed brother gonna go see some of your stuff 🙏

[@shadowskittles1]

I love the build! And I don't know how well it would work, but if you are concerned about the walnut against the head stock, it might be a nice touch to line the hanger with a thin softer leather sleeve.

[@Adam-ut3no]

I was thinking leather as well. Cork is also a great natural material and is a wood product

[@johnnyb362]

I’m scrolling with a thumb that’s still recovering from contact a table saw blade a month ago. Sometimes a small injury waking you up from complacency can prevent a worse one later. I am MUCH more mindful of safety than I was a month ago.

[@BrenQ99]

I’m very glad your thumb remains with you. Speedy healing!

[@davidchetcuti1356]

I touched a running router bit once with my middle finger. It felt exactly like you described it. In my case, I was trying out a new panel raising bit that cuts above as well as below the wood. The wood was a small piece and it was cold in the shop and my hand slipped. I like the stand. With regards to the thin taper, you don’t need to taper to a vanishing point. Leave it a little thicker at the end and dovetail it into a slot in the base. The same way a tote is mounted on a wooden hand plane. It will appear to vanish at the thin end and the dovetail will add strength to the weakest point. Dave.

[@darryl5464]

Even for a prototype that came out looking fantastic. Thankfully the brass rod screw up is on the back.

[@Spreadsheetsandpizza]

The music at the end took me back to when I first found your channel a few years ago when you had those really nice instrumentals.

[@BeastOfSoda]

Personally, I'm thankful for the consideration in not showing gratuitous and unsolicited gore in the video. Glad you're fine and that you made some sweet lemonade out of this mishap.

[@99loops]

It's just a cut, for Christ's sake. I can't believe he made such a big deal about it, didn't even leave a scar.

[@BeastOfSoda]

@@99loops be that as it may, the average youtuber would have put it in just for the clicks. I feel like refraining from doing it, while still showing it separately for the morbously curious, was a class act, even though it was a relatively minor boo-boo.

[@NicksStuff]

@@BeastOfSoda No, the average youtuber would have put it in the title, like he did...that was gratuitous and unsolicited clickbait.

[@RJ-444]

That's so beautiful. Not the finger injury... that's horrible. (I would never click on that link). I mean the stand, obviously... worth buying a guitar just to have the stand.

[@RaccoonHenry]

I drilled into my knee once (went through wood that was thinner than expected) and it didn't hurt at all. 1/8" bit, went in about 1/4", narrowly missing bone. the heat cauterized the wound immediately, no blood at all. when it started healing it did hurt A LOT as nerves regenerated... glad you're ok and have no permanent damage!!

[@harisjaved1379]

Thank you for not showing the image, can’t stand blood or injuries. I am glad you made a full recovery or Chubyemu would be all over it.

[@chiblast100x]

Man, that's a crossover concept nearly on par with Dr. Bernard having Guga in a video.

[@marcusedvalson]

Really appreciated being taken along for the ride of the design process. The mark of a good designer is not perfection; but their ability to improvise when circumstances call for it. Lovely piece in the end.

[@JasonStern1]

Nice playing - added a nice ending :) For your question, I would use some metal weights embedded in the bottom of a thinner base.

[@justinccaudle]

Thanks for sharing and thanks for not showing. Sometimes I feel a woodworking incident is inevitable, I just hope when I put the tools down, I can use both hands to count to 10.

[@saveriog.825]

11:00 for next time, consider cutting a mortise into the base and cutting the stand a little longer so that the last part is a large tenon. This way the tip of the curve is not so thin and flimsy.

[@kevinfinkbeiner5063]

Intriguing stand, you could always just add two small strips of brown felt on the inside so it doesn’t scratch the neck of the guitar.

[@TangerineUnicornDesign]

Thanks for not showing the results of doing something dumb. I took a piece out of my thumb ages ago on a router bit in my trim router in a similar way. Turned it off, set it down, picked it up to move it because it was in the way and caught the still spinning bit because I wasn't looking what I was doing. Never again. Nice guitar stand too, sometimes the relatively simple builds are as nice to do as the super complicated ones.

[@barryomahony4983]

Ouch. I almost did the same today. Paused the cnc because the fixturing was bad and the workpiece started to move; was wearing hearing protection and didn't realize the router was still running, but then realized it could still be spinning before it was too late. Thanks for providing a link to the actual injury. IMO if you're going to be doing this activity, you shouldn't just stick your head in the sand and pretend the risk isn't there. I worry at times about most of my power tools, and the router is definitely up there. About the only one I'm pretty OK with is the bandsaw.

[@nwiegman]

If you ever get to Phoenix, AZ. Make sure to go to the Museum of Musical Instruments. I think you will like seeing the displays on how certain instruments are made. I particularly liked those sort of displays- for example how Fender and acoustic guitars, Steinway pianos are made besides nostalgic moments in music history like the napkin a famous song was conceived on. I have been twice and will go again.

[@ZeDocta]

I've found that after gluing and clamping two pieces of wood together using a wet cloth with cold glue works like a charm to get rid of squeeze out. It does raise the grain, but saves you the hassle of having to sand the glue off.

[@markhopkins7204]

you could hang anything from that stand and all I'd see is the stand..very handsome..walnut/maple is a perfect choice! Glad your injury wasn't worse..thanks for sharing

[@ralphturney2125]

As a bow hunter, I saw my compound hunting bow hanging from it! Now I’m in the garage looking at just the right wood to steal the idea for a bow stand for myself!!! …Maple, cherry, wenge, padauk, bacoada…

[@randsipe224]

I’m about 4 days in from my injury. I was using a thin kerf blade on my table saw to resaw some ambrosia maple. I took the riving knife off to accommodate the thin blade. That was OK but then I wanted to rip some stock and out of laziness I did not put my 1/8” blade back with the Irving knife. The thin kerf blade caught the timber and hurled it back at me lacerating my arm deeply in 2 places as well as my chest. It was deep, near the bone. After 10 stitches, X-rays, a tetanus shot and 6 hours in the ER I was discharged. Lesson learned: do not remove the Irving knife unless you have some other failsafe in place and never take your eye off the ball. (Wood in this case). I have no one to blame but me. Lesson learned . Woodworking is inherently dangerous and you must be hyper virulent at all times. Any deviation can and will end up in serious or fatal injury.

[@OVHabitats]

I am truly amazed at how your mind works when you design. Very cool piece. It makes me want to dig my guitar out of the closet and have you build me a stand.

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

You should probably put a base for the guitar to sit on, too, since it's not a wall hanger and you want to take some stress off of the headstock.

[@xpeterx]

That's an absolutely gorgeous guitar stand. and i'm happy that the injury was as "harmless" as it was.

[@TwospotzArtAndCraft]

"Basic" projects like this can be so beautiful, simple looking yet very enchanting. Thanks for haring this and other grusomes with us. I did a similar chopping thing with a fully sharpened kitchen knife. Still missing part of a fingetip....

[@bryceschultz7215]

Glad your hand is okay! Also liked that you went with the walnut and brass over the yellow cord. Would be cool to do a bent all brass version that you could slip the foam protectors onto!

[@andrewherrmann2964]

That looked cool. A gift idea for my daughter. Thanks! You might add complacency with belt sander as a good way to f up your thumb too. What about tension rods down each side? You could hide them to retain the slim profile. And it's guitarish.

[@luizdca]

Hey Chris, congrats on the work. Sorry for the accident. Maybe in the hanger you could cut some inlays to put a “hidden” pad or rubber where the guitar touches. So the outside would maintain the same look.

[@jpmalone93]

That stand is absolutely beautiful. To address your concern about the hanger potentially damaging the headstock, I'll agree with others and suggest inlaying thick leather or cork just proud of the surface where the headstock makes contact. I only say inlay so it seems like a feature rather than an afterthought.

[@davidgiesfeldt6650]

I’m inspired! I built some MCM speaker stands with boomerang supports… inverse of this. Love the homage

[@MikeJovani]

I would love to see more smaller project vids. I know they don't turn as big of a profit as the big furniture pieces but, still cool..

[@jcotter-r5i]

Glad you're okay, bro! I had a router bit accident too doing something stupid.

[@wilder6891]

You could do a composite backing on the bottom of the thin design. The fiberglass would reinforce without adding a ton of weight.

[@woodnotestudio]

Glad you’re ok. Thanks for explaining what you did. I’m sure it saved someone’s thumb or will.

[@WoodFamilyRu]

The stand is absolutely awsome))))) For the hook, a simple solution would be to attach some foamy material there, or just use the chair leg felt (sold in IKEA). Sold in small pads or in big sheets, so I just cut a stripe of the necessary size. I made a trolley for harp transportation (my daughter plays harp), for the sake of making it lightweight I used plywood, and the spot where harp back of the deck touches the plywood, i just covered with that felt. Looks nice, the felt does not look like smth odd, works perfectly well. In your case just take a black felt. Thanks for your videos 😊

[@somethingblend]

To add to what one of the current top comments says (they said cut the wedge on the CNC), and while it's on the CNC, route out some channels on the bottom for some epoxy to help it keep its shape. Don't be afraid to make the wedge a little thicker to give yourself enough room for some bottom support. I imagine that little bit of extra weight would help with overall stability too.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

Voting for more live guitar music in your videos.

[@Nate-ip4qo]

That's really pretty. Regarding your thoughts on the base plate of the stand: I prefer the thicker, beveled version. It accentuates the work you did in creating that grain direction and also serves as a more robust and stable platform for the stand. If you're the kind of guy who is going to pay for a custom guitar stand, it's probably going to hold an expensive guitar too. Best if that doesn't go ass over teakettle.

[@definiteIynotkenji]

for the wedge detail you wanted for the base you could always work the thin edge first ( last 2 inches ) to the thicknes you want then work up the rest to it with the planer

[@ctfddftba]

If you’re still worried about the holder damaging the head of the guitar, you could add a little felt to the inside of the holder

[@bondiablo4267]

I’ve used leather cord to wrap the hook on my walnut stands. It gives a little padding for the headstock and I feel it compliments walnut very well. Good looking build.

[@annakastrup9628]

Regardless how this stand came about, it’s beautiful. Some of my favorite things I’ve made, have been because I had to pivot in my design. Well done.

[@reforzar]

Two things, try taking even passes on the piece to make sure it doesn’t taco. A giant pain with the sled perhaps but taking 5/8” off one side seems like it’ll definitely taco where taking 5/16” off each side might make it work. Second, I personally would make the brass rod angle upward to hold the guitar better. The cheap ones I’ve seen that are parallel with the ground seem more likely to have it slip out.

[@m3rkaba86]

Do brass in lays and sandwich a piece of brass in the bottom so that your taper has a support keeping the thin pieces strong

[@ChucksVanLifeJourney]

Dude !!! Now you can tell people you can build something amazingly beautiful with 1 hand… VERY NICE WORK !!!

[@MrBswede]

I had a similar accident with a router bit on a finger. End of the day, tired, doing a bunch of repetitive routing for cabinet doors. Just spaced out in my hand placement. Like you it didn't really hurt until later but it sure scared me! To this day I know that I should stop when I'm tired, even if I know I am "almost" done -- turns out you are never "almost" done and can go on too long!

[@martinfletcher2729]

I did similarly in 1982 when doing wood machining at night school on an industrial overhead router (no CNC routers then). I believe my mistake was due to the fact that after turning the router off, the motor sound stopped and a spinning bit when not engaged with timber almost looks stationary. My thumb discovered this wasn't the case. Thanks for your honesty. If you are concerned that the base might "warp" if tapered down to 5mm, You may be able to get a similar tapered effect if the base was laminated with 2 dissimilar coloured timbers (top and bottom) with the top (walnut) tapering down to 5mm whilst the contrasting colour is a consistent 10mm thick. There are a lot of woodworking videos to catch up on now I have retired. I look forward to the quality videos that you produce. Cheers

[@johanflodkvist80]

1. Soo nice with a touch of old school foureyes sounds. Please more... 2. The preferd version of the stand, time to dip your toes in some handtools and go at it with a handplane?

[@roxiepoe9586]

Thank you for not making me look at the injury. Cool hanger.

[@nimajneb12345657]

That tapered base. You could take the approach you already did and cut the bevel on the thin end to get it started. Then use the sled on the planer as planned. But. Stop just shy of the planer cutting on that end. Sneak up towards it. Then sand to finish and cover any transition remaining. This would avoid force on the end that could cause deformation. Note: you’d need guides clamped to your planer bed to ensure the sled always goes through square to the cutting head.

[@TaylorHubbell]

A nice pass at a first draft. 1 and 3/4 thumbs up.

[@mylesdonoghue2394]

This prototype is beautiful, in the interest of the iterative process I will say that I was hoping you would have made the vertical piece dovetail into the base piece with the inlay running through the bottom.

[@RayCollins-dv4ts]

Nice piece of work. Without the back story, I don’t think anyone would have suspected it didn’t go as planned. I appreciate hearing where you had to pivot as I have had too and I'm sure for many others too.

[@broderdanne]

I have a strat myself and I have to say this is the (by far) nicest guitar hanger I've ever seen. One day I'll hopefully manage to do something even remotely similar to this.

[@matthewguthrie7675]

Very Nice piece. Now it’s time to get a sliding table saw

[@liamhiggins3500]

Tapered base plate idea: Could you seal that thin edge with clear epoxy to give it some rigidity when you use the sled?

[@nadrojenyaw]

Thumbs up.... Even a bloody one! Love the project.

[@catgynt9148]

Thankful that your injury wasn’t worse. NO, I didn’t need to watch your additional video content. The guitar stand is amazing and beautiful in its simplicity. Wishing you and your family a blessed week, gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace brother

[@StumblingBearWoodcraft]

Nice build. I'm glad the fingers all good!

[@andynicoll8566]

I like the stand you came up with, but I prefer the stand that cradles the guitar around the lower bout and the guitar leans back into the upper cradle.

[@donnygrahambuilds]

I realize its likely only because the video is about a guitar stand, but I enjoyed the acoustic bit toward the end - took me back to the Foureyes in the garage days. Also, glad you didn't get hurt any worse!

[@stegles]

The gaskets you can get to go around windows and doors that stick on so they soft close would be perfect to go on the part where the stand contacts the guitar, iy wouldn't be overly gordy and likely unnoticeable when the guitar is on it, while protecting the head.

[@GaryDoyle-bq2vd]

My first day as a 16yo apprentice metalworker we were asked to hold up our fingers and then told we wouldn't have the same number on retirement. That of course terrified us however as a now 63yo I'm missing tip of my left index finger so I can feel your pain.

[@drewx10]

Glad you've still got all your digits and hope you continue to keep them. Awesome guitar stand!

[@cydrych]

I cut the tip of my right middle finger off on a table saw in January of 22 and it didn’t hurt at all. Even after the surgery to clean up the nub that remained it was only slightly uncomfortable if I bumped it into anything. That lasted for a couple of weeks. Now, two years later it hurts pretty bad when it gets cold and it gets really frustrating when I try to tie knots pick up anything small. You never pay attention to how important the tip of your middle finger is until it isn’t there anymore. I’m glad you have no permanent damage. Stay safe. Just thought I’d share that I couldn’t find my push stick and I only had one cut to make so I said “I’ll be fine it’s just one rip cut”. It ended up being half a rip cut that was most definitely not fine. Use your push sticks. I am grateful that it wasn’t worse and I realize how lucky I was.

[@SteveBorgstedte]

You could "set in" the upright to the base similar to a set neck on a guitar, maybe using a sliding dovetail. That would prevent having such a thin area where the upright and base meet on the front side.

[@fromquake]

Interesting timing as I am building a bass with maple and walnut laminated top and back. Thanks for sharing.

[@scottbeck289]

Love your videos. So talented. Glad you’re still strumming with all digits

[@XxKevin79xX]

I’ve had a couple hand injuries. I ran my thumb into a bandsaw blade at work once then had a board break and shoot back into the tips of my pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

[@jonny555ive]

BEAUTIFUL, my guitar player would wet himself if i got/made this for him. Thank you for soldiering through your injury and putting out this fantastic video. 👍👍 Take care, -Jonny5🥁

[@wangofree]

My first thought was, oh no, Chris cut his thumb on his table saw. He should have a Saw stop saw. Glad it wasn't too bad. Great project.

[@GuitarDocAndMore]

I like the skunk stipe and even the extension on the base - gives the guitar a nice surrounding. Thumbs up for not showing your thumb.

[@Jake_venture]

Just had a much similar injury in the table saw, saw was off and spinning down and I went to move a piece of scrap wood and caught the blade with my thumb. If you’re wondering, a saw blade spinning down can still cut very effectively. Don’t get complacent!

[@mascatrails661]

Love the experiment. Love that you shared your injury with us eventually. Love that you've healed up well!

[@seandekle3873]

metal tile trim would probably work well in the thin area of the stand on your original design. It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes and its aluminum so its easy to work with in a wood shop. I would recommend the floor threshold transition strips they make for tile floors because it tapers down as well.

[@komobabo]

I had no idea you’re the one who was playing the guitar in your videos. Love the design! I feel like the wood from the headstock and the stand will scuff each other up over time. But in the end (at the risk of sounding super pretentious) that gives character and story to each one. And proves they’re not just looking pretty but also functional and in use.

[@johncheek07]

Since you asked...I would cut that wedge on the CNC. Either build the same reverse wedge jig you take about and flatten it like you table tops, or attach it to the table and use a ball-nose bit.

[@marcg2233]

I see your good idea, and raise you adding a nice bookmatched veener pattern on top, should look nice and be very guitar appropriate.

[@jamesmontante9665]

Glad your injury was more wake up call than damage! I love the holder. If you have concerns with damaging the guitaer, maybe adding a band of sueded leather to the inside of the holder? that would at least reduce scuffing over time.

[@penchant4]

Beautiful piece of work. Glad to see the thumb is completely healed.

[@LadyEmilyNyx]

I appreciate you not showing the injury, and I'm glad you're okay. The piece is beautiful, as usual.

[@MichaelMaven83]

That is a really stunning guitar stand mate, Well done!

[@alankeith7866]

I'm glad you healed up good. That could have been disastrous on many levels! The guitar stand turned out fantastic!! You made the better choice by not using the propelpopperlene rope.

[@thirzapeevey2395]

Turned out really cool. Glad you weren't more seriously hurt.

[@DickvanZanten]

Hi Chris, maybe laminating a thin carbon reinforcement underneath would work. I'm just guessing here, never tried something like that. Good that the injury left no definite damage. You got lucky there. I know, been there too. Cost me half a nail nothing permanent except for a healthy respect for electrically driven tools... Ps Don't sell yourself short. That maplestrip is perfect!

[@5280Woodworking]

Glad you’re recovered with what appears minimal long term damage and loved the build. Well done.

[@deanmartin7593]

For making the wedge base, have a look at the woodworkers journal, “how to make a pizza peel” video. Basically what you are doing but putting it through a drum sander instead.

[@hulkthedane7542]

Thank you for sharing 👍👍. The stand came out nice.

[@terekschultz1230]

It's interesting your comments on having to concentrate more when it's new and complicated and probably being better. I'm an airline pilot. I probably land an airplane 1500 times a year. When the weather is crap and I have to work my ass off, I usually have my best landings, and you can't even tell we are on the ground. When it's severe clear with calm winds is usually when I smash it on, and the flight attendants give me a hard time. I would say most pilots would say the same thing. When it's to normal it's almost to hard to concentrate.

[@GoudVis56667]

Two thumbs up for this! I would like to see a version 2 with more guitar building techniques and woods. Maybe a bookmatched maple droptop with a nice stain or burst. Binding would be cool aswell.

[@marcoburg8500]

September 2022, I passed my finger across my table saw blade. I was making repetitive cuts, got complacent, and careless, and then it happened. Thankfully, the blade was only about 1/8" above the work piece, so I only cut a kerf width trench that deep through my fingertip, It caught a bit of the nail as well. And like you said, it didn't hurt as much as one might think. I honestly first thought there was some kick back that had hit my finger. Then I looked and saw it. What hurt the most was getting numbing shots in the wound tract so they could sew it back together. And now, a year and a half later, its healed quite nicely, barely noticeable scar, but the nerves still aren't quite right. No pain at all, just the touch feelings are off, not normal. A constant reminder to not be so stupid again. I count myself lucky, because it could have been so much worse!

[@reed6514]

Gave my thumb a Deep Dip with a chisel one time. DONT CUT TOWARD YOUR HANDS Had to visit doc. They glued but should have stitched. It healed fine. Significant scar.

[@markchaplain1152]

You'll be ok, I've smashed both of my thumbs and neither of them have any feeling anymore!! Really nice stand to!!

[@suelogsdon3468]

I have had the exact same injury, so I know what it looks like 😂. I'm glad you're ok!

[@craiglyons3975]

Great build Chris. The only thing I might change is the material or type of wood for the inlay on the base and vertical holder, but again that's subjective. Amazing simple design. Good to hear you make a successful recovery. I've always hated getting a hand injury, very limiting. Stay safe and look forward to your next story.

[@MoyockScorpion]

Glad you are fine and it wasn't any worse. My shop accident was the band saw of all things. Just lost focus for a second and got caught. I am good, but, I certainly won't get complacent again that is for sure. Love the videos and have an awesome day!

[@sparkyenergia]

If you used the sandwich 'inlay' style with the base you could add 5 or 6 strips of brass or bronze. Then put it on the sled and through a drum sander.

[@Otto_Irving]

This is beautiful. Instantly shot up my list of your fav vids. The walnut and brass is _perfect_ together, and good call abandoning foam for a walnut hook. Looks mint.

[@Serenity_Dee]

I took a chunk out of my right middle finger with a kitchen mandolin not quite a year ago. I have full function in the finger now, and I can say it hurt some in the moment, but it hurt a lot more the next morning at the urgent care when they peeled off the gauze we'd used to protect the wound. Unlike your thumb, though, the scar tissue is quite visible on my hand.

[@connorflatt]

bro always rocking the craziest shoes, would love to see some sneaker shapes incorporated (jordan 1 eylets as legs) (jordan 4 cage as legs or mesh as table pattern)