I hired a woodworker from Ukraine after the full scale war started

Meet Yarko a woodworker from Ukraine, he had his own small business in Ukraine creating furniture and cabinet for his customers. Then the full scale war started. He contacted me via Instagram and 1 short month later I picked them up from the airport here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
You can watch this origional video by Yaroslav Sichevskyi on his channel with just music (-:
• How to Make Epoxy Table
Yaroslav Sichevskyi
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Festool Track Saw
52'' Planer / Sander
No seal HDPE forms
Festool Sanders
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[@mryark0]

Thank you Paul!!!! You are the best!!!! I'm appreciated that you help me!! I'm very lucky have met you!!!

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Happy to help! Right back at you!

[@yurihuta8487]

Amazing... what a wonderful thing you are doing. Thank you for helping Ярко/Yarko and his family out!

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Been taught to treat others as you'd like to be treated

[@coreytighe8605]

Another great video. It’s great to see you back at making videos. And you are a great human being for helping Yarko out. Both of you are gaining experiences together. I hope he sticks around.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Much appreciated!

[@Graeme408]

Excellent, so glad you are supporting a family from Ukraine. I will watch any your produce where your new employee is showing off his stuff. Best to you both.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thanks for watching

[@yh9917]

Paul, that is so great that you're able to help Ярко and his wife. We've been able to employ about 10-12 war refugees at work. And I really like the voice-over video.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Great to hear, you were also able to help

[@greatitbroke]

He did an amazing job so glad you can help him and he can reciprocate. That is awesome. Great video too as always.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thanks so much

[@jeremylacroixwoodworks4878]

That's awesome, i also have employed an Ukranian for my cabinet shop, great worker he's learning the English right now while working

[@CanadianWoodworks]

That's awesome!

[@daveweber1331]

I did not realize your heritage is/was Ukrainian - I'm sure I should have, from your last name. But, I'm not that hung up on who's from where. My ancestors were Swiss/German. Welcome, Yarko, and family! 🙂I hope you get to stay as long as you need to, or want to. And I certainly hope this war can be brought to a merciful end sooner than later. Loved the video; keep 'em coming! 🙂

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thanks Dave

[@denisblack5689]

wow. as a Ukrainian woodworker who also watches your videos for years - i want to thank you. for helping Yarko, for supporting us, for saying "full scale war" (which means you understand that the war is on it's 10th(!!!) year already), and for remembering your own heritage.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you for watching, I wish for this war to be over and Russia go home

[@deniscarter6613]

Stunning Table

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you

[@smokeeater8387]

It’s definitely functional artwork brother👍🇺🇸

[@CanadianWoodworks]

I think so too!

[@clintmyrick4128]

Thank you for your generosity to this family!

[@bjornronaldson6017]

That is beautiful work, and a beautiful table. I would say you both lucked out with this arrangement.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you very much!

[@adamvaughan14]

Glad to see you making build videos again. I hope to do one of your classes one day!

[@CanadianWoodworks]

I hope so too!

[@hallowed45]

WOW Thats a beautiful piece

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PICAREIMON]

You are the best 😎👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍🙋‍♂️

[@CanadianWoodworks]

You are!

[@scottcarragher3814]

Make it a great one! It has been a minute 🤣, great to see you doing your thing again Paul

[@CanadianWoodworks]

More to come!

[@simonr6793]

Respect to you and your family for doing all that you can to help him and his family out when they really need it 💯% 👍. I don't have any Ukrainian relatives or anything else that I'd consider me a Ukrainian descendant but i can honestly say that since day one of the Russian's invading Ukraine ive been following the whole process every single day and several times a day if truth be told that said I can't wait for the day that Ukraine's soldiers and people force the Russian orc's to leave the Ukrainian lands and they are punished by the international courts for their actions🤔. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 the UK 🇬🇧 stands with you alway's!!!

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you for you comment, I agree I would help even without my heritage.

[@davecurda2350]

Glad to see video’s from you again Paul.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

More to come!

[@Wtfever..................]

Great job very informative!

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markarmstrong2592]

good video well done

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brianpeterson8908]

I love voice overs, but closer shots and more details would be nice. Wide shots at 4x speed doesn't allow taking in the details of the wood or work. Nice to see a furniture video again! What happened to your staff on the furniture side? They move over to lumber side or leave?

[@CanadianWoodworks]

For sure Brian, I agree with you. I guess this was less about learning about table building then usual. Yes my guys moved on to bigger better things (-: Blessing is disguise as my furniture business has slowed down while my lumber business is busy as ever! So my attention is more on Legacy Lumber vs Canadian Woodworks

[@SkidderKev]

video turned out great Paul. Yarko did a great job on that table. I think the gnarly pieces give the best epoxy look imo.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thanks 👍

[@brokenhill8590]

Awesome workmanship and end result 🎉 … good to see more examples of this new colleagues creativity and craftsmanship 😊 Kudos to supporting a family you have never met or spoken with.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mryark0]

And your voice sounds good)

[@debfromthemill6945]

Beautiful Table. Love the epoxy color.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jakejoyride]

You are great guy.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

So are you!

[@basiedp]

👌👌❤️

[@stevemaurer6348]

Do you need a mold release with those forms? Great job Yarko 👍

[@CanadianWoodworks]

No mold release! We designed them with a 5 degree wall which really helps with the relase

[@stevemaurer6348]

@@CanadianWoodworks Brilliant !!!!

[@falfas55bgas]

When did you build a Paulk big bench? Did you make it yourself, how long did it take?

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Hi, When I moved into this larger shop space. I wanted strong flat tables to work on and that I could quickly and easily put away some where when I need the open space. They have been great, light weight and flat / strong. I actually made a program for my cnc to cut all the pieces from 4x8 sheets, so pretty quick!

[@virtualfather4117]

More

[@PaulPaid]

I'm glad Yarko was able to escape that mess. It's my understanding that 14:09 Zelensky was not very popular before the war. He certainly did not do himself any favors by allowing amerikkka to use Ukraine as a proxy puppet. Amerikkka, (the "innocent advocate"😂) the same country that has invaded and colonized 97 sovereign countries, lost their minds when Cuba, a country near to them became Russia-friendly. How is Russia supposed to react when nato (amerikkka's invented incursion tool) started pushing eastward to Russia's borders?

[@SteifWood]

We have hundreds of Ukrainians refugees in my municipality (Norway). But they are all women, children or older men. Their capable men are back fighting or serving the fight in one way or another. Just wonder why Yarko is in Canada? Special needs for persons in his family?

[@CanadianWoodworks]

He had a woodworking accident, where he lost a good portion of one hand.

[@SteifWood]

@@CanadianWoodworks Sorry to hear about his accident, but glad he's able to continue his mission under your roof. He's a reminder that we all have to take care and think twice when we operate those killer machines. Slava Ukrainii.

[@yurihuta8487]

Is Ярко/Yarko using a metric tape measure or has he transitioned to imperial?

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Had to give him a little education on imperial but he picked it up quickly. My planer is metric, so we do keep a few metric measuring devices around

[@fergalhopkins1230]

Where do you get your forms from and can you get other shapes and sizes

[@CanadianWoodworks]

I came up with this initial design and partnered with Carlos from Exotherm Designs here in Ontario, Canada, you can purchase from him or one of his dealers. Yes many shapes and sizes, Thanks for watching

[@fergalhopkins1230]

@@CanadianWoodworks Love your videos Watching from 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@thulane4557]

How can I talk with you,privetly✌️

[@CanadianWoodworks]

You can DM me in instagram - @canadianwoodworks

[@falfas55bgas]

I wondered why you stopped making videos for 10+ months...

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Just been super busy, hard to find thee time to do everything I enjoy, including making youtube videos

[@VideosByAl]

Back in 1996 we were asked if we would go to Ukraine and run a Wood-Mizer for 6 months. We had to decline the offer because we had several hundred thousand feet of logs sitting waiting to be sawn.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

Excuses

[@marquisbois990]

I have to confess to being torn by this. On one hand you’ve done a great thing and i totally understand why he left Ukraine with his wife BUT my wifes family haven’t done that, or at least the men….have not. They’ve dutifully obayed the law in Ukraine and stayed to help defend the country in anyway that they can. I hope Canada let’s him stay after the 3 years because once Russians have been pushed back, deserters won’t be welcome back…in fact he faces jail.

[@CanadianWoodworks]

He left legally and is not a deserter

[@marquisbois990]

@@CanadianWoodworks Like I said I’m torn, but actually any male 18-60 who left after martial law was imposed on 1st day of the war is considered a deserter, civilian or otherwise. Only a very frosty reception waits on return.

[@denisblack5689]

@@marquisbois990 what a bullshit. yes, there are deserters, but there are a lot of men who left legally. you can leave if you have 3+ kids, if you have certain health issues, if you have a close relative with a serious health issues to watch for.. so no, not every man who left Ukraine is a deserter.

[@daveklein2826]

thats a lie, He is NOT a deserter....get educated BEFORE you speak

[@marquisbois990]

@@daveklein2826 Under the rules of Ukraine Martial Law, ANY man 18-65 leaving the country is classed as that. Ask my sister-in-law if you like, you can get hold of her still teaching disabled kids in Kiev, or her own daughter…living here in my house with her sister. You can’t ask her husband though, he’s busy fighting off Russians.

[@ediii89]

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