Making TOO MANY Spiral Night Lights || Woodworking

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Most of these lights will be given away to friends, family, and my patron supporters. Anything left will go up on my website soon :)
In this video, I show you how I made 35 Spiral Night Lights from pallets. This video was one of the most time-consuming projects i have ever made. It was also one of the most enjoyable.
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[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Night Lights Are now for sale on my website! Link in the description

[@upnorthinthewoodsmn]

Just placed my order! I always look forward to your videos. Your creativity in coming up with the jigs and fixtures is very impressive - this coming from a guy that took fixture design classes in college and has designed hundreds of jigs and fixtures over the past 25 years! Looking forward to what you come up with next!

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

@@upnorthinthewoodsmn thank you so much!!!

[@waltino81]

Says no products available... Can I buy somewhere else?

[@greglamphier4430]

Be careful and don’t ever do what I do lol. Love it! Long time subscriber, it’s been a pleasure watching you grow! Keep it going 💪🏼

[@blacktalonbased]

Love your problem solving skills. As for the black knurling, next time you can char it and then lightly sand the surface back to the original color, leaving the low spots black

[@luisaraujo4708]

NICE!! Back in the day, I’m really old, I used to love the process of figuring out how to do something that was outside the box when “normal” people would just go with what they already knew they could achieve easily. It was frustrating at times but oh soooo satisfying.

[@nikburton9264]

Thanks!

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Thank you so much!

[@NirvanaWoodWorksbyJanie]

Love it. Aside from the project itself…. Your jigs, techniques & how to solve a particular problem in front of you, is incredible

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Thank you very much!

[@lexwoodworks3841]

The Jig King. Awesome! I just got completely new insights on how to solve problems.

[@MrVillafum]

Very cool. You have some mad-skills, my friend. Great job! V

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Thanks for watching!

[@mattkent655]

Mistakes sure...but thats how you learn. Your use of custom jigs was awesome and the end result us pretty nice.

[@skigglystars9525]

Shaking my head over here. Just Brilliant... love this project.

[@bluemoosewoodworking]

Dude! You are the king of jigs. Amazing work

[@TheRoosterCruzer]

Don't worry too much about how you explain things, the video is a great "how-to" and the way you problem solve was excellent. Great work Josh!

[@andrewgalbreath2101]

You're so creative in both your projects and your techniques. And the shear quantity of those things is very impressive

[@From.a.land.downunder]

Love how these turned out despite your self-criticism. Fantastic work! Really impressed with the detailed commentary too, understanding what you did and why, but also what the pitfalls were is great information for aspiring woodworkers new to the craft. Keep it up, looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!

[@jimmylovesbikes]

You're a superstar now, and a mega-superstar in the making. Incredible stuff.

[@EngineerMikeF]

In my experience, the 1st 80% of the project takes 80% of the time. The remaining 20% of the project takes the other 80% of the time.

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Lol, that is a better quote

[@T_B]

LOL!! Nice.

[@AshleyEvans-x8z]

😂😂

[@lynnhayes2363]

We've been rehabing an older house....SO TRUE

[@nikburton9264]

Good looking project. I envy you doing this while you are so young. I'm self-taught, learning while on Liberty in different ports, and at different military wood hobby shops. Most of which are all closed down now. I remember working 4 days planning boards for some old man in Turkey. He made chess boards and backgammon boards with them. His daughter kept us hydrated with apple tea, and few us lamb and lentil soup at lunch. Anyway, great looking lamps, keep learning, and teaching yourself, and experimenting. Remember what they say "love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life!"

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

You have lived quite the life! Thanks for sharing, Nik

[@nikburton9264]

Still living it! I came ashore, I haven't died!

[@ZRL11]

You're ingenuity always amazes me!

[@EvanRichardson]

I'm really impressed by all of the jigs you developed and used to batch these parts out quickly and consistently.

[@pacificcoasttrains3785]

Always so impressed by your creativity. These turned out really well, and are so unique!

[@jeffforbes3772]

Very cool! Love the jigs you dream up and I think the hot glue look's great.

[@judithfairchild8620]

Very lovely nightlight and bedroom decoration.

[@larryprice2694]

You have a lot of patience, good job and some cool jigs.

[@FiglioBastardo]

What a killer little light! That's bad ass. I'd love to have one and I don't even like night lights.

[@foxmoulder7724]

That's a BIG forstner bit 😮, And your round over trick on the table saw is clever, as long as you can make it relatively safe 😅

[@brianknowles7130]

Another great vid. Your very creative, appreciate your own comments of the good & bad points in making these. thks

[@seanwinston8338]

So excited to see you're back! You have such an amazing way of problem solving! I can't wait to see what's next!

[@redbearlake5767]

This was a fascinating video. You seem to be a natural master at jig making. I still struggle with that. TY for the inspiration

[@allenwilson9656]

Gosh Josh what a neat design that knearling was a good trick

[@anthonystroud8615]

Love the creative jigs

[@LennyFontana-h1c]

7:15 I definitely like the black inlay rather than leaving it open.

[@claytondewey3367]

Excellent work. Very beautiful and unique lights.👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@kameljoe21]

I super love that ryobi glue gun. I got one of them along with the bigger ones. Beats the hell out of leaving the glue fun in and the entire thing melting out every where. So far the project is looking good and now back to the video.

[@josecanyousee56]

Dude, you should be an engineer. I don't know where you come up with these projects but keep it up. Love all the jigs.

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Thank you!!

[@saggioculo5386]

Love the project. I like the black glue look. Very awesome.

[@benjaminadams9338]

Great video. I love the making jigs to solve for a problem. FYI they make glow in the dark hot glue that would be cool in this project.

[@jakerivera4913]

Genius on creating your jigs 👏.

[@GraceCarleton-p3y]

Amazing video Josh! Loved the videos😁🙌⛄️

[@richardfarwell6759]

really a nice night lite. Bonus is you made it all using typical WW tools. Admittedly, I doubt they're something you could sell because of the time involved to make. Your jigs are awesome.

[@GunsOfAnthem]

The jig-master Josh Wright.

[@jimrosson6702]

Looks great you make such cool and crazy stuff and it looks great when you’re done. Keep up the great work

[@EveryWhichWayButLost]

Ingenuity, Time & Effort... in equal amounts. Thanks for the video

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

Thank you!

[@gsilcoful]

Wow. A lot of work! But it looks great.

[@fdort3971]

@JoshWright 1st I must say you are very clever! Most of your jigs were impressive. 2nd if you use a pallet breaker bar you will waste less wood. Yes you will need to remove the nails however there is an air compressor tool that helps with that...free hardware! 3rd instead of using your fingers to spread the glue use a small putty knife commonly used for plaster. 4th love the fact you cleaned your shop and wearing an awesome awesome respirator! I'd love to know where you got it. 5th you can get razor blade scrapers that makes it safer to hold. 6th thanks for explaining things well and the ideas! 7th you are methodical and think outside the box! Never apologise for changing your design...it's your design after all! Oh and one more thing...instead of using glue for your logo you can melt wax and use a metal stamp just like the way letters were originally sealed! Great job...I look forward to learning more from you!

[@fdort3971]

I remembered another tip...at some point you filled in cracks with the glue...instead of using hot black glue...use sawdust and clear glue like crazy glue or gorilla glue...stuff the space with the sawdust and add enough glue to coat it...sand like normal and the "defect " pretty much disappears!

[@deanlang3894]

At 14:22 when you’re cutting the skinny strips, you should always have the thicker part of the board between the fence and the blade so there’s no chance of any kick back.

[@higherstandardspc]

Really cool lamp, thank you for sharing ; )

[@CarlManson1983]

I think the black hot glue was the right choice.

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍.Thank you

[@danielhanawalt4998]

Neat trick making the spirals. I was wondering how you did that. Beautiful night lights. I'm wondering how much they would sell for. The amount of time and work on them I'd think they'd need to be around $100 each. at least. Maybe double that on some site like Etsy.

[@scottbionicnerf8727]

Heads-up, I know hind-site is always 20/20, but that means more to people who don't have 20/20, but I'm trying to suggest is using Scotch-Brite, preferably the Red or Burgundy color to scuff your clear plastic. I'm a heavy duty body man/diesel mechanic, so I always have some on hand. I used it to scuff sand some plexiglass for a different style light, but same idea, no deep scratches like a 100/120grit belt sander would leave and no concern for flinging one or maybe 12 or so of them across shop in the process.🤓🤠😎 Great Video. Great Project. Don't be hard on yourself for taking sooooo long to complete a project that evolves🤔 while you're making🧐and remaking it, and 😕then reengineering😮‍💨 how to remake it🥺.🤬 We've all been there.😎 Hiding or maybe I should say, 'integrating' your mistakes, is part of good 'product development'. 😅 Remember, those who haven't seen the creative processes wouldn't know if you made a mistake. All they can see is the finished product. 99% of people are completely oblivious to the creative processes.

[@matchstickdesignco]

Spyder has a line of hole saws that let you easily eject the core after drilling through. They're not exactly inexpensive, but it may be something worth looking into.

[@scottbionicnerf8727]

Another cool tip. Though it is messy, polyester resin based body filler/wood-fillet that requires hardener to dry or harden. Especially if you mash in some sawdust into the top of the puddy. I find it stains better, and if you're painting it, helps it blend into the woodgrain better, and receive the paint more like the rest of the wood does.

[@JT-hw6mq]

good work.

[@mattkent655]

Do you have a link for the taper bit you used?

[@Yossi152]

awesome project! What tapered bit did you use? And how did you make the jig for the router? Thanks so much!

[@salvadorvalladolid2076]

@ 14:11 that piece looks like a skyscraper skyline.

[@TheParkAttendant]

Another thing you could try is using a black colored wood filler, instead of black hot melt.

[@JoshWrightWoodworking]

I like that, probably another easier to clean up too

[@curtisthorn13]

Try burn lines instead of the deep inlays. Just cut a 1/8" or 1/16 groove and press a wire in the groove while it spins. And burns a black line in the groove. I use a bicycle break cable with small blocks an the end. You might be able to us your drill press to spin the peices. Use a sodering or a burning tool to do the black in the top. The irregular edge cut off could be used In a city skyline project.

[@scottweaver6594]

Haha I was thinking the same thing about the cutoff.

[@ericpetitclerc5519]

Genious idea and great skills, but I am so afraid I will see you missing a phalange one day... Be safe my genious friend!

[@johnnywright1592]

Black hot glue was a good idea

[@skystarsea]

감탄했습니다 구독했고 자주 찾아 오겠습니다

[@scottbionicnerf8727]

I've found that so long as the end result stays dry, or the temperature gradually changes, your pallet wood creations should be fine.

[@patshipp9195]

💖💖👏👏💖💖

[@1976ClassicCelica]

Cool lights but your website link is broken

[@sixoffive]

Pareto principal

[@jessehunter362]

i’ve most often heard the exact opposite: the first 20% of the project takes 80% of the work.

[@MrWacopilot]

You wasted a lot of time gluing together then cutting back apart 🙄