Nesting Christmas Trees -- A Holiday Project

[@MrScottswierenga]

My wife would ABSOLUTELY LOVE this Christmas decoration. She would also love it even more for the fact that I made it for her myself. I'm adding this to my Save For Later videos!

[@expatmousse5196]

This is super, very cool idea and well chosen festive music to go with it,thank you 🎄🎄

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks.

[@donkink3114]

Was a wonderful ride thru the process, thanks for making my day.

[@donkink3114]

Was a wonderful ride thru the process, thanks for making my day.

[@jasondoust4935]

Merry Christmas to you, too, Nick!

[@justyoutubin]

When the spinning hammer with the bow popped up, I wanted to LIKE the video, but I already had!

[@BlueEGraphics2000]

Wow! Same here. Put a big smile on my face.

[@ToddAdams1971]

Awesome Job! You have the coolest ideas. Love them all.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Kind of you to say.

[@tealfixie]

Merry Christmas! Really surprised by the end result. Loved it!

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Same to you, and thanks.

[@gpanizzolo6090]

Bellísimo proyecto! Gracias por compartirlo maestro!!! Aprecio muchísimo sus conocimientos y mucho más aprecio el que los comparta. Espero haya tenido una hermosa Navidad junto a sus seres queridos y le deseo lo mejor para este 2022. Un muy fuerte abrazo desde Montevideo, Uruguay. Germán.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Y feliz año nuevo para ti también.

[@lucyburicin6372]

Such a beautiful and cute project! Merry Christmas

[@WorkshopCompanion]

And to you.

[@JM-sz4oi]

Nice!! Merry Christmas. May the worst day of the coming year be better than the best day of the previous year for each of you.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Same to you and yours.

[@ellisreeves8936]

Very nice Nick, you have such a creative mind. May you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a great 2022.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

I hope the same for you and yours.

[@larrystone5749]

Awesome video enjoyed it thx for sharing Be safe God Bless

[@bradleytuckwell4854]

Very nice as always have a wonderful Christmas and a beautiful new year looking forward to seeing you next year Say safe

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Best wishes for you and yours, as well.

[@waltertroester3423]

I use Duck EasyLiner Adhesive Surfaces, 12 in x 36 ft, Clear and contact cement to adhere patters to wood for scrolling. No mess no smell and the liner and pattern peel right off with no residue . Put liner on wood and cut off excess. Cut off excess paper of the pattern leaving about 1/4 inch from the outline. Put pattern on the wood and using a sharpie trace outline. Remove pattern and apply contact cement. up to the marked border. Apply pattern and smooth it out. Use some sort of semi hard roller (rubber roller ) to make sure you have no lumps and the glue is spread evenly. Cut pattern and just peel off the liner.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks for sharing.

[@greatgrandpaswoodworking]

Love it. I found your channel many months ago and subscribed but forgot to turn on notifications. I did that today. I see I missed a lot.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks...and welcome back.

[@roberttravalent7782]

Thank you for the awesome video. Great wood working project. Hopefully I'll find time to make one.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks.

[@stevebettany8778]

It will make sense at the end. And it did! Lovely work merry Christmas.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks, And the same back at you.

[@zacbrown935]

Excellent build! Merry Christmas!!

[@fruechtler1812]

Sehr sch öne Idee, danke dafür. Ich wünsche dir Frohe Weihnachten und bleib gesund

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Danke schön. Das gleiche wünsche ich dir und deiner Familie.

[@woodshopnerdery]

"♪♪♪♪ I wa-na Hy-po-tenuse for Chri-ist-mas ♪♪♪♪" or something like that. Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed seeing many of the tools featured in past videos put to use. I caught the flush trim router, drill press table, clamping jig, "L" patter cutting table saw fence, and maybe I missed some other? BTW - the all zoom effects were really neat and fit right in. I particularly liked the zoom-autofocus shot on the combination square protractor.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

I think that gets it. Thanks for the kind words.

[@timmatherly5080]

Awesome!

[@lauramarshall6376]

These are adorable! Merry Christmas to you and yours, including the dogs.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Travis, the dogs, and I wish you the same.

[@edwardsimmons3721]

Great project.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks. Travis and I had fun designing it.

[@KirBVB]

Merry Christmas! 🎄☀️ Cuteness is on top as always))

[@WorkshopCompanion]

And to you. As always.

[@sapelesteve]

Fantastic project! Happy Holidays to you and the crew at WC! 👍👍🎄🎄🎄🎄👍👍

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks. And the same to you and yours.

[@alessandrosuppini943]

Great idea, merry Xmas to you! 👍

[@JohnColgan.]

Clever design & execution

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks.

[@fredzaske4306]

You’re amazing.

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks.

[@dbader2]

Great video… loved the flip at the end…

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks!

[@billm4560]

Great idea…👍🏻 Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Same to you.

[@ernestomartinez6807]

Nice

[@draganzeta1602]

👍👍👍

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks.

[@bobnicholas5994]

Led is cool

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Agreed.

[@simonreynolds1518]

What a great little project, thank you and I hope you have a great Christmas

[@WorkshopCompanion]

And to you.

[@АлАп-к4ь]

👍👍👍🎁🎁🎁😄

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Thanks!

[@SewWhittle]

Love watching your videos, but how many people actually have ALL these power tools?

[@court2379]

Every real man 😉

[@davidvaughn9860]

Would you be able to do the final cuts on a band saw?

[@zachozbourn1416]

I've seen you use that clamping jig/surface before, I was wondering if you had plans for it? I don't recall seeing that one in your workshop jigs book (but admittingly, I only glanced through when it arrived, I haven't had time to read it yet). Also, is there a good reason to not take the workpiece straight from the glue up to the planer (skipping the glue scraping step)?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

First, we do sell plans for the assembly table. The video is at kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6bNhnlrqNB2sKs and you can find the plans at workshopcompanion.selz.com/item/assembly-tables . Second, there are three things to consider before you plane a glued-up board. (1) Is the glue completely cured? It can be dangerous to plane an assembly in which the glue hasn't reached full strength. If you're working with aliphatic resin (yellow) glue, my rule of thumb is to let the glue cure overnight -- 10 to 12 hours minimum. This, of course will make the squeeze out very hard, which brings us to the next consideration. (2) Does the hardened squeeze-out prevent the assembly from sitting flat on the planer table? If so, you obviously need to scrape it off. And (3), do you need to scrape both sides? Can't you just plane one side smooth? You'd think you could, but the planer knife contacts a hardened glue bead at a different angle than it contacts the wood simply because the bead is raised. At this angle, the knife edge is more prone to chipping. Usually, you can get by with this, especially if you slow down the feed rate, but I've put some nasty dings in my knives just because I was in too much of a hurry to scrape. I consider it good shop practice to scrape both sides.

[@tombuchanan792]

What size/type of scroll saw blade do you recommend for this project?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

If you're going to attempt these with a scroll saw, first I'd reduce the size by 50% so you're cutting 3/4" (19 mm) thick stock. Then a #7 or #9 PGT blade should work well.

[@brucewelty7684]

What book is your palm router surfacer in?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

I cover the "flush-trim" router jig in two books -- Routing and Shaping (page 51) and Making Built-In Cabinets (page 68). ( workshopcompanionstore.com/products/making-built-in-cabinets and workshopcompanionstore.com/products/routing-and-shaping ) If you want an actual engineering drawing that shows how to make the jig, get Making Built-In Cabinets. But before you spend your money consider that there are so many variables that depend on what router you have, a drawing conveys less information than what I cover in the video. I certainly appreciate the support -- book and plans sales is what funds these videos -- but I don't want to sell you something you don't need.

[@zyl8003]

6‘05" what holds the four layers of trees together?

[@WorkshopCompanion]

Friction. They are collapsible so they can be easily set up, taken down, stored -- unless you are one those Christmas zealots who leave their Christmas trees up until July. And that's cool too -- the friction will still be there in the summer.

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