Overwhelmed & Overjoyed

[@ijleach]

Great seeing more Bruce :) he's a star - and yes, thanks to you all for keeping the inspirational content flowing!

[@Nodakbreaks]

I’ve been watching you guys for a while. Love your journey! I lived on Minot AFB 2015-2018 then moved to Lackland till last year ended up back in Minot. You guys definitely Influenced me to finally start my woodworking business after 5 years of building my shop up and my knowledge. If I have a rough day in the shop I’ll put you guys on and get back on track. Thank you for everything.

[@brentfowler2317]

Your awesome! Keep up the great work! It's 5:43am and I'm about to head to work at the cabinet shop. For 10hrs of fun and awesome woodworking, cabinet making, and so on. Anyhow you all have an awesome day!!

[@joshuagrafton8781]

Thank you Davis for everything.

[@grumpywoodchucker]

Thank you Davis for being such a wonderful host today!

[@NiXcustomSigns]

Thank you for everything you guys do I appreciate the content I really do. You guys are on my rotation of content creators that I watched immediately one video releases. I must admit though I do miss the business bit on The Morning Show that was my favorite part. Other than that glad you guys brought that back thanks again for all the hardware y’all

[@Hannah-wt7ww]

As my Grandma used to say, "the hurrier I go the behinder I get." Don't push too hard so you don't burn out. God bless!

[@dougcox835]

I learned a trick to find the center. Get one of those crosshatch lasers. You can point it at the wall and at the right place for a board and just line up the corners of the board on the cross lines. For your purposes you can leave it setup all the time on a tripod or attach it magnetically to a shelving vertical across the room. Being a laser it works the same at any distance. Mark your tape at the cross center like you do already. You can go through a bunch in a few seconds. I have one that self levels which means the board would have to be diagonal. I think you can get them that don't self level (you are only interested in the cross line anyway) and those are cheaper.

[@TheBkh1]

Love watching ur episodes, I'm from New zealand and I have a hobby making cutting boards. Emphasis on hobby, just make them for friends.

[@PsycoRevolution]

I loved your vibe in this video Davis! Keep it up 😄

[@malonecustomdesigns]

Please do yourself a favor and change out all of your desk chair wheels to the roller blade style wheels! Saves your floors and rolls with ease! Seriously they are nearly life changing!! I'm not lying!

[@jennieanddavis]

Just saw your video on them - they look wonderful!

[@malonecustomdesigns]

@@jennieanddavis Oh you can't even imagine! lol We switched everything in our home and our office to those wheels! lol

[@scooterc2776]

Great job, makes me feel better that I am not the only one not getting much accomplished but knowing that I can tomorrow helps

[@r1738]

m/b try a pierced/ cut out "slotted" space cardboard template/jig? make it the size of the bed with the specific board shape already centered out---cut out--- like the round peg+square hole toys. Drop the tray in and then remove the template, depending if the laser cutter interferes or not ( don't have a glowforge to know). Keep master templates to cut new ones from, never to be used in forge. Others can hang up on the wall to be pulled from. Cardboard to test out the idea, more durable material later? time adds up

[@gottaluv6t9s]

I have a tape measure that will tell me what half the distance is. It's super useful for finding the center of things. That or go metric for all the things.

[@nickcooper3095]

Next time you go to turn off your Glowforge fan at full power, hold the button down until it turns off. Next time you go to turn it on, you’ll only need to press the button once instead of 8 times to get it back to full power :)

[@jrace2718]

Really enjoy your free firm video just walking through your business and introducing your new help. Looks like a great atmosphere to work.

[@hurtswoodworks6427]

Good times

[@CMSgtUSAFRet]

The ides of a jig is great except for one thing: each board must be EXACTLY the same, no variation in sizes and your jig can throw you off.

[@knuckleheadfishing5405]

If someone was trying to start a small local cutting broad business. What would be a good place to start? What would you suggest?

[@wfleming537]

Thanks for the great video Bruce, you're an excellent manager Jennie and Davis seem like a handful it must be hard keeping them on task.

[@yellowhammerwoodcrafts]

Lol

[@martinneff4675]

Davis, thank you for all you mentioned and more:)

[@dennishinkle5010]

Are you in New Braunfels Texas? I didn't know maybe you just got the shirts. You're doing fine and hope you have a great holiday sales run. Thank you for sharing.👍

[@charlesbiller3674]

Thank you Davis for...............

[@Jimmolter761]

Thank you Davis

[@jasrasr]

YES! Finally got my order in for scraps! Obligatory, “Thank you Davis for letting me buy your scrap!” Thanks to Jenny, too! May God Bless your family and business. I love following your story.

[@LiqdPT]

11:15 MOD Pizza! I remember when they were a local Seattle chain

[@Damon_Barber]

Thank you, Davis, for being such a wonderful host on this video! 😉

[@CornerCreekWoodworking]

Thank you for everything you've taught us over the years.

[@JackInTheShop]

Thank you Davis!!!

[@Mr.Peach90]

Thank you Davis for suffering for us!

[@purplecouchproductions8657]

Great Video, as always! also, where did you get the ghost of kyiv poster?

[@paulringus1820]

Davis, you said “…a minute and a half is not a lot of time to place the center mark on each board for laser engraving …” Based on the fact that all your boards are a standard size, a simple template with a center location would save you at least a minute of that time. A tape dispenser for the painters tape would also save the time it takes to find / pickup and tear off a piece of tape. Jen said a realtor ordered 100 boards, that is like 2 hours of your time the old way. Time is money, so by saving time you make more money. Your family business has been fun to watch grow. Love the content you provide too … Blessings sent from SC.

[@jennieanddavis]

You heard, but you didn't listen ;) We have bigger priorities than something that only takes 20 seconds per boards. Thanks so much for watching! =)

[@paulringus1820]

@@jennieanddavis yes I heard you say others have offered same suggestion. Just thought you would appreciate a dollars and cents comparison, as in long run it may be of value. Love and Blessings from SC.💕

[@Pelthail]

Once you guys get the money and space, I would recommend upgrading your laser. Imagine how many more engravings you could get done in a day when it only takes 5 minutes per engraving instead of 15

[@johnwurst6691]

In the time you explained that you don't have time to make a centre-finding jig I would have made one....

[@dougcox835]

But remember that he makes money with the videos. And that is probably more money that what the saved time from a jig would bring in.

[@chrisbrown7635]

Good work!! I have to say, ya'll are such Captains, can't wait till you get promoted to Major and learn to delegate!! 😂😂🤣🤣👍👍👍👍

[@yellowhammerwoodcrafts]

Try a 20x24 hot box in Alabama. No AC and a metal building in Alabama makes for definite swap a$$

[@thomasnourse7506]

Thanks Davis (and Jennie too)

[@colet662]

Love that I found you guys. Thanks for challenging me and the encouragement. Also ------ Wrong address Realtor??? So do you get to sell them two boards to two different addresses?

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Great job Davis and bruce great video

[@rebornspawn]

I love you both and there is nothing you can do about it

[@keithbailie3014]

Why don’t you build your office tables / desks? Or would it just take too long and cost too much?

[@Dolfan0925]

Yay Bruce!

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Breathe jennie good job

[@brkoury]

Thank you Davis for…..all that stuff you said

[@brandonmitchell2481]

Mod pizza is awesome

[@craash420]

Thank you for sharing, especially when you highlight the furry ones. Bruce could never get enough attention, he can always soak up more!

[@lazarus9004]

"I will work to the best of my ability today, and I will be satisfied with whatever I accomplish"

[@whhsfordian]

My pet name for my son who acted much like you was Dork-A-Saurus. He was a great kid!!!

[@arcarioandsons]

Dobermans are just the best shop dogs

[@andrewpaterson4672]

seriously conflicted in choosing a cutting board from you guys or Nick Offerman, might have to buy two.

[@jennieanddavis]

The fact that we're in the same sentence as Nick Offerman made our week! lol

[@jamesduncan578]

CHAIR ABUSE!!!, chill man and take a deep breath, count to ten and release. There, don't you feel better now. NOW get back to work.

[@mikepetitt9624]

You guys are doing great! Thank you for continuing to inspire my goals with my fledgling wood working business. You guys always have lots of great ideas!

[@frmphxaz84]

Mesh-backed Chair being built by hand in your own shop feels like sass toward those who rightly called out the office space of a desk/table building company being packed full of cheap melamine desks from china.

[@wyildcard]

Thank you Jennie and Davis for everything.

[@leeslegacywoodworking5405]

I am from South Louisiana. The name “Gaudin” is pronounced ‘go-Dan’.

[@ericfrisbee1954]

Love the legalese speed talk! hahaha!

[@jennieanddavis]

Hahaha thought you might like that ;)

[@gregfyn]

Pineapple is especially not supposed to be on a pizza!

[@anubin7625]

You guys are awesome! I've been watching the transformation for a long time and couldn't be happier for you all.

[@brokenbranchwoodshop1873]

Love the chair kick as you walked away. Seems like me. 😂🤣

[@mysticswordsman]

I have to say yall have inspired me for a while now, I am trying to get my wife to join me in my woodworking business. She is reluctant and I am not trying to force it on her. I do not think that would be wise. Do you have have any advice on how to convince her to help more? Keep in mind that I am not currently making money so hiring someone to take on a task is out of the question for the moment.

[@jennieanddavis]

Make money first. Everyone gets interested when you make a profit. Once you make a profit, find where she has any interest at all. Don't compromise - make decisions together.

[@mysticswordsman]

@@jennieanddavis right on, and thank you!

[@JackInTheShop]

4:27 It reminds you of a slot machine maybe???

[@jennieanddavis]

Except with this machine, I get to keep the money it makes XD

[@wmsification]

A minute and 30 seconds times - what? You're offering the classic reason for avoiding continuous improvement - "We're too busy!"

[@dougcox835]

There is a famous line about Steve Jobs when someone told him that the boot time would be so many seconds and his response was that you should multiply that time by every computer sold and every time they are turned on. It's a huge amount of time wasted. But we waste 10x whatever time that was all the time with Windows today and nobody ever thinks about it.

[@wmsification]

@@dougcox835 This type of waste is something that shows up in a detailed Value Stream Mapping session - spending a minute and a half marking the center of a board seems like a Value Added and Necessary step, but given the amount of time required, it demands a look. What's the center for? is it something the machine requires? Is the machine trying to establish a Zero point to begin it's work? Is there another way to do this? I'd like to see the whole minute and a half process and start asking "Why?"

[@dougcox835]

@@wmsification I think he mentioned this in the video. He just needs an origin point for the laser. He also wants some consistency with the artwork being in the same place on the board. He mentioned that he tried some sort of jig but a simple piece of tape worked just as well. Believe me, I've been in similar situations where you try to get things down to the gnat's ass but it's not really that important in the end. That's his call. If he thought extreme accuracy is important then he would have invested the time and effort to solve the problem. Sometimes you can go down the rabbit hole of overcomplicating a solution when a simple answer is sufficient. Also He's trying to run the business as well as do the work. What's more important? Saving a few seconds or doing something even more important like lining up more customers? Or ordering supplies, Or any of a million other tasks on his post-it. What you are talking about makes sense in a high volume production situation but not so much in this sort of environment. Priorities.

[@markrivera4911]

Thank you Bruce for putting up with Davis.

[@andrewsock1608]

The dog is only needy because he follows the rules 😉 we could learn a lot from animals 😁

[@philmininni5981]

Thank you both for your service from a Vietnam Era vet!

[@kenpreston8454]

"Thank you, Davis!" - Seriously, thanks to you guys for your fun-filled videos that you make and share with us. It has been a neat journey that you and Jennie have shared with us and I always look forward opening up KZbin and finding the next installment. This is also the most I have seen of Bruce and being a dog person myself, I thoroughly enjoyed all the attention he got in this video - even if he didn't get any pork. :p By the way, I have an idea that might help you guys grow your business but not sure how to get you the information without it being so public; is there an email address I can send/share the information to? Thanks for taking the time to read my comment. Y'all are awesome!

[@jasonhagen]

Thank you Davis for everything you do for us!

[@CentralPaRcFlying]

I just noticed, the thumb nail for the video looks like J lost her left arm to the shark.

[@mikebricker5781]

Thank you Davis for all you do.

[@pato6334]

Be glad your dog is so laid back. Chihuahuas aren’t but then they’re just Chihuahuas. Long time follower of your journey, congratulations on your success!

[@shdwhealr]

Ever thought about enclosing the laser and packing station in and adding AC? Just a thought maybe for the future. This would prevent swamp ass and keep you cool. Love yalls videos, keep it up.

[@MindofBrad]

Almost passed the video up because I didn't recognize the thumbnail

[@anduriel11225]

Thank you dog for sharing your Davis with us ;P

[@erichenao6537]

Hey Austin Brown! ABC. If you don't know what that means, watch Glengary Glen Ross. Y'all have fun with the holiday push!

[@Xanderbelle]

Have you tried blowing in the dog's ears ??

[@patticlements8847]

Unfortunately your show is getting to be just complaining about having work, your space, too busy etc.

[@MultiZaklinac]

Fun fact: Slepicka family probably come from The Czech Republic and it means a little hen. Slepice - hen; Slepicka - little hen. Also correctly it would be Slepička - with a hook above the c. But you guys don't have these. Pronounced Slepichka, as in peach. Also funny you liking kolache - these are very common in our region and probably come from around here too, and they are called koláčky. The same č as in Slepička.

[@jennieanddavis]

I learned something today.