x-carve project/ watch makers workbench

[@WelshRabbit]

Absolutely stunning craftsmanship, Timothy. By the way, I loved it when I saw you applying the finish wearing a lab coat. I thought, "Ah, a younger Peter Parfitt."

[@peterlangridge7307]

Wow, that router table is huge!

[@graz-e.m.s]

Wow. That is a kick ass router bench! Lovely finished work as usual. 👍

[@xKinnix]

Great work, and great use of the cnc for the template. We all have uses for the cnc and if what works, works for you then great!

[@davomontgomeryda3rd]

Wow! The quality of your work is inspiring! Awesome!!

[@KALLAMITY2288]

Fantastic work, very interesting and inspiring table design!

[@TimothyWilmots]

`Thanks!

[@nippychippy]

Great work on the bench. And great use of the xcarve

[@staalmaffia]

stiekem hoop ik dat je nu weer een hele partij video's achter elkaar gaat uploaden haha. ziet er geweldig uit!

[@dennismacwilliams196]

Your work is outstanding

[@lionelcourbin9481]

vraiment MAGNIFIQUE superbe travail bravo

[@tomaszstasiak4547]

Great work Timothy !!! As always. I'm impressed with Your workshop and i'm interested in plans. Best wishes buddy ;)

[@mirockswoodshop]

Interesting workvench! Something special. What for it may be used?

[@TimothyWilmots]

To make or repair watches, they need to rest their arms to work on the tiny mechanisms.

[@mirockswoodshop]

Timothy Wilmots Great! I've thought for jewelry making but it is not far from watches. Need more videos, coleague! Thank you!

[@bufford14]

Wow, you have got some skills!! mark

[@edadpops1709]

In my shop we mostly ran the cutter under the race,because with the race on bottom there is The possibility that the pattern could just up into a cutter,and that could be a terrible accident,so we choose to do it for safety,we ran one shaper right and one shaper left too"

[@TimothyWilmots]

That makes sense, in case of an accident I ruin my jig.

[@robertavery8897]

Love my festoon collection also. Best tools in the land.

[@akoskerekgyarto348]

Nice work! I have a very similar shaper cutterhead from stark tooling. Do you experience chip out on climbing cuts?

[@TimothyWilmots]

This one is from Felder, but branded Hammer. I reduce the chip out by removing as much material as possible with a band saw or jig saw, I try to leave 3-5 mm of material, that combined with a slow feed rate almost eliminates chip out (in this application there was zero chip out, even on cross grain). But it will depend on the wood species, some will tear out no matter what.

[@akoskerekgyarto348]

I do the same things to avoid chip out. It would be ideal to flip the cutter upside down and run the machine in the other direction, but mine can't do that (yet).

[@TimothyWilmots]

Thanks for the tip, mine can run both ways but I never used it that way.

[@dustyhush]

dank u voor deze video , toch wel een fijn ding deze x carve , wat mij op viel is u router wit sliding table deze lijkt me wel echt handig

[@DylansDIYWorkshop]

Hey Timothy, how can I contact you? I'd like to talk to you about something

[@TimothyWilmots]

Hey Dylan, Just send me a PM through youtube or get my mail on my website in the video description.

[@Pyrex238]

great video. I learned a lot. never considered using an xcarve to make jigs and templates for my router. what material were you using for the templates?

[@TimothyWilmots]

Green MDF, it's cheap, dense, easy to carve and holds up better than regular mdf if you use it frequently

[@Pyrex238]

I've never heard of green MDF, is it a kind of polymer binder or something?

[@TimothyWilmots]

It's just mdf with a green-ish tint to indicate that it is treated to resist moist, I find that it is more wear resistant and won't swell when exposed to moist.

[@bobbystanley8580]

Beautiful

[@claudek6390]

bonjour, une fois de plus très beau travail. Tu as acheté où le x-carve ? car je pense que Belgique comme France c'est compliqué (excepté si on le commande directement sur le site américain)

[@TimothyWilmots]

Je l'ai eu gratuitement en échange d'une vidéo et d'un article ;) mais on peut maintenant la commander en Angleterre. La mienne est venue des USA en 2015.

[@claudek6390]

trop cool, je pense que pour toi cela doit être un gain de temps pour fabriquer des gabarits car vraisemblablement d'après ce que j'ai pu voir tu utilises pas mal de gabarit pour tes meubles. Normal, série oblige.

[@robertavery8897]

What is that green material ur using ....

[@clarkeb3]

What was that jig material? High density fiberboard?

[@TimothyWilmots]

Simply green mdf (moist resistant) it's cheap and holds up well when used frequently.

[@evankenison588]

Can your CNC not cut that table top wood for you? Is it not strong enough to handle that kind of cut?

[@TimothyWilmots]

This would have been too deep, you would need extremely long cutters to cut through 44mm of wood, that would induce horrendous chatter on a machine of this size. Usual cutters only go 10-22mm deep depending on their width.

[@evankenison588]

Thank you for this information. Good to know!!

[@axelSixtySix]

Hi Tim. Your desk is realy awsome ! But to me a proper CNC is just about the oposite : no more jigs ever ! You'd rather machine directly the parts. Repeatability allows to machine smaller parts then assemble them. Regards.

[@TimothyWilmots]

I understand that, but for me it's something like this or nothing at all. I can't invest at least 50K in something that would only be used a few hours a week at best. I work with solid wood mostly and in an artisan way, so I can't justify the expense, but most of all I have no envy in robotising any of my work, I take pride in building furniture with my hands.

[@axelSixtySix]

Timothy Wilmots : I understand that. By the past woodworkers had the same thought about power tools. It's true handtools are nice and quiet. To me CNC is just another powertool. But it lets you focusing on the design and finishing. And the productivity is greatly increased, especialy on series. Otherhand, you can buy a pretty decent CNC for the price of few Systainers.

[@axelSixtySix]

Timothy Wilmots : I understand that. By the past woodworkers had the same thought about power tools. It's true handtools are nice and quiet. To me CNC is just another powertool. But it lets you focusing on the design and finishing. And the productivity is greatly increased, especialy on series. Otherhand, you can buy a pretty decent CNC for the price of few Systainers.

[@EricMeunier]

an x-carve 1000mm costs less than $2K including a 240v dewalt router & their free software. Where does the remaining $48K come from??

[@axelSixtySix]

Holyman of Kaa : Xcarve is a toy, even if you mount a regular spindle. You can"t do any production job on it. To me it is a discovery tool.

[@unogazzy84]

What's the brand and model of your jigsaw?

[@TimothyWilmots]

It's a Festool ps420 "carvex", it's a dud but I keep it because of the removable cord which just make it handy to use.

[@unogazzy84]

Thanks for the reply. Can you recommend a good jigsaw?

[@TimothyWilmots]

Generally the Mafell P1CC is seen as the best there is. Otherwise Bosch or the other Festool ones are good.

[@unogazzy84]

Thanks for the reply. A bit expensive to say the least. I think I will check out a couple of Makita or maybe some milwaukee jigsaws to see how they compare. I'm not even close to a hobby- woodworker, I'm just a regular guy that want functional and reliable tools when I need them. Have a nice day.

[@danceswithaardvarks3284]

Found it thanks

[@fabiannfl]

Hey Timothy What is the software they use to generate plans? Greetings from Colombia, your workshop is amazing pornographic

[@TimothyWilmots]

I build the 3d models in sketchup, but I have nothing to generate plans unfortunately. That's done manually and takes weeks. I'm using openoffice to write them.