Un Trabajo Feliz—A heck of a video

[Barry Dima]

Just wanted to share an awesome video that popped up in a Facebook group I'm a part of.

[Joe Bailey]

thanks for this -- it beats watching TV

[Patrick Chase]

thanks for this -- it beats watching TV

I think that the start can only be described as "sharpening porn". To wit:

- Closeups of the in-and-out action
- Multi-angle shots of the performer (it's a solo act)
- Over-mic'ed sounds of the act
- He takes his blade to one glistening...after another
- Gratification-by-repetition

All it's missing is shaving!

I'm actually halfway serious - whoever made this knew where they were getting their production values. You can't possibly be that good/experienced as a videographer and make something like that by accident. It's sort of like the Food Network that way (the link is to a piece from NPR's "On the Media". Here's a better link to the original Harper's piece: http://harpers.org/archive/2005/10/debbie-does-salad/1/)

[Jerry Thompson]

That is one of the best videos I have ever seen. I don't know about the rest of you but it was relaxing for me to watch.
Thank you so much.

[Peter Aeschliman]

Argh! the video isn't working. After all the build-up, of reading the other comments in this thread....

[David Wong]

Argh! the video isn't working. After all the build-up, of reading the other comments in this thread....

Try this one, which is directly to the Vimeo site.

[Brian Holcombe]

Great video, I really enjoyed. Beautiful results as well!

[Joe Tilson]

Very nice indeed. Just to have the space to work like that would be a real blessing.
Great craftsmanship. Very enjoyable.

[Jeff Ranck]

I found it very interesting. It would be great to know how long the build took.

[David Eisenhauer]

Wasn't there another similar video we saw last year? earlier this year? I believe it was in a Spanish workshop and was similar quality video and sound. Same slow motion very close up look at the sharpening swarf swirling around. Maybe the same video guy? At any rate, was a very enjoyable watch. ECE got a little plug, didn't they?

[Shawn Pixley]

It was furniture making porn all right.

[Steve Voigt]

Thanks for posting. I was very interested in his technique of using a straight edge to mark the high spots on the board before flattening. I will have to try that.

Does anyone know what brand marking gauge he was using around the 7-minute mark?

[Jim Koepke]

Finally had time to watch it in full. Thanks for sharing.

While looking at this a good reason for doing pins first came to me. In the video he did it this way with half blinds. I am normally a tails first dovetailer. Maybe the next few times will be done pins first just to see how it goes.

jtk

[David Wong]

Does anyone know what brand marking gauge he was using around the 7-minute mark?

I think the brand name is Yūbi-dō (優美堂). Here is a link. You can buy a replacement knurled knob, instead of the wing nut.

I have one. The quality of the blade is not as nice as the Matsui gauge, but it was 1/3 the cost. The blade is bent to 90 degrees. On the Matsui gauge, the blade is machined at 90 degrees.

[Ron Patrick]

I thought that it is an excellent video, and several thing caught my eye. The first was that the only tool in his shop which had a cord was a Tormek, the next was how few tools he used to produce such good work, and that the only metal plane he used looked to be a LV bevel up smoother. There were many other subtle things things that I found interesting, which, to me, make it a very interesting video.