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Easily the longest build I have ever tackled, the Breaking Bad Coffee Table build. Inspired by a coffee table I saw during the TV series (5 seasons). I needed to re-watch all the episodes (62) AND take picture off the TV, in order to get the grasp of exactly how this table looked.
THEN ... from those pictures, try to reconstruct size, with dimensions and details of the build.

After the first few episodes I decided it would be best to build a model of what I had seen so far ...
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Working with exotic woods can be expensive ... IF they are even available. One of the solutions to this is coloring your wood to simulate an exotic wood, and to try and get the color match as close as you can, and that's what I am doing today.

I have used aniline dyes in the past to simulate Ebony wood, which is often hard to get, and the last time I checked it was in the $150+ per board foot, one of the most expensive wood, but if you want a pure black colored wood, that is what it is.2

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A few days ago I received a memo from YouTube, "Happy 17th Birthday" it proclaimed. Wow, have I really been creating content for 17 years now and I still have so much more to do.  Only last week, I forgot to charge the batteries on my wireless microphone, not problem, I can use the back-up mic.

Sadly, after looking all over for almost 30 minutes and not finding it, I came to the realization I needed to make a "Media Cabinet" to keep all my cords, cables, microphones, cameras, batteries, chargers and more all in ONE PLACE.

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Working with wood is a process, the more we learn the better we become and the more satisfaction we get which is why "weekend builds" are popular, the often require less wood and less time to make something and in turn we experience the joy of creating.

This weeks video has a bit of everything, a few techniques, some popular jigs I use and lovely functional piece of furniture that will get years of use and can be used in many different environments ... 

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I think the one thing that attracts me to furniture making is the amazing diverisity in differnt things we can make. There is not question that "seating projects" are more difficult for me, and this project started out that way. The idea came from a picture I had been saving for many years, then I discovered AFTER I built it, that the picure came from woodworking magazine article from decades ago ... but still a lovely project.