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Thanks for making this lovely custom design accessible for beginner folks like me by walking through your step by step process so clearly!
I want a Mickey Mouse mirror for our Steamboat Willie bathroom I just built, and finding exactly what I want has proven beyond difficult. This is exactly what I needed right now. I’m thinking I could maybe actually do this now. Thanks a lot!
Pieces like that make me wish for a bigger table on my bandsaw. Looks like yours came out great even with the juggling required!
Love it. Walnut is such a beautiful wood.
Walnut is a great pick. It took a lot of time, but turned out great and high quality as always. Keep up the great work as the goal is for us to continue to inspire others to build something awesome! 👍🏼
Absolutely gorgeous and fun project!
Looks great David! Excited to see the film stuff your coming out with too. I got back into film at the start of the pandemic and it brought back my love for photography after stagnating with digital. The resurgence is real!
Thank you! I’m actually developing a roll of film this evening!!
@Make Something awesome man, looking forward to it. I’m going to do a darkroom build in the garage soon. Should be fun
I love watching woodworkers start a with a vision and go off the cuff with how they see the steps to get to that goal. It really makes me more confident that as long as I have the basics down, then I can really use the limited tools I have to try to make something, and don’t need to follow things to the tea if I see a different way of doing something. It’s all about innovation and figuring stuff out along the way.
Fantastic work, Dave! Nicely done! 😃
I really liked the shape! Brilliant!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks for the peek inside your creative mind and the thought process that went into this build. The mirror looks fantastic!
That whole set up is very impressive. That wall literally looks like something you would see in a catalogue
Thanks!!
I’m always impressed by the creativity of your channel but this is just awesome. i want desperately to copy this, my only obstacle is finding a wall in the house that needs a mirror
This was the video I needed tonight. Sometimes you just get tired of plumb, straight and square. People will always talk about that mirror because it’s not a perfect square and that’s awesome.
Dude, your bandsaw call was brilliant! I love this concept.
Just an awesome, inspirational, vid. Could do it with a jigsaw or a coping saw (i don’t have a bandsaw), you could do the ’roundover’ freehand with a rasp and/or sander to add another dimension of organic shape. Love it.
Dave is one of the very creative woodworker I see on the net. I love your vids.
I would have thought that a funky, “organic” shape like that would drive me nuts, but that turned out really cool.
I love your videos dude. If you don’t mind, I do have a pointer for your hanging hardware. I would recommend putting the hardware approx. a third down from the top and when you tie your wire on, pull it as taught as possible. Wire will stretch and sag overtime so if you use the plastic coated wound wire and pull it taught, you’ll get a closer hang to the wall, a neater finish to the piece, and a longer lasting solution.
I know your vids are about having fun making stuff. I just spent 4 years selling and making frames and I couldn’t help but share this tip. Take it or leave it and thank you for the excellent vids
Thanks!
This is a super sharp looking mirror. I love to watch you build projects when you kinda create them as you go. When I first caught a glimpse of the mirror, I thought of the “Jetson’s” logo. Do you remember that shape?
I’ve always thought it would be cool to name one of my wiener dogs “Elroy”, but for some reason I never have. Thanks for sharing this project.
Awesome build and learned something new about cutting glass/mirror. Thank you for sharing. You are truly an inspiration to just try.