New video series from MAKE: "DiResta"

[Video Link] "DiResta" is a a new video series on MAKE.

In each episode, artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) will let us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. In this episode, Jimmy finds a slab of locust wood at an upstate New York flea market and it instantly calls out "slab bench."

DiResta: Locust Wood Bench

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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I envy people who can weld. When I weld, no matter what helmet I use, I’m utterly blinded by the light and can’t see a damn thing. So I don’t weld :(
- http://illustratorhints.com/ Jesseham
  
  I’m still seeing spots just from watching the video…
- bcsizemo
  
  It really helps if you have an auto dimming helmet. If you only do it as a hobby you can get the cheap ones for typically $50 or so.
  - http://halfbakedmaker.org Robert Baruch
    
    I’ve tried them. They dim, but I’m still blinded, even at the darkest setting. Maybe my eyes are just too sensitive to ultraviolet.
BadData

No way! I bought a table from him, I super love it, an it was *incredibly* cheap… Wait nm, that’s John diresta
- http://twitter.com/bonan bonan
  
  Thats Jimmy’s brother……Jimmy prob made it anyway….hes the handy one
wrwetzel

I hate it when people post photos and videos of welding activities without warning. One should never look at them with the naked eye. Welding goggles or a mask are essential, even for brief periods.
- boristhebear
  
  100% white is white, on computer monitors. you can videotape the sun and watch it, it will not blind you.
  
  EDIT: i should have said ‘watching a video of the sun will not blind you.’ actually videotaping the sun could hurt your eyes if you’re looking through the viewfinder.
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  I hate it when people post videos of ice cream sundaes. I gain five pounds whenever I watch one.
- Swartzkip
  
  Thats only in real life. Your computer monitor can’t output massive amount of uv rays.
- IndexMe
  
  Sunglasses are sufficient due to the extra layer of glass.
sarahnocal

It’s Len Tukwilla http://www.myspace.com/video/i-the-educated-girl/len-tukwilla-driftwood-sculptor/100742288
parfae

HULK SAND!
jimh

I’m apprenticing with a master builder in the Japanese tradition. The use of planes instead of sandpaper would eliminate the need to use polyurethane to seal the wood, and the use of hammer and chisel wood joinery techniques would eliminate the need for welding and screws.
- hungryjoe
  
  I…uh…I thought you were supposed to plane, then sand. It looked like he sanded with an orbital sander, then used a cabinet scraper, then used a belt sander, then the orbital sander, then sanded by hand. That is not how I thought that was supposed to go.
  
  I wish I knew what I was doing when I’m at the workbench. At least I enjoy myself…
timquinn

The point, my dear friends, there aint no rules.
tubacat

God, I just glanced at the still photo and thought Shreck was doing something strange…
dculberson

Totally awesome!!! And I love welding, and wish I did more of it.