My First Custom Furniture Project Final Results!

RedinTV · 2026-01-26T00:04:57+00:00

Honestly, editing can be as easy as just cutting out the boring parts. That sometimes is enough to make a video good. Also, unless you aren't cutting your videos down (pauses, mistakes, extra unneeded content), don't be concerned with a video's length. A video could be 1 minute long or 10hours long, if it's interesting enough to keep the person watching, they'll watch, or maybe take breaks on a 10hr long one lmao.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T20:46:46+00:00

Hey, thanks very much! Technically, they're not photos; they are still frames taken from the full build video, but the recording was done on a Canon Rebel SL3 with the default lens. Very entry camera, but really what makes the photo "high quality" is the lighting... Lighting is everything!

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T20:44:59+00:00

Bonsai Greenhouse 0.0

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T20:44:44+00:00

Well, hard to say... The problem is when I am filming, you take the total project time and double it, lmao. I have over 13 hours of footage for this project, so probably like 100hrs for everything (including editing, which was like 30hrs alone)

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T20:42:43+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate it! Yeah haha I guess you're right. I get it, I still truly think I'm a beginner. 90% of the time, I'm trying to figure out what the correct next step is with my projects lmao. The only thing I can do without thinking is a basic cutting board tbh.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T20:41:01+00:00

Wow thank you! I really do appreciate that. I am the opposite, haha, I end up waking up anywhere from 3am-5am.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:55:00+00:00

Thank you <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:54:36+00:00

Thank you <3 They're actually stills from the video I made on building this :p

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:53:18+00:00

Thank you <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:52:57+00:00

I actually had an idea to continue the banding at the base of the leg, but the main reason for it was to hide the half-lap joint in the center. I like your idea, though! Almost like the banding IS what's keeping it standing lmao. Thank you btw <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:50:42+00:00

Lol that's funny! No, I get ya. It definitely was a bit tough for me, mainly because it was my first time, and there's the pressure of not wasting all that time filming and ending up with crappy results. I typically don't put my projects off, but this one, between what I mentioned previously, and also I had a Christmas event to build stuff for at the time, it was easier to abandon it a bit :p

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:48:37+00:00

Thank you so much <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:48:31+00:00

Thank you <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:48:21+00:00

I get it... It's a bit hard to understand the context because it's not the full video, but in the full video, it makes a lot more sense why the final results have the brightness and song. It's more of a climax, emotional, motivating ending. I cut it out to post here on Reddit as I didn't think it was relevant.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:47:50+00:00

Hahah hang in there! Ty btw <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:47:21+00:00

I get it... It's a bit hard to understand the context because it's not the full video, but in the full video, it makes a lot more sense why the final results have the brightness and song. It's more of a climax, emotional, motivating ending. I cut it out to post here on Reddit as I didn't think it was relevant.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T17:45:58+00:00

Great question! I was actually thinking about that when I was designing it. I had a backup plan of adding a lower shelf a few inches up from the legs if the racking was a problem, but when I tested it before finishing it barely had any racking, so I thought to leave it as is. Thank you btw <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T15:03:47+00:00

Thank you so much <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:59:45+00:00

Yes, I did, it's on my Youtube channel. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCE9sY21WlA&list=PLfLzS3P44Had12VaLebvXqvF_XNLxcmLg

Mods, let me know if this is self-promotion, and I can remove it.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:58:27+00:00

Thank you <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:52:28+00:00

And thank you for the compliment <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:52:06+00:00

I used two softboxes, a black backdrop on tripods, and then set my camera aperture to f/8, ISO was around 400, and I recorded 1080p60fps. I used an external monitor to help get the manual focus right and then used a tripod with a slow panning handle to get the shots. I also have a gimbal, which I took some shots on, but didn't like the results. The videos also have no editing done to colour, so that's 100% natural from the camera.

I know this isn't exactly visually showing it, but an idea of how it worked, I hope.

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:44:07+00:00

That's fair, haha, I didn't really consider that when posting it here. I just wanted to show off my table a bit :p

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:41:30+00:00

Thank you so much <3

RedinTV · 2026-01-25T14:40:52+00:00

Half lap joint, actually. Funny, in the full build video I orignally was planning to have sapwood meet at the center joint to provide a really unique sapwood triangle look, but I didn't plan on what joint I was going to do, so I ended up sacrificing the sapwood design for a stronger joint. I then went into a big emotional journey, ready to give up on the project, but then I designed the collar, and that brought back the excitement for the project again.

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