*Imitates the sound of the spokeshave*

January 6, 2024 3:43 AM

Tchiks is an amateur woodworker from Brussels. He makes the kind of YouTube video I enjoy: Someone making things (in this case guitars), no chat-to-camera (though there's some in-the-room chat, usually dialogue with his daughter, who is now six years old), no music (apart from the demonstration of the instrument at the end), the only sounds are workshop sounds. Since 2019 he's occasionally been uploading videos of the guitars he's been building, including the one he made out of a shelf during quarantine (because it's the only wood he could get), the one he made with one hand (because he'd broken his arm) and the detailed reproduction of Brian May's Red Special. For their latest project Tchiks and his daughter built her a bass guitar together. Even if you're not interested in videos of people building guitars, it's worth skipping to the last minute or so of this one for the demonstration.

I don't really get on with kids, but she honestly seems to be someone who's a heck of a lot of fun to be around.

posted by Grangousier (7 comments total)

I do a lot of similar woodworking and I'm astounded that he gets anything accomplished with all the camera repositioning needed (and a child to keep an eye on). In a similar quiet groove, this violin building video is very good.
posted by brachiopod at 5:22 AM on January 6 [1 favorite]

Thanks for these videos. I forwarded them to my stepdad. He doesn’t build guitars, but he has been doing woodworking in his retirement and will find this interesting.
posted by Fleebnork at 5:37 AM on January 6

I've been dabbling in guitar building the last couple of years (for my daughter who plays) and have followed this channel from the start. His progression (and broadening interest in woodworking in general is really impressive. Another luthier I like learning from is Daisy Tempest.
posted by St. Oops at 6:16 AM on January 6

Humans are pretty impressive sometimes. :-)

Thanks for sharing. Delightful.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 7:51 AM on January 6 [1 favorite]

the kind of YouTube video I enjoy: Someone making things (in this case guitars), no chat-to-camera (though there's some in-the-room chat, usually dialogue with his daughter, who is now six years old), no music (apart from the demonstration of the instrument at the end), the only sounds are workshop sounds.

I like those too.

New Yorkshire Workshop
Primitive Technology (turn on captions for this one)
PK Process
posted by flabdablet at 11:28 AM on January 6

was going to post a woodworking thread last nite but I like this one very much, thanks
posted by clavdivs at 12:58 PM on January 6

Well, that was lovely. Thank you!
posted by that's candlepin at 2:07 PM on January 8