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Kelly Maxwell. - Charles Brock, 02:04.100 --> 02:05.400 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% good to see you. 02:05.400 --> 02:06.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Oh, it's so nice to be here in your shop 02:06.800 --> 02:08.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% in Nashville, Tennessee. 02:10.166 --> 02:14.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% It's interesting that we were neighbors, almost, 02:14.533 --> 02:18.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% in Columbus, Georgia for a long time. 02:18.133 --> 02:21.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% We knew of each other, but we had never met each other. 02:21.233 --> 02:25.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% Then we moved to Nashville, Tennessee and we became friends. 02:25.533 --> 02:27.100 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:37.5% - Yeah, I mean, it's kind of crazy. 02:27.100 --> 02:28.233 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Had a mutual friend there, 02:28.233 --> 02:30.300 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% but never met each other in person. 02:30.300 --> 02:34.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% - Well, you do some amazing work. 02:34.233 --> 02:39.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% And the wood selection that you have is just tremendous. 02:41.900 --> 02:45.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% Live edge is a big thing 02:45.666 --> 02:49.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% in the world of furniture and decorating 02:49.800 --> 02:52.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% and woodworking these days. 02:52.133 --> 02:56.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% You're kind of my king of the live edge. 02:56.333 --> 02:57.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - Well, I thank you on that. 02:57.566 --> 02:59.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% Kind of interestingly enough, 02:59.500 --> 03:02.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% you know, live edge has been around for generations. 03:02.966 --> 03:04.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I mean, you might know a gentleman 03:04.600 --> 03:06.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% by the name of George Nakashima. 03:06.833 --> 03:09.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% He actually made it famous back in his day. 03:09.833 --> 03:13.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - Yeah, "The Soul of a Tree." - Exactly. Exactly. 03:13.200 --> 03:17.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. Well, Kelly, what exactly is live edge? 03:17.833 --> 03:21.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - Live edge is the outside portion of the tree 03:21.333 --> 03:23.400 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% without the bark. 03:23.400 --> 03:25.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% We really don't wanna leave the bark on. 03:25.633 --> 03:27.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Majority of the time in the drying process, 03:27.500 --> 03:28.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% it's gonna fall off. 03:29.900 --> 03:31.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% But it also, if you leave it on, 03:31.533 --> 03:34.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% will actually cause an issue with creating bugs, 03:34.133 --> 03:36.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% or bugs will want to come and live in it, 03:36.400 --> 03:37.800 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and that's not a good thing. 03:37.800 --> 03:39.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% So we take all of our bark off 03:39.800 --> 03:43.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% and actual live edge is just the outside of the tree 03:43.533 --> 03:45.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% or the outer layer of the tree. 03:45.633 --> 03:48.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% - And so some people might see those things as faults, 03:48.933 --> 03:51.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% but you celebrate them. 03:51.300 --> 03:54.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Yeah, I mean, the beauty that's found in it, 03:54.066 --> 03:59.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% you can create endless amounts of furniture designs 04:00.266 --> 04:03.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% with live edge by either cutting some of it off 04:03.300 --> 04:06.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% or leaving the live edge there completely. 04:06.333 --> 04:09.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Just the raw organic beauty is, 04:11.100 --> 04:12.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% that's the stunning part about it. 04:12.666 --> 04:16.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - So if you want your furniture 04:16.800 --> 04:21.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% or a piece in your house to look really organic, 04:21.100 --> 04:24.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% then live-edge furniture might be for you. 04:24.300 --> 04:26.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Yeah, I mean, and we tend to think 04:26.633 --> 04:30.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% that it's only for a log cabin or a rustic-style place, 04:30.033 --> 04:33.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% but no, it actually will bring a lot of energy 04:33.466 --> 04:38.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and a renewed life into the, 04:38.433 --> 04:41.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% a modern style or even a contemporary home. 04:41.800 --> 04:45.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% We do a lot of fireplaces now with live-edge mantles on it 04:45.200 --> 04:49.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% just because you're bringing that piece of nature 04:49.633 --> 04:51.033 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% into the home. 04:51.033 --> 04:55.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - Piece behind us, I think is a beautiful example 04:55.600 --> 04:59.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% of your art, the composition and everything. 04:59.733 --> 05:03.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% But it's also a multimedia piece. 05:03.500 --> 05:07.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% You have more than just this beautiful wood. 05:07.733 --> 05:09.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% - It's an award-winning design 05:09.166 --> 05:12.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% from Western Design Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming 05:12.533 --> 05:17.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% that I designed with Anthony Martin of Red Tail Forge Works. 05:17.000 --> 05:21.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% We used spalted bigleaf maple burl, 05:21.700 --> 05:24.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% and it's extremely spalted. 05:24.333 --> 05:29.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And then he created aspen trees all out of steel. 05:29.100 --> 05:33.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% The trees actually have 5,000 leaves on it, 05:33.400 --> 05:34.666 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% believe it or not. 05:37.433 --> 05:41.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% It's all hand done, done out. It's really a cool piece. 05:41.300 --> 05:45.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Yeah, now, spalting, a lot of your slabs, 05:45.866 --> 05:49.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% live-edge slabs, have spalting. 05:49.900 --> 05:51.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% What is spalting? 05:51.266 --> 05:53.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% - Spalting is decaying wood. 05:53.100 --> 05:55.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% And there's different colors 05:55.366 --> 05:58.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% of the spalt marks will be different funguses. 05:58.133 --> 06:01.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% It's a fungus that's in the wood that's starting to decay. 06:02.633 --> 06:04.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% You let it go to a certain point, and then you stop. 06:04.733 --> 06:08.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% If you go too far, you've just got rotted, punky wood. 06:08.500 --> 06:11.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% But if you stop at the right part, you have beautiful, 06:11.666 --> 06:14.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% I mean, it is just absolutely breathtaking 06:14.933 --> 06:17.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and can be used from everything from furniture, 06:17.000 --> 06:19.200 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% to bowls, to pens. 06:20.533 --> 06:23.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - So, Kelly, you call this composition "Entwined." 06:23.333 --> 06:24.666 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% What does that mean? 06:24.666 --> 06:26.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - The name "Entwined" is my interpretation. 06:26.500 --> 06:31.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Aspen trees are the largest plant out there, 06:31.100 --> 06:33.666 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% entwined because they're entwined through the root systems. 06:33.666 --> 06:36.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% They speak and live a lifestyle together. 06:36.533 --> 06:40.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% The spalted maple speaks to me of the root systems 06:40.400 --> 06:44.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% and the intertwining of those root systems and life together 06:44.533 --> 06:46.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and taking it back to life in general, 06:46.633 --> 06:49.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% that we're all entwined in each other. 06:49.300 --> 06:54.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - Well, your work is very entwined, 06:55.200 --> 06:57.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% but you started out as a kid. 06:57.733 --> 07:00.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% How did you get on this path 07:00.433 --> 07:02.900 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% to become the artist that you are? 07:02.900 --> 07:04.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% Not everybody takes that path. 07:04.633 --> 07:08.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% - No, man, I'm a farm boy from Kuna, Idaho, 07:09.433 --> 07:11.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% just southwest of Boise. 07:11.633 --> 07:13.033 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Grew up there my whole life. 07:13.033 --> 07:16.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I did not think I knew nothing about woodworking. 07:16.200 --> 07:18.366 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I am 100% self-taught. 07:18.366 --> 07:23.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I did not pick up woodworking until I was 36 years old. 07:23.133 --> 07:26.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And that was purely because my wife 07:26.933 --> 07:29.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and my stepdaughter came to me. 07:29.100 --> 07:31.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% My stepdaughter got engaged to be married, 07:31.466 --> 07:35.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and the wedding was coming up, and they said, 07:35.933 --> 07:37.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% "Can you build some of this furniture we see 07:37.800 --> 07:39.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% in the log home magazines?" 07:39.133 --> 07:42.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And I being the, I guess crazy guy, 07:42.766 --> 07:45.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I said, "Sure I can." (Charles chuckles) 07:45.000 --> 07:46.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I did 20 pieces for the wedding. 07:46.866 --> 07:49.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I gave some of it away, and I sold some. 07:49.633 --> 07:52.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Good friend said, "Hey, come do this little show here," 07:52.800 --> 07:54.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% throws this application out. 07:54.166 --> 07:56.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% He was my boss in EMS. I was a full-time paramedic. 07:56.500 --> 07:59.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% And he said, "Come do this little craft show." 07:59.400 --> 08:03.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Write a check for $25, and I showed up. 08:03.366 --> 08:05.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I looked like the redneck stepchild 08:05.100 --> 08:07.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% because I was in a little green beach tent. 08:07.600 --> 08:09.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I was not in a little white tent 08:09.166 --> 08:11.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% with all the other vendors. 08:11.700 --> 08:13.266 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% But I sold. 08:13.266 --> 08:16.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I went back, and that was the start of actually marketing 08:16.666 --> 08:18.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and selling log-style furniture. 08:19.633 --> 08:20.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - And so, at some point, 08:20.633 --> 08:25.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% you left your day job as an EMT 08:26.966 --> 08:29.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and you tackled the world of being self-employed 08:29.533 --> 08:31.500 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% as an artist. 08:31.500 --> 08:32.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - Yeah, I did that. 08:32.866 --> 08:35.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And 10 years ago we moved to Nashville, Tennessee. 08:35.600 --> 08:38.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% At that time, I retired my paramedic license. 08:38.266 --> 08:42.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Before that, I had worked full-time, 08:42.866 --> 08:44.900 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% or part-time at least, as a paramedic. 08:44.900 --> 08:48.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% But when I moved to Nashville, I retired 10 years ago 08:48.266 --> 08:52.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and run a studio here in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. 08:52.300 --> 08:54.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% - Kelly, what is it about you 08:54.000 --> 08:58.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% that has helped you become the artist you are today? 09:00.433 --> 09:05.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% - Man, me stumbling on myself, creating something, 09:07.866 --> 09:12.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% a natural drive to find the next thing, 09:12.733 --> 09:14.333 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% push it to the next level. 09:15.566 --> 09:17.333 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% It's not easy. 09:17.333 --> 09:20.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% It's blood, sweat, and tears. I mean, it literally is. 09:20.733 --> 09:25.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% If you think that it's going to be a easy thing, 09:25.033 --> 09:27.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% you go out and set up a website, market, 09:27.400 --> 09:29.066 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% and everything else, 09:29.066 --> 09:33.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% you're gonna be working 100, 200 hours a week. 09:33.033 --> 09:34.433 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% And that's fictitious, 09:34.433 --> 09:38.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% but you live this job 24/7 if you want to market. 09:38.266 --> 09:40.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% You can't just build art. 09:40.366 --> 09:42.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% You gotta learn how to market it, too. 09:42.200 --> 09:45.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% And that's what I've learned to do 09:47.800 --> 09:52.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% is to design furniture that's functional. 09:53.533 --> 09:54.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% Not just look good, 09:54.833 --> 09:57.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% but it's gotta serve a purpose, be functional, 10:00.166 --> 10:02.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and then sell it to customers 10:02.100 --> 10:05.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% that can actually use that furniture in their homes 10:05.366 --> 10:07.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and enjoy it for the rest of their lives 10:07.300 --> 10:09.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% and many other generations. 10:09.333 --> 10:10.833 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% - Well said. (saw swishes) 10:10.833 --> 10:15.800 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:35% (bright music) (saw swishes) 10:20.900 --> 10:24.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 10:30.300 --> 10:33.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 10:39.633 --> 10:43.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 10:48.666 --> 10:52.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 10:56.866 --> 11:00.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 11:06.600 --> 11:10.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 11:16.633 --> 11:20.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% (bright music continues) (saw swishes) 11:20.766 --> 11:23.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Kelly, before you return to your studio 11:23.700 --> 11:26.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and make some more beautiful furniture, 11:26.233 --> 11:30.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I want you to tell me about a few of these gorgeous pieces. 11:30.133 --> 11:35.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% This one (chuckles) is Mother Nature's delight. 11:35.733 --> 11:37.100 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% - Thanks, Chuck. 11:37.100 --> 11:38.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'll be glad to talk to you about this piece here. 11:38.266 --> 11:40.100 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% This is "The Wizard." 11:41.633 --> 11:44.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% My style has been defined over the years as being more 11:44.800 --> 11:48.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% of a nature-themed, raw, organic, 11:48.100 --> 11:50.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% taking the raw materials from nature 11:50.966 --> 11:54.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and creating a functional piece of furniture. 11:55.866 --> 12:00.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% This piece here is a young-growth redwood root. 12:01.733 --> 12:03.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I like to leave the freeform edge 12:03.600 --> 12:05.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and the gnarl and everything here. 12:05.933 --> 12:08.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So when you run your hand across it, you feel it, 12:08.833 --> 12:10.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% but it's smooth as a baby's bottom. 12:10.933 --> 12:13.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% There's no, nothing that's gonna reach out 12:13.400 --> 12:14.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% and grab you and hurt you. 12:16.200 --> 12:20.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I use a real clear, soft, natural matte finish, 12:22.600 --> 12:26.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% and the base is a western cedar root. 12:26.533 --> 12:31.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% And this one was really just perfect for this piece, 12:32.766 --> 12:36.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% as I brought the root through the top, so it- 12:36.500 --> 12:39.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% - Thus, we have the name of the piece: "The Wizard." 12:39.233 --> 12:42.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - "The Wizard." The wonderful wizard. 12:42.433 --> 12:45.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% - Now, you have done some inlay work here, 12:45.933 --> 12:48.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but it has purpose and function. 12:48.400 --> 12:49.800 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - It does, it does. 12:49.800 --> 12:51.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I mean, in furniture, the most important thing is, 12:51.933 --> 12:53.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% you can have a cool-looking design, 12:53.266 --> 12:55.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% but if it does not have functionality, 12:55.733 --> 12:59.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% it's just a hunk of wood sitting there, in my opinion. 12:59.733 --> 13:02.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% But I've taken and placed some bow ties, 13:02.600 --> 13:07.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and I opted in this piece to be a little bit progressive, 13:07.166 --> 13:10.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and I used a contrasting wood of a maple burl 13:10.933 --> 13:12.366 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% to do my inlays. 13:12.366 --> 13:15.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And I did bow ties to actually support this crack 13:15.400 --> 13:17.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% instead of filling it with epoxy. 13:17.500 --> 13:20.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% This piece has no epoxy used in it. 13:20.333 --> 13:23.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% It is literally just some old-school joinery, 13:23.466 --> 13:24.733 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% putting the pieces together. 13:24.733 --> 13:28.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - This inlay, the little bow ties here, 13:29.633 --> 13:31.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% they kind of center the eye. 13:31.566 --> 13:34.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% They pull the eye toward the piece, 13:34.266 --> 13:37.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% which is really great design. - [Kelly] Correct. 13:37.533 --> 13:38.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% And it also, at the same time, 13:38.866 --> 13:41.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% complements two different styles of burl. 13:41.033 --> 13:42.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Have you got another piece you wanna show? 13:42.733 --> 13:43.700 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% - Sure. 13:43.700 --> 13:44.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% We got a little buckeye burl, 13:44.633 --> 13:46.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% right over the top of this here. 13:46.100 --> 13:48.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% - Wow. Wall art. - That is wall art. 13:48.400 --> 13:50.266 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% I mean, it is functional art. 13:50.266 --> 13:52.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% It is just raw, organic. 13:52.233 --> 13:53.733 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% I mean, you're sitting here, 13:53.733 --> 13:57.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% you know, you can't make an abstract that's that pure. 13:58.866 --> 14:00.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% The best painter in the world cannot paint 14:00.733 --> 14:03.133 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% what nature creates. 14:03.133 --> 14:07.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - That's wonderful. Now, it's all ingrain? 14:07.200 --> 14:08.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% - This is all ingrain. 14:08.133 --> 14:09.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Actually, this is out of a root, 14:09.700 --> 14:12.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% so that's kind of a questionable. 14:12.200 --> 14:15.366 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% If it is ingrain or if it's along the grain, 14:15.366 --> 14:16.733 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% there is no grain in the root 14:16.733 --> 14:18.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% 'cause it goes every different direction, 14:18.300 --> 14:19.900 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% especially in these. 14:19.900 --> 14:21.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% But I do see some of the inlay, 14:21.466 --> 14:23.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% or some of the lines around the outside. 14:23.466 --> 14:26.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And this is where it went up into the tree. 14:26.133 --> 14:28.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% - And it's highly spalted. 14:28.266 --> 14:29.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% - Highly spalted, a lot of figure. 14:29.866 --> 14:31.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% That's what I love about buckeye 14:31.400 --> 14:33.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% is just the unique color patterns. 14:33.766 --> 14:36.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I love the contrasting of the burl, 14:36.333 --> 14:37.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% the darkness of the burl, 14:37.833 --> 14:42.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% the compression curls in the root system, the voids. 14:42.800 --> 14:45.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% 'Cause this will grow around rocks, and dirt, and clay, 14:45.666 --> 14:48.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and everything in the natural habitat where it's at. 14:48.833 --> 14:52.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% - That shows Mother Nature at its finest. 14:52.200 --> 14:53.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% - That it does. - Yeah. 14:53.600 --> 14:56.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Oh, I'd love to have that in my home. 14:56.733 --> 14:59.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Kelly, I feel like we're in Middle Earth, 14:59.900 --> 15:04.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and I'm a a little bitty guy amongst a field of mushrooms 15:06.066 --> 15:08.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% that have been cut off to make tables. 15:08.100 --> 15:09.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% (chuckles) Tell me about these. 15:09.800 --> 15:11.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% - Well, you are. 15:11.500 --> 15:14.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% - Uh-oh. We're in trouble now. - We are. 15:14.633 --> 15:16.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Let's talk about these little tables. 15:16.400 --> 15:19.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% These are a new adventure in my life. 15:19.500 --> 15:22.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% It's something I've been playing with a little bit. 15:22.266 --> 15:24.033 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% These are cluster burl logs. 15:24.033 --> 15:27.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% These are actually maple cluster burl logs. 15:27.300 --> 15:29.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And these logs have been sitting around for a while, 15:29.733 --> 15:31.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% and we've been a little bit mean to 'em. 15:31.233 --> 15:33.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% We just left them out in the elements 15:33.533 --> 15:36.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% with some of the bark on, some of the bark off. 15:36.300 --> 15:38.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Just kind of didn't take care of 'em. 15:38.533 --> 15:41.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Well, that's when nature gets to do its real work. 15:41.700 --> 15:46.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% 'Cause if you notice, we've got all these burls here, 15:46.000 --> 15:49.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and then you've got all these unique colors. 15:49.000 --> 15:51.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% There's no way you can paint all those colors 15:51.500 --> 15:53.233 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% or texture, all that in there. 15:53.233 --> 15:55.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I mean, nature made it just the way it is. 15:55.900 --> 15:59.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% All we do is come in, clean these off, 15:59.533 --> 16:02.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% flap 'em down with a flap sander situation, 16:02.966 --> 16:05.400 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% knock off the bark, clean 'em up, 16:05.400 --> 16:10.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% let 'em dry for several years, and then build a table. 16:11.766 --> 16:13.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% - [Charles] And this is just as smooth as it can be. 16:13.366 --> 16:16.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And you would think this would be rough, but it's not. 16:16.333 --> 16:18.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% - No, that's why we spend the time 16:18.433 --> 16:21.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% so you can run your hand all over the outside of it, 16:21.000 --> 16:24.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and yeah, you feel the organic, the true, 16:24.300 --> 16:26.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% like you're feeling the outside of the log. 16:26.400 --> 16:29.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% But it's all sealed, and finished, and smooth, 16:29.400 --> 16:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% where you're not gonna get tore up or cut or anything else. 16:33.000 --> 16:34.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% And this table here, Chuck, 16:34.366 --> 16:37.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% it's a little bit bigger version of the small ones. 16:37.266 --> 16:39.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Same type of situation. 16:39.133 --> 16:43.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% We cut the log in a leveler with a big sawmill, 16:43.266 --> 16:48.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% chainsaw mill, leaves these natural cluster burls around. 16:49.600 --> 16:53.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% We flap and clean the edge to literally keep it 16:53.400 --> 16:55.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% to where it shows the grain 16:55.233 --> 16:57.333 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and it looks like the raw log. 16:57.333 --> 16:59.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% We haven't put any paint or anything on this. 16:59.400 --> 17:02.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% This is the true colors of the log. 17:02.233 --> 17:04.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% We're just enhancing it with the finish 17:04.000 --> 17:06.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% that we're using on it. 17:06.033 --> 17:08.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% - And this is a cluster burl. - This is a cluster burl. 17:08.400 --> 17:12.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% If you was to cut this and look at the top side of it here, 17:12.733 --> 17:14.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% you're gonna see the burl. 17:14.066 --> 17:15.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% This is a burl. 17:15.166 --> 17:17.900 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Burls grow in the ground. 17:17.900 --> 17:19.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% They grow on the outside of the tree. 17:19.633 --> 17:22.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And sometimes you will have the whole tree here 17:22.500 --> 17:24.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% will be nothing but a big burl. 17:24.266 --> 17:27.566 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:15% - Wow. - This is just a cluster burl. 17:27.566 --> 17:31.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% So this is just a bigger version of this. 17:31.000 --> 17:32.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% - That's wonderful. 17:32.266 --> 17:34.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Doesn't have the same coloring, either. 17:34.200 --> 17:36.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - You know, what I like, Kelly, 17:36.200 --> 17:41.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% is you take what nature gives us and you enhance it. 17:42.766 --> 17:44.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% It just fits your home. 17:44.033 --> 17:46.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% - I just fluffed the dust off the top of it, 17:46.400 --> 17:48.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and yeah, they're mushroom tables. 17:48.166 --> 17:50.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% (Charles laughs) (saw swishes) 17:50.200 --> 17:53.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Well, Kelly, this is a beautiful desk 17:53.666 --> 17:57.400 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% for a moderately-sized office. 17:57.400 --> 17:58.966 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% - Yeah, it is. 17:58.966 --> 18:02.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I mean, I designed this to be perfect for the home office 18:02.233 --> 18:06.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% or even for a reception area in a small office building. 18:06.433 --> 18:08.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% It is old-growth redwood. 18:08.833 --> 18:10.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% And funny enough, 18:10.233 --> 18:12.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% when the slab came in about four or five years ago, 18:12.666 --> 18:14.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% it looked like a frog swimming. 18:14.666 --> 18:16.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% The waterfall legs are kind of sprawled 18:16.933 --> 18:18.466 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and they have two pieces. 18:18.466 --> 18:21.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Well, it had looked like feet coming off the end of it. 18:21.233 --> 18:23.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And there was a piece out here that broke off 18:23.166 --> 18:24.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and another piece over there that broke off 18:24.700 --> 18:27.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% that looked like the front legs were just pushing back 18:27.000 --> 18:28.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% like it was swimming through water. 18:28.433 --> 18:30.266 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:15% - Wow. - It's a cool piece. 18:30.266 --> 18:33.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% But this is old-growth curly redwood. 18:33.200 --> 18:35.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:70% I did a waterfall end on it, 18:35.100 --> 18:37.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and then I did a pie front leg, 18:39.300 --> 18:43.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% kind of a simple modernist-style design underneath there, 18:43.233 --> 18:45.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% to connect, to hold and support this leg 18:45.200 --> 18:48.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% that's really clean and open-aired. 18:50.566 --> 18:53.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% I used a simple natural wood finish 18:53.700 --> 18:57.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% that I use in my studio here, which is a premium hard wax. 18:57.333 --> 18:58.700 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% It's durable. 18:58.700 --> 19:01.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% It actually repels water, wine, soda, everything. 19:01.033 --> 19:02.433 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% It's phenomenal. 19:02.433 --> 19:05.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% But what I love about curly redwood is the shimmer. 19:05.266 --> 19:07.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% It reminds me of the ocean, 19:07.866 --> 19:10.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% and the soft waves coming in, 19:10.933 --> 19:14.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and the design, the ripples that are created 19:14.466 --> 19:16.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% in the sand underneath. 19:17.666 --> 19:22.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - That is just gorgeous. I think I'll take it. 19:23.366 --> 19:25.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - I'll write it up, Chuck. (Charles chuckles) 19:25.566 --> 19:30.566 align:start position:35% line:10% size:32.5% (saw swishes) (bright music) 19:34.900 --> 19:38.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 19:45.000 --> 19:48.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 19:54.566 --> 19:57.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 20:03.766 --> 20:07.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 20:11.800 --> 20:15.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 20:21.766 --> 20:25.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 20:30.766 --> 20:34.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 20:40.600 --> 20:42.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% (bright music continues) (saw swishes) 20:42.200 --> 20:46.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% - Well, this beautiful burl is ready for, to be a tabletop. 20:46.633 --> 20:49.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% You've already got it all finished and shined up, 20:49.800 --> 20:51.866 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% ready for a pedestal. 20:51.866 --> 20:54.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% You're starting to evaluate this piece here. 20:54.933 --> 20:56.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% What can you do with this? 20:56.533 --> 20:58.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - Well, this is a claro walnut. 20:58.366 --> 21:01.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% It's actually out of a walnut grove out of California, 21:01.133 --> 21:03.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% which is the only place claro walnut grows. 21:04.966 --> 21:07.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% I'm gonna create a, cut a straight line across here. 21:07.600 --> 21:10.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Then I'm gonna come up, measure it 30 inches tall 21:10.766 --> 21:13.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% 'cause I want my table to be 30 inches tall. 21:13.600 --> 21:15.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% I'm gonna cut a fold into here. 21:15.333 --> 21:17.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So I'm gonna create a continuous waterfall 21:17.633 --> 21:19.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% when I connect this leg back onto it. 21:19.700 --> 21:21.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% So it'll stand up 21:21.233 --> 21:23.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and have a waterfall fold coming across the table. 21:23.533 --> 21:25.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% - So it'll be at a 90-degree angle. 21:25.633 --> 21:27.666 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% - Correct. - With a miter joint. 21:27.666 --> 21:30.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% - Correct. I'm gonna put a couple of miters in here. 21:30.033 --> 21:31.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I'm gonna take this to a little bit more 21:31.633 --> 21:36.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% of a rustic, modern-style table, and put a dimensional, 21:37.700 --> 21:39.833 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% clean-line slab down on the bottom, 21:39.833 --> 21:42.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% probably about an inch and a quarter thick. 21:42.166 --> 21:44.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% Then I'll put a couple of legs down here on this end 21:44.300 --> 21:45.400 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% and tie that in. 21:46.466 --> 21:47.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% This is a little bit too rugged 21:47.800 --> 21:50.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% and crazy for a conventional table. 21:50.200 --> 21:51.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I'm gonna shape this off here, 21:51.866 --> 21:53.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% do a little bit of shaping up in here, 21:53.700 --> 21:56.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and trim a little bit of this trashy stuff down here. 21:56.666 --> 21:59.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% But I'm gonna leave all the raw organic 21:59.000 --> 22:02.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% of the cellular collapse in the the slab itself. 22:04.200 --> 22:07.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% - Now, this has already been flattened. 22:07.566 --> 22:10.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I bet that is a very interesting process. 22:10.900 --> 22:12.300 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% - It can be. 22:12.300 --> 22:13.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I'm lucky enough here in my studio, 22:13.833 --> 22:16.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I have a CNC, but I also have a big double-belt sander 22:16.866 --> 22:18.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% so I can surface 'em down. 22:18.533 --> 22:21.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% But the DIY person or somebody at home, 22:21.333 --> 22:24.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% smaller, a little router sled, they work great. 22:24.233 --> 22:25.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% (saw swishes) 22:25.300 --> 22:27.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% How do I make a straight line 22:29.266 --> 22:31.966 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% across the bottom of this slab 22:31.966 --> 22:34.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% when I have no barriers to base it off of? 22:36.066 --> 22:40.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I take a T-square that I've had for years, 22:40.633 --> 22:43.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I lay it in the center of my slab here, 22:43.466 --> 22:48.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and I split the difference from my live edge, 22:48.400 --> 22:49.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% making a straight line. 22:52.766 --> 22:54.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% (clamp clanks and clicks) 22:54.766 --> 22:55.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% I lock it down. 23:00.366 --> 23:02.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% (clamp rattles and clicks) 23:02.533 --> 23:07.500 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% (bright music) (saw buzzing) 23:12.500 --> 23:17.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% (bright music continues) (saw continues buzzing) 23:21.266 --> 23:26.266 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% (saw buzzes) (bright music continues) 23:30.866 --> 23:34.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 23:40.933 --> 23:44.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% (bright music continues) 23:51.333 --> 23:53.633 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% (saw whirs) 23:56.233 --> 23:57.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And then we have a straight line. 23:58.800 --> 24:02.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% (clamps clank and rattle) 24:03.433 --> 24:05.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% You can measure up. 24:05.966 --> 24:07.466 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Mark my 30 inches. 24:08.366 --> 24:09.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% After I make my measurement, 24:09.900 --> 24:12.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I'm gonna take it over to my panel saw to create my fold 24:12.666 --> 24:14.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% so I can create the waterfall in this table. 24:14.933 --> 24:18.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% - Yeah, I've done that many times myself. 24:18.300 --> 24:20.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% This requires a lot of sanding, I bet. 24:20.800 --> 24:22.100 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% - Yeah, it does, Charles. 24:22.100 --> 24:24.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% And this might be your project today. 24:24.400 --> 24:26.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% - Oh, geez. I hate sanding. 24:26.233 --> 24:28.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% - You know, you come to my shop, you gotta work. 24:28.866 --> 24:31.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - All right. Where's the sander? 24:31.166 --> 24:32.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% - Right over here. I'll get it for you. 24:32.800 --> 24:35.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% - Can't wait. I just love sanding. 24:38.033 --> 24:41.500 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% (sander buzzes and whirs) 24:42.766 --> 24:45.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% (sander whirring) 24:45.833 --> 24:49.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% - [Kelly] Here we go! 24:49.300 --> 24:51.966 align:start position:45% line:79.33% size:12.5% Whoo! 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