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10-07-2008, 08:29 PM
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| | School Project Name: George City: Fuquay Varina State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 48  10-07-2008, 08:29 PM
Hi all,
Alex had a school project that I wanted to share with you. He made this video about pen making (with a twist). He shot and edited all the video himself, which was a rule of the project. Some of you may remember seeing Alex shooting video at Scott Smith's sawmill demo during the recent shop crawl, some of that footage is seen here. Sorry for the small size of the clip, the original is over 300 meg and 5 minutes long so we had to mega-compress it.
View in browser http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showp...91&ppuser=2069
download link http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/...atum_small.wmv
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10-07-2008, 10:44 PM
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Name: Robert Arrowood City: Mount Holly State: NC County: Gaston Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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WOW!! Little man you do great work! |  
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10-07-2008, 11:07 PM
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Name: Todd Vaughn City: Holly Springs State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Absolutely awesome, Alex!!!!  Wonderful pen, very creative work done with the camera. Makes me want to go out buy a lathe and get some lessons from you.
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10-07-2008, 11:22 PM
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Name: Kevin City: Davidson State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 33 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Awesome work on the pen and the video. Simply amazing. Okay so please do a video tutorial on the Celtic knot. I have been thinking about trying one of those and this video will help but it would be awesome to see an explanation and with the video skills that you have plus you pen skills I know I would pay to have a copy of it, more money for college. | |
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10-07-2008, 11:26 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by rcflyer23  Awesome work on the pen and the video. Simply amazing. Okay so please do a video tutorial on the Celtic knot. I have been thinking about trying one of those and this video will help but it would be awesome to see an explanation and with the video skills that you have plus you pen skills I know I would pay to have a copy of it, more money for college. I second that!!!!!!!!!!
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10-08-2008, 12:07 AM
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Name: George City: Fuquay Varina State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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WOW! I knew many of you would like this but I'm blown away by the responses. You see Alex has been into video and editing for much longer than he has been interested in pen turning. I see his work on a regular basis and have become accustomed to his work. With that said however, I must admit he exceed my wildest expectations with this project. Alex shot almost 2 hours of video, beginning on the Saturday of the shop crawl and then on two additional days in the shop. He shot nearly every second of every step of the making of this pen. His first rough edit was just over 22 minutes. The project rules limit a video to a maximum of 5 minutes. His finished product was 4 minutes 59.97 seconds. The rules also do not allow any other actors without written consent which is why the video of the saw mill demo was so edited. It's not that we couldn't get consent, we just didn't have the time.
This project was not for a grade but a nationwide contest in which a student can use art, photos, video, dance or music to express the word WOW! I think he nailed it!
As for making a video demo of making a Celtic know, I'm sure he would love to tackle that project.
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10-08-2008, 12:53 AM
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Name: Bas City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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OK, two questions:
- Are there more videos like this (The Homework Identity, The Homework Supremacy?)
- Does he teach classes?
I don't know which is more impressive, the woodworking or the video work. Outstanding work.
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10-08-2008, 01:38 AM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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10-08-2008, 09:54 AM
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Name: Scott Smith City: New Hill State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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George (and Alex),
OUTSTANDING! Both the Doc and I thoroughly enjoyed the video (as well as the end product!).
Best of success to you in the national competition!
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10-08-2008, 10:10 AM
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Name: Mike City: Westfield State: NC County: Stokes Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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All i get is a black screen and some cool music, would love to SEE the video.
OK after and hour of searching and downloading I finally got to see the vid.
GREAT WORK!!!
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10-08-2008, 10:11 AM
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Name: Jimmy City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Phenomenal !
Alex has done a wonderful job, and I hope that he gets all of the credit due for it .
BTW George, now I know that the tablesaw has been used at least once  .
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10-08-2008, 10:15 AM
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Name: Charles City: Wilmington State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Alex and George, be proud. Great job on the filming and the pen. | |
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10-08-2008, 10:18 AM
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Name: Phil Ashley City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 34 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Outstanding! If that didn't get an A I don't know what would. | |
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10-08-2008, 10:35 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great work, Alex! Cool in many ways!
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10-08-2008, 10:54 AM
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Name: Charley City: Kannapolis State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: May 2008 Age: 67 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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WOW !!!
What a great video.
I own a bunch of woodworking instruction videos, and none are as good as this one. Alex is a very talented guy. He will do well in this world, no matter what he decides to take on. What amazes me the most is how well he gets the information across without speaking a word.
Would it be possible to post the full video on this site, or maybe make some DVD copies available for sale? I would sure love to see it and would be happy to pay for a copy. This might even be a way to help him with college expenses. I'm sure that he could sell a bunch of them.
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10-08-2008, 01:35 PM
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Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 63 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Move over Nahm and make room for Alex
And the music is a big improvement over the sound of the DC and jointer
Roger
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I haven't done a lot of video editing, but I've done my share of editing writing. It is VERY hard and time consuming to condense something in its entirety down to something so minimal in length and still get the result that you initially hoped for. Without having seen the full footage, I'd say that you nailed it with this cut. Couldn't be any better. Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship on both ends of the lense and that is difficult, if not impossible to find, at any age. Alex, forget pens for college. Just keep doing your thing and colleges and eventually companies will be lining up for your services. 
