Incredible! I'm an illustrator and know absolutely nothing about carpentry , but I was hooked from the minute you picked up a tool in your hand. Your mastery of your craft is totally fascinating. Thank you for this video.
Well - I'm just in love with the craftsmanship. You probably could have built the entire mini-workbench from scratch but I like that you demonstrated how something quite ordinary could become something so beautiful and unique. Those benches will last forever due to your attention to detail. The drawer pulls are actually jewelry. My grandfather worked for a carpentry company and I have a "hope chest" that he made for my Mom. I am imagining that some day your grandkids will proudly house your creations for everyone to enjoy. Thanks so much for this video.
nice video, but I'm wondering with all equipment and tools that you have in your workshop and with that special talent why do you need to hack IKEA's product? you could have make your own sturdy brands instead of Ikea's flimsy product.
+gig970 Yes. But I already had a kitchen stand for makerfaire and got used to the mobility in my shop. IKEA solid wood stands are cheaper than I could buy the wood.
Even if the product was more expensive than just buying raw material, this is UA-cam. Brilliant people get to do things here that would be cost prohibitive to the rest of us, or maybe just don't necessarily make financial sense. I wouldn't have done this myself, because the nearest Ikea is a hundred miles away, but this was a super cool project; Call it upcycling, even though he started with a finished product. And those drawer pulls... Sexy.
I feel you could design things and make your own. I will certainly buy from you. You are so professional and you don't cut corners. Which is very hard to find. This must be your passion.
Beautifully done without a lot of babble but this video targets a specific audience due to the complexity of this project as well as needing all those tools. My favorite part are those beautiful drawer pulls. You are truly talented.
Wow, usually when you see "Ikea hack" it's just about adding fluffy thinks to a LACK table, upgrading a door, add casters... Here it's a super-duper-hack! I definitely LOVE the drawer handles. You sir have nice skills :) Keep it up :)
I wish I was this talented, I'd make my whole house, furniture, everything myself! Nice job! love the muffled sound effects while working with the wood.
Your jigs were genius! Loved them and will use this idea myself. This was interesting, because I have the same cart and wanted drawers for the kitchen. I will try to build them as you did. The cast aluminum pulls are so beautiful! So is the finished cart, bravo!! Too good for the garage.
Nice! Bought one of those off Craigslist a couple years ago and made a sharpening center out of it. Cut slots in the top for belts running down to motors below. Holds a 6" bench grinder, a 2x42 belt sander, a 10" slow wet-wheel and a short arbor with several strop wheels on it. One shelf holds the motors and the other holds grinder attachments and spare wheels. Very handy piece for $20 and a few hours head-scratching and work. Good point about the working height; I should check that. Maybe I hadn't noticed due to the actual hand position when using these tools (3-4" above the surface)? Love the 1/16' reveal...
The whole thing was amazing, but those drawer pulls really finish it off amazingly. I'm thinking I might try to make similar ones with just wood and see how it goes. Great job!
i am new and really impressive! not only ur craftmanship, but ur video recording and edit skills nail it! thanks it is very comforting to watch! thanks again!
Dude, I don't care if you make a coffin or something from Ikea product...all I'm saying is watching you work is totally enjoyable. I don't have the tools (would never be able to afford it) and I would never be able to make this with my sad clumsy hands, so I just satisfy myself by watching your video. LOL. 😍
This is a good ad for...Makerspaces! Get together with others who never got to experience Shop Class and collaborate on nice tools. Get the people interested in CAD to work up design and space needs. Win win.
I don't have the space in my small place or the tools for this project, but I appreciate learning some tricks/techniques I can use along the way. Loved this!
Interesting to see how furniture is made. Those drawers pulls are to die for! Good job. Tx for sharing. PS I love the wheels.. I have them added to most of my furniture : sofa, dresses, storage chest.
Seriously, this is amazing work. My leathercraft work is often done indoors, but the drawers in the Harbor Freight workbench I'm using now are flimsy and basically just terrible. This gives me some ideas for how to add better (and additional) drawers to a pretty decent base. Thanks for the great video!
That was very entertaining. Expected an amateur video on how to modify 5% of an IKEA table, yet got the complete opposite :D My man is envious of your tools
This is just what I need for craft supplies when I want to work on my veranda in the summer. Something easy to move around. It's really cool looking but I have to wonder just how much more money you put into it. Just curious. Thanks for posting. Love to watch a man at work!
Sweet upcycle! I don't know what you do outside of UA-cam, but you must be a pro at it. Everything you make is super clean and precise. Really enjoying your videos and the quality of your work!
Very nice. When I saw the video of making handles, was sure you were building fancy furniture for your home or a wealthy customer, not merely simple shop drawers.
I saw this video in my subscription feed and thought to myself "Ugh why did I subscribe to him" (its the first video that you've uploaded since subscribing) but clicked the video anyway... totally forgot how awesome it is to see a craftsmen at work. Great job, looks superb.
These are absolutely perfect! Simple & worth every effort you put into them & can be used for a whole host of purposes! THUMBS & TOES UP!! I would use them as taborets & also in the kitchen would be quite handy!
Well, I'll be da..... That was brilliant work, both the project and the film! Kudos indeed! I really enjoyed to see your pattern overlay in the sawing sequence, for example....
Being a female who doesn't have half the skill or the tools to "hack" something like this. I am going to step out on a limb and say that maybe this was Brian's version of a "hack". I have seen countless hacks that I wouldn't bother with. But this my friend is truly beautiful, but I do agree with some of the comments, for the $60 bucks you spent at IKEA, you could have spent that on materials and built it from scratch. My only question is Will you make me one? Do you have a site that will let me buy one?? I love love this completely. You are very, very talented. Keep up the beautiful work.
cindy chan Me, too. Tool envy indeed! And skills. All I have at home was a traditional handsaw, a sad looking hammer, and a set of rustic screwdriver. 😂 I'd need weeks to finish one of these drawers with my skills, cuts my hands here and there, got my thumb swollen a dozen times with the hammer. ...and the end product would be garbage. LMAO. A man with skilled hands is the most valuable asset in your house.
nice project but you have all the tools and skill to do it which most people do not. the time and energy spent, plus cost of materials - did you really save anything? or did you do the project for the mere delight of doing so? you do have a nice shop, super tools and amazing skills. great job. nice gadget for the angle slots for screws. i am wowed. excellant workmanship. do you live in Toronto?
This is the coolest video I´ve seen in a loong time! Nice job. Amazing editing, really cool project, smooth transitions, and generally really really cool video. Thanks for sharing!
They're beautiful. The one thing I did not understand about your design is why did you install the draws along the middle of the table legs? Why not at the top, directly under the table surface, allowing larger storage space on that bottom shelf and not that awkward space between the drawers and the table surface?
+Mari Bel Thanks! My thought behind that was that it would be nice to have an open shelf directly under the work surface as well. Almost like 4 equal drawers. Two of them are open top and bottom...
Please, tell me how is the blue gig called ?? The one that you used to drill holes in the planks that you used on the side of the workbench. Thanks in advance ! And compliments for the wonderful craftsmanship!
These comments are great, about evenly divided between people offended that you generally need to use tools to build things, and people offended that you didn't fabricate every single component yourself. You can't win...
Actually he can win and he did. People will always disagree, but the conversation and activity on UA-cam creates views, subscribers, advertising dollars. So you win, no matter what.
I was following right along with this project, thinking oh yeah, this is great, I can do this... then he busted out the casted handles. So that's way, way beyond my skill set :) Awesome job, but I will be buying my handles!
I was sure those elegant handles were going on a nice desk. When he'd said they were designed so not to catch on clothing, and positioned off-center to be out of the way, they made sense. I sure want to make some castings too.
First off, they are great! Did you need swivel casters since you are picking up the front end? Woodcraft sells a very nice swivel caster with a 1/2" center hole. You provide your own bolt. They are very good casters, I've been using for years.
+Tom's Dreamshop Worx I didn't need them to swivel and I actually welded them straight. I do rely on the trailing offset to increase the footprint, however. I'll have to look into Woodcraft next time- I went everywhere else!
Only you could take 50 IKEA piece and make it a 1000 table.... Amazing work like always and I am jealous of your attention to detail and cleanliness. Although I am surprised that you didn't have the casters turned on a lathe instead of using the grinder.... LOL
+Drake Yeah, I might make a collar for those eventually, but there is a moment (especially when you are filming a project) that you say it is time to finish this and move on to something else. I really wish I had a lathe, but I am holding out for a Southbend Heavy 10 currently... I think it would be a perfect companion to casting stuff.
Now I really understand why handmade furniture costs so much. All that effort should be rewarded!
Incredible! I'm an illustrator and know absolutely nothing about carpentry , but I was hooked from the minute you picked up a tool in your hand. Your mastery of your craft is totally fascinating. Thank you for this video.
you dont merely need ikea, your craftmanship is much more better than ikea products, casting of handle is so neat.
Well - I'm just in love with the craftsmanship. You probably could have built the entire mini-workbench from scratch but I like that you demonstrated how something quite ordinary could become something so beautiful and unique. Those benches will last forever due to your attention to detail. The drawer pulls are actually jewelry. My grandfather worked for a carpentry company and I have a "hope chest" that he made for my Mom. I am imagining that some day your grandkids will proudly house your creations for everyone to enjoy. Thanks so much for this video.
He's got serious skills and tools too, if this is not his job, he is certainly serious hobbyist. Love to watch the working process, beautiful!!!
nice video, but I'm wondering with all equipment and tools that you have in your workshop and with that special talent why do you need to hack IKEA's product? you could have make your own sturdy brands instead of Ikea's flimsy product.
+gig970 Yes. But I already had a kitchen stand for makerfaire and got used to the mobility in my shop. IKEA solid wood stands are cheaper than I could buy the wood.
I had just the very same thought
Even if the product was more expensive than just buying raw material, this is UA-cam. Brilliant people get to do things here that would be cost prohibitive to the rest of us, or maybe just don't necessarily make financial sense. I wouldn't have done this myself, because the nearest Ikea is a hundred miles away, but this was a super cool project; Call it upcycling, even though he started with a finished product. And those drawer pulls... Sexy.
I could watch a skillful person like you all day.
Wow. I would not call this a hack. Nothing hacking about your awesome carpenter techniques. Great video production!
I feel you could design things and make your own. I will certainly buy from you. You are so professional and you don't cut corners. Which is very hard to find. This must be your passion.
Beautifully done without a lot of babble but this video targets a specific audience due to the complexity of this project as well as needing all those tools. My favorite part are those beautiful drawer pulls. You are truly talented.
+Lyon Still thank you!
Do you never aspire to anything?
This is exactly why I bought these too! I didn’t do the major modifications but I love my mobile work bench!
Yup. I could see the potential. Especially for a small shop!
Wow, usually when you see "Ikea hack" it's just about adding fluffy thinks to a LACK table, upgrading a door, add casters... Here it's a super-duper-hack!
I definitely LOVE the drawer handles. You sir have nice skills :)
Keep it up :)
+Alexandre EYLER Thanks! There are some people in the comments that are pissed that I didn't hot glue some sea shell to them :)
@Alexandre I totally agree this cart is a masterpiece. I am in awe of the craftsmanship!
This is not a hack. This is carpentry
Exactly, not everybody has all those tools!
And in the next video: Metallurgy
'IKEA Hack' has been a term used for years.. get off your semantics high horse.
Aaron Joseph jeez I was admiring his skill and my lack there of. You’re not a decent person huh? Sorry got that
Seems like hassle
A man with a vision, a mission, the right tools and a looooot of time. Great job!
looot
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I wish I was this talented, I'd make my whole house, furniture, everything myself! Nice job! love the muffled sound effects while working with the wood.
jeez, talk about making it look easy. incredible work
Your jigs were genius! Loved them and will use this idea myself.
This was interesting, because I have the same cart and wanted drawers for the kitchen. I will try to build them as you did.
The cast aluminum pulls are so beautiful! So is the finished cart, bravo!! Too good for the garage.
There is no way this is called a hack. Congratulations Sir, you are actually a master craftsman
The results from all that work .... it's gorgeous!! And that custom alum handle... beautiful!!!
hugely entertaining, I have zero DIY skills but I am strangely addicted to watching those that have.......you are seriously good.
Those are the nicest redesigned and finished workshop tables in existence. Well done.
Totally brilliant. Can't believe this are going into your workshop! They look good enough for a house any day!
Nice!
Bought one of those off Craigslist a couple years ago and made a sharpening center out of it. Cut slots in the top for belts running down to motors below. Holds a 6" bench grinder, a 2x42 belt sander, a 10" slow wet-wheel and a short arbor with several strop wheels on it. One shelf holds the motors and the other holds grinder attachments and spare wheels. Very handy piece for $20 and a few hours head-scratching and work.
Good point about the working height; I should check that. Maybe I hadn't noticed due to the actual hand position when using these tools (3-4" above the surface)?
Love the 1/16' reveal...
+Keith Green Thanks! The older model of the cart is even sturdier that the ones I used. Originally, the cart legs were a full 2"!
Wow. The custom drawer pulls really put it over the top. Well done.
+Warren Postma Thanks!
I don't know why I'm watching this, I pay extra just to assemble a simple IKEA stepladder stool, lol. But I'm absolutely mesmerized like a cat.
Awesome work. Thanks for sharing this all with us! Also love how you show the parts of the board as you cut it on the table saw. looks great!
Gotta say... High-Speed carpentry is almost hypnotic, along with the enhanced sounds!
Your craftsmanship is excellent!
I appreciate the overlay when you were cutting the drawers. That was really interesting!
The whole thing was amazing, but those drawer pulls really finish it off amazingly. I'm thinking I might try to make similar ones with just wood and see how it goes. Great job!
i am new and really impressive! not only ur craftmanship, but ur video recording and edit skills nail it! thanks it is very comforting to watch! thanks again!
I love the ingenuity that goes into your projects.
Dude, I don't care if you make a coffin or something from Ikea product...all I'm saying is watching you work is totally enjoyable. I don't have the tools (would never be able to afford it) and I would never be able to make this with my sad clumsy hands, so I just satisfy myself by watching your video. LOL. 😍
This is a good ad for...Makerspaces! Get together with others who never got to experience Shop Class and collaborate on nice tools. Get the people interested in CAD to work up design and space needs. Win win.
I don't have the space in my small place or the tools for this project, but I appreciate learning some tricks/techniques I can use along the way. Loved this!
The most enjoyable fabrication video I have ever watched... and I watch alot, I mean alot, of these types of videos. Well done!
they would improve a kitchen as well as a workshop. Awesome job, especially the drawer pulls. Learned a lot.
Interesting to see how furniture is made. Those drawers pulls are to die for! Good job. Tx for sharing. PS I love the wheels.. I have them added to most of my furniture : sofa, dresses, storage chest.
dang, this isn't hack, there's barely anything IKEA in there, this is a work of art!
Wow what a difference and I love those handles....off to watch they're beginnings. Great build 👍🏼😊
Seriously, this is amazing work. My leathercraft work is often done indoors, but the drawers in the Harbor Freight workbench I'm using now are flimsy and basically just terrible. This gives me some ideas for how to add better (and additional) drawers to a pretty decent base. Thanks for the great video!
+Jason Wallace Thanks! Glad you found it useful!
That was very entertaining. Expected an amateur video on how to modify 5% of an IKEA table, yet got the complete opposite :D
My man is envious of your tools
+Adria Ciute Thanks!
👌 Man, that drawer pull 👌
Most useful part is seeing how you assemble drawer slides and drawer faces.
Honestly how much more money did you spend on the additional material?
Nice use of spacers for the drawers and adding the glides. This just solved a problem for me.
This is just what I need for craft supplies when I want to work on my veranda in the summer. Something easy to move around. It's really cool looking but I have to wonder just how much more money you put into it. Just curious. Thanks for posting. Love to watch a man at work!
Even his "one time use" jigs have a better look than my finished projects!
Sweet upcycle! I don't know what you do outside of UA-cam, but you must be a pro at it. Everything you make is super clean and precise. Really enjoying your videos and the quality of your work!
So handy to see that process before i build my first drawer unit, thank you!
Holy crap, that was awesome. Both the product and the way you've produced the video!
Awesome work. I enjoy watching somebody take something basic and making it much better. amiright!
Wow. Nicely done. Those drawer pulls are amazing.
Very impressive build. The drawer pulls are exquisite! Thank you sir!
Nice effective dust collection on the tablesaw! Good project. Doug
a wonderful IKEA hack ... I'm speechless!
Very good work but very harder a simple workbench. The result is amazing bravo!
Beautiful in both redesign, detail, and fab.
What you’ve made is better quality than the ikea thing👍although the end product is excellent 😃
Wow that was a lot of work… You're very talented.
Very nice. When I saw the video of making handles, was sure you were building fancy furniture for your home or a wealthy customer, not merely simple shop drawers.
Just superb. And for the all the naysayers complaining that he should have just scratch built the entire units, where's the fun in that?
This video is fantastic! Loved how meticulously you worked.
I saw this video in my subscription feed and thought to myself "Ugh why did I subscribe to him" (its the first video that you've uploaded since subscribing) but clicked the video anyway... totally forgot how awesome it is to see a craftsmen at work.
Great job, looks superb.
These are absolutely perfect!
Simple & worth every effort you put into them & can be used for a whole host of purposes!
THUMBS & TOES UP!!
I would use them as taborets & also in the kitchen would be quite handy!
Whoooa. Some next level stuff once you add those handles on. Great job, Brian! Something for us mere mortals to aspire to haha.
"Heightens the perceived quality" Love it!
Genius! Love your process! It was fun to watch. Why an IKEA Hack when you clearly have the skills to create your own?
Biff Yeager I wonder too.
Well, I'll be da..... That was brilliant work, both the project and the film! Kudos indeed! I really enjoyed to see your pattern overlay in the sawing sequence, for example....
That finish is super clean my friend. Well done
Wow, this is one talented guy!
+Rita Miller Ha! Thanks!
Very impressive bit of a work. IT came together nicely and the end result is quite lovely, not just functional. Subscribed!
Astounding! Those look incredible.
Being a female who doesn't have half the skill or the tools to "hack" something like this. I am going to step out on a limb and say that maybe this was Brian's version of a "hack". I have seen countless hacks that I wouldn't bother with. But this my friend is truly beautiful, but I do agree with some of the comments, for the $60 bucks you spent at IKEA, you could have spent that on materials and built it from scratch. My only question is Will you make me one? Do you have a site that will let me buy one?? I love love this completely. You are very, very talented. Keep up the beautiful work.
high quality project as always! Really like your videos Brian!
+Felix Dietz Thanks!
I love watching! No way I could ever do this! But man, this is a great craft! No way a hack! 👌🏽
loved your video, straight to the point and informative, others babble too much which I often have to fast forward. subscribed.
Some day I’m gonna know enough about carpentry and metal working to do the stuff you do and I’m excited for that day
Prepare the mind you wish to inhabit!
Wow! Not just a hack but a significant reengineer.
wow i seriously have tool envy. with what you have you could make anything and everything. so cool
cindy chan
Me, too. Tool envy indeed!
And skills.
All I have at home was a traditional handsaw, a sad looking hammer, and a set of rustic screwdriver. 😂
I'd need weeks to finish one of these drawers with my skills, cuts my hands here and there, got my thumb swollen a dozen times with the hammer.
...and the end product would be garbage. LMAO.
A man with skilled hands is the most valuable asset in your house.
nice project but you have all the tools and skill to do it which most people do not. the time and energy spent, plus cost of materials - did you really save anything? or did you do the project for the mere delight of doing so? you do have a nice shop, super tools and amazing skills. great job. nice gadget for the angle slots for screws. i am wowed. excellant workmanship. do you live in Toronto?
Neat idea.
I liked the dark wood on the outside-was so pretty!
0:44 wait a minute...that thing looks like one of the turbolators you used for your oil burner.. Great job on both projects.
+Kalle Klæp Good eye! Was on the table when I needed to mark 4 equidistant holes...
This is the coolest video I´ve seen in a loong time! Nice job. Amazing editing, really cool project, smooth transitions, and generally really really cool video. Thanks for sharing!
You’re a master craftsmen- beautiful work 👏
Man, I love your work and your tools.
Not a Hack xD
You really didnt need the ikea shelf for this xD
But awesome to watch
They're beautiful. The one thing I did not understand about your design is why did you install the draws along the middle of the table legs? Why not at the top, directly under the table surface, allowing larger storage space on that bottom shelf and not that awkward space between the drawers and the table surface?
+Mari Bel Thanks! My thought behind that was that it would be nice to have an open shelf directly under the work surface as well. Almost like 4 equal drawers. Two of them are open top and bottom...
Brian Oltrogge That does make sense
Please, tell me how is the blue gig called ?? The one that you used to drill holes in the planks that you used on the side of the workbench. Thanks in advance ! And compliments for the wonderful craftsmanship!
Nice work.
With all of the work you put in, it's hard even recognize that the project is an Ikea hack.
I admire people like you! Those smart office-wannabes have no clue :-) Very nice work!!
These comments are great, about evenly divided between people offended that you generally need to use tools to build things, and people offended that you didn't fabricate every single component yourself. You can't win...
Actually he can win and he did. People will always disagree, but the conversation and activity on UA-cam creates views, subscribers, advertising dollars. So you win, no matter what.
Of course tools are always needed. But call it "hack" with that kind of skill and heavy machinery ? Are you kidding me ?
Those drawer pulls are fantastic!
Thanks!
I was following right along with this project, thinking oh yeah, this is great, I can do this... then he busted out the casted handles. So that's way, way beyond my skill set :) Awesome job, but I will be buying my handles!
I was sure those elegant handles were going on a nice desk. When he'd said they were designed so not to catch on clothing, and positioned off-center to be out of the way, they made sense. I sure want to make some castings too.
Unfortunately I have none of the tools and equipment you use. But loved watching you do it! Nice job.
witch part of this was a hack again?
Using the Ikea name.
using the word ‘witch’
@@frankhasan I'm human, your point is?
Hi
I love your work
I have seen loads of works on ebay but your work has class
👌👌👌👍👍👍
First off, they are great! Did you need swivel casters since you are picking up the front end? Woodcraft sells a very nice swivel caster with a 1/2" center hole. You provide your own bolt. They are very good casters, I've been using for years.
+Tom's Dreamshop Worx I didn't need them to swivel and I actually welded them straight. I do rely on the trailing offset to increase the footprint, however. I'll have to look into Woodcraft next time- I went everywhere else!
Outstanding Sir !. Great instructional video for me. Thanks for showing the box build and install, and especially the drawer glides..
Your welcome. Thanks for the comment!
This is more than a hack.... looks really good. Guess the missus wanted them back into the kitchen :)
This is no Hack. This is a master class.
Only you could take 50 IKEA piece and make it a 1000 table.... Amazing work like always and I am jealous of your attention to detail and cleanliness. Although I am surprised that you didn't have the casters turned on a lathe instead of using the grinder.... LOL
+Drake Yeah, I might make a collar for those eventually, but there is a moment (especially when you are filming a project) that you say it is time to finish this and move on to something else. I really wish I had a lathe, but I am holding out for a Southbend Heavy 10 currently... I think it would be a perfect companion to casting stuff.