Y'know, I don't often get angry at youtube videos, but every time I watch one of yours it makes a bit furious.. you're very good at showing me exactly what excuses I am making that keep me from producing better work. Dang it is inspiring.
My favorite projects are the ones for the shop. I liked the drinking cabinet, wardrobe, and bed, but I never get to see them again. Projects for the shop are always in the background and make the shop look so much better.
Absolutely wonderful piece. My Dad was a graphic designer specialising in lettering and could hand draw any font or type face but I remember seeing the actual type sets in drawers like this too. He loved woodwork as well and would have absolutely loved watching you work with your innovative use of materials and designs and particularly your attention to detail. I’m slowly working my way through your back catalogue of videos and thoroughly enjoying every one.
It doesn't matter what the project is, your attention to detail and precision is second to none. As always with your creations, it looks amazing when finished and mounted on the wall. I also found humour in the fact that you even used "scrap" cardboard to draw your design on ! 😂
Nice! I used to work with letter trays in the print industry. When everything modernized there was one at least in every home full of knickknacks. Nice to see a revival.
This makes me so happy to see!!! I totally forgot my mother had one in our old farm house!! She had it fill with knickKnacks and just random little things that she enjoyed.
I was a printer I started in the late 70s, retired 2001. And I started with setting type on a Heidelberg windmill. I have a lot of fond memories of learning how to become a printer. I hope you do also.
When I was an Apprentice Compositor back in 1979, I had to wreck about 100 Typecases and throw them into a skip, plus ditch a load of the wooden Poster Type. They would be worth a few quid now.
I worked in a printers that did some letterpress. The type-cases were beautiful. Wish I could have got some when they closed. Yours is very worthy of the the type :)
Incredible precision work - inspiring! I was amazed you took it all to pieces again before staining it, it must have been very tempting just to get the brush out!
I will say I made something like that a couple of years ago from pallet wood. Mine still looks like a rearranged pallet, ha ha. Yours looks like a work of art.
I think your channel is one of the best on UA-cam! I've thoroughly enjoyed each of your videos and am inspired to tackle some projects of my own. Using recycled materials of course!
Wow. Where do you get your inspiration from? Are there nights when you sleep or are you just thinking about what am I going to make next? All great results and the way they are made is relaxing to watch. Big compliment and again a sincere Dutch greeting.
Let me start out by saying that your workroom is to die for! I imagine you made all your own cabinets. They are beautiful and everything is tidy & in it's place. The amount of work you put into your pieces is amazing. Your craftsmanship is incredible, and every single piece is stunning. You are a dying breed, and I love watching you work. Thank you for sharing your passion & your talent with us!
I actually found myself drawn to looking at all the beautiful cabinets in your workshop that I sat and watched you make, all perfect, everything so neat and tidy. Its a credit to you. And I love the little trinket unit in this video..
Blimey Mate, you sure struck a 'nerve' here with this project ! ! ! In High School, (the 60's) one of our elective courses was "print shop". We were taught the art of letterpress (lead type) and the new and upcoming "Offset" press using no type but the electro etched metal sheets that went onto the offset printing presses. Most of the work that we did was with letterpress. Hand setting the type (individual letters and figures) 'in our "hand Sticks" to be placed into the "galleys" and locked tight into the letterpress frames to go onto the printing presses. was tedious. Our shop teacher, Mr. Garrets, was a very nice instructor and taught us the fine art of printing. We all had to carry our type cases to our work stations to do our composition. Every different type style and pica (size) had their own case. SO you can imagine how many type cases were in our shop. Literally dozens and dozens. Rack after rack on one wall. AND....they were "broken in" with printers ink and natural wear. But they were the necessary element in a print shop. The art of letterpress is gone and relegated to the museums these days. You really did a nice job showing us how the cases are built and assembled. The cases of yore were made of birch or other hardwood (I believe). Now to get you the type to fill this case............. 🙂
The case was a lot of fun to build. I had to guess at the construction method, but there were enough photos online to get an idea. I've learnt a lot about printing while making it :)
You know your old when you clap your hands and give a little "Whoop!" when you see Epic UpCycling has just posted a new video on UA-cam. Haha. Love all that you do. Keep up the good work. Cheers!🙌
Now that brought back a lot of memories, use to work on the old Letterpress printer over 40 years ago, one machine was so old it worked on A4 sized sheets only, it was kept just for specialty jobs, wedding embossed and de-bossed invites and table placement tags as well as the fancy business cards, the machine was brought in to Australia by the Bosses G-G-G-Grandfather for printing booklets and things, he also brought in its big brother of the same type of machine which was used to print small runs of local newspaper as well as books. I loved the fact that each generation that took over the business always made sure both printing presses would always have work run on them every day, he kept them going doing specialty work which the new bigger modern machines just could never turn out the same quality of work. It was such a strange sight when going to work, you walked into the modern workshop where we had 3 big modern offset printers churning out heaps of different things from posters to logbooks turn the corner and suddenly your transported back in time to the 1800’s, even the lighting was different to the rest of the factory, lol I loved working in that section. We had 6 different cabinets with these types of draws all kept full with different fonts and sizes. I think the best part of the job was melting down the worn type sets to generate new ones. That was done everyday it’s quite surprising at how quickly we had to replace the keys just to keep that perfect crispness of the fonts. Your workshop is really coming together, looking every inch the late 1800’s early 1900’s workshop, now that’s a setup perfect to working in nice and calming. There is something to be said working in such surroundings. Thanks for Sharing, I just love watching your videos 🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
08:50 so nice that we can always hear European birds in the background. This time it's a common wood pigeon, but I have often heard a robin or a wren singing outside.
I don’t know which is more exciting to watch, your project work or the continuing evolution of the workshop over the years. Nice to see the weights have their own little home now. 😅😅😂😂. And great job making sure you at least got one drawer (in the title). Can’t be epic without that. lol. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
How do you feel about the fact that people sometimes pay a lot of money for stuff you make out of scrap, and it looks better and it’s better made then what those people buy? No one can see anymore how f… up everything is now these days. As long as there is a stamp on it from whatever brand it must be quality. Unbelievable. The real craftsmanship is almost out the door. But not with you my friend, you are one of the last ones who knows how to do all this stuff. Great job, and a great video.
Even though the stuff he makes is made from scrap,it does not mean that they are cheap. He spends a lot of time,money and effort to do this stuff,so ...he deserves all the money in the world.
I'd love something made from unwanted timber like this. This man does wonders with it all. His talent is amazing. If I lived in his country, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. But, I can't, because I live on the opposite side of the world.
I know these typesetting boxes from my youth . When I went to school, I had a job in a department store as a decorator. During this time, 70s, I was still working with it! At that time, the advertising signs in Germany were still printed by hand!So I had a good job during my school days, I was able to earn a lot of money there! Your good work reminds me of that time! thanks a lot for your good ideas!I love to watch you work! have a good time !
Oh my God Jason, that's adorable. Beside I see how nice and warm your workshop looks now, you made everything around you very exclusive and elegant and what is really extraordinary is that you had made all from recycling materials. There is no better words for you Epic Upcycling. ❤
This is amazing. I appreciate the accuracy you can get with hand tools, and your projects are always so beautifully finished. It must be so satisfying to hear and feel the click when the pieces fit together perfectly!
I’m always amazed at your hand tool work, it has me re thinking a lot about my shop and how to tackle future projects. Always a highlight of my day when you post a video, I really enjoy seeing your projects
Thanks for including the drawing at the beginning. I was curious if you had the same attention to detail on the drawing...real shocker, you do. Thanks for sharing!
Wow Jason! I spent over $2000 buying woodworking tools yesterday, and here you are showing me up with a couple hand tools! Beautiful work, my friend. Beautiful
Wonderful work again! I have been restoring 16 original trays like yours, and would not try doing one from scratch. I have watched every single episode of your channel, and am always amazed at how you work. 😊
I learn how to set in my career, printing, but the evolution of the offset printing took over. I have a Chandler & Price printing press in my garage with a gallery of trays of type. You did a fine job on the type tray. Would you like to have a chart of where to place every letter, upper and lower case?
It’s such a pleasure to watch a craftsman work all your work is amazing and I could watch you all day. The thought and imagination you put into all your projects is inspiring. Looking forward for more as always
Magnifico Jason. And the ‘new’ tool chest looks resplendent. It’s such a treat when your videos pop into the playlist. Many many thanks. Cheers, Mandy.
I love your display case. I have a couple myself. I started taking printing in high school. First thing I had to do was just set the type for my own letterhead that brings back a lot of fond memories. As always, I love watching you work, you didn’t excellent job on this piece. The calm that washes over me when I watch you build things thank you for letting us watch you work. It turned out beautifully Kathy.
I was a hs graduate of a vocational school in the Philippines and my shop major in 4 years was printing. We had to memorize the California job case where the linotyped letters, punctuation marks and en and em spacers had specific spaces.
Work worthy of a master! I think working with hand tools is really cool! They add value to the pieces, in addition to being a beautiful thing, seeing the work being carried out! Congratulations
The shot at 16:08... you're shop is really starting to look amazing!
im seeing some white space to be filled in the future with more projects tooooo
Y'know, I don't often get angry at youtube videos, but every time I watch one of yours it makes a bit furious.. you're very good at showing me exactly what excuses I am making that keep me from producing better work.
Dang it is inspiring.
My favorite projects are the ones for the shop. I liked the drinking cabinet, wardrobe, and bed, but I never get to see them again. Projects for the shop are always in the background and make the shop look so much better.
Nice work Jason!😀
Thanks Pete :)
Absolutely wonderful piece. My Dad was a graphic designer specialising in lettering and could hand draw any font or type face but I remember seeing the actual type sets in drawers like this too. He loved woodwork as well and would have absolutely loved watching you work with your innovative use of materials and designs and particularly your attention to detail. I’m slowly working my way through your back catalogue of videos and thoroughly enjoying every one.
It doesn't matter what the project is, your attention to detail and precision is second to none. As always with your creations, it looks amazing when finished and mounted on the wall.
I also found humour in the fact that you even used "scrap" cardboard to draw your design on ! 😂
I saved the bit of cardboard. It will also get used for something else 🙂
love it ! nice job
Nice! I used to work with letter trays in the print industry. When everything modernized there was one at least in every home full of knickknacks. Nice to see a revival.
This makes me so happy to see!!! I totally forgot my mother had one in our old farm house!! She had it fill with knickKnacks and just random little things that she enjoyed.
I was a printer I started in the late 70s, retired 2001. And I started with setting type on a Heidelberg windmill. I have a lot of fond memories of learning how to become a printer. I hope you do also.
I have an old one from a local news paper that switched over to modern printing. I use it for the various stamps I have for wood.
When I was an Apprentice Compositor back in 1979, I had to wreck about 100 Typecases and throw them into a skip, plus ditch a load of the wooden Poster Type. They would be worth a few quid now.
I worked in a printers that did some letterpress. The type-cases were beautiful. Wish I could have got some when they closed. Yours is very worthy of the the type :)
Incredible precision work - inspiring! I was amazed you took it all to pieces again before staining it, it must have been very tempting just to get the brush out!
Very tempting, but it would have been awkward getting it into all the small spaces.
good job Jason . . 👍👍
Thanks :)
Mac from Midwest Magic Cleaning recommended you. Awesome work!!
Thanks :)
I will say I made something like that a couple of years ago from pallet wood. Mine still looks like a rearranged pallet, ha ha. Yours looks like a work of art.
Hi Jason just watched another great video. I am sitting here going across the Atlantic, cigar and a beer. Take care and stay safe mate. Tom.
Thanks Tom, same to you :)
This kind of display was very popular in Italy in the 70s, we had one in my parent's house when I was a kid.
I think your channel is one of the best on UA-cam! I've thoroughly enjoyed each of your videos and am inspired to tackle some projects of my own. Using recycled materials of course!
1.- your attention to detail is amazing! 2-. Your patient w as well! 3-. You are welcome to my home and shop in Texas ANYTIME!!
Beautiful work !
That was a privilege to watch. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome as always
You hang it on the wall like an artist hangs his painting , Another priceless piece of art to add to a fantastic collection, cheers Jason 👍
Thanks Mark :)
So detailed! I enjoy watching your videos so much. Your creativity and talent are immeasureable.
Thanks very much :)
Wow. Where do you get your inspiration from? Are there nights when you sleep or are you just thinking about what am I going to make next? All great results and the way they are made is relaxing to watch. Big compliment and again a sincere Dutch greeting.
It's good to see you pressing ahead with more fine pieces of woodcrafting. Your work area is becoming a gallery of fine work.
Thanks Jason :)
As always, it is a pleasure to watch you work. I'm late watching because i missed the notification somehow. Thank you for the lovely content.👋
I like the patient you have to do all the woodwork you do with pallets
Simply incredible!!!
Fantastic job!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks :)
amazing as always
Let me start out by saying that your workroom is to die for! I imagine you made all your own cabinets. They are beautiful and everything is tidy & in it's place.
The amount of work you put into your pieces is amazing. Your craftsmanship is incredible, and every single piece is stunning. You are a dying breed, and I love watching you work. Thank you for sharing your passion & your talent with us!
Thanks very much :)
Astounding! You have done it again. I've got lots of lead type that you can have if you'd like.
Thanks, that was therapeutic.
I actually found myself drawn to looking at all the beautiful cabinets in your workshop that I sat and watched you make, all perfect, everything so neat and tidy. Its a credit to you. And I love the little trinket unit in this video..
Thanks Jane :)
Blimey Mate, you sure struck a 'nerve' here with this project ! ! ! In High School, (the 60's) one of our elective courses was "print shop". We were taught the art of letterpress (lead type) and the new and upcoming "Offset" press using no type but the electro etched metal sheets that went onto the offset printing presses. Most of the work that we did was with letterpress. Hand setting the type (individual letters and figures) 'in our "hand Sticks" to be placed into the "galleys" and locked tight into the letterpress frames to go onto the printing presses. was tedious. Our shop teacher, Mr. Garrets, was a very nice instructor and taught us the fine art of printing. We all had to carry our type cases to our work stations to do our composition. Every different type style and pica (size) had their own case. SO you can imagine how many type cases were in our shop. Literally dozens and dozens. Rack after rack on one wall. AND....they were "broken in" with printers ink and natural wear. But they were the necessary element in a print shop. The art of letterpress is gone and relegated to the museums these days. You really did a nice job showing us how the cases are built and assembled. The cases of yore were made of birch or other hardwood (I believe). Now to get you the type to fill this case............. 🙂
The case was a lot of fun to build. I had to guess at the construction method, but there were enough photos online to get an idea. I've learnt a lot about printing while making it :)
I had one my grandfather gave me when I was a kid. I collected family items to display in it. This is neat.
Great video
You know your old when you clap your hands and give a little "Whoop!" when you see Epic UpCycling has just posted a new video on UA-cam. Haha. Love all that you do. Keep up the good work. Cheers!🙌
Congratulations nice job
Thanks :)
Very good job! You use japanese saws and has the patience of a Chinese. A full oriental approach!
It's very cool!! Who doesn't love a place to display little treasures? Thanks for posting!!
Now that brought back a lot of memories, use to work on the old Letterpress printer over 40 years ago, one machine was so old it worked on A4 sized sheets only, it was kept just for specialty jobs, wedding embossed and de-bossed invites and table placement tags as well as the fancy business cards, the machine was brought in to Australia by the Bosses G-G-G-Grandfather for printing booklets and things, he also brought in its big brother of the same type of machine which was used to print small runs of local newspaper as well as books.
I loved the fact that each generation that took over the business always made sure both printing presses would always have work run on them every day, he kept them going doing specialty work which the new bigger modern machines just could never turn out the same quality of work.
It was such a strange sight when going to work, you walked into the modern workshop where we had 3 big modern offset printers churning out heaps of different things from posters to logbooks turn the corner and suddenly your transported back in time to the 1800’s, even the lighting was different to the rest of the factory, lol I loved working in that section. We had 6 different cabinets with these types of draws all kept full with different fonts and sizes. I think the best part of the job was melting down the worn type sets to generate new ones. That was done everyday it’s quite surprising at how quickly we had to replace the keys just to keep that perfect crispness of the fonts.
Your workshop is really coming together, looking every inch the late 1800’s early 1900’s workshop, now that’s a setup perfect to working in nice and calming. There is something to be said working in such surroundings.
Thanks for Sharing, I just love watching your videos 🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
I'd love to have seen those old printing presses, and the cabinets :)
Watching you produce this display was like watching a Swiss watchmaker design and build a fine watch!
I'm just amazed with how you take nothing and turn it into something. My hat is off to you sir. Great craftmanship.
Thanks Mark :)
I've made one of those at school when i was young. Every Monday we had wood workshops . It was 40 years ago 🙈😊
08:50 so nice that we can always hear European birds in the background. This time it's a common wood pigeon, but I have often heard a robin or a wren singing outside.
I love the gentle way toy approach your projects, it seems lie you never hit anything with any force, just tap, tap, tap.
I don’t know which is more exciting to watch, your project work or the continuing evolution of the workshop over the years. Nice to see the weights have their own little home now. 😅😅😂😂. And great job making sure you at least got one drawer (in the title). Can’t be epic without that. lol. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amazing skill, patience and attention to detail
Thanks :)
Fantastic build and I always appreciate all of the hand tool techniques! 👍👍🔨🔨
How do you feel about the fact that people sometimes pay a lot of money for stuff you make out of scrap, and it looks better and it’s better made then what those people buy? No one can see anymore how f… up everything is now these days. As long as there is a stamp on it from whatever brand it must be quality. Unbelievable. The real craftsmanship is almost out the door. But not with you my friend, you are one of the last ones who knows how to do all this stuff. Great job, and a great video.
Thanks Alex :)
Yes, it would be nice to have a workshop.
@@hanreality.7266I am in the same boat as you. We have to build are own.
Even though the stuff he makes is made from scrap,it does not mean that they are cheap. He spends a lot of time,money and effort to do this stuff,so ...he deserves all the money in the world.
I'd love something made from unwanted timber like this. This man does wonders with it all. His talent is amazing. If I lived in his country, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. But, I can't, because I live on the opposite side of the world.
I’m saving this episode to watch while it’s raining and I can’t be bothered!!!
I know these typesetting boxes from my youth . When I went to school, I had a job in a department store as a decorator. During this time, 70s, I was still working with it!
At that time, the advertising signs in Germany were still printed by hand!So I had a good job during my school days, I was able to earn a lot of money there!
Your good work reminds me of that time! thanks a lot for your good ideas!I love to watch you work!
have a good time !
Wow! Your abilities have no boundaries!
Thanks :)
Oh my God Jason, that's adorable. Beside I see how nice and warm your workshop looks now, you made everything around you very exclusive and elegant and what is really extraordinary is that you had made all from recycling materials. There is no better words for you Epic Upcycling. ❤
Thanks Reba :)
Здоровья автору! ... Он опять , за старое,, снова радует профессионализмом и щепетильностью к качеству!... Почтение!!!
De la technique et de beaux assemblages,très joli travail, bravo, à bientôt salut Jeannot 😉⚒
Thank you Jeannot :)
This is amazing. I appreciate the accuracy you can get with hand tools, and your projects are always so beautifully finished. It must be so satisfying to hear and feel the click when the pieces fit together perfectly!
Nice! I like how you use reclaimed wood and old school hand tools. A true craftsman.
I’m always amazed at your hand tool work, it has me re thinking a lot about my shop and how to tackle future projects. Always a highlight of my day when you post a video, I really enjoy seeing your projects
È sempre un piacere vedere i tuoi video!
Anche per questo video ho fatto i popcorn e me lo sono gustato!👌🏻👍🏻
For sure this will be also some supreme craftsmanship.
All the best.
Still waiting for you to turn up at my house and build me absolutely anything!!! Another build im jealous of!!
Hi Jason, another amazing piece of work, and to think it's from wood that others would throw on the fire
many thanks for sharing
Barry
Thanks very much, Barry :)
Nice to finally see your CAD design tools. Looks to be the inside of a small box and a Sharpie.
Very nice piece. Very intricate as well, right up my alley :)
As always, a wonderful work of art and a video well worth watching.
Super channel jason and a pleasure to watch indeed.
Thanks very much, Ian :)
A patient and true master woodworker!
🇺🇸 ❤ 🇺🇦
It's always a great way to spend time. Watching the handcrafting skills that you put into each of your buildd.
incredible work as always!! i love your trinket collection lol. hope you're having a lovely autumn!
I have two type set drawers from the 40's hanging on my wall .........This is an exact duplicate including the pull !!
As always…. Another amazing build!
Thanks Angie :)
Wow. He actually drew a plan before starting cutting. I always thought that the plans were entirely in his head.
Me too.
great video !!!!
Thanks for including the drawing at the beginning. I was curious if you had the same attention to detail on the drawing...real shocker, you do.
Thanks for sharing!
Love the printers box!! You are an amazing craftsman! Thank you for sharing your talents with us,!😊
Thanks very much :)
Самый лучший мастер! Просто, одно восхищение!
Wow Jason! I spent over $2000 buying woodworking tools yesterday, and here you are showing me up with a couple hand tools! Beautiful work, my friend. Beautiful
Thanks Nik.
It's always a good day when you get new tools :)
Thanks for your reply I am even more impressed 👍
Wonderful work again! I have been restoring 16 original trays like yours, and would not try doing one from scratch. I have watched every single episode of your channel, and am always amazed at how you work. 😊
I love it ... especially that I'm a fan of neat small to medium pieces made out of wood like boxes, organizers, small drawer box ...
I learn how to set in my career, printing, but the evolution of the offset printing took over. I have a Chandler & Price printing press in my garage with a gallery of trays of type. You did a fine job on the type tray. Would you like to have a chart of where to place every letter, upper and lower case?
It’s such a pleasure to watch a craftsman work all your work is amazing and I could watch you all day. The thought and imagination you put into all your projects is inspiring.
Looking forward for more as always
It's great to see a drawn plan at the start. As always, an amazing video and end product ❤
A nice addition to the home. Your videos are always a highlight to my day. Thank you for producing them.
Your attention to small details and quality of work is impressive as always
Thanks :)
This piece has a fidley factor fifty. Great job.
Thanks :)
Good morning Jason! Very nice build. So nice to see your skills! Hope you’re having a wonderful day!
Thanks Gaylon :)
Well done Jason!!! You've done some awesome builds! Personally my favorite is still the bed..
Thanks Frank. I'm hoping to build another bed sometime soon.
@@EpicUpCycling awesome
A cleansing video that can be used as therapy.. Admire your work and patience
Jason is the best man!
Cool project! It’s actually called a “California Job Case” in the printing business
You Sir………..are a Master Craftsman!
Appointment viewing. Great job!
Your attention to detail is off the charts. Magnificent, as usual.
Thanks :)
Magnifico Jason. And the ‘new’ tool chest looks resplendent. It’s such a treat when your videos pop into the playlist. Many many thanks. Cheers, Mandy.
Thanks Mandy :)
I love your display case. I have a couple myself. I started taking printing in high school. First thing I had to do was just set the type for my own letterhead that brings back a lot of fond memories.
As always, I love watching you work, you didn’t excellent job on this piece. The calm that washes over me when I watch you build things thank you for letting us watch you work. It turned out beautifully Kathy.
Thanks very much, Kathy :)
Omg that came up brilliant. Not that anything you make doesn’t come out fantastic. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Caroline :)
Do you have kids?
I can not imagine how awesome a tree house or bunk beds made by you would be!
I was a hs graduate of a vocational school in the Philippines and my shop major in 4 years was printing. We had to memorize the California job case where the linotyped letters, punctuation marks and en and em spacers had specific spaces.
Work worthy of a master! I think working with hand tools is really cool! They add value to the pieces, in addition to being a beautiful thing, seeing the work being carried out! Congratulations
I so wish I had your patience. Great project. Came out awesome.
Thanks :)