Great work! I see all these woodworkers making cabinets out of birch plywood which by me is super expensive - if you can even find it. I really like your approach of making sturdy cabinets from cheap and scrap wood - they look plenty functional and sturdy even though they may have taken a little bit longer to make than traditional cabinetry. Thanks for sharing!
Great job .nice to see someone adapting and overcoming . Wish I had all that timber just hanging around , if you had t to go and buy all that from a timber merchants , it would have been an expensive project . Love the finished cabinets look like they will last for ever .
This video popped up randomly in my feed, I follow a lot of woodworking channels. I saved all your videos to my watch later section. New sub. Loved this build.
Very nice. My workshop is on the upper floor of our barn and the floor is nowhere near level so I’m using your method to level out my cabinets when I build them. And using a magnet to locate studs is brilliant.
Outstanding SOLID Build!! I really enjoyed watching the process of you building these cabinets IN PLACE, quite literally "from the floor up", Jonas! Given the wavy nature of your floor, I believe building the cabinets in place allowed you to create a more solid and accurate level surface. It was certainly less labor intensive to level your base in the beginning! I also like the "middle board" you placed in your cabinet body frames to make attaching the drawer hardware easier...that was brilliant! This is the first time I have seen one of your videos, I SUBSCRIBED and look forward to future videos! ~~Christy~~
My only difference is that I always use pocket holes to make the drawers. The older plywood is most likely better than the stuff you can buy today. i use thin plywood underlay for my bottoms and for any partitions I might need. I usually mark the fronts of the sides with a black marker and cut shallow kerffs at 1/2 inch for partitions I may need to have. Your entire unit looks very nice and usable...
Great built Jonas! I might do just the same in my shop. As you gave me a lot of ideas, I just give you one too: You fixed your table top to the base without an option for seasonal movement. This, however, could cause problems in the future with the . Maybe change these metal brackets and the screws (13:53) with button fasteners, metal table clips (z fastener), figure 8 fasteners or anything like this which allows for movement.
Thank you! Your tip is correct, I should at least replace the front screws to some brackets, which would allow the countertop to expand to the front, rather than to the wall. Cheers!
Or just use plywood, save yourself a ton of time and don't worry about movement. No one ever factors in time in these videos, but my time is money, so instead of gluing up pieces of pine, just buy the plywood and you're way better off.
@@kodman247 I get your point, and in most cases, you would be right. But for me, this project was not just satisfying the need to have cabinets, but to learn something as well, and to use materials I had laying around, so it was not the easiest way by far, but I enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment and cheers!
Take the top front screws out, drill the screw holes oversize in the stretcher, then reinstall the screws with washers. The oversize holes will account for the movement at the front while leaving the rear fixed.
@@jonasvaleisa Jonas, I just had to laugh about that. Your English is better than a lot of native speakers. Furthermore, countersink versus counterbore is a matter few native speakers would know about either.
With the uncertainty of lumber prices, this is just the alternative I have been looking for in my shop. With cabinet-grade plywood at $135.00 US, PER sheet, building them with the size lumber you used. Is doable. Thank you for sharing this idea with us!🙂
Yes, it’s a bit time consuming. I actually completed a few other projects while this was not finished yet. But it can be made in stages, so that might help :) cheers!
Not just power tools, you need to get a whole workshop actually. But don't let that discourage you. Besides the tools shown, you might also want to get a heat gun to deal with resin. You don't need a jointer, but it would make things much easier though. For a beginner, I recommend to buy sheets. Black mdf and plywood and you can have a similar look. With a lot less tools and work.
Great build! Have you considered rounding the top edge of the drawers with a router? It sure makes the drawers more finger friendly when reaching for stuff in the drawer.
Actually I haven’t considered that, thanks for the tip! I will put some dividers in these drawers some time later, so maybe at least those will be rounded. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment! The planer is one of the best tools I have and love using. It had some issues (I replaced the motor twice, luckily under warranty) until I started using a proper chip extractor. Regarding the cost of cabinets - I think I shared it in the video, somewhere near the end :)
Hi Rénald, thanks for the comment! I bought these slides at a local hardware store. If you would like to purchase them online, please try searching for GTV drawer runners 500mm. Cheers!
I clear-coated only the middle drawers and the countertop because the rest of the wood was not looking good - it had blue/black stains, so that’s why I did the way I did it :) thanks for the tip anyway!
Love that you are using what other would consider scrap or fire wood. If you lived in the USA the whole thing would be made from Birch play, Walnut and Maple 😂 One observation, your doors are going to be prone to warping.
Thank you! Yes, I am aware the doors might warp - I haven’t even checked the moisture level of this lumber. Moreover, the boards are quite thin, which does not help either. But I will see how they hold up, and will probably share an update some time later if any issues. Cheers!
If I recall correctly, it was 45x4mm screws, with flat bottomed heads. You have to be careful though - when using pocket screws on a pine lumber it's really easy to drive them too deep.
Sorry for the very late reply! I have plans, but they wouldn’t be useful for you as my case was quite specific, and also multiple things were changed during the build.
I watched a video on cabinet building the other day and he used wooden shims but spoke to one of his fiends on the phone and said use the plastic shims as there more consistent maybe for another build ?
For sure plastic shims are more consistent. But I did not rely on the shims - as shown in the video, I attached boards with screws and cabbinets sit on those boards, not shims ;)
Hi Darby and Jared! Please try downloading the Sketchup file here: www.dropbox.com/s/bbfc1w7tdlfsep6/Cabinets_JonasV.skp?dl=0 Please note that this is a slightly different, more universal version. I had a unique situation (protruding foundation on both walls), so I modified the plan to fit to normal walls :) Another thing - this is in Metric, not Imperial units, so one thing to keep in mind. Cheers!
Anyone else think this was going to be simple until he cut to his entire shop of woodworking equipment 😂 Yes let me just use several thousand dollars of equipment to make these boards usable….
Hey! Thanks for the comment. My equipment is actually quite limited. I have maybe 2-3k $ worth of equipment. Even a decent table saw would cost more. So I would say this is doable for most of the viewers. But of course, the same would be hard to achieve with just a hammer and a screwdriver. The understanding of basic equipment is quite different for everyone.
Without fail, on every video where a guy uses a workshop he worked his ass off to put together, there's some whiney ass crybaby complaining about the tools another man owns.
@ Ah, yes, the classic ‘let me tell you how to live your life’ comment. I’m sure your opinion is exactly what he was hoping for when posting a video about his workshop.
1st. Very cool project. You have some good ideas I want to use on my shop cabinet project. 2nd. Please, please, please stop wearing gloves and long sleeves while using table saws, jointers, routers, or any spinning machines. Splinters are no fun, but if you get a glove or sleeve caught in a machine you will lose a hand, or worse. Please be safe out there.
Thanks for your comment! Regarding gloves and sleeves - I know it’s against safety norms, but my workshop sometimes is below freezing, and this rough cut lumber is almost impossible to work with without gloves. I don’t rush, try to do everything very carefully. Also, I don’t use loose gloves, only tight ones, so I can feel what I do pretty well. Anyway, your advice totally makes sense, especially for beginners or more distracted people. Thank you!
Thanks for your comment! Actually I am a bit inbetween - here we do not call lumber “2x4s” or “2x6s”, because it doesn’t make sense in Metric :) but I use those expressions as a big part of my audience is based in US and Canada. I will probably include Imperial units in subtitles in the future. Cheers!
I've made a few drawers earlier with pocket screws, and indeed they work great. This time, I just saved some time for drilling pocket holes, and I don't mind the look of the screws I used either. But your method would definitely work as well, thanks for the comment!
You won the DIY shop cabinet competition! You really make the most of the tools/materials you have available, I think. That is admirable.
Thank you! At that moment, I had a privilege to spend time building and learning new skills rather than spending money, so I was lucky in a way :)
Great work! I see all these woodworkers making cabinets out of birch plywood which by me is super expensive - if you can even find it. I really like your approach of making sturdy cabinets from cheap and scrap wood - they look plenty functional and sturdy even though they may have taken a little bit longer to make than traditional cabinetry. Thanks for sharing!
Indeed, I didn’t feel like spending a few hundred to a couple of thousand $/€ for a workshop project. Thanks for your comment!
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Cheap price, maybe, but you spent so much effort making them! I LOVE your resourcefulness! Great job!
Love using reclaimed lumber. Repurposing and making do with what you have. Quite nice! Well done.
A clever and unique approach on how to build a cabinet with minimal materials and standard tools.Well done.
Idk about standard tools, but I'm definitely gonna use this video as a reference one of my favorites so far
Neat! Jonas is super talented, has skills and subtle sense for design. Thumbs up!
Wow, thank you very much for kind & inspiring words!
Nice to show that one can make affordable cabinets.
Great job .nice to see someone adapting and overcoming . Wish I had all that timber just hanging around , if you had t to go and buy all that from a timber merchants , it would have been an expensive project . Love the finished cabinets look like they will last for ever .
This video popped up randomly in my feed, I follow a lot of woodworking channels. I saved all your videos to my watch later section. New sub. Loved this build.
Welcome aboard!
Very nice. My workshop is on the upper floor of our barn and the floor is nowhere near level so I’m using your method to level out my cabinets when I build them. And using a magnet to locate studs is brilliant.
Outstanding SOLID Build!! I really enjoyed watching the process of you building these cabinets IN PLACE, quite literally "from the floor up", Jonas! Given the wavy nature of your floor, I believe building the cabinets in place allowed you to create a more solid and accurate level surface. It was certainly less labor intensive to level your base in the beginning! I also like the "middle board" you placed in your cabinet body frames to make attaching the drawer hardware easier...that was brilliant! This is the first time I have seen one of your videos, I SUBSCRIBED and look forward to future videos! ~~Christy~~
Much appreciated, thanks for the sub!
Looks awesome
VERY nice! It's amazing how resourceful you were in putting this all together! Great job!
Thank you very much!
The whole job was very well organized love the finished product
Thank you Jonas, you give me a lot of Ideas for my Garage workshop
Glad to hear that!
Great video 🙌 and really helpful because I thought about building a kitchen like that 💪 and now I basically have a tutorial on how to do it. 🙏
I am also building cabinets out of re-claimed lumber. You did a great job, looks very nice!! The video was well done, too.
This is a sweet build! Thanks for the inspiration
Looks awesome mate. I might copy that black and natural colour combination as i rework my workshop over the next few months.
Great job 👍
Inspiring work. I have a similar task ahead and you've given me some great ideas and guidance.
Very well done and rewarding when you can re-purpose lumber!!!
It sure is!
My only difference is that I always use pocket holes to make the drawers. The older plywood is most likely better than the stuff you can buy today. i use thin plywood underlay for my bottoms and for any partitions I might need. I usually mark the fronts of the sides with a black marker and cut shallow kerffs at 1/2 inch for partitions I may need to have. Your entire unit looks very nice and usable...
Nice build and enjoyable video. Gave me ideas to use up some of the lumber I have left over from my building my shop.
I am happy this was useful to you, cheers!
Well, those turned out great!
Excellent job. Very well done.
Great! I would paint the handles of the dark drawers in a beige colour to create some contrast.
Great built Jonas! I might do just the same in my shop. As you gave me a lot of ideas, I just give you one too: You fixed your table top to the base without an option for seasonal movement. This, however, could cause problems in the future with the . Maybe change these metal brackets and the screws (13:53) with button fasteners, metal table clips (z fastener), figure 8 fasteners or anything like this which allows for movement.
Thank you! Your tip is correct, I should at least replace the front screws to some brackets, which would allow the countertop to expand to the front, rather than to the wall. Cheers!
Or just use plywood, save yourself a ton of time and don't worry about movement. No one ever factors in time in these videos, but my time is money, so instead of gluing up pieces of pine, just buy the plywood and you're way better off.
@@kodman247 I get your point, and in most cases, you would be right. But for me, this project was not just satisfying the need to have cabinets, but to learn something as well, and to use materials I had laying around, so it was not the easiest way by far, but I enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment and cheers!
Take the top front screws out, drill the screw holes oversize in the stretcher, then reinstall the screws with washers. The oversize holes will account for the movement at the front while leaving the rear fixed.
@@keithbrann5086 I will do exactly that, thanks!
Very nice use of 2x4s
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing.
Yep, I subscribed.
Looking forward to seeing what you build next.
Awesome, thank you!
Very nice 👍 i learned a lot in this video. I love that jointer maybe you can make a video on it .
Hey! The video about this jointer is in ny channel, please feel free to check ;)
Great job. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
Great looking, valuable build! Fwiw "Countersink" is conical, "Counterbore" is flat bottomed 😉👍
Thanks for the insight, I am not a native English speaker, so there might be many more mistakes in my videos :)) cheers!
@@jonasvaleisa Jonas, I just had to laugh about that. Your English is better than a lot of native speakers. Furthermore, countersink versus counterbore is a matter few native speakers would know about either.
Great job!
Beautiful!
With the uncertainty of lumber prices, this is just the alternative I have been looking for in my shop. With cabinet-grade plywood at $135.00 US, PER sheet, building them with the size lumber you used. Is doable. Thank you for sharing this idea with us!🙂
It is doable! Thank you and good luck with your projects!
Beautiful! I love seeing people repurposing material.
Very nice. I appricate the detail.
Glad you like it!
Pretty nice !! regards from Mexico. !
Thank you very much!
Very nice!
looks awesome... great work
Looks great! This would be much cheaper than going with 3/4" plywood by a long shot.
Nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome project! I’ve been wanting cabinets just like this but don’t have the budget. Unfortunately I don’t have the time either 😂
Yes, it’s a bit time consuming. I actually completed a few other projects while this was not finished yet. But it can be made in stages, so that might help :) cheers!
Great job
Amazing job!!
I don't care what people say, I love working with cheap pine
I want to build something like this too, but it looks like i will first need to get my hands on about a dozen power tools before i can get started.
Not just power tools, you need to get a whole workshop actually. But don't let that discourage you. Besides the tools shown, you might also want to get a heat gun to deal with resin. You don't need a jointer, but it would make things much easier though. For a beginner, I recommend to buy sheets. Black mdf and plywood and you can have a similar look. With a lot less tools and work.
@@trokt2 Yeah, i guess i'll get a tracksaw and perhaps a jigsaw to get me started. That should get me a long way.
Next time use a router with a flush trim bit to remove the excess from the drawer bottoms. Much safer.
Very Nice.
Well done 🎉
Great job!!!
Thank you!!
Great build! Have you considered rounding the top edge of the drawers with a router? It sure makes the drawers more finger friendly when reaching for stuff in the drawer.
Actually I haven’t considered that, thanks for the tip! I will put some dividers in these drawers some time later, so maybe at least those will be rounded. Cheers!
@@jonasvaleisa For me, I think it gives them a much better look and feel.
New sub here, mate.
Great job!
Awesome, thank you!
I think it would be better to sit on the shims instead of relying on the sheer strength of a few screws.
Don’t underestimate the power of screws! :D but seriously, they will hold up just fine, at least no sagging in 2 years of use :)
Real nice! You have a PLANER! That's a real luxury item! What was total cost of your workbench/cabinet project?
Thanks for the comment! The planer is one of the best tools I have and love using. It had some issues (I replaced the motor twice, luckily under warranty) until I started using a proper chip extractor. Regarding the cost of cabinets - I think I shared it in the video, somewhere near the end :)
Excellent Inspiration- thank you
Where do you come from?
Thanks! I’m from Lithuania, Europe :)
Nice job
Could you provide the link to your drawer slides ?
Hi Rénald, thanks for the comment! I bought these slides at a local hardware store. If you would like to purchase them online, please try searching for GTV drawer runners 500mm. Cheers!
Love the hardware, do you have a source or link for the drawer pulls? Thank you
Unfortunately no, I bought all the hardware in the local big box store.
for allowed wood movement just screw it on middle table top, it will be fine
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Cool!
You should have clear-coated the wood instead of painting. It had character.
I clear-coated only the middle drawers and the countertop because the rest of the wood was not looking good - it had blue/black stains, so that’s why I did the way I did it :) thanks for the tip anyway!
Do you have the sketch up available for us?
Unfortunately no, as the project was tweaked on the go. And it is adapted to my particular space. However, it wasn’t that hard to plan it!
Love that you are using what other would consider scrap or fire wood. If you lived in the USA the whole thing would be made from Birch play, Walnut and Maple 😂
One observation, your doors are going to be prone to warping.
Thank you! Yes, I am aware the doors might warp - I haven’t even checked the moisture level of this lumber. Moreover, the boards are quite thin, which does not help either. But I will see how they hold up, and will probably share an update some time later if any issues. Cheers!
Do you have plans for this build? The file you attached for sketch up wouldn't load.
Hi Teona, what version (year) of the Sketchup do you use? I would try to export the file accordingly.
Cheers!
What screws (diameter/length) did you use for the pocket holes?
If I recall correctly, it was 45x4mm screws, with flat bottomed heads. You have to be careful though - when using pocket screws on a pine lumber it's really easy to drive them too deep.
Do you have plans?
Sorry for the very late reply! I have plans, but they wouldn’t be useful for you as my case was quite specific, and also multiple things were changed during the build.
I watched a video on cabinet building the other day and he used wooden shims but spoke to one of his fiends on the phone and said use the plastic shims as there more consistent maybe for another build ?
For sure plastic shims are more consistent. But I did not rely on the shims - as shown in the video, I attached boards with screws and cabbinets sit on those boards, not shims ;)
I like this! I don't suppose you have the sketchup file somewhere that you could share it? I think I could make this work in my own shop!
Also interested!
Hi Darby and Jared! Please try downloading the Sketchup file here: www.dropbox.com/s/bbfc1w7tdlfsep6/Cabinets_JonasV.skp?dl=0
Please note that this is a slightly different, more universal version. I had a unique situation (protruding foundation on both walls), so I modified the plan to fit to normal walls :)
Another thing - this is in Metric, not Imperial units, so one thing to keep in mind.
Cheers!
Does Not work unfortunately
Anyone else think this was going to be simple until he cut to his entire shop of woodworking equipment 😂 Yes let me just use several thousand dollars of equipment to make these boards usable….
Hey! Thanks for the comment. My equipment is actually quite limited. I have maybe 2-3k $ worth of equipment. Even a decent table saw would cost more. So I would say this is doable for most of the viewers. But of course, the same would be hard to achieve with just a hammer and a screwdriver. The understanding of basic equipment is quite different for everyone.
Without fail, on every video where a guy uses a workshop he worked his ass off to put together, there's some whiney ass crybaby complaining about the tools another man owns.
@ Ah, yes, the classic ‘let me tell you how to live your life’ comment. I’m sure your opinion is exactly what he was hoping for when posting a video about his workshop.
1st. Very cool project. You have some good ideas I want to use on my shop cabinet project. 2nd. Please, please, please stop wearing gloves and long sleeves while using table saws, jointers, routers, or any spinning machines. Splinters are no fun, but if you get a glove or sleeve caught in a machine you will lose a hand, or worse. Please be safe out there.
Thanks for your comment! Regarding gloves and sleeves - I know it’s against safety norms, but my workshop sometimes is below freezing, and this rough cut lumber is almost impossible to work with without gloves. I don’t rush, try to do everything very carefully. Also, I don’t use loose gloves, only tight ones, so I can feel what I do pretty well. Anyway, your advice totally makes sense, especially for beginners or more distracted people. Thank you!
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Looks good but you are speaking a foreign language to me called "Metrics". I'm an inches and feet guy. Well done video, though. Thumbs up.
Thanks for your comment! Actually I am a bit inbetween - here we do not call lumber “2x4s” or “2x6s”, because it doesn’t make sense in Metric :) but I use those expressions as a big part of my audience is based in US and Canada. I will probably include Imperial units in subtitles in the future. Cheers!
Caulking rookie
Well, I sure am :))
Impressive especially for a first shot. Be careful with that table saw 🖐️✌️🤞🤘🤟🫰🤙👇👆☝️👈👉👌🤏🤌
Try pocket screws next time for drawers.
Quick and secure
I've made a few drawers earlier with pocket screws, and indeed they work great. This time, I just saved some time for drilling pocket holes, and I don't mind the look of the screws I used either. But your method would definitely work as well, thanks for the comment!