Maybe combine this with the three levels series. Hear me out. Everyone makes the same thing, Jordan gets the longest time, John gets the shortest, see if spending the extra time can bridge the skill gap.
This video is perfect. I’m an amateur and I feel everything I do takes so long. But this video shows even a box for a pro takes time. Shows a person patience.
Glad to know that I'm not the only person who spends more time looking for stuff in my shop than I actually spend building things. We can never be too organized. It's a constant struggle to make working in the shop as efficient as possible. There's nothing more aggrivating than not being able to find something that you need, when you need it. All that said, building anything in a hurry is a big mistake, and doing so amounts to taking huge chances with safety.
Not only was this fun to watch, it was hilarious. "Everything's a hammer" should be a t-shirt. I'd buy that. (if it's not already a t-shirt). Great video.
Everything is a hammer. 1/2in combo wrench? Nope, open end combo hammer. Vise grips? I think you mean lock grip hammer. Impact driver? Nah man, that’s the ugga dugga hammer. Crowbar? Recordable incident hammer!
I build mostly outdoor things like decks, fences, pergolas, etc and you remind me of how I am working in my shop. I recently made 8 planter boxes and initially thought it wouldn't take that long. Oh wait, I need to cut 102 pieces of trim and drill out 500+ plugs, etc etc. Everything always takes longer. Whatever the project is, it didn't take long to learn that I need to add 33% of time to how long I think it'll take in perfect conditions. I think it's going to take two weeks, I'll tell the client 3. Besides the work taking longer, or miscuts or whatever, life stuff happens too. Phone calls, people talk to you, you have to go to the DMV or the doctor... just add 33% and it'll keep you sane and clients happy.
I like this new time constraint twist. Puts a new perspective on things. But I think you should increase the 5 min to 10 or 15 so your not rushing your cuts and nails. Hate to see you suffer a serious injury for the sake of beating a pointless clock. Safety first!
yup, plus also makes me realise how long it takes to do some things which you dont always see when its edited. they often take a lot longer to make thing than we think.
You have no idea how much this has made me more confident in what I've been able to do since I started wood working a little over a year ago. I used to get so bummed out that it took me 4 hours just to make a damn 14" x 18" drawer, granted I don't use dovetails and all that, I mainly use pocket holes, but I take a lot of time cutting my pieces and getting them square. I always felt I took too long, and seeing John here take 5 hours to make a box... That made me feel a lot better. Thanks, man. :)
I would love to see you make some more complex projects that take a couple of episodes. Build a really beautiful roll top desk for example, and take us through the different techniques that you use to achieve this.
This was way more stress-inducing than the three skill levels. At first I thought this was a great idea but I was surprised to find I much prefer the other challenge.
I love woodcraft! I can’t afford to go there but I’ve been there one time. I’d love to just buy myself a new set of turning tools for my wood lathe. Thank you for sharing your time!!!
I want to start by saying I love all of your videos, but this one was awesome! It was fun to see you struggle through things like the rest of us. It made me super excited to get out there and build something!
This is one of the few times you see a channel credit another channel for the theme of their video. Also, I'm planning to get into woodworking soon and the awesome work you guys do is really inspiring :)
This definitely shows the importance of having system in the tools and hardware 😄 my recommendations try to use 5S in your workshop. Then look through your entire videos and see how much time you wasted walking around to find tools, instead of having the tools where you need them and a system where it is easy to find. Then see how much time it takes to make them with an optimised setup. I bet you can take 40-60% of the build time 🙂
Organized workspaces always work better, my tools are set with hand tools dedicated spacing for measurements cutting and finishing... And power tools for milling miters and curves and finishing... But it works for me. The way towards a better future is improvement upon yester( day, month or years) miss takes
Great video, excellent editing, totally enjoyed it. The quote “Everything’s a Hammer “ got to be up there with “If it’s not going to make a difference, you might as well do it” Definitely t-shirt material, I’d buy
Another thought, what about a 1 hour and 5 hour being more of a custom build, but the 5 MINUTE challenge would actually be making 12 in one hour for an assembly line process. So, it would be the mass production method, the quick and dirty (1 hour) and the more involved. Just a thought. What you guys did was FANTASTIC as it is!
I really enjoyed this challenge. Simply by the fact that you didn't have everything staged and ready to go. You showed all the difficulties you had by not being organized in your build.
Something I learned a long time ago, I don't even remember from where, is to always have your stuff figured out before starting anything. In woodworking it means: grab every tool you're going to need and put close to where you're going to work... The same with everything you're going to need, like screws and other stuff. And, finally, enough wood to start milling it. You know? Do all this BEFORE you start the clock, otherwise you won't know exactly the time you needed to do the task. (Now that I wrote it down... Maybe I learned it when I studied about softwares for productivity measurements...) Anyway, fantastic work, John! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
This was amazing I think it rlly exposed the efficiency of your shop would love to see yall try this again in the new to see how much more efficient you can get it
Great job man. Stayed safe and got it done. The lesson that I got from this is that we can always be more organized in the shop. Maybe a label maker could help with those drawers? Sounds like a job for Jordan. 😉
With something as basic as a box, I would already know what tools I need and have everything prepped at the ready. Especially if I am wanting to see how long it takes me to actually build the box and not hunt for and fix tools. In order to compare apples to apples, I wouldn't want to be running from one end of the shop to the other for no good reason other than I didn't have a plan. I definitely like the timed concept would just prep for it (like I would any job) so it's a better measure. Love your channel!!!!
One thing that caught my attention was the locating of certain bits, tools, and materials that slowed the whole process. No matter how well organized or scatter brained, a lot of time is spent sourcing out the supplies to complete a project. Running back and forth to the HD for more wood is my biggest annoyance on building anything.
PLEASE don’t worry about the time. All of us would rather you finish the build and still have 10 fingers. Nobody cares if you go over the planned time. GREAT channel! Thanks!
Well done on the challenges. Watching you use your tools really lit up some ideas in my head. So thank you for that. Last box... Pretty awesome. She looks great. Have a good week.
Nice video. I would like to see similar challenges, but with tool restrictions, for example only a drill, a miter saw (or reciprocating saw), and sander...not all of us have access to a comprehensive shop.
Hi John, I really enjoyed this video. Please do more of this time challenge videos. One of my biggest wishes is meet you, Sam and Jordan, visit your shop and build something. Have a great day boys and keep it up...All the way from South Africa.
I find everything very wholesome about this channel down to how well they refer to other channels everytime they use their idea. Most people just steal ideas and give no credit. And yes my favorite content from you is 3 levels and when epoxy goes bad ;-)
Hey you know what, 5 minutes to make a usable box is pretty great, actually, I'm really impressed. Not gonna hold lead pellets or anything, but you can use it to store hardware real quick and stuff. More useful than one would think. Never enough containers it seems. Maybe next time do something like 10 mins, 1 hour and 1 day. Maybe lay stuff out before hand. Tasty has staff to prep everything, wouldn't be an unfair advantage.
I’d love a woodworking/carpentry Forged In Fire style show. “Gentleman, the rocking chair is one of the most well known chairs in existence and so for the first challenge, you will have 6 hours to build one within these parameters “be about this tall and take up about this much floor space and make that rocking smooth” your time starts now
You earned a beer for that effort, John! I ask this of all woodworkers: Was there ever a day where the drum sander *didn't* bust a belt when you were in a hurry..? 8-)
Besides the boxes, this shows how mich goes wrong in a workshop, reality versus some unrealistic ideas. I've had many planer issues before, think the worst was a nail in a old piece of wood that chipped a piece if my blade. That just makes me red with anger.
Hola!🖐 That was insane! I could not stop watching though. This exercise does highlight how important it is to take your time to do it safe, to get it right, and feel good when completed. I often find myself rushing through a project, for no reason. I'm going to try to s l o w it down a bit. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
This is just asking for someone's fingers to get cut off. I'll watch any video you guys make, but I'd like to continue being able to watch more in the future. Stay Safe!
I think this is a great series, a. Do love the running around frantic but it could e really informative if you put everything you need out first and then make the object, you could easily make some epic stuff if you don't have to look around the shop for tiny things
Amazing challenge dude. Should do that again but with all 3 use and what ever u can decide in 5 mins 50mins and 5 hours and let us decide the winner??🏴👍
Nice video! like this video a lot. my jobs contains a lot of optimalisations, and what i see here is that you can build a box in 2 minutes, and have to search for tools for 3 so you know where to improve. if you can find your tools in a 5 minutes project, you can find them also in your daily job, so it is a win-win
I think you should re do this as a series. But instead of it being rushed. Show us with everything ready, what we can do in 5 min, 50 min, and 5 hours (when prepped)
I love the 3 way builds. But I would love to see a 12 hour build off. The best John can do, Jordan’s best as well as Sam’s. 12 hours. I wanna see what Sam and Jordan can do. Can it compare to johns?
Thanks for your video. It was important to see that sometimes it is not impossible to estimate the correct time. I think it's also important to see that not everything works as expected in a project and that when we have knowledge of existing techniques, there is always another solution. I also liked the soundtrack!! Could you inform the references of where to find them? As I play guitar, it would be complete fun!!!
Maybe combine this with the three levels series. Hear me out. Everyone makes the same thing, Jordan gets the longest time, John gets the shortest, see if spending the extra time can bridge the skill gap.
See this is what I thought initially this video was. No one wants to see that much John screen time what are we doing!?! 🤣
Much better idea
Great idea
Jordan gets 50 minutes, John gets 5 minutes. That would be quite a challenge. Handcut dovetails in 5 minutes.😂
This video is perfect. I’m an amateur and I feel everything I do takes so long. But this video shows even a box for a pro takes time. Shows a person patience.
Glad to know that I'm not the only person who spends more time looking for stuff in my shop than I actually spend building things. We can never be too organized. It's a constant struggle to make working in the shop as efficient as possible. There's nothing more aggrivating than not being able to find something that you need, when you need it. All that said, building anything in a hurry is a big mistake, and doing so amounts to taking huge chances with safety.
I try to hang everything I can on my french cleat wall for that reason, otherwise it ends up in the netherworld toolbox drawers hahaha
You mean the void@@Vid_Master
Not only was this fun to watch, it was hilarious. "Everything's a hammer" should be a t-shirt. I'd buy that. (if it's not already a t-shirt). Great video.
"...unless it's a screwdriver, 'cause then it's a chisel, too." --Sam from Dirt Monkey
"Every Tool's A Hammer" is the name of Adam Savage's book! (corrected!)
@@Vickie-Bligh Every Tool's a Hammer*
@@dakota.cortez True and I should've remembered that. I have the book! 🤣
Everything is a hammer. 1/2in combo wrench? Nope, open end combo hammer. Vise grips? I think you mean lock grip hammer. Impact driver? Nah man, that’s the ugga dugga hammer. Crowbar? Recordable incident hammer!
I build mostly outdoor things like decks, fences, pergolas, etc and you remind me of how I am working in my shop. I recently made 8 planter boxes and initially thought it wouldn't take that long. Oh wait, I need to cut 102 pieces of trim and drill out 500+ plugs, etc etc. Everything always takes longer. Whatever the project is, it didn't take long to learn that I need to add 33% of time to how long I think it'll take in perfect conditions. I think it's going to take two weeks, I'll tell the client 3. Besides the work taking longer, or miscuts or whatever, life stuff happens too. Phone calls, people talk to you, you have to go to the DMV or the doctor... just add 33% and it'll keep you sane and clients happy.
5 minutes is quite enough to lose half of the fingers on your hand.
Jordan and Sam should do the exact same challenge to see what the expertise levels do to benefit how fast/well you can build!
fingers will be lost...
@@themplar they will have to be responsible!!
The 5 minute box would take me like three hours and two trips to Home Depot.
I like this new time constraint twist. Puts a new perspective on things. But I think you should increase the 5 min to 10 or 15 so your not rushing your cuts and nails. Hate to see you suffer a serious injury for the sake of beating a pointless clock. Safety first!
yup, plus also makes me realise how long it takes to do some things which you dont always see when its edited. they often take a lot longer to make thing than we think.
You have no idea how much this has made me more confident in what I've been able to do since I started wood working a little over a year ago. I used to get so bummed out that it took me 4 hours just to make a damn 14" x 18" drawer, granted I don't use dovetails and all that, I mainly use pocket holes, but I take a lot of time cutting my pieces and getting them square. I always felt I took too long, and seeing John here take 5 hours to make a box... That made me feel a lot better. Thanks, man. :)
This video should be called "Why woodworking isn't a timed event."
Suggestion for next three level build: safety glasses, eye patch & blindfold.
I would love to see you make some more complex projects that take a couple of episodes. Build a really beautiful roll top desk for example, and take us through the different techniques that you use to achieve this.
"Slow is smooth, Smooth is fast" lol watching John fumble with everything on the 5min build was entertaining
This was way more stress-inducing than the three skill levels. At first I thought this was a great idea but I was surprised to find I much prefer the other challenge.
I love woodcraft! I can’t afford to go there but I’ve been there one time. I’d love to just buy myself a new set of turning tools for my wood lathe. Thank you for sharing your time!!!
I'm always amazed by the craftsmanship of old wood ammunition/weapon crates. These boxes look great too.
I want to start by saying I love all of your videos, but this one was awesome! It was fun to see you struggle through things like the rest of us. It made me super excited to get out there and build something!
This is one of the few times you see a channel credit another channel for the theme of their video. Also, I'm planning to get into woodworking soon and the awesome work you guys do is really inspiring :)
Setting aside the danger of rushing a job with power tools.... DO MORE OF THESE!!
Agreed! Maybe a bit more breather room.
I completely agree this seems cringe af let's throw out safety
This definitely shows the importance of having system in the tools and hardware 😄 my recommendations try to use 5S in your workshop. Then look through your entire videos and see how much time you wasted walking around to find tools, instead of having the tools where you need them and a system where it is easy to find. Then see how much time it takes to make them with an optimised setup. I bet you can take 40-60% of the build time 🙂
Organized workspaces always work better, my tools are set with hand tools dedicated spacing for measurements cutting and finishing... And power tools for milling miters and curves and finishing... But it works for me.
The way towards a better future is improvement upon yester( day, month or years) miss takes
Great video, excellent editing, totally enjoyed it. The quote “Everything’s a Hammer “ got to be up there with “If it’s not going to make a difference, you might as well do it”
Definitely t-shirt material, I’d buy
Another thought, what about a 1 hour and 5 hour being more of a custom build, but the 5 MINUTE challenge would actually be making 12 in one hour for an assembly line process. So, it would be the mass production method, the quick and dirty (1 hour) and the more involved. Just a thought. What you guys did was FANTASTIC as it is!
I really enjoyed this challenge. Simply by the fact that you didn't have everything staged and ready to go. You showed all the difficulties you had by not being organized in your build.
Something I learned a long time ago, I don't even remember from where, is to always have your stuff figured out before starting anything.
In woodworking it means: grab every tool you're going to need and put close to where you're going to work... The same with everything you're going to need, like screws and other stuff. And, finally, enough wood to start milling it. You know?
Do all this BEFORE you start the clock, otherwise you won't know exactly the time you needed to do the task. (Now that I wrote it down... Maybe I learned it when I studied about softwares for productivity measurements...)
Anyway, fantastic work, John! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I tried to speed run a woodworking project once… it quickly turned into a speed run to the hospital
These are great. Good to see John get put through the paces.
Loved this one too. For me as a total noob with woodworking its interesting to see the 3 levels.
Customers that hire woodworkers should take note that you can’t rush perfection, especially when you need to take safety into account.
This was amazing I think it rlly exposed the efficiency of your shop would love to see yall try this again in the new to see how much more efficient you can get it
Great job man. Stayed safe and got it done. The lesson that I got from this is that we can always be more organized in the shop. Maybe a label maker could help with those drawers? Sounds like a job for Jordan. 😉
Great video to show why it's important to have your shop organized.
The B Roll at the end of the five and fifty minute boxes had me dying.
With something as basic as a box, I would already know what tools I need and have everything prepped at the ready. Especially if I am wanting to see how long it takes me to actually build the box and not hunt for and fix tools. In order to compare apples to apples, I wouldn't want to be running from one end of the shop to the other for no good reason other than I didn't have a plan. I definitely like the timed concept would just prep for it (like I would any job) so it's a better measure. Love your channel!!!!
One thing that caught my attention was the locating of certain bits, tools, and materials that slowed the whole process. No matter how well organized or scatter brained, a lot of time is spent sourcing out the supplies to complete a project. Running back and forth to the HD for more wood is my biggest annoyance on building anything.
PLEASE don’t worry about the time. All of us would rather you finish the build and still have 10
fingers. Nobody cares if you go over the planned time.
GREAT channel! Thanks!
Well done on the challenges. Watching you use your tools really lit up some ideas in my head. So thank you for that. Last box... Pretty awesome. She looks great. Have a good week.
This video shows a lot more about woodworking than it intended to. A lot can be learned from this, other than the difference in time frame quality.
OMG, this video was so fun to watch. You earned my subscribe with that 5 minute box.
The 5 minute version makes one rethink shop layout 😁
The three boxes show the progression everyone should expect for the hobby. Things get squirrelly.
The 5 minute bow would've taken me over an hour, but this is great.
Nice video. I would like to see similar challenges, but with tool restrictions, for example only a drill, a miter saw (or reciprocating saw), and sander...not all of us have access to a comprehensive shop.
His drill, miter saw, and sander are probably still better than 50% of homegamer setups.
Very cool seeing your creativity fixing things when they go wrong
Wildly dangerous but Damn, I like those boxes. Well done, great one-man throw-down
Loved this concept! Could make a cool game contest show, similar to forged in fire. Would love to see a cutting board version!
Man, you’re so inspiring. And happy days, my wife just encouraged my to take over our entire garage to satisfy my woodworking itch. Subscribed!
Sweet squarely nuts man. You were running harder than a person being chased by a mountain lion.
Great content and love yinz
Thank you for using SUIZAN japanese dovetail saw!
Add 50 hours to the concept and make the most Complex box/chair/etc in that time.
Amazing video!
Just as I was saying there is nothing I watch on UA-cam, John saves us
Enjoyed watching you in real time attack the problems and issues.
I felt like I was about to have a heart attack just watching this!!
These time challenges are pretty sweet! Thanks for the content.
Hi John, I really enjoyed this video. Please do more of this time challenge videos.
One of my biggest wishes is meet you, Sam and Jordan, visit your shop and build something.
Have a great day boys and keep it up...All the way from South Africa.
I know John was in the NFL and is a much better athlete than all of us but it’s still weird to see him run.
I find everything very wholesome about this channel down to how well they refer to other channels everytime they use their idea. Most people just steal ideas and give no credit.
And yes my favorite content from you is 3 levels and when epoxy goes bad ;-)
Purple hart and maple would look great on the 5 hour box.
I use that combo on my bowls all the time.
My wife and I went "Wood Craft" today in North Atlanta GA, great people. they had everything I needed and wanted
I just built and sold my first box. Respect. The man has skills
Got scared a bit that you were gonna hurt yourself trying to rush. Still loved it, and glad you kept your fingers.
Hey you know what, 5 minutes to make a usable box is pretty great, actually, I'm really impressed. Not gonna hold lead pellets or anything, but you can use it to store hardware real quick and stuff. More useful than one would think. Never enough containers it seems. Maybe next time do something like 10 mins, 1 hour and 1 day. Maybe lay stuff out before hand. Tasty has staff to prep everything, wouldn't be an unfair advantage.
Not sure woodworking and fast go together, but for an entertainment channel you didn’t miss.
Awesome job. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends keep making. Stay squirrely. God bless.
I love the 3 level thing!
20:38 I feel like every boss should commit to challenges like this. Super valuable lesson learned.
I’d love a woodworking/carpentry Forged In Fire style show. “Gentleman, the rocking chair is one of the most well known chairs in existence and so for the first challenge, you will have 6 hours to build one within these parameters “be about this tall and take up about this much floor space and make that rocking smooth” your time starts now
Renovate a house in 5 weeks.... GO! This was fun to watch but nerve wracking hoping for no injury.
You earned a beer for that effort, John!
I ask this of all woodworkers: Was there ever a day where the drum sander *didn't* bust a belt when you were in a hurry..? 8-)
It's Chopped, but woodshop edition! This was great to watch.
Pretty cool. Now let's see Sam's abilities
Should've been called take a shot for every tool John breaks
That was some serious shop and tool carnage.
Never have I seen a router bit bent like that.holy smokes dude.it's amazing how long it takes to hand make things.
We want a 5 day build. Badass inlays, exotic woods and metals. LETS GOOOOO
Besides the boxes, this shows how mich goes wrong in a workshop, reality versus some unrealistic ideas. I've had many planer issues before, think the worst was a nail in a old piece of wood that chipped a piece if my blade. That just makes me red with anger.
Would like to see more like this, or maybe one where you can't use power tools vs using all the tools
''with proper planning''
starts running around for bits and screw
gotta love these guys hahah
Dude for the first one throw some bags on. All that running around for bits and screws had me dying 😂
Need Jordan and Sam in these challenges. I know this was new, but we can't forget the co-mvp's of the channel 😜
Hola!🖐 That was insane! I could not stop watching though. This exercise does highlight how important it is to take your time to do it safe, to get it right, and feel good when completed. I often find myself rushing through a project, for no reason. I'm going to try to s l o w it down a bit. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
This was a fun one! Thanks boys!
This is just asking for someone's fingers to get cut off. I'll watch any video you guys make, but I'd like to continue being able to watch more in the future. Stay Safe!
That was excellent. I'd like to see more UA-cam makers do the 5 min/50 min/5 hour challenge.
I think this is a great series, a. Do love the running around frantic but it could e really informative if you put everything you need out first and then make the object, you could easily make some epic stuff if you don't have to look around the shop for tiny things
Time is sure fun when you're havin' flies.
5 Minute Challenge: Seeing John run had me fraught with panic
I would love to see this challenge done for a bow rack!!
Love the color of the 50 minute
Amazing challenge dude. Should do that again but with all 3 use and what ever u can decide in 5 mins 50mins and 5 hours and let us decide the winner??🏴👍
Nice video! like this video a lot. my jobs contains a lot of optimalisations, and what i see here is that you can build a box in 2 minutes, and have to search for tools for 3 so you know where to improve. if you can find your tools in a 5 minutes project, you can find them also in your daily job, so it is a win-win
I would have liked to see more about the actual boxes themselves and their differences to recap
Thanks for helping Offtheranch back in 2019!
I think you should re do this as a series. But instead of it being rushed. Show us with everything ready, what we can do in 5 min, 50 min, and 5 hours (when prepped)
We should give thumbs up for effort at the very least. Great video, thank you!
Do a time lapse next time of each build so we can see all the fun in hyper time 😊
Well.. that was a heck of a ride!
I love the 3 way builds. But I would love to see a 12 hour build off. The best John can do, Jordan’s best as well as Sam’s. 12 hours. I wanna see what Sam and Jordan can do. Can it compare to johns?
5 min and you can still count them on either hand? That is a victory.
Thanks for your video. It was important to see that sometimes it is not impossible to estimate the correct time. I think it's also important to see that not everything works as expected in a project and that when we have knowledge of existing techniques, there is always another solution. I also liked the soundtrack!! Could you inform the references of where to find them? As I play guitar, it would be complete fun!!!