I am slackjawed with awe at this display of craftsmanship. And when I learned, from later interviews, that he was teaching himself how to work this magic while making this video, some of my faith in what a human can accomplish is restored.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Man, do I enjoy your filming technique of no music background, just the sound of tools being expertly applied. It is true music to ones ears. Thanks so much.
Few people on this earth can demonstrate, teach and enlighten without saying a word, but you are one of them. Truly exceptional and inspirational. Great work!
I love these videos. No fast-forward, no extreme slow-motion. No F* background hard rock music. Just the work as it progresses and the sound of the tools and the wood.
Thank you. Sharp tools. Sharp mind. Sharp products. Thank you for not choosing a muzak track to play. Just the way I like to work. It allows the wood and tools to speak, freely.
The kind of woodworker who can do it all by hand. Right-handed or left-handed, as he prefers and as is better for the camera angle. The more closely you watch, the more remarkable the craftsmanship is. Thank you for posting this.
Awesome bench! The sound of your tools during construction was almost like an ASMR video. So soothing. I'm looking to build a Roubo bench early next year and watching this again is inspiring me to go without gluing or fasteners. I'm interested in going with some Benchmade or similar leg and tail vice hardware which will be the exception.
I would never work on such a beautiful bench. I would put it in a museum. My own bench was made with screw, 4X4 post, plywood, and metal paint (it's outside)... i feel like i'm a 4 years old, drawing in a kindergardent compare to an accomplish painter.
What I like the most on your projects is the amount of glue you use, which is 0 in most cases. Really amazing, it's so satisfying to watch. You're a master.
I have watched many of your videos, I am inspired by your skill, you truly are gifted. Without a word you have spoken volumes on carpentry and woodworking, you've sold me on items I am certain I will buy in the future. What I enjoy most is the "this is what it looks like to work wood from the tree to the finished project" Mr Chickadee you are in a genre all your own, there is no one quite like you among all the talented woodworkers I view. I highly recommend your videos, your skill, and your patience. The one thing I know I lack is the stamina and strength you have 'work' the wood the way you do. But regardless of my lack of youth, I am inspired by yours. Keep up the great videos I greatly enjoy them.
Hi. I don't if you are going to read this. I would like you to know this. "Watching your video's are like listening to Beethoven" Thanks for sharing them. Well composed!!!
Truly a beautiful piece! Really enjoy the work you do with the complex joints you use. Truly inspiring me to push my woodwork forward! Thank you, and please keep up the great work!
We had a massive two man saw hanging on the wall of my Fathers shop and sadly we never did use it. I dont know for sure if it was handed down or anything. My Father worked two jobs so most all the chores were done by me. I did use a double bit axe for many years and prefered it over a chain saw for felling and spitting. But I didnt have an old cross cut just modern cross cut. We had a large sithe and cicle and many other hand tools and those I used plenty. The ground around our home was full of clay so a pick axe was my friend. I dug several 8'x 8'x 8' deep out house holes for ours and other peoples mountain camps. And a lot of footers. So watching you work brings back alot of fond memories.
Once again Mr Chic shows he's at the very top of his craft. This may be Asian timber framing but its also All American. I always wanted to scale a Roubo down to the size of a coffee table using these joints. Thanks and happy Spring early.
Great job, I watched your videos some time ago when you first started. I’ve recently started again see how much you’ve progressed. I really enjoy your video. Thx
I can't think of a Roubo bench this side of the millennium that will get more actual hand tool usage than this. Even the most hardcore hand tool woodworkers seem to have a few systainers and a festool dust extractor just out of frame.
I keep watching your vlogs like watching for the first time! I’m always amazed at your craftsmanship! Humans have such great potential! Thank you again!
I've been watching you for about 2 years now. Still amazing the skill you have. I hope someday I can come even close. God knows I keep trying to move forward.
I have admired your work for a long time. I really would like to see you do a bed in a box video. I have not seen anyone walk people through the method to make one of those. There are many re-enactors who would love to see one made from the ground up. Thank you for all the wonderful videos you have made. They inspire me greatly and educated me on would working skills.
I know nothing about your ability level, but some things I do to help myself make straight cuts is to start off my cut with a chiseled divit in the wood, forming something of a offset "v" shape between my knife cut and the chiseled start, then I make sure I've either continued my knife cut along where I want to make my saw cut, and that "v" shaped divit, or at the very least an easily visible straight pencil line. The "v" shaped cut really does a lot to help you guide the saw. Something else to consider is that you only need to align your top once, after that, just make sure you keeping in line with your side marks as you saw in. One way you can really do this well is by focusing almost entirely on one side of your saw cut, the side you can see, and slowly dropping your hand and the heel of the saw while keeping the tip closer to the top. When you've hit your depth on that side, just focus on the other side, either levle off your sawcut or just turn the piece you're sawing around 180 degrees and lower your hand again. When you get in the flow of it, you'll find what works best for you and develop your own techniques.
Very good job, it must take alot of patients to do that joinery. My hat is off to you sir. In my wood working adventure , I would love to incorporate some of your joinery in my work bench when I build it. You have really gave me alot of ideas.
I have been starting to build a basic cabin from hewing pines on the property, and I started without any information about the subject or any knowledge. Mr. Chickadee alone is the most valuable hub of information i have found to reference how things are done right and well. What I REALLY want to know is where the hell does he get all those amazing hand tools. It's such a shame these things (most all) aren't made anymore. Truly appreciate all of your videos, thank you, you're helping us all so much. I don't believe in tattoos but I may just get Mr. Chickadee mural on my back🤘🤘 you rock
Sounds awesome Ian, so moved you would consider me as an inspiration to what you are doing! Dont ever hesitate to email or call if you have any questions! Josh
@@MrChickadee I wish I started researching the line of work before I started- I severely underestimated the basic necessity for beams needing to be straight and square. What I love most about your work is that everything is done with manual tools. I love the hand tool way. Where do you find your tools? I just got a nice beam auger on eBay. Thanks for responding!
@@D231991 Have you tried line rule layout yet? Its what I used on this bench and every timber frame since our house. Its amazing, round, twisted, bowed or whatever shped timbers come together perfectly every time, nothing needs to be straight or even square. Its the dominate method used by the majority of timber framers globally, mostly in asia, where they have a longer more advanced history of timber framing than we do. I get my tools everywhere, flea markets, junk yards, corner sales, and yes, ebay too. ;)
Собираю похожий стол-верстак, но без клея и стального элемента для тисков ( винта и гайки), обойтись не удалось. Респект мастеру, хорошая работа. Вы вдохновляете своим мастерством!
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I am slackjawed with awe at this display of craftsmanship. And when I learned, from later interviews, that he was teaching himself how to work this magic while making this video, some of my faith in what a human can accomplish is restored.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:
Man, do I enjoy your filming technique of no music background, just the sound of tools being expertly applied. It is true music to ones ears. Thanks so much.
I built my Roubo bench out of Douglas Fir in June of 2011, it is by far the single most used tool in my workshop.
Cheers from Tokyo!
Few people on this earth can demonstrate, teach and enlighten without saying a word, but you are one of them. Truly exceptional and inspirational. Great work!
Another one is primitive technology. I absolutely love this kind of content
Very few people can teach with words
It's very nice of the cat to let you use his place for your woodworking.
I love these videos. No fast-forward, no extreme slow-motion. No F* background hard rock music. Just the work as it progresses and the sound of the tools and the wood.
Notice that the cat is part of the japanese craft, a very precious tool.
That's quality inspector!
And that my friends is the difference between workmanship and craftsmanship
Man, you can actually hear how sharp the chisels and planes are
Thank you. Sharp tools. Sharp mind. Sharp products. Thank you for not choosing a muzak track to play. Just the way I like to work. It allows the wood and tools to speak, freely.
I saw at least two supervisors. It’s amazing that you get anything done with that much supervision.
You say no screws, but there's a big one in the vise!
It's a pleasure watching you work, thanks for the videos.
Who ever said a square peg can't be put in a round hole? Excellent workmanship on this build...
Thank you,
Bill on the Hill... :~)
Now THAT, is a woodworking bench for hand tools. You're an inspiration, Mr. Chickadee.
That was nothing short of masterful. I thought my arm was going to fall off just watching you do all those saw cuts.
I've lost count how many times I've watched this so relaxing to watch
I also very much enjoy your shop supervisors coming to check progress periodically. You must be a kind soul to like cats as you do.
Hardworking, very skilled young craftsmen give one hope for the future. This bench is a dream for any woodworker.
The kind of woodworker who can do it all by hand. Right-handed or left-handed, as he prefers and as is better for the camera angle.
The more closely you watch, the more remarkable the craftsmanship is. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for showing things in enough detail to be imitated. This is such a helpful demonstration.
Your skill level amazes me.
He's got some mad skills.
@@jimwilliams8229 I was going to say the exact same thing... He gives a new meaning to mad skills...I've watched them all...sick skills
@@jimwilliams8229 I saw him use a store bought screw once...I damn near fell out but I think he had too...
I'm about to build a workbench for myself and you sir have put me to shame before I even begin
I have not seen a more skillful woodworker anywhere than this fellow .
Good neighbors make the best people. Thank you
Just wow. So fricking cool. I want to be you when I grow up. (Ignore the fact I’m probably 15 years older.) Every single video just impresses me more.
Watch from Ireland.i have never see anything like this before pure skill top class.
Honestly the most beautiful, un-pretentious work bench I have ever seen, or watched being built. Truly inspirational, thank you so much for sharing.
My woodworking skills have improved substantially since subscribing to your channel. Thank you.
Contragulations. Wonderfully precise joinery using only basic handtools.
Your joinery is spectacular. Beautiful marriage of patience and accuracy. Thank you.
Amazing craftsmanship
best demonstration of draw boring I've seen.
Awesome bench! The sound of your tools during construction was almost like an ASMR video. So soothing. I'm looking to build a Roubo bench early next year and watching this again is inspiring me to go without gluing or fasteners. I'm interested in going with some Benchmade or similar leg and tail vice hardware which will be the exception.
when that joint went together at 5:15 , brilliant.
So glad you let the tools make all the sound for the videos.... so much better than music. Love all your work
Of all the handtoll woodworking channels I know, I like yours the most. You ate probably closest to the old way, the most efficient, effective way.
I would give anything to go back in time and just WATCH the old men with 50 years under their belt....now that would be something for youtube!
The time I spend watching your videos, I schedule in as " Mental Health Minutes"...
I just completed my first Roubo style bench about two weeks ago. I like yours better.
I would never work on such a beautiful bench. I would put it in a museum. My own bench was made with screw, 4X4 post, plywood, and metal paint (it's outside)... i feel like i'm a 4 years old, drawing in a kindergardent compare to an accomplish painter.
If a bench is outside, you probably made the bench the smartest way.
finding wood that big is half the battle. Great workmanship.
What I like the most on your projects is the amount of glue you use, which is 0 in most cases. Really amazing, it's so satisfying to watch. You're a master.
Wow, that workbench is a beautiful work of art.
I have watched many of your videos, I am inspired by your skill, you truly are gifted. Without a word you have spoken volumes on carpentry and woodworking, you've sold me on items I am certain I will buy in the future. What I enjoy most is the "this is what it looks like to work wood from the tree to the finished project" Mr Chickadee you are in a genre all your own, there is no one quite like you among all the talented woodworkers I view. I highly recommend your videos, your skill, and your patience. The one thing I know I lack is the stamina and strength you have 'work' the wood the way you do. But regardless of my lack of youth, I am inspired by yours. Keep up the great videos I greatly enjoy them.
lol lol I just shake my head and watch you work !!! You are truly gifted !!!
That is really just an insane bench build. I like that you made such an intensely complicated bench out of softwood.
Hi. I don't if you are going to read this. I would like you to know this. "Watching your video's are like listening to Beethoven"
Thanks for sharing them. Well composed!!!
And not a power tool in sight, amazing skill and work.
oh, i love it.
i can watch a documentation in the background while watching your videos because any talk and just the pure working sounds.
Have watched hours of bench building vids and googling plans, and yet this may well be my favorite bench so far. That's one beefy block of wood.
It is always a pleasure to watch your craftsmanship. Cheers from New Zealand.
This is just masterful. I've just started woodworking and it took me half a day yesterday to make one mortice and tenon joint.
Grand! A solid bench is essential for handwork. Excellent work and design!
Truly a beautiful piece! Really enjoy the work you do with the complex joints you use. Truly inspiring me to push my woodwork forward! Thank you, and please keep up the great work!
Exactly what every woodworker needs in their shop. Amazing as always
As always impressed about your skills. This bench is more then a tool, it's a piece of wood art. Greetings from Germany
We had a massive two man saw hanging on the wall of my Fathers shop and sadly we never did use it. I dont know for sure if it was handed down or anything. My Father worked two jobs so most all the chores were done by me. I did use a double bit axe for many years and prefered it over a chain saw for felling and spitting. But I didnt have an old cross cut just modern cross cut. We had a large sithe and cicle and many other hand tools and those I used plenty. The ground around our home was full of clay so a pick axe was my friend. I dug several 8'x 8'x 8' deep out house holes for ours and other peoples mountain camps. And a lot of footers. So watching you work brings back alot of fond memories.
Once again Mr Chic shows he's at the very top of his craft.
This may be Asian timber framing but its also All American.
I always wanted to scale a Roubo down to the size of a coffee table using these joints.
Thanks and happy Spring early.
Loved the sound of the chisel and drill shearing the wood. I found this calming, had to subscribe.
your chisels seem so sharp and i love sound of them cutting through the wood
Great job, I watched your videos some time ago when you first started. I’ve recently started again see how much you’ve progressed. I really enjoy your video. Thx
The cats are attentive to every detail, good supervisors!
Watching Josh work with wood is a meditation, mesmerizing!
Just the sound of the tools and the wood.
and 92 dislikes?
Awesome workbench. Thank you so much for sharing! 👍😊
I can't think of a Roubo bench this side of the millennium that will get more actual hand tool usage than this. Even the most hardcore hand tool woodworkers seem to have a few systainers and a festool dust extractor just out of frame.
That works on two levels… an incredible workbench and a beautiful artwork. As stunning as ever.
Thank you so much 😀
Great craftsmanship, thank you for your inspirational videos. Please give your cats a treat for a job well done.
22 minutes and 20 seconds of pure bliss!! Fantastic build!! 😁🌲
You are more of an artist than woodworker. Amazing build. Best on the internet. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I keep watching your vlogs like watching for the first time! I’m always amazed at your craftsmanship!
Humans have such great potential!
Thank you again!
Always a pleasure to watch you create start and finish a project. Thank you for sharing
You are an exceptional person. So inspiring. Watching and listening to those sharp tools it's therapeutic.
I've been watching you for about 2 years now. Still amazing the skill you have. I hope someday I can come even close. God knows I keep trying to move forward.
I have admired your work for a long time. I really would like to see you do a bed in a box video. I have not seen anyone walk people through the method to make one of those. There are many re-enactors who would love to see one made from the ground up. Thank you for all the wonderful videos you have made. They inspire me greatly and educated me on would working skills.
That is brilliant. Every cut is methodical and exact. I am floored.
There is no other content creator who's videos I look forward to more than yours. I love your style and your vibe. Keep them coming!
Omg.ASMR can go to hell. These video are more relaxing than anything else. awesome work
I totally need one of these tables... especially with the bench dogs for planing! Nice work Mr. Chickadee!
Another amazing video! You sir, are a master.
So much patience and skill.
Masterful! So many jointery ideas to make use of!
MASTER CRAFTSMAN AT WORK. Amazing
I admire his ability to cut straight saw cuts I only wish I could do the same
I know nothing about your ability level, but some things I do to help myself make straight cuts is to start off my cut with a chiseled divit in the wood, forming something of a offset "v" shape between my knife cut and the chiseled start, then I make sure I've either continued my knife cut along where I want to make my saw cut, and that "v" shaped divit, or at the very least an easily visible straight pencil line. The "v" shaped cut really does a lot to help you guide the saw. Something else to consider is that you only need to align your top once, after that, just make sure you keeping in line with your side marks as you saw in. One way you can really do this well is by focusing almost entirely on one side of your saw cut, the side you can see, and slowly dropping your hand and the heel of the saw while keeping the tip closer to the top. When you've hit your depth on that side, just focus on the other side, either levle off your sawcut or just turn the piece you're sawing around 180 degrees and lower your hand again. When you get in the flow of it, you'll find what works best for you and develop your own techniques.
Lol ikr he makes cuts with a rip saw I couldn't make with a back saw
Very good job, it must take alot of patients to do that joinery. My hat is off to you sir. In my wood working adventure , I would love to incorporate some of your joinery in my work bench when I build it. You have really gave me alot of ideas.
I have been starting to build a basic cabin from hewing pines on the property, and I started without any information about the subject or any knowledge. Mr. Chickadee alone is the most valuable hub of information i have found to reference how things are done right and well. What I REALLY want to know is where the hell does he get all those amazing hand tools. It's such a shame these things (most all) aren't made anymore.
Truly appreciate all of your videos, thank you, you're helping us all so much.
I don't believe in tattoos but I may just get Mr. Chickadee mural on my back🤘🤘 you rock
Sounds awesome Ian, so moved you would consider me as an inspiration to what you are doing! Dont ever hesitate to email or call if you have any questions!
Josh
@@MrChickadee I wish I started researching the line of work before I started- I severely underestimated the basic necessity for beams needing to be straight and square. What I love most about your work is that everything is done with manual tools. I love the hand tool way. Where do you find your tools? I just got a nice beam auger on eBay. Thanks for responding!
@@D231991 Have you tried line rule layout yet? Its what I used on this bench and every timber frame since our house. Its amazing, round, twisted, bowed or whatever shped timbers come together perfectly every time, nothing needs to be straight or even square. Its the dominate method used by the majority of timber framers globally, mostly in asia, where they have a longer more advanced history of timber framing than we do. I get my tools everywhere, flea markets, junk yards, corner sales, and yes, ebay too. ;)
@@MrChickadee wow, thank you so much; this information is incredibly helpful to me. Got my slick coming soon, I've yet to make my first joint
I Loved your work at 3 :44 am in the morning its really worth watching
Those must have been some enormous pallets. I really enjoyed the joinery on this one.
Look close and see the chainsaw marks where they took them apart haha
That's on of the coolest projects I've seen in a long time. Its beautiful and the craftsmanship is amazing. I'd love to have a bench like that.
Mr! your work is of an incredible precision congratulations.
I am enjoying how you make this bench
What a beautiful piece of work.
The best workbench i’ve seen! Congratulations Mr. Chichadee!!
Keep up the wonderful craftsmanship Mr. Chickadee.
Mighty fine joinery. End product looks sturdy and quite functional. Excellent build.
Собираю похожий стол-верстак, но без клея и стального элемента для тисков ( винта и гайки), обойтись не удалось. Респект мастеру, хорошая работа. Вы вдохновляете своим мастерством!
The best bench build ever. Thanks so much
Ah, the beauty of working with sharp tools!
You can hear how scary sharp those chisels are! Nice bench!
Un placer verte trabajar, con las herramientas tradicionales y sin una gota de cola. Felicidades muy buen trabajo
hands ... not machines - best man ! Greetings from Germany.
Love your project and to watch your work, as always!