200 years from now someone will get this table and wonder why in the hell each leg is joined different. At least they will have a good conversation over it. Another awesome video.
Your style is getting more distinctive, unique, and recognizable and you are so much more comfortable on camera recently. Every successive episode you release is better than the last. I can't even call them videos anymore, they're episodes! Thanks David!
I love how you don't take yourself too seriously...your sarcasm about the kreg jig was hilarious. And you actually have some sawdust on your tools! That's real world...glad I found your channel. Subbbb!
Big fan of the dowel jig! Made my own with steel spacers to make the jig last a long time! Also made myself a joiner with the matchstick clamps. Keep the budget ideas coming for us poor folk trying to make due!
Iv really enjoyed watching my grandpa and other family do different wood working growing up and iv worked in cabinet making the last 2 years. I'm slowly getting my own tools to start making end tables and coffee tables to start and I'll definitely use this technique. Thanks for the vid
GREAT video David. This REALLY shows that there are many ways to accomplish a task and they all can work. No jointer, make a jig. No dowling tool, make a jig. We all can have FUN in our shop without all the expensive tools - just some of them!!!
Cliff Notes of Missing Scene: David realizes he cut all the stretchers to length and therefore can't mortise and tenon just one corner, expletives uttered, quantities of beverage consumed, video has to be made, David thinks, David exclaims "screw it"... so he did.
I probably should have put a SPOILER ALERT in there. Nevermind the man behind the curtain. I blame Eric, he probably thought you had plenty of maple and would just cut another piece of hickory.
I spent a good amount of time and money at Home Depot buying torches, rods, aluminum stock, and beef jerkey trying to get the shit to work after that brazing video.. it's actually pretty satisfying to see that it didn't work in the long run. I'm not upset, I wanted to thank you for the knowledge on both the front and back end. You're the man!
4x4s are hard to come by in my city because of covid. I was thinking of making legs out of joined 2x4 but I was worried about the seam looking bad. Nice to see it can still look nice!
Thanks for vid. Need to make a base for a bookcase and I came across this video for ideas. . Enjoyed comments about other people's comments it's so true. I made the mistake of not having a base on a bookcase and my bottom shelf bowed under for legs. Live and learn.
Dude of all the woodworking channels I subscribe to yours is by far the best one. Entertaining and insightful. You're like the Ryan Reynolds of woodworking.
Initially was annoyed but shortly realized I was learning a crap ton of useful information as I research a table making project for beginners. The guy is pretty much a 'regular dude' but I appreciate that with all his 'this way or that' attitude he was genuinely saying 'here's a good way, there's a great way and there's the way I'm doing it now' instead of bullshitting. And then he vacuumed before putting the table back. A+ winner winner chicken dinner.
One of the best parts of this whole thing is you used 4 different joints for the same purpose in the same piece. That's some world class troll bait, right up there with quenching metal in a toilet. -Caleb Harris
Of the methods used, Domino will be the most durable, as it provides the most glue surface. Pocket screws are great for non-structural applications, cabinet face frames in production shops, etc., I have used them on table joinery in the past, and they did not hold up - 10 years max, dowels are a tad better. Mortise and tenon, or sliding dovetails are the strongest and most durable options. Still a fun video, and the idea of showing options and doing a side-by-side comparison on the same piece was good.
honestly, the "under the breath sass commentary" was my favorite part of this video. XD i'd love to see a full "out-takes" sass video lmao. Solid work as usual. Been following you and Bob at "I like to make stuff" for a few years now. Always a pleasure.
Not that I’m a big fan of pocket screw joint, they do have their place but I have seen testing between the domino joint and the pocket hole joint and the pocket joint won. But I like the dominos because they are hidden.
Just wanted to say thanks for the very awesome and entertaining content:) Woodworking means "working with wood". I love how you showed that there isn't just one way to do things and that woodworking is an accessible craft for everyone.
First time seeing you. Amazing. The mixture of intelligent/silly humor, the editing, the music. When you ask yourself questions the viewer could be thinking, reminds me of Jim Gaffigan. "Crotch shot". Thank you!
Oh man!: your work is good, but your way of filming, your own coments and above all your excelent funny mood, make all this an excelent work of art!! Great! Post more, please!
A great friend of mine, RIP Bob, put legs under a mahogany top for me about 15 years ago. I think he used the Festool Domino. It's a fairly tall table and over the years everything loosened up to the point of me finally rescuing it out of service as my office desk and putting it under my carport for repair and maybe a refinish. Do you have any helpful hints on tightening it all up or should I find someone who knows what they're doing to do it for me?
But will the pocket screws last longer than the brazed aluminum did? For real though, my most used method of joinery is pocket screws. Will it last forever? No. Will it hold together pretty well and be easily repairable in the future? Yes.
That was awesome. I'm new to woodworking and I was looking for a way to make a desk. I didn't know how to attach the legs and support system (the top is 1/2" birch plywood that's been stained black). I already have the legs cut and stained, now I just have to cut, sand and stain the supports and attach everything. Thanks for the info (and fun,. you crazy). I think I'll got buy a jig system. This is my first time building anything, and that seems the simplest, easiest way to go.
Being a new to the game home freelance crafter im slowly learning what i can... how reliable are these kreg tools and do. you have to only use there screw types... told u im a novice but if u don't ask....
That video was great. Fun edit, and I love the third-person comment jabs. You got quite a few laughs out of me on this one. Considering how miserable I am anymore, that's a pretty big deal! "This video isn't about me..." Classic.
Hey bot ... Positive comments are your bread n butter. But not everyone has these tools. And one who does knows how to use it. Not come on you tube to learn
This is one of if not the best of your vids. Awesome "feel good" theme, and the Footloose with no music... that just made my day in a positive way. :) Oh yeah... and the joinery lerning bit, right? ;)
Board stretcher is that a new tool from Festool? I need one! You missed a few ways The super simple sliding dove tail The ever elegant furniture bolts duct tape just to name a few other ways My jointer broke years ago don't miss it, just use a very good blade in your table saw.
Nice job on the base . I work with walnut quite a bit and it tends to spring while going through the table saw more than most other woods. Keep up the nice work brother 🤗
Great video! I love that coffee table! How is the stability on those lift up hinges? Does the table top wiggle from side to side when it is open? Is it sturdy enough when open to use as a desk surface with a laptop?
Awe man i had to edit my first comment (tend to comment before I get through an entire video... call it excitement, probably more like ADD!) I think you’re my new favorite YT!!! Love the 90’s throwbacks and your character “Crotch Shot” and presentation is unique, truly educational and worthy of watching again and again... I’m a slow learner lmao
200 years from now someone will get this table and wonder why in the hell each leg is joined different. At least they will have a good conversation over it. Another awesome video.
haha!!
"Musta been a drunken woodworker made this table. Couldn't even focus from one joint to the next..." :)
you mean 200 years from now when the next person has to fix the pocket screws... ha!
You are not quite right, two legs use the same method:)
William W Powell c
Your style is getting more distinctive, unique, and recognizable and you are so much more comfortable on camera recently. Every successive episode you release is better than the last. I can't even call them videos anymore, they're episodes! Thanks David!
I love how you don't take yourself too seriously...your sarcasm about the kreg jig was hilarious. And you actually have some sawdust on your tools! That's real world...glad I found your channel. Subbbb!
Big fan of the dowel jig! Made my own with steel spacers to make the jig last a long time! Also made myself a joiner with the matchstick clamps. Keep the budget ideas coming for us poor folk trying to make due!
+Jordan S thank you! I bought some steel bushings to make myself a longer lasting dowel jig. Just haven't done it yet.
Iv really enjoyed watching my grandpa and other family do different wood working growing up and iv worked in cabinet making the last 2 years. I'm slowly getting my own tools to start making end tables and coffee tables to start and I'll definitely use this technique. Thanks for the vid
Simple but appreciated. Thoroughly enjoyed your bickering about what people would comment, irony with a positive attitude.
I really appreciate your calm and serious demeanor. It's so soothing...
I try to make videos that people can fall asleep to.
Keeps me coming back for more... ;-)
GREAT video David. This REALLY shows that there are many ways to accomplish a task and they all can work. No jointer, make a jig. No dowling tool, make a jig. We all can have FUN in our shop without all the expensive tools - just some of them!!!
Thanks!
Cliff Notes of Missing Scene: David realizes he cut all the stretchers to length and therefore can't mortise and tenon just one corner, expletives uttered, quantities of beverage consumed, video has to be made, David thinks, David exclaims "screw it"... so he did.
SHHH!!! You're revealing all my secrets!
I probably should have put a SPOILER ALERT in there. Nevermind the man behind the curtain. I blame Eric, he probably thought you had plenty of maple and would just cut another piece of hickory.
JoeBcrafts you win funniest comment on the internet today! LOL!
If he has a Domino, I'm sure he has a board stretcher.
I heard they are on sale now (board stretchers) lol
I spent a good amount of time and money at Home Depot buying torches, rods, aluminum stock, and beef jerkey trying to get the shit to work after that brazing video.. it's actually pretty satisfying to see that it didn't work in the long run. I'm not upset, I wanted to thank you for the knowledge on both the front and back end. You're the man!
i loved this too many people think they cant do something because they don't have some expensive tool there are so many ways to do things thanks
This is the best intro on youtube, hands down!
You make the hand cut mortises look so easy, excellent.
Yeah hand cut mortises .... "screen missing" while I do it the easy way!
good one 😂
Ya know, if you're going to make all the comments IN the video, there's really nothing left for us to do down here.
But you still commented! Win-win!
TWSS.
ha ha ha. Well said. It was a funny part though, wasn't it?
well why did you comment
4x4s are hard to come by in my city because of covid. I was thinking of making legs out of joined 2x4 but I was worried about the seam looking bad. Nice to see it can still look nice!
You earn the crap out of every like your videos get. These are pure gold :)
:)
A guy who admits his mistakes and has the balls to show it. SUBSCRIBED SIR !!!!
Paying yourself to sponsor yourself. Excellent idea. Keep being awesome.
Thanks for vid. Need to make a base for a bookcase and I came across this video for ideas. . Enjoyed comments about other people's comments it's so true.
I made the mistake of not having a base on a bookcase and my bottom shelf bowed under for legs. Live and learn.
Dude of all the woodworking channels I subscribe to yours is by far the best one. Entertaining and insightful. You're like the Ryan Reynolds of woodworking.
Ha! I'll take that! Thanks!
Initially was annoyed but shortly realized I was learning a crap ton of useful information as I research a table making project for beginners. The guy is pretty much a 'regular dude' but I appreciate that with all his 'this way or that' attitude he was genuinely saying 'here's a good way, there's a great way and there's the way I'm doing it now' instead of bullshitting. And then he vacuumed before putting the table back. A+ winner winner chicken dinner.
One of the best parts of this whole thing is you used 4 different joints for the same purpose in the same piece. That's some world class troll bait, right up there with quenching metal in a toilet.
-Caleb Harris
hahahaha!!!
YouCanMakeThisToo 😂
would toilet water have raised the grain more to create a better woodgrain pattern with the shellac?
:)
wait, you're not supposed to quench in the toilet?!?!
Just remember to flush the pee before you quench something ! ! !
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh my god, a coffee table and TV trays all in one. Thats pretty much the coolest thing ever.
Of the methods used, Domino will be the most durable, as it provides the most glue surface. Pocket screws are great for non-structural applications, cabinet face frames in production shops, etc., I have used them on table joinery in the past, and they did not hold up - 10 years max, dowels are a tad better. Mortise and tenon, or sliding dovetails are the strongest and most durable options. Still a fun video, and the idea of showing options and doing a side-by-side comparison on the same piece was good.
Your videos are an awesome source of info and they're edited in a way to keep everything interesting. Love em
honestly, the "under the breath sass commentary" was my favorite part of this video. XD i'd love to see a full "out-takes" sass video lmao. Solid work as usual. Been following you and Bob at "I like to make stuff" for a few years now. Always a pleasure.
I can't wait for the patent on that Festool dominoer to run out so I can get one at Harbor Freight for 25 bucks...
John Armstrong So when it is going to expire?
2024 the first patent runs out =) but there is a couple more. Not until 2035 it's possible to make a knock off.
just get a router
Not that I’m a big fan of pocket screw joint, they do have their place but I have seen testing between the domino joint and the pocket hole joint and the pocket joint won. But I like the dominos because they are hidden.
Brilliant.
Hahaha I just gotta say I love the "Sand in the place where you live" bit. Please keep doing it. Gets me every time! A literal lol :)
I love the music videos thrown in. Also, you're the first person I've seen with a way to keep the lift-top table on the floor: dumbbells! Clever.
Yep. We know he's not using them to get shredded!
Your videos make me a happy boy.
I love the commentary on the comments. By the way, I got the match fit clamps. Thanks again!
Right on Howard! Hey, I appreciate your support!
yo thanks for the information I've decided to go into carpentry so im doing construction in school to get started Great video!
The way you explain things, i love it. That's one subscriber ❤️
Just wanted to say thanks for the very awesome and entertaining content:) Woodworking means "working with wood". I love how you showed that there isn't just one way to do things and that woodworking is an accessible craft for everyone.
ITS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY FOR MACHINES. I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS GUY MAKE A TABLE WITH ONLY HAND TOOLS
First time seeing you. Amazing. The mixture of intelligent/silly humor, the editing, the music. When you ask yourself questions the viewer could be thinking, reminds me of Jim Gaffigan. "Crotch shot". Thank you!
I go with the dowel joints. Great video.
This guy is seriously entertaining!
To the moon!
Our method was screws and more screws! We didn't know what we we're doing though, but it did the job! Nice work! 😁
Oh, and great idea to show different techniques in joinery in the one job. Likey likey
first video I don't need to speed up! nice one there! enough explanation to understand and to the good part !
1) Dowels
2) Pocket Holes
3) Domino
4) Mortise and Tenon (My favorite)
first time watcher here. like you're content. good humor too! definitely subscribing.
Oh man!: your work is good, but your way of filming, your own coments and above all your excelent funny mood, make all this an excelent work of art!! Great! Post more, please!
Thanks!
It's cool that Katz-Moses supports you!
Just amazing craftsmanship & the humour is contagious 👍
Love the conveniently "missing" scene! Hilarious! Great job with the videos recently. Very entertaining, and educational as well.
I blame Eric!
I don't know... I'm thinking Chuck probably lost it somewhere...
The algorithm just threw me this video (I subscribe but hadn't gone this far back) This is gold! In all kinds of ways!
Love that @katzmosestools cameos into the Patreon supporters list way back when this was made. Class act.
this is my first time watching one of your videos, and I think besides the woodworking I am subscribing because of the humpty dance
Great video, learned some new techniques! I only have a pockethole jig, but I love that thing and I use it any chance I can get!
A great friend of mine, RIP Bob, put legs under a mahogany top for me about 15 years ago. I think he used the Festool Domino. It's a fairly tall table and over the years everything loosened up to the point of me finally rescuing it out of service as my office desk and putting it under my carport for repair and maybe a refinish.
Do you have any helpful hints on tightening it all up or should I find someone who knows what they're doing to do it for me?
My favorite of your videos to date.
Right on! Thank you!
This is beautiful, and really helpful for weekend warriors, like myself.
Personal question:, Are you left handed, by any chance?
great presentation, you make the job sound so easy for everyone to try.
lionel e
Nice fast pace to video, and great tunes, subscribed right away
Thanks Bruce! Welcome aboard!
You should have your own show.
You're fantastic.
I love the lift mechanism on the table top!
This is a huge help for my project. Thanks!!!
Well done and very educational- nice 80's tracks too
I love this guy! I'm such a newbie and he helps in a non boring way!
But will the pocket screws last longer than the brazed aluminum did?
For real though, my most used method of joinery is pocket screws. Will it last forever? No. Will it hold together pretty well and be easily repairable in the future? Yes.
Pocket screws will last longer. Much longer!
I remember hearing something similar about the aluminium legs...
Add some wood glue. Wood glue will hold it together longer than anything.
Great video, back to basics...
Nice job David. It was great to meet you finally.
+RetroWeld thanks Douglas! Great meeting you as well!
Thank you for that excellent comparison video. Your funny also. Thank you for the great ideas and the laughs. Much success.
Simple y firme, gracias por este vídeo. From Chile Saludos.
The vids just keep getting better!!!
That was fun. Suggestion for next video... Coasters.
Good tips! I did not see the fourth method.
Congratulations, regards of Colombia, i love the wood
your videos are fun and i lerned a few nice ways to do something.
That was awesome. I'm new to woodworking and I was looking for a way to make a desk. I didn't know how to attach the legs and support system (the top is 1/2" birch plywood that's been stained black). I already have the legs cut and stained, now I just have to cut, sand and stain the supports and attach everything. Thanks for the info (and fun,. you crazy). I think I'll got buy a jig system. This is my first time building anything, and that seems the simplest, easiest way to go.
How is your desk? What about the plywood? Is it any good for the application?
realy a master job,,,, many thanks for sharing
Thoroughly enjoy watching your channel!
Good attitud to work, and good way to explain the Project.
As near as I can tell, you are the Corb Lund of woodworking. Rock on.
so nice of you,,
informative video
mortise and tenons is my way to go.
most of the times it depends on whole design of the table. good luck
I like that you used the doweling jig you made a few videos back.
You the man, bro. That coffee table is DOPE! I'm gonna check out the podcast
Being a new to the game home freelance crafter im slowly learning what i can... how reliable are these kreg tools and do. you have to only use there screw types... told u im a novice but if u don't ask....
Again, and again, Great Video! Cheers David & Eric!
That video was great. Fun edit, and I love the third-person comment jabs.
You got quite a few laughs out of me on this one. Considering how miserable I am anymore, that's a pretty big deal!
"This video isn't about me..." Classic.
"anymore"? Ooof...
Hey bot ... Positive comments are your bread n butter. But not everyone has these tools. And one who does knows how to use it. Not come on you tube to learn
My good sir, I’m so glad I stumbled upon your video. Love the edits and the commentary.
Subscribed✅
Looking for your precast now
You really brought the funny in the video. The footloose audio with no music had a cackling. Such a rich video.
This is one of if not the best of your vids. Awesome "feel good" theme, and the Footloose with no music... that just made my day in a positive way. :)
Oh yeah... and the joinery lerning bit, right? ;)
Why wouldn't you show me the hand tools part? That was the whole thing I was watching for. Good video though, thanks.
Board stretcher is that a new tool from Festool? I need one!
You missed a few ways
The super simple sliding dove tail
The ever elegant furniture bolts
duct tape just to name a few other ways
My jointer broke years ago don't miss it, just use a very good blade in your table saw.
I'm waaay, to young for the old music puns, but they are fantastic and still crack me up every time
Check out Digital Underground's Humpty Dance. CLASSIC!
Make Something I just did, fantastic. love your work, especially making it podcast, huge fan since episode 1
Nice job on the base . I work with walnut quite a bit and it tends to spring while going through the table saw more than most other woods. Keep up the nice work brother 🤗
Aaahh!!! Soundtrack is soooooo goood! Wow!
I love watching all your build because you keep it practical so we can all have a go 👍
Great video! I love that coffee table! How is the stability on those lift up hinges? Does the table top wiggle from side to side when it is open? Is it sturdy enough when open to use as a desk surface with a laptop?
Awe man i had to edit my first comment (tend to comment before I get through an entire video... call it excitement, probably more like ADD!) I think you’re my new favorite YT!!! Love the 90’s throwbacks and your character “Crotch Shot” and presentation is unique, truly educational and worthy of watching again and again... I’m a slow learner lmao
Thank you!! 🙏
Love the shock g clip. Great knowledge and humour perfect marriage
Great work
I totally knew that was the best joinery method the whole time!
Sand in the place where you live...nice one :D I actually sand in the place where I eat :) Great video David!
Good one. Very informative. Thanks
Best video yet!