How To Build A Dresser
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2019
- In this video I show you how I built this dresser. It is made from red oak and baltic birch plywood.
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I've worked in cabinetry. After gluing up your drawer faces and clamping, on the back side shoot in some small staples through the tongue and groove intersections then you can remove the clamps. That's what we always did. I now work in a doormill building interior/exterior doors.
Would be nice if you'd link to a dimensioned plan and cut list with step-by-step build instructions and tips. I'd gladly pay for them 🙂
Use ur imagination and make your own. Nobody likes a rat who follows everything step by step
Nice design of furniture! Love solid woodworking!
Nice build! Love "no excuses"!.
Beautiful and simple. I love all the old school machines you're running.
Matt Groters thanks, old school? As in not cnc?
As in real man tools... keep it up dude.
"Old school" machines? Where?
Beautifully crafted! I would love to learn to build like that someday.
Great build and this is something that will last many generations!
Thanks, I built it for my parents. I know someday when they have passed on that it will come back to me. I hope to be able to pass it on to my kids
Nice job! It came out beautiful!
Gotta love Busy Bee.... great job Wes
Andy Wyatt thanks. I love busy bee as well
Thank you for sharing Wes.
Nice job... Very clean as well
Looks pretty great!
Joshh Rodriguez thank you!
Great video.
Love the norm Abram router angle when chamfering the edge of the top
nice job! looks great
Great build. Beautiful piece. It sorta looks like a chest of drawers, only shorter. I might do one myself. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Thanks, That was kind of the look I was going for. It stands about 42" high
Nice work man! That's a nice shop space you got.
Looks great!
Scott Adams thank you
Very nice piece Wes. A handsome addition to any room.
Jim Dockrell thanks, Jim
Beautiful work Wes. Nice video breakdown.
Joe Brown thanks!
Really nice build. Like your pace while building.
Awesome video! Good man!
Awesome job Wes, definitely going to make one when I eventually have a shop! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Fred McIntyre thanks. You will get one someday
Lovely work Wes! This was the first video i have watched of yours and was impressed with your workmanship. I love that you used red oak which is nice and easy to find yet high quality. Video was educational. I think the only thing that would make this better is add a cut list to show what you used which would be nice. Overall very impressive.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Wishing you a healthy and successful 2020.
Good job Wes! Enjoyed the video!!
Colorado Crafter thanks for watching!
Very nice!
Nice build !!
Bobson Project thank you!
Awesome
Beautiful work sir
Kirk Golembiewski thank you
Grt Build... Keep up!!
Thanks. It was a fun and challenging project
Very interesting work. Besides, the video is the best! I learned a lot.
Thanks!
Brother, that's a ton of work lol. Looks solid.
You can really name your price with this quality craftsmanship...
Good job!
Thank you
Wow, very nice.
Thank you
Subscribed and that's a beautiful chest of draws you built. Keep up the great workmanship. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well
First off....great build looks amazing...secondly that cross cut jig for the table saw is that of the gods...great work!!!
Thank you!
Real nice work on the cabinet, Wes!
And the video was well put together as well - the 16 minutes flew by :)
John Heisz - I Build It thanks. I didn’t think anyone would watch the whole thing.
@@WesHamstra I just did.
@@befmx31 Thanks man!
Beautiful! All wood. Can't beat it. Excellent workmanship! Well put together video! How did you acquire an interest in woods Wes?
Thanks for you it is nice Works Very Very Nice Works 👍 👍 👍
Great work on the Dresser Wes! Thanks For sharing the video with us' and Merry Christmas🎄🎁💖👌👍😎JP
I Enjoy Creating Videos thanks, merry Christmas to you as well
Your very welcome Wes! and Thank you! 😎
That turned out very nice. I'm working myself up to take on a very similar project.
Do it! It’s not all that hard. If you think about. It’s just a bunch of boxes.
@@WesHamstra Oh it's definitely happening. I have a couple other projects to finish first, and I'm working on learning Sketchup for the dresser design.
chingon!! new sub
très beau merci
Very nice. Liked and subscribed 👍
Thank you!
Very nice work! I have been thinking of doing a similar project in a similar style. You inspired me to give it a try soon. I Iook forward to more of your videos.
pigroper5 thanks, I don’t know what your woodworking skill is like but it is a pretty easy build. Just make sure your dresser and drawers are 100% square
@@WesHamstra Thank you, I will give it a go. I've built a few projects, but not something with drawers. I need to draw up a plan and figure out the size that works for me. Your concept on the construction of sides and drawer rails inside looks good and straight forward.
i was thinking man i recognize this shop.... lmao i watched your shop tour video!!
Haha. That would be why. Thanks for watching!
Could I get the overall dimensions of the dresser please? Thanks.
That's alot of tools that I don't have. A chop saw, a table saw, some clamps and a sander is all I have and I'm gonna have to make that be enough to build the dresser I want
That’s all you need. You can make anything with those tools.
thank you
Walter Rider your welcome
Great work, curious how do keep the drawers from splitting when dovetailing?
Good job, my friend. Hello from Crimea
Thank you! Cheers!
Very nice dresser. 👍🏻
I'm not so sure about the skirting down to the floor though. I'd have left some clearance at the bottom to account for unevenness in the floor. Enjoyed the video regardless.
Amazing job. How much time did you need for it all?
Good Engineering design, strong and simple.
I assume you used the Tung Oil?
Thanks for sharing
Greetings from California.
Great video. You have some serious skills! This video reminded me of how much of an amateur I am when it comes to wood working.
Beautiful job do you have any plans
Where did you get those drawer slides? P.S. great build!!!
When working with the Kreg do you drill the holes from the inside or the outside?
Hi.
Do you have any plans or written information I could view or purchase of this design? My wife loves the look, and wants me to make several as we are expecting our first child and sure gonna need all the storage we can get!
Thanks
It looks like you did hard connect of top to the sides, did you allow for any movement of the top during season changes?
Amazing. Would love to learn to make simply because I can’t stand the furniture they sell in stores nowadays. I hate flimsy drawer bottoms. Thin particle board paper mache. I need thick solid wood drawer bottoms. I need to know the weight of my clothes will not bend nor break those bottoms
what was the clamp/jig that you used for the drawers when you were routing?
Love the dresser, can you send me dimensions so I can also build, I am just getting into woodworking, thank you
What are the overall dimensions? What size are the drawers? How wide and length of the top? What is the height from the floor?
Awesome build! Was the skirting at the bottom for looks or strength?
VampireOnline thanks, it’s only for looks. Mostly so you don’t need to clean underneath. It is completely optional.
Looks great!! Did you used 1/2 ply or 3/4 For the side panels?
It was 1/2" red oak veneer plywood
Thanks for sharing, looks great! Just curious, what was it that you used in the tub when putting together the dovetails? Was it glue?
Andrew Barrow thanks, it was just regular wood glue, nothing special
I have a very old piece that has one side built like this and I want to make the other side match. I am so new to all of this so I have a dumb question but is that a router you are using to make the tongue and grove portion on the side panels?
Light weight easy to remove and dump
Great looking dresser good job!!! Wes what was the length of the dresser and width thanks .
Gary Balcom thanks! It was 60” long , 18” deep and 42” tall
Very nice work. I’m planning to build a tall chest of drawers in a similar style out of cherry. Just out of curiosity (no criticism intended), did you consider other joinery options before using pocket holes? Was there a reason to use pocket holes other than convenience? Thanks!
It's personal preference. There are a few options you have in your back pocket.
Good job Wes.
Would you buy this craftex jig again? I am considering between this one and a porter cable one, which is almost 3 times cost.
marcelo403 polo honestly I wouldn’t, I wish I. Bought the porter cable. I am finding the build quality isn’t that great. I’ve had to glue knobs back on that fell off
@@WesHamstra Thanks for reply. Thats what i kinda thought.
I like to use z clips to fasten my tops
Great build looks outstanding. Wish you would have been a little more How to.
Hey wes, what size dovetail router bit did you use with your jig? I've got an almost identical dovetail jig and even the cutter that came with it would not produce fitted joints... no matter how deep or shallow the cuts, the joint is loose... tried various other cutters and either too loose or to tight... seems quite finicky with the correct size cutter! Lovely cabinet you made there! Great demonstration of a high tariff build made to look very easy 👌
Oll Smith I made a video showing what I used, it’s a 1/2” dovetail bit . It’s a 15 degree I beleive
@@WesHamstra thankyou :)
What color is the stain?
Who made the dove tail jig that you used? The dresser looks great.
Charlie Brown thanks, it’s made by craftex, it’s sold exclusively at busy bee tools. You can pick it up for $95 cdn
www.busybeetools.com/products/dovetail-jig-12in-craftex-with-height-adj.html
can I get the plans for this build it looks great
I don’t have any plans.
Thanks for this video, it’s very cool. Could you say to the nearest $50 how much the lumber for this cost? I want to build my own dresser but I’m worried it would be cheaper to just buy one
Thanks! It was around $700
Why didn’t you use the router for the side panel’s?
I’m just wondering because I’m trying to mimic your build
Thanks
Did you allow for expansion and contraction?
Joe Gagnier always
How long did this build take you? Merry Christmas!
1 month
What made you decide to use birch plywood? Also, if you were doing this with white oak what plywood would you recommend?
I used birch plywood for the drawers. Everything else was red oak veneer. If you are using white oak I would use white oak veneer plywood. I would still use birch ply for the drawers.
What tool is being used at 2:33?
Very nice, do you have an estimated cost on that? Oak is super expensive around here
All the materials with drawer glides it came $800 cdn
Wes Hamstra To clarify, $800 cdn just for materials? Mind saying what it sold for?
Thanks
davey b it sells for $2500
What table saw do you use
You have that DeWalt jobsite saw in the description, but curious what you're actually using?
2010stoof it’s a 2hp king industrial. Canadian version of the grizzley. I used the dewalt table saw for many years. I still do on job sites.
Great build and great video! I love the styling and you made the build look easy! My only feedback is it would have been nice to get the grain patterns matched up a bit on all the stiles of the drawer fronts so that it flowed more from top to bottom. Same for the rails. A minor thing on such a beautiful build, but just something that I noticed. Subscribed and will definitely be following your work in the future!
kevrobster thanks. What you don’t know is that I spent a lot of time sorting and arranging the wood so that it would look good. Getting it to all flow is a lot harder the. It looks. I decided to make it random, I figured that would look better
@@WesHamstra I know it can be tough! It seems like the stock that is available never is quite right to make it how you want so you just make the best with what you have! But at any rate my point is moot given that you slaved over it and did the best you could! I'll keep my mouth shut and just enjoy the builds 😁.
kevrobster haha. I appreciate your criticism. It helps to make me a better woodworker
USE A PUSH BLOCK WES! Ik ik ik safety police🧐 LOL but bro I've heard stories from other people having 5/4 blow up on them at the jointer and BYE BYE HAND /FINGERS!💥😔 especially with oak! Uk how it like chips off when routing it or if u accidentally go against grain or a not.ANYWAAAAYS THE dresser looks great bro nice work wes! Happy holidays to you and yours!
Joe Basement Woodworking & DIY thanks joe. I have push blocks but I don’t care for them. I should build some that will work. Thanks for your concern.
@@WesHamstra always bro! And ik what u mean..most suck! But you should buy the bench dog blocks (the orange with black handles 9.99 each) dude they work great!! even with sawdust on them they do not slip at all on any surface! but yeah you should make some itll make for a good video too!
I gotta get my woodworking mojo back and get. back in the shop been a long time since I've actually built something smh!😔
Joe Basement Woodworking & DIY I will check them out. For $10 you can’t go wrong
@@tooljunkie555 Do it, I couldn't imagine life with out woodworking
Plans?
There are so many places to screw up! Haha
out of context question, what happended to the Marshall guitar amplifier?
Moved it to my basement. I don’t use it much. Thinking of selling it
Are their plans for this dresser?
What was the stain color?
I wish I knew. I didn’t do the staining
What kind of plywood are you using?
Oak plywood
Thanks for getting back to mr
nice dresser. its not really "How to build a Dresser", more like "I built a dresser and videoed it".
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought this
If you can’t figure out how to build it from watching the video then stick with IKEA
Hey how much do u charge for a custom dresser
This one is about $4000
Anyone else noticing delays in the "5" second count in the adds?
For sure. They cover themselves by not specifying seconds.
What’s
the dimensions?
First question... how the heck am i gonna get all those tools??