My WORLD is returning to normal -- Matthias is back making me feel inadequate and old --- I still want and like his dad's shop and tools. That being said Matt's Router Table Build is sooooooooooooooooooooooo N I I I I I C E !!!!!! So glad you is back young feller. Keep up the great work and I hope you and your family stay safe and healthy.
Good to see a build video again Matthais! I remember you mentioning surface (contact) area is everything in an earlier video. No wonder those joints are so strong!! //Note for wanderers like me who tend to learn everything the hard way more than once: For applications where you cant/dont want to use glue, A similar 'finger' joint without any glue but with a single screw across the 'fingers' would be nearly as strong. Two screws per joint will be just as strong as a glue joint. If you're always using plywood, just laminate the thinner sections with a "built in" gap so that you dont even have to cut those mortises or tenons. Sand everything to make assembly smoother and to prevent sharp edges or splinters!! Use bolts instead of screws across the fingers (With the exact same joint design) for easy assembly/disassembly. For the absolute strongest structure, first diagonally brace every rectangular 'face' (divide each large rectangle into 2 triangles) and fasten all joints with 2 plain studs (threaded ends) and a nut on either end. Works well for softwood & hardwood, Definitely works for plywood. Cant say anything about MDF though, I dislike that stuff.
Your cabinet construction is fantastic. And as an engineer I always really appreciate the nod to the engineering aspects you bring to the videos. Thanks!
You didn't disappoint me after all! I was waiting for the big jump! Test! in any event glad to see you back to making some videos Matthias! Thank you and thanks for sharing
I was thinking at the beginning...Cool, this probably means another dust collector build too. Then he says "Because this router table is going to be it's own dust collector at the same time." Damn you Matthias and your efficiencies! LOL. Honestly can't wait to see how it works out.
So glad you decided to follow up with this project. I really liked the tilting router lift video as a project. Having it as a stand alone tool makes it more practical in my shop, rather than as an addition to the table saw. I have just a standard adjustable router table in my table saw wing and use it a lot but if I was going to be doing complex angles with the router, having the extra space as a stand alone cabinet would allow for, makes it seem much easier to adjust. Can't wait for the finished project. Thanks Matthias
Looks like super strong build with all those finger & mortice joints, definitely strong enough to to withstand the Matthias jump test. Glad Matthias survived the same test!
I have built several of Matthias's designs. The tilting router lift is by and far my favorite. Mine is mounted on my table saw. It is nice to see a dedicated table.
I’m always impressed by your joinery and how well the tools you’ve made work. Ive been watching your channel for a long time and have always enjoyed your unique way of making things
Beautiful. You can make wooden boxes airtight for dust collection by running a bead of plain/cheap latex bathtub caulk in all the inside corner joints.
To the 56 people that gave a "thumbs-down:" "Let's see you do better with your own home-built power woodworking tools." I'll bet you couldn't do better with store-bought power woodworking tools. Bravo for Matthias Wandel!
You seem to be assuming that those people think matthias is stupid or wrong, or that they think they can do better, but there are many reasons why people may give a thumbs-down. They may just not like videos about woodworking, and doing so tells youtubeto give them fewer videos like this in their feeds. Don't take it personally! It's more about them than you.
@@planaritytheory There Is an option in the 3 vertical dot menu to mark "not interested" Before watching a video genre a person is not wanting recommended, so your own comment lends credibility to an ignorant plea.
@@decyrano If most people were aware of that, sure! But this video has 32 thousand views atm. Do you think that there may be at least 34 people among those who aren't aware of that, and use thumbs-down for that purpose? I personally love Matthias' videos, so I wasn't one of them. Just speculating... I always see people fretting about a tiny number of downvotes on very popular videos with many many more upvotes, and I just want to tell them that it's OK! They don't need to take it as an indictment of their own personal taste.
Matt. You are doing a fine job. Simple and easy instructions on your part. I love watching your show. And if you could I would like to try to make a workbench with all tongue and groove. Maybe you could give me some advice thank you Matthias.
Title should be "Worlds strongest router table - built without fasteners". Great video as usual. Glad you're able to get away from the stampede once in awhile.
Un altro ottimo lavoro, come sempre, bravissimo Matthias, si impara sempre da te, penso che dopo aver seguito tutti i video comprerò anche questo progetto, un banco davvero solido e affidabile
Aaaaah, all’s right with the world, Matthias is back creating workshop machinery again. Just need to post the videos on a Friday and I can relax at long last. :-)
As an older person I find clamps with shiny, smooth wooden handles increasingly difficult to turn tight. I've found that wrapping them with electrical *friction tape* makes a significant difference. It makes gripping them and turning them much easier.
What homemade machine do you use most often? I feel like the slot mortice machine gets screen time more often than not. The only exception probably being your table saw dust collector.
Lookin' forward to the finished product! I thought for sure you were gonna put the lighter piece onto the majority assembled parts...then I saw you lift that larger assembled section up. Woohoo! Must be feeling better!? I admire your precision mortise/tenons. Strong joints. Good to see ya' making some tools again! 😀😇😎
Random thought. Instead of doing (the sensible) mortises to join the lower portion on the legs, has anyone ever tried half-lapped box joints? Route out a half lap on the crosspiece, but the cut the remaining wood into fingers. In the leg, rather than lap it out completely, cut the matching fingers. Aesthetically it *might* go well with the box joint at the top. Im not suggesting this is stronger, faster, more attractive, or even possible. Just curious how Matthias would do it.
Interesting that you put the frame on the table and then put the partial carcase onto it for the glue up. Makes sense - lets gravity assist you - but I would have intuitively done it the other way
Clearly, to prevent rocking, floating tenons should be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, this will also reduce sinusoidal repleneration. This way, side fumbling is also effectively prevented. I missed your videos Mathias!
Excellent video. I want to learn how to cut finger joints in 2x4s without a slot mortiser. I bought an iBox jig to use on the router, but it's smarter than I am.
Nice :D I do not have the space for an independent router cabinet I am jealous :P My router has been mounted below a 'temporary' melamine box I made from broken down ikea furniture I found in a dumpster. It has been working 'well enough' for many years now. Maybe this is the inspiration i need to mount it to my table saw like your old setup.
Nice video Matthias. Misses them. But You should never escuses for your own kids noises. Kids play all day long, and that is a healthy way of living. Greeting from Santiago, Chile.
Maybe use a thin washer between the two blades to get a little more space for the panels to go in? Is it critical to line up the blades next to each other?
I am pretty sure years ago he did a whole video on using multiple saw blades to make dadoes. You have offset the teeth because the teeth are wider than the central part of the blade. I would thing the washer spacer would work except that he might not have a thin enough washer. Maybe a shim of some sort. Thin wood or several layers of tape or something. Or an aluminum can.
Or long open time PVA glue. Or hide glue. Or 60-minute epoxy. But those all cost more than cheap yellow glue, and more importantly, with longer open glue he does not get to show his masochism!
Matthias is back to making shop equipment and machines. The world is finally starting to make sense again.
Couldn't have said it better
My exact thoughts when I saw the thumbnail and title.
It’s what 2020 has been missing all along
beautifully said
Nature is healing
I remember when Linux desktop was so obscure 15 years ago. Now I see my favorite woodworking channel using Linux.
My WORLD is returning to normal -- Matthias is back making me feel inadequate and old --- I still want and like his dad's shop and tools. That being said Matt's Router Table Build is sooooooooooooooooooooooo N I I I I I C E !!!!!! So glad you is back young feller. Keep up the great work and I hope you and your family stay safe and healthy.
Very nice to see a cabinet build again!
That cantilevered weight test was damn impressive!
I forgot what a great inventor you are Matt
Good to see a build video again Matthais!
I remember you mentioning surface (contact) area is everything in an earlier video. No wonder those joints are so strong!!
//Note for wanderers like me who tend to learn everything the hard way more than once:
For applications where you cant/dont want to use glue, A similar 'finger' joint without any glue but with a single screw across the 'fingers' would be nearly as strong. Two screws per joint will be just as strong as a glue joint.
If you're always using plywood, just laminate the thinner sections with a "built in" gap so that you dont even have to cut those mortises or tenons. Sand everything to make assembly smoother and to prevent sharp edges or splinters!!
Use bolts instead of screws across the fingers (With the exact same joint design) for easy assembly/disassembly.
For the absolute strongest structure, first diagonally brace every rectangular 'face' (divide each large rectangle into 2 triangles) and fasten all joints with 2 plain studs (threaded ends) and a nut on either end.
Works well for softwood & hardwood, Definitely works for plywood.
Cant say anything about MDF though, I dislike that stuff.
Your cabinet construction is fantastic. And as an engineer I always really appreciate the nod to the engineering aspects you bring to the videos. Thanks!
I admire this man with everything he builds or repairs. No margin for failure but then failures still get rectified in the end. Great video Matthias
Glad to see you back in the shop!
Missed your clear, concise videos about functional home made tools.
You didn't disappoint me after all! I was waiting for the big jump! Test! in any event glad to see you back to making some videos Matthias! Thank you and thanks for sharing
Maybe the strongest Router table cabinet on UA-cam.
This guy welds...with wood!
Router table that can double as a jack stand for your car.
Not maybe!
I was thinking at the beginning...Cool, this probably means another dust collector build too. Then he says "Because this router table is going to be it's own dust collector at the same time." Damn you Matthias and your efficiencies! LOL. Honestly can't wait to see how it works out.
So glad you decided to follow up with this project. I really liked the tilting router lift video as a project. Having it as a stand alone tool makes it more practical in my shop, rather than as an addition to the table saw. I have just a standard adjustable router table in my table saw wing and use it a lot but if I was going to be doing complex angles with the router, having the extra space as a stand alone cabinet would allow for, makes it seem much easier to adjust. Can't wait for the finished project. Thanks Matthias
These practical projects combined with solid design and construction techniques are always the best. Good to see them again. Well done.
I liked the sped-up gluing video, really helps give a sense of urgency to how fast it needs to be assembled.
Video aint complete till a jump test. It did not disappoint. Nice project
Looks like super strong build with all those finger & mortice joints, definitely strong enough to to withstand the Matthias jump test. Glad Matthias survived the same test!
He scares me with his abilities. Well done
Great project. Looking forward to part 2. For now I'm going back to re-watch the older router videos.
Brilliant! I started learning about woodworking by watching Matthias' videos and can Now build my own crude furniture. Thank you for that Matthias!
I've missed these build videos so much.
I have built several of Matthias's designs. The tilting router lift is by and far my favorite. Mine is mounted on my table saw. It is nice to see a dedicated table.
I’m always impressed by your joinery and how well the tools you’ve made work. Ive been watching your channel for a long time and have always enjoyed your unique way of making things
So good to have you back with these projects, just what we all needed in 2020
Thank you Matthias! Great video, may you and your love ones continue in the blessings of God!
Watching Matthias work is just amazing.
Ive been a fan for years. It would be great to see a project made with tools an average guy like me has.
You are an inspiration to all who want to build with perfection. Well done.
It's been good to see you building again after your tendonitis.
It's so much fun watching an assortment of parts come together!
The master did it again. Thanks Mathias for uploading this master piece of furniture building. Rgds and stay safe.
Wow! Nice job. Lots of nice joinery. Thank you for sharing!
I find your videos very satisfying.
Beautiful. You can make wooden boxes airtight for dust collection by running a bead of plain/cheap latex bathtub caulk in all the inside corner joints.
Yet another great video. Watching you creating stuff gives feeling of achieving something.
To the 56 people that gave a "thumbs-down:" "Let's see you do better with your own home-built power woodworking tools." I'll bet you couldn't do better with store-bought power woodworking tools. Bravo for Matthias Wandel!
You seem to be assuming that those people think matthias is stupid or wrong, or that they think they can do better, but there are many reasons why people may give a thumbs-down.
They may just not like videos about woodworking, and doing so tells youtubeto give them fewer videos like this in their feeds. Don't take it personally! It's more about them than you.
@@planaritytheory There Is an option in the 3 vertical dot menu to mark "not interested" Before watching a video genre a person is not wanting recommended, so your own comment lends credibility to an ignorant plea.
@@decyrano If most people were aware of that, sure! But this video has 32 thousand views atm. Do you think that there may be at least 34 people among those who aren't aware of that, and use thumbs-down for that purpose? I personally love Matthias' videos, so I wasn't one of them. Just speculating...
I always see people fretting about a tiny number of downvotes on very popular videos with many many more upvotes, and I just want to tell them that it's OK! They don't need to take it as an indictment of their own personal taste.
@@planaritytheory negative votes may actually benefit, algorithmically
Who cares? You are focused on the wrong things.
Gotta love those finger jointed frames. No kidding, that frame is excellent as cast iron and a lot more flexible to employ.
Welcome back, Matthias!
Good to have you back to doing projects 👍
Glad to see more of your videos , can't wait to see the rest of this project
Great to see you doing some cool projects again!
Seems like uncle Matthias is back with his "big" projects for good!
No nails on it! I like that 👍🏻
Welcome back master of masters!
Love watching your videos. They make me want to get into the shop more often! Keep them coming!
Matt. You are doing a fine job. Simple and easy instructions on your part. I love watching your show. And if you could I would like to try to make a workbench with all tongue and groove. Maybe you could give me some advice thank you Matthias.
Title should be "Worlds strongest router table - built without fasteners". Great video as usual. Glad you're able to get away from the stampede once in awhile.
Un altro ottimo lavoro, come sempre, bravissimo Matthias, si impara sempre da te, penso che dopo aver seguito tutti i video comprerò anche questo progetto, un banco davvero solido e affidabile
I've always been a hand-tool guy but you're making me think maybe a screw-advance box-joint jig would be good to have. :) Beautiful table.
Thats finally old Matthias back
Aaaaah, all’s right with the world, Matthias is back creating workshop machinery again. Just need to post the videos on a Friday and I can relax at long last. :-)
Oh heck yes! Very excited for this project.
I’m sure you will have a awesome router table!
That is a strong router table. Gave me an idea with that up and down wheel system.
Matthias, thanks for the inspirations - in the middle of a router table build myself.
8:24 Also known as giving it "The Flying Wan-Del"
I think it is called "Mathias Test", somehow my furniture always fail that test
Beautifully made! 👌
Amazing work that you do. I enjoy every video you make.
Thanks for making videos again!
Nice work. Great tools too.
A gorgeous build as always!
I love when you build tools!
You are doing an amazing job.
That frame looks like it could hold a tank. Nice joinery!
Brilliant, as usual.
Looking forward to continuation of this build!!!!!!!
As an older person I find clamps with shiny, smooth wooden handles increasingly difficult to turn tight. I've found that wrapping them with electrical *friction tape* makes a significant difference. It makes gripping them and turning them much easier.
Great job! Nice to have a video!
Nice build, Matthias.
Welcome back WOODMAN hahaha , missed your work , from Morocco.
What homemade machine do you use most often? I feel like the slot mortice machine gets screen time more often than not. The only exception probably being your table saw dust collector.
The bandsaw
Perfect use for your strip sander at 1:38
What a Beautiful kind of joinery
I love it ;-) for me, the videos are way too short so I watch it again
Worth watching it again so you catch the bits you were distracted over first time around!
@@ianhelsbyservices yes I always do ;-)
Lookin' forward to the finished product! I thought for sure you were gonna put the lighter piece onto the majority assembled parts...then I saw you lift that larger assembled section up. Woohoo! Must be feeling better!?
I admire your precision mortise/tenons. Strong joints.
Good to see ya' making some tools again! 😀😇😎
Because I know you could do it and use it with all the clamping of joints you do; I'd be interested in seeing you develope a pneumatic clamping table.
this guy can build anything he sets his mind to
Maybe he can build you a shift key.
@@milesparris4045 that would be nice :)
I like your job and videos !
Random thought. Instead of doing (the sensible) mortises to join the lower portion on the legs, has anyone ever tried half-lapped box joints? Route out a half lap on the crosspiece, but the cut the remaining wood into fingers. In the leg, rather than lap it out completely, cut the matching fingers.
Aesthetically it *might* go well with the box joint at the top. Im not suggesting this is stronger, faster, more attractive, or even possible. Just curious how Matthias would do it.
Interesting that you put the frame on the table and then put the partial carcase onto it for the glue up. Makes sense - lets gravity assist you - but I would have intuitively done it the other way
Amazing and fascinating as always!
Love your work thank you for sharing
Beautiful work, dude! It's looking fantastic already! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
If ever there's a global nuclear war, I'll go to Matthias's house and hide under any of his shop-tables.
Would love to have captions added to this video series since the free ones are disabled. Thanks Matthias!
Clearly, to prevent rocking, floating tenons should be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, this will also reduce sinusoidal repleneration. This way, side fumbling is also effectively prevented.
I missed your videos Mathias!
How did you use a router to round off the tenons if you're *making* a router table?
You're my inspiration, thanks
Excellent video. I want to learn how to cut finger joints in 2x4s without a slot mortiser. I bought an iBox jig to use on the router, but it's smarter than I am.
Nice :D I do not have the space for an independent router cabinet I am jealous :P My router has been mounted below a 'temporary' melamine box I made from broken down ikea furniture I found in a dumpster. It has been working 'well enough' for many years now. Maybe this is the inspiration i need to mount it to my table saw like your old setup.
Awesome video!
Always jealous of being able to use the old tool to make the new tool. Talk about training your successor
Nice video Matthias. Misses them. But You should never escuses for your own kids noises. Kids play all day long, and that is a healthy way of living.
Greeting from Santiago, Chile.
Beautiful!
1:10 that routers yig thing is súper cool
Maybe use a thin washer between the two blades to get a little more space for the panels to go in? Is it critical to line up the blades next to each other?
I am pretty sure years ago he did a whole video on using multiple saw blades to make dadoes. You have offset the teeth because the teeth are wider than the central part of the blade. I would thing the washer spacer would work except that he might not have a thin enough washer. Maybe a shim of some sort. Thin wood or several layers of tape or something. Or an aluminum can.
Plan for today, make a router table cabinet, see UA-cam notification for "Router table cabinet build", perfect timing!
One question for you: wouldn't it be easier ( or less stressful) to use construction adhesive for such complex glue ups?
Or long open time PVA glue. Or hide glue. Or 60-minute epoxy. But those all cost more than cheap yellow glue, and more importantly, with longer open glue he does not get to show his masochism!
I think he mentioned a while back that construction adhesive is really hard to clean off if you get any on your hands.
Love it. Keep up with with awesome videos