Thanks for the shop update, Andy. I recently started my UA-cam channel as a way to showcase my work and grow my business. You’ve inspired me over the years to go out on my own and start my own furniture business. Your channel and social media has always been sort of a mentor to me.
Very nice shop. I especially love the old machines. I remember being a kid and going to the lumber yard close to home with my dad. They had several Oliver machines. I wish you much continued success. 👍🏼👍🏼
Damn, you are so right about those old machines. I worked at a company for almost forty years, that was founded in 1893. There many old tools there, including a 36” Clement bandsaw. It is an awesome machine, and still kicking ten years after I left.
Great tour, Andy! Thanks for letting us tag along on your woodworking adventures. It's good to know there are still some great master woodworkers right here in town. God Bless....
Always impressed with your humility and honesty. I’ve watched you since the beginning and I love the content. You have inspired countless people to get into this craft. You completely deserve everything you have, you worked hard for all of it. You have paid back all of those who helped you along the way by staying true to yourself I’m sure they are all very proud of you. Happy New Year Corbin Woodworks.
Great Video Andy, I especially appreciate the tips on how you keep your orders organized and the transparency of how you financially got the shop started, not many people talk about that
Nice and relaxed tour of your shop. I’m glad you started with hand tools and only developing a talent and love of working with wood did you go to power tools. It’s important that woodworkers practice that form to truly understand the process. Nice shoutout to Paul Sellers, he has helped lots of people in their journey of woodworking. We all stand on the shoulders of giants him too, and someday someone else will give you too a shout out on future videos. You have a nice setup and your talent shows in the work you do. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
I think the best complement I can give is this: after following Andy's work very closely, I feel I could easily do this tour myself!😅 Greatfull for the time given to see it in much more detail! Have a great 2025!
I am a hobbyist in Houston and have been watching your videos for a while. Was so cool to hear that you took classes at homestead heritage as our dog’s breeder is out there and we have visited. I have also ridden bikes with Frank! Anyways, keep it up! Your work is very inspiring
This is a professional grade shop. I’m so jealous not only of the tools but the square footage. My flattener has to hang from the ceiling because my shop is space limited.
The Chris Schwarz hardware cabinet has been on my project list for years. Maybe he calls it a nail organizer cabinet. Yours looks awesome even when it is not finished up.
I'm OCD but during a project our shops could be interchanged w/o noticing other than different layout with respect to housekeeping, however I do not make my living from my shop. If I did it's likely my OCD would not have much time available to organize. Nice spectrum of machinery not much you could not make in your shop. mortising machine is super! Shops can always be larger but yours is well sized for a 1-2 man operation great job. Ray
Andy check out stealth mask I also build furniture and brought one to wear while sanding and it was the first respirator I found that was comfortable and could wear for long periods of time.
Thanks, this was a great, probably the best tour I have seen. Regarding your health, particularly longevity of your health as it relates to your profession, I have a some comments that might help. Although some of the fine dust and particulate data is relevant, it is really a scare tactic to help sell dust collectors and filters. It is hard to find references for what I am talking about because the searches will lead you to the bias for filters and again marketing for these products. The much better solution is to vent the air out of the building. For example, the fumes that were sensed by your little device was likely accurate and why was it high and unhealthy if the air filter was working? Do you have the correct filter? A fan in the window with another open window will function much better, although bringing in ambient air might be a problem for the wood joinery. Cross ventilation is the better solution. There are solutions for exposure to wood dust too but are more specific.
Andy, your workshop reminds me of mine, unfortunately I'm not anywhere near the woodworker that you are but your shop is covered in super fine dust from the work you've done, regardless of how many machines you have to try counteract the dust it's just sitting on everything head level and above,as is mine😳🫣. The airpurity meter you was trying to read ppm was the wording parts per million 🤔🧐. Now regarding the machine that you're looking for a name for how about Walter 🤔 as its a Wadkin machine, Walter Wadkin came to mind probably because its an older machine and not much more. Walter is a older name you only really hear of with the older generation!. Waffling i know 😂😅. As always brother 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
Did you happen to see Keith Rucker's restoration of the 48-inch bandsaw for Deresta? It was originally powered by a shaft and belt system. The bottom wheel is so big it goes into a hole in the floor or needs to be mounted on risers.
Curious as to why you don't just vent your dust collection outside? I find that my DC is much more efficient without having to put a cyclone on it. It also reduces the fire risk. Love the work you do. It's refreshing to see a furniture maker who makes UA-cam videos vs a UA-camr who makes furniture.
@AndyRawls my dust collector is inside my shop with a hose running outside, so noise isn't an issue. I don't have the neighbor problem but building an enclosure to blow everything in would solve that....but I don't do near the volume of work you do. I only suggest it because no matter how good your filters are the are going to blow fine particulate back into your shop, and if you're having issues already... it might help. It will definitely improve the suction on your dust collection.
If you can lift the upper cover it’s not original 😅. Also the upper wheel would be fully shielded I believe.. I’ve got a bunch of 1920’s Oliver machines, absolutely the favorite part of my studio!
With the wide belt, if the damage is off to the side far enough it doesn't hit the centre line, you can spin the part 180 and feed the part back through the opposite way round without touching the depth adjustment, and it'll remove the hump with the good side of the roller. That's what I have to do with mine.
@AndyRawls No worries. Mine was a lot worse than it is now, and I've nearly got it back to good, but for veneer work it's still just not quite perfect. Yours would be super easy to fix though as it's a single head. Mines a twin where the second head is steel with a platten, so I could only dress off as much from the first rubber coated roller as I could adjust the heads to align again. With a single head, you can basically take off as much as you like.
Hi Andy, Thanks for the excellent tour! I've always loved old machinery ... it comes from many years working in machine shops where 1950's vintage was the "new" stuff. Did you ever consider mounting the laminating table so that it folded to the wall when not in use? It seems like that could free up a lot of floor space when not in use. I don't know ... maybe it's too heavy and you couldn't maintain flatness ... just a thought.
Man, I can't believe roctech expected you to send it back to them or pay for it. I guess I know where I won't be getting my industrial sized CNC machines for my hobby shop in the future! All jokes aside, really crappy of them and I'm sure that was stressful for you.
Hey Andy- just a hobbyist here with minimal experience and knowledge. Why do you have separate jointer/planer machines when you have the all in 1 S4S machine. Just curious as I’ve never seen one of those before. Love your stuff- thanks for posting these videos!
The S4S is only capable of running max 7”wide boards so anything wider than that goes through the jointer then planer. It’s also limited on the lengths you can run, anything under 24” doesn’t feed through the machine well and tends to get stuck. Thanks for the question!
I've been researching air cleaners, that look like the 3000 model? Could you share the price or what distributor you went through to get it? I don't think I'd need one quite that big.
Love the old machines as well. I have Oliver 285, 287, 166D, 116D. I'm giving away a Yates American N4 shaper 5HP and a Crescent 2HP shaper. No deliveries.....located in Maui, Hawaii. All plug and play. Just thinning the herd. Come get um.
If a company sends you something for free, they can't then turn around and ask you for money for it. If you had an agreement where there was a sales quota that needed to be met or some other agreement then they could, but if they just asked you if they could and never said they would eventually want it back that's on them legally speaking. So what they did seems kind of scummy, especially asking you to pay to return it.
I didn’t explain all the details but there was a clause in the contract that they could have the machine back under certain circumstances. It wasn’t a very solid contract and I learned from my mistakes on that deal. It was a bummer bc I wasn’t prepared for it but in the end I got a pretty good machine for half the price. Eventually I will replace it.
i wished i had your space, but than again to little tools for that, but you complain you are not well liked on yt, than my advise is go back to when you were, smaller projects that people can relate too more! personal i would love see those kind of videos again, you faded out a bit. You sound a bit burned out too, find your spark again. I don't do videos my fat ass looks terrible on video lol but i know how it is hanging between family, business and that for you youtube. it is hard and you and all makers have my respect for that. and maybe a maintenance video to fix all your problems once and a while. For me it is easy to talk i make my living mostly with making small furniture and loads of boxes and a survival school and working in healthcare sometimes to make ends meet. but i am old , single and live up the mountains of norway.
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Hi, I've got organization forever and will gladly trade it all to you for your creativity. {Warning! That will be a really bad trade for you.)
The worst dust for your lungs, that lead to a lot of woodworkers developing COPD later in life, is the .2-.5 micro sized particles that are impossible for the human eye to even see. Do your absolute best to wear a mask when cutting wood with tools and keep your dust collector cleaned.
Thanks for the shop update, Andy. I recently started my UA-cam channel as a way to showcase my work and grow my business. You’ve inspired me over the years to go out on my own and start my own furniture business. Your channel and social media has always been sort of a mentor to me.
Man that’s really cool to hear…really means a lot!! Keep grinding and I hope 2025 treats you well!
Very nice shop. I especially love the old machines. I remember being a kid and going to the lumber yard close to home with my dad. They had several Oliver machines. I wish you much continued success. 👍🏼👍🏼
Damn, you are so right about those old machines. I worked at a company for almost forty years, that was founded in 1893. There many old tools there, including a 36” Clement bandsaw. It is an awesome machine, and still kicking ten years after I left.
Great tour, Andy! Thanks for letting us tag along on your woodworking adventures. It's good to know there are still some great master woodworkers right here in town. God Bless....
Thank you!
Always impressed with your humility and honesty. I’ve watched you since the beginning and I love the content. You have inspired countless people to get into this craft. You completely deserve everything you have, you worked hard for all of it. You have paid back all of those who helped you along the way by staying true to yourself I’m sure they are all very proud of you. Happy New Year
Corbin Woodworks.
Very kind words…thanks so much!
It's a pleasure peeking into the life of a master woodworker. Thank you for all that you do!
This is one of the best shop tours on UA-cam. Very informative and interesting.
Great Video Andy, I especially appreciate the tips on how you keep your orders organized and the transparency of how you financially got the shop started, not many people talk about that
Nice and relaxed tour of your shop. I’m glad you started with hand tools and only developing a talent and love of working with wood did you go to power tools. It’s important that woodworkers practice that form to truly understand the process. Nice shoutout to Paul Sellers, he has helped lots of people in their journey of woodworking. We all stand on the shoulders of giants him too, and someday someone else will give you too a shout out on future videos. You have a nice setup and your talent shows in the work you do. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
Thanks for the kind words!!
I think the best complement I can give is this: after following Andy's work very closely, I feel I could easily do this tour myself!😅 Greatfull for the time given to see it in much more detail! Have a great 2025!
Great Shop tour !!!!! Always enjoy your videos.
I love the gas pump outside. Classic touch.
Andy may God bless you this year and your family.
I am a hobbyist in Houston and have been watching your videos for a while. Was so cool to hear that you took classes at homestead heritage as our dog’s breeder is out there and we have visited. I have also ridden bikes with Frank! Anyways, keep it up! Your work is very inspiring
Yeah Frank has really gotten into the road bike scene. I ran into him over the Holidays at the grocery store and he was fresh off a bike ride!
This is a professional grade shop. I’m so jealous not only of the tools but the square footage. My flattener has to hang from the ceiling because my shop is space limited.
Great idea to hang it.
Andy, I'll take what you don't want. I can still work in my shop so, obviously I need more.
The Chris Schwarz hardware cabinet has been on my project list for years. Maybe he calls it a nail organizer cabinet. Yours looks awesome even when it is not finished up.
The stories of the saws and how you bought them and what you thought at the time was very interesting.
tHanks for the video
I love the shop , my shop is similar its just a hobby for me.
Really cool thanks for the update! Blessings.
I'm OCD but during a project our shops could be interchanged w/o noticing other than different layout with respect to housekeeping, however I do not make my living from my shop. If I did it's likely my OCD would not have much time available to organize. Nice spectrum of machinery not much you could not make in your shop. mortising machine is super! Shops can always be larger but yours is well sized for a 1-2 man operation great job. Ray
Great tour👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Andy check out stealth mask I also build furniture and brought one to wear while sanding and it was the first respirator I found that was comfortable and could wear for long periods of time.
Thanks, this was a great, probably the best tour I have seen.
Regarding your health, particularly longevity of your health as it relates to your profession, I have a some comments that might help. Although some of the fine dust and particulate data is relevant, it is really a scare tactic to help sell dust collectors and filters. It is hard to find references for what I am talking about because the searches will lead you to the bias for filters and again marketing for these products. The much better solution is to vent the air out of the building. For example, the fumes that were sensed by your little device was likely accurate and why was it high and unhealthy if the air filter was working? Do you have the correct filter? A fan in the window with another open window will function much better, although bringing in ambient air might be a problem for the wood joinery. Cross ventilation is the better solution. There are solutions for exposure to wood dust too but are more specific.
Andy, your workshop reminds me of mine, unfortunately I'm not anywhere near the woodworker that you are but your shop is covered in super fine dust from the work you've done, regardless of how many machines you have to try counteract the dust it's just sitting on everything head level and above,as is mine😳🫣. The airpurity meter you was trying to read ppm was the wording parts per million 🤔🧐. Now regarding the machine that you're looking for a name for how about Walter 🤔 as its a Wadkin machine, Walter Wadkin came to mind probably because its an older machine and not much more. Walter is a older name you only really hear of with the older generation!. Waffling i know 😂😅. As always brother 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
Andy don’t worry about an untidy shop. Most real shops are always either somewhat untidy or very untidy! Only UA-cam shops are spick and span! 🤣
Nice shop!
Maybe add a small addition for lumber storage in the future.
Did you happen to see Keith Rucker's restoration of the 48-inch bandsaw for Deresta? It was originally powered by a shaft and belt system. The bottom wheel is so big it goes into a hole in the floor or needs to be mounted on risers.
Yes! Very cool bandsaw!
Great tour, super jealous of that S4S machine. What if any software do you use for your design process?
Use Blaster Dry Lube on the Mortise Chisel
Curious as to why you don't just vent your dust collection outside? I find that my DC is much more efficient without having to put a cyclone on it. It also reduces the fire risk. Love the work you do. It's refreshing to see a furniture maker who makes UA-cam videos vs a UA-camr who makes furniture.
The back of my shop is about 30’ from my neighbors fence so I just don’t want to upset them with noise and dust.
@AndyRawls my dust collector is inside my shop with a hose running outside, so noise isn't an issue. I don't have the neighbor problem but building an enclosure to blow everything in would solve that....but I don't do near the volume of work you do. I only suggest it because no matter how good your filters are the are going to blow fine particulate back into your shop, and if you're having issues already... it might help. It will definitely improve the suction on your dust collection.
If you can lift the upper cover it’s not original 😅. Also the upper wheel would be fully shielded I believe.. I’ve got a bunch of 1920’s Oliver machines, absolutely the favorite part of my studio!
With the wide belt, if the damage is off to the side far enough it doesn't hit the centre line, you can spin the part 180 and feed the part back through the opposite way round without touching the depth adjustment, and it'll remove the hump with the good side of the roller. That's what I have to do with mine.
Such a simple solution! Not sure why I never thought of this, thanks for the help!
@AndyRawls No worries. Mine was a lot worse than it is now, and I've nearly got it back to good, but for veneer work it's still just not quite perfect. Yours would be super easy to fix though as it's a single head. Mines a twin where the second head is steel with a platten, so I could only dress off as much from the first rubber coated roller as I could adjust the heads to align again. With a single head, you can basically take off as much as you like.
Great tour!
Hi Andy,
Thanks for the excellent tour!
I've always loved old machinery ... it comes from many years working in machine shops where 1950's vintage was the "new" stuff.
Did you ever consider mounting the laminating table so that it folded to the wall when not in use? It seems like that could free up a lot of floor space when not in use. I don't know ... maybe it's too heavy and you couldn't maintain flatness ... just a thought.
I think the big issue with that is just keeping it flat. It’s such a big table I’m. It sure it would work.
You can still get I-Beam clamps, Grizzly has them
thanks
Man, I can't believe roctech expected you to send it back to them or pay for it. I guess I know where I won't be getting my industrial sized CNC machines for my hobby shop in the future! All jokes aside, really crappy of them and I'm sure that was stressful for you.
Hey Andy- just a hobbyist here with minimal experience and knowledge. Why do you have separate jointer/planer machines when you have the all in 1 S4S machine. Just curious as I’ve never seen one of those before. Love your stuff- thanks for posting these videos!
The S4S is only capable of running max 7”wide boards so anything wider than that goes through the jointer then planer. It’s also limited on the lengths you can run, anything under 24” doesn’t feed through the machine well and tends to get stuck. Thanks for the question!
I've been researching air cleaners, that look like the 3000 model? Could you share the price or what distributor you went through to get it? I don't think I'd need one quite that big.
I paid $2,500 plus shipping.
You should name the S4S Randy Awls
Love the old machines as well. I have Oliver 285, 287, 166D, 116D. I'm giving away a Yates American N4 shaper 5HP and a Crescent 2HP shaper. No deliveries.....located in Maui, Hawaii. All plug and play. Just thinning the herd. Come get um.
If a company sends you something for free, they can't then turn around and ask you for money for it. If you had an agreement where there was a sales quota that needed to be met or some other agreement then they could, but if they just asked you if they could and never said they would eventually want it back that's on them legally speaking. So what they did seems kind of scummy, especially asking you to pay to return it.
I didn’t explain all the details but there was a clause in the contract that they could have the machine back under certain circumstances. It wasn’t a very solid contract and I learned from my mistakes on that deal. It was a bummer bc I wasn’t prepared for it but in the end I got a pretty good machine for half the price. Eventually I will replace it.
An hour long shop tour come on
lol you almost got a thumbs down at 34:13 for that popup
Haha! Sic’em!
i wished i had your space, but than again to little tools for that, but you complain you are not well liked on yt, than my advise is go back to when you were, smaller projects that people can relate too more! personal i would love see those kind of videos again, you faded out a bit. You sound a bit burned out too, find your spark again. I don't do videos my fat ass looks terrible on video lol but i know how it is hanging between family, business and that for you youtube. it is hard and you and all makers have my respect for that. and maybe a maintenance video to fix all your problems once and a while. For me it is easy to talk i make my living mostly with making small furniture and loads of boxes and a survival school and working in healthcare sometimes to make ends meet. but i am old , single and live up the mountains of norway.
Hi, I've got organization forever and will gladly trade it all to you for your creativity. {Warning! That will be a really bad trade for you.)
lungs and eyes...most important
The worst dust for your lungs, that lead to a lot of woodworkers developing COPD later in life, is the .2-.5 micro sized particles that are impossible for the human eye to even see. Do your absolute best to wear a mask when cutting wood with tools and keep your dust collector cleaned.
I'm from Pakistan and I want to get off from Pakistan to another country for better quality of life and job