Building A Media Console Table - Woodworking 

As woodworkers we often make mistakes. The difference between an amateur and a professional is how well the mistake is fixed.

This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection ru-vid.comUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.

The whole time I was watching this, I was thinking this is the most beautiful console table I've seen, then you go and call it a failure. Made me love it even more.

Right on, man! Thanks for the shoutout! The base (and the entire piece) looks awesome, too. Juggling custom work with making videos is a tough one, I can't imagine having kids and a full-time job, as well.

I know I'm typically my worst critic as well, but honestly, I think the piece came out great! I respect the hell out of the fact that you wouldn't let it leave your shop without your final stamp of approval. That takes integrity. Either way, there is something to be said about learning from your "mistakes."

Great video Chris! I really appreciate you breaking down all the ways that you felt you failed, some solid teachable moments!

Chris, thank you for your perspective on woodworking. I know this community is better for it. Thank you

I appreciate the humility as well as the transparency. Other makers sometimes forget to address process and purpose altogether, so it's really nice when someone puts it front and center (and does it well).

I love the design. I very much appreciate hearing your 'issues' within the process but it's a great looking piece of work, never the less. Cheers for sharing.

As a maker you will always see things at the end result that no one else will see. We tend to call these mistakes but in reality it is usually just something that did not meet our own expectations of the outcome. Another beautiful creation as well as a worthwhile content upload. Thank you for sharing your time and experience with us.

Love, love, love the angled "grabs." Daring choice (which really works) to feature that knot so well. One of my favorite pieces of yours. Thanks for giving me some joy and inspiration this evening!

I love the legs and the chamfer on the doors for the handles! you have been an inspiration to my furniture building and I just wanted to say thanks.

I’m 70 years old this year. Perfection: All we can do is approach perfection. Enjoy your your hiccups. Your on your way! Outstanding workmanship. Bob

When I went to joinery college 25 years ago, we weren't allowed to use one scrap of sand paper (or power tools for that matter). I used to curse the hours spent hand planing, sight stick /square checking, rejected joints and in general the redoing of work that had taken me hours to complete. Hell, we even had to plane off pencil marks! How I longed to just use power tools like I was using doing site carpentry during my day job... oh to use a belt sander or a bench saw. But 2 years of suffering paid off. You can't beat a hand planed finish for shine. Hand cutting and chiselling joints avoids all break outs and allows for some pretty complicated jointing techniques. However, I'm no Luddite, and use power tools all the time depending on the project and admire your drive for perfection. I just wanted to suggest that my Teachers may be correct in their insistence that perfection only comes when you master your hand skills and train your eye. They also started the first lesson by stating " You lot know F#&K all"... hard but fair though, hard but fair. Keep up the good work and the learning journey.

as a wood worker myself. I love your video! its so true that if there is something not quite right about the piece its hard to justify selling it to a client. definitely not a failure, so many lessons learned and to be honest it really did turn out beautiful. you are an amazing wood worker. I hope some day to have skills like you.

Your insights into your own thought process at what wins and failures are, are great. Validating for the rest of us, or at least me who will spend so much time just staring at a project, caught by indecision or questions. This is a really lovely design regardless.

Nice looking table Chris! Man, I have such tool and clamp envy everytime I watch one of your videos! Need to start building my collection so I can expand my projects...

Absolutely love the combo of your narration, nylon guitar, clean visuals, and obviously beautiful woodwork. I've never supported a Patreon before, but I think you are going to be my first.

Great work Chris. The greatest thing I've found about woodworking is that even in failure during a project every piece stands as a trophy or reminder for those mistakes. Which in that sense failure makes a beautiful piece of work that you should be proud of. Keep up the good work!

Love it Chris, I normally leave the longer videos until "I get time to watch them" but this one really hooked me! Great insight into the ups and downs at the end, interesting hearing you guys talk in through on the podcast too. Great video and great project, thank you!!

Great job! I'm very impressed. I love your complete honesty and reflection on your work. Thank you so much!

As an academic designer, this is what I need to say: Your aesthetic design is subjectively great, and judging from the comment section almost universal. Don’t doubt the outcome of your design by yourself, let others judge it. The old Queen number “The show must go on” suggests the same thing; If you tell the audience things went to crap and tear it down yourself, people will notice, and not a moment before. Present it, take notice and then evaluate on the design! Self-improvement are meant for backstage frustrations.

What a humble person you are ... WOW! learnt so much from your perspective and honesty ... You are one hell of a great person that should be proud of yourself. God Bless

I like how you show your mistakes and how to correct them, not many people on RU-vid do that. Great video by the way!

I think it is a beautiful piece. If I could fail that good every time then I would feel really good about myself. Love you, man.

Looks really nice. I'd buy one. Only one thing I would have changed: Hinges on the doors mounted on left side instead.

From this perspective, your project turned out amazing ! Really enjoy the dialog of your thought process, adds a tremendous amount to your videos which are always very good. I am on a constant lookout for your videos. Thanks for posting

Beautiful piece as always Chris. I understand the not being super proud about the fit and finish but (at least to me) its often times the small imperfections that make pieces like this truly beautiful. It really makes them feel human to me, like they actually were hand made by a real life human. None of us are perfect. Details of the build aside, this video/content is one of, if not the, best one yet. I learned something about building, design, and planning. Along with some mentality of building and perfectionism. Your camera work and editing skills were stellar as always. I especially like the close-ups of the flush trimming and jointery cutting. Thanks for the awesome video!

This is the first video I have seen of yours, and I've never felt so calm and relaxed from a woodworking video. I could fall asleep to it. But honestly that cabinet is amazing. Love the wood choice and finish really makes it pop. Defiantly subscribing!

I thought the outcome of this was amazing, I love triangle cut-out on the draws and the legs are amazing! Lovely design!

Another awesome design/project - Thanks Chris! I (and many others) have found that using a larger diameter pattern bit is less terrifying. With a larger bit you can slow the speed a bit and there's less tendency to grab and throw the part/your hands. Another option is using a shorter pattern bit to route part of the depth and then come back for another pass using the recently routed surface as the new pattern for the guide bearing. Hopefully we will all keep "failing" and learning so as to keep getting better and smarter.

Seriously one of my favorite pieces I’ve seeing you build yet.... then again your next piece might have this same comment. I currently live in an Eichler and can imagine your art all around my house. Thanks for being an inspiration to fine wood working.

Chris I know you weren’t very happy with the piece and I understand that but I wanted you to know it’s a beautiful piece and honestly I think anyone would love to have it in their home. Thank you for continuing to share your journey in woodworking and beautiful designs. It continues to motivate and entertain me buddy. Thank you.

My wife and I believe that you have the most beautiful woodworking videos on the tube. Well done Sir!

This is actually my favorite build. I understand your concerns, but really love the design.

I just found your channel and I absolutely love it. Super satisfying to watch these builds.

I second the Shaun Boyd videos, I just found his channel a few weeks ago. That guy does some cool stuff!

The design is great, but thank you for pointing out the issues it has. That makes the whole video a lot more instructive.

Obviously, you are a perfectionist, you love what you do and you're humble enough to see and admit your mistakes. in my beginer eyes, you did a really good job and the result is pretty amazing, and there's no failure as long as we learn. but as a perfectionnist myself i understand what you mean as i'm never fully satisfied with my designs. i have been very interested in designing and building furniture lately but not sure where to start. I've never done it before but I have an artistic spirit and I feel very inspired by this type of videos lately. so I'm looking for some tips to finally get started. Keep it up, you'll be the very first one i follow on youtube or anywhere...not even sure how it works.lol

I love the modern design. I learned a lot and the reasons why you thought it was a failure also taught me a lot, thanks for sharing.

Another great video Chris, well done

Don't be too hard on yourself, that looks dope Chris. I'd be proud to rock that in my home.

Awesome project Chris! love seeing the process it kept me interested the whole time and I found it easy to watch fully from beginning to end. Love it man keep it up!

Failure is how to grow. It's awesome you recognize that, are hard on yourself and take pride in your work. It's a great characteristic to have if you want to be the best you can be. I thought this piece turned out great by the way! Cheers and thank you for all the great content!

AMAZING transition when you talked about templates

What a beautiful Table! Good job! love the stand! So unique!

I really enjoy your commentary Mr Chris. Nice work and humbling end. Thx

Well done! I really like how the drawers came out.

Chris this has to be my favourite build, those cut outs on the drawer fronts are so cool and the legs are awesome. Well done man.

I remember a time I was so self-critical of my work. I’m still picky. I’ve just learned, or at least I think I have, to be more appreciative of my work. A friend of mine who worked for The Metropolitan Museum of Art told me it was a custom of Chinese artist to intentionally include an imperfection in their work. I don’t recall the reason, but that thought has stuck with me with whatever I do. It’s funny to look at my work months later and am pleased to say. What I would have cited as perfect wasn’t at all. Still, I go for 100%. With that, I found your video very calming, and am very impressed with your work and design. Your work is excellent and I would imagine a true inspiration to other designers/furniture builders. Lastly, thank you for accompanying your video with soothing music. I can greatly do without head banging music that accompanies too many videos. Get my attention with content. Not with music that makes my ear drums bleed.

Sometimes you don’t have the right words to describe the the creativity of the hands and mind Bravo great lovely amazing work ✅👍😍💪

Este es el mejor diseño de consola que he visto. Los acabados son hermosos. Felicidades y gracias por compartir tu hermoso trabajo.

Kudos to you for including your honest appraisal of your work but note that, whilst the design and final result had their flaws, you were receptive enough to see the valuable insights that the process offered - a true failure can only be achieved if the lessons are completely ignored. You have also shared these insights with us so that we can all benefit from your experiences and, hopefully, avoid heartache by taking heed. Your humility is quite humbling to witness so thank you for being candid 😀

WHen you hit pause @11:58 I looked down at my keyboard thinking I did something, lol. Great video. When makers put out stuff that they may think isn't perfect or has mistakes it helps us all become better. Great job!

I love the drawer pull design.

Wow! What a gorgeous piece! One day I hope my failures look this good! Is it just me but when I see there is a new FourEyes video I'm like "YES" but don't watch immdiately! I wait until I know I won't be disturbed, my a tea, maybe a Pop Tart or two and then sit down and watch! Love the videos Chris. Can't wait for the next one but no pressure :)

I like the design. What helps me to substantially reduce the flush trim bit grabbing the wood is to have a guide registered against the ball bearing so that you can register the workpiece against it when approaching the router.

Hey that thing you called a failure is just amazing. I love it

Great video Chris!! I love the design and it came out great!! Still a success in my mind

Gorgeous work Chris. It's beatiful. 💪🏻

Great video, as always. FYI, I think Blum has hinges especially made for 5/4" doors.

Good work as always! Regards from Poland!

Despite you may called it a failure or whatever you wanna call it ; I find it interesting how take your time to make this project. Keep pressing on bro ! I myself like to crate things as well and as always no pressure!

no matter how many flaws are there, I totally love the designs you come up with. You are amazing at what you do

Hey Chris, love your videos and love your designs. Brings alot of satisfaction and motivation to myself and others and i really appreciate the effort you put into helping the woodworking community with your videos. I have a suggestion for the way you cut the recesses in the drawer/door faces. I would have cut the initial angle to your line using the track saw, followed by a few cuts leading away from the edge of the face until you are able to get the blade back to 90 degrees. Id then cut the very edges with the track saw to prevent tear out on the edges in the following step. Finally use a plunge router set to the right depth with a large “levelling” bit, roughly 40mm in diameter (if you have one. A regular 19mm or so will do, but it would take longer and burn easier. You can get levelling bits from a supplier in the states called 12V tools) id router all the way up to a few mm away from your original cut starting and working back from the furthest corner so your router always has support. maybe set up an auxillery fence to the base of the router to protect the initial edge cut (front edge of finger groove). The little grooves left by the original cuts can be flawlessly cleaned up with a razor sharp chisel (look up or in invest in wetstones at carbatec if you havent already). Once all that is done a light sand to buff up the face of recess would go nicely Hopefully that makes sense. It sounds like a lot but using the plunge router properly would halve the time spent making all those repeated cuts on the table saw, setting up jigs and sanding/planing out the little grooves on each board. Its just a suggestion to try and help you save time. You do an incredible job regardless. Thanks again! Luke

man..I love your work and I also love your videos. The production quality is fantastic. great work! Keep going!

Reminds me of the quote- "Great art isn't finished, it's abandoned". I feel, at the end of every project, that I've taken this as far as I can but it isn't as good as I had hoped. Thanks for the honesty!

Amazing job, like always. ¡Enhorabuena!

Thanks for sharing wirh us your learnings. I personally think, it turned out very well!

Very nice build. Thank you for sharing

Your narrations are so good!

I wish I could "fail" like that! I think it's an amazing piece!

Simply amazing! I watched your video and became a fan!

This is the best looking failure piece I've ever seen!!

wow. that is just a stunning piece of work! I hope to one day be able to make somthing as beautiful as this!

Chris, your self-enlightenment and sharing it with us always makes your videos a positive experience. Your work is honest, well thought out and indicative of your mastery. Thank you... Just my thoughts.... Oh, and I think I would have liked it better if you would have done the same idea on the "handles" but each vertical and matching the drawer below. If I knew how to do Sketch-up I'd draw it out... Thanks Again...

Every day is a school day. Your learning experiences give us mere mortals hope.

great content, great video, great moral, great project and great demonstration. really calming to watch

Really enjoyed the commentary and how you thought this was a failure. However, it made you realize something about yourself and what you want going forward, so it is really a success.

that plug cutting drill bit is awesome.

Like . the reflection at the end and the great video and breakdown. 10/10

It looks absolutely brilliant young man. Props for making the effort, it takes a lot of courage to admit your mistakes, well done. The unit stills looks brilliant and I know there are flaws however, don’t give up, continue to learn and develop your art!

This is art! Bravo!!!!

I love how much public radio you obviously listen to. You really bring out your inner Sarah Koenig in your narration. The piece is lovely.

Awesome job, Great looking family, I'm sure you already know you're truly Blessed

totally feel ya on that whole content creation at odds with making high end pieces for customers. people don't seem to understand why I won't make stuff for them. I'll just point them to this video next time.

This is a beautiful piece good job

Brilliant content. He who has never failed shall never grow. I guess the trick is knowing when to get back on the horse and when to take the bike. Weird analogy, but yeah. Kudos!

I know you say you failed in your video.... but let's say that's a technicality. The peice is still stunning, I love the doors and ideas for the handles/pulls on them. Being a beginner to this I love the projects and the content that you and so make people in this community are producing. Your message especially is one that I think needs to be heard by more and more people.

It's looks absolutely beautiful ! Good work man.

I absolutely love this piece!

I always learn something from your videos. Whether it's how to do something or how not to do something. You make what you do look easy. Like stealing gloves from a baby...

What a great looking sideboard. I’d feel very proud showing this off with my turntable and vinyl.

Pretty good drawers😍😍

nice to see this done! very good!!

Yer videos are so well edited that I feel I should be paying for watchin 'em. That piece came out beautifully, well done!

It came out beautiful

Such a beautiful design and workmanship ... WOW! If on this was on sale :)

I would definitely not call this a failure. Fantastic job. Keep challenging yourself and learning. A quote from Tomas Edison when he was making the light bulb and failed 100 times before he got it right. "I did not fail 100 times to make a light bulb, I learned 100 times how not to make a light bulb"

a great piece of furniture and soothing video!