DIY Shoe Storage Bench | Beginner Woodworking Project 

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Watched this in the morning, finished it by 3 pm (less than 3 hours total of work time). No prior woodwork experience

Re-shooting this now would be useful so we can see more of what Matt's doing. This was an early video, his newer ones are so much clearer.

I just finished making one of these and it came out great! My first wood project! Thank you so much for your video really helped me out a lot! Real down to earth guy!

Just found 731 woodworking about a week ago, I have literally been binge watching your videos I love that your a Jesus and wife loving man it shows in your videos. I’m just starting my woodworking journey and I had to have one of these benches at the foot of my bed I love how it turned out and the step by step instructions your videos are so helpful for beginners like me.

Awesome job. Perfect for beginners like myself and simple tools required and Not to complicated with machines and etc..

Great video, i love how that looks after you've sanded it, rounded the edges and stained it. I'm getting a lot of ideas from you and your videos for a project I wanna work on.

I just brought my finished bench in the house and I absolutely love it and I’m making a second one for my space tomorrow! Thanks for sharing and I have more of your projects lined to make!!!

Your tutorial is awesome! I just finished one 3ft wide. Came out perfect! Much appreciated👍

Was somehow able to create this, thank you for inspiring me.

Hi Matt, great boot bench, I'd like to say, MASSIVE difference on your production values buddy. Really encouraging to see how you and Mrs 731 have moved forward and improved your videos whilst still having a great attitude. Davy.

Great inspiration to make extra money

Hola! 🖐 I subscribed a little while ago and have been doing my best to keep up with the new. I'm now going "back" to check out your earlier videos, this is now Feb 2022. Cool to see you progress in such a "short" period of time. This is a really good build, wish you continued success! Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊

Thanks for sharing your woodworking talent. Love the video. Good instructions. i will be building one tomorrow!

I made this today. My first official woodworking pice. All turned out pretty good. I should have used a stop to cut the legs because I have a slight wobble. Easy to fix tho

Just watched an earlier vid, wow have these vids improved over time. LOL

Good job thx for sharing enjoyed it

Great video. I love the simplicity of the build and the construction material. I love the tables, and especially the walnut stained one. But, I don't know about the green one, LOL. You showed us the pre-stain. Could you possibly show us the difference staining a small board with and without the pre-stain?

Matt... Love the work you do! Very inspiring to get busy making things! Have you ever made a flag where you burned the blue areas and antique the white after wire wheeling the front surface? Thanks for the channel! God Bless!

Great videos 👍

Really love the 731 channel and this build in particular! I keep going back to the 0:57 mark… why 3 8ft. 1” x 4” ? Can’t I just buy 2?

Can you safely route the finished product after construction. I’d be worried about biting your screws. Perhaps your router bit is at the right level. Great vids. I’m gonna try a few of these.

👍 Why counter holes from the top down into the legs instead of pocket holes from the legs up into the top?

What is the reason for making the 2x4 leg longer where the end grain is up?

Nice work man, good and solid

Did you rip the top boards down to remove the rounded edge so they would joint up better? I'm going to build this but I was thinking if I done that I would have to rip the vertical 2x4 as well so that it will be the same thickness as the 2x4 on the top.

Hey Matt Great Job! Thank You! I am going to make a couple of these this week. 1 for me and 1 to sell. Fingers crossed;-)

pocket holes from the get go!!!!!

I'm not a woodworker but getting into it a little bit more I'm 71 years old and try to supplement my income I can get all the free pallets I want thinking about trying that with pallet wood

I'm new to woodworking and this is one of my first projects. Since you were already using pocket holes, why did you use screws to attach the bench top to the legs instead of pocket holes & screws?

if I were to make one of these taller say 20 to 24 inches should I incase my board lengths from 8 foot to 10 foot think this would work as a simple entertainment center also thinking about a second shelf too

Beginner here. Is the bench strong enough to sit on or should I add some supports to strengthen it?

Could you make a video on how you sand it and made the round edges pleasw

I Can handle something like this. My wife has been wanting something like this outside of our deck door.

You should re do this video with your modern filming style and more clear explanations as kind of am example of how far you've come.

And could you use 2x3 instead of 2x4 and also a 1x6 or even 1x4 to make this? Do you think it’ll hold up?

Hey there, great project and thanks for sharing. Question for you why did you choose to use a different length for the 2X4 in between the 2x6 ? Why not make them all the same length. I am planning to use dowels instead of pocket holes. Thank you and await your response. Cheers keep the videos coming.

A few weeks ago I subscribed to your channel. Now I started to go through your older videos. How many years ago did you get into woodworking? I guess you did already a lot of woodworking before you started to make videos, didn't you?

I plan on making this bench this week for my wife. Is it strong enough to actually sit on?

Are you doing these out of pine or would you suggest a hard wood at least for the top?

Hi! I mentioned in another video comment how I was going to bring my 16 year old onboard to bring bigger builds into my existing small business. I think we'll make this bench our first build to get listed to sell. I'm still learning about different types of wood. You mentioned in another comment that you used pine. Is common board the same thing?

Hi Matt Love this bench ..I woodwork bistro tables..you mentioned construction pine do you buy finished or do you plane it yourself.? would like to see a video routering the edges.. love your videos ..very inspriring.. thank you for sharing !! karee Mass.

What do these sell for

Why not cover screws with wood filler? Especially if it's being painted ??

Do you do anything else to stain or do you just to the pre conditioner and the color of your Choice

What do you sand with. That looked great after sanding

Another great video and I’ll get on it to build one just for fun. Do you add anything on top of the stain or just leave it like that?

How much do you sell those for unfinished and finished?

So, is this stable enough to sit on?

Is that your radio in the background?

How much do you sell them for? They look really nice. Great job.

Dude, how did it take so long for the #tubafour hashtag to emerge?

is there plans for this build?

I wanted to do a diy but...... idk whats going on lol...