Hand tool woodworking - small bench with traditional joinery 

Great job! Thank you😉

I'm a fine furniture maker, and I'm guessing much like yourself, I feel like I've subscribed to, and watched just about every woodworking channel out there (worth watching, of course). But maybe once or twice a year, I get surprised by a new channel I haven't seen yet. So I subscribed as a salute. Thank you for taking the time and energy that the rest of us don't feel like spending, to document your work. Beautiful piece! Cheers, from Chesbrough Cabinetry.

Neat job, a true craftsman.

Nice small bench. The time taken for building with hand tools is worth the effort. Takes function to the level of art. I'm reminded by your video of how people made heirloom quality furniture before electricity and power tools that endured the test of time. Nice relaxing and satisfying video.

In so much of woodworking, we try to make the seams look seamless. The way your dovetails are, you are "celebrating" the seams. An approach I have never tried. It's cool.

I'm over here trying to make a coffee table with power tools thinkin im hot shit.. This guy is a gd Jedi.. new sub..

Simplemente fantástico!

That is a gorgeous piece! Beautifully done! Thank you for sharing.

A man after my own heart, reminds me of being back in High School. That's the way to do woodwork, well done, Stewart, south west Australia.

The way you took dove tail saw off shelve showed me you are having fun to go along with your creativity and knowledge. Never saw overhung dovetails. Very cool.

you did an Awesome job I like watching some day I want to try

I love the aesthetic of hand cut dovetails. I think it's beautiful because one tail can look close to the other but have just minor imperfections that is the human element you just won't get out of a router.

Very nice. The true art of woodworking, just sharp tools and 1 manpower.

Awesome work! So neat and beautiful end product

Wonderful fine work.

Wonderfull work

Amei esse banquinho , gratidão infinita 🌟👏👏🎉🥂😄💖.

Absolutely gorgeous!

es hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht zuzusehen. Danke!

Well, that was enjoyable! Thanks

Great work and presentation. Thank you.

It’s very enjoyable watching your performance. I, always learn a lot . Thanks.

I love to watch chisel action!

Magnificent!

I wish you good health, thanks

Spectacular 😍

Brilliant video!

Great job it looks great

What a beautiful piece, I really enjoyed, and admire the workmanship!

Very Nice!!

Looks amazing. The chamfered edges on the tails are a nice touch. I mostly make small boxes and I might do something similar for my next project.

Not the biggest fan of no-commentary builds…… but this was incredible ❤

What an absolute stunning piece of art. Really enjoyed your craftsmanship in both the build and the video. Subscribed.

Absolutely love it. Subbed!

Beautiful video. It was a pleasure to watch. I’m mostly a power tool woodworker but appreciate the skill that goes into handtool work. Question: how do you like the Furniture Butter long term? How does it hold up to use

New to your channel, beautiful work and a very enjoyable and relaxing video to watch. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

I use Olson Spiral blades, so I'm used to the breakage. :) Beautiful work. Great music. I could watch these kinds of videos all day long. Best of luck.

The seat of that bench is the most beautiful wood! What is it? That’s a charming little bench.

New subscriber here! Nice work! The hench looks great! You have a lot of patience to use hand tools. I do not possess this patience 😅. Thanks for sharing your talents!

Beautiful work and design. New sub

Dovetailed your dovetail jig? Love it. 🕊

Wow, great work. The wood colour really deepened after the finish a lot, does it develop under light?

Nicely done! Is that a Gyokucho Kamino Utsuwa dovetail saw you used at one point?

Great video and music. Is that oil made from real walruses??

tudo muito artesanal da trabalho mais vale a pena tudo nota 10 queria saber de uma coisa onde você comprou aquela serrinha de mâo aquela vermelha pode falar obrigado

A lovely piece! It would be a shame to use it

Awsome work buddy! Subscribed

Beautiful piece, but Walrus Oil, is it make from 100% Walrus? ;)

woodworking teenager, "Grandmother, can I have some money to buy woodworking tools? I'll make ya a really cool bench." Granny, "Sure, sweetie. How much do ya need? Will $500 be enough?" Teen, "Add two zeros." Granny, "50K for a bench!!!"

Very well-made and informative video but dump the goofy music so we can clearly hear the sound of the tools as they work the wood.

Did you make that woodworking vice yourself? If so can you do a video of it?

Is this for sale?

Why? Just why?

Why glue

I’ve been woodworking for well over 45 years. When I started, glues weren’t great (but certainly better than 200 years ago) and it’s was common to use a mechanical joint such as dovetails. Now, dovetails - or any mechanical joint not also using glues are not needed. My problem with them is that, almost invariably, they are an ego statement by the maker to other makers to say “look, I can hand build dovetails”. I have never known a non-woodworking member of the public demand dovetails - in fact, I had one who asked what were those funny arrow-type bits on the drawer. And she was right; the piece was a simple (hopefully) elegant design and I introduced a non-simple joint because I could. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should Having said all that, dovetails but particularly houndstooth, can add to the design. And I think this stool proves that. If you like cutting dovetails, then carry on. It is a good way to improve hand/eye/tool skills that you will need for other elements - but dovetails do not a woodworker make. As you get older and older, you need more machinery to relieve you of the initial hard work. So, I now use machines to rough dimension and then hand tools to finesse. You would be very lucky to get to the age of 70 and still be able to spend hours using hand tools only.

Awesome work. Subscribed to your RU-vid channel and instagram page. Thanks