I Over-Engineered a Kitchen Cabinet with Special Features 

LOVE the "unnecessary" camera angles. just brilliant fun! you just upped your production game with this one, in terms of project and in terms of production value!

"Now for the boring part." "Screw it." "Working under pressure." Loving the puns and the dead-pan delivery!

"now comes the boring part" Earned my like with that pun. Looks decent even without the punnery tho. Well done

I think that by just changing the string to a small metallic cable the built would work for way more than 2 years. And since it’s a fair and simple mechanism maintainance is no problem

I normally wouldn’t watch this kind of furniture project but I knew it would be worth it for the clever solutions you come up with along the way. Great project and fun video :)

There's an old saying. If something is worth doing... it's worth doing to a ridiculous excess! :). Love it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Aside from the humour it’s good to see you include your mistakes. It makes mere mortal amateurs like myself stick with it, not give up and attempt more projects.

Man, I haven't watched a video of yours in 5 years because I lost interest in woodworking. It's great to see how much you and your channel has grown and how great your editing has become.

Marius, I love how you've totally upcycled this project and achieved such a fantastic level of finish. I really enjoy that you don't hide your mistakes and especially like the way you share your thought process through the "over"-engineering. Clever problem solving is what sets your content apart from a dry tutorial video. It gives the viewer so much more to think about and has inspired me with ideas for my own projects.

The only issue I can think of is the string deteriorating over time. When its time, I would suggest replacing them with guitar strings. Nickel flat wound steel for the weight support line, and maybe a beefy nylon for the actuator line. Steel might not happily make that pulley curve.

Having access to a 3D printer brings cabinetry making to a whole new level. Creating cabinets with a sense of humor. Well done!

Out of all of this, the way you did the trim on the bottom was the most clever part imo. So very nicely done, all of it.

Most excellently over-engineered. Well done.

I must say that I really enjoy the humour in the video. You have come a long way since you started. I was definitely curious about this build and I must say, you didn’t disappoint. Excellent craftsmanship, excellent tech and just all around excellent production. Keep up the great work Marius. Lots of admiration from Canada. 🇨🇦

Huge huge huge HUGE props to the video. Shooting and editing all this must have taken as long as making that INCREDIBLE cabinet.

"Should I empty that", the saw motor cam, "This is so cool" 2x, squeaky screws, too much to repeat and enjoy. Way better than other builds and builders. Bravo.

Marcus greetings from the UK, I am a retired design and technology teacher and have followed your videos from the beginning. I am very impressed with your attention to detail, but mostly with your high regard to workshop safety, for me and the thousands of students I have had the privilege to teach over the years, safety has always been the core of importance. I recommend your videos to everyone, there is no one to better your approach on RU-vid. I wish you many years of pleasure in teaching the world how to work with precision and safety.

I don't think your cabinet is overengineered at all, rather I think it's perfectly engineered for the material you had to work with. Anything less and the whole damn cabinet would just fall apart. Excellent build and great vid man.

My new favorite diy -guy! Love your skills, your level of details, your funny camera angles and it just blew my mind and raised your game to a whole new level when you said that you 3D-print your own plastic parts 🤯😮👍🏻

Holy crap, Marius! You're growing up before our eyes here on RU-vid! Congrats on the apartment!

GROßARTIG. Die Kameraeinstellungen, die Schnitte, allein das ist schon der Hammer, mittlerweile aber ist es das, was dich als RU-vidr so speziell macht. Was bin ich froh, das ich dich schon seit vielen Jahren beobachtend begleiten darf. Und das Projekt? Chapeau, altes Zeuch wiederverwendet, Ideenfeuerwerk und 'ne Menge Gehirnschmalz, das da in Bewegung gekommen ist. Danke, fürs zeigen. Wünsche dir ein tolles Leben in der ersten eigenen Butze. Und kannst ruhig mehr zeigen, was dir noch so an Einfällen für die Bude in deinen kreativen Kopp kommt. Jedenfalls hast du bei mir ein ganz breites Grinsen erzeugt, auch dafür noch einmal vielen Dank.

I love the auto-open lid for the recycling. I've been considering making something similar, also for recycling, so I'll probably do something similar with modifications.

I love the sincerity of your video, from the screw up parts, wrong side installation to the "it fits with the heater... well lucky I didn't measured that"😂

This is sooo well thought out and engineered. I really appreciate how everything came together and the details that went into it.

Love the project. Well done. I especially appreciated the errors and the comments you made. In the past, it seemed you did everything perfectly the first time. It's nice to see even experienced woodworkers make mistakes - sometimes multiple times. Now I don't feel so bad. Keep up the great videos and projects. You inspire us out here....

I love the comedy in this video. You are hilarious. (great build too)

I have no idea how this video showed up in my algorithm! But I totally enjoyed it !! I am not handy with his tools but I am always curious about how people redesign their space for functionality. You are entertaining as well as a creative wood engineer. Very practical design , well done 👍. I wish you could come over and redesign my son’s small kitchen for practicality . Have no idea why home developers hire the worse interior designers for homes ! They have very little creativity skills. Going to check out your other videos…. You blend wood creativity with humour 😂😂😂. Thanks for posting 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.

The German joy I felt when he said “now comes the boring part” and the next shot was him BORING holes 🤩

Marius, I'm glad that you reused the material from the previous cabinets. Si many times, people just throw things away without thinking about the future. Nice job on this project.

It’s always fascinating watching things like bespoke furniture builds and tiny home tours because I design interior (and sometimes exterior) furniture for luxury motor yachts and it’s really cool to see fixtures and techniques we use being applied. You did a nice job here.

I'm so encouraged when I see this kind of genius around the world.

"Boring"... cleaver use of words Marius... and what a great project too. I love the simplicity of your boring jig btw.

Nice video:) I like your humor and the craftsmanship. I like the idea of reusing the old kitchen cabinets. As always great ideas. Hope to see more of those projects.

As always, the best part about watching your videos isn't how practical or usable the finished piece is for me, but to watch you problem solve and work through the issues at hand. Would love to have seen more about the design and prototyping process for the trash lid mechanism.

Dayum! Marius… The first 37 seconds was enough to make me subscribe. Love the energy.

That lighter trick is absolutely amazing!!!

Do you have a new comedy writer, or were you always this funny? 😀 Excellent build. I think things that are both over-engineered and that you also use every day are the most satisfying projects.

Yes, there are others videos that I like over the internet. But this one is different: this one made me proud of your craftsmanship. This project is really cool, thanks for publishing it. Cheers!

Mesmerized by this. Thanks for the tip of shortening a worktop with a jigsaw, while it's on its side.

the only guy that turns particle board in a work of art!

Loved the variety of photo angles and wonderful editing. This was a great project and very well filmed. I enjoyed the project and film very much. It was so cool to take an older piece of furniture and make a customer one for your new apartment. I loved the auto opening trash compartment - great idea and well done. It will be hard to top this video, but I am sure you are up to the task!

This is amazing...now theres no excuses why my Husband can’t put in my roll out drawer for my Mixer!!....thank u!

over-engineered? maybe. Thoughtful, useful, and precise? absolutely. This was a really cool video to watch

Now that it is in and finished, I would measure and extend the small shelves on the plastic storage side of the add on with the existing shelves. Great work, great video

NICE! Beautiful, well thought out execution. SUGGESTION: to make the tip-open plastic bin mechanism a bit easier to use and last longer, remove as much mass from the lid-lifter arm as you can. Less weight out at the end means less stress on the string, less effort lifting the lid AND the arm, etc. Alternatively, you can add a spring to that to cancel out most/all of its weight at the beginning of the travel.

I know this was about 1 year ago.. just showed up on my suggestion page and it is awesome. Love the detail and time you put into this project. Really nice work.. REALLY nice.. This is definitely one of those videos I'm glad I had a chance to view. TY for your work :)

I love the level of detail. It is particularly interesting how you discuss errors and plan changes as you progress through the project. I like how adaptable you are.

Looks like a lot of work, but in my opinion it was totally worth it! Great job and I would like to see more content similar to this.

This is absolutely my favourite video of yours. Great humour, clever solutions/engineering, design, and so on. Several of my favourite interests at once! I’m happy! :) So yes please: More custom furniture projects!

Intentional overengineering is the joy of life! Really enjoyed the whole video!

I truly had fun watching this build, all the unnecessary camera angles were very much so necessary. Well done my guy.

It’s great that this video went viral! I think that both the thumbnail and title were spot on. Then the content was great and you have shown a lot of engineering and problems solving ideas (especially with recycling). This was my first time here but I will definitely stick around.

I'm loving all the extra camera angles, great project!

Oh I love this. I wish more people did videos on hacking or reusing old furniture. Specially stuff considered "disposable" like these.

The best part it’s showing the mistakes and the fix for it , human error it’s a nice thing if it can be fixed

"using squeaking screws" had me laughing so hard xD Excellent video Marius as usual :D Loved the extra camera angles, even the unnecessary hammer one!

That was an excellent build! Even though you used the pre-made Furniture boards I would not guess that it was. Absolutely love the garbage drawer. Can't wait to see your next video.

Man I loved the sequence of thinking planning executing explaining! Amazing to watch! Thanks

Just amazing! Your inventiveness is matched only by your skill, patience, and commitment to getting everything right. Wow.

Amazing job. Very well thought out design, but also in the process 👍 I must admit I'm slightly jealous of your workshop, having the right tools and space makes a huge difference 😄

You are going more and more in the high tech direction. And that's a good thing :)

the sound effects and weird camera angles were fun, made me lol love the custom build aspect of it, was fun to watch

Wow! Rocket science of carpentry! Amazing . Bravo

I love this, the only issue i have is over here in the usa, hiding an extension cord in an enclosed space like that would be considered against code and a fire hazard (obviously building codes differ from state to state and even county to county) but the general rule seems to be is there are electrical wires concealed in a permanent or semi-permanent structure they must be electrical wires not extension cables because extension cables are not regulated by building codes (because super cheap under insulated extension cables are out there and if they start to catch fire they want the cable in plain sight)

Awesome project! I wish I had the woodworking skills to build something similar.

I keep coming back to watch this video. Such careful planning and construction. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you very much for this video. Being equipped with 2 left hands and on each hand 5 thumbs I'm very much in awe of the work you've delivered. 😉

I love this cabinet. It makes amazing use of an otherwise almost useless space, while also taking things like your coffee machine away from the main kitchen counter. The fit and finish is also amazing. The only thing I'm not a fan of is that lid-opening mechanism. I feel like you'd always have to open the plastic bin slowly, to prevent the rope from pulling tight suddenly, smashing the lid open with force. Personally, I just wouldn't have used the lid, since it's in an enclosed space anyway. That would also allow for only slightly opening the bin to quickly throw in something small, now you have to open it quite far for the lid to open.

I live for a good bit of over engineering. Brilliant job, and love the ridiculous cams :D

Very unnecessary hammer cam was absolutely necessary. I've had a difficult morning and that brought the first smile to my face I've had all day.

Nothing is better than custom parts. Thinking about building an entire house from ground up as a project. An absolute master peice. One of a kind

It's incredible how the quality of your videos did improve over the last years. Nice project again. Nice done, nice idea. Also i really loved, how you enjoyed your autmatic mechanism! I mean, it really was a great idea! please go on like that!

Very cool! Good to see you back Marius...hope you schooling is going well (went well?)

This has been a very enjoyable watch. I too over engineer the things I build. My dad would be saying that I had spent way too long doing something like this but I can truly appreciate the work and time you have gone to designing and building this. Top work

Yesterday i search on RU-vid how to make a big plank from small ones and today I got this video suggested ! Love it !

Great looking cabinet system. I do not really have any questions about the build, but I do notice a huge difference between European kitchens and American kitchens... Seems like us Americans are way behind when it comes to appliances and such.

Boy I wish I had a shop like you. I used to love to build wood working projects but now living in a small home with no shop at the age of 71, not too many projects get build

You have easily been one of my favorite RU-vid creators. I hope you keep these coming for years to come. The level of engineering and humor are always great. Thank you!

Moin Marius, es ist also endlich passiert, Du bist ausgezogen!? Ich wünsche dir für den nächsten Abschnitt im Leben alles Gute, einen guten Start und genieße die neuen Lebensumstände (ohne jetzt zu anmaßend sein zu wollen). Eine wunderbare Maßanfertigung der Küche, vor allem der Lückenschluß zwischen Arbeitsplatte und Fensterbank gefällt mir sehr. Beste Grüße zum Wochenende Martin

Great Job! I am a retired interior designer of 30 years, so I can truly appreciate your thought process and design. Well done!

I love your engineering skills as well as your carpentry skills, but most of all your honesty regarding your mistakes. Thank you!

My wife wouldn't have put up with the 'iterations', but I loved them. Fun video.

Every time any other show checks for square on the diagonals, it always is, and they just move on. I've had to wonder, "Well what do I do if it's not??" Thank you so much for showing actually fixing both of the alignment problems!

Great craftsmanship as always! It looks awesome! My only issue personally would be placing the coffee machine above the trash pullout.

A drawer for a drink crate has got to be the most German thing ever. Love it! A beautiful piece of work.

All I can say is WOW!!! Absolute genius!! Your workmanship is awesome!

this man will become (or already is) a dad-joke grandmaster. *bows in respect*

Personally I can watch people build things for hours. The craft and skill on display is so interesting.

I enjoyed how he use the name of the task as part of his sentence like "we have to do the boring part now" and "well screw it"

I love the extra "UNNECESSARY" camera angles. Just earned my like, subscribe and notifications bell on.

The thunder sound made me sense the quality of your humor. Subscribed!

Fantastic. Your thorough consideration of every detail never ceases to inspire me. Thank you for all the great ideas and design approaches you shared on this project.

Love this sort of over-engineering. Truly a hobby for connoiseurs.

You can never move again; that build is too beautiful to leave behind.

Very nice work. The best custom pieces are not obviously custom, and appear factory bought, I think this fits that description.

This is a very full assed build. Love that you did everything the right way, secure and clean. Great job.

I want trash and recycling bin/pulley drawer things like that! The automatic lids would be fun to have!

Great workshop humor. All DIY folk need it to survive the inevitable screwups. Great project reusing old cabinets.

I love that mechanism for your soft plastic bin. You have inspired me to do something similar for my slide our bins under our sink. Much appreciated!

I'm in awe. Wonderful watching you work.Well done.