Lots of you bought my chair plans, More to support me than wanting to build chairs. Much appreciated. And ads on RU-vid seem to be getting a bit too much lately. Just use an ad blocker, don't feel guilty about it. Enough is enough!
Bless you for being honest, I agree RU-vid adds have become way to intense lately it’s getting unwatchable, a 30 min video easy turns into nearly 35 altogether 🤦♂️🙁
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 absolutely, you can choose to skip those with a quick double tap or two. The ads, I just sit and watch the timer go down and turn the volume right down.
I am so thankful for your Big Print program Matthias . I have used it a number of times over the years to print out plans for many projects. Everyone interested in woodworking needs a copy of 'Big Print'. :-)
Apocalypse: Matthias comes out on top. Corona: Matthias comes out on top. How are you doing this? About Patreon: It seems I understand the concept differently than many others. I support people on Patreon because I think they're cool and I want them to be less stressed about RU-vid and the evil algorithm and sales counts. That's why I don't want any perks or demand content. My "perk" is knowing that you're better off and that I'm providing a fixed offset, some money you earn no matter what. The worst to me would be, if you had to pass spending time with your family because you need to make a video or something.
Same here, the concept of perks is understandable but creates a relationship that undermines the idea of patronage. It tends to create anxiety for some creators or disappointment for some patrons, not to mention how some patreon accounts create a large hierarchy of patron levels gating significant amounts of content, which creates so much "fear of missing out" anxiety that it seems uncomfortably manipulative.
i think a good way to go about doing this is to put the plans on patreon for those that want to support the creator, that's fine with me. i'm here for the youtube videos i don't even like wood working but it's just fun to watch. i don't like the idea of youtubers deciding that they need to make exclusive content for there patreon, like isn't the whole point of begging for money so you can make youtube videos or support themself? like sure people that donate money obvious are entitled to get more just because they have money to donate.
Yep, same here. That's right in line with my understanding of what a patron is. I support a half dozen creators there, but I understand the pressure that Matthias feels.
I love the clever little 'garbage picks' you have. I did the same thing with a trampoline I had for my children regarding the feet. I did not think of the carpet idea!
Very cool! Great to see the community support! I'm a cheapskate but I give you a heartfelt "THANKS!" And I do tell everyone I talk to about woodworking to watch your channel. And John Heisz! I did buy a few other plans actually and built the Box Joint Jig! Some day I'll use it for something more than a cat dish stand. Ads are ridiculous now on RU-vid! Thanks again!
I like this take. You see the systemic problems with advertisement (Whatever you're paid is not worth the time we are wasting), instead of just focusing on the your side (you get paid for us wasting our time, technically you don't have to care about our time). I appreciate people that focus on the whole value chain.
Thank you for being so honest. I purchase some plans sometime next month. For chairs. Right now I'm building sliding barn door. For my bedroom my wife's request
Well this gave me the push to finally buy your mechanical counter plans. I got my bandsaw set up recently so it's time. Glad you're getting more support from the last video, I hope you get a whole load more from this one too. You're a big inspiration to me Matthias, thank you :)
What a legend, after making content for years, now with over 1.7 million total subscribers, and he only turned on his ads 2 years ago? He is the most humble creator I know.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Yes, my mistake, however I admire your aim to always have your viewers interests at heart, even if it impacts on your own benefit from doing what you love.
The honesty is appreciated! You are one of the originals and in it for the right reasons. It’s refreshing compared to others on this platform. I swear if I have to hear one more audiobook or VPN plug...
I use the Brave browser only for RU-vid. It blocks all the ads by default. You are right the ads on RU-vid are getting ridiculous. Keep up the good work and congrats on the new baby. Harry
It’s strange because we notice shows pumping ads,sponsors and annoying games....but we fail to notice members who’ve not turned ads on, just for our benefit. Your integrity is welcomed and it’s you who I will now alloy the ads as I know you’ve tried to help my viewing pleasure......Thank you
I am actually going to use your plans.... i will modify them. I have a problem that way. But I have been wanting to make some dining chairs for about 8 years. The work you did has saved me countless hours of work figuring out a couple things that were not going right for me. I don't make videos. 'cause the work involved in that is something I do not want to do..... but I will send you some pics of some finished chairs. Matthias You Rock!
I've just subscribed to your channel on the strength of your honesty, I hate ads, they drive me nuts. Thanks for the tip re: Ad Blocker. I hope you make a good living out of your hard work.
I have an ad blocker for a very long time - simply hate ads! The short times I watch TV, I mute the sound when commercials start. I support the channels I follow regularly, either by subscription of a channel's service that I find useful or, like in your case (and some other woodworkers), I occasionally buy a set of plans (didn't buy the chair, though).
Be assured that we are with you all the way. I play the ads but in the background while I watch the actual video in another window. I've tried with up to 10 ads in the background and can still watch the video without problem. Just do whatever it takes.
Would love to see you revisit the tilting router table, maybe with some updates and more details. I really liked the original and have it on my list of to do projects but would really enjoy a detailed build video to build along with.
I've seen videos by some creators that specifically called people using adblockers as freeloaders. I've always used one since the net is almost unusable without one. I have no regrets. The ads during election seasons in the US are so obnoxious that I wouldn't be able to get through them before clicking off the videos. The problem is the ad industry behind all the ads. When I watch on the smart TV and see some of the ads, I notice that the same ads play over and over. They aren't creative or interesting, just nuisances. Advertisements are the reason I gave up TV in general. Good riddance to them. I suppose I am not the target audience for them.
While I think calling anyone a freeloader is a bit harsh these are still people who do make content for free and people who are trying to make a living. We are so used to getting a lot of things for free I think we have devalued the effort people actually spend to keep us informed and entertained. Personally I think adblockers are great, and I have no qualms about people using it on my channel. Though, I think if you support people you can very easily make an exception for RU-vid in your adblocker if you don't want to support people more directly 🙂
Try setting up a Pi-Hole. You can block a good deal of ads across every device on your home network. Unfortunately that doesn’t include RU-vid ads, but those are easy to block with other tools.
@@SwitchAndLever Nothing is ever free. People should stop pretending that it is. Being a social media content creator is a horrible idea to make a living. I'd rather play the lottery.
I bought your Strip Sander, Tenon Jig, Quickset-Box-Joint Jig, 20" Bandsaw and Pantorouter XL Plans, built all the machines and love them! The 20" Bandsaw is the show-off piece to everyone in my home shop! (Of course I mention that I didnt plan this myself). I didn't buy the chair plans, because I am not planning to bult them, but I'm sure I'll buy another thing every now and then, be it "just" the combination lock, counter or air engine. And IF there ever comes another bandsaw around, I'm sure I'll buy and built this too. Not that I need another bandsaw, I already have two big ones. I just love building stuff :) Greetings from Germany, Matthias! -Marco
@@TheRainHarvester a program Mathias made that you can add a picture or a image inside and resize it while calibrating the proportion as you like entering real world dimensions. you can than print the file on multiple page if needed with a grid pattern that help lining things up.
I bought some of your plans 8 years ago not realizing they were in metric XD, but the decade of videos has been well worth the money spent. You could potentially boost your sales with imperial (primitive) versions of existing plans
I really respect the ethical approach you take to matters like this Mathias. Many people just take advantage of what ever generosity people show. You've demonstrated true integrity and decency.
I think using ad-block is just entering a downwards spiral. The people who dont use it will get more ads, because others use the blocker. This turns more people towards using blockers etc. I agree, that sometimes RU-vid puts extreme amount of ads in videos. My latest experience was a rewatch of a live stream, where at some point in a 25 minute span, ads were coming every 3-5 minutes. This can completely ruin the viewing experience. It was nice to hear about this stuff. I am in the camp, that watches the ads all the way on channels I regularly visit. Now I will consider donating directly instead. Thank you for the honest talk.
I just installed an ad blocker last weekend, I didn't mind the odd ad here and there, but it is just too much now! I haven't bought the chair plans yet, but will as I actually want to make them, they look great!
I really enjoy your videos although I cannot build any of the building plans because, I dont have a workshop but that doesn't stop me from enjoying your content!
I bought your bandsaw plans like 4 years ago and needless to say I have never had the available time/space/motivation to build it but I'm glad you appreciate my support. Make more videos and I will certainly buy another.
it's incredibly relieving to see a content-maker mulling over his monetization options publicly and then follow with the question "or am I just milking my patreons by creating junky videos?" ... I have always resonated with your content more so than other woodworking channels that follow gimmicky trends and this is the reason. Your process is rooted in quality. You care about what you create. You don't want to add to the "internet fluff" as I call it. Greatly appreciate it.
I don't see the issue with patreons paying monthly when contents is irregular. the objective of patrons is to keep you afloat, at least that's how I feel. Just having you around is precious to the woodworking diy community.
Matthias, I’ve said this many times in the past and I’m gonna pitch this to you again - you should have a patreon and you should lean into its benefits to supporters. Your content is valuable because of your knowledge. You said it once yourself that the content IS the video and what you make in the video is secondary. To the viewer, what you make in the video is the content, but the knowledge is essentially free. It’s an imbalance that deserves a change. Make a patreon and make all your plans free for subscribers maybe at the $10 a month range. You could then offer videos a week early to supporters. Or have an option for a $3 a month subscription with no real benefits but for people like myself who understand that the ad-based model is not good for society. It’s bad for everyone. I’ve learned so much from you over the years. As a young woodworker by trade, I use techniques I’ve learned from you probably every day. $3 a month is nothing for me, and if you’ve got even 200 other people who feel the same way - or are coerced to understand the meaning of that small donation - you could really save yourself a lot of stress and could give us content that’s not preferred by RU-vids algorithms quite so much. EDIT: I just remembered seeing a new Membership function on RU-vid recently - from the RU-vidr "Ethoslab". I've been watching him for 9 years. He's an extremely creative, friendly person and I enjoy his content more than any TV channel or musician ever. His Subscription options have no benefits and he admits that they're purely for optional donations. He didn't mention them, I just found them. What this means to me is that RU-vid understands the value of the patronage system and are probably hoping to undercut the value of third-party services like Patreon, who probably rake in tens of millions a year by now. Don't be ashamed to try it out! It's not a handout! Your content is valuable to us, and it can always be optionally free through a service like RU-vid. But content isn't meant to be free, and this free structure of the internet is leading to the destruction of democratic society itself because, in an ad-based system, our attention itself is valuable enough to be seized like a slot machine. As long as the free version of your content is still available, users will have no reason to complain about a patronage option as well. It's better for your viewers to have an option that's separate from the predatory ad-based system that we have now. RU-vid is one of many social media apps that compete for attention of its users which makes them complicit in the society-wide loss of generations of spare time through clickbait. P.S. your chairs are really beautiful and I admire your dad's craftsmanship. They get more handsome the more I look at them!
A new baby coming? That's fantastic! Congratulations! It turns out you are much more productive in that area than in woodwork. Just kidding! Best regards!
Really appreciate your honesty! A router table would be good to see. I’ve built your router lift, and have it in a bench, but have always flirted with the idea of a more suitable setup for cutting tenons. I love your furniture projects for the problem solving end of things, although I do appreciate that these tend not to be as profitable for you.... a shame! Building a top quality chair from limited tools and a dowel jig, to me is a lot more useful than another bandsaw... but I’m the minority!
years ago I bought your apple grinder plans and then went ahead and built one, had my whole family help me grind a bunch of apples and then made delicious apple juice best 10 bucks ever!
You tube membership is worth every penny just to not have to watch ads. Been watching for years...like to see more of your family though. Keep post and be safe!
I started using an ad blocker back in the early 00's. Not because I hated seeing the banner ads on websites, but because those banner ads would crash my browser. After that happened a few times I googled for the solution which turned out to be an ad blocker. It's pretty rude of advertisers to put something in their rotating banner ad that crashes people's browsers.
Router table? Heck yes. I got a fancy Bosch that I want to build all kinds of things for like a dumbed down version of your pantorouter. Finally time to buy plans for the tilting router table I've been coveting for years.
Of course I've been a subscriber for years and this is exactly why I like this man. But also his content is incredible and he is a very, very skilled woodworker.In my opinion the best on RU-vid, him and John heisz. Stand-up guy for sure. I will be helping in any way I can
I also started using adblock a few weeks ago. I calculated how much lifetime I approximately wasted on RU-vid ads and the number was not pretty so I betrayed past me who absolutely hated adblock and started using it. Honestly it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
Thanks for your videos. You were the first person I saw really be precise with woodworking, and as a former physicist with some interest in engineering it's been fun watching your videos. I bought a couple plans from you a couple years ago (one of the bandsaws, screw advance box joint jig, and i think one more that i'm not remembering) but at the time didn't have a good place to do woodworking and didn't end up building them. Now that I've got my own garage in which to do woodworking I'll look through the plan catalog again, because there's definitely some that would be useful for me now.
Dude, with someone as genuine and legit and nice and funny and useful and entertaining and awesome as you, juts putting a patreon link under every video is NOT a crime and heaps of people that love your work will see it and throw a few bucks your way with NO expectation. Put the link in, please. You deserve it, 10x over. Think of all the past videos you've put effort into, some or all of the patreon coin is to cover that. My 2c. As usual, 11/10.
for the people who have been with you for a while, we understand. we know you are a dad who has kids, and supporting you in any way we can to maybe (even if by a little bit) you make content, sounds good to me! I see patreon as supporting you in your ability to make content, not paying you to make content. It is a small distinction, but it matter.
I've been a Firefox user since version 1.0.1 in Feb 2005. Currently, I use Firefox 81.0 with Adblock Plus extension and I never, ever see ads. No ads ever!
uBlock Origin and I also use the "Enhancer for RU-vid" plug-in, which though it isn't updated anymore and has some trouble with Ublock Origin actually is very usefull.
This should be posted all over, _A Philosophy for Content Creators_. Wonderful! I just bought the marble machine 2.1 plans. $16, a steal :) I think maybe the first video of yours I watched was maybe during the first marble machine and I've been watching ever since, intrigued by the furniture, toys, gadgets, Blackberry ephemera, the jigs and other tools, and the stories of the camp and life in Canada. I have no shop and it still doesn't seem likely that I would in the near-term. One never knows how life goes. There is beauty in plans themselves however, and so it does not matter at all if I never build it as I will enjoy just looking at them and knowing I supported some great content as its creator wished.
Use RU-vid Memberships!! People will join just to support you! Maybe your youtube members can get behind-the-scenes pictures of future projects that you are working on, you don't have to commit to a video. We would love to just see things like your next mouse maze or something! Just a suggestion! You should see what some of these Gaming RU-vidrs are doing to monetize their audience, it's insane! Don't feel bad about monetizing especially your content. I have watched you for many years and have learned so much. You provide a ton of value for your videos for completely free. I think YT membership is the way to go!
Love this comment - thanks for putting my thoughts into words, particularly about how much you’ve learned. I’m an amateur/DIY woodworker (and even that might be an overstatement), but the tips, techniques and thought processes I learned from Matthias has been incredible, and I’m sure have saved me more money than I’ve spent on the few plans I’ve bought. But, I’m completely happy to support creators like Matthias - their time and effort deserves recompense.
No way. YT membership is _really_ pricey for what you get. Yes, I learn stuff from Matthias' content, but I'm not paying more than 1/3 of a Netflix subscription for it. I generate ad revenue with my views, and I purchase the stuff that interests me from makers, even for stuff I'm not going to, or can, build. Does it sound contradictory? With YTM, I HAVE to pay, regardless if content I'm interested in or not is delivered. With purchasing plans (or donations), I pay for content I've enjoyed and I'm not buying a pig in a poke. YTM goes live and I'm out. Sorry.
The chair plans were a great idea. Not sure why they didn't sell. I would have bought except I close my outside shop during winter. I do wish you had a better method of molding the chair seat. I am not crazy about the flat chairs.
I’ve been one of your patrons for a while (because I looked for you out there). I say go for the Patreon route. If people don’t feel they are getting value for supporting you they can always cancel ore reduce. I think anybody who supports your work knows what they are in for. Help us help you help us!!
Don’t waste your time, I signed up to stop all ads a couple of months ago, believe or not it was an advert to stop adverts, I watch a lot of you tube but I haven’t seen an ad since signing up for that and until you mentioned ads in this video I had forgotten about having to watch ads and now I just enjoy the videos.
I love your gear program lol. Bought it a while ago and have used it to make gears for some cool projects. I even cut some pin gears out of brass and made a really cool rack and pinion for a 3d printer.
I sincerely appreciate what you do and how you do it. In my case, the tools and jigs that you design so well are the things I have been most excited about and would like to see more of. Your chair work is cool! However, my lovely wife has filled our house with more chairs than we need already (arghhh). You make mention of designing a router table - I built one about 20 years ago that I would like to update so I would readily buy a set of plans for your router table design. Thanks again for your work and your honesty and integrity of design.
Hey, Matthias. Big fan of your work. I purchased your chair plans last week just to support you. Glad to hear I gained ad-block absolution because I've been using ad blockers for probably 20 years. I also just joined your Patreon. I'd have joined ages ago if I'd known for sure it was really you. Considering you had no mention of it on the channel I thought it might have been a fake account trying to make money on your good name!
It's true, i was just about to abandon the platform, but someone turn me on to Adblocker. It works. The ads just sucked so bad. . . Hope you can continue, all the best.
Hey Matthias, I was wondering if you would do a video on using your big print program? I’m building your 16 bandsaw and your jointer an I seem to always get hung up in the big print. Thanks. I consider myself a regular. Looking forward for your next project. Thanks you for doing this
You should have been told by now but as a creator, you can disable automated mid-roll ads in your videos. I never allow RU-vid to pick the placements. If I have one, I pre-plan the time placement. As a consumer, I pay for RU-vid Premium for an ad-free experience. Plus, I can download videos and I also get 'background play'. That means I can start a video, close the app and still listen to the audio from the video.
Matthias, I like the idea of buying plans to support because you get most of the revenue and it’s direct. On that note, the projects that are easy to do or are fun like the cap thrower are what I may buy for the time being. I’ve bought the more complex plans before but my skill set hasn’t reached those levels yet. Thanks for the great videos and sharing your adventures with us.
Greetings from Nebraska, USA! I found you when I was searching for a bandsaw solution in my shop (years ago). I'm guessing I'm one of the few who has found your RU-vid channel through your website, via organic search results. I ended up purchasing the plans for the 14" bandsaw. I'm about halfway through, children and a career derailing my intended timeline. That said, if you're expecting year over year sales to decline on your plans, you might get extra mileage out of them by offering a comprehensive option. Access to all plans for the cost of 3 or such. I love your work, keep it up!
Advertising is poison, but I can't blame you for it. It's hard to participate in the economy without it. I bought a table saw plan from you some years ago, so I guess I can have a clean conscience while using an ad blocker. Love your videos, hope you can keep doing them.
