The fact you used a pocket hole makes me like your work even more. I believe all joinery has its purpose and place. Just as unsightly nails were perfect on the bottom, the pocket holes were also perfect in their place. Cheers, and keep the videos coming!
Sifting through the ton of comments of surprise about the pocket holes, I just thought I'd say thanks for the tip about scoring plywood to avoid tearout.
+Matthias Wandel in a youtube comment section? C'mon, you know better than that! Lol. As with anything, there's a time and place for everything...even pocket holes.
+Bigelow Brook Farm (Web4Deb) What is KD? Do you need to be American to understand this? I think there are lots of people watching this whose English is their second language.
Mattihas, 1- Beautiful child...congratulations to you both. 2- I like your lumber supplier, same as mine. I carry a rechargeable drill, driver bits and small sledge in my van at all times for "lumber selection". Also a fine place to "shop" for drawer guides, drawer pulls, glass and mirrors. 3- Nice simple jig for short term application. 4- Back cutting laminate surfaces first to limit tear-out. 5- Good tip on slipping a piece of material against guide, in cut off sled to square up material, then remove to align piece against cut guide. 6- like the no fuss efficient manner in which you "set the depth" of the drill bit. 7- clever jig to repeat cut dowels to length 8- good tip on aggressively tapering the dowels for easier alignment on final glue up. 9- Use of pocket holes.... Too funny!!...you do love to "poke the bear"....equals sense of humor and entertainment value. 10- And ending comments on changes you would make to improve said jig next time. This my friend is why I never miss one of your videos no matter what your making. Thanks
I liked this video, but i wish this (and other video's on youtube) would spend some time on how to measure and layout the project. There are a lot of pitfalls with using a jig like this. For example, if you don't keep the same reference surface when planing the layout the dowels will not line up. These are the failures that can quickly discourage making. If you could take the time to explain the common mistakes, that would be awesome.
+Brian Sharplin I could make a video on that, but you wouldn't watch it. Because most people would find it boring, and youtube would never suggest it to you.
+Matthias Wandel I guess measuring and layout is the boring side of woodworking. It's only needed when you want your project to come out as expected :) Keep up the awesome work.
When making my own dowel pins, I usually run the entire length of the dowel rod along the disc sander to create a flat on the pins. This allows for any air or excess glue to come out without cracking the wood. Cheap plywood is often "porous" enough where it is not much of a problem, but certainly can make assembly easier. Also, the assembly of the cabinet with all those dowel pins certainly required the doweling jig, quick thinking, and quick working. You pulled it off wonderfully. Always a joy to see what you will come up with next. Keep the videos coming.
Nice job and unlike many others I will not bring up that which shall not be named. Oh shoot. SOMEONE STOP ME QUICK!!!! POCKET HOLES, POCKET HOLES, POCKET HOLES, POCKET HOLES, POCKET HOLES, POCKET HOLES.........................................
What I like about your channel is you always successfully demonstrate the application of an idea without wasting time on minutiae. You only ever talk when it's relevant, or when the video is done.
Nothing wrong with pocket holes if used judiciously in the correct application such as compression vs shear force. And to the dude that said Matthias' furniture looks "IKEA-ish" you need to understand that Matthias is an inventor/creator in the likes of Benjamin Franklin. Matthias is more interested in the practical application of science and invention versus the more esoteric parts of creativity and furniture building. But I would say that a lot of his builds are beautiful if you actually consider the genius of its design. Well done Matthias - another cool video with practical applications in woodworking.
I hope that the 'free wood' wasn't just somebody moving out of their apartment. I imagine someone coming out with another load of stuff for their truck and wondering what happened to their first load. You should have an outline of "Matthias" like Diresta to leave your mark on the pieces left behind. Makes me laugh just thinking about it.
Have you thought of doing a video testing the effective working time of wood glue? Getting it done fast always works but if the effective working time is 15 minutes you would save yourself some rushing. Great built, thanks for sharing.
+Nick Moore Usually marked on the bottle... Pot times, Open Times, Clamping Times... In the case of regular wood glue you normally have 10-15 minutes of open time depending on temperature and humidity. If you get past that, the glue will skin over and won't stick worth much of anything to anything. 15 minutes might seem like a lot, but getting glue everywhere you need it, assembling and clamping up the joint can take quite a bit of time.
4:51 if there's anything I've learned from ikea crapniture; always put the dowels in the ends of the boards not in the side holes on the 'walls' -- the most likely hole to be too shallow (or packed with sawdust) will be the end-on ones. That way comparing heights on the deeper dowels lets me know they will all fit safely. (without punching through the side when I start hammering)
+frollard My philosophy - dirll the end holes a little deeper, then put the dowels in the boards, where I want to be sure that they bottom out. So putting the dowels in the boards, not the end holes is quite deliberate.
@@matthiaswandel You will not replace the missing back plate with a higher number of dowels. The dowels always hits the edge, never the surface. Glue always lubricates the hole, never the dowels. I'm sorry, for being honest. I'm a craftsman. If something is wrong, I will say so. I watch your videos, they are very cool. I'm still a fan of yours.
if not done I'd strongly consider attaching the shelf to the wall to prevent tipping when little hands start reaching and pulling themselves up to the top shelf. the weight of the books helps but does not prevent it from happening. great video, congrats on the new baby.
+CP Builds I bought that specifically for making anti-pocket hole videos (joint strength tests). I figured I'd better use a kreg jig for that, or people would say they were weak because I did them wrong.
First off, loved the video as always, It is one of the highlights of my week to see your new video. Second, what is with all the negativity in the comments. If you don't like the shelf or think the shelf will not last long enough, nobody cares. Matthias was nice enough to take the time to make an entertaining video that was better than most of the crap on TV today. He used scraps and garbage, and the end product was nice. On top of that being a new dad takes a ton of time, he not only took the time to make a shelf for his child's books but also made a video of it. Keep it up, the haters just going to hate.
Looks great Matthias! Pocket holes fit the bill on that last part! Shame you won't be out at WWIA this year. Get some sleep man! I know you will be deprived for the first year. 😉
Matthias Wandel I saw it, was making a reference to a doweling jig I made, quicker to use than the centering jig you had shown. The method you used is still much more efficient than the jig I made.
My Grandfather told me, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken feathers (abridged for public!. However, after seeing some of Matthias' creations I now think even that might be possible! Matthias you are incredible!
Pocket holes are not evil, just another method of joinery, every type of joinery has its place and you used pocket holes as they should be used, concealed, quick, and easy
Amazing video(s)! So much detail and explanation for someone like me who knows nothing about woodworking! Seeing this video online with my cup of tea in hand, what bliss! Excellent editing too, keeping the whole process in the video just by speeding up the slow parts. Really good work! Oh, and the bookcase looks ok too ;-)
+hassleoffa I have one mostly made, from his plans. I can send it to you for postage. I have pictures. I decided to get a cnc instead. Made the box joint jig, keeping that.
I would have started, realized I don't have enough clamps, realised the ones I do have are too short, got frustrated, and put it all in my wood burner! Great job.
@@meelis79 The way dowels are used already make for a less than ideal joint. Pocket holes instead of clamps would have softened the joint even more. If, at all, drive some screwns through the sides, than mask the screw heads with plugs cut using a hole saw from some similarly looking wood. The result would be a much stronger joint.
I thought I felt a disturbance in the Force that day when you used pocket holes. But you did use that jig more than once. I counted at least 16 times. Are there hardened bushings available that could used for this jig you built incase you wanted to do a production of these shelves?
I never thought to salvage old headboards and stuff I find while driving. Looks like broken dressers and the like will end up in the back of my station wagon more often.
Youre useing way to many dowels. 3 would be plenty for the width of those boards. Especially on the material youre useing the boards tend to split right in half as you put weight on them.
Matthias Wandel Should have screwd a backwall on then, but with the book case beeing made from scrap wood guess you havent had the matching material to do that right? Other question, your name sounds very german. Are you born in germany or do you have german family?
I think I confused one of those "flying-pigs" for a drone....and shot it down....so we had a BBQ! lol!! J/k, I love drones. And mainly just wanted to jump on the band-wagon on giving Matthias some crap ;-). It doesn't happen everyday that he opens up for outside-humor ;-) great video though!
Use Hyde glue when you need more assembly time. Drying takes longer but I would bet the strength is the same as PVA. ohoooo why not TEST that, Matthias!! ….
What the heck? Pocket Holes? Traitor! LMAO Just kidding! Every type of joinery has it's time and place... You found the time and place for pocket holes! It's amazing what you can build from scrap!
Some people hate pocket holes because they're not strong enough, while other love them because they ARE strong enough. Then there are the people who hate them because they're unsightly, or just overused by everyone on RU-vid. The truth of the matter is that, just like every other fastening method, there is a time and a place where they work best, and that decision is entirely up to the user. The best tool for the job is the one that does the job in the best possible way FOR THE USER. As for pocket holes being unsightly, you can buy plugs from Kreg, or they sell an add-on for their jigs that allows you to make your own plugs. You can use the same species of wood to hide them, or you can use a contrasting species for a design element.
Classic books. We used to ask that to new hires to evaluate their reactions... "Are you my Mommy?" More often than not, they would blue screen. I'm not sure if the pocket jig thing is intentional drama (just kidding) or it went something like 56 dowels and 224 holes successfully assembled, the house midget cranks out a blood curdling WHAAAAAAHHHH that halts you in your tracks. Screw it. Pocket holes it is. I'm guessing that's your first kid and they seem to change all the rules. Congratulations!
You've been my woodworking role model. Until now. Pocket holes? You should've used the panto router in the joint. Honestly too aghast to think straight. Why. Why. Why I ask myself.
Pocket Holes!?!?!? HE HE HE,,, Welcome to the Dad Club. It happens to the best of us. All of a sudden your looking for way to get it done faster. :) And Congrats on the little one. :))
I think hell just froze over, Matthias just used pocket holes!!! #hehehe Great video my friend! Always great to see your amazing work with trash finds! :D #reclaim #recycle #reuse
I didn't read through all 300+ comments to see if it was covered, but on a project like this would it not be less stressful to use a glue with a longer working time? A slow set epoxy, or even Lee Valley 2002 GF has about a 15 min open assembly time.
