I watch all the "major" woodworking channels and yours is still the best. Almost every time, I pick up something new in one of your videos. After all this time, I still can't believe you're not leading the pack in subscribers.
Great job as always! Honestly one of my favorite aspects of your videos is the troubleshooting, I learn so much about addressing issues with builds from someone with your experience. Please keep these in yours vids!
The upper corners are gorgeous. I wondered if 23mm was going to look wobbly, but with the stretchers, it looks fantastic. I love tubular steel furniture made like this, but the wood is a great change. I appreciate how you don't edit out the difficulties, but work through them.
Another great project! Thanks for sharing. Really like the mitered corners that was a great detail. I agree with what you said at the end about it being wider, like a hallway or entry table.
Project is awesome. I recently started using paddle brushes and water based varnish as per your recommendation and I totally love it.....awesome result....a big “Thank you”.
I agree with the others that using such thin stock is an invitation to warping and bowing in such a light piece. This build seemed quite complex and difficult especially the upper corner matching. Love the look but those joints ...make it a not every day build. Great patience Joey.
From one woodworker to another its nice to see you be so genuine with your presentation. What ends up on camera is typically polished and we've edited out the bad stuff. Its nice to see that we're all battling imperfections and mistakes in our work. All I would add is that you might consider reducing the depth and keeping the length the same. I typically keep my hall tables like this one about a 12-16" deep. PS....I've commented on it before but man is that Lamello a sick purchase!
Another method that works well for filling a slightly open joint is to first rub in wood glue into the open joint. Then take your orbital sander and disconnect the suction hose and place you hand over the sander outlet and sand the joint. The wood dust is forced into the open joint as it cannot leave the sander. Works every time.
My thoughts: Overall, grat job. Your videos are a bit dry, but your execution of technique and design is brilliant. I genuinely appreciate your detailed approach to every build and your thought process from start to finish. Thank you for your hard work and great craftsmanship.
Nice design bro, like the compound mitres, not needed but why not hey? It shows craftmanship. For me I wouldn't have minded a handle on that drawer, something minimal just to break up the surfaces. I'm no one to say anyway. Good to watch what you do. Cheers! Keep it coming!!!!
Very nice, and delicate . . . .perfect those corners and it would be a stunner . . . seem like a lot of trouble to build . . . maybe make ten at a time. Cheers.
I like the design. I'm a bit worried that it is to tall and light for the push function to work without tipping the table or the table hitting the wall every time you push to open, but that's probably the trade off of a slim and elegant design. The Lamello looks really cool and everything, but I do have a hard time wrapping my head around the plastic element of the connections. This is not because I'm a Dominos kinda guy myself, but it flirts with flatpack furniture in my head. From a production point of view it makes sense, and I guess the customer will never know. Keep up the great content. Much appreciated.
Simple slender legs are great. Gives it a really light feel. I'd worry about kicking the front stretcher so maybe would have set the long stretchers back a bit, into the side ones.
Nice! Thanks for taking us through the process. I like it, I'd suggest adding a small chamfer at the intersection of the legs & stretchers as well as the compound miter for the top. I think it would give a little bit of interest and depth to an otherwise very flat/linear piece. If you were going to try that, I'd also suggest making the pocket for the stretchers a bit deeper so the chamfer on the horizontal edge doesn't get lost. It might be worth doing a little sketch on this idea... perhaps a slight taper to the foot would accentuate the slenderness of the legs, which I like. And maybe if you're sticking with the contrasting woods, a collar of contrasting wood around the foot? If you do that, perhaps the stretchers use visible dowels with contrasting wood? ... just brainstorming.
It's simple and clean. The self opening drawer, as a hall table, is awesome - no snagging on the drawer pull as you go by. The high contrast colors are interesting. Not sure about the Sapele, but I've never worked with it or even seen it in person. I imagine cherry would make a close second - after a few years of darkening up. My only thought/concern is the the legs seem a little spindly in proportion (to me) possibly this affect is increased due to the contrast with the much larger fields of dark wood and/or the white backdrop. Would be interesting to see the same pictures with a backdrop in high contrast to the legs versus the panels. Nice concept.
Good Job, Joey! But a lot of things i would do a other way! I hope i travel to you in 2021 to work with you. Bis bald, Grüße von Benny max well designs Bremen Germany
Like it. Longer is nicer but needs more legs and then you need a good long hallway. It will store a lot of Sh** that you normally dont keep so maybe not a bigger or more draws, just a small on in the middle.
A very delicate elegant looking piece, maybe a morso guillotine would help with the mitre issue? Real nice contrast and would work well if longer. Nice work.
I like it Joey. You could make it longer, but I am wondering whether you should have had two drawers instead of one. I guess if you made it longer, you would go to two drawers as a consequence. Even so it is a nice bit of furniture.
Definitely longer - maybe an additional 2 feet? I’d also enlarge the legs a bit as they look a bit spindly holding up the top, which gives off a much heavier appearance than it is physically. The corners are the key to this beautiful piece. Add in the contrasting wood and you’ve got a winner. I just love the way you think, you always turn out fantastic pieces of art. Great job!
Hi great videos ,just wanted to know if when working with ply ie kitchens etc do you encounter doors warping at all and what ply is best and will varnish / coating help ,many thanks 👌🏻oh and love the unit ,top job 😀
Hmm, the Mirotec seems to come in 5L or 20L only - bit too much for my use unfortunately! The piece looks great. Agreed that longer would be even better
I like the contrasting woods and the design. Not a fan of under-mount drawer slides though, they take up too much of the volume of the drawer box. If it were me, I'd lose 30 or 40 mm of drawer box height for a sleeker look that matched the rest of the design better, and then use thicker drawer sides made from solid wood with slots in the sides. Wood or HDPE rails on the inside of the box where they wouldn't be seen and you'd have a drawer with the same volume in a smaller box. Push in/push out hardware is available as well.
