I love these plans. However I have a strange question: where in the heck do you find black melamine? Big box store carries white, so they referred me to local hardwood dealer. Nope. They recommended a place specializing in plywood. Who referred me back to big box store or a hardwood dealer! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This was perfect as a vanity desk for me. ru-vid.comUgkxMAlHv7-BBWMrPRm5-uEoD6rtdT7SG2Qr Especially the glossy finish. Easy to cleanI was looking for something that wasn't the traditional white and with more of a modern feel. This fit the bill beautifully. I put it together with no problems, by myself in under an hour.Make sure you double check where you place the drawer tracks before screwing down. I had one track that needed to be aligned with different holes than the rest.
I'm a beginning woodworker and found this book ru-vid.comUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ gives useful advice on different types of tools & their usage, types of bits, safety etc. So when i do start to buy tools and bits, i basically know what to look for, how to use them & the types of woods certain bits are recommended to use on.
18th century piano factories would be filled with fine art so it would inspire the builders to make beautiful pianos. You are your surroundings, if your shop is beautiful, you are more likely to make beautiful projects.
Ah, Soul Patch Mark. Those were good times... This project looks great. I like the fact that it has very few bells and whistles. Only what you need and nothing more. Gives me several good ideas. Thanks for sharing!
I've always made my outfeed/assembly lower to avoid having to line up the groves. My mind was blown with the concept of just making them a bit larger to than the actual grove. Great tip
I've been building this and for the most part by the plans. Biggest exception is the fact my saw sits almost 2 full inches taller. So instead of modifying the height of the cabinet I decided to add to the height of the top and build a small torsion box. Its actually working out to plan so I'm waiting on the "oh sh*t" moment. There are a few other things on this I think I would change but all in all I think its an outstanding plan and you have done an outstanding job of helping to push me to do things that were not in my normal safe box. Thank you Dan
Mark, you do great work. I made a similar table last fall. One thing I added was a 1" diameter whole in the plywood top (the sheet underneath the melamine). This way when I decide to replace the top sheet, I can poke a large dowel up through the whole and more easily pry up the melamine sheet.
Great looking functional piece. You just keep on adding the walnut dressing on shop equipment teaching us new workers techniques needed to get good at this trade. Your shop equipment can be scaled up to be the fine kitchen cabinetry I am in the planning stages to build. The scrap dado trick is priceless, thanks.
I'm sure some people use them, especially if they use their table as a workbench-type surface. But for me, they'd be a waste. And since I like to draw on this table too, they'd be that annoying place where my pencil punches through the paper, lol.
Nice out feed table. After watching your video, I’ve decided that’s what I need. The roller extensions just aren’t cutting it. The extra surface would be great! Thanks.
Now that is a useful outfeed table! I really like the well-thought-out storage space for your sled. I always seem to have mine in the way or tucked just out of reach.
Marc - thank you for this video and the awesome plans. I mostly finished this today - just need top install the top - and I'm very happy with the results. This was my first big "furniture" build (I've never built a drawer before), but I've been a finish carpenter for 10 years so I know the way around nice tools. So one problem I had: I set all the drawer slides exactly the same but there's one on the bottom left side that makes the drawer stick out by almost 1/8" proud of the trim. I can't figure out what's wrong - and hints on where to look? I really don't care much since it's shop furniture - but the next piece is a wine credenza for a very picky "client" - my wife. 🙂
Looks like I’ll have to build a new out feed table now. I built the original outfeed table you made back in the day. Pretty sure that was the first WW video I saw.
I always have lots of dado scrap. I'll trim off previously used dado edges.. Same with backing boards for tear out.. I agree with the bells and whistles theory. Just because Johnny Finnegan jumped off the Empire State building doesn't mean I'm going to..
Oh my goodness so many memories. Marc, For what it’s worth after I plowed through every woodworks episode by David Marks, I then somehow found your “the jointer is jumpin’ “ episode via iTunes. I’ve been hooked sense. You truly are our community’s beloved pioneer. Not blowing smoke brother just tellin the truth!! I’ve said this before but it’s worth repeating. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it. I actually know a few guys that had TV shows and nothing about that sounds fun or in my best interest. On the internet, I have 100% control and access to an international audience.
Really great project. And I would be down in the shop building one right now except for the fact that I have a contractor's saw and the motor sticks out the back. I do have an extension table but without the drawers underneath. Still, thank you for sharing. BTW I agree with the extra effort to make shop furniture look nice. Have a great day and stay healthy.
I remember watching your torsion box build... Hard to believe it's that many years ago! I like to see you, Cremona, and others hone their skills by making great-looking shop furniture. it's inspirational, working in such an environment ... Some day, I hope to do the same!
I don't blame you for wanting nice furniture in your shop. Makes perfect sense. Are you still making custom furniture as a primary job, or has RU-vid and all your online (Guild, website) activity taken over for you as a primary?
@@woodwhisperer Well, you are very good at it! You have a gift for breaking things down and explaining them really well. I first found you way back when I made the purple heart cutting board and I've been accumulating tools ever since!
@@woodwhisperer It just sounded as though you wanted them to add material back on if too loose. All I thought was "I cut this board twice and it is still too short"
Undercount slides are fine. Great, even. But for my money, just not worth it - ESPECIALLY for shop stuff. I used them in an island refit for the kitchen. Not for the shop stuff I built and continue to build.
@@woodwhisperer I have had wood glue stick to white melamine from home depot. It chunked out when I tried to chisel it off. I'll assume the melamine I bought was poor quality.
To anyone who bought and built this: Approximately how far does your top overhang on the front vs the back? There are no measurements in the plan and I’m trying to eye it up. I’m surprised how much bigger the top is than the cabinet.
I'm wondering the same. With a 48" wide top and a 30" deep cabinet, you have 18" of overhang to distribute. I haven't started mine yet. I'm thinking 3" or 4" overhang in the front. I can probably store some stuff in the 15" in the back.
"And because I like to be yelled at, I used walnut for the drawer fronts" 😆 I never understand why people get offended by nice shop furniture, especially in your situation, you're spending a lot of time in the shop, might as well look nice, plus it's on video all the time besides lol
Agree. I often make "overly nice" shop furniture as practice for the real thing. If the shop furniture comes out less than perfect, I won't be too upset either, as long as it's structurally sound.
6:12 You sounded pretty confident but I still wasn't 100% sure you were correct in your analysis. So I rewound the video 400 times and watched it over and over and I can now confirm that this was in fact a piece of plywood.
So... Are the miter slots the same from Powermatic to SawStop or do you get to take advantage of the fact that you have an easily replaceable top that you'll have to cut new miter slots into?
I think you've noticed that I was searching for outfeed tables earlier this week . . . perfect timing!!! A couple questions: 1 - What size brad nails do you use? 2 - Is the Ban Hammer a reference to Magic: The Gathering? If so, what do you think of the massive bannings this week? Thanks for all of your amazing content! I am lucky to be building a workshop addition to our house this summer, and I've used your channel a LOT for my planning.
Awesome to hear, man. Thanks! The brads are probably about 1 1/4". And the ban hammer is a reference to moderating forums/communities. "Throwing down the ban hammer."
@@woodwhisperer Thanks! I should have been more specific - I was curious about what gauge nails you use on these types of projects . . . please don't ban hammer me . . .
Why the heck would anyone give this video a thumbs down? This is a great video. Thank you for the video, Marc. It offers a lot of great ideas and insight. I do find the furniture a bit fancy for a shop, but then again I've seen the tour to your shop and it is amazing.
Sometimes the one liners are pure cheese, other times I Illol(that's literally laugh out loud because "lol" it's over used). "If it's too tight, trim some off, if it's too loose, due the opposite."
Love the high end shop furniture. I agree that enjoying your shop furniture is cool! Use all the walnut you can! I'm going to try it. Thanks for sharing the build
Nice project. I'll take the explanation /voice over any day vs .the cinematic montage that seems to be popular in woodworking videos these days. I must have those stretchy clamps!
Here’s mark building solid walnut frame and panel doors for his shop furniture, meanwhile I can’t bring myself to reinstall the already manufactured doors on mine...
Dig the Spaceballs shirt! As for the "unnecessary" walnut, all the reason you need is "Because I wanted Walnut". That said, you and Drew over at Fisher's Shop should chat ;) (Just don't start adding slotted screws!)
Man, you kind of went Norm with the brad nails now that you have your own assistant to put wood filler in all those nail holes. 😜 (Old school Wood Talk reference.)
Thanks Marc! I built that torsion box assembly table 10 or twelve years ago based on your video. It is still going strong! I love the outfeed assembly table idea, because I do a lot of sanding and assembly on my outfeed table table. I’m looking forward to building this one too. A lot of my shop furniture is based on your designs. Thanks for doing what you do!
That's really awesome to hear. I think if I had more room I'd happy still use a torsion box. But it's becoming harder to justify the space it consumes. This beast really fits the bill nicely.
Hi Marc, can you talk about how to adjust drawers if they’re not square (other than sanding the bowed side)? Sometimes my parts are not as precise as I’d like. Sometimes my plywood panel isn’t completely flat...
Just have to copy the shape that's given to you. If it's more than something you can fix with a few passes of a hand plane, you might consider keeping the drawer front oversized and then using a compass to scribe a line that's parallel to your case. Then simply cut to the line.
Where is the craft paper with clipboard clips to hold paper so you don't have to tape. That paper would have been good to draw full sized sketches that could be hung up after
