Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ru-vid.comUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
Quick tip here Travis or anyone for that matter.. Paint/prime anything like this before you cut and build. Then go back put a finish coat on it after it's built. Or if you're careful just touch up!
With floating shelves, it would have been a good time to put low voltage lighting in the undersides of each shelf. Have them on a motion sensor or micro switch that turns them on when you open the main doors.
naming the part 1 and part 2 videos the same would be super convenient. as well as linking part 2 in the part 1 video as well as part 1 in the part 2 video
I see you spending most of your time kneeling on pink insulation. It’s may be me but I know you have a plethora of machine tools. So to get my house up and running I first would get the workshop up and running, allowing me to tackle what must be a multitude of jobs required when moving into a new house.
I have a 1200 square foot three bedroom home, seeing you waste the space around cabinets was driving me crazy. Thanks for addressing that and giving me some perspective. Love your videos, can't wait to see you build the new shop!
Looks fantastic, my only comment is I made a kitchen island a couple years back. Three coats of paint on whole thing, though it would be enough durability. I wish I put a coat of some sort of clear coat, just for protection. We use the island daily, and it shows on any contact points. Back sides of drawers are wearing through paint, even though it just softly touches every time you close the drawer. Sometimes you bump the drawer closed with your knee when your hands are full, starting to see the paint also thin in that spot as well. I used a well known brand of paint from Home Depot to paint the whole thing, no complaints about quality or ease of application. Just should have put a poly coat or something over it.
Urethane based paints hold up ALOT better for daily used items. I painted a TV console/gaming station for my kids (11 and 12y/o), a dresser and the kitchen cabinets in a camper and it doesn't have a nick on it! I use only SW paint and the urethane stuff is pricey, also takes forever to fully cure, 24 hours between coats and 72 hours before normal use and handling
I have always admired Kreg and their range of tools. Sorry, but the ACS you advertise is as straight rip off my Festool bench and associated tools. Merit please where merit is due. Lost a few integrity points here. 🙁🙁
Suggestion. For easy sharp paint lines tape around then take some clear spray paint and spray around tape then use your paint. Clear will seal the edges and it will create sharp paint lines upon removing the tape. Ugh! I hate painting too.
So many questions Travis! Okay, first of all, I've already watched your videos on the new workbench and then stumbled upon this project, so some of these questions snap both projects. First of all, where's the little paint sprayer? Why did you brush paint these shelves? Secondly, regarding the rabbet routing, any time I'm routing I take multiple passes using a very shallow cut. Is there a reason you go for full depth on your first pass? I'm just wondering if it contributed to the awesome blowout on the workbench channel. Just thinking out loud here, not criticizing the build.
Wondering why you don’t put a piece of 3/4 ply with the insulation on top of the saw horses to make a temporary table for cutting the 4x8. I then also use for my chop saw as I can’t have a permanent bench. Would be easier then bending down all the time
This is probably basic for most and you may have covered it in a previous video, BUT! Can you do a video on how to determine drawers and drawer face spacing/heights for cabinets with/without face frames? It would be awesome and your videos really help with your explanations.
If it wouldn't be for the doors, you could have a small kitchen desk/pantry setup. Going to have to bookmark this, as the pantry in my house is a mess and not matter how many shelves we put in. So look like drawers is a good solution.. BTW, how much weight do you think your shelved can hold?
I never saw you secure the cabinet base to the wall. The little one will be climbing this array at some point and you don't want anything flipping over....
I swear, you make it look so easy that I'm motivated to do my entire basement now lol... you know what you need, you need a tilt out cabinet. You know, like one of them cabinets for the garbage cans... well you may not need it but I need to learn how to build it lol... keep up the great work brother. Stay safe and healthy
Looks lovely. Just one question however. Why didn't you pre-paint the shelves before you installed them? It would have saved you all the taping up time and the drips.
I have the same pantry set up only it’s smaller (39” wide) so I’m encouraged to build it the same style just I don’t know how to do cabinets and drawers Thanks for the video. I just subscribe to your channel
I like how you went a little different with the colors, it made a difference. I have those same crappy wire shelves in the pantry. I may give this a shot.
Travis, I hate to do this to you (I know how much you like painting), but I would go over the painted shelves and drawers with an acrylic or polyurethane sealer. They will last much longer, not get knicked or scratched as quickly and clean much more easily. Check out other painted furniture videos. I’m just sayin’ 👊
When you're cutting in paint, do a pass 1/4 to 1/2 inch from the 'cut' and then go back with barely any paint on the brush and complete the cut. The paint already on the surface will allow the brush to slide easier and not having your brush gobbed with paint will make the cut nicer.
Nice job Travis. Nice to see different projects you’re working on in the house/garage. Keep up the great work. Let’s get to 110,000 before Thanksgiving.
Travis, you keep saying you don't have a table saw. So are you looking towards the future shop and not having one? I really loved your workbench/assembly table at your old shop. Hey, thanks for sharing this video project. You really make it look simpler to do once you understand the steps. Felix!
Those containers at the end remind me of the container store. That’s my wife’s favorite place to visit in St. Louis. Love the layout and organization. Keep it up.
Love the build. Quick question. Since you inset the drawers to the center so that they’d clear the inner wall, was there a reason you didn’t make them and the shelves deeper to utilize the full depth of the pantry?
Thought about it but the drawers are 22” deep now and that’s actually quite a bit. Making them deeper would probably mean stuff gets lost towards the back