@@Kardall yup, it's crazy up here. That's why I've resorted to breaking down pallets. If you look for good ones you can get quite a bit of usable wood.
Such a nice chairs. My father used to work in a woodworking shop making furniture when he was a kid, the chairs that he made 50 years ago are still in use today
Years ago in the dorms at Briercrest I saw the neatest wood desk semi-rocking chairs. The legs were joined front to back with a runner that had 3 flat sections. The main one between the legs was square to the chair for "normal" sitting. The back segment started just behind CG and extended past the back and was angled up (like a rocking chair) which allowed for a safe, comfortable tip back that all the kids like to do. But what was really neat, was the front segment that stuck just barely past the front was also angled up - this allowed one to sit forward on the "edge of the seat" with the chair slight tipped forward for comfort. Most amazing chairs - never seen them anywhere else.
I've seen them called "two-position chairs"--but the ones I'm familiar with only lean back (they don't tilt forward). What you're describing would be a "three-position chair"--must be a new and improved model.
This video helps swallow the 30-60 dollar cost of a kids chair. But then, where would the fun be in that? Lol! So fun to watch you do these things. Lots of steps to the final product. More to it than meets the eye. If only I had the patience required. Kudos my friend!!
I love the mix of setting up jigs for many of the repetitive operations but then just bucking up and taking your time on many of the operations. Looks like you have a very efficient use of time! (though of course that could just be the editing :P)
I don't think it's the editing.. it's the three kids ;) With just one, I've had to really optimize my shop time. Three and you're either incapacitated or a master of efficiency.
Many thanks for showing us the way with using your home made tools and bought machines - your are and inspiration - skilled craftsmen have been making furniture for 1000s of years - I just try my best in wood (my background is blacksmithing and welding - but prefer woodwork).
Just finished a set of three prototype chairs this week, and I have to say there was a lot of work to get those done! Although I had seen this video, I opted for a design of my own that implied 24 mortise and tenon joints for each chair, which I completed using a table saw, drill press and lots of fiddling with chisels. Took way too long, so since I'm planning to make more, for the next batches I'm cooking up some jigs for the routers I have, to hopefully cut those ~10 minutes spent per joint as much as I can, and make it a more humane effort to earn some cash. A pentarouter would be nice, but I'll try to do without :D
Matthias, cardstock is nice to work with. I recently added two more cats to my family, bringing the number to 4. One of my cats plays fetch. On day one I balled up a cash register receipt to make a toy for him. He responded by bringing it back. The long and the short of it is that his toy lasted only a couple of days. I decided to upgrade it to cardstock from a TV dinner box. This worked better as the toy lasted about 2 weeks. Unfortunately, it did "wear" out. I made him a new one, but he wouldn't play with them as it was from a different brand TV dinner. I finally went back to the market and again bought the first brand his toy was made from. He's once again playing fetch. Who knew that the smell of cardstock was that important to him.
Timely. I am currently making a custom chair for a friend and this helped. My design is similar but not as fancy. It did help for how to attach the seat and order of assembly.
@@KipdoesStuff That's very much true and kind of what I was interested to know. His tools and expertise produce much shorter build times than us mere mortals.
Very fast , nice cutting and joining wood seems to be exciting of your talent in furniture making.lovely tools you are having.What will be your plan for these tools after dropping this carpenter work .
Very nice. Those chairs look great! I was just rewatching some of your "Chair fix" videos, so it's interesting to see you building brand new chairs. I like the blocks you used under your clamps. It's interesting to think about a $50 Festool clamp being helped by a piece of scrap wood. Thanks for all you do Matthias.
Building heirlooms. About sixty years ago my Dad made a step stool for each of the his nieces and nephews (about six). I recently visited my cousin, now 64 years old, and she was using her step stool while resting her bad knee.
Beautiful work. Most people wouldn't understand why a simple piece of handmade furniture should cost hundreds of dollars; this shows how tedious it is, even with some nifty jigs.
Your skills are out of question, but what did you learn as profession? was it woodworking or is it just a very big hobby of yours? Just wandered that after watching you for many years XD
Kids chairs and kids tables are sometimes so hard to find. When my kid was young, I could find some rare chairs but no tables. I make one. Sometimes you just cannot buy some things that are so worth the trouble. Sure, it was used only for a few years but think if you had a table too high for several years!
Do you still have your RPi time lapse tracker running? I'd love to know what the build time on these was. Your process seemed quite efficient on these.
I enjoy your “data” videos, but I don’t always watch them all the way through as it sometimes gets a bit dense with info. I remember clicking off one recently about 70% of the way through thinking, “man, that was informative but I miss the project videos”. And lookie here! A project vid with pantorouter! Love it!
Of all the people on TH-cam who DON'T have a CNC Router...Matthias, buddy, I know you don't NEED one but, for the love of GOD...I have one and I'd LOVE to see what YOU'D come up with on one. You're more comfortable with computers and complex systems than anyone on here. PLEASE consider it...I'd LOVE to see your ideas after you had one for a bit...EPIC.
The problem is, for this project, a CNC router would have made it take longer and less interesting to watch. But if you really want to send me one, sure! So long as it's not one of those shapeoko things.
@@matthiaswandel lol...When I said, "I have one..." I didn't mean I have a spare one I could send you...sorry. I just know that with your GENIUS-ROCKET-SCIENTIST type brain, you'd find things and have ideas for its use that no-one else would even think to think of...and I would LOVE to see that. There's so little great content for them right now except for Howorth and Bates. It just seems like a natural step for you. Hell, you could probably MAKE one better than most available out there...or at least bring some amazing upgrades to one.
The link for the big print program doesn't resolve, are you able to fix it? I used your gear generator for years, even for cnc machining and 3d printing.
it would be cool to make stackable versions, so when your kids grow up you could have a dual purpose for them, perhaps a make shift cabinet with the gaps in the middle, or a taller chair.
If wood wasn't so expensive these days I'd... still be too lazy to do that. Nice work, as always!
boden says you are welcome
Ya I bought 3 sheets of 3/4" MDF and 4 2x4's and it cost me $320 CAD ;s
I'm making a chair very much like these out of scrap. Glue can be your friend.
You had me in the first half
@@Kardall yup, it's crazy up here. That's why I've resorted to breaking down pallets. If you look for good ones you can get quite a bit of usable wood.
Matthias, I wish more TH-camrs made content in your style. Interesting content, narrated well without a lot of fluff and sped up where it needs to be
We are so lucky to have him . His da da definitely past down the greatness in spades!
Plus, they make great step stools. We've had a prototype kid's chair in the shop for years now and it gets used a lot.
Beautiful work Matthias! 💕 that joinery is so strong. Varnish came out great too 👍
Such a nice chairs. My father used to work in a woodworking shop making furniture when he was a kid, the chairs that he made 50 years ago are still in use today
Years ago in the dorms at Briercrest I saw the neatest wood desk semi-rocking chairs. The legs were joined front to back with a runner that had 3 flat sections. The main one between the legs was square to the chair for "normal" sitting. The back segment started just behind CG and extended past the back and was angled up (like a rocking chair) which allowed for a safe, comfortable tip back that all the kids like to do. But what was really neat, was the front segment that stuck just barely past the front was also angled up - this allowed one to sit forward on the "edge of the seat" with the chair slight tipped forward for comfort. Most amazing chairs - never seen them anywhere else.
Had these all over the University of Toledo dorms too - seems to be college standard issue
I've seen them called "two-position chairs"--but the ones I'm familiar with only lean back (they don't tilt forward). What you're describing would be a "three-position chair"--must be a new and improved model.
I enjoyed watching as always. People have to see this process to appreciate good furniture work!
Those are great and I'm sure you had fun making those. I would suggest you stamp a date because someone would like to see those 250 years from now.
This video helps swallow the 30-60 dollar cost of a kids chair. But then, where would the fun be in that? Lol! So fun to watch you do these things. Lots of steps to the final product. More to it than meets the eye. If only I had the patience required. Kudos my friend!!
Was sort of expecting a Mother's day announcement of sorts when you started the line "Why 4 chairs for 3 kids (LOL)" Nice chairs!
This feels like a 2013-ish Matthias Wandel video, which I also super appreciate! A little more laid-back and less commentary.
Beautiful execution of a timeless design. Thanks for this.
I love the mix of setting up jigs for many of the repetitive operations but then just bucking up and taking your time on many of the operations. Looks like you have a very efficient use of time! (though of course that could just be the editing :P)
I don't think it's the editing.. it's the three kids ;)
With just one, I've had to really optimize my shop time. Three and you're either incapacitated or a master of efficiency.
Many thanks for showing us the way with using your home made tools and bought machines - your are and inspiration - skilled craftsmen have been making furniture for 1000s of years - I just try my best in wood (my background is blacksmithing and welding - but prefer woodwork).
Very nice work! It is interesting to see how many auxiliary pieces you had to make for perfect clamping, gluing, sawing etc.
Just finished a set of three prototype chairs this week, and I have to say there was a lot of work to get those done! Although I had seen this video, I opted for a design of my own that implied 24 mortise and tenon joints for each chair, which I completed using a table saw, drill press and lots of fiddling with chisels. Took way too long, so since I'm planning to make more, for the next batches I'm cooking up some jigs for the routers I have, to hopefully cut those ~10 minutes spent per joint as much as I can, and make it a more humane effort to earn some cash. A pentarouter would be nice, but I'll try to do without :D
like the bandsaw builds I am sure you already working on the plans for the 4th child ;-) I still figuring out how to make my first one ;-).
Ridiculously strong. Nice job, Matthias!
Matthias, cardstock is nice to work with. I recently added two more cats to my family, bringing the number to 4. One of my cats plays fetch. On day one I balled up a cash register receipt to make a toy for him. He responded by bringing it back. The long and the short of it is that his toy lasted only a couple of days. I decided to upgrade it to cardstock from a TV dinner box. This worked better as the toy lasted about 2 weeks. Unfortunately, it did "wear" out. I made him a new one, but he wouldn't play with them as it was from a different brand TV dinner. I finally went back to the market and again bought the first brand his toy was made from. He's once again playing fetch. Who knew that the smell of cardstock was that important to him.
I like this format, not saying much for what needs to be done sweet and simple, I like it
This gets an extra 'like' on the project's intended use & just how nice the chairs look! Very NICE !
I always love seeing jigs. I'm even more amused by how many of those jigs seemed to be composed of leftover bits from this very project.
Timely. I am currently making a custom chair for a friend and this helped. My design is similar but not as fancy. It did help for how to attach the seat and order of assembly.
Matthias, any idea how long it took you to make the four chairs? Amazing work as always!
Time is irrelevant. He is good at what he does so 6 hours for him could be 36 hrs for someone else.
@@KipdoesStuff That's very much true and kind of what I was interested to know. His tools and expertise produce much shorter build times than us mere mortals.
Looks me like it took eight minutes and forty seconds to build four chairs. ;-)
Great video Matthias, your speed and accuracy of mass production is impressive and consistent. ☝️.
Very fast , nice cutting and joining wood seems to be exciting of your talent in furniture making.lovely tools you are having.What will be your plan for these tools after dropping this carpenter work .
Very nice. Those chairs look great! I was just rewatching some of your "Chair fix" videos, so it's interesting to see you building brand new chairs. I like the blocks you used under your clamps. It's interesting to think about a $50 Festool clamp being helped by a piece of scrap wood. Thanks for all you do Matthias.
Chairs are the big challenge for me. Very cool to see you whip out 4.
I am making a couple kid size tables from recycled construction lumber and I will be using your method for securing the top to the aprons!
Wow, a buil video, I didn't think you did those any more... :)
Thank you for all your videos. Love them all.
Nicely done. I like your casual commentary. Thanks
Really beautiful chairs, Matthias! 😃
Fantastic work!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Nice little chairs! I would still dish the seats, though, for more comfort.
Such a nice, satisfying video. The master doing what he does so well
Awesome work; the pantorouter and slot mortiser are just beast machines for this kind of stuff. Love it!
This man is one of my favourites. Genius.
Those look and came out great!! Thanks for the upload!
Building heirlooms. About sixty years ago my Dad made a step stool for each of the his nieces and nephews (about six). I recently visited my cousin, now 64 years old, and she was using her step stool while resting her bad knee.
Beautiful work. Most people wouldn't understand why a simple piece of handmade furniture should cost hundreds of dollars; this shows how tedious it is, even with some nifty jigs.
love youre building videos so much.learn a lot of them.thank you.greatings from belgium
I love these chairs. Awesome content as always.
Great job Matthias! Do you think it would much of a stretch to make it a rocking chair?
Great Job Mathias
Saludos
A lot of work made look simple in the video :-) Great job, the chairs look great and sturdy, perfect for kids.
Great job, again..
But what are you trying to show us? Industrial production of chairs? (sorry, I'am a hobbyist in woodworking)
Nice work as always!
Nice work, Matthias
Those look amazing!!!
Those are fine looking chairs
Very nice work, as always.
Do you mark your work, a logo or brand, so the kids will know which things dad made?
No need, Matthias made everything!! 😁
I wish i could make things of this quality. My big problem is always holding the material.
Beautiful designs! Great as always
Masterful! 👏 I couldn't believe how easy you made it look to cut out those back rails.
What's the actual elapsed time to build the four chairs?
The next step for me would be to spend the next three days trying to get them to stop bibbling. 😃 Nice work as usual, Matthias.
Amazing, as always! Thank you so much for sharing with us!
Your skills are out of question, but what did you learn as profession? was it woodworking or is it just a very big hobby of yours? Just wandered that after watching you for many years XD
JFYI, those chairs are comfortable. Thanks.
I’ve not built the kids chairs. I was referring to the full size chairs
Very nice Matthias. Did you time how long it took you all in all to make those 4 chairs, minus glue and laquer drying time?
Kids chairs and kids tables are sometimes so hard to find. When my kid was young, I could find some rare chairs but no tables. I make one. Sometimes you just cannot buy some things that are so worth the trouble. Sure, it was used only for a few years but think if you had a table too high for several years!
Agreed, I built a kids picnic table for this very reason. Made it slightly taller than "kids" height so the adults can still fit fine too
Do you still have your RPi time lapse tracker running? I'd love to know what the build time on these was. Your process seemed quite efficient on these.
woah ur audio quality has improved dramatically!
They look great
Thinking about how thick the glue is, maybe testing different ratios of water and glue for strength differences might be an interesting video?
Do you still like the wooden handles you made for your clamps?
Thanks for the great build video!
very good work and good luck 👍
Amazing work skills!) good job Matthias!)
I enjoy your “data” videos, but I don’t always watch them all the way through as it sometimes gets a bit dense with info. I remember clicking off one recently about 70% of the way through thinking, “man, that was informative but I miss the project videos”. And lookie here! A project vid with pantorouter! Love it!
Фантастика, молодец!!!
What's the brand of clamps you used when you were gluing the planks together for the seats? I need to buy clamps today for something similar.
Great job! Nice project for resale.
Will there be any adverse effect if I use plywood for the seat?
Nope
Magical, Matthias.
Watched it the other day great one
Nice. Very sturdy chairs as conserning the users. Kids will make sure cheap ikea stuff will be broken in an instant.
Of all the people on TH-cam who DON'T have a CNC Router...Matthias, buddy, I know you don't NEED one but, for the love of GOD...I have one and I'd LOVE to see what YOU'D come up with on one. You're more comfortable with computers and complex systems than anyone on here. PLEASE consider it...I'd LOVE to see your ideas after you had one for a bit...EPIC.
The problem is, for this project, a CNC router would have made it take longer and less interesting to watch. But if you really want to send me one, sure! So long as it's not one of those shapeoko things.
@@matthiaswandel lol...When I said, "I have one..." I didn't mean I have a spare one I could send you...sorry. I just know that with your GENIUS-ROCKET-SCIENTIST type brain, you'd find things and have ideas for its use that no-one else would even think to think of...and I would LOVE to see that. There's so little great content for them right now except for Howorth and Bates. It just seems like a natural step for you. Hell, you could probably MAKE one better than most available out there...or at least bring some amazing upgrades to one.
*muy buen trabajo en serie*
😎😎😎
Excelente como sempre, parabéns! 🇧🇷
Nice work, great video...thank you !!
Beautiful!
Haha, Festool t-slot clamp!
You've changed, Matthias! :P
No scoop-outs for the little bottoms? 😱
Way too much effort.
First festool product I have spotted in your vid’s
Great work
Sehr schön
hoffe die kleinen haben sich gefreut
with the 4th you can actually sit down for the tea parties 😂👌
The link for the big print program doesn't resolve, are you able to fix it?
I used your gear generator for years, even for cnc machining and 3d printing.
👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍muito bom como sempre vc é o cara um abraço pra todos vcs aí.
Do you still the pantorouter(s) you built? i am building it right now using your plans. just curious.
I should use that one next time I build something! I switch back and forth.
@@matthiaswandel Yes! i would like to see that.
Can you make a video on a rocking chair build? Maybe Sam Maloof inspired?
ask someone who builds chairs like that
3:27 damn, this is first time that I see some Festool here 😂
When he said "why 4 chairs for 3 kids" I thought we were getting another baby announcement😆
A great project but for children chairs wouldn't it have been more fun to paint them in different primary colours?
it would be cool to make stackable versions, so when your kids grow up you could have a dual purpose for them, perhaps a make shift cabinet with the gaps in the middle, or a taller chair.
Yes!!!!!! Matthias building things!
I wish I could work as fast as you do.
it's all in the editing!
Do you still have that laser machine at home?
Love your vids
No jump test on this project?