Yeah my first thought too! Wasn't sure to take that as a tease of what was cooking in the works or an invitation to stroke his ego into convincing him to actually doing it!
I think you'll face problems with expansion and contraction of the wood if you don't make a disclaimer about how plywood works every time you use it for an interior panel. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Matthias makes a point of pointing out making allowances for wood movement in other vids, I would expect viewers to notice - if they're going to notice - that he's completely glued down the panel and figure out why for themselves.
I've build 3 out of 6 Beds in my home. Two out of construction lumber. They hold up pretty good. The inspiration for them and the confidence to be able to do it came from you ... my first bed is now nearly 8 years old.
Man, this reminds me of the bunk bed my father made when my brothers and I were little. It lasted until well after all 3 of us had moved out. Proper dad quality stuff, just like this one. :)
It was very generous to round off the corners and apply a finish. I never bought the lie in my family that splinters and sharp corners "build character." You have a beautiful family, and I am grateful for the example that you demonstrate for others. Thanks!
So many fantastic tips here, some not even mentioned. The use of a scrap to help cut dowels. The meticulous planning of the order of operations so that dimensions can be transferred rather than measured almost everywhere. The shorter thinner screws trick, which is great. The guide on the router table. Just packed with ideas.
Literally first ever TH-camr that i saw who uses his own built DIY tools and equipments and power tools for daily builds rather then using factory built equipments. Hats off to you 👏👏👏👏 Amazing workmanship, people like you exist so we can learn quality stuff everyday
Made for kids, but sturdy enough for serious adulting. This is such a smart build, simple cheap highly available wood, all joints in compression, no stupid pocket holes or IKEA fasteners. Important joints glued, but everything breaks down in bite sized movable pieces. You could still glue it all if you never want to take it apart. I bet he spent two weeks in the store selecting and waiting for a couple of nice pieces to come in.
Very nice. Some 20 years ago I made beds for our 3 kids from construction lumber as well. They did break the slats a couple of times, but that was an easy fix. Still being used today as they were not made to look like kids beds.
Reminds me of when I made s set of beds (they could be stacked to make bunks) for my kids. I made them in a 9'x11' shop. At one point I had material sticking out the only shop window just so I could run it through my thickness planer. At the time the only piece of equipment I had was a Shop Smith 500. It was made by the Magna Tool Corporation and was painted green as opposed to Shop Smith grey. Ah! The good old days!
I swear, Matthias could teach a mechanical engineering course called somethin like "ME383 Precision, where it comes from, where you need it, and where you don't"
I need a new bed myself but beds in my size are ridiculously expensive. I'm actually thinking of trying my hand at making my own bed with this video as a guide.
Glad to see you using dowels, gives me more confidence to try that out myself instead of thinking „Meh, i don‘t have a pantorouter/slot mortiser, why even try?“
Dowels are awesome. Quite easy and underrated. Also very sturdy. You can also put them in after if you like the exposed wood which makes the project easier.
He has some older videos where he tested dowel joints. They're right up there with regular mortise/tenon joints as far as strength. I use 'em quite often myself - especially if I need a strong joint in a hurry.
Hey, thanks for posting this so promptly! Just last night at bedtime I was explaining my kids that they'll soon grow up and I'll have to build them separate beds. I have maybe a couple more years to study this video :D
Looks good. I followed one of your earlier examples a couple of years ago to make a queen bed frame for my sister using construction lumber. She's still happy with it, even though I can still remember all of the small flaws.
Construction lumber + finishing = finished lumber. Excellent build, very handsome. I also heard what sounded like the vague rumblings of a 40" bandsaw over the horizon.
Haven't looked it up, but how do prices for construction lumber this month compare to prices for cherry/walnut 2 years ago?? If you aren't milling your own logs.
still its more valuable and more useful than the cheap "cardboard" beds they sell nowadays. I have a walnut wood bed that have been used by my grandfather, father and now me
I've actually been having an easier time sourcing hardwood. I was able to get some really nice straight white oak from home depot, of all places. The dimensional lumber on the other hand has been really low quality.
@@coalitionofrob436 up here in Quebec a 2x4x8 before COVID, cost 2.50$, last week I bought some at 8.95$ each! A 3/4 inch 4x8 select used to be 25.75, bought one a month ago at 94.95$! And with our wonderful sales tax, you have to add 15% to that bill. Now journalists say prices have climbed to 30%! I didn’t do the math, but somehow in me weee mind, me thinks it’s more than 30%. So now I think Mathias is a millionaire....with all that wood, he’s just showing off his wealth. That last sentence was a joke...just in case!
@@paulomedeiros2445 Not trying to be pedantic here, but omitting the units makes this kind of hard to comprehend for metric people. I'm guessing a 2x4x8 is roughly an 8 feet long 2"x4" piece of lumber because 8" in length wouldn't be very useful. The 4x8 would then be a 4'x8' sheet, right? Anyways, do you know why prices went up that high?
@@Papperlapappmaul Because if you force everyone to stay at home and not spend money on eating out, holidays, traveling, night outs, weekend breaks then they will start spending excess money on where they are (their home). Home improvement has been massively up because of COVID which has increased prices of materials
@@Papperlapappmaul wow buddy, I’m sorry you didn’t get my measurements. However even if we here in Canadaaaaaa, use the metric system, the construction industry still use imperial measurements. We old folks still go by the imperial measurements, AND, the vast majority of us in the construction industry and home renovators know when we say 2x4x8 and we know what 3/4 4x8 Select plywood is. But, ok, thx for clearing that up for the non North American folk! All in fun, and with no disrespect to you :-)
That bed from construction timber? Genius! love it showed this video to my wife, what was I thinking, yep you got it she wants me to make her one now thanks Matthias!
Omg what a heavy duty bed, i love it !! here in Morocco they'd have made 4 beds out of the same amount of wood you used, you then throw it away in a couple of months 😅
That is a chonky bed. I made a bed out of construction timber, weighed a tonne. When I left home for University my dad took it apart and used it as scaffolding.
I seldom comment on your videos, your skill is on a RUSH level of excellence! It is your bed and project, but I wood (get it) have made the bed the height of what ever container or storage box would be going underneath. If you can make a bed, boxes should be no problem at all. You can always make what you want, you gots the skills that pays the bills! Adam
It’s hard to find a bed that isn’t stapled together chipboard covered in fake leather or creaky metal. This thing looks great and is clearly very strong, too.
Dangit, another reminder that I need to make a new bed for myself. I am going to use your plans for the queen size bed, with a few alterations (mostly the size) that I purchased a while back. Now my garage shop is full of yard sale leftovers just when the weather is getting nice. Whoops!
The construction is sturdy. I never found a mistake on your projects but this one has a "blunder". The slats are way too low so the mattress is only few centimeters above the long rail. This makes for very uncomfortable seating on the bed as the rail digs in your leg. It is easily fixed though by adding another supports that will elevate the slats (since you glued yours in). The negative is that the bed will be higher to get onto. I made the same mistake for my customer and I never thought of it before, now I know.
3:38 That block for cutting dowels is interesting. This isn't the first time I've seen you use that technique either. I'd be curious to know what the history is behind that. Did you see someone else do it that way? Did you come up with it?
1:44 - coming soon from Matthias Wandel: 'How to build a 40" band saw'
Somehow all of my subscription channels seem to watch each others channels. Hi Jeff.
😂
Yeah my first thought too! Wasn't sure to take that as a tease of what was cooking in the works or an invitation to stroke his ego into convincing him to actually doing it!
better make it 41", its better to have some spare room. otherwise you keep needing a bigger one.
@@asm2750 I saw what you did there.
The kids playing on the bed put a smile on my face Thanks Matthias!!
I appreciate the barely noticeable anouncement of the upcoming 40 inch bandsaw videos.😁
I think you'll face problems with expansion and contraction of the wood if you don't make a disclaimer about how plywood works every time you use it for an interior panel. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Matthias makes a point of pointing out making allowances for wood movement in other vids, I would expect viewers to notice - if they're going to notice - that he's completely glued down the panel and figure out why for themselves.
I dont get it, how does plywood work every time you use it for interior panel???
it's a joke guys...
@@bluewanderer9903 Plywood is structurally stable. It does not expand/contract like normal wood panels.
@@luciflash The board it is glued to, however, is not plywood.
I've build 3 out of 6 Beds in my home. Two out of construction lumber. They hold up pretty good. The inspiration for them and the confidence to be able to do it came from you ... my first bed is now nearly 8 years old.
The reward for good work is more work
The aesthetic of the bed could have been elevated with a coat of green paint instead of the varnish.
You need permission first from your wife !
Is there like a green varnish? that would be cool
A combo of varnish wood and green paint for the win.
It's a bed, not a Mathias contraption.
underrated
* insert lumber price joke *
I really like these kinds of builds.
"A year ago, for the same money we could have built a king-sized bunk bed"?
Three healthy looking kids, you are blessed.
He made them out of dimensional lumber also. They have a working circulatory system, all out of pine.
Man, this reminds me of the bunk bed my father made when my brothers and I were little. It lasted until well after all 3 of us had moved out. Proper dad quality stuff, just like this one. :)
Depends on the skills of your dad though, or rather: the difference between what he think he can do and what he actually can.
It was very generous to round off the corners and apply a finish. I never bought the lie in my family that splinters and sharp corners "build character." You have a beautiful family, and I am grateful for the example that you demonstrate for others. Thanks!
Another perfect piece of woodworking. All that the bed is missing now is the signature green
Good job. Nothing more satisfying to a woodworker than making things for your kids 👍🏻
You forgot to finish the sentence
Making things for your kids to destroy 😁
@@hotfuzz1913 true
Well done. Waiting for the bigger bandsaw build. 😁🤘
I am getting old... I still remember the first time you announced your first kid...
So do I!
@@railroad9000 me too....those basement-shop-times .... hmmmm nostalgia lol
... it’s been years
You can’t help but to make a connection with some you tubers. I been watching Mathias since he was single. Now he is married with 3 kids.
4:46 They don't make pounding blocks like they used to.
Cheap Chinese blocks.
Haha
Perfect example of why you should use one rather than just beating on your workpiece, though!
@@ObliteAbyss fibers orientation dude...
So many fantastic tips here, some not even mentioned. The use of a scrap to help cut dowels. The meticulous planning of the order of operations so that dimensions can be transferred rather than measured almost everywhere. The shorter thinner screws trick, which is great. The guide on the router table. Just packed with ideas.
What a wonderful thing to be able to do Matt.
Nice video. Been fun watching you build things for your family over the years. Inspired by your work.
Literally first ever TH-camr that i saw who uses his own built DIY tools and equipments and power tools for daily builds rather then using factory built equipments. Hats off to you 👏👏👏👏
Amazing workmanship, people like you exist so we can learn quality stuff everyday
Best dad ever! Seriously, your kids are so lucky to have a father who can make such practical things and documenting them for posterity
Made for kids, but sturdy enough for serious adulting.
This is such a smart build, simple cheap highly available wood, all joints in compression, no stupid pocket holes or IKEA fasteners.
Important joints glued, but everything breaks down in bite sized movable pieces.
You could still glue it all if you never want to take it apart.
I bet he spent two weeks in the store selecting and waiting for a couple of nice pieces to come in.
There's genius in simplicity. And artistry in simplicity.
Who can afford the lumber? This reminds me of the Ponderosa Pine lumber furniture from the late 60's and 70's. Good workmanship!
Great job! The kids seem to be loving it.
Very nice. Some 20 years ago I made beds for our 3 kids from construction lumber as well. They did break the slats a couple of times, but that was an easy fix. Still being used today as they were not made to look like kids beds.
That is the thing about something like this, done right almost guaranteed to last a lifetime and worthy to pass on!
Those router tips are gold!
A 500$ construction lumber bed! What an amazing time we live in.
You built that so fast, still came out beautiful as always 💕👍
Reminds me of when I made s set of beds (they could be stacked to make bunks) for my kids. I made them in a 9'x11' shop. At one point I had material sticking out the only shop window just so I could run it through my thickness planer. At the time the only piece of equipment I had was a Shop Smith 500. It was made by the Magna Tool Corporation and was painted green as opposed to Shop Smith grey. Ah! The good old days!
It’s always satisfying to watch something being built with strength and quality in mind.
I swear, Matthias could teach a mechanical engineering course called somethin like "ME383 Precision, where it comes from, where you need it, and where you don't"
Good job Matthias. The best things to make is things for ones kids.
What is that supposed to mean??
@@Sqwaush sorry I meant things for one's kids. No disrespect meant.
@@waynesinden It's all good, I was not offended. Have a great day! 👍
You've got sweet kids, and you're a good dad.
other youtubers flexing: "i just bought a Lambo"
Mathias flexing : "i made a bed from construction lumber" :D
i have to say that's awesome that looks so simple yet at the same time people will pay for that kind of style
Have to admit... it is a great-looking bed.
I need a new bed myself but beds in my size are ridiculously expensive. I'm actually thinking of trying my hand at making my own bed with this video as a guide.
I love that the only problem is having to make another! Lol
That was inevitable!
How many kids are there ? They will all get one each eventually
Typical dad statement.
I laughed out loud at that. I am sometimes extremely glad my job is something I could never take home with me.
Hope to see the video of that as well.
I learned more in 7minutes than I did in wood shop class in high school
You kick ass. So smooth. One man factoryline.
I really like the router bit guide block!
Glad to see you using dowels, gives me more confidence to try that out myself instead of thinking „Meh, i don‘t have a pantorouter/slot mortiser, why even try?“
Same
Dowels are awesome. Quite easy and underrated. Also very sturdy. You can also put them in after if you like the exposed wood which makes the project easier.
He has some older videos where he tested dowel joints. They're right up there with regular mortise/tenon joints as far as strength.
I use 'em quite often myself - especially if I need a strong joint in a hurry.
After watching your video's for years I finally managed to build my own bed, for sure will outlast any buy one
You say you usually use construction lumber I thought you usually dumpster dive? You're the most recycling woodworking TH-camr out there!
Ahh the age old "curse" of completing a task on the honey do list. More added to the list lol.
The more capable one is, the longer the honey do list...lucky for me!
Hey, thanks for posting this so promptly! Just last night at bedtime I was explaining my kids that they'll soon grow up and I'll have to build them separate beds. I have maybe a couple more years to study this video :D
Another Great "Not made by IKEA" build!
They all need the “People’s Elbow” from the top rope! I think that bed would hold up nicely to such a move!
Looks good. I followed one of your earlier examples a couple of years ago to make a queen bed frame for my sister using construction lumber. She's still happy with it, even though I can still remember all of the small flaws.
Great build, simple but elegant. I just finished my own set of 2 beds and I know how ecstatic the kids can be!
Incredible skills and great use of tools etc. Thanks for making this video (and bed!).
Great video, better project, it should go to University with him. Well done and Thanks for sharing...
Construction lumber + finishing = finished lumber. Excellent build, very handsome. I also heard what sounded like the vague rumblings of a 40" bandsaw over the horizon.
All that nice lumber. This bed cost a FORTUNE!! 😆
Haven't looked it up, but how do prices for construction lumber this month compare to prices for cherry/walnut 2 years ago?? If you aren't milling your own logs.
@@matthewsmith8573 you have to chop of digits for 1x2 right now
still its more valuable and more useful than the cheap "cardboard" beds they sell nowadays.
I have a walnut wood bed that have been used by my grandfather, father and now me
I've actually been having an easier time sourcing hardwood. I was able to get some really nice straight white oak from home depot, of all places. The dimensional lumber on the other hand has been really low quality.
Considering he builds them to last 3 generations, this is more of an investment than a simple diy project :)
I'm ready for the floor recessed 52" bandsaw videos to start
i can´t wait to see how matthias new 60" bandsaw is lifted by a crane through a hole in his roof
Hobbyist woodworker: "Making this bed from dimensional lumber."
Lumber industry: "That will be *ONE MILLION* dollars. MuuuAHAHAHAAA!"
Are lumber prices in North America up?
@@coalitionofrob436 up here in Quebec a 2x4x8 before COVID, cost 2.50$, last week I bought some at 8.95$ each! A 3/4 inch 4x8 select used to be 25.75, bought one a month ago at 94.95$! And with our wonderful sales tax, you have to add 15% to that bill. Now journalists say prices have climbed to 30%! I didn’t do the math, but somehow in me weee mind, me thinks it’s more than 30%. So now I think Mathias is a millionaire....with all that wood, he’s just showing off his wealth. That last sentence was a joke...just in case!
@@paulomedeiros2445 Not trying to be pedantic here, but omitting the units makes this kind of hard to comprehend for metric people. I'm guessing a 2x4x8 is roughly an 8 feet long 2"x4" piece of lumber because 8" in length wouldn't be very useful. The 4x8 would then be a 4'x8' sheet, right?
Anyways, do you know why prices went up that high?
@@Papperlapappmaul Because if you force everyone to stay at home and not spend money on eating out, holidays, traveling, night outs, weekend breaks then they will start spending excess money on where they are (their home). Home improvement has been massively up because of COVID which has increased prices of materials
@@Papperlapappmaul wow buddy, I’m sorry you didn’t get my measurements. However even if we here in Canadaaaaaa, use the metric system, the construction industry still use imperial measurements. We old folks still go by the imperial measurements, AND, the vast majority of us in the construction industry and home renovators know when we say 2x4x8 and we know what 3/4 4x8 Select plywood is. But, ok, thx for clearing that up for the non North American folk! All in fun, and with no disrespect to you :-)
From an Australian perspective, that is amazingly nice timber to be considered construction grade.
Bloody oath. Canada is pretty good at growing trees, I guess. Imagine what that’d cost in Tassie Oak?
This is all softwood. Tasmanian oak is hardwood. Pretty big difference
@@misterscottintheway Even in plantation radiata that would be a pretty expensive bed here.
That bed from construction timber? Genius! love it showed this video to my wife, what was I thinking, yep you got it she wants me to make her one now thanks Matthias!
Very nice trick at the end to resist the bending thumbs up buddy
So adorable to see them growing while they play
Great job, like always!
Thank you for sharing your talent Matthias, it's wonderful to watch you create things.
A great looking and super strong bed.
Omg what a heavy duty bed, i love it !! here in Morocco they'd have made 4 beds out of the same amount of wood you used, you then throw it away in a couple of months 😅
To be fair you could have made two beds out of the same amount of wood and it would still have been sturdy enough for perpetual use.
You should make a whacky model plane. It's the one thing you have never done!
These type of builds are not cheap anymore.
Cute kids, I bet they make you very proud and happy!
Those are some happy looking kids
Omg man you have your hands full! Ha ha love this project having two kids of my own!
Well done Matthias. Great looking bed!
Nice bed and great kids having fun!
Adorable children, you are so lucky, beautiful build!
Looks really great as always
wow the kids have grown a lot. i didnt even know you had three of them already.
The best part of this video is seeing it out to good use!!
simple yet highly practical design. Great stuff.
That's a handsome looking bed. Bunk beds next?
Excellent work and enjoyable video!!!
Your kids are getting so big! Feels like just yesterday that Harriet was born.
With lumber prices so high, that must've been really expensive.
sal does woodworking?
he gets all his lumbar for free on the side of the road and dumpster diving of course
Good looking bed. I always appreciate the attention to detail in your projects. Thanks for sharing. David Adair
That turned out really nice! I want to build a bed too, but I'm sort of lazy about big projects.
Haven't seen an old school set of Pella accordion doors for ages.
That is a chonky bed. I made a bed out of construction timber, weighed a tonne. When I left home for University my dad took it apart and used it as scaffolding.
Great video Matthias!
Keep up the good work and God bless!
"If I had a 40" bandsaw..." Oh boy, here we go.
construction lumber?! you must be rich! those kids are gonna be sleeping on renewable gold!
I glued one of my first panel from 8 boards today. Seeing any glue up makes me anxious now ^-^
Here in the States, that bed would be big money to build at current lumber prices.
I seldom comment on your videos, your skill is on a RUSH level of excellence! It is your bed and project, but I wood (get it) have made the bed the height of what ever container or storage box would be going underneath. If you can make a bed, boxes should be no problem at all.
You can always make what you want, you gots the skills that pays the bills!
Adam
Great project, well done !!!!
Good to see ya uploading now!
It’s hard to find a bed that isn’t stapled together chipboard covered in fake leather or creaky metal.
This thing looks great and is clearly very strong, too.
Dangit, another reminder that I need to make a new bed for myself. I am going to use your plans for the queen size bed, with a few alterations (mostly the size) that I purchased a while back. Now my garage shop is full of yard sale leftovers just when the weather is getting nice. Whoops!
Nice. I think everything I've ever built was from "construction lumber" Haha.
The construction is sturdy.
I never found a mistake on your projects but this one has a "blunder".
The slats are way too low so the mattress is only few centimeters above the long rail.
This makes for very uncomfortable seating on the bed as the rail digs in your leg. It is easily fixed though by adding another supports that will elevate the slats (since you glued yours in).
The negative is that the bed will be higher to get onto.
I made the same mistake for my customer and I never thought of it before, now I know.
quite intentional that way to discourage rolling off the bed.
3:38 That block for cutting dowels is interesting. This isn't the first time I've seen you use that technique either. I'd be curious to know what the history is behind that. Did you see someone else do it that way? Did you come up with it?
If you cut enough dowels on a bandsaw, you will more than likely come up with something similar.
Not a bad problem to have; they'll always remember beds that dad made!
It must be a great feeling to build something for your kids to enjoy