One of the great things about Wandel's videos is his excellent camera work. It is so common to see instructional videos shot with a smartphone held in one hand while work is done with the other. The shots here are well-lit and composed, with great camera placement. If only more people put such effort into their camera work and editing.
If that's what's important to you maybe hunt up some of those professional tradesman training videos you can purchase directed by Scorsese instead of hunting TH-cam for free training filmed by people who are not - and never claim to be - arrogant little art snobs right out of film school who are just trying to share some knowledge they have.
Matthias Wandel I do the same, no matter how big or small the project....Specially with big projects like renovations, I basically go over the whole project in my mind before I actually pick up a tool.....
It's just a box! But the troubleshooting of every step on how to implement your best practices is invaluable. Always enjoy your content for that reason.
Some day in the future, someone's going to be at a yard sale in Canada and they're going to see all this home made shop stuff and they're going to say "wow. They just don't make stuff like they used to"
Discovered your channel last summer looking for videos on valves steamboxes, and I found your video. Since then I been subscribed, and, now that I heard the spring and summer chirping of the birds in the morning like the morning I discovered your channel, I get a little nostalgic about this. Time flew fast.
Matthias, you're videos are inspiring! I can't believe some of the contraptions you come up with! :) Although my knowledge isn't near where yours is, I truly enjoy watching! Thanks for sharing.
Well done and well thought-out process, Matthias. I love watching you work, and find solutions to rather complicated problems. Thank you for posting another great video. Cheers from Texas
Matthias, I found a neat way to store my fasteners. I got a stack of alarm control boxes, and plan to put dividers made from scrap polycarbonate. I'll make a way to stack them like drawers so I can easily save space this way and have nice access as well. The back of the panels have mounting studs that I'll either grind off or chisel out. Some of the boxes are used, but some have not been, so I'll need to cover the openings on the sides.
Matthias, I really love your green approach! Always starting with recovered materials, repairing even the most basic of things, re-purposing and up-cycling finding value and use in things most would turn their nose up to. Until I subscribed, I honestly thought I was the only person to repair a $6 laundry basket :)
Your thrift in recycling wood and your ingenuity in finding practical solutions to woodworking is truly inspiring. Your videos a truly amazing. I'd give your videos 10,000 likes if I could.
Great Video! To see the box joint cutting jig in production is over the top! You provide easy, smart ways to make beautiful and useful projects. Can't wait for the next. Bravo! Thankz
thanks so much for including your trial & error parts of the process - that is really valuable to see (for example how the spreading clamp didn't really work)
I just found your channel tonight and I am just amazed by how many different types of jigs you have that make woodworking so much easier. I wish I had the tools and my own house to be able to make my own workshop. You are an amazing wood worker thanks for sharing your videos.
Nice looking boxes, you really gave the box joint jig a work out. I think its about time for me to build one of those, that is as soon as I get all my bird house orders done. Thanks for sharing!
synapseZA Yes, that was a crazy number of boxes. I thought at some point in the video he was joking about that many boxes, but he really made that many!
It is so easy to make boxes with your box joint, that it is very easy to end up with a lot of work to glue, trim and sanding the boxes. Just joking. Amazing tricks, as always
hola querido amigo sergio te cuento que subi unos proyectos y la foto de portada de mi nuevo taller gracias por compartirlas y nuevamente gracias por las ideas que no estan demas...
I (being obsessed with boxes) like these a lot. I and loved the bevel you put on the bottom. Never thought of that and it makes them a bit more refined.
***** That would be much harder to clamp and much much harder to fit up. Matthias made cutting the bottoms easy by oversizing them and trimming them later. If the bottom needs to fit exactly between the 4 sides then the cuts need to be very accurate. You are right that it would automatically square the sides if you could install the bottom during glue up
Sully800 that is why most drawers or boxes have the bottom installed inside the 4 sides...it squares up the boxes and doesn't rely on the joints to keep them square. Now with something "utility" like these, it isn't so important but it is VERY important if you want your drawers to slide properly....well, THE drawers you're installing in a cabinet, if YOUR drawers slide too easily, it'd get mighty uncomfortable under your jeans! lol
You are definitely a genius in the fact that you can build your own working ..Wood shop machines ..All out of wood .I am very impressed with creativity ...Keep up the gret work 👍
Genius! You are a literal genius! Seriously brilliant that was truly captivating. I want to be just like you when I grow up! Amazing I am simply awestruck! You need to be cloned, because the force is strong with you sir! Lol That is how it should be done case closed! Thank you so much for sharing your masterful skills with us. Can't wait to see your other videos. Pardon me whilst I proceed to gather my mind because it is thoroughly blown!😃
I am also very impressed on your quality of work and especially your jigs. They are awesome! Congrats also to your video style. It is always stable (no queasy cam) and your way of accelerating repetitive tasks is well done. Very motivating.
Funny, I was looking at all my spare bolts/nuts/screws and thinking about making boxes for them recently. Mini box-joint boxes are a very elegant solution.
A tip for gluing finger joints. Put the joint together but do it flat, that is, butt the ends together on a flat surface. This makes sure the joint is aligned and you don't glue the wrong side. Add a thin layer of glue to the fingers on the inside of the joint. Hinge the joint together so that it correctly forms the right angle. The glue now makes contact with all the inside surfaces and nothing but them (minus any squeeze out, of course).
Greetings form Norway! Awesome video. I suppose you could use a 10 - 12 mm round piece of wood and screw it in the center of the box(screw from the bottom) and use that for lifting the boxes out of the drawer. Especially if you made the boxes to cover the entire drawer. Not sure how much weight it could handle but at least for small boxes I dont think it would be a problem. Thanks again for a good video!
Very nice, but I wonder if I will ever do these. For such utilitarian purposes, plastic would work extremely well for me. They're plentiful and cheap. For bigger boxes, I would definitely do in wood though.
You said in your other video "the space efficiency of pure chaos is hard to beat." I bet you could get more screws in that drawer if you were to forego the containers entirely and just dump them in there. You may have some issue finding the one you want though. Perhaps instead of putting boxes in the box (the drawer), instead cut thin dividers and notches in the drawer so that you can drop the thin dividers into the drawer. This will keep the individual components separated while adding minimal weight and space overhead. You'll need to work out an interlocking system of dividers though, and perhaps that would offset any gains you might see.Hmm. Maybe if you painted the bolt heads in different color paint, one color for each thread type, then just dumped them all in the drawer you'll maximize the space savings while retaining some ability to pick out the parts you need more easily. Length is easy to judge at a glance, and the colored bolt heads would easily identify the thread type.Just a thought. Good video though!
only just come across this video, that jig is awesome hopefully you have plans for it, those boxes are brilliant need to make myself some , going to subscribe to your channel
One of the great things about Wandel's videos is his excellent camera work. It is so common to see instructional videos shot with a smartphone held in one hand while work is done with the other. The shots here are well-lit and composed, with great camera placement. If only more people put such effort into their camera work and editing.
I totally agree. Canadian cinematography at at's best!
And he explains what he is doing as he goes along. AND there is no orchestra playing behind the camera.
If that's what's important to you maybe hunt up some of those professional tradesman training videos you can purchase directed by Scorsese instead of hunting TH-cam for free training filmed by people who are not - and never claim to be - arrogant little art snobs right out of film school who are just trying to share some knowledge they have.
At 4:50 that shot made me think of this as a box joint printer or copier/printer type thing.
I could watch this video for DAYS. The cutting of the finger joins is mesmerizing!
TRULY mesmerizing. I went from a quick look to "WHAT, I've reached the END of the clip?"
Indeed Petras Furtado. It's far too tempting just set "replay" and watch infinitely.
...and now I'm just watching the entire playlist. Damn you!
I know! And now that you commented I went back and started watching them--damn _you_ sir!
P.S. Half the time I'm not even sure what the hell he's even making. I just like watching it.
That finger joint jig is ingenious. But, you knew that already.
A neat trick around every corner in this video. That angled flush trimming setup, for example.
Yes, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the project before I actually make it.
Matthias Wandel couldn't you just use your long reach C-clamps to hold those small pieces in the box joint jig?
Matthias Wandel It shows in your work!
Matthias Wandel I do the same, no matter how big or small the project....Specially with big projects like renovations, I basically go over the whole project in my mind before I actually pick up a tool.....
Justin Pang if you look at the outside of the jig it is not able to go low enough for the C-clamp to work with any amount of pressure
Damn... dude... you are the epitome of working smarter... not harder
yeees, one cut one kill.. no extra work, just awesome precision... this man rules!
He definitely gets his money out of that table saw, doesn't he.
It's just a box! But the troubleshooting of every step on how to implement your best practices is invaluable. Always enjoy your content for that reason.
Matthias, respect. You are one smart cookie and I am grateful that you allow us to participate in your learnings.
That jig is pure genius!
I never get tired of watching your videos Matthias. I always learn something new and interesting. Thanks.
Some day in the future, someone's going to be at a yard sale in Canada and they're going to see all this home made shop stuff and they're going to say "wow. They just don't make stuff like they used to"
I could watch your videos all day.
Discovered your channel last summer looking for videos on valves steamboxes, and I found your video. Since then I been subscribed, and, now that I heard the spring and summer chirping of the birds in the morning like the morning I discovered your channel, I get a little nostalgic about this. Time flew fast.
Every time I see that jig I am amazed.
It's a brilliant tool.
Your box joint jig really shined in this application. The trim jig did as well. You made some really handsome boxes. Well done.
I love the problem solving Matthias does in his videos. That gear setup wouldn't even occur to me. The clamping was also really cool.
Seeing the way your mind works is humbling. Nice work.
The Sheldon Cooper of woodworking. Cheers awesome video.
The flush cut table saw jig is brilliant. Thank you for sharing you innovative ideas.
Beauty! Love these boxes for storage! The joints will make them very strong! Love it!
Chris
Hello!
Four years ago I did something similar in my workshop! It works today!
Greetings from Poland!
I really needed practical tutorial how to join thin wooden planks into boxes, drawers. Thanks a lot!
Matthias, you're videos are inspiring! I can't believe some of the contraptions you come up with! :) Although my knowledge isn't near where yours is, I truly enjoy watching! Thanks for sharing.
I like building vicariously through you. Thanks for the great ideas.
Well done and well thought-out process, Matthias. I love watching you work, and find solutions to rather complicated problems. Thank you for posting another great video.
Cheers from Texas
Matthias, I found a neat way to store my fasteners. I got a stack of alarm control boxes, and plan to put dividers made from scrap polycarbonate. I'll make a way to stack them like drawers so I can easily save space this way and have nice access as well. The back of the panels have mounting studs that I'll either grind off or chisel out. Some of the boxes are used, but some have not been, so I'll need to cover the openings on the sides.
The things you create with (and from) wood are just amazing. Love these videos!
Matt, you have the patience of Jobe iced in quality work. Beautiful job. I also liked the Brain Pick visit
the tiny box joints look so cool
Back cutting on the pull stroke of the SABJJ made that go very quick! Thanks for sharing.
MRrwmac Have been experimenting. For vertical cuts like that, the saw works better when it's cutting backwards.
Matthias Wandel Acting just as a scoring blade/ wheel. Was nice to hear you at BrainPick. Thanks!
Its amazing how much thought goes into this, its perfection in design and execution.
It takes some logistics to make so many boxes fast! Nice project! I liked the reversed clamp thing, might be handy somewhere!
That’s the coolest jig ever
Matthias, I really love your green approach! Always starting with recovered materials, repairing even the most basic of things, re-purposing and up-cycling finding value and use in things most would turn their nose up to. Until I subscribed, I honestly thought I was the only person to repair a $6 laundry basket :)
My laundry basket is +20 years old. Each time a crack develops at the opening, I drill a couple holes and use zip ties to hold the cracks together.
Your thrift in recycling wood and your ingenuity in finding practical solutions to woodworking is truly inspiring. Your videos a truly amazing. I'd give your videos 10,000 likes if I could.
That jig is sheer genius. Nice work!
Great Video! To see the box joint cutting jig in production is over the top! You provide easy, smart ways to make beautiful and useful projects. Can't wait for the next. Bravo! Thankz
Many cool concepts and a good showcase to compare the performance with CNC. Guess I got your point. Thanks for the great content and sharing it.
Dat engineering... It's givin' me wood.
Hard wood, or soft wood? :P
+PineappleOranges more like chestnut, really.
thanks so much for including your trial & error parts of the process - that is really valuable to see (for example how the spreading clamp didn't really work)
The shot with the camera pointed close to the saw action with the fast speed was really cool. You should do more of that.
That box joint jig is amazing!
Also that clamping technique is pretty clever, nice work man!
Masterful. I’m missing your videos😞 Will just have to look over the old ones.....
You come up with some of the best ways to get a job done!
When you said thin, you weren't kidding. Nice boxes.
Damn... this guy. 🎖️🏆🎖️ Quality
I just found your channel tonight and I am just amazed by how many different types of jigs you have that make woodworking so much easier. I wish I had the tools and my own house to be able to make my own workshop. You are an amazing wood worker thanks for sharing your videos.
Nice looking boxes, you really gave the box joint jig a work out. I think its about time for me to build one of those, that is as soon as I get all my bird house orders done. Thanks for sharing!
Very nice. Reminds me of Marius Hornberger's herculean task of building his organiser boxes.
synapseZA Yes, that was a crazy number of boxes. I thought at some point in the video he was joking about that many boxes, but he really made that many!
Thanks for reminding me of why I always read youtube comments.
This guy's brilliant, and I wouldn't have found him without you.
Big shout out to Marius Hornberger.
Odd fact, i found Marius thru Mathias... lol
Amazing video. So glad I found your channel. Thank you for your time. Subscribed!
Matthias Wandel is one smart hombre! Love his videos and contraptions!
The tools that he used makes the work much easier. Great work
Oh man, that geared-up jig is too cool!
It is so easy to make boxes with your box joint, that it is very easy to end up with a lot of work to glue, trim and sanding the boxes. Just joking. Amazing tricks, as always
hola querido amigo sergio te cuento que subi unos proyectos y la foto de portada de mi nuevo taller gracias por compartirlas y nuevamente gracias por las ideas que no estan demas...
what? :)
I love your videos. This one is no exception. Such innovative and good quality work. Thanks!
Your videos are what I was looking for for a long time
your workspace is very tidy. love it
you sir are an artisan. Really enjoy watching these videos.
That is the sweetest jig I've seen !
Great box joint jig, genius stuff!
You are very clever, I always like your vids, you think for yourself, dont follow the typical course or methods for things, very refreshing
Dude, you are amazing. Instantly addicted to your channel.
they are some cute box joints!
I (being obsessed with boxes) like these a lot. I and loved the bevel you put on the bottom. Never thought of that and it makes them a bit more refined.
Christopher Demetrick And it hides the fact that the bottom is just glued on the bottom.
***** That would be much harder to clamp and much much harder to fit up. Matthias made cutting the bottoms easy by oversizing them and trimming them later. If the bottom needs to fit exactly between the 4 sides then the cuts need to be very accurate. You are right that it would automatically square the sides if you could install the bottom during glue up
Sully800 that is why most drawers or boxes have the bottom installed inside the 4 sides...it squares up the boxes and doesn't rely on the joints to keep them square. Now with something "utility" like these, it isn't so important but it is VERY important if you want your drawers to slide properly....well, THE drawers you're installing in a cabinet, if YOUR drawers slide too easily, it'd get mighty uncomfortable under your jeans! lol
You are definitely a genius in the fact that you can build your own working ..Wood shop machines ..All out of wood .I am very impressed with creativity ...Keep up the gret work 👍
So cathartic to watch someone smart work!
Looks like a lot of work, but having the jigs really speeds things up. Really looks nice.
Another excellent video with great tips throughout.
Genius! You are a literal genius! Seriously brilliant that was truly captivating. I want to be just like you when I grow up! Amazing I am simply awestruck! You need to be cloned, because the force is strong with you sir! Lol That is how it should be done case closed! Thank you so much for sharing your masterful skills with us. Can't wait to see your other videos. Pardon me whilst I proceed to gather my mind because it is thoroughly blown!😃
I am also very impressed on your quality of work and especially your jigs. They are awesome!
Congrats also to your video style. It is always stable (no queasy cam) and your way of accelerating repetitive tasks is well done. Very motivating.
As always, spectacular tutorial!
Great tip for avoiding tear out - I like this organization idea
That Jig is AWESOME!
What a nice finger joint jig! Master class !
I love your channel so much!
Better than anything on tv.
that finger jig with the gear is Awesome !
they look amazing! you have a huge talent, that's for sure ;)
You do a great job of figuring out methods to accomplish what you want to create. I am impressed and have sub'd
+okhomestead This is exactly what makes him a genius :)
wow great job with the joints ! !
So hypnotic... It would take me days to do it like you but still idea is amazing.
Another great video! Thank you, sir!
You have some great instructional videos. I've learned a lot. Thanks for sharing all your projects!
Such an inspiration for me. Pure genius
Funny, I was looking at all my spare bolts/nuts/screws and thinking about making boxes for them recently. Mini box-joint boxes are a very elegant solution.
You're so fortunate! What a life! :)
A tip for gluing finger joints. Put the joint together but do it flat, that is, butt the ends together on a flat surface. This makes sure the joint is aligned and you don't glue the wrong side. Add a thin layer of glue to the fingers on the inside of the joint. Hinge the joint together so that it correctly forms the right angle. The glue now makes contact with all the inside surfaces and nothing but them (minus any squeeze out, of course).
I love how you learn from your mistakes
that machine you built at 1:29 is brilliant.
Impressive. Nicely done.
Greetings form Norway!
Awesome video. I suppose you could use a 10 - 12 mm round piece of wood and screw it in the center of the box(screw from the bottom) and use that for lifting the boxes out of the drawer. Especially if you made the boxes to cover the entire drawer. Not sure how much weight it could handle but at least for small boxes I dont think it would be a problem.
Thanks again for a good video!
Very nice, but I wonder if I will ever do these. For such utilitarian purposes, plastic would work extremely well for me. They're plentiful and cheap. For bigger boxes, I would definitely do in wood though.
As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~
wow thats some crazy awesome jig
Cool box cut jig!
Damn, I'd love to use a setup like that, it looks a pure joy to work with. I'll just keep using cardboard boxes and feel poor :)
The best work on wood box.👋
You said in your other video "the space efficiency of pure chaos is hard to beat." I bet you could get more screws in that drawer if you were to forego the containers entirely and just dump them in there. You may have some issue finding the one you want though. Perhaps instead of putting boxes in the box (the drawer), instead cut thin dividers and notches in the drawer so that you can drop the thin dividers into the drawer. This will keep the individual components separated while adding minimal weight and space overhead. You'll need to work out an interlocking system of dividers though, and perhaps that would offset any gains you might see.Hmm. Maybe if you painted the bolt heads in different color paint, one color for each thread type, then just dumped them all in the drawer you'll maximize the space savings while retaining some ability to pick out the parts you need more easily. Length is easy to judge at a glance, and the colored bolt heads would easily identify the thread type.Just a thought. Good video though!
only just come across this video, that jig is awesome hopefully you have plans for it, those boxes are brilliant need to make myself some , going to subscribe to your channel
dude u r genius at this!