Hi, April, My wife and I, enjoy watching your little grey cells in the creative process, what a great idea a balcony desk, for both you and your husband, just genius, great job. We'll be waiting for your next project, thanks for sharing.Blessings! !!!!!!!
Nice idea April. Looks great (the views and the desk). You have also learned the secret to justify more shop time, making stuff for your spouse. Kudos April.
love the way you can say "i decided to do so and so because i think it looked pretty", with my 60 +yrs my well 'travelled' face would not lend itself to making that statement on camera, unless it was made with comedic intent ! great work always thinking outside the box. cheers from australia. by the way love the scenery !
Nice design and execution. I can see adapting the design to work off a french cleat for a portable easily moved shop shelf to hold tools, paint pots, hardware, etc. Especially enjoy your always concise commentary voice over. To the point with clear information about the what, why, and how of your projects.
I love this project! Such great craftsmanship or even better craftswomanship. I could never be productive working outside but some sacrifices to productivity are worth it.
In every video I am amazed by your property! The view and outside areas and the house too seem fantastic. I'd love to see a house tour with some shots from outside! Best of luck in the not as new anymore house!
What a stunning view. I would definitely be sidetracked especially of a night time with a clear sky and nothin but the stars. Thanks for all the vids love them!
Looks great, just one tip. If you spray the wood with clear coat first before the black you wont get the "bleed" like you did with the black and a lot less sanding too. I make tons of CNC & Laser signs
Awesome video! One tip - if you plane the board before cutting it, you won't get any snipe on the ends of the smaller lengths. Although, I've forgotten to do so myself plenty of times and ended up putting short boards through the planer as well.
Hello, April. Once again you to surprise us with a great job. Congratulations and keep presenting us with these fantastic videos. A big hug from this your friend here in Brazil.
Great project! Thanks for showing people that brass bars are really good for setup. I don't use my finger to check, though - just another brass bar on top - especially with router bits. The hilltop views are some of North Texas' very best.
Another creative project well done. It reminds me of a piece I made years ago for a small barbecue that I wanted to hang on a wrought iron porch railing. It had no legs and I could have used a table but instead I took some scrap half inch stainless steel tubing and bent it to do the same thing as your raiing table does.
Hi April, I really enjoyed this video. This is a simple and fantastic idea. Unfortunately it really is overshadowed by that amazing view. OMG that is really astonishing!
Am so envious of your workshop setup April! Great job as always... And what a lovely view. All it needs now is a swing/rocking chair on the porch and a guitar :)
I discovered your videos about a month ago April. You are amazing and such an inspiration and it turns out we are almost like family. Your cousin Micah is our son-in-law. Keep up the good work. I’m going to my shop and work on Micah’s late birthday gift. Take care.
Another great project, April. I have been making something similar for a couple of years, and the "I want one" list keeps growing. Although mine were designed more to hold beverages (of all sorts) I will be dropping the hint to my friends that they could have other, more conventional uses...
Thanks to watching you, Old Tony, Jimmy Diresta and others, have given me the confidence to build a flat pack set of drawers from Ikea. Only managed to swear once, when I put the runners on the wrong way. Great gift idea Love from Scotland 5* :D
I don’t get how you don’t have more subscribers, you are talented and a great at doing what you do. You set a really high expectation for the rest of us girls
Nice idea, I used your plan and modified it for a work site table/bench to hang off a truck tailgate or open car trunk, with a place for a tool tray and hold fast spots. Please keep up the good ideas and work.
That's really cool and uncomplicated, the value can't be measured in choosing your environment, and what a great environment it is! I've got a vise on my thick 2x6 board topped coffee table & a 32" monitor, and it's where I do most of my work inside. I've also got an outside office set up, under a Walnut Tree I let the branches hang down & shield me from view, but I can see out fine. If I had a perch like yours I'd set up a mount for a 338 Lapua in case there were hogs out there in the distance, that needed dealt with.
Really great project idea! And it just doesn't have to be a laptop workstation; the design can easily be modified to be an artist's workstation or BBQ accessories station. Love the CNC inlay too...braaaap!
Simple design yet genius. Thank you for the idea this maybe the muse I need to redo my deck and railing. Really enjoy your videos. Best wishes to you and family
Great job building on building the computer bench. I wonder if you might consider reinforcing the mounting arm with metal or some other means. The pine used to build the hanger has a tendency to shrink and crack over time. You never know it might hold up and work fine. I admire your creativity and ability to build things that are not easy to do.
I've been watching your content for a while now. And all I can say is every time I get notified that you have posted another video I get real excited. You are an unbelievably talented person. Keep up the great work because I never get tired of watching.
I love this April, very cool. My wife and I love watching your videos. You do a great job of explaining things and with such humor! Thank you for the inspiration! Its due to folks like you that we decided to make our own channel. We normally watch your videos directly on our television since we don't have cable, so we don't typically make comments, but I loved this one so much that I had to jump in. My wife works from home and I bet she would love for me to make this while working so she could watch the goats and chickens while she worked. Thank you. If you have any advice as a new youtuber, I would love to hear it. You rock April! Keep it up. If you ever have a colab coming up, I would be interested in seeing what I could do to join in! Thanks again. -Kenny
You are truly fun to watch and learn things from I wish I had the tool you have to do some of your projects but you have inspired me to rack up bit of debt getting new tool to try new things I love how you attack project ...fearless keep up the good work I'm now a fan..👌
Interesting project and well presented. I noticed you using those brass bars in your saw setup. I use them also, but have found that using aluminum flat stock works even better for most setups, a couple of pieces in the various sizes available will stack up to whatever you need. The big advantage on both router and table saw is to use them in about one foot lengths. There easier to handle then the shorter brass bars and keep your fingers away from blade and bit that can cut even when not moving..
They are a bit pricey but Kreg makes these AWESOME set up bars too. With a view like that I’d move out of the city too! Great project and video as always!!
Great idea, the portion that overhangs the top of deck rail looks like it would probably break off as cedar aged. With your welding skills, that portion would be perfect as 11 gauge plate stock.
This was my first concern as well. It wouldn't take much weight, leaning on the table to cause it to break at the overhang. I think a metal frame with a cosmetic cedar facade would be safer and last longer.
You're quite right Jeffrey. You could just add two strips to the top and back of the hook that go in the opposite direction of the current grain direction.
Cool project, I like the way it looks and how it came out. So I already have a nice outside 'view' table on my back deck but it gave me some useful ideas for another little project on my list. I've been thinking about building a small laptop desk & reading table that will clamp onto the back of my bed's headboard (in much of the same way as your's works with those deck rails) when not in use. THX & love your channel.
Hi April, I love your innovative ideas and your "fearless, take on any project attitude"! (plus you're an Eagles fan, so enough said). Keep up the great work, I look forward to each new project video. Joe
Very nice. Smart idea. I made a similar stand but for fishing on a dock which attaches to the railing. That way all my gear is at railing height and it also has a separate area for cleaning the fish. No more bending and cleaning fish on the concrete etc. Darryl
I love this! what a great built! I hope one day I'll be able to do something like that, for now don't have either the money for the tools or the time to take some lessons on cabinet making but I sure hope in a non so distant future I will! Keep up the good work I love watching your videos!! take care April! Hugs from a Spanish in Ireland!
Very impressive. I'm building a balcony bar that I intend to complete in the next few days. However, mine is hardly as elaborate and impressive as this. I now wonder whether I didn't engineer it properly... It's a first-time design of mine. So we'll see. It is MUCH simpler. But will it work? Soon I'll know. Thanks!
Pretty awesome. I have to say one thing that concerns me is you said you left room for a mouse, but you have the spacing between slats. If it's an optical mouse it may act kind of weird because the mouse relies on a surface underneath it. Might want a small mousepad if the mouse jumps around on you.
Pure genius! Turned out absolutely great. Another touch-down for Wilker-do. Now I just need to make my own, and build a deck/balcony to use it on. Maybe I should do the balcony/deck first so I can get the measure for the "hook".
That was a build even a novice like me could make. Very attractive table with wood selection. I did notice the hole saw on the fence. My luck I would bump my hand into it.
Hi April,
That is an awesome view from your balcony. The CNC carvings really set off the pieces. Excellent job.
Hi, April, My wife and I, enjoy watching your little grey cells in the creative process, what a great idea a balcony desk, for both you and your husband, just genius, great job. We'll be waiting for your next project, thanks for sharing.Blessings! !!!!!!!
: ) Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Nice idea April. Looks great (the views and the desk). You have also learned the secret to justify more shop time, making stuff for your spouse. Kudos April.
love the way you can say "i decided to do so and so because i think it looked pretty", with my 60 +yrs my well 'travelled' face would not lend itself to making that statement on camera, unless it was made with comedic intent ! great work always thinking outside the box. cheers from australia. by the way love the scenery !
One of the most practical builds on the internet today! What a great idea.
Nice design and execution. I can see adapting the design to work off a french cleat for a portable easily moved shop shelf to hold tools, paint pots, hardware, etc.
Especially enjoy your always concise commentary voice over. To the point with clear information about the what, why, and how of your projects.
I love this project! Such great craftsmanship or even better craftswomanship. I could never be productive working outside but some sacrifices to productivity are worth it.
In every video I am amazed by your property! The view and outside areas and the house too seem fantastic. I'd love to see a house tour with some shots from outside!
Best of luck in the not as new anymore house!
Your beautiful complex mind enables your beautiful complex projects!!
What a stunning view. I would definitely be sidetracked especially of a night time with a clear sky and nothin but the stars. Thanks for all the vids love them!
Nice project April, enjoyed watching this project take shape thanks for sharing.
Looks great, just one tip. If you spray the wood with clear coat first before the black you wont get the "bleed" like you did with the black and a lot less sanding too. I make tons of CNC & Laser signs
That's a great solution...thanks!
Super jealous of your office! We don't get views like that around here!! Good tip with planing the cedar 👍
3x3Custom - Tamar what?
Awesome video! One tip - if you plane the board before cutting it, you won't get any snipe on the ends of the smaller lengths. Although, I've forgotten to do so myself plenty of times and ended up putting short boards through the planer as well.
Wonderful job blending your digital world into the beautiful surrounding wilderness. Inspiring as usual, thanks.
Thank you!
Hello, April. Once again you to surprise us with a great job. Congratulations and keep presenting us with these fantastic videos. A big hug from this your friend here in Brazil.
That thing is awesome!! Wow great view! Living in the country is awesome! Great small space for your laptop perfect project thank you for sharing.
Excellent! Love the walnet! Very creative and terrific execution...
Great project! Thanks for showing people that brass bars are really good for setup. I don't use my finger to check, though - just another brass bar on top - especially with router bits. The hilltop views are some of North Texas' very best.
Another creative project well done.
It reminds me of a piece I made years ago for a small barbecue that I wanted to hang on a wrought iron porch railing. It had no legs and I could have used a table but instead I took some scrap half inch stainless steel tubing and bent it to do the same thing as your raiing table does.
Hi April,
I really enjoyed this video. This is a simple and fantastic idea. Unfortunately it really is overshadowed by that amazing view. OMG that is really astonishing!
Wow, what a view! Better than most I have seen in Texas. Hilly areas are always nicer than flatland.
This has to be one of the slickest ideas I have seen in a long time. Props to you
Wow! What a great view! I get to look at my neighbours fence. Great desk, looks like it does the job!
A very cool little desk and a great view! I doubt if I would get much work done with that view. Great video April!
It is very distracting!
Am so envious of your workshop setup April! Great job as always... And what a lovely view. All it needs now is a swing/rocking chair on the porch and a guitar :)
I discovered your videos about a month ago April. You are amazing and such an inspiration and it turns out we are almost like family. Your cousin Micah is our son-in-law.
Keep up the good work. I’m going to my shop and work on Micah’s late birthday gift. Take care.
Ha! What a small world. : ) Give Micah a big hug for me, next you see him. I'm glad you enjoy the content.
Wow what a great idea! You are a woodworking guru! Nice job!
Another great project, April. I have been making something similar for a couple of years, and the "I want one" list keeps growing. Although mine were designed more to hold beverages (of all sorts) I will be dropping the hint to my friends that they could have other, more conventional uses...
I love your builds but your designs are even more impressive. Also the Jackson Browne lyric is fantastic.
: ) Look at you calling out the real writer of the lyrics. Nice, and thank you.
That is a beautiful View! You should move all your tools out to the deck!!! LOL! Chris
Thanks to watching you, Old Tony, Jimmy Diresta and others, have given me the confidence to build a flat pack set of drawers from Ikea. Only managed to swear once, when I put the runners on the wrong way.
Great gift idea Love from Scotland 5* :D
Hi April,
I really admire your genius and skills. keep it up. God bless.
This is a really great idea! I also like the his and hers options as well! Great project!!
Sometimes the best ideas are born while staring across the country, so that might not be too counter productive ;-) Very cool project!
Great job on a cool little shelf and you have great taste in music.
I don’t get how you don’t have more subscribers, you are talented and a great at doing what you do. You set a really high expectation for the rest of us girls
Nice desk. The view from your balcony almost makes me want to move to the Texas hill country.
Love the scenery around your shop. Reminds me a lot of the Coppers Cove area.
You are one of my favorite TH-cam builders. Thanks 🙏
Nice idea, I used your plan and modified it for a work site table/bench to hang off a truck tailgate or open car trunk, with a place for a tool tray and hold fast spots. Please keep up the good ideas and work.
That's really cool and uncomplicated, the value can't be measured in choosing your environment, and what a great environment it is! I've got a vise on my thick 2x6 board topped coffee table & a 32" monitor, and it's where I do most of my work inside. I've also got an outside office set up, under a Walnut Tree I let the branches hang down & shield me from view, but I can see out fine. If I had a perch like yours I'd set up a mount for a 338 Lapua in case there were hogs out there in the distance, that needed dealt with.
: )
I adore my wife but I still have a little crush on April! Every video is awesome! thanks!
Beautiful view ! Hope all is great for you and your family.
Really great project idea! And it just doesn't have to be a laptop workstation; the design can easily be modified to be an artist's workstation or BBQ accessories station. Love the CNC inlay too...braaaap!
Love the videos, love the Texas Hill Country views, both are very inspirational. Thank you!
Simple design yet genius. Thank you for the idea this maybe the muse I need to redo my deck and railing. Really enjoy your videos. Best wishes to you and family
I wish I had a view like that! Great work April🙂
Great job building on building the computer bench. I wonder if you might consider reinforcing the mounting arm with metal or some other means. The pine used to build the hanger has a tendency to shrink and crack over time. You never know it might hold up and work fine. I admire your creativity and ability to build things that are not easy to do.
Your craftsmanship is amazing 😊
I've been watching your content for a while now. And all I can say is every time I get notified that you have posted another video I get real excited. You are an unbelievably talented person. Keep up the great work because I never get tired of watching.
: ) Glad you enjoy the videos and projects.
I love this April, very cool. My wife and I love watching your videos. You do a great job of explaining things and with such humor! Thank you for the inspiration! Its due to folks like you that we decided to make our own channel. We normally watch your videos directly on our television since we don't have cable, so we don't typically make comments, but I loved this one so much that I had to jump in. My wife works from home and I bet she would love for me to make this while working so she could watch the goats and chickens while she worked. Thank you. If you have any advice as a new youtuber, I would love to hear it. You rock April! Keep it up. If you ever have a colab coming up, I would be interested in seeing what I could do to join in! Thanks again. -Kenny
What a great project. That would be a great little side table next to my BBQ grill on my deck. Awesome !!
Wow what a view! A problem solved perfectly too! Keep up the great work 😀
great job! you've sure got all the tools to work with.
I love your view! What a fun project. I love how you mixed the types of wood on this project too.
Very cool project, awesome view. Reminds me of the Texas hill country.
Un proyecto precioso!! Muy muy práctico, saludos desde España
You are truly fun to watch and learn things from I wish I had the tool you have to do some of your projects but you have inspired me to rack up bit of debt getting new tool to try new things I love how you attack project ...fearless keep up the good work I'm now a fan..👌
View is wonderful, lyrics from a song that is so relaxing, that drink mug is awesome :)
Parabéns aprecio o seu capricho e organização do seu espaço e a diversidade de ferramentas que você tem, e suas habilidade com madeira e aço.
Great project. I loved the cnc, I cant wait to finish building mine to add in these touches to my projects. great job April!
Looks like a really beautiful place to work. Love the video
Awesome idea! This will be on my project list when I build a deck someday.
Interesting project and well presented. I noticed you using those brass bars in your saw setup. I use them also, but have found that using aluminum flat stock works even better for most setups, a couple of pieces in the various sizes available will stack up to whatever you need. The big advantage on both router and table saw is to use them in about one foot lengths. There easier to handle then the shorter brass bars and keep your fingers away from blade and bit that can cut even when not moving..
They are a bit pricey but Kreg makes these AWESOME set up bars too. With a view like that I’d move out of the city too! Great project and video as always!!
out of all the lyrics in the world, you some how picked my favorite lines. I already had major respect for you but you just keep adding to it
A very creative build -- LOVE it! Beautiful view too!
Great idea, the portion that overhangs the top of deck rail looks like it would probably break off as cedar aged. With your welding skills, that portion would be perfect as 11 gauge plate stock.
Well I'll see. If it does start to break I'll handle it then.
This was my first concern as well. It wouldn't take much weight, leaning on the table to cause it to break at the overhang. I think a metal frame with a cosmetic cedar facade would be safer and last longer.
Instead of metal, you could turn the grain 90 degrees. Wood is plenty strong for this as long as you go with the grain.
A gusset or rib over the top would also make it much stronger
You're quite right Jeffrey. You could just add two strips to the top and back of the hook that go in the opposite direction of the current grain direction.
Cool project, I like the way it looks and how it came out.
So I already have a nice outside 'view' table on my back deck but it gave me some useful ideas for another little project on my list. I've been thinking about building a small laptop desk & reading table that will clamp onto the back of my bed's headboard (in much of the same way as your's works with those deck rails) when not in use.
THX & love your channel.
Very cool. Now I'll have to build a deck so I can build this hook on desk! Great job as always.
Hi April, I love your innovative ideas and your "fearless, take on any project attitude"! (plus you're an Eagles fan, so enough said). Keep up the great work, I look forward to each new project video.
Joe
So jealous of your workshop and equipment! I have a lot of tools and can build half-decent stuff, but after watching this, I've got a long way to go!
What a view! Beautiful place you have!
Wow! Great idea! I really like the design work that you put into this project. Cedar is a great choice!
Parabéns Aplil, você é muito criativa.
Very nice. Smart idea.
I made a similar stand but for fishing on a dock which attaches to the railing.
That way all my gear is at railing height and it also has a separate area for cleaning the fish.
No more bending and cleaning fish on the concrete etc.
Darryl
I love this! what a great built! I hope one day I'll be able to do something like that, for now don't have either the money for the tools or the time to take some lessons on cabinet making but I sure hope in a non so distant future I will! Keep up the good work I love watching your videos!! take care April! Hugs from a Spanish in Ireland!
That was brilliant! As is your view! Looks like northern New Mexico or southern Colorado.
Great idea! I look forward to these every week. 😀
I’ve been waiting for this!!! THANK YOU for posting!!!! Can’t wait to get started!
: ) glad you like it!
Very impressive. I'm building a balcony bar that I intend to complete in the next few days. However, mine is hardly as elaborate and impressive as this. I now wonder whether I didn't engineer it properly... It's a first-time design of mine. So we'll see. It is MUCH simpler. But will it work? Soon I'll know. Thanks!
Not sure if I like the shelf or the vote more. Amazing job.
You're so talented! Everything is so perfectly done 👌🏽 amazing. A true inspiration. I wish you'd do worshops but you're so far away from my country 😭😭
Nice view and love your cross cut sled, might have to make one of them.
Beautiful view & great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Great work, thanks for taking the time to share
Pretty awesome.
I have to say one thing that concerns me is you said you left room for a mouse, but you have the spacing between slats. If it's an optical mouse it may act kind of weird because the mouse relies on a surface underneath it. Might want a small mousepad if the mouse jumps around on you.
Great job April! Definitely gets my wheels turning with ideas.
That's great to hear. : )
Pure genius! Turned out absolutely great. Another touch-down for Wilker-do. Now I just need to make my own, and build a deck/balcony to use it on. Maybe I should do the balcony/deck first so I can get the measure for the "hook".
: ) Yes, that would probably be the best order of things.
April Wilkerson
😃 😃 😃
Love me some Eagles. Fund to see this videos after watching them come to life in the IG story world. Way to go April .
Great project very creative I like the work you do.
Woaw ! What a view ! I cant understand how you get anyting done at your new home ! I would sit with a empty look in my face 😮 and dream all day ! 😋
: ) Ha, I have to remind myself that to have the view I must work. ; )
another amazing project, well done
Nice job... I can see you have your Priorities in perspective...... Laptop and Coffee, Check... all is GOOD....
Gorgeous view from the porch!
That could be used for anything from a desk to a food tray for the grill.. great idea, thanks for sharing
That was a build even a novice like me could make. Very attractive table with wood selection. I did notice the hole saw on the fence. My luck I would bump my hand into it.
Great project and awesome video. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden
Awesome job and spectacular view!