2024 Tour of a small professional cabinet and furniture makers workshop - Woodshop tour.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- A tour around a small independent furniture and cabinet makers workshop Feb 2024. A look around at what's changed over the last year or two, and what I would like to change going forward. I hope some of you find it interesting.
I really enjoy seeing content from other working shops. This was an excellent tour, and my first of your content. I’m in the US, and though my wife is English, I did not recognize the term “lipping”.
As I said, great video and looking forward to watching more. Subbed.
Thanks very much, I like to see small commercial workshops too. I didn't realise lipping wasn't used in the US, I'll add it to my list of things that make no sense to people across the pond when I say them in videos. 😂😂
Now that is a proper workshop. Great insight into your working life!
Thanks Richard, very much appreciated.
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Awesome job. I'd love to hear more about your vacuum press.
Thank you Collin. I'll get a video on the press up soon showing how it operates and some of the features. We are going to make another for my friend too, so when we do that I'll make a video showing the process of making one if that is of interest.
Thanks again.
Great video mate would love to see a more detailed one on how you went about making that vac press table the retail ones are so expensive.
Hi Richard,
I'll do a little update on it and go through the construction. I probably should have filmed some stuff as I made it, but this was never intended to be the actual press, it was just a test run to see if I could even get it to work/seal before I made the proper thing (hence it's a bit scruffy looking, but matches the general workshop aesthetic😂). But it's worked so well (and I've got so little spare time) that I've just kept it. We are going to make another bigger neater looking one for my mate Jon at some point, so I'll try to film the whole thing when I do that and make a video of its construction for if anyone wants to do the same.
Cheers,
Ben
Great setup! Do you veneer all of your own sheet material or do you still buy pre veneered sheets? Do you mostly just supply kitchens for others to fit? Thanks for the content! I want to see some white paint on them walls before the 2025 tour 😉
Hi Dan,
For carcass material I tend to use pre veneered sheets. But for doors and drawer fronts etc, I'll veneer them up myself. Partly because it means I can have a nice 10mm thick solid lipping, and partly as I can lay out my own grain match through the doors etc. I also normally use 1.5mm veneer for doors and drawers, so it gives you a bit more to sand at and is a bit more durable.
In the past I've mainly fitted my own jobs, but all my work is mainly away (mostly in London), and now I've got a family I don't really want to be working away from home, so I'm starting to transition into supply only, but that presents its own problems too.
I'd like to see some paint on the walls too, but unless there are a lot more primer explosions I can't imagine it happening any time soon 😂😂😂.
Thanks,
Ben.
Hi just wondering
What is your overall square footage?
Cheers Keith
@@keithspencer5368 Hi Keith, overall it's about 1800sqft. That includes the main workshop, paint room, CNC room, office, hallway and toilets. So it's chopped into quite a few bits. Thanks, Ben.
You must do some serious turnover to have a Unit that big in uk
@@paulhands30 the cost in the UK is really variable, if I was in the London area, I would never be able to have a space this size as a one man workshop, but the county I love in is a lot, lot less expensive (for example my house would probably be worth 5x as much if it was within commuting distance of London). So it's far more achievable as a one man shop around here.
Awesome!! Love seeing the shop. What’s your instagram?
Hi,
Thanks very much, it's @chesterandmorriskitchens. I don't post a tonne, I'm about as consistent on there as I am on TH-cam 😂 but I tend to do a few stories of just what's going on in the workshop here and there.
Thanks again,
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Just found your account and started following. 👍