So glad to see a workbench video that shows you don't need thousands of dollars worth of tools to make. Definitely going to make a copy of this in the near future
What have I just watched! I don't think you needed to put at the end "If you like subcribed" What a beautiful build! Outstanding masterclass and excellent choice in music! I was mesmerized! Thank you x 3!!!
@@colt1954 i dont own a planer and a planer costs more than a completed butcher table top so would defeat the money saving aspect of diy if i had to buy planer but i own a router
All I can say is WOW! What you built for yourself to pound on, glue on, and generally abuse in the shop I would be proud to put in my house as a kitchen table. Fantastic work!
Apart from making stuff myself, I don’t think there is anything more satisfying than watching a craftsman going about his work, excellent YouTubing my man.
Will, simply beautiful. I think it might be the nicest 2x4 workbench I have seen made. Loved the use of stacking scrap 2x4s to raise the top piece high enough to slide on top of the legs.
Wore me out just watching time lapse. Can't imagine how many real time hours. Very ambitious project. Beautiful piece of shop furniture that will last many generations.
Exceptional woodworking skill, Matt. Please do a super practical, functional one of these for regular people that don't have all those tools and clamps. An OSB subfloor overlaid with 3/4" plywood and framed with 2x4's with twinned 2x4's for legs all attached with metal angles and attachments secured with bolts, washers and nuts would be easier and faster. Additionally locking wheels on the ends of the legs would be useful for multiple applications. I could have saved money BUYING that table from you. Time, expertise and tools are the limitations for most of us.
I already know that was one heavy sumbitch! I chuckled, not only out of amusement but also out of amazement, at the clever way in which you lifted the tabletop up onto the base. I'll have to keep that in mind when I find myself in the same situation.
There are a lot of workbench videos on YT, but this is one of my favourites. The gentleman here showcases a variety of joinery methods, and proves you do not need a dedicated planer to do so. Drill press, table saw, maybe a vertical planer, and traditional power and hand tools. The vertical planer and jointer bench is nice to have, and a 1/4 the price of a dedicated planer. We're moving, and when we're in the new house, I will build one of these...as a staging point that will include future products, culminating in a small backyard shop, just for woodworking; the bench will come first. Enjoyed this, going to hit replay. I didn't know Allison Becker did woodworking when not in goal for Liverpool!!! LOL!!!
Regularly watch this video, as I find your editing and composition for making videos to be among the best, and this one of yours is one of my favorites. Keep making, keep taking us along, it's worth it!
Very nice video, excellent work and pleasing music. Of course today it would cost too much to be practical, but I can appreciate the density that heavy top would create, even in pine. Where I live our construction 2x4's are spruce, not quite as nice as pine; I understand in the west you can get fir 2 x 4's; they surely are excellent. Your workmanship is advanced and likely beyond the skill of many. Years ago I built an effective variation of this for less money, and much easier to build. I bought a 3/4" 4 x 8 sheet of Good One Side BC Fir plywood (not exactly cheap either), then cut a piece 28" x 64" out of it for a top. I then used the remainder to glue and double up on the underside so that my benchtop was 1 1/2" thick fir plywood. You could still go bigger with the top from that single sheet if you wanted to. I then made the legs and sides out of the spruce 2 x 4s and finished the piece with a varathene, which looked nice and hardened up the wood even more. Still looks great and has served my very well for 30 years.
The slab-flattening techniques and jig alone are priceless. Thank you. (Lemme see now, one to clamp, pound and assemble on. Another, lower one to assemble taller projects on. Another to rebuild engines on and one to reload on. I'm gonna need a bigger shop.)
It's a tough job (for this newbie, at least.) I'm laminating about 15 2x6's and it's not exactly a tea party. Very inspirational and put me right in my place at the back of the room!
That was truly inspirational. I am about to start my workbench build and have watched quite a few videos and most are using tools I can only dream of owning. Yours provided me with an insight on how to use the tools I have and the budget I have to get the job done. Brilliant.
I know my comment is a couple of years late, but for anyone watching this now, there's a great video by Matthias Wandel where he tests the strengths of various wood glues. He proved these foaming glues, like the one being used here, and also like Gorilla Glue form the weakest bonds and were by far the easiest to break apart. I had been using Gorilla clue for nearly everything, and had no idea it actually created such a weak bond. He proved good old fashioned standard wood glue was by far the strongest of glues for bonding wood. Just thought I'd point that out.
As a total noob, this is good to know. A few other craftsmen I follow on here, notably Kobeomusk and Ishitani (spelling may be off), always use the green label Titebond Ultimate so I figured that must be the one to go for. Those two dudes are the absolute best woodworkers I know of. This video was on the same level as those guys. The ingenuity and precision is sexy as fuck. Awesome job.
@@tictac1020 I use Titebond 3 too because it has a slower set up time. Gives me more time to get things straight as a total noob. You have to be aware that it dries pretty dark though.
If it's for wood then I buy whatever glue is on sale, provided it is yellow or white carpenter glue, and is made in the United States. Spread adequately, "place" your clamps properly (don't overtighten), make sure the room is and will stay warm for 12 hours at least.
Polyurethane glues have bond strength of around 3,500 psi, aliphatic resin about 3,600 psi. (Titebond specs for both). If you prepare the material properly and follow manufacturer instructions for clamping they’re both fine.
Your old school tenon skills are amazing. A skill to be proud of. When I lay up my wood laminating, I think I'll cut those tenons in the 2x4s first before gluing. At 74, I no longer have the arms, stamina, or patients for all that chiseling.
Will. I don't think I have seen someone take so much care making a 2x4 workbench. Your work is incredibly precise and clean. I wish I had the ambition, space and tools to make something this elegant. I just cannot say enough about how well you constructed, filmed and edited this video. I would be really interested to see if you put a vise on the bench. Can you tell us how long it took to complete? Thank you again. Great work.
Bruce Brachman thanks heaps for the feedback! It took about 4 weekends on and off when I got time. Yes I put two vices on. An engineering vice on one end and a standard 6" woodworkers vice on the other. You can see them in action in my other videos. Cheers!
Bruce Brachman you said it bro. Now let's dig some holes for those bench dogs, distribute some 7/8 diam. holes, 3/4 and finally some 1/2 inch holes that you'll find very handy when using a wide variety of tools and diferent material bench dogs, even plastic or composite. Hope you can make it accesible for any tipe of job. Thanks sir, awesome build. :D
Bruce, This looks like it could be made with; a drill and drill bit to match some dowel stock, a hand saw, a chisel, a mallet/hammer, a #4 bench plane, and some time. Can't help with the ambition and space issues, though you could make it narrower and shorter in length. It would take longer to flatten the top with the hand plane than the router setup will used, and a forstner bit would be helpful for hogging out the mortises, but they could be chopped all by hand.
Andrew: I have seen other benches made with just hand tools. I could do it. This one is just so beautiful. I would never go to this extent. 4 x 4 legs. 2 x 6 stretchers, plywood top would be my speed.
19 minutes and 43 seconds of my time well spent! Excellent video, though speeded up a wee bit too much at times.. It was great to see the time and effort you put in to create a great finish. I was also extremely impressed to see the use of screws only for the table top fixing. Very inspirational video. Subscribed! :D
Will, you did an excellent job on this bench. Great editing and impressive workmanship. I'd be proud to work on a bench like this. You've inspired me. Thank you!
I have been making my shop benches for years - Flat, true, and square. But never beautiful like this, been looking for an idea to do one for my son out of Maple and re-found this in my stack of I should build this vids. Well done, just well frigging done.
I will make an educated guess here. After putting myself in Will's head for a li'l while, I would bet that he gets just as much satisfaction from knowing that he has inspired 100's of hobby carpenters, as he does from building beautiful, useful projects. Lovely job, Will. Of course I subscribed, cheers mate.
Finally, a DIY video here on TH-cam where the backtrack sound music is almost as good as the video itself. No off-beat stupid techno "music"... Ouch! Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
That bit where the bench top was to heavy for you to lift alone - you stacked wooden blocks to slowly raise the top up - Genius 5⭐'s What a great buld, thanks for sharing
You sir, are a better than average TH-cam wood worker. Almost all of You Tube.....but NOT ALL...."builders" think they have built something awesome and post it for the whole world to see. Some of them just need to think they're good and not video anything and prove to the viewers that they're not (good). You did an EXCELLENT job.....very well done!!!!!!! ....13
Wow that is one Brilliant Workbench Build. I loved watching this build come together from start to finish, this build has to be one of your finest achievements and constructions that you have done, and i am glad that i found this video to watch it. Well Done on an Excellent build. Barry (ENG)
You know what? This is one of the best videos of this kind I've watched. The music isn't annoying rap/pop garbage, there's no "let me repeat this three times because I forgot what I was saying" voice over with stupid jokes, there's no tedium. This is how you present your own implementation of a thing that, if you're watching this video, you just understand and get. Very, very well done video. Thank you for that. Seriously, well done. The build was fun, too, but you should definitely show others how to shoot projects. Well done.
Truly you did some real precision work making the joints. The bench will last a life time. To bad when you work on the bench, it will get marked up.That goes with the job. You can pass this bench down to you family.
10:04 Watching the whole benchtop flex as you plane, I can see why you want a nice, beefy benchtop. And your new benchtop is **plenty** beefy. As are the legs. EDIT: And I love how you use both power tools and hand tools as appropriate (11:32) - classic modern woodworker.
Those of us that do live in areas with tornadoes (I live in Oklahoma City), we go out to our front yards to figure out if we can see the tornado, then we take cover if we have to.
@@jarodmorris611 I dont live in tornado country and dont know the process so Im curious how else you would know whether you need to get to shelter or not? I'd assume even if you heard it on the news and they recommended taking cover you'd still wanna go outside to check and see how close, how big, which direction its headed, etc.
oobaka1967 unrelated think about this you have to dip chicken in an egg wash to fry it. On a farm you literally bathing a chicken in the blood of its children. Just some food for thought no pun intended lol. But I did see that irony as well. If only the old bench knew what was coming.
Matthew Gerwin there is no blood in an unfertilized chicken egg, and it is not a baby chicken. NO BLOOD, NO BABY. Inserting analogy, but wrong at every level.
I built this same table, but I took the extra step of drilling each 2x4 in a jig...4 holes per....and after gluing together, inserting four threaded rods through the width of the table (flat and lock washers/nuts on each end) and tightened to hold and strengthen the table top against any load.
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection th-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
I see plenty that straight at Home Depot. Trick is to get it from behind the front pieces and the. You have about 48 hours to use it before it twists up (seriously).
Making a jig and using a router on the top was unexpected. I would have gone all Paul Sellers and hand planed it for days assuming there was no other way.
I was wondering if he was going to build a runout platform on either end and rent a floor sander. I'd have been half out of my mind listening to a router for that long. He's got grit, that's for sure.
I hate your videos, you make it all look so easy to be good. !!! Do enjoy this workshop though, sawdust just like my garage. Another cracking video full of inspiration.
What an amazing build. I know I will build this and other tables from this idea. Can we purchase or down load plans for this and other pieces you create.
In my experience, you can do it at a Lowes or Home Depot, but you just have to go through them one by one and you need to get them glued up relatively quickly because some of those straight ones are going to start getting twisted up as they dry out.
So glad to see a workbench video that shows you don't need thousands of dollars worth of tools to make. Definitely going to make a copy of this in the near future
What have I just watched! I don't think you needed to put at the end "If you like subcribed" What a beautiful build! Outstanding masterclass and excellent choice in music! I was mesmerized! Thank you x 3!!!
There are some awesome techniques in this video. I love the way he used a router to true the surface of his bench. that alone is worth watching.
right?! I was like man that is a great idea
That to me seemed unnecessary? What's wrong with using a good jack plane
@@colt1954 same reason you have a power planet. This is setup once and just done.
@@colt1954 i dont own a planer and a planer costs more than a completed butcher table top so would defeat the money saving aspect of diy if i had to buy planer but i own a router
That was the most enjoyable 20 minutes I've spent all week. Thanks
Perfect no jibber jabbers ! no obnoxious music ! Good camera work ! Can build this !! .....I wish all tutorials with like this. !!
All I can say is WOW! What you built for yourself to pound on, glue on, and generally abuse in the shop I would be proud to put in my house as a kitchen table. Fantastic work!
BronkBuilt
Apart from making stuff myself, I don’t think there is anything more satisfying than watching a craftsman going about his work, excellent YouTubing my man.
Will, simply beautiful. I think it might be the nicest 2x4 workbench I have seen made. Loved the use of stacking scrap 2x4s to raise the top piece high enough to slide on top of the legs.
Wore me out just watching time lapse. Can't imagine how many real time hours. Very ambitious project. Beautiful piece of shop furniture that will last many generations.
Exceptional woodworking skill, Matt. Please do a super practical, functional one of these for regular people that don't have all those tools and clamps. An OSB subfloor overlaid with 3/4" plywood and framed with 2x4's with twinned 2x4's for legs all attached with metal angles and attachments secured with bolts, washers and nuts would be easier and faster. Additionally locking wheels on the ends of the legs would be useful for multiple applications. I could have saved money BUYING that table from you. Time, expertise and tools are the limitations for most of us.
Will is a living, breathing example of the saying, "if you're gonna do something, do it right". Beautiful job fella.
If you want ti lose your life at the table saw…
There’s nothing more relaxing than watching a good build 👌🏻
Dang! This is a Workbench? Could be a DINING TABLE!!! Fine workmanship!!!
Thank you :)
Mario Araya exactly what I was thinking
LOL i was thingking the same.... not its too good to be used as a workbench....
@@WillMatthews Why oil it and not paint it with a lacquer ? Now it's all greasy and even more flammable.
ahah! I was writing the same comment! :D
I already know that was one heavy sumbitch! I chuckled, not only out of amusement but also out of amazement, at the clever way in which you lifted the tabletop up onto the base. I'll have to keep that in mind when I find myself in the same situation.
There are a lot of workbench videos on YT, but this is one of my favourites. The gentleman here showcases a variety of joinery methods, and proves you do not need a dedicated planer to do so. Drill press, table saw, maybe a vertical planer, and traditional power and hand tools. The vertical planer and jointer bench is nice to have, and a 1/4 the price of a dedicated planer. We're moving, and when we're in the new house, I will build one of these...as a staging point that will include future products, culminating in a small backyard shop, just for woodworking; the bench will come first. Enjoyed this, going to hit replay. I didn't know Allison Becker did woodworking when not in goal for Liverpool!!! LOL!!!
Regularly watch this video, as I find your editing and composition for making videos to be among the best, and this one of yours is one of my favorites. Keep making, keep taking us along, it's worth it!
Nice work! I love the way you lifted the top up to place it by alternating blocks on either end--very clever.
Haha yeah I had no one around to help so had to come up with something! Thanks
It's so nice I fear you'll be devastated when you slip your first chisel into it. Good job. Throughly enjoyed watching you work.
Correction, it's nice to finally mess up the finish on a work piece meant as a tool. You can finally stop worrying about messing it up.
Now all you need is a Wooden Bench Clamp/Vise!
WOW... That turned out BEAUTIFUL!!!👍
Very nice video, excellent work and pleasing music. Of course today it would cost too much to be practical, but I can appreciate the density that heavy top would create, even in pine. Where I live our construction 2x4's are spruce, not quite as nice as pine; I understand in the west you can get fir 2 x 4's; they surely are excellent. Your workmanship is advanced and likely beyond the skill of many. Years ago I built an effective variation of this for less money, and much easier to build. I bought a 3/4" 4 x 8 sheet of Good One Side BC Fir plywood (not exactly cheap either), then cut a piece 28" x 64" out of it for a top. I then used the remainder to glue and double up on the underside so that my benchtop was 1 1/2" thick fir plywood. You could still go bigger with the top from that single sheet if you wanted to. I then made the legs and sides out of the spruce 2 x 4s and finished the piece with a varathene, which looked nice and hardened up the wood even more. Still looks great and has served my very well for 30 years.
I have never enjoyed an Irish whiskey so much watching a true craftsman at his work. where were you when they built the Titanic. Cheers from Australia
That router jig was genius, can't believe I haven't seen it before. Also fantastic work on the joinery man you rock.
Basically a mobile planer
The slab-flattening techniques and jig alone are priceless. Thank you. (Lemme see now, one to clamp, pound and assemble on. Another, lower one to assemble taller projects on. Another to rebuild engines on and one to reload on. I'm gonna need a bigger shop.)
"I'm gonna need a bigger shop" - the classic Woodworker's Lament. I hear you, bro. I hear you.
Now their is a man who knows what he is doing well done sir Good luck from Ireland
Normally I don't like instructional videos without talking, but this one was awesome. Well done.
Amazing to watch ! I've only recently taken an interest in woodworking and this has given me some useful ideas. Love the finished product.
It's a tough job (for this newbie, at least.) I'm laminating about 15 2x6's and it's not exactly a tea party. Very inspirational and put me right in my place at the back of the room!
That was truly inspirational. I am about to start my workbench build and have watched quite a few videos and most are using tools I can only dream of owning. Yours provided me with an insight on how to use the tools I have and the budget I have to get the job done. Brilliant.
I know my comment is a couple of years late, but for anyone watching this now, there's a great video by Matthias Wandel where he tests the strengths of various wood glues. He proved these foaming glues, like the one being used here, and also like Gorilla Glue form the weakest bonds and were by far the easiest to break apart. I had been using Gorilla clue for nearly everything, and had no idea it actually created such a weak bond. He proved good old fashioned standard wood glue was by far the strongest of glues for bonding wood. Just thought I'd point that out.
As a total noob, this is good to know. A few other craftsmen I follow on here, notably Kobeomusk and Ishitani (spelling may be off), always use the green label Titebond Ultimate so I figured that must be the one to go for. Those two dudes are the absolute best woodworkers I know of.
This video was on the same level as those guys. The ingenuity and precision is sexy as fuck. Awesome job.
This answers my question. I was wondering what kind of glue goes on brown and dries white.
@@tictac1020 I use Titebond 3 too because it has a slower set up time. Gives me more time to get things straight as a total noob. You have to be aware that it dries pretty dark though.
If it's for wood then I buy whatever glue is on sale, provided it is yellow or white carpenter glue, and is made in the United States. Spread adequately, "place" your clamps properly (don't overtighten), make sure the room is and will stay warm for 12 hours at least.
Polyurethane glues have bond strength of around 3,500 psi, aliphatic resin about 3,600 psi. (Titebond specs for both). If you prepare the material properly and follow manufacturer instructions for clamping they’re both fine.
Making that router sled and using it to true the top is the best tip. Thanks for sharing
This was so mesmerizing I forgot what I was even watching halfway through. I was just watching to watch.
That bench is built like a TANK!! Well made!
waste of time.
@@MrJustliketht so is your life
mitch denner don’t be butt hurt, it is completely a waste of time to make it this way.
@@MrJustliketht said the guy with no life
mitch denner define how I have “ no life” silly rabbit.
Stunning!!! I'm in serious disbelief that anyone would give a thumbs down to this video, they must be overly jealous.
I gave one and you can read my explanation that I posted.
Your old school tenon skills are amazing. A skill to be proud of. When I lay up my wood laminating, I think I'll cut those tenons in the 2x4s first before gluing. At 74, I no longer have the arms, stamina, or patients for all that chiseling.
After all that work - I would be afraid to do any work on that bench!
It's a thing of beauty. ❤
Will. I don't think I have seen someone take so much care making a 2x4 workbench. Your work is incredibly precise and clean. I wish I had the ambition, space and tools to make something this elegant. I just cannot say enough about how well you constructed, filmed and edited this video. I would be really interested to see if you put a vise on the bench. Can you tell us how long it took to complete? Thank you again. Great work.
Bruce Brachman thanks heaps for the feedback! It took about 4 weekends on and off when I got time. Yes I put two vices on. An engineering vice on one end and a standard 6" woodworkers vice on the other. You can see them in action in my other videos. Cheers!
What a pleasure to watch. Keep it up.
Bruce Brachman you said it bro. Now let's dig some holes for those bench dogs, distribute some 7/8 diam. holes, 3/4 and finally some 1/2 inch holes that you'll find very handy when using a wide variety of tools and diferent material bench dogs, even plastic or composite. Hope you can make it accesible for any tipe of job. Thanks sir, awesome build. :D
Bruce,
This looks like it could be made with; a drill and drill bit to match some dowel stock, a hand saw, a chisel, a mallet/hammer, a #4 bench plane, and some time. Can't help with the ambition and space issues, though you could make it narrower and shorter in length.
It would take longer to flatten the top with the hand plane than the router setup will used, and a forstner bit would be helpful for hogging out the mortises, but they could be chopped all by hand.
Andrew: I have seen other benches made with just hand tools. I could do it. This one is just so beautiful. I would never go to this extent. 4 x 4 legs. 2 x 6 stretchers, plywood top would be my speed.
19 minutes and 43 seconds of my time well spent! Excellent video, though speeded up a wee bit too much at times.. It was great to see the time and effort you put in to create a great finish. I was also extremely impressed to see the use of screws only for the table top fixing.
Very inspirational video.
Subscribed! :D
square drive screws,,,, 2nd only to sliced bread :-))
Will, you did an excellent job on this bench. Great editing and impressive workmanship. I'd be proud to work on a bench like this. You've inspired me. Thank you!
*Craftship (less sexist)
I have been making my shop benches for years - Flat, true, and square. But never beautiful like this, been looking for an idea to do one for my son out of Maple and re-found this in my stack of I should build this vids. Well done, just well frigging done.
The most difficult part is flattening the top using the router. It may look easy here, but that is beyond my skill level. Job well done !
This was so therapeutic to watch! Also, looks like a good sturdy work table!
Leticia Hoskins Lol, right?! I loved the music almost as much as the table!
That tables a beast.good build.old school mortise and tenon work.
I’ve never seen anyone use a router to plain wood before. That’s a very interesting method. You learn something new everyday
I will make an educated guess here. After putting myself in Will's head for a li'l while, I would bet that he gets just as much satisfaction from knowing that he has inspired 100's of hobby carpenters, as he does from building beautiful, useful projects.
Lovely job, Will. Of course I subscribed, cheers mate.
Finally, a DIY video here on TH-cam where the backtrack sound music is almost as good as the video itself.
No off-beat stupid techno "music"... Ouch!
Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
That bit where the bench top was to heavy for you to lift alone - you stacked wooden blocks to slowly raise the top up - Genius 5⭐'s What a great buld, thanks for sharing
Just love how you got creative in the joints. Looks amazing. Keep the creative ideas coming.
I love the smell of linseed oil. A project this size, covered in linseed oil would make my entire shop smell wonderful.
Doing with all 2x4 and the router is a real labour of passion.
You sir, are a better than average TH-cam wood worker. Almost all of You Tube.....but NOT ALL...."builders" think they have built something awesome and post it for the whole world to see. Some of them just need to think they're good and not video anything and prove to the viewers that they're not (good).
You did an EXCELLENT job.....very well done!!!!!!!
....13
I really appreciate the kind words arkansas13, thanks
RedRumPres
I use to think I was pretty good, so much for that silly idea. Pretty amazing work, you are a true craftsman.
Wow that is one Brilliant Workbench Build. I loved watching this build come together from start to finish, this build has to be one of your finest achievements and constructions that you have done, and i am glad that i found this video to watch it.
Well Done on an Excellent build.
Barry (ENG)
Thanks Barry :)
stop it, Barry, you're embarrassing yourself.
That work bench will last a few lifetimes......Solid as......Good work mate 👊
You know what? This is one of the best videos of this kind I've watched. The music isn't annoying rap/pop garbage, there's no "let me repeat this three times because I forgot what I was saying" voice over with stupid jokes, there's no tedium. This is how you present your own implementation of a thing that, if you're watching this video, you just understand and get. Very, very well done video. Thank you for that. Seriously, well done. The build was fun, too, but you should definitely show others how to shoot projects. Well done.
Damn you sound like a whiny hard to please crybaby. I'd have your mother whip you up a glass of warm milk, but shes with me. The music still sucks
She's a beauty. Love your technique. I want one just like this.
5:18 I like how you stop for a second like "Okay, now how the hell do I move this beast?" lol
The music makes me feel like I'm playing Toa Tahu's level in the mask of light Bionicle game.
(Awesome build too)
What a fucking blast from the past, I haven't heard of Bionicles in nearly 20 years hahaha
"Ah I see your a man of culture as well"
Good job ZNA, keep fighting the anticlause.
Or Super Mario Sunshine
I get Diablo 2 Lut Gholein vibes
Truly you did some real precision work making the joints. The bench will last a life time. To bad when you work on the bench, it will get marked up.That goes with the job. You can pass this bench down to you family.
Wow, I wish I was 1/8th this intelligent. Amazing work, you are very fortunate to be able to do that kind of work.
Wow,is all I can say. Mad props for some great skills.
10:04 Watching the whole benchtop flex as you plane, I can see why you want a nice, beefy benchtop. And your new benchtop is **plenty** beefy. As are the legs.
EDIT: And I love how you use both power tools and hand tools as appropriate (11:32) - classic modern woodworker.
That was a damn fine job. Really good.
I like watching a craftsman making a project, It gives the rest of us confidence in our next build!
Watching this in September 2021….my knee jerk reaction is HOLY CRAP! YOU MUST BE RICH! Nice job my man….cheers from Ontario!
Don't know if you live in an area that gets tornadoes, but if one was coming, I'd hide under that workbench!
+Steve Brame Haha, nice alternative use!
He must be from Australia or NZ, looking at the power sockets
Those of us that do live in areas with tornadoes (I live in Oklahoma City), we go out to our front yards to figure out if we can see the tornado, then we take cover if we have to.
Steve Brame hahaha right
@@jarodmorris611 I dont live in tornado country and dont know the process so Im curious how else you would know whether you need to get to shelter or not? I'd assume even if you heard it on the news and they recommended taking cover you'd still wanna go outside to check and see how close, how big, which direction its headed, etc.
incredible piece of workable art.
jsj
I wish I had your talent! Great Job
Way too much talent for such a limited space. I’m sending a prayer for you to receive a bigger shop.
I am so glad to see you using a piece of wood to safely push the wood through your table saw. great job on the project
everytime you lent over the table saw, I was: Aaaaaaaaah. But nice Table!!!! Well done
I like so much this proyect. Saludos desde Uruguay, sud América!
This was such a joy to watch, thank you!
you make those joints look so easy...thats year of experience right there...nice work
I agree 100% on making my own 2x4 top like that beast!
But I couldn't do projects on that beautiful
Dining room table.
That's quite a showpiece!
i was so glad i saw the orbital sander after a short glimpse of a belt sander. that thing can ruin a flat surface in no time. :)
Yeah I really cringed when I saw the belt sander come out... I learned about THOSE the hard way...lol
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you make joints like how i roll them lol. pure masterclass
I felt kind of sad that the old bench was helping you create its replacement :(
Liked and subscribed.
oobaka1967 unrelated think about this you have to dip chicken in an egg wash to fry it. On a farm you literally bathing a chicken in the blood of its children. Just some food for thought no pun intended lol. But I did see that irony as well. If only the old bench knew what was coming.
Matthew Gerwin there is no blood in an unfertilized chicken egg, and it is not a baby chicken. NO BLOOD, NO BABY. Inserting analogy, but wrong at every level.
you missed the point!
Shelby, I feel your passion on this subject is somehow linked to your thoughts on the abortion debate...
Happens in my shop all the time. And I do get the same feeling :(
People are crazy. Who would dislike this video. Great video and content.
Well, I guess I'd better go get some timber and get busy with the tools. Your bench puts mine to shame ! Good job Will
damn, nice work! thank you so much for the video and hard work!
That is so cool and beautiful.
My coffee went cold as I was watching! Didn't get one sip!! :( haha
😂 mine too... Just had to reheat, LOL
That table is nicer than my kitchen table.
That is not a work bench, it is a work of art. Nice Job
Thank you Will .
Found your clip at the best possible time , I'm building my retirement work shop at the moment , your bench is truly masterful.
I built this same table, but I took the extra step of drilling each 2x4 in a jig...4 holes per....and after gluing together, inserting four threaded rods through the width of the table (flat and lock washers/nuts on each end) and tightened to hold and strengthen the table top against any load.
waouh super interesting and inspiring video
that's a nice looking workbench :D
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Although it’s an amazing workbench I would take this into my house and use it as a dining table because I wouldn’t want anything to happen to it.
Awesome craftmanship. Everything was done to perfection. Having the right tools makes all the difference in the world.
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection th-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
Fine workmanship goes hand in hand with fine tools, the Ozito Mitre Saw!
We’re the hell did you find that many 2x4’s that straight?
obviously home depot. not. planer.
Definitely not home Depot. You can buy a bunk and only get maybe ten of them straight and true.
I see plenty that straight at Home Depot. Trick is to get it from behind the front pieces and the. You have about 48 hours to use it before it twists up (seriously).
In Queensland, Australia.
Making a jig and using a router on the top was unexpected. I would have gone all Paul Sellers and hand planed it for days assuming there was no other way.
+Kilty MacBagpipe yeah no, not keen on planing that by hand!
I was wondering if he was going to build a runout platform on either end and rent a floor sander. I'd have been half out of my mind listening to a router for that long. He's got grit, that's for sure.
That was when I hit the like button. It was inevitable, but that was the tipping point.
It’s a great method for flattening live edge slabs.
I rented an electric hand plane to do mine - it did a pretty good job. That router rig was an unexpected solution.
this guy looks like he knows what he is doing.
Outstanding execution with only 2x4s!
What a delight. Pure delight, and the real genius? Makes me want to try it myself!
I hate your videos, you make it all look so easy to be good. !!!
Do enjoy this workshop though, sawdust just like my garage.
Another cracking video full of inspiration.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm just like everyone else trying to get along, learn, and make some stuff in the process! Cheers
What an amazing build. I know I will build this and other tables from this idea. Can we purchase or down load plans for this and other pieces you create.
Good Job Will. You got a new subscriber👍
+SAWBLADE PROJECTS thanks!
Ditto!
Great job
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i made a bench too just like some advice on youtube please
Great video and example of a lesser priced alternative to still get the job done!
It’s too high!! Lol, nice work fella! Love the care and skill put into that. Pride in your work.
Where did you buy those 2x4s? Rarely do I find them without wrapping, cupping, or twisting.
In my experience, you can do it at a Lowes or Home Depot, but you just have to go through them one by one and you need to get them glued up relatively quickly because some of those straight ones are going to start getting twisted up as they dry out.