I love how you recessed the wheels, used dovetails, took the time to use recycled wood, made a video for us, but when it came time to fill the drawer....plop...Organized! lol
I always watch your videos Matthias, because no matter how boring the project may sound, there is always something innovative in them. Nice job with those wheels! Thanks for the video!
I remember when having dove tails joins was a sign of high end stuff, never thought I'd see it in the same project with "ply wood I pulled from the garbage" :) - love your videos
Your videos are really inspiring. I always loved wood work, growing up with the forest at the end of the garden. Also my grandfather was a carpenter so got a lot of inspiration from him. Unfortunately I live in a small flat on Amsterdam now, so no room for any heavy and complicated stuff. But I think I will have a go at your 'under bed' drawers. Looks fantastic. Mike
This video reminded me of a bed that my grandfather made when I was a kid (40 years ago). He had built a bed for a guest room in their house. They often had company and needed another bed but there was not room for one so like this under-bed storage he made a roll-away bed that rolled under the other one. Great video
That is just what i like from Mathias. He goes from the most complicated proyect to something useful and simple as this. Every one can learn from him. Love it!
Your projects have always been terrific from a woodworking perspective, but your filmmaking skills have also increased dramatically. This one is really funny!
That's the way a real man organizes! I've had a wire drawer my whole life, the wife keeps trying to organize it, I think she has given up cause it always goes back to the way it should be! Great video Matthias!
Hey man, just wanted to let you know that as an aspiring engineer, you are a great inspiration. I watch your videos and get hyped, i want to build stuff and find solutions to problems like you do. God bless and i hope you have many many more years of tinkering.
What came to my mind watching this video other than, "Damn I want to go build something", was "this is true Yankee craftsmanship". I grew up watching New Yankee Workshop, loved that show and still do, but there wasn't much Yankee in it. The Yankee part is building something new out of something old, from old bits and pieces and here is where Matthias excels. Keep the vids coming Matthias!
Your projects are so awesome in their practicality and simplicity but detail -- oh boy. The materials you use, man I love it, you're like MacGyver that makes useful things. I could watch your videos all day (and have). Please, never stop.
I have planned to make a couple of drawers for my daughter's room. I was abusing both of my brain cells trying to come up with a good wheel system until I found this. Thanks Matthias!
preske 10 usb cables is nothing. Luckily I'm a 5 minute drive away from a Best Buy and you can bring in stuff and they supposedly recycle it. Even if they don't actually and it all ends up in the garbage, I've got some peace of mind that I tried. Just last week I brought in 2 old printers, a monitor that got wrecked by a power surge, and a hefty bag full of all kinds of cables, thing had to be 30 pounds at least. Before that,under my bed was basically like the mess he put in that drawer, only I didn't have a drawer.
good stuff there Mr. Wandel........... that dovetail machines pretty darn magnificent........... I always feel like a caveman when I watch your clips............ cause I do most of my work by hand...........
Hi Matthais, I'm new to woodworking and youtube. LOVE your shop and videos! It's mesmerizing some of the things you and others do with wood. Looking forward to lots of my own sawdust! THANKS
LOL! It would have been better if you had used a shovel to put the wires in the drawer. I have to agree about gluing the bottom. I would have free floated the bottom in a slot. Nice video!
The slot is a major weakness. Gluing it works prefectly well, the rate of expansion of plywood is the same as the wood along the long grain, so there's no issue with wood movement.
Matthias Wandel That's something I'd like to see you prove as part of one of your experiment videos--I've seen drawer after drawer built with the slot method, and have never heard any concerns over "weakness..." I'd be interested to see which method is actually stronger.
Matthias Wandel I think that gluing the bottom on like you did is stronger and yields more drawer space. Here in North Carolina we get a lot of movement in the wood from season to season. I like the glue on method better but I would like to see the method proven. Now that I think about it I realized that I have made tote trays that are built just like your drawer and they have stayed together for 30 years. (They are all plywood.)
I have never had issues with the slots breaking, but I have had time and time again the drawer bottom bowing and eventually falling out of the slot because of the free-floating and undersized aspect.
Beautifully made. I dream of a workshop like that! I have used some drawers from old desks and cabinets that already have small wheels on the runners either side. Underneath my bottom kitchen cupboards, I've reduced the kickplates by a few mm and fitted some thin magnetic plates to the rear so they can be easily removed. The old drawers live behind the kickplates for loads of extra storage. Peace
thank goodness for Ikea, dumpster diving and roller skate discards. Might be fun to catalog your projects that were possible because of these resources.
Still would like to see you making that daybed :D Also, I organize my stuff exactly like it - if you can't see it, I call it tidy. But in my case, it is mostly paper notes and stuff like it.
1. Plywood doesn't really swell & contract. 2. The bottom, back and side are part of the wheel well. 3. Floating the bottom would rob you of vertical space. 4. Tight against the floor prevents clutter or things that like to hide. 5. The bottom of sides, front and back won't fray or split from heavy use. 6. Sides, front and back swelling/shrinking/warping from humidity is negligible since it isn't fitting in a drawer space. 7. Matthias Rocks!
Matthias, you are either a genius or a mere mortal. I just wonder where your mind goes when you lay down to go to sleep. It probably doesn't let you get much rest. That said; you are my main horse if you never win another race..
Same way I organize!! I think too myself, maybe I should go through it. No just hide it under the bed in a big drawer. :) always enjoy your vids, thanks.
Nice! Good way to make use of that wasted space under the bed. A few comments. 1.) Bumpers at the back of the drawer to keep it from banging into the wall? Would be a good addition. 2.) Gluing the panel into the bottom of the drawer was probably not the best idea due to wood movement. If you have any kind of seasonal humidity changes, this joint will fail and the wood will split, especially since you have a cross grain glue joint. But, as this is indoors, you may get away with it for a while. Other areas of the country will not. Better to use a dado and capture the drawer bottom in that to allow wood movement. You lose some storage, but at least the joint doesn't fail. 3.) I like your use of inline skate wheels here. You can pick these up cheap at yard / garage sales during the summer. Thrift stores generally jack the price way up for something like this. You can also use skateboard wheels. Just size the opening to fit.
1. A great addition 2. There are screws in the joint as well. So even if the glue fails, the screws are still going to hold it in place. 3. Skateboard wheels would work but because they're so small the wheel wells would need to go on the bottom instead of inside, which would mean the unit would have to be taller and not fit under the bed.
So, all I need is many thousands of dollars worth of power tools and machining equipment and to know how to do it (because this video is about as instructional as a bag of hammers). Fantastic.
He made a video on how much all of his equipment costs, which isn't even close to being thousands of dollars. This video isn't really supposed to be instructional anyway; his channel is a monument to his website (woodgears.ca/) which goes into more detail of his builds. But if you had half a brain you would know that (because your comment is about as constructive as a bag of hammers).
Matthias. You are my favorite Canadian. Actually, no. 2 sorry. My favorite was the young lady who helped get us into our hotel room early in Montreal after Delta A/L messed up our whole day/night of travel from south Florida. mars1952 is spot on as well.
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I love how you recessed the wheels, used dovetails, took the time to use recycled wood, made a video for us, but when it came time to fill the drawer....plop...Organized! lol
I always watch your videos Matthias, because no matter how boring the project may sound, there is always something innovative in them. Nice job with those wheels! Thanks for the video!
+1
Was like "huh, another under-bed thing..." and then " this guy is a genius".
I really think you should put some googly eyes on your push sticks so they look like red helper fish.
"Organized!" *Thumbs up*
Why does TH-cam let me like this vid only once???
I remember when having dove tails joins was a sign of high end stuff, never thought I'd see it in the same project with "ply wood I pulled from the garbage" :)
- love your videos
Your videos are really inspiring. I always loved wood work, growing up with the forest at the end of the garden. Also my grandfather was a carpenter so got a lot of inspiration from him. Unfortunately I live in a small flat on Amsterdam now, so no room for any heavy and complicated stuff. But I think I will have a go at your 'under bed' drawers. Looks fantastic.
Mike
You organized that bunch of wires just like I would have! Hahaha
:)
This video reminded me of a bed that my grandfather made when I was a kid (40 years ago). He had built a bed for a guest room in their house. They often had company and needed another bed but there was not room for one so like this under-bed storage he made a roll-away bed that rolled under the other one. Great video
That is just what i like from Mathias. He goes from the most complicated proyect to something useful and simple as this. Every one can learn from him. Love it!
*Throws junk in under-bed drawer* "Organized!" *Thumbs up*
I like his dorky humor. Doesn't hide it either, which is why I like it.
I also like the way you made the wheel wells.
You are the greatest, that slid you did on the finished drawer made me so happy
I gave it a thumbs up for organization...lol. Very neat design.
Your projects have always been terrific from a woodworking perspective, but your filmmaking skills have also increased dramatically. This one is really funny!
That's the way a real man organizes! I've had a wire drawer my whole life, the wife keeps trying to organize it, I think she has given up cause it always goes back to the way it should be! Great video Matthias!
I could watch you work all day! Very efficient... Well done sir!
Hey man, just wanted to let you know that as an aspiring engineer, you are a great inspiration. I watch your videos and get hyped, i want to build stuff and find solutions to problems like you do. God bless and i hope you have many many more years of tinkering.
What came to my mind watching this video other than, "Damn I want to go build something", was "this is true Yankee craftsmanship". I grew up watching New Yankee Workshop, loved that show and still do, but there wasn't much Yankee in it. The Yankee part is building something new out of something old, from old bits and pieces and here is where Matthias excels. Keep the vids coming Matthias!
I LOVED that show :) and yes, Matthias's 'this came from the trash' builds are awesome :)
Haha I love it when you ride the drawer! Great project too, If we didn't have a Divan base bed I would totally be building these.
Your projects are so awesome in their practicality and simplicity but detail -- oh boy. The materials you use, man I love it, you're like MacGyver that makes useful things. I could watch your videos all day (and have). Please, never stop.
Last scene, made my day. :))
Ah, your videos are a joy to watch.
I have no interest in woodworks but you make it seem so interesting.
damn
Love the workshop tomfoolery underbed drawer product and quality control test.
You and steve ramsey always have the best idees great way to store .last week i raised my bed to make more storage space for my junk
I love how thrifty you are with wood.
That is an interesting organization method. Just build a door from scrap wood and old roller skate wheels and slid it out of sight. Brilliant.
organized lol
great idea Mat any problems with tear out on the dovetail jig
All the Best Robbie
I like this kind of "problem + wood = solution"-videos. For advanced experiments with inertia I recommend a second racing-drawer ;)
I cant get enough of your videos sir..Amazing work u do. I have watched all your videos over a course of a few weeks.
I have planned to make a couple of drawers for my daughter's room. I was abusing both of my brain cells trying to come up with a good wheel system until I found this. Thanks Matthias!
I've never seen someone do floating shelves like this and I love it! These will be going up in my house soon. 2:29
Lol... the most effective and creative and efficient woodworking I ever admire! Thanks man.
always a pleasure to watch your videos Matt
Man that dove tail joint is a thing of beauty!
Genius again. Thank God your Canadian. Just can't help but laugh at your fun projects and your sense of humor. Bravo Canuk
Looks organised to me!! Great job with the wheels, now where to find some inline skates...
Glad to see that I'm not the only one with tons of excess computer peripherals. Yet we all keep the stuff. ..
preske
10 usb cables is nothing. Luckily I'm a 5 minute drive away from a Best Buy and you can bring in stuff and they supposedly recycle it. Even if they don't actually and it all ends up in the garbage, I've got some peace of mind that I tried. Just last week I brought in 2 old printers, a monitor that got wrecked by a power surge, and a hefty bag full of all kinds of cables, thing had to be 30 pounds at least. Before that,under my bed was basically like the mess he put in that drawer, only I didn't have a drawer.
very smooth! much organized! such fun! wow
good stuff there Mr. Wandel........... that dovetail machines pretty darn magnificent........... I always feel like a caveman when I watch your clips............ cause I do most of my work by hand...........
I always love it when builders reuse material.
Hi Matthais, I'm new to woodworking and youtube. LOVE your shop and videos! It's mesmerizing some of the things you and others do with wood. Looking forward to lots of my own sawdust! THANKS
very organized'm in need of a drawer that.Nice work Matthias.
Love your work. Especially the concealed wheels
Hahahaha... "organized"! Nice final touch, there!
A good project to test the dovetail template.
Keep the awsome work, man!
Cheers!
Very cool solution with the wheels, smooth running.
Awesome! My daughter asked if I could make her this just the other day. Perfect timing - thanks!
Different sized zip lock bags are excellent for keeping cables/computer hardware separate.
Matthias, the first to achieve man's ancient dream of riding a drawer. :-p
A true Wandel project has to involve repurposed junk. You can't just go buy new lumber.
I love all your videos Matthias. Keep em coming.
I've decided you are as big a nut as I am! Riding the shelf and your organization techniques. Lmbo!
LOL! It would have been better if you had used a shovel to put the wires in the drawer. I have to agree about gluing the bottom. I would have free floated the bottom in a slot. Nice video!
The slot is a major weakness. Gluing it works prefectly well, the rate of expansion of plywood is the same as the wood along the long grain, so there's no issue with wood movement.
Matthias Wandel That's something I'd like to see you prove as part of one of your experiment videos--I've seen drawer after drawer built with the slot method, and have never heard any concerns over "weakness..." I'd be interested to see which method is actually stronger.
Matthias Wandel
I think that gluing the bottom on like you did is stronger and yields more drawer space. Here in North Carolina we get a lot of movement in the wood from season to season. I like the glue on method better but I would like to see the method proven. Now that I think about it I realized that I have made tote trays that are built just like your drawer and they have stayed together for 30 years. (They are all plywood.)
I have never had issues with the slots breaking, but I have had time and time again the drawer bottom bowing and eventually falling out of the slot because of the free-floating and undersized aspect.
Beautifully made. I dream of a workshop like that!
I have used some drawers from old desks and cabinets that already have small wheels on the runners either side. Underneath my bottom kitchen cupboards, I've reduced the kickplates by a few mm and fitted some thin magnetic plates to the rear so they can be easily removed. The old drawers live behind the kickplates for loads of extra storage. Peace
the idea with rollers is genious
thank goodness for Ikea, dumpster diving and roller skate discards. Might be fun to catalog your projects that were possible because of these resources.
My wife needs those in every room. Great idea with the wheels.
Hey, we have the same organization method! =) I like the idea of using inline wheels. Seems to run really smooth.
I always enjoy seeing inventive and/or creative ways or recycling things. This is fantastic.
very nice build, cool idea with the wheels. and when you took the drawer for a ride, i LOLed a little... thanks! :-)
Your computer cable collection is organized like mine!
You never stop amazing me with your creative solutions! The wheel mounting is something I will use. Well done as always!
Great ideas as usual. I keep telling my wife how much "organized" I am and she doesn't believe it. I'll show her this video...
i love you and what you do . very inspiring !
greetings from Germany :)
I love how you can recycle stuff into useful items.
6:45 "organized" 👍 made me smile hah 😆
"Organized." LOL, best quote of the year.
Still would like to see you making that daybed :D Also, I organize my stuff exactly like it - if you can't see it, I call it tidy. But in my case, it is mostly paper notes and stuff like it.
Nice video thought! I think the next step is... well never mind I think the cables are as well "organized" as they could.
Ed
1. Plywood doesn't really swell & contract.
2. The bottom, back and side are part of the wheel well.
3. Floating the bottom would rob you of vertical space.
4. Tight against the floor prevents clutter or things that like to hide.
5. The bottom of sides, front and back won't fray or split from heavy use.
6. Sides, front and back swelling/shrinking/warping from humidity is negligible since it isn't fitting in a drawer space.
7. Matthias Rocks!
you never fail to amaze thank you for sharing perry
Good project.. especially the reuse of old shelves and the wheel from the rollerblade. The cleaning however xD Out of sight out of mind.. xD
LOL!!! I was wondering what is all that mess! :) Good video! Neat repurpose of items and wood!
Matthias, you are either a genius or a mere mortal. I just wonder where your mind goes when you lay down to go to sleep. It probably doesn't let you get much rest. That said; you are my main horse if you never win another race..
Everything you make is amazing!, great job!
Same way I organize!! I think too myself, maybe I should go through it. No just hide it under the bed in a big drawer. :) always enjoy your vids, thanks.
That little machine of yours is so bad ass!
Organized!
Clever wheel idea, much more satisfactory than tiny castors.
I love his way of organization!!! 😂😂
He'd make a remarkable Columbo villain!
Great video, Matthias!
Hey, that's the same organizational system I use lol
Nice! Good way to make use of that wasted space under the bed. A few comments.
1.) Bumpers at the back of the drawer to keep it from banging into the wall? Would be a good addition.
2.) Gluing the panel into the bottom of the drawer was probably not the best idea due to wood movement. If you have any kind of seasonal humidity changes, this joint will fail and the wood will split, especially since you have a cross grain glue joint. But, as this is indoors, you may get away with it for a while. Other areas of the country will not. Better to use a dado and capture the drawer bottom in that to allow wood movement. You lose some storage, but at least the joint doesn't fail.
3.) I like your use of inline skate wheels here. You can pick these up cheap at yard / garage sales during the summer. Thrift stores generally jack the price way up for something like this. You can also use skateboard wheels. Just size the opening to fit.
1. A great addition
2. There are screws in the joint as well. So even if the glue fails, the screws are still going to hold it in place.
3. Skateboard wheels would work but because they're so small the wheel wells would need to go on the bottom instead of inside, which would mean the unit would have to be taller and not fit under the bed.
I agree with gluing the board. I've had way too many drawers that were slotted and the bottom board bent and gave way when loaded with heavy items..
Another great work!!
another nice project video, thanks matthias.
Thats how i would make it , when Steve was talking about the one he made a few weeks back . cheers
nice project. funny.. really nice shop and tools. drawer needs some bumpers in the back.
So, all I need is many thousands of dollars worth of power tools and machining equipment and to know how to do it (because this video is about as instructional as a bag of hammers). Fantastic.
He made a video on how much all of his equipment costs, which isn't even close to being thousands of dollars. This video isn't really supposed to be instructional anyway; his channel is a monument to his website (woodgears.ca/) which goes into more detail of his builds. But if you had half a brain you would know that (because your comment is about as constructive as a bag of hammers).
Love the ending!
that was a great infomercial ending!
I hope you never grow up, I love the sense of humor.
Well done, you are like me : keeping every things, we never knows...
Matthias. You are my favorite Canadian. Actually, no. 2 sorry. My favorite was the young lady who helped get us into our hotel room early in Montreal after Delta A/L messed up our whole day/night of travel from south Florida. mars1952 is spot on as well.
I like this clever handsome talented guy
Very neat! Just what I need is more places to stow my junk. Well, cleaning is nothing more than rearranging the dirt
Hahaha organized it is Mr. Wandel, thanks for sharing!!
That finish is hilarious
Nice to see im not the only one who is that ....organised
That moment when you think you have all the tools you want... and then you realize you don't have a full-on woodshop yet, lol.