Very talented woodworkers who have a profound respect for their craft and aren't full of themselves. This is exactly the value of the videos; we can share knowledge and all learn. Your shop is awesome. I'm jealous. My shop is in the end bay 16 x 24 of my 3 car garage, and along the side of the bay (drill press, mortise machine, lathe, bandsaw, hardwood rack) where I park my truck. It works fine for a retired old fart disabled Vietnam Veteran Marine. I can roll various tools(planer, sanders, etc) around and spill into the second bay for assembly. I just have to keep it clean and orderly (not my nature) so I don't freak out bumping into crap!! Just keep going guys. I heal my soul from combat when I'm putzing around with hand tools. I listen to Japanese music to meditate at the same time. It keeps me from rushing. Regards from Minnesota, Phil Yeager
Thanks for this video. I have to say I have been struggling with life and work for a long time and through my work on myself have finally started to figure things out more. One of the things I read was about finding the thing in life that you absolutely MUST do every day to feel satisfied, and that it is usually something you naturally did as a kid, or still do to fill your downtime. For me that was making as well, the same way you guys described, I have just been blind to it for a long time. Another thing I read talked about writing out all the things that you like the idea of spending your time doing (as well as why it appeals, how it makes you feel etc.) and if you keep writing down the ideas eventually you get to one idea that makes you cry - and THAT is the answer, that is the thing you should do. I have to say guys, watching this video and listening to you guys talk about the need to craft and the importance of the quality and aesthetics of the objects, that was like a gut punch that resonated with me so much. I'm not too proud to admit I teared up over it. I've no doubt it will be challenging, particularly as I am not getting any younger (33 at time of writing), but I am starting to get a clearer picture that this is the sort of thing I am meant to be doing if I want to be happy and content in my work and life. Many thanks.
Below the skin of a master lies a gigantic heart that knows a lot about gratitude and passion in a balanced way. Thank you for sharing your hearts with us.
Excellent documentary in every way. Great cuts around the dialog/interviews, great camera work, and a wonderful subject. I really enjoyed this. Thank you.
Yes it is hard to give up your creations, your babies. But it only hurts for a bit until creating the next piece. But we as Humans are creative beings. It is unique to our species. When we do not do it we feel empty and unfulfilled. And to think how not long ago in the span of time, people depended on artisans for everything. Everyone is an artist in some respect. If it is making furniture or that fine apple pie or loving and knowing plants,,,,well anything. We all have our gifts. Thank You guys for continuing this art and making it relevant in our time. It is truly very important. Love, Light and Peace and shavings! DaveyJO in Pa.
Glad you guys found what's important in life. Love your ethics and "no junk manifesto". Wish you a profitable enterprise, in addition to the spiritual rewards. Regards from MN. (P.S. Just put my 3rd bandaid on after an hour in Geppeto's woodshop.) A grumpy old Vietnam Veteran Marine
Great video and what a great American story. I wish I could agree with you about my hands hurting but I think it absolutely sucks all the way around when my arthritis acts up in my wrists and thumbs in the middle of a project... 👎 Excited to watch more of you guys though! 👍😊
Real wood. This is what I am after. The lower kitchen cabinet I recently built, was my best work to this date. So I can follow your ideals here. I added an oversized pull out drawer . It is a door, really, attached to a drawer... no,bending down to pull out the drawer. It is large enough to hold the ten pound bags of sugar and flour. Pre-drilling. Sanding,, painting,, ( not one who likes painting wood with beautiful grain,,,) what you have accomplished, is phenomenal... turning to your best suited abilities... this is great news.. best of luck for 2019.....lee from Norway, Maine....
Really well made plywood kitchen Cabinets could last 40 years. My uncle made ones 40 years ago that are still going strong today and look really good as well with their real wood trims.
I see no poetry in all these machinist videos. No matter how poetic they try to make it look. Paul Sellers, now there is a craftsman I can sit in awe at.
Wow, you are in Louisville! Never been there, but I grew up in Lexington. I was looking at the intro and although I didn't recognize any specific street scenes, I felt like it might be Lexington. Definitely picked up the regional vibe. I like your "no junk" stance, too.
Unfortunately the majority of kids are not interested in manual labor. Todays youth fancy themselves as intellectuals. I am a metallurgical engineer and a full time hobby enthusiast. I have a wood shop in the basement and more hobby's than I have time for. If kids are to learn to love hands on activities, they need to be exposed to them at home. Too many men are sports addicts....I see it in my own family and friends. Not preaching here, just expressing my views is all.
@@sswmetalhead Kids are only interested in academia because that is the only career option left open to them. Many would love to do plumbing, carpentry, electrical, auto, masonry so that they can get well paid from it. The problem is there is just not that many career options open to them. Not every student in the class is destined to be a law school graduate from Harvard. All those auto factory craft jobs are not there either as a lot of the manufacturing has been shipped abroad.
made all my furniture myself ,oak .and i have the rule the three has to grow 80 years to make finest wood ,i make my pieces to last 140 years so there is enough wood for my kids to make nice furniture. That’s respect for Gaia and the earth
+A Alp It's easy to do when you learn any trade you attempt is usually 80% preparation. Videos and books usually only show 20% of the process, the fun part, so the results aren't too good when trying it yourself. The 80% you don't see is what makes the difference, and you have to learn it so well it becomes boring. Learning to read wood, design and layout, the daily tool prep, learning how to mark, cut, and saw straight; these are the things you have to learn that aren't in books.
Honestly... the no junk manifesto applies to about 1 percent of the World. Happy to be in the one percent. Keep doing what you do and please teach more kids to do what you do. Build some kids workbenches and give them to apprentices.
What has happened is that US government and large corporations have changed the US economy and have over regulated it. So manufacturers moved abroad to places like China were there was trade agreements in place. So this started a cheap race to the bottom. Products became cheap and tacky. And for manufacturers to make money they have to constantly sell their super cheap products. And for us the consumer it means we have to buy multiple products as they keep breaking down. And I am not talking about electronic such as computing getting faster through people buying them. Those computers that are left over in the west should be sold for cheap to Africa to get trade moving.
No junk manifesto..... Huh... flippin' brilliant and flippin' simple. I think you just added something to my life. Question... are mother-in-laws junk?
Do you offer any type of apprenticeship I'm from bowlinggreen ky and I'm very interested in woodworking/furniture making Iv been at it now for around seven months Iv spent hours and hours on youtube soaking up as much knowledge as I can find from Paul sellers rob cosmon to Roy underhill norm a iv practiced my joinery almost everyday cutting dovetails cuting them off and cutting more till I cut them with no gaps and clean lines .. When I came across ur video I had no idea u where in Louisville I would like to at least come see ur shop and see what a real shop is like
I've been living by the "no junk" rule for decades. Sadly, good 'ol well-constructed American-made products are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Younger generations don't even know proper pair of boots are.
Was hoping to actually see something being made versus this artsy-fartsy self-indulgent crapolla. Need more shots of the f-ing brick wall and wood shavings on the floor. At the :25 mark whose feet are those and why the hell are we looking at them? Was waiting for a cameo from Christopher Walken...."I NEED MORE BRICK WALL"
I almost wish I was a rich kid and had a precious haircut and a cute work apron. I'd buy a huge work shop and vintage hand planes and a hundred thousand dollars worth of power tools to play with. I'd build really neat furniture and stuff, because it wouldn't matter if it made money. But, alas, I must actually work for a living and make enough money to pay the bills.
What's stopping me? Several things. I'm not knocking furniture making, but, to me, once you've built one cabinet or table, you've built them all and it gets boring. I'm not interested in going broke, either. There are very, very few people who make a living from the kind of fussy work shown in this video. I''m tired of pampered trust-funders who get excited about stair making or Japanese joinery and manage to get Daddy to bankroll them a few years. How are you going to "build a woodshop with good machines and tools for under $10,000?" A cheap cabinet alone saw costs $1,500. Renting or leasing commercial space costs two or three thousand a month or more. Get serious.
John Trim one day I hope you find something that will fuel your passion maybe then you will understand the guys how many woodworkers on RUclips wives can't park their car in their garage that's passion maybe you should stick with monkeys racing cars videos or top ten list
John Trim No you don’t need a trust fund to work with your hands, f you are passionate about something you make it happen. I set up my woodworking shop with a $5500 loan back in 1997, paid it all back and, albeit after much hard work, I am still trading 20 years later. Most professional cabinetmakers and other people who make a living working with their hands manage to so through sheer hard work and determination, the people with trust funds, and there are one or two, tend not to last. These young men might have fancy aprons and strange facial hair but they deserve our respect for making a go of it and trying to do something worthwhile with their lives instead of spending it in front of a computer screen.
John Trim You can start woodworking with a set of Chisels, Hammer, saws and a basic bench. There is nothing stopping you from doing this. Only your own excuses are stopping you. I did woodwork for many years with only a chisel, saws, planes and hammers. They were all basic old tools that cost very little some of them were hand downs others were bits of crap that needed taking care of. Again all you need to do is try. Wood working is not easy so be patient.
Very talented woodworkers who have a profound respect for their craft and aren't full of themselves. This is exactly the value of the videos; we can share knowledge and all learn. Your shop is awesome. I'm jealous. My shop is in the end bay 16 x 24 of my 3 car garage, and along the side of the bay (drill press, mortise machine, lathe, bandsaw, hardwood rack) where I park my truck. It works fine for a retired old fart disabled Vietnam Veteran Marine. I can roll various tools(planer, sanders, etc) around and spill into the second bay for assembly. I just have to keep it clean and orderly (not my nature) so I don't freak out bumping into crap!!
Just keep going guys. I heal my soul from combat when I'm putzing around with hand tools. I listen to Japanese music to meditate at the same time. It keeps me from rushing.
Regards from Minnesota,
Phil Yeager
Thanks for this video. I have to say I have been struggling with life and work for a long time and through my work on myself have finally started to figure things out more. One of the things I read was about finding the thing in life that you absolutely MUST do every day to feel satisfied, and that it is usually something you naturally did as a kid, or still do to fill your downtime.
For me that was making as well, the same way you guys described, I have just been blind to it for a long time.
Another thing I read talked about writing out all the things that you like the idea of spending your time doing (as well as why it appeals, how it makes you feel etc.) and if you keep writing down the ideas eventually you get to one idea that makes you cry - and THAT is the answer, that is the thing you should do.
I have to say guys, watching this video and listening to you guys talk about the need to craft and the importance of the quality and aesthetics of the objects, that was like a gut punch that resonated with me so much. I'm not too proud to admit I teared up over it.
I've no doubt it will be challenging, particularly as I am not getting any younger (33 at time of writing), but I am starting to get a clearer picture that this is the sort of thing I am meant to be doing if I want to be happy and content in my work and life.
Many thanks.
"The No Junk Manefesto".... Yup, very simple and very straight forward. We all need more of that.
Below the skin of a master lies a gigantic heart that knows a lot about gratitude and passion in a balanced way. Thank you for sharing your hearts with us.
👌 Perfect.
I Love the "No Junk Manifesto"!!!!
"Don't make junk, don't buy junk, don't keep junk." Words of wisdom right there, folks.
"Build perminent objects". I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent documentary in every way. Great cuts around the dialog/interviews, great camera work, and a wonderful subject. I really enjoyed this. Thank you.
Great reminders and time capsules of being a craftsman. Thanks for sharing the journey
Speaking as a woodworker I found that to be a motivating perspective.
Fascinating .Thank you
Yes it is hard to give up your creations, your babies. But it only hurts for a bit until creating the next piece. But we as Humans are creative beings. It is unique to our species. When we do not do it we feel empty and unfulfilled. And to think how not long ago in the span of time, people depended on artisans for everything. Everyone is an artist in some respect. If it is making furniture or that fine apple pie or loving and knowing plants,,,,well anything. We all have our gifts. Thank You guys for continuing this art and making it relevant in our time. It is truly very important. Love, Light and Peace and shavings! DaveyJO in Pa.
Glad you guys found what's important in life. Love your ethics and "no junk manifesto". Wish you a profitable enterprise, in addition to the spiritual rewards. Regards from MN. (P.S. Just put my 3rd bandaid on after an hour in Geppeto's woodshop.)
A grumpy old Vietnam Veteran Marine
Great movie! Loved it. Those are some skilled craftsmen! I'm definitely part of the no-junk movement.
The finished piece looked great.Lots of light and room to work, in your Kentucky shop!
Enjoyed that you followed that sliding door storage on legs from layout through assembly to view of finished piece.
Great video and what a great American story. I wish I could agree with you about my hands hurting but I think it absolutely sucks all the way around when my arthritis acts up in my wrists and thumbs in the middle of a project... 👎 Excited to watch more of you guys though! 👍😊
I love the smell of a wood shop! I also like handmade furniture cleverly made. You have a good life.
Individually made I think is a better modern term to use. Handmade is getting hard to understand.
love this!!! so so awesome!!! wish i had a huge work space like that!!!
Great work. Video showcases what you guys do so well. Keep up the great work. Would enjoy seeing more videos of the work.
Real wood. This is what I am after. The lower kitchen cabinet I recently built, was my best work to this date. So I can follow your ideals here. I added an oversized pull out drawer . It is a door, really, attached to a drawer... no,bending down to pull out the drawer. It is large enough to hold the ten pound bags of sugar and flour. Pre-drilling. Sanding,, painting,, ( not one who likes painting wood with beautiful grain,,,) what you have accomplished, is phenomenal... turning to your best suited abilities... this is great news.. best of luck for 2019.....lee from Norway, Maine....
Really well made plywood kitchen Cabinets could last 40 years. My uncle made ones 40 years ago that are still going strong today and look really good as well with their real wood trims.
Love the idea of the "Splinter of the Week" program. Awesome!!
beautiful designs...very clean lines...great ideas..
I see no poetry in all these machinist videos. No matter how poetic they try to make it look. Paul Sellers, now there is a craftsman I can sit in awe at.
Different types of craftsmen.
Some use machines and tools others do not.
Good way of thinking and a beautiful mentality to have.
Wow, you are in Louisville! Never been there, but I grew up in Lexington. I was looking at the intro and although I didn't recognize any specific street scenes, I felt like it might be Lexington. Definitely picked up the regional vibe. I like your "no junk" stance, too.
Great old building. Love that brick
So real words of wisdom in this video!
I love the idea of using straight groves as decorations :)
Great video and awesome story! Thank you! :)
As an armature woodworker I can see these folks have a good work ethic and are all about proper fit and finish.
Very well spoken...loved the theme & vibe.
wow this is a really clean workshop :D love the video, less is more!
Loved the narration. I can have few facebook updates like 'Don't make Junks, Don't buy Junks, etc" etc...
Exactly the kind of place I want to work. Where quality truly is the first priority.
wonderful video... wonder if they take on apprentices for local school or high school kids...that would be cool to teach kids a trade thats useful
Unfortunately the majority of kids are not interested in manual labor. Todays youth fancy themselves as intellectuals. I am a metallurgical engineer and a full time hobby enthusiast. I have a wood shop in the basement and more hobby's than I have time for. If kids are to learn to love hands on activities, they need to be exposed to them at home. Too many men are sports addicts....I see it in my own family and friends. Not preaching here, just expressing my views is all.
@@sswmetalhead
Kids are only interested in academia because that is the only career option left open to them. Many would love to do plumbing, carpentry, electrical, auto, masonry so that they can get well paid from it. The problem is there is just not that many career options open to them.
Not every student in the class is destined to be a law school graduate from Harvard. All those auto factory craft jobs are not there either as a lot of the manufacturing has been shipped abroad.
God, I wish I could work there!
Love their philosophy.
Kudos boys! Very well said. Hats off
@2:00 i doubt that is the correct way to use a marking gauge?
+lalala lilili Perhaps he was marking the depth of a rabbet. There are lots of ways to use a marking gauge.
Is the firm still in business? I can't find a website for them any longer.
Me either....erased from existence. which is too bad. I never heard of them until today.
The "No Junk Manifesto"- a concept completely contrary to WalMart's business model.
made all my furniture myself ,oak .and i have the rule the three has to grow 80 years to make finest wood ,i make my pieces to last 140 years so there is enough wood for my kids to make nice furniture.
That’s respect for Gaia and the earth
@steph You should interview jimmy derista or William walker. Great work either way.
Theatrical carpenter here, and I can definitely relate to the splinter thing ;)
I rarely get splinters. I am not saying never just rare.
Words and Wood in this video were both down to earth........thanks for sharing......
Beautiful Message, Beautiful video.
Greg Appelgren i absolute agree!
Bloody brilliant.
Thank you. Really enjoyed watching...rr
You make some beautiful furniture.
beautiful work! how did you guys learn this stuff? I try to do this as a hobby when I have extra time and would love to read some books about this.
+A Alp It's easy to do when you learn any trade you attempt is usually 80% preparation. Videos and books usually only show 20% of the process, the fun part, so the results aren't too good when trying it yourself. The 80% you don't see is what makes the difference, and you have to learn it so well it becomes boring. Learning to read wood, design and layout, the daily tool prep, learning how to mark, cut, and saw straight; these are the things you have to learn that aren't in books.
Where is a good place to go to learn to make quality furniture?
Soren Brockdorf your garage with determination! Also maybe some more youtube!
so beutiful and inspiring. thank you!
Great job!
Honestly... the no junk manifesto applies to about 1 percent of the World. Happy to be in the one percent. Keep doing what you do and please teach more kids to do what you do. Build some kids workbenches and give them to apprentices.
What has happened is that US government and large corporations have changed the US economy and have over regulated it. So manufacturers moved abroad to places like China were there was trade agreements in place.
So this started a cheap race to the bottom. Products became cheap and tacky. And for manufacturers to make money they have to constantly sell their super cheap products. And for us the consumer it means we have to buy multiple products as they keep breaking down.
And I am not talking about electronic such as computing getting faster through people buying them. Those computers that are left over in the west should be sold for cheap to Africa to get trade moving.
Sanding for hours? Not scraping?
Oh my GOODNESS....😍🤩
"It takes a tremendous amount of work to make something that ends up looking very simple." That is the truth.
just so inspiring
Things that make me happy, 1,2,3.....
I feel hollow without the pain!!!
No junk manifesto..... Huh... flippin' brilliant and flippin' simple. I think you just added something to my life. Question... are mother-in-laws junk?
a small home and every were you look you see thing you love that sounds as my apartment
Inspiring...lovely workshop guys 👌🏼
P.S. Are you guys still in business and making videos?
Do you offer any type of apprenticeship I'm from bowlinggreen ky and I'm very interested in woodworking/furniture making Iv been at it now for around seven months Iv spent hours and hours on youtube soaking up as much knowledge as I can find from Paul sellers rob cosmon to Roy underhill norm a iv practiced my joinery almost everyday cutting dovetails cuting them off and cutting more till I cut them with no gaps and clean lines .. When I came across ur video I had no idea u where in Louisville I would like to at least come see ur shop and see what a real shop is like
If you're interested in locating to South Florida we have positions open in cabinet making and millwork. No drugs or drama!
William Morris said "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." over a hundred years ago.
Very nice!
'Junk era' has it's days counted
Great video guys
awesome workshop :)
great stuff. 100% motivating
what my colleges figured if they didnt like to sand. they end up getting me to do all the sanding ''-_-
Well if splinters give satisfaction I am well satisfied. I get a pretty nice one almost weekly.
Ya'll owe me lunch.
Just remember one mans junk is anothers treasure.
mate you guys serious!
I've been living by the "no junk" rule for decades. Sadly, good 'ol well-constructed American-made products
are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Younger generations don't even know proper pair of boots are.
Nice
It always makes me laugh when people say hand made when most of the work is done using power tools
It is still made by an individual by their hand and not a factor production line.
Shakers used power mill saws and did not cut everything by hand.
very nice ty
I must say i feel like a looser seeing the shop and the fact that they have employees....
you hiring?..
Thank you for the journey and insight to your world, truly inspirational. @bbarrett0360
Was hoping to actually see something being made versus this artsy-fartsy self-indulgent crapolla. Need more shots of the f-ing brick wall and wood shavings on the floor. At the :25 mark whose feet are those and why the hell are we looking at them? Was waiting for a cameo from Christopher Walken...."I NEED MORE BRICK WALL"
Shot after shot of plane shavings on the floor. These guys sound like total bullshitters.
I almost wish I was a rich kid and had a precious haircut and a cute work apron. I'd buy a huge work shop and vintage hand planes and a hundred thousand dollars worth of power tools to play with. I'd build really neat furniture and stuff, because it wouldn't matter if it made money. But, alas, I must actually work for a living and make enough money to pay the bills.
What's stopping me? Several things. I'm not knocking furniture making, but, to me, once you've built one cabinet or table, you've built them all and it gets boring. I'm not interested in going broke, either. There are very, very few people who make a living from the kind of fussy work shown in this video. I''m tired of pampered trust-funders who get excited about stair making or Japanese joinery and manage to get Daddy to bankroll them a few years. How are you going to "build a woodshop with good machines and tools for under $10,000?" A cheap cabinet alone saw costs $1,500. Renting or leasing commercial space costs two or three thousand a month or more. Get serious.
John Trim one day I hope you find something that will fuel your passion maybe then you will understand the guys how many woodworkers on RUclips wives can't park their car in their garage that's passion maybe you should stick with monkeys racing cars videos or top ten list
John Trim No you don’t need a trust fund to work with your hands, f you are passionate about something you make it happen. I set up my woodworking shop with a $5500 loan back in 1997, paid it all back and, albeit after much hard work, I am still trading 20 years later. Most professional cabinetmakers and other people who make a living working with their hands manage to so through sheer hard work and determination, the people with trust funds, and there are one or two, tend not to last. These young men might have fancy aprons and strange facial hair but they deserve our respect for making a go of it and trying to do something worthwhile with their lives instead of spending it in front of a computer screen.
John Trim
You can start woodworking with a set of Chisels, Hammer, saws and a basic bench. There is nothing stopping you from doing this.
Only your own excuses are stopping you. I did woodwork for many years with only a chisel, saws, planes and hammers. They were all basic old tools that cost very little some of them were hand downs others were bits of crap that needed taking care of.
Again all you need to do is try. Wood working is not easy so be patient.
Tim Smith well said Sir.
Too much talking.