Your rambling train of thought made me ask my self if that's how I sound to other people when I am explaining a project. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Despite the scraps this was made from, you still managed to give the shelf a pleasing two-tone aesthetic, with the darker wood matching well with the tabletop. Nice.
Some people do puzzles, crosswords, or any other number of mind stimulating activities for fun. I too like to solve problems that don't really need solving just for the fun of it.
There is this other woodworker on RUclips who has all the factory made jigs and fancy equipment and uses only walnut to make all his shop fixtures and jigs (walnut is like $14 per bdft around here) - I totally cannot relate to that person, like this guy is not a hobby woodworker. You, on the other hand, are very relatable - as a hobby, I cannot justify buying premium hardwood veneer plywood or exotic woods like bubinga or wenge, I build with whatever is reasonably priced and available. Good to see a fellow "real" hobby woodworker.
Don't ever change, Matthius. You have 'way too much fun making great somethings out of not much at all. You disguise it as being thrifty but we all know that's how you get your kicks - whch does not at all distract from the inspiration and example you set for your subscribers. I wonder what would happen if someone dropped a truckload of prime cabinet lumber, a half ton of precision shafting, bearings, and cold rolled steel rectangular bars and square tube, and a couple pallets of misc new motors and electronic controls in your lap? A blind dog in a meat market comes to mind - for about a day but then the fun would be gone.
Uses scraps, still ends up with a perfectly fine board left over. I love doing projects like that. Not just in wood working, but also in electronics. Instead of buying parts I rather take other things apart for the components. It's not that they are expensive, but I can't have all possible parts "in stock" (that would be a waste) and buying them just is too much hassle (or impossible if it's a weekend) or just takes too long if I have to order them.
Next step is surely to make brand new wood from all of the dust and shavings you have stored up in the collection system to really be efficient, that being a joke of course and resourcefulness as displayed here and often before is admirable.
Well if you think about it, it's not really a joke. Just build something like a plywood press, for turning veneer into plywood, then give it removable side of different thicknesses for different thickness MDF wrap top, bottom and sides with plastic buy a ton of glue/epoxy mix well with sawdust or chips (if you want to make particle board) and press away and let it sit for two or three days, square it up, flatten it out and bam new wood for more projects.
@Ken Fullman He'd love the Gulf Coast right now. Hurricane Sally knocked so much stuff around... Everyone has fencing, boards, and trees/logs on their curbs waiting to be picked up. Sooo many logs. We don't use them for firewood here. He'd be making 2x4's and narrow planks/boards for the rest of his life.
I love the cascading consequential complications compensating for material limitations! Last year I had 6 months when I couldn't drive and could ONLY use the materials I already had, except what I could get from Amazon. Building my glueup bench out of twisted 2x4s and scrounged pegboard was rather like your video.
Being cheap with shop furniture makes sense to me. I’m building some drawers right now and I’m using some old 2x construction grade lumber and some scraps I had lying around. For anything that goes in the house or is given to anyone else, I use more premium stuff. It all depends what the use is. I do have more of an OCD thing about stuff matching, sometimes even when I can’t see it, but as long as it’s structurally sound, I’ll use less expensive stuff in the shop or in projects where it’s not going to be visible or matter. It will still probably all match though.
Your new addition looks awesome, thank you for sharing your amazing story. How is your arms going, is your health better? God bless you and your family
All that extra engineering and effort to accommodate the peculiarities of the available wood, to save a few bucks! You're like the Joker, I don't know whether to pity you, fear you or admire you, but I'm unable to look away.
I would disagree that this is too much scrimping, but maybe because I do something similar. I have boards from an old project that have holes from a pneumatic nailer. I removed the nails and reused the boards for another project. Then I reused them again recently and now they have screw holes in them from that project. I've also taken apart several plywood desks and reassembled them into different plywood desks using different length 2x4's for legs. I think it only makes sense to keep reusing what you have. As long as the wood isn't rotten you can reuse it, and as long as the screws don't break you can reuse those too.
Maybe he has competition in scrapping / recycling. I can imagine an April Fools blooper reel where he went into homeless camps and pulled off a piece of a shelter, and did a quick getaway with a 3 stooges "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk" and being chased by an angry mob. (Meanwhile, back in the shop...) "So I have this piece of wood I found recently, laying around, and brought it home without too much trouble... "
I think it's an art form and a challenge. I certainly like the unique aesthetics of your shop, always have. But the bottom line, if it makes you happy, keep doing it, if doesn't, stop. It's always been up to you.
I would trash pick the hell out of your garbage. I've gone full Matthias at times, minus a Mahagony table into a belt grinder, but bed into shelving, or dresser into desk.
Mathias, I notice your drill press is not screwed down - doesn’t this make the chuck fall out due to vibrations? This is what I read somewhere. My drill press is not screwed down - and the chuck falls out.
only folks in the world that work that cost effective (not to say good at a scrimping) are from Swabia - can't deny your heritage 😂 edit: scrimping instead of crimping
Perfectly fine for a bricoleur de dimanche/hobbyist, but I have had bosses like you, they prefer to spend 3 hours solving a problem with materials that are in stock, rather than, 1 hour, and £20 of new stock.
I tried making a box that would look reminiscent of Stickley furniture. I used scraps ..and It ended up looking like your table addition. Better luck next time, I guess.
I almost NEVER buy new wood blanks for anything I make even if its a nice shop fixture and never for jigs. I have a huge scrap pile I really need to start dwindling down ugggggg
I always cut cable holes way oversize, so I can drop a power plug, or even a whole power supply wall wart through them from the top. Saves a lot of swearing from underneath the bench....
Available materials set the parameters of the game. I don't think there can be such a thing as "excessive optimizing," can there? As long as the project has a terminus, that is; if it doesn't, then it's madness! To me, that shelf seems elegant and efficient. But I also didn't build it. The limit of "too much scrimping" is up to the person who's spending time on it. Definitely a blurry line.
isnt your time worth way more than the cost of wood? I don't know what your hourly expected value is but I would assume that if you were to invest your time into making money, 10 minutes would be higher than the price of a 2x4. I'm likely wrong here, and I'm just saying what I think might be the case.
You're missing the part where this is a weekend hobby meant to be enjoyable and fun. The time spent doesn't matter if you had fun doing it. Not everything in life is about money.
He didn't cut tha tabletop corners for the vertical supports, so in that spirit the notch shouldn't be there. The brown plywood is in a slot in the middle of the vertical pieces so it's at a distance from the wall, I think the cable would have enough space behind the plywood.
Хобби
Your rambling train of thought made me ask my self if that's how I sound to other people when I am explaining a project.
I enjoy your videos.
Thank you.
This is probably true 😞
Despite the scraps this was made from, you still managed to give the shelf a pleasing two-tone aesthetic, with the darker wood matching well with the tabletop. Nice.
It's nice to witness "the thought process" of a maker solving problems and figuring out clever solutions thanks for sharing.
Some people do puzzles, crosswords, or any other number of mind stimulating activities for fun. I too like to solve problems that don't really need solving just for the fun of it.
There is this other woodworker on RUclips who has all the factory made jigs and fancy equipment and uses only walnut to make all his shop fixtures and jigs (walnut is like $14 per bdft around here) - I totally cannot relate to that person, like this guy is not a hobby woodworker.
You, on the other hand, are very relatable - as a hobby, I cannot justify buying premium hardwood veneer plywood or exotic woods like bubinga or wenge, I build with whatever is reasonably priced and available. Good to see a fellow "real" hobby woodworker.
i'm surprised you haven't made particle board from sawdust yet
Don't give him any ideas...
Don't ever change, Matthius. You have 'way too much fun making great somethings out of not much at all. You disguise it as being thrifty but we all know that's how you get your kicks - whch does not at all distract from the inspiration and example you set for your subscribers.
I wonder what would happen if someone dropped a truckload of prime cabinet lumber, a half ton of precision shafting, bearings, and cold rolled steel rectangular bars and square tube, and a couple pallets of misc new motors and electronic controls in your lap? A blind dog in a meat market comes to mind - for about a day but then the fun would be gone.
Excellent. Working with what's on hand is always a fun challenge, and quite satisfying when it works out nicely.
What a well explained saga, and a fantastic result. Loved the one-stick-to-two trick, that's worth remembering!
Uses scraps, still ends up with a perfectly fine board left over.
I love doing projects like that. Not just in wood working, but also in electronics. Instead of buying parts I rather take other things apart for the components. It's not that they are expensive, but I can't have all possible parts "in stock" (that would be a waste) and buying them just is too much hassle (or impossible if it's a weekend) or just takes too long if I have to order them.
I'm a massive fan of the way the world stops for 2 days every week too. Not!
Matthias, videos like this ... you're my spirit animal
Limitations stimulate invention, (and often innovation.) I appreciate your "make do and mend" and recycling attitude.
On the plus side, it keeps the off-cuts bin nice and clean.
Next step is surely to make brand new wood from all of the dust and shavings you have stored up in the collection system to really be efficient, that being a joke of course and resourcefulness as displayed here and often before is admirable.
Well if you think about it, it's not really a joke. Just build something like a plywood press, for turning veneer into plywood, then give it removable side of different thicknesses for different thickness MDF wrap top, bottom and sides with plastic buy a ton of glue/epoxy mix well with sawdust or chips (if you want to make particle board) and press away and let it sit for two or three days, square it up, flatten it out and bam new wood for more projects.
Or just stuff handful in paper bags, instant firefighters...
A man after my own heart. Something from near nothing.
Frugality is beautiful!
You could go to the lumberyard in Matthias's town, show his picture around, and no one would recognize him.
go to the garbage collection. They have seen him taking old furniture out the dumpster :D
Animal control probably knows him from all the false alarms.
@Ken Fullman He'd love the Gulf Coast right now. Hurricane Sally knocked so much stuff around... Everyone has fencing, boards, and trees/logs on their curbs waiting to be picked up. Sooo many logs. We don't use them for firewood here. He'd be making 2x4's and narrow planks/boards for the rest of his life.
I understand your thought process... and that scared me ... just a little.
Goo work sir!
I love the cascading consequential complications compensating for material limitations! Last year I had 6 months when I couldn't drive and could ONLY use the materials I already had, except what I could get from Amazon. Building my glueup bench out of twisted 2x4s and scrounged pegboard was rather like your video.
Matthias takes frugalness to seriously be a virtue.
Being cheap with shop furniture makes sense to me. I’m building some drawers right now and I’m using some old 2x construction grade lumber and some scraps I had lying around. For anything that goes in the house or is given to anyone else, I use more premium stuff. It all depends what the use is. I do have more of an OCD thing about stuff matching, sometimes even when I can’t see it, but as long as it’s structurally sound, I’ll use less expensive stuff in the shop or in projects where it’s not going to be visible or matter. It will still probably all match though.
Thanks Matthias....I need something very similar and you've given me incentive to get it done.
can you do a video on the outlets at 3:15? i love it
We look forward to seeing you make your own chip/particle board from the contents of your dust filters... ;-)
Your new addition looks awesome, thank you for sharing your amazing story. How is your arms going, is your health better? God bless you and your family
Yeah how is the arm?
So simple but very entertaining!
Your projects made from random scraps look better than mine made from newly purchased materials.
The ramblings of an insane woodworker.
All that extra engineering and effort to accommodate the peculiarities of the available wood, to save a few bucks! You're like the Joker, I don't know whether to pity you, fear you or admire you, but I'm unable to look away.
I like to think it more to solve a puzzle. lol
@@drummerboy3377 Whatever it is, it's insanity at it's most sublime.
Matthias is so good at at making interesting videos. Not as easy as it looks!
I'm a scrimping expert, maybe too much of an expert. Enjoyed this one!
I would disagree that this is too much scrimping, but maybe because I do something similar. I have boards from an old project that have holes from a pneumatic nailer. I removed the nails and reused the boards for another project. Then I reused them again recently and now they have screw holes in them from that project. I've also taken apart several plywood desks and reassembled them into different plywood desks using different length 2x4's for legs. I think it only makes sense to keep reusing what you have. As long as the wood isn't rotten you can reuse it, and as long as the screws don't break you can reuse those too.
Nice to see you making videos again, and nice work
I think the scrimping is my favorite aspect of your videos.
Now what's going to be made with the new scrap pieces you made in this video? 🤔
You know Matthias, some people actually buy a new piece of wood once in awhile. Are there no dumpsters in New Brunswick?
Maybe he has competition in scrapping / recycling.
I can imagine an April Fools blooper reel where he went into homeless camps and pulled off a piece of a shelter, and did a quick getaway with a 3 stooges "Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk" and being chased by an angry mob.
(Meanwhile, back in the shop...)
"So I have this piece of wood I found recently, laying around, and brought it home without too much trouble... "
I think it's an art form and a challenge. I certainly like the unique aesthetics of your shop, always have. But the bottom line, if it makes you happy, keep doing it, if doesn't, stop. It's always been up to you.
You are the ultimate problem solver!!!
I am literally throwing out way more material than Matthias saves.
I would trash pick the hell out of your garbage. I've gone full Matthias at times, minus a Mahagony table into a belt grinder, but bed into shelving, or dresser into desk.
Let's go Brandon!
Mathias, I notice your drill press is not screwed down - doesn’t this make the chuck fall out due to vibrations? This is what I read somewhere. My drill press is not screwed down - and the chuck falls out.
has nothing to do with it screwed down. Clean the tapers carefully, then ram it straight in (with your hands) as hard as you can.
Very cool and also use all scraps good idea fixend the shelf direct to the workbench
Still looks and functions great though.
Definitely of schwäbisch decent!
only folks in the world that work that cost effective (not to say good at a scrimping) are from Swabia - can't deny your heritage 😂
edit: scrimping instead of crimping
suit1337 .........geizig 😂🤣
*scrimping (crimping is a type of compression or clamping; scrimping is effective frugality.)
@@recklessroges yeah thx, autocowreck 😂
Those better have been Robertson screws!
Perfectly fine for a bricoleur de dimanche/hobbyist, but I have had bosses like you, they prefer to spend 3 hours solving a problem with materials that are in stock, rather than, 1 hour, and £20 of new stock.
I tried making a box that would look reminiscent of Stickley furniture. I used scraps ..and It ended up looking like your table addition.
Better luck next time, I guess.
This made me giggle all the way through, but it's the kind of scrimping many of us do.
Wait, that isn't even your main drillpress, is it? Looks like some fun puzzling to make it work. But I do agree with the video title also!
got a bit seasick on this one... 'dolly moveable' is cool
Pretty interesting, dude! Great job! 😊
.... what happened to the last work bench video?
on my main channel
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 ahh found it thx
Extremely relatable
I almost NEVER buy new wood blanks for anything I make even if its a nice shop fixture and never for jigs. I have a huge scrap pile I really need to start dwindling down ugggggg
Nice video, entertaining and eco-friendly.
"Advanced scrimping techniques" - By Matthias Wandel
Matthias Time to go dumpster diving for new materials happy hunting :)
classic Matthias
Total cost? My guess 12.18 cents
Very good 👍
This is basically a documentary of my workshop. Except, it's the Hollywood version where the workshop is 15 times larger.
3:14 electrical outlet made from wood.
I think you're a wizard
I always cut cable holes way oversize, so I can drop a power plug, or even a whole power supply wall wart through them from the top. Saves a lot of swearing from underneath the bench....
well, i didn't want to make it big enough to drop a drillpress throgh.
In that case Matthias, maybe you should consider sizing the hole for the stuff on the end of the cord opposite from the drill press.
Add a gate made from that small cutoff?
Mother of Invention
simple but very effective (as usuall). Rob
Available materials set the parameters of the game. I don't think there can be such a thing as "excessive optimizing," can there? As long as the project has a terminus, that is; if it doesn't, then it's madness!
To me, that shelf seems elegant and efficient. But I also didn't build it. The limit of "too much scrimping" is up to the person who's spending time on it. Definitely a blurry line.
Nice job.
Would you mind saying that again ?
I recommend Scroungers Anonymous. I'm a charter member.
Looks just right.
and it looks like it was meant to be there the whole time :)
No more u-tube commercials!!!
German engeneering - I love it!
isnt your time worth way more than the cost of wood? I don't know what your hourly expected value is but I would assume that if you were to invest your time into making money, 10 minutes would be higher than the price of a 2x4. I'm likely wrong here, and I'm just saying what I think might be the case.
You're missing the part where this is a weekend hobby meant to be enjoyable and fun. The time spent doesn't matter if you had fun doing it. Not everything in life is about money.
@@fermitupoupon1754 fair enough.
Where's the old blue drill press, mastercraft i think?? jw
in the other room
This man thinks more about a shelf then most people to their vows.
Is the "dolly movable" related to the Dalai Lama?
Do you see our comments??
😃👍🏻👊🏻
I'm 3.15 into the video, and I'm totally lost.
The cutout in the tabletop was not necessary :)
3:54 "I made a little notch in here so this can go flush against the wall."
He didn't cut tha tabletop corners for the vertical supports, so in that spirit the notch shouldn't be there. The brown plywood is in a slot in the middle of the vertical pieces so it's at a distance from the wall, I think the cable would have enough space behind the plywood.
Ovidiu Luca Aha right you are!
i mean it's not like you're billing a client for scrimp time, so i don't see anything wrong with it.
Overcomplicate much? 😉
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I mean, if it works, it works.
Running low on scraps eh
yes, I didn't bring my piles of wood on the move.
I refer to such projects as "scraptacular".
Didn't really follow the commentary but like the end result.
Now paint it green
And I thought I was cheap!
WOW can it be made more complicated :)
cool
Some advice:
You should never play minecraft.
He is playing life at a very competitive level.
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OMG.
Instead of using calculus to optimize area and volume I can just think like a cheapskate.
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Actually Matthias used the algorithms that G***le uses for its search engine and Y**T**e.
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