Is it just me or does any one else want to see Jimmy and Adam Savage do a one day build over on tested? Also nice project and I love the brass hardware
I fear it would precipitate an apocalyptic extinction event. Jimmy: (without saying a word) "Check out these sweet ass brass drawer pulls that are the perfect finishing touch to this project." POW! zzzt zzzt Adam: "So I've gotta tell you about these drawer pulls... about 7 years ago I was on the set of this and that production and I ran into a guy who had these really interesting brass handled chisels. I asked him where he got them and he tells me about his uncle who is a brass worker in Milan and if I ever need any custom brass work he can hook me up. So on this project I an trying to decide on the perfect drawer pull when out of the blue I remember from years back that guy on this and that production whose uncle is a brass worker in Milan, only I don't remember the guys name. Well the set director over at this and that production is a friend of the guy who..."
Grandpa always said " Ya got two eyes, two ears and one mouth, use them in proportion". I love how your videos exercise that. Any questions that I have, I re-wind and watch again and again and I learn from you huge. I have said it before and I will say it again, watching you is like being in my grandfather's shop when I was 12 years old. And I'm 54 now. Thanks!
Yea, well, if I had access to al off those nice tools Jimmy's using, then.... Well, I'd still make crappy stuff probably. I'm really good at watching videos though.
That is super cool. This was not a weekend project. This took you some time and it shows. That has to be the nicest set of drawers for a shop. Love it! Douglas
+Jon Gordon Lmao. I was thinking the same thing. I've learned that throwing together a jig for stuff is great. Even for small jobs. If I can make a jig, or do multiple cuts at once to make things go quicker, I'm all about it.
Hello mr diresta i am going through some rough times right now and for the past few weeks i have watched your videos multiple times each i love how you can randomly produce beauty
Just watched damn near every one of your videos, excellent work brother! People see the short and sweet videos and don't realize what it actually takes to do this stuff. The sweat, the blood, the time away from loved ones, etc. Not to mention how hard it must be to film, work, edit, etc. as one person. Appreciate all the work you put into your videos and projects buddy!
Truly beautiful piece of carpentry. Your grandchildren will be fighting over who gets it I think, never mind your kids ! Please carry on so those of us less able can learn how to do stuff like this. Thanks for sharing your skills with me.
+Seans Workspace I agree. The jig for the brass card holders is so obvious when you see it. Makes everything aligned. That wasn't obvious to me until I saw it. Did you spot the error? Bottom draws have extra rebates where they aren't needed.
+jimmydiresta You're welcome. It's a cool project. On the jig front, that was really smart. Simple. Gives very neat results. How about a set of tips on jigs? You've got several in this video. You've the simple clamp as a stop. The drilling jig. Lots of possibilities with routers and jigs.
That is one of my favorites. I need more enclosed storage, I want to be able to leaf blow my garage out and if I could put all my tools and small items away there would be far fewer nooks and crannies to hold the dust. Awesome job as always Jimmy!
Agreed (though Jimmy's looks nicer). Libraries the world over are tossing and CraigsListing these cabinets by the thousands these days. Today your average library looks more like a server farm than a library of olde.
+Jeff Pritchard Seriously? They are?! I need to hit up Craigslist then... I need one of these desperately for my garage. Hell, two if they're cheap enough...
Watching you work reminds me of a Mark Twain quote: Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. I would have taken months to build that, LOL. Great work Jimmy!
Wow, that's all I can say is WOW. Not only to you have some mad woodworking skills and patients, you seem to have the RUclips skills to boot. Thanks for the post. Great.
You sir get the prize for super work. I love watching a master craftsman do his thing. Thanks for posting this, just to prove to the world that some people still do it right, and care about the quality of the product they produce.
I'm always impressed by the way you think about things with such efficiency, like the way you were cutting the recesses in the drawer fronts by passing them through the saw in a row and then the little template you made up for the handles..
really well thought out build. just wish he'd of taken the time to line up the grain on all the fronts. woulda just taken a little bit of labeling to keep em straight since he cut em all out of same board and the sizes cut were all grouped. It's the little things like that that don't take much effort but put projects over the top for me.
you know you're in for a good time when Jimmy makes 17 minute video. then you realise that if its 17 sped up minutes for us, it must have been HOURS for him. appreciation goes through the roof!
I wonder that too. At one time Jimmy was talking about the Casey Neistat system which could prove interesting if the drawers are fully interchangeable.
InnaSoulSounds You saw how close his fingers were to that roundover bit? Jimmy doesn't use protection; he has "DIRESTA" DiRectly tattooed onto his penis.
This just came up in my feed, and I'm surprised by how nice it is to see one of your older videos once in a while! It gives a nice perspective on your career and how you haven't gotten to where you are now without a whole lot of work!
Hardware store clerk elbows a fellow employee as Jimmy Diresta walks in. Jimmy- "Hey guys I'm here to get two gallons of wood glue." One employee shouts "Yesssss!" The other one looks disappointed, pulls $5 out of his wallet and hands it to the happy guy who starts ringing up the sale and says, "Sorry Mr. Diresta, me and Frankie here had a bet when ya walked in. He said "Five bucks it's nails" and I said "No way- it's glue." Jimmy laughs, puts a box of glue in the floorboard to his scooter and later disappears into a basement on the lower East side like Batman with a table saw.
Jimmy- What makes you a true master is how your share your technique's and discoveries. I really don't know how you get it all done. I suspect that you have built a time machine. All of NYC stops with the flip of a switch in your basement.
I'm learning so much, so quickly, so creatively, so entertainingly (no auto-correct, must be a word) , ... feel like I'm jacked into the matrix. Thanks Jimmy.
Skills and tools would not prevent me from making such a beautiful cabinet. My patients to do the exact same thing over and over and over again would do me in. Looks great Jimmy. Thank you.
I only discovered your channel about 2 months ago. I have really enjoyed going through your content and am blown away by the sheer range of your skills as much as the quality of the end work. It is genuinely inspiration. Thanks.
I’m honestly not quite sure how I ended up here, but I’m so glad I did... I have always wanted a cabinet of a thousand drawers so I am a little envious, but so so much work! Absolutely worth it though, beautiful.
Thanks for the inspiration Jimmy. I'm re-doing my wood shop from top to bottom and I'm planning LOTS of drawers of all different sizes. I absolutely love this project - Gave me great ideas to incorporate into my designs. Thanks again!
Excellent no-nonsense video and lovely soundtrack too. Nice piece of furniture - i'd have to sit and look at it for a good while though just to admire it. Keep up the good work Jimmy.
I would normally only allow storage in my workshop to be made from steel but I'd be happy to have something that well made in wood. Very nice work mate.
I know that I have been looking back into the archive videos but I really like this build. I have always wanted to make one of these so now I think I will.
jimmydiresta.Thanks for making this beautiful video.It was really nice watching this at midnight in silence and i felt so good and happy.I pray you live a very very long and a Healthy life. This is such a Beautiful video.
nice job I only really got into Woodwork in about a year ago making jewelry boxes and stuff like that all you guys here on RUclips inspire me and hope to be as good as you guys on here
Is it just me or does any one else want to see Jimmy and Adam Savage do a one day build over on tested? Also nice project and I love the brass hardware
+Anonymous I vote neither. DiResta is cooler than both of them, combined.
+Anonymous you got that completely backwards, Jamie is a perfectionist and Adam just likes to do thing his way.
+Michael Wilson i was thinking the same thing
No.
I fear it would precipitate an apocalyptic extinction event.
Jimmy: (without saying a word) "Check out these sweet ass brass drawer pulls that are the perfect finishing touch to this project." POW! zzzt zzzt
Adam: "So I've gotta tell you about these drawer pulls... about 7 years ago I was on the set of this and that production and I ran into a guy who had these really interesting brass handled chisels. I asked him where he got them and he tells me about his uncle who is a brass worker in Milan and if I ever need any custom brass work he can hook me up. So on this project I an trying to decide on the perfect drawer pull when out of the blue I remember from years back that guy on this and that production whose uncle is a brass worker in Milan, only I don't remember the guys name. Well the set director over at this and that production is a friend of the guy who..."
Grandpa always said " Ya got two eyes, two ears and one mouth, use them in proportion". I love how your videos exercise that. Any questions that I have, I re-wind and watch again and again and I learn from you huge. I have said it before and I will say it again, watching you is like being in my grandfather's shop when I was 12 years old. And I'm 54 now. Thanks!
+Frank Curley thank you !!!!
I love how your style and filming has been the same for years :)
Yeah! And to think he doesn't even speed these up! That's just how fast he is.
+Lauri Lehto hahah ;)
well, if you look very closely you can notice that he actually slows them down.
Yeah his style is great!
I heard he actually has all his videos on -3x speed 😳
Yea, well, if I had access to al off those nice tools Jimmy's using, then.... Well, I'd still make crappy stuff probably.
I'm really good at watching videos though.
You should make a tutorial video of your skill:)
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I really like the fact that this video is longer than usual... More Diresta = more better!
A pleasure to watch on this sunny Sunday afternoon.
Wow Jimmy that came out slicker than goose grease on Teflon.
Is that a AvE reference??
+Soccerdude023 haha i was asking myself the same thing
Well it's definitely skucome that's for sure
Thank you... I had NO IDEA of how to spell that
+Soccerdude023 I think I heard that in his last video on warranty sticker removal.
There is beauty in your skill and attention to detail you do with pride. Very good.
That is super cool. This was not a weekend project. This took you some time and it shows. That has to be the nicest set of drawers for a shop. Love it! Douglas
Old Diresta videos lull me right to sleep. Anyone else watch Diresta before going to bed/taking a nap? Just me? Oh.
Holy Handclamps, Batman - that crosscut sled is genius!
Beautiful work, James - beautiful work...
+Toby Kennedy (thetobykennedy) Yeah, I've never seen a dado sled before.
+Toby Kennedy (thetobykennedy) jimmy*
I agree
+Toby Kennedy (thetobykennedy) Building a nice crosscut sled is a project in itself.
One great piece of workmanship from someone who obviously loves what he does!
I bet the "I'm never doing this again" came out a few times.
"Just ten more"
Hahahah
Just what I thought, but what a masterpiece
+jimmydiresta How long did it take you to make all of those drawers?
+Jon Gordon Lmao. I was thinking the same thing. I've learned that throwing together a jig for stuff is great. Even for small jobs. If I can make a jig, or do multiple cuts at once to make things go quicker, I'm all about it.
Hello mr diresta i am going through some rough times right now and for the past few weeks i have watched your videos multiple times each i love how you can randomly produce beauty
+mouad choukri Thank you buddy!! thank you for the support!!! remember hard times are temporary!!!
+MoodiFLEX Related to hitting againgst walls and other such catastrophie
+MoodiFLEX i have no idea and neither do my parents , thanks jimmy i just saw your answer
+MoodiFLEX Google it: معاد
MoodiFLEX
According to Google Translate:
If it is an Arabic name, it means "Hostile"
If it is a Persian name, it means "Ressurrection"
Just watched damn near every one of your videos, excellent work brother! People see the short and sweet videos and don't realize what it actually takes to do this stuff. The sweat, the blood, the time away from loved ones, etc. Not to mention how hard it must be to film, work, edit, etc. as one person. Appreciate all the work you put into your videos and projects buddy!
+thomas britton Thank you !!!!
+thomas britton But it seems like a very gratifying type of work.
I have great respect for anyone who has the gift of woodwork. I would love one of this for my scrapbooking stuff. TFS
Another thing of beauty! Your shop fixture is nicer than my actual furniture.
+Andrew Setters My thoughts exactly :p
Truly beautiful piece of carpentry. Your grandchildren will be fighting over who gets it I think, never mind your kids ! Please carry on so those of us less able can learn how to do stuff like this. Thanks for sharing your skills with me.
A great lesson in batch work, and the importance of jigs and templates (there's a tips video subject) Brilliant work as usual Jimmy D
+Seans Workspace
I agree. The jig for the brass card holders is so obvious when you see it. Makes everything aligned. That wasn't obvious to me until I saw it.
Did you spot the error? Bottom draws have extra rebates where they aren't needed.
+Nickle that was to keep the spacing not a mistake I knew it would be hidden. Thank you !!
+jimmydiresta You're welcome. It's a cool project.
On the jig front, that was really smart. Simple. Gives very neat results.
How about a set of tips on jigs? You've got several in this video.
You've the simple clamp as a stop. The drilling jig.
Lots of possibilities with routers and jigs.
Just got one thing to say....simply BEAUTIFUL!!
That is one of my favorites. I need more enclosed storage, I want to be able to leaf blow my garage out and if I could put all my tools and small items away there would be far fewer nooks and crannies to hold the dust. Awesome job as always Jimmy!
This is without a doubt my favorite video on RUclips. Every time it pops up I rewatch.
I think it's time RUclips gives us a Love it button, like don't express my emotions when watching videos like this, great job keep it up!
That is way too nice to be in a dirty old Machine shop. should be in my living room Great Job !
That looks like an old Library card cataloge. Very nice.
+Dan aka Basuraman My thoughts exactly!
Who was Dewey Decimal anyway? LOL
+Mike Kapotsy Dewey Decimal... Thanks for the great laugh!
Agreed (though Jimmy's looks nicer). Libraries the world over are tossing and CraigsListing these cabinets by the thousands these days. Today your average library looks more like a server farm than a library of olde.
+Jeff Pritchard Seriously? They are?! I need to hit up Craigslist then... I need one of these desperately for my garage. Hell, two if they're cheap enough...
Sooo much valuable information in just 17 minutes. Appreciate it! Thanks Jimmy! Can't get enough of this!
I like your little sanding disc on a stick thing. Looks kinda like a banjo.
A "Sand-Jo," if you will XD
No hay guea mas relajante que ver a estos viejos trabajando en esto, y excelente trabajo...
Watching you work reminds me of a Mark Twain quote: Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
I would have taken months to build that, LOL. Great work Jimmy!
Jimmy you are a true American Artisan. Keep on keeping on.
That came out fantastic!
Good wood, repetition, jigs, the right power tools, & a wee bit 'O skill, you end up with a really nice looking cabinet! Well done
An instant classic.
+Clickspring If it's got brass, it definitely has class.
Thank you brother!
+Clickspring don't look here. Make more machining videos my friend, can't wait for the next vid on your channel :D
Wow, that's all I can say is WOW. Not only to you have some mad woodworking skills and patients, you seem to have the RUclips skills to boot. Thanks for the post. Great.
jimmy , you are the Best of Best thank you or your work.
+momo mohuss thank you !!!
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hi jimmydiresta, beautiful video, but i have a question, what's the name of the clamps at 1:14 ?
thank you very much !
Dave Goff a
Nothing better than 17 minutes of diresta
How does this guy have under 500K subscribers? These are amazing examples of craftsmanship!
This was an example of efficient, production workshop processes. Awesome!
Now all it needs is a giant spray painted DIRESTA across the front of it
You sir get the prize for super work. I love watching a master craftsman do his thing. Thanks for posting this, just to prove to the world that some people still do it right, and care about the quality of the product they produce.
Watch out world Jimmy is getting dangerously organized!!!
While I spend all of my time organizing.....Jimmy is gettin it done.
I'm always impressed by the way you think about things with such efficiency, like the way you were cutting the recesses in the drawer fronts by passing them through the saw in a row and then the little template you made up for the handles..
really well thought out build. just wish he'd of taken the time to line up the grain on all the fronts. woulda just taken a little bit of labeling to keep em straight since he cut em all out of same board and the sizes cut were all grouped. It's the little things like that that don't take much effort but put projects over the top for me.
You do it. Then post your vid for us to criticize.
Awesome jimmy! Seriously, I don't see how anyone could dislike this.. I aspire to be like you everyday!!
excellent use of a drawer- put one hammer into it....great job!
Jimmy, you are one of the most innovative wood workers I have ever seen.
I totally need one of these
Had to come back to this after watching the new chest of drawers you just built for your leather studio. Feeling completely inspired today!
Thank you!
I think It'd be cool if you included somewhere how long these projects take.
you know you're in for a good time when Jimmy makes 17 minute video. then you realise that if its 17 sped up minutes for us, it must have been HOURS for him. appreciation goes through the roof!
Do you arrange your tools using the Dewey Decimal system? Awesome build.
I wonder that too. At one time Jimmy was talking about the Casey Neistat system which could prove interesting if the drawers are fully interchangeable.
+Ian Thomas LOL!
Dude, it`s people like you that motivate me to TRY and do stuff like this!!! The quality of your workmanship is unreal!!!
Legend has it that Jimmy won't make love until he has stenciled DIRESTA onto the condom.
What a fantastic looking set of tool drawers, great job!
InnaSoulSounds You saw how close his fingers were to that roundover bit? Jimmy doesn't use protection; he has "DIRESTA" DiRectly tattooed onto his penis.
This just came up in my feed, and I'm surprised by how nice it is to see one of your older videos once in a while! It gives a nice perspective on your career and how you haven't gotten to where you are now without a whole lot of work!
Lory Henning thank you for the kind words!
if you look closely you can see he actually speeded it up .
*english*
edchaves haha south park reference
Oh yeah yeah.You are right you know.
Actually this is just the speed that Jimmy works at, we mere mortals just cannot comprehend his true skill
Really? Thanks man, thought this was his normal speed 😂👍
Simply Beautiful, its like watching a famous artist just do his thing and being there from the start and the finish
Hardware store clerk elbows a fellow employee as Jimmy Diresta walks in. Jimmy- "Hey guys I'm here to get two gallons of wood glue." One employee shouts "Yesssss!" The other one looks disappointed, pulls $5 out of his wallet and hands it to the happy guy who starts ringing up the sale and says, "Sorry Mr. Diresta, me and Frankie here had a bet when ya walked in. He said "Five bucks it's nails" and I said "No way- it's glue." Jimmy laughs, puts a box of glue in the floorboard to his scooter and later disappears into a basement on the lower East side like Batman with a table saw.
+Uncle Mullet hahah glue handles most of the work!! nails are to keep the parts together for the gluing process!!
Jimmy- What makes you a true master is how your share your technique's and discoveries. I really don't know how you get it all done. I suspect that you have built a time machine. All of NYC stops with the flip of a switch in your basement.
One word, Incredible Thank you for sharing
you should really label some of your stuff
he dose everything he makes has his logo on it diresta
Looks more like "everything he touches".
Its annoying ...
Barafu Albino ikr!
This is to prevent piracy/theft of his IP
I'm learning so much, so quickly, so creatively, so entertainingly (no auto-correct, must be a word) , ... feel like I'm jacked into the matrix. Thanks Jimmy.
I still say you need to add your name to every inch of work surface because I constantly forget your name.
I enjoyed watching this more than I thought I would have
Could someone please help me out with a problem I have? I'm having trouble finding out what this guys name is. Does anyone know?
Which guy? I can only see an artisan in these videos...
Guy? You misspelled God.
Holy moley that's a lot of pieces. I like the brushed on wax on the drawer outsides and the brass pull jig ideas!! And beautiful of course!
Porn!!! I've been waiting so long for this one... Came out even better than I anticipated!!!
... Build porn?
+Giaco Whatever Pre-mature anticipation?
Skills and tools would not prevent me from making such a beautiful cabinet. My patients to do the exact same thing over and over and over again would do me in. Looks great Jimmy. Thank you.
"Drawers are where tools go to die.", Adam Savage, 2016
I only discovered your channel about 2 months ago. I have really enjoyed going through your content and am blown away by the sheer range of your skills as much as the quality of the end work. It is genuinely inspiration. Thanks.
5:59 He wrote his name with glue! :o
I can't be the only one to notice..
Everybody notice, he even showed it to the camera with a slow motion...
+The Mosani shh don't tell him
Lots of good ideas picked up just watching a whole project from start to finish in time lapse like this. Thanks!
Anyone else lose their erection at the end when he had to use flathead screws?
@Denise Viar
Flathead screws were all there was back in the day when this style was common.
FH's are totally appropriate
My top Jimmy video...just like that. Awesome as always!
My favourite piece by far! Reminds me of the old Victorian apothecary cabinets.
In all your videos there's always at least one new trick for the folks you share!!
Amazing execution, amazing drawer. Thank you!
I’m honestly not quite sure how I ended up here, but I’m so glad I did... I have always wanted a cabinet of a thousand drawers so I am a little envious, but so so much work! Absolutely worth it though, beautiful.
Thanks for the inspiration Jimmy. I'm re-doing my wood shop from top to bottom and I'm planning LOTS of drawers of all different sizes. I absolutely love this project - Gave me great ideas to incorporate into my designs. Thanks again!
Just what I would need for all of my tools! What a beautiful cabinet. Thank you for sharing. I ❤️❤️❤️ it. 🌹Rosie of Oz🇦🇺
Excellent no-nonsense video and lovely soundtrack too. Nice piece of furniture - i'd have to sit and look at it for a good while though just to admire it. Keep up the good work Jimmy.
I find your videos so relaxing, and I like the fact that you don't stop to explain what you are doing, and instead leave us figure it out ourselves :D
I would normally only allow storage in my workshop to be made from steel but I'd be happy to have something that well made in wood. Very nice work mate.
harder, better, faster, stronger! just perfect!
Quite simply...stunning...in every way
Very very nice work!!!!🤩
Absolutely gorgeous. Now you just have a lot of labels to make.
You are a man of great patience.
I can't think of anything to say except wow. The excitement when I see a new diresta video
Is there a tool in the world you don't have?!
Looking at you work is hypnotizing.
Greeting from Israel!
How could someone dislike this video!? Great job man. Been watching your stuff for years.
I know that I have been looking back into the archive videos but I really like this build. I have always wanted to make one of these so now I think I will.
Utterly magnificent genius, Mr. Diresta!
Jimmy's sounds effects are the best!
Those pulls on the drawers are brilliant!
jimmydiresta.Thanks for making this beautiful video.It was really nice watching this at midnight in silence and i felt so good and happy.I pray you live a very very long and a Healthy life.
This is such a Beautiful video.
I like the jig for the handles, that saves a lot of messing about with pencils and guesswork.
That's beautiful! Like everyone else, I want one. Jimmy D. is tool cool for school!
beautiful. saw an old cabinet similar to this on the weekend at a garage sale. now I have the inspiration to make my own. only maybe a bit smaller
that's amazing it started off so small and became a big and great master piece
jimmy, i think those brass label holders were your inspiration. another fantastic job.
nice job I only really got into Woodwork in about a year ago making jewelry boxes and stuff like that all you guys here on RUclips inspire me and hope to be as good as you guys on here
ive watched all of your videos and this has got to be one of your best projects yet