@@MakeSomething They may have seemed to work. However, as soon as someone attaches an engine hoist and applies 800 psi to your cabinet your joints will fail. Seriously, ignore the screw snobs.
Been around since the drunken woodworker... and this is one of your best videos. Loving the format and storytelling. Its easy to like a video so much when you can tell the creator enjoys making it.
"It's my job to inspire you, your job to work with what you have" is the nicest don't at me bro. Can't wait to see how many comments still point out how you didn't just use a hand saw and elbow grease for this
Parametric design in Fusion 360 is game changing and so, so, so useful. Thanks for showing it off in a woodworking project. That plugin is super sweet too!
No bottom shelf with everything on the floor is a wild move! Actually laughed out loud when you showed all the bottles sitting inside. But that's the best part of building for yourself. You make it the way you want it. I'm also glad you showed the F360 example of adjusting the dimensions. I heard you talk about it on the podcast and couldn't quite understand how it worked. That's really cool and what a time saver.
Using parametric design is a game changer. Even better once you start using simple equations so things adjust together (eg using "width/2" to center things). One of the best habits to get into is to start each new project by creating the basic parameters for your material and project dimensions before making the first sketch.
You are so right regarding where to buy plywood. Sometimes I'm in HD for something else and it would just be easier to get the plywood there but the price and the quality almost make for a cleanup in aisle 28. Also, your dog is the absolute best. I love those dogs.
Couldn't agree more woth ditching the home center for wood, especially plywood...its trash. Been watching for a long time, love the shop look, dont know if it would really be my taste but i really appreciate the organization and how clean. You've mentioned before how clean you like it and the concern of dust, but why no over arm dust collector on the table saw or a respirator? Not trying to be a jerk, i dont care what you do with your lungs or think that you have to always show the "right" way, just genuinely curious. Ive thought about getting a dylos for my shop to get a baseline of what the air is like when im not showering it with sawdust. Great video 👍
Always like your channel. Your shop is pretty cool. Some things I wouldn't do but most of all I respect that you do what works for you and what you like no matter what anyone else thinks. I find that to be very authentic. I don't go to the hardwood dealer often but the one I go to is EXTREMELY helpful. I tell them what I'm looking for and they guide me to good options. Got some great cabinet grade birch plywood for $60ish bucks that I can't complain one bit about. On my first visit as a newbie they gave me a quick tour of the facility. They were happy to help and work with me even though I didn't speak the language 😂. I'm still getting used to 4 quarter this or that etc etc but they are very helpful. If you don't have some of the larger tools to work with rough cut lumber they'll edge joint, face joint 2 faces or as many as you need for a small fee. My point is this. DON'T BE INTIMIDATED! Go in and introduce yourself to your local dealer. They are mostly very helpful and want the newbie business just as much as the experienced contractors. If they don't then go somewhere else. Don't be embarrassed by that you don't know. Sorry for the rant! Thanks Dave for another awesome video! I want to learn Fusion 360! Help!
Hey David, You're a menace for that ending, 😂 I went back and watched it again because I was sue the ads had just interrupted the video. Your video styling is evolving so nicely; it's giving Van Neistat vibes. ❤ What great content too: plywood advice, a solid build, introducing a new toy and teasing the next project, and throwing in great tangents on sawdust, shop design and inspiration, product recommendations. Everything flowed naturally. Two thumbs up.
Great shout out for Toledo plywood! I drive from Cleveland to buy from them regularly since no where around here has Baltic birch in 4x8 sheets. I’ll have to try the import birch! Thanks man
I admire your automatic tape dispenser and have paused your videos to zoom into the model and brand…lol. You should do an End of Year shop tour with links of all the new stuff! Great job!!
My only complaint about David: we need more than one of him! Absolutely love this channel and David's creativity, production excellence, and skills. If cloning becomes a thing, I nominate him for even more content and projects. Awesome! 👍👍👍
I've done 2 big projects with import ply (Indonesian plywood) and have sworn off it. It's not worth the discount from Baltic ply. The stuff I got was sooo splintery and the veneers split and peel back even with a new blade. I think the glue they use to laminate the plywood is just not strong enough. Also it weighs almost half of what Baltic ply weighs, confirming your thoughts on density. When asked, I just tell people to go with Baltic. Great video!
I drive from Columbus to Toledo to get plywood because they're so good. Pretty sure the woodworking stores in Columbus get their plywood from Toledo Plywood
This is gonna sound out of place for a woodworking video, but I love each of the shirts you wore in this video. Your wardrobe and mine are style matched. Also that blue wall and yellow door are a wicked awesome blast of color to that backdrop.
I tried import ply and I just HATE it! On top of the splinters, I had a lot of desalination, weird stringy stuff inside, and respiratory irritation. It was like inhaling cayan peper. I'm so grateful I found a source for reasonably priced Baltic birch. Keep up the good work.
So I don't have to make my shop cabinets out of walnut with marquetry inlay and dovetail jonts? Are you sure you're a YT woodworker? Gotta say, I really like this simple and attractive design. Thanks a ton for pointing out the drawbacks of the cheaper plywood. And seeing that F360 plugin in action is way cooler than you described it on the podcast. I need to find a proper hardwood supplier, I'm thinking I'll probably have to drive a couple hours to get to the nearest one. Thanks for sharing!
Woodworkers love overkill is true. Its actually fun and challenging to try and build without doing over kill builds and try and do just enough sort of work. No you don't need the 3 and a half inch screw. It feels good. But you got glue there and a 2 inch is fine. Haha
I found these from a seller on Walmart's site. This may be the solution to your hinge problem. Blum 38B 1-3/8" or Greater 107 Deg Soft Close Hinge Screw-On
I tried the import plywood at the plywood dealer I go to (I think it was called DragonPly from Vietnam?), and yeah... it's not good and difficult to recommend for anything (including shop furniture). It's just not glued together well! The face veneer's will splinter and peel off very easily, no matter what tricks you use in cutting it (painters tape, zero clearance insert, clean fresh and sharp blade.... nothing seemed to stop the splintering). And after cutting whole ribbons of the veneer would peel off as well! I also had the core layers come unglued when making a wall cabinet with it.... as in I assembled the carcass and after a day of sitting there some boards just started separating. This was a wall hanging cabinet to go above a toilet for storage, and after seeing this I could no longer trust it to not fall apart after installation and fall on someone. So the few bucks I thought I was saving turned into over expenditure as I had to go guy proper plywood and rebuild the whole cabinet again. Oddly enough, dealing with it for furniture is very similar to dealing with Southern Yellow Pine plywood. I'm in the process of re-working part of my garage into a shop and lots of storage, and I went with Southern Yellow Pine to save money. First..... this stuff is WAY heavier than birch plywood! A simple carcass feels like twice the weight easily! Second is there are a LOT of voids and dead spots in the core of it, so if you try to make a rabbet or dado the core layers can just fall apart in long strips! So working with the import plywood feels like a similar experience so far.
I don't understand how it's even possible. That model was discontinued in 2004 and wouldn't support a new enough operating system to even run Fusion....would it??? I can't even imagine it would run a modern web browser.
It ain’t birch by no means but I picked up some “utility” something something plywood at Menards locally. Was it perfect. Nope. But it was 65 bucks a sheet from a new store. I think I would put a cabinet built with it inside my house, even just banded and finished but I haven’t done that yet as house is mostly finished and with a recent remodel, don’t need it. So building out garage as nicely and cheaply as possible.
This video struck a nice balance between the storytelling you've mentioned wanting to focus on and providing woodworking information, especially considering it's a shop cabinet video. My only critique is it needs more weiner dog.
Woodworkers love overkill, subtraction, deadlines, CNCs, walnut, re-making things, wiener dogs and speaking the language in your local suppliers. And Dave. And Kelly. And the fact that the old suitcase is being turned into a h-
Wow, even at $80 that is a bargain price for birch ply compared to the UK. It’s not stocked by big box stores so you can only buy through a specialist. At my local supplier it is close to £180 per sheet ….thats like $230 which is mental! We’re living in crazy times.
Yeah, I don't have anything local except big box stores. And I'm not driving 5+ hours to save a couple bucks when it will cost me the difference in gas for a 10+ hour round trip.
David, I always love your videos,..you rock my man! But you forgot to get back to talking about the dust collection in your amazingly clean shop! C'mon bro,..was that a senior moment? (asks the 60 y/o) 😅
So many missed dowel opportunities. As yourself. Does this need glue. Yes. Dowel. Does this need a screw. Yes. Dowel. Does this have a spot for a dowel. Then yes. Dowel. Always dowel.
Drywall screws are called "Drywall" screws for a reason. They are meant for,... guess what, Drywall! What a concept!
So you’re saying they didn’t work?
What? I thought they were MADE of Drywall!!! What crazy world we live in /S
@@MakeSomething They may have seemed to work. However, as soon as someone attaches an engine hoist and applies 800 psi to your cabinet your joints will fail. Seriously, ignore the screw snobs.
Yeah! Didn't you have any plywood cabinet screws?
Matthias just did some tests and found that drywall screws are surprisingly strong. More than adequate for something like this.
Been around since the drunken woodworker... and this is one of your best videos. Loving the format and storytelling. Its easy to like a video so much when you can tell the creator enjoys making it.
"It's my job to inspire you, your job to work with what you have" is the nicest don't at me bro. Can't wait to see how many comments still point out how you didn't just use a hand saw and elbow grease for this
But I don't have a handsaw... I have to chew pieces of wood into smaller pieces to work.
Lucky! I don't have teeth... I use my gums to cut wood.
Parametric design in Fusion 360 is game changing and so, so, so useful. Thanks for showing it off in a woodworking project. That plugin is super sweet too!
No bottom shelf with everything on the floor is a wild move! Actually laughed out loud when you showed all the bottles sitting inside. But that's the best part of building for yourself. You make it the way you want it.
I'm also glad you showed the F360 example of adjusting the dimensions. I heard you talk about it on the podcast and couldn't quite understand how it worked. That's really cool and what a time saver.
Using parametric design is a game changer. Even better once you start using simple equations so things adjust together (eg using "width/2" to center things). One of the best habits to get into is to start each new project by creating the basic parameters for your material and project dimensions before making the first sketch.
Nice cliffhanger, David! And yeah, the hinges would bug me, but I agree that the look is good. I bet there is a solution out there...
You are so right regarding where to buy plywood. Sometimes I'm in HD for something else and it would just be easier to get the plywood there but the price and the quality almost make for a cleanup in aisle 28.
Also, your dog is the absolute best. I love those dogs.
Couldn't agree more woth ditching the home center for wood, especially plywood...its trash.
Been watching for a long time, love the shop look, dont know if it would really be my taste but i really appreciate the organization and how clean. You've mentioned before how clean you like it and the concern of dust, but why no over arm dust collector on the table saw or a respirator? Not trying to be a jerk, i dont care what you do with your lungs or think that you have to always show the "right" way, just genuinely curious. Ive thought about getting a dylos for my shop to get a baseline of what the air is like when im not showering it with sawdust. Great video 👍
Always like your channel. Your shop is pretty cool. Some things I wouldn't do but most of all I respect that you do what works for you and what you like no matter what anyone else thinks. I find that to be very authentic.
I don't go to the hardwood dealer often but the one I go to is EXTREMELY helpful. I tell them what I'm looking for and they guide me to good options. Got some great cabinet grade birch plywood for $60ish bucks that I can't complain one bit about.
On my first visit as a newbie they gave me a quick tour of the facility. They were happy to help and work with me even though I didn't speak the language 😂. I'm still getting used to 4 quarter this or that etc etc but they are very helpful. If you don't have some of the larger tools to work with rough cut lumber they'll edge joint, face joint 2 faces or as many as you need for a small fee. My point is this. DON'T BE INTIMIDATED! Go in and introduce yourself to your local dealer. They are mostly very helpful and want the newbie business just as much as the experienced contractors. If they don't then go somewhere else. Don't be embarrassed by that you don't know. Sorry for the rant!
Thanks Dave for another awesome video! I want to learn Fusion 360! Help!
Im in NW ohio so I appreciate when you mention local options like Toledo Plywood and Kencraft. Thanks for the video!
I have been looking forward to this video since I heard it on the podcast! Keep building what you want, we will be here!
Hey David,
You're a menace for that ending, 😂 I went back and watched it again because I was sue the ads had just interrupted the video.
Your video styling is evolving so nicely; it's giving Van Neistat vibes. ❤
What great content too: plywood advice, a solid build, introducing a new toy and teasing the next project, and throwing in great tangents on sawdust, shop design and inspiration, product recommendations. Everything flowed naturally. Two thumbs up.
Thank you!!
Great shout out for Toledo plywood! I drive from Cleveland to buy from them regularly since no where around here has Baltic birch in 4x8 sheets. I’ll have to try the import birch! Thanks man
HAHAHA I have seen and loved all your videos but all I can see if the seven dwarves in ya, Buildy? Choppy? Snow White must love you!! Great build!
I admire your automatic tape dispenser and have paused your videos to zoom into the model and brand…lol. You should do an End of Year shop tour with links of all the new stuff! Great job!!
My only complaint about David: we need more than one of him! Absolutely love this channel and David's creativity, production excellence, and skills. If cloning becomes a thing, I nominate him for even more content and projects. Awesome! 👍👍👍
I don't think my wife can handle two me.
@@MakeSomething Good point - hadn't considered that. Plus it would be confusing as hell for Wally!
Great film. Nice cabinet. Mahalo for sharing!
I've done 2 big projects with import ply (Indonesian plywood) and have sworn off it. It's not worth the discount from Baltic ply. The stuff I got was sooo splintery and the veneers split and peel back even with a new blade. I think the glue they use to laminate the plywood is just not strong enough. Also it weighs almost half of what Baltic ply weighs, confirming your thoughts on density. When asked, I just tell people to go with Baltic.
Great video!
that board layout tool is going to save me so much time
That ending got me... LOL
Wow, that is good value. A full sheet in the UK is running over £100. Finnish Birch Ply is about the same as your Baltic Birch.
I use a variation of your design for all my bench tools. I use OSB for the side panels. It saves on plywood cost, and I kind of like the look.
I frequently feel that cleaning and organizing my physical space helps me to have a clean/organized head-space. Also, "access the behind..."...lol.
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You making fun of my 2x4 shop furniture hahahah Shop looks awesome....Have a great weekend
I drive from Columbus to Toledo to get plywood because they're so good. Pretty sure the woodworking stores in Columbus get their plywood from Toledo Plywood
Bob needs to make his cut-list program available, it sounds like a great option.
I like those casters, but at 6'5", I often need the extra height from the casters.
This is gonna sound out of place for a woodworking video, but I love each of the shirts you wore in this video. Your wardrobe and mine are style matched.
Also that blue wall and yellow door are a wicked awesome blast of color to that backdrop.
I love that you still use the Mac that came out the year I graduated from high school.
One day I'll get a new one!
I tried import ply and I just HATE it! On top of the splinters, I had a lot of desalination, weird stringy stuff inside, and respiratory irritation. It was like inhaling cayan peper. I'm so grateful I found a source for reasonably priced Baltic birch. Keep up the good work.
That's awesome! Honest review on the plywood. Looking forward to an in depth review of the laser.
Can’t wait to have my own CNC… making these would be a blast 💥
So I don't have to make my shop cabinets out of walnut with marquetry inlay and dovetail jonts? Are you sure you're a YT woodworker? Gotta say, I really like this simple and attractive design. Thanks a ton for pointing out the drawbacks of the cheaper plywood. And seeing that F360 plugin in action is way cooler than you described it on the podcast. I need to find a proper hardwood supplier, I'm thinking I'll probably have to drive a couple hours to get to the nearest one. Thanks for sharing!
Perfect timing
I'm almost done my garage reno and about to start the furniture
Woodworkers love overkill is true. Its actually fun and challenging to try and build without doing over kill builds and try and do just enough sort of work. No you don't need the 3 and a half inch screw. It feels good. But you got glue there and a 2 inch is fine. Haha
That ending was just the best!! 😂😂😂
As always a superb video. Thank you so much
I found these from a seller on Walmart's site. This may be the solution to your hinge problem. Blum 38B 1-3/8" or Greater 107 Deg Soft Close Hinge Screw-On
I tried the import plywood at the plywood dealer I go to (I think it was called DragonPly from Vietnam?), and yeah... it's not good and difficult to recommend for anything (including shop furniture). It's just not glued together well! The face veneer's will splinter and peel off very easily, no matter what tricks you use in cutting it (painters tape, zero clearance insert, clean fresh and sharp blade.... nothing seemed to stop the splintering). And after cutting whole ribbons of the veneer would peel off as well! I also had the core layers come unglued when making a wall cabinet with it.... as in I assembled the carcass and after a day of sitting there some boards just started separating. This was a wall hanging cabinet to go above a toilet for storage, and after seeing this I could no longer trust it to not fall apart after installation and fall on someone. So the few bucks I thought I was saving turned into over expenditure as I had to go guy proper plywood and rebuild the whole cabinet again.
Oddly enough, dealing with it for furniture is very similar to dealing with Southern Yellow Pine plywood. I'm in the process of re-working part of my garage into a shop and lots of storage, and I went with Southern Yellow Pine to save money. First..... this stuff is WAY heavier than birch plywood! A simple carcass feels like twice the weight easily! Second is there are a LOT of voids and dead spots in the core of it, so if you try to make a rabbet or dado the core layers can just fall apart in long strips! So working with the import plywood feels like a similar experience so far.
Baltic Birch BBBB in Dallas is 145.
Thanks for sharing guild build as always. Love the new video formatting, but man I miss the mom jokes!
So does your mom.
“Access the behind,” ?? Daaaaviiid…. 😂
The respect I have for this channel for using the lamp iMac. Which I assume is a G5 processor, is through the roof.
I don't understand how it's even possible. That model was discontinued in 2004 and wouldn't support a new enough operating system to even run Fusion....would it??? I can't even imagine it would run a modern web browser.
Also...it would be a G4 processor.
Plus one to making shop furniture with flair.
I can’t hold it in, I must say it: “Welcome to normal plywood,”...😄
In las Vegas NV $110 for Baltic birch $50 for import
Nice teaser at the end
Haven’t made it all the way through yet but just wanted to say I love your videos Dave!
Baltic birch is free at my local home stores. ...but it also isn't stocked.
Mmm baltic ply, the stuff of good guitar cabs
If I am being pedantic; baltic birch is also import stuff. Unless US has a state called "baltic" ;)
Yeah, I'm not responsible for naming it.
Yet another BANGER of a video.
Super informative. Thanks.
I always liked the "old version"...
Enjoyed watching
As someone almost as old as that case, it’s called a Train Case. 😆
It ain’t birch by no means but I picked up some “utility” something something plywood at Menards locally. Was it perfect. Nope. But it was 65 bucks a sheet from a new store. I think I would put a cabinet built with it inside my house, even just banded and finished but I haven’t done that yet as house is mostly finished and with a recent remodel, don’t need it. So building out garage as nicely and cheaply as possible.
This video struck a nice balance between the storytelling you've mentioned wanting to focus on and providing woodworking information, especially considering it's a shop cabinet video. My only critique is it needs more weiner dog.
Woodworkers love overkill, subtraction, deadlines, CNCs, walnut, re-making things, wiener dogs and speaking the language in your local suppliers. And Dave. And Kelly. And the fact that the old suitcase is being turned into a h-
Where do you get your work shirts? I'd like to get some and happy to use any referral link if you have it
Wow, even at $80 that is a bargain price for birch ply compared to the UK. It’s not stocked by big box stores so you can only buy through a specialist. At my local supplier it is close to £180 per sheet ….thats like $230 which is mental! We’re living in crazy times.
yikes!
Yeah, I don't have anything local except big box stores. And I'm not driving 5+ hours to save a couple bucks when it will cost me the difference in gas for a 10+ hour round trip.
David, I always love your videos,..you rock my man! But you forgot to get back to talking about the dust collection in your amazingly clean shop! C'mon bro,..was that a senior moment? (asks the 60 y/o) 😅
I said I would do it in my upcoming shop tour video. 🙂
@MakeSomething Oops, my senior moment then David! Sorry buddy, you're the best. Check it!
Would you use the cheap stuff over the big box store plywood?
Yes, 100%
"When I get this to work..." LOL
I’m not good enough to always get it to work. 😁
@@MakeSomething Me neither.
Hello Dr. Fünke.
“To access the behind” 😂
Baltic birch vs home center plywood is not comparable.
Right.
Have you had chance to try bobs cutlist program vs mapboards yet?
Not yet
Baltic birch comes predominantly from Russia with some from Ukraine. That’s why it is so expensive and now impossible to get.
every major city.... unfortunately I'm 3+ hrs for the three nearest major cities (Chicago, st. louis, Indy)... Menards it is
Problem is not everyone has access to anything other than big box stores
Just to make you laugh, here in the UK it's about £260 per sheet of 3/4 baltic birch....
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You're turning that old suitcase into a what!?
You're taking that suitcase and making it into a ca-?
Wait. Whut? Let’s talk about that 2002 iMac G4 for a second….7:11
I use Fusion 360…..where do I get the plugin?
It’s called Mapboards Pro
So many missed dowel opportunities. As yourself. Does this need glue. Yes. Dowel. Does this need a screw. Yes. Dowel.
Does this have a spot for a dowel. Then yes. Dowel.
Always dowel.
Man these videos with BB for $50 make me so upset, cheapest I can find in Denver is ~$200 for a BB 4x8.
YOU CAN GET BALTIC BIRCH FOR $78/ sheet!????? That’s less than half the cost in California.
First like and comment. Love your videos!
Wait, Fusion 360 costs $2K a year? Wild.
It does not cost nearly that much and there's a free version for personal use. They hide these things and make it really confusing.
@@MakeSomething yeah, the site showed $2040 for a year and $85 monthly. Wild. It's good to hear there's free versions. I'll keep digging. Thanks!
Why does it sound like you're reading a script in a hostage video?
I was very sick that week.
What's going on with the mic on this video?
I was very sick that week.
@@MakeSomething Sorry to hear that. Feel better.
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Is that a iMac G4 you are running Fusion on??!?!?!? That's....not....possible???
I've hacked it with a M1 Mac mini
Glue is nice crazy now, but plywood is crap, so your glue may hold until the plywood delaminates 😢
@@sevenismy - not all plywood is crap, just the cheaper stuff. You can still get high quality, you just have to pay a lot more.
Fusion360 running on a pudding imac? I'm not believing that, it's a scam 😁😁😁
Never tried it on an iMac, but I will say Fusion360 chews up way less resources on my laptop than sketchup does.
It’s been hacked with an M1
First