Watching you deconstruct old furniture and explain how it was probably made is very compelling. I love your channel and it would be cool to see more "investigative carpentry." Since I never comment I'll also say thanks for all the hours of entertainment and education.
i'm hoping i'm not the only person who was watching you look over those locks and saying in the back of my mind "common you make tools and jigs and parts on the spot, you can make a key darnit!" it is very nice to see this old furniture tho .. just how well it holds up to time vs the particle board stuff of today
The raised panel draw bottom construction says it all. The piece was probably made in the US sometime before 1880. After that period plywood in grove construction using mass production machinery was used.
+Matthias Wandel Please reply!!!! Ever since I was 7 years old, I have watched your woodworking videos! I wish I could be like you! You are so good at what you do! I almost forgot: Good job on making it onto a TV show with your air-raid siren!
Thanks for shairing your ideas it helps a lot and makes you think of how many things we take for granted. Goes to show anything can be done if you put effot and mind to it. Looking forward for more of your videos. I'm a beginer and starting to learn more.
The finished product looks great. The drawers remind me of some of my grandfather's furniture which I inherited. It was built in the 30s out of cherry and cherry-veneer plywood. It has the same mix of machined and hand-cut parts.
That lock is an ordinary lever tumbler lock. They were popular in Europe and around the world prior to the widespread adoption of pin tumbler locks. Our house is from the 20s and still has a pair of them securing the front door. Unlike those shown in the video, most lever tumbler locks have an odd number of levers (five is common) set up symmetrically, so that one key can operate the lock from either the inside or the outside.
I would have loved seeing to coming back to live in a way similar what it once was. You might not have a use for such a desk, but I guess you could have sold it easily enough, judging from the comments of people who hoped you might have restored it.
One good place to source this kind of project furniture is Craig's list under the free category. In checking my local Craig's List to make sure of the availability I found myself a computer desk and three really nice oak credenzas. Hadn't been been looking for something like them, but they were too nice to pass on.
Now that most people don't use desks or vanities anymore, a lot of dealers take the top off and separately apply new tops. A less expensive way to go on materials is to use bevelled mirrored glass. Some dealers even switch it out with colored plexiglass to make it eclectic. You can also take the bottom out of your top drawer and make a hanging file.
You really know how to work with your hands! I like this, it is very practical! Keep these videos coming as much as possible for I enjoy them! Thank you for sharing these ideas!
It is very cool to speed up video in some action (like pentorouting, drilling and so)! Nice editing videos. Every day I waiting for new videos. I`m from Russia.
Awesome find Matthias , your build onto the base you started with came out to a fine, good looking piece. Your handles 'fit' much better then the original fancy ones. They where too nice to toss out though. Thanks once more for putting yourself out here for our enjoyment. Cheers !!
A long time ago I found a antique end table that has a leather top with gold leaf design around the edges. I guess it is time to start dumpster diving again.
When I lived at my apartment, the college kids would move home for the summer and throw all their furniture away since the could not get it in the car for the long drive home. It's simply amazing what people throw away. If I can repurpose something... I go for it.. If I can't... We'll that's just being a hoarder. LoL! I have always enjoyed free things and fixing them up! (Not a hoarder) lol
one day you will end up sitting on the floor after jumping on a desk like this ;) you raised the level of shop furniture quite a bit by having mahagoni drawers in your workbench
i like these type of builds here a wail back my neighbor was throwing out a desk with metal draws on it the top was in bad condition so i just took to metal draws i need more storage in my small shop (just a little shed) so i took the top off put the metal draws back to and cut the top in half. then i put it back together know i have a great work bench and storage i need to put wheels on it i think that will be the next project
Those "cast" handles might be original. I saw a tour on "This Old House" of a factory that made parts like that. They'd been in business since early 20th century. They had shelves full of original molds.
Hey Matthias, if you would want a key for the lock, I feel like I have the skills necessary to make one. I also feel like YOU have the skills necessary to do so.
For me, this was really sad to see. Sad because the beautiful ornate handles were scrapped, and sad because such a beautiful antique was so poorly treated by the original owners. It's not uncommon for old pieces like this to have large panels that are machine planed, while a lot of other surfaces (drawer sides) are hand planed for a precise fit. I have a very old desk that has similar construction (dovetails at the front at back of the drawers) and the bottoms are also planed. Planers have been around for a long time. The desk you have (or the parts of it that are left) are probably from around 1870-1880. The composite handles are Victorian in style, so it could be as late as the1890s. I'd love to get my hands on the handles and locks. I am currently looking for 5 matching antique locks to replace missing ones on the antique desk I mentioned earlier. The problem is that they need to be a specific size to fit the existing holes. Locks like these are still available today, but difficult to find in the right sizes. The ones you show are "double lever". A single lever would be exactly the same, but with only one slotted lever. You can easily cut a new blank key for these with a hack saw, files, and a key blank, since the lock can easily be opened.
This is how I plan on furnishing my shop.. With my luck, all I'm going to find is broken Ikea and Sauder woodworking cabinets. They will never be "solid"...
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Watching you deconstruct old furniture and explain how it was probably made is very compelling. I love your channel and it would be cool to see more "investigative carpentry." Since I never comment I'll also say thanks for all the hours of entertainment and education.
I like how every time he finishes a project he jumps on it.
only to test if it's sturdy =)
This would be great idea for video series. Restoring stuff that ppl consider "trash". Very nice video and keep them coming Matthias!
i'm hoping i'm not the only person who was watching you look over those locks and saying in the back of my mind "common you make tools and jigs and parts on the spot, you can make a key darnit!"
it is very nice to see this old furniture tho .. just how well it holds up to time vs the particle board stuff of today
you weren't the only one lol
And, like always, with the jump on the table strength test.
Love it when someone can see craftsmanship when they come across it. Love your channel.
Good one Matthias, love to see these kinds of vids
Colin
If I could just find something like this soon, so I can convince my youngest daughter that regular dumpster-diving is a must, lol!
One man's trash is another's man's vlog.
I love this type of video. I think it's a crime against the planet to chuck stuff out like this. Thanks Matthias.
Great find! and a nice job restoring these to working order!
As simple as they are, those blocky new handles are a great fit to the design of the drawers.
I like seeing your take on how that piece was put together.
Nice save. I've saved some drawers from old dressers, and will use them in my shop. They're narrow, so they won't look out of place there.
What a great idea for a woodworking video! So many brilliant elements. Inspirational to be sure.
Hand cut dovetail drawers! To throw them out is a real slap in the face of the craftsman who made them. Great save Matthias!
Great find! Have you ever had a piece of furniture break during your signature "solid" jump at the end?
It never surprises me the stuff people throw away, great find and restoration.
I do so love the fast forward. So fun to watch. Thanks for another great video Matthias!
The raised panel draw bottom construction says it all. The piece was probably made in the US sometime before 1880. After that period plywood in grove construction using mass production machinery was used.
+Matthias Wandel Please reply!!!!
Ever since I was 7 years old, I have watched your woodworking videos! I wish I could be like you! You are so good at what you do!
I almost forgot: Good job on making it onto a TV show with your air-raid siren!
Thanks for shairing your ideas it helps a lot and makes you think of how many things we take for granted. Goes to show anything can be done if you put effot and mind to it. Looking forward for more of your videos. I'm a beginer and starting to learn more.
excellent analysis of the piece and very admirable example of adaptive reuse.
Dumpster diving and curb harvesting are the best!
The finished product looks great. The drawers remind me of some of my grandfather's furniture which I inherited. It was built in the 30s out of cherry and cherry-veneer plywood. It has the same mix of machined and hand-cut parts.
That's a lot of screws for something held firm by the notches.
Your workbenches are nicer than most furniture! Thank you for sharing.
why can't i stop watching these videos?
+piplup2009
Because you're addicted, like the rest of us.
i like you
piplup2009 i like it because i wish i could make cool stuff too
That lock is an ordinary lever tumbler lock. They were popular in Europe and around the world prior to the widespread adoption of pin tumbler locks. Our house is from the 20s and still has a pair of them securing the front door. Unlike those shown in the video, most lever tumbler locks have an odd number of levers (five is common) set up symmetrically, so that one key can operate the lock from either the inside or the outside.
Have you ever bought wood? In every video you say "i found this ____ in the garbage the other day"
+Dami Nooki that and the filter are the only recorded cases ever
He is recycler par excellence.
Trash to treasure could be a great name for a series of videos.
I would have loved seeing to coming back to live in a way similar what it once was. You might not have a use for such a desk, but I guess you could have sold it easily enough, judging from the comments of people who hoped you might have restored it.
One good place to source this kind of project furniture is Craig's list under the free category. In checking my local Craig's List to make sure of the availability I found myself a computer desk and three really nice oak credenzas. Hadn't been been looking for something like them, but they were too nice to pass on.
Now that most people don't use desks or vanities anymore, a lot of dealers take the top off and separately apply new tops. A less expensive way to go on materials is to use bevelled mirrored glass. Some dealers even switch it out with colored plexiglass to make it eclectic.
You can also take the bottom out of your top drawer and make a hanging file.
You really know how to work with your hands! I like this, it is very practical!
Keep these videos coming as much as possible for I enjoy them! Thank you for sharing these ideas!
Those locks are a Lever Lock type, and all solid brass - not done in today's production.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_tumbler_lock
It is very cool to speed up video in some action (like pentorouting, drilling and so)! Nice editing videos. Every day I waiting for new videos. I`m from Russia.
watching your videos is just as much entertaining as a learning experience.
Lucky you. You got a great treasure. i would have loved the antique look on the handle the way the original looked. Great work.
Excellent video showing how to reuse and recycle.
Thanks for sharing.
The 7 people who disliked this video must work for ikea.
Or the family who through desk drawers out.
Yeah, could of been.
Lol.
maby they Were antique furniture restorers, who would sell them for fiew hundereds dollars?
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I'm not sure what it is, but I just love these videos, they're absolutely fascinating to me.
Just beautiful. Work with what you have and what you can recycle. 1000 Thumbs up xD
Nice video! Love how you explain and give the details.
Awesome stuff. The lock is quite novelty, very old reliable design, but very easy to pick.
Awesome find Matthias , your build onto the base you started with came out to a fine, good looking piece. Your handles 'fit' much better then the original fancy ones. They where too nice to toss out though. Thanks once more for putting yourself out here for our enjoyment. Cheers !!
Nice find!!!! That would be an ultimate find for me. I worship hand cut dovetails. That definitely needs and is worthy of a 1" solid mahogany top.
I never considered picking up old furniture to recycle lumber.
Now I am. Gotta clean out the back of my station wagon.
A long time ago I found a antique end table that has a leather top with gold leaf design around the edges. I guess it is time to start dumpster diving again.
Very nice! I love finding stuff like this.
Chris
Fine upcycling through the conquest of function over form.
Make +Trashtotreasure a regular show please!
wow! those are pretty nice drawers! good find!
great Find, and wow, what a craftsman, Great Job
Very nice job, Matthias.
Getting quite acrobatic there at the end!
I Love the work you do, Intricate details, I wish I had skills like that!
I would Love to see him make a brass key for the drawers. He only needs brass flat bar and round stock.
Wow! Nice find and save!
When I lived at my apartment, the college kids would move home for the summer and throw all their furniture away since the could not get it in the car for the long drive home. It's simply amazing what people throw away. If I can repurpose something... I go for it.. If I can't... We'll that's just being a hoarder. LoL! I have always enjoyed free things and fixing them up! (Not a hoarder) lol
the way they made the drawers I love it coz I dont have the tools like you got 0:54 but its the best i can do
Really nice find and great end result!
Hi Matthias: Great job, great find, Excellent desk, All the best Harry,
Absolutely beautiful work, Matt. I like the way many of your projects are not officially complete until we get the "Wandel Hop on Top" at the end. ^_^
Fantastic piece and amazing recovery as expected!
Very nice! I think these drawers could also be used as bedside tables with different modification!
Dude i love your humor. " these are far to noce nice to be shop drawers.... So ina make it shop drawers". Lol
one day you will end up sitting on the floor after jumping on a desk like this ;)
you raised the level of shop furniture quite a bit by having mahagoni drawers in your workbench
i like these type of builds here a wail back my neighbor was throwing out a desk with metal draws on it the top was in bad condition so i just took to metal draws i need more storage in my small shop (just a little shed) so i took the top off put the metal draws back to and cut the top in half. then i put it back together know i have a great work bench and storage i need to put wheels on it i think that will be the next project
Thank you for the great idea, I need some extra places to put stuff in the garage!
Those "cast" handles might be original. I saw a tour on "This Old House" of a factory that made parts like that. They'd been in business since early 20th century. They had shelves full of original molds.
I loved that kind of joins!
I like how you do the jump and sit test on every table you make
I’m loving this!
Great find and save!
Love that sound at 3:45
que manera de trabajar !!!!! vi varios de tus videos son sencillamente fantasticos !!!! felicitaciones
Hey Matthias, if you would want a key for the lock, I feel like I have the skills necessary to make one. I also feel like YOU have the skills necessary to do so.
Lovely work on saving some gems. Wouldn't be one of your vids without jumping on it! lol.
I love your run and jump tests, 'solid'. !!!
Why did you not make a beautiful desk? Those drawers could of made something amazing with a nice top
Awesome job!
Love your videos Matthias! I was wondering what you do for a living? is woodworking a hobby or your profession? thanks : )
I really learnt a lot from this one 👍
I Love it!
when you were loading that cabinet up on the pantarouter i new it was getting good!
Nicely done!
I hope that if one day he jumps on one of his projects and it breaks, that he will upload it anyway. that would be hilarious
For me, this was really sad to see. Sad because the beautiful ornate handles were scrapped, and sad because such a beautiful antique was so poorly treated by the original owners. It's not uncommon for old pieces like this to have large panels that are machine planed, while a lot of other surfaces (drawer sides) are hand planed for a precise fit. I have a very old desk that has similar construction (dovetails at the front at back of the drawers) and the bottoms are also planed. Planers have been around for a long time. The desk you have (or the parts of it that are left) are probably from around 1870-1880. The composite handles are Victorian in style, so it could be as late as the1890s.
I'd love to get my hands on the handles and locks. I am currently looking for 5 matching antique locks to replace missing ones on the antique desk I mentioned earlier. The problem is that they need to be a specific size to fit the existing holes. Locks like these are still available today, but difficult to find in the right sizes. The ones you show are "double lever". A single lever would be exactly the same, but with only one slotted lever. You can easily cut a new blank key for these with a hack saw, files, and a key blank, since the lock can easily be opened.
I want those old handles
+charles dilmore Come and get them
+Matthias Wandel you still have them hahaha
WOW! Nice Find!
Great find!
You have some awesome garbage around your parts.
UR perfect in alteration very very very good keep it up
This is how I plan on furnishing my shop.. With my luck, all I'm going to find is broken Ikea and Sauder woodworking cabinets. They will never be "solid"...
Haha just got my first garbage pickup a old wooden desk which be for my daughter when i fix it up.
I wish I was as good at anything as you are at woodworking
You are so much fun to watch, u rock.
That's beautiful work.
+Matthias Wandel at 2:47 you can see where they cut too deep with the saw
awesome as always! great find, great repair/mod
you saved them 👍 good stuff 😀
Great finding, great result! Congratulations. :)