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I always come back to these videos as I get farther down the road in my woodworking - something I forgot or in this case, didn't know I needed. Mr. Sellers has more common sense than almost any person I have ever known - if he thinks it might be a good idea, it probably is! Eventually I will build his style of workbench, but for now I have retrofit my old clunker with enough to keep me going for the time being. Thank you for all of your hard work.
A big feature of this work bench is that it can be disassembled very easily. The one change I would make is not to glue the dividers over the mounting screws. I would drill a hole through the bottom underneath the dividers and then attach the dividers with one screw from below. The screws would still be hidden from view, but the add-on could be easily removed. There is little lateral pressure on the sides, so not having the sides of the dividers glued or screwed should not be an issue unless the back of the add-on warps badly. Love this bench and add-on Paul. Hope to build this for my next workshop.
Thank you once again to Paul and team for another informative and well produced video! I live in a flat and have plans to make a kitchen table/work bench hybrid based off of your excellent videos. You've inspired me to get going and work with the space I have instead of dreaming of the workshop down the line :)
This entire series of building this workbench is really terrific. I learned a lot watching you and your techniques. Extremely well done! Thank you :-))
Once again another demonstration of the quality and care you and your team put into your product. I don’t think any apology is necessary. Thank you all for what you do!
Thank you for thinking long term, for all future wood workers looking to learn from your great videos Thank you for sharing you knowledge and wisdom of the trade 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I only decided to read the comments on this to see how many people whined about Paul using screws and an electric drill. I was impressed-not bothered-by the decision to hide the screws in the dados! Brilliant and clean. Great stuff as always, Paul. Thanks for coaching me into my now favorite hobby.
It was certainly an extra effort to make the tapered rabbet and I learned a good deal watching you. I wonder though if it would,d have been easier to make the traditional rabbet (constant depth of 1/4" in this case) and simply change the order in which you assemble the tool well. Glue the dividers between the sides before attaching the bottom. I suppose you wouldn't be able to hide the screws where you mount the tool well to the bench as cleverly.
Nice,, I took the ends and instead of completely capping them ran a couple of dowels instead. The reason was to enable sweeping out shavings and wood dust out of the tool well.
Phillip Idunate I recognize the joinery mentality from personal experience. It’s a workbench, not a workpiece (in this instance). It won’t take a beating and doesn’t need fancy joinery, it just needs to get a job done.
I’m wondering why no ends? Won’t tools etc fall out? Also, it seems like a long distance from where you stand to where the tools will be and I thought the tool well was for the same purpose. It seems like there is very little actual bench to be used and more than half the top is Tool well with a tool tray after that. I enjoyed watching the entire series for the build techniques and stuff but would like an explanation for what each section is used for. Cheers mate
These are 20mm thick boards and you didn't bore the pilot holes for your screws. What is your rule of thumb when bore the pilot holes and when not bore the holes?
I plan to make my dividers with sliding dovetails (no glue) so they still hide the screws and stabilize the sides, but I can remove them if need be to disassemble and brush out debris as "well". Pun intended 😀
how do you prevent the tool well from filling up with shavings? i have a narrow shelf behind my work bench that’s lower than the surface, and i find my tools are always getting buried and it’s a pain to clean up
24:00 Interesting, didn't need to stop the saw cut 2/34 of the way, didn't;t need to finish it with a plane. Perhaps the initial cut you made on the separator could have been in 1/4" or so (if you had cut the separator long enough) to avoid the problem of not having enough wood fiber to finish your saw-cut altogether.
23:18 ... bothered me, because the sides of your tool well may not be parallel. At the bottom the walls may be further apart then at the top (where you took your reference from). You admitted as much earlier when your plane-caddy was fitting tightly. Perhaps should have taken a distance/width reference from the bottom of the "trough".
Paul how come your closeup shots are no longer close? Used to be we were focused so well that we could see the fibres in your knife wall - now, lucky to even see the cut!
It makes sense because you can slide the section of wood in place without the surfaces touching and pushing the glue out of the dados. This way the glue makes contact only at the very final moment. It’s very clever.
You can’t remove the tool well if you use this method so you have to decide ahead whether this can be appropriate for you if not you can put the screws somewhere else
Hello Paul, what do you think about mini-workbenches that you clamp to your tabletop (if you don't have a proper workshop with a proper workbench)? Do you think they're useful? They seem to be quite popular of late.
Does anyone know why the ends are open? It appears to be an open invitation for a tool to fall out and hit the floor. Ease of cleaning is lost with the dividers.
Not if they're removable. And f long tools can only lie lengthways in the well, how can they roll out? Also in all my years using it this way I've never known one to do as you suggest.
Odd location for the screws. What if you wanted to take it off temporarily for some reason - don't see an advantage to hiding the screws unnecessarily?!
Like the addition, however I will not attach to my bench with the screws hidden by the dividers. Yours reflects 50 years furniture building “hide the fasteners” LOL.
I am really confuse and still haven’t found the real answers.. actually, what is the different between fiber and grain ? i wish you will giving me and maybe someone out there who need this exact definition.. thanks in advance Sir 🙏😬
I son know if you are still looking for the answer but whereas is exactly what you think it is, the fibers could be thought of as the smaller tubes that making up the wood itself. When he talks about planing down the fibers, he is referring to the fuzz, the fractured ends of all the wood... fibers.
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It was still very good instruction and I enjoyed it very much!! Thank you.
a truly professional approach! ;)
I have seen this before loved it then and love it now
Mr. Sellers, there's not an upload I'd mis even if it was a reprise, and; I can hardly see any quality problems in any of them. Thanks, again.
Paul Sellers learning is always a process of repetition. So...
Thankyou very much for displaying your master skills for free.
I always come back to these videos as I get farther down the road in my woodworking - something I forgot or in this case, didn't know I needed. Mr. Sellers has more common sense than almost any person I have ever known - if he thinks it might be a good idea, it probably is! Eventually I will build his style of workbench, but for now I have retrofit my old clunker with enough to keep me going for the time being. Thank you for all of your hard work.
A big feature of this work bench is that it can be disassembled very easily. The one change I would make is not to glue the dividers over the mounting screws. I would drill a hole through the bottom underneath the dividers and then attach the dividers with one screw from below. The screws would still be hidden from view, but the add-on could be easily removed. There is little lateral pressure on the sides, so not having the sides of the dividers glued or screwed should not be an issue unless the back of the add-on warps badly. Love this bench and add-on Paul. Hope to build this for my next workshop.
or even dovetailed the tapers for an extra 20 mins.
Thank you once again to Paul and team for another informative and well produced video! I live in a flat and have plans to make a kitchen table/work bench hybrid based off of your excellent videos. You've inspired me to get going and work with the space I have instead of dreaming of the workshop down the line :)
This entire series of building this workbench is really terrific. I learned a lot watching you and your techniques. Extremely well done! Thank you :-))
Once again another demonstration of the quality and care you and your team put into your product. I don’t think any apology is necessary. Thank you all for what you do!
Thank you for all your time and effort.
Great Job Paul 👍 Now We All Need To See It Again On The New Bench
Paul is the Bob Ross of woodworking
Thank you for thinking long term, for all future wood workers looking to learn from your great videos
Thank you for sharing you knowledge and wisdom of the trade 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I only decided to read the comments on this to see how many people whined about Paul using screws and an electric drill. I was impressed-not bothered-by the decision to hide the screws in the dados! Brilliant and clean. Great stuff as always, Paul. Thanks for coaching me into my now favorite hobby.
Such a good video, we can all watch it a second time! ;)
I like the trick of hiding the attaching screws under the shelf dividers.
It was certainly an extra effort to make the tapered rabbet and I learned a good deal watching you. I wonder though if it would,d have been easier to make the traditional rabbet (constant depth of 1/4" in this case) and simply change the order in which you assemble the tool well. Glue the dividers between the sides before attaching the bottom. I suppose you wouldn't be able to hide the screws where you mount the tool well to the bench as cleverly.
I believe I'll give this a go for my bench...thanks Paul.
I‘m going to make second one.
You're gonna do ur back in reaching out that far to grab tools out of there!
Nice,, I took the ends and instead of completely capping them ran a couple of dowels instead. The reason was to enable sweeping out shavings and wood dust out of the tool well.
What a great idea. Thank you for sharing!
A wise improvement!
Greetings from Chile Sir, and thanks for your work.
Enjoyed the video, always waiting for the next one!
Do you notice how efficient he is? Very little wasted motion. That’s part of what allows him to get so much done in a day.
Very nice! Thank you!💜
Neat little project Paul. TFS, G :)
Paul Sellers: the “Bob Ross” of woodworking
Bob Ross is the "Paul Sellers" of painting. :)
Thank you very much indeed!
Nice wood!
Nobody else wondering why butt joint and screws? Love all your work and grateful for all you teach 👍👍
Phillip Idunate I recognize the joinery mentality from personal experience. It’s a workbench, not a workpiece (in this instance). It won’t take a beating and doesn’t need fancy joinery, it just needs to get a job done.
Thanks Hakeem, that's what I thought, it just doesn't agree with me. I enjoy Paul's teach very much.
I’m wondering why no ends? Won’t tools etc fall out?
Also, it seems like a long distance from where you stand to where the tools will be and I thought the tool well was for the same purpose.
It seems like there is very little actual bench to be used and more than half the top is Tool well with a tool tray after that.
I enjoyed watching the entire series for the build techniques and stuff but would like an explanation for what each section is used for.
Cheers mate
These are 20mm thick boards and you didn't bore the pilot holes for your screws.
What is your rule of thumb when bore the pilot holes and when not bore the holes?
It was also a good way to remove the initial critical comments concerning the width of the holder and putting the screws inside the dados.
Off the wall query, Paul. The nice guitar riffs you open and close with - where did you get those? I listen and think I'd like to have more.
I plan to make my dividers with sliding dovetails (no glue) so they still hide the screws and stabilize the sides, but I can remove them if need be to disassemble and brush out debris as "well". Pun intended 😀
Спасибо,полезное видео.
how do you prevent the tool well from filling up with shavings? i have a narrow shelf behind my work bench that’s lower than the surface, and i find my tools are always getting buried and it’s a pain to clean up
24:00 Interesting, didn't need to stop the saw cut 2/34 of the way, didn't;t need to finish it with a plane. Perhaps the initial cut you made on the separator could have been in 1/4" or so (if you had cut the separator long enough) to avoid the problem of not having enough wood fiber to finish your saw-cut altogether.
23:18 ... bothered me, because the sides of your tool well may not be parallel. At the bottom the walls may be further apart then at the top (where you took your reference from). You admitted as much earlier when your plane-caddy was fitting tightly. Perhaps should have taken a distance/width reference from the bottom of the "trough".
Lots of perhapses but all in all I am happy about it.
Thought you was building one for the other side!
Love the video. I’ll screw this one onto the the one we made last time. ;)
LOL
Yo Dawg, we heard you like tool trays, so we put a tool tray on your tool tray, so you can tray your tools while you tray your tools!
I don't understand why the dividers were tapered and not just a regular dato?
Paul how come your closeup shots are no longer close? Used to be we were focused so well that we could see the fibres in your knife wall - now, lucky to even see the cut!
What happens when you want to remove this additional tray? you can't get to the screws!
Sorry I missed the reason, why feathered dadoes?
It makes sense because you can slide the section of wood in place without the surfaces touching and pushing the glue out of the dados. This way the glue makes contact only at the very final moment. It’s very clever.
Paul Sellers that does make sense thank you
Great video. Can I ask why you made the dividers tapered, and what if you want to remove the Tool Well Add-on ?
You can’t remove the tool well if you use this method so you have to decide ahead whether this can be appropriate for you if not you can put the screws somewhere else
The biggest thing I've learned from this channel is that I need a higher quality hand saw...
My WalMart Stanley is just not cutting it 😂🤣
Hello Paul,
what do you think about mini-workbenches that you clamp to your tabletop (if you don't have a proper workshop with a proper workbench)?
Do you think they're useful? They seem to be quite popular of late.
Anything that gets you woodworking is good. You will find them restrictive, but for some work they are fine.
Anything that gets you woodworking is good. You will find them restrictive, but for some work they are fine.
Does anyone know why the ends are open? It appears to be an open invitation for a tool to fall out and hit the floor. Ease of cleaning is lost with the dividers.
Not if they're removable. And f long tools can only lie lengthways in the well, how can they roll out? Also in all my years using it this way I've never known one to do as you suggest.
Odd location for the screws. What if you wanted to take it off temporarily for some reason - don't see an advantage to hiding the screws unnecessarily?!
Old furniture makers’ habit: hiding fasteners.
Like the addition, however I will not attach to my bench with the screws hidden by the dividers. Yours reflects 50 years furniture building “hide the fasteners” LOL.
Ok, after the first view, why the tapper?
So that the glue isn't pushed out when sliding the divider in.
Why the open ends?
Devour Eats Would make pulling cubbies out possible
I am really confuse and still haven’t found the real answers.. actually, what is the different between fiber and grain ? i wish you will giving me and maybe someone out there who need this exact definition.. thanks in advance Sir 🙏😬
I son know if you are still looking for the answer but whereas is exactly what you think it is, the fibers could be thought of as the smaller tubes that making up the wood itself. When he talks about planing down the fibers, he is referring to the fuzz, the fractured ends of all the wood... fibers.
Missed the glue on the outside end of the second divider! 😧
Nope. Glue went inside the recess on that side. Watch again... from 26:23
The Matrix was altered....