I love all your videos man. Been a fan for many, many years! These types of fixit videos though, are the ones that drew me to your channel. I hope you and the family are all doing well!
I would love to be able to share this video with my grandfather who was a keen woodworker, but he died decades ago. Your videos engender happy memories of spending time with him in his workshop.
Thomas Johnson has a great furniture repair channel on RUclips. He was just working on some dowels in his last video. He also does amazing stuff with veneer repairs, quite amazing to watch him work.
Have watched him for years! Amazing that he actually replied to an email I sent him when I had questions about a 1930's kitchen table I wanted to restore. Guy is really down to earth!
A great fix to an awkward joint, you got the stain off just right as well, if I was using that it would creek a hell of a lot but it would be my joints and not the chair, perhaps I should let my GP see this video but I don’t like the idea of letting him loose with a drill.
Nicely done. I'm using dowels more and more and finding them really useful. Have you done any vids on using them, I'd be interested in learning more. Thanks for sharing.
About one year after I worked on some old chairs you show me a better way. I took them apart and used moldable epoxy stuff and a lot of sanding to get my shapes back. Hours of work
Our family had this same exact rocking chair (or similar style) and got rid of it because of the same problem. We loved that chair. That was years ago, wish we could have seen this great fix before throwing it out!
Well done sir. Just when i think my horsing is under control, u put out this video tha makes me want to save all the trash i see on the road. Keep up thr great work.
I had the same problem with the rocker I used when my kids were small. However, it turned out all of the creaking and groaning was coming from me owing to the fact I'm 50 years older than my son.
Hand drill, hand saw, and a spokeshave! All that's missing is a starting shot of some wildlife and you could be Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration in Gorham, Maine.
I have a yankee push drill, an egg beater and a bit & brace. But I would have expected Matthias to use a rigid horizontal boring machine or the Pantorouter in this situation! 😅
@@lipoff I'm no expert, but with such a long drill bit, I think the only safe way to do this is in a hand held drill. You have any imbalance on the end of that drill bit before it's in the guide block and in a router motor (like on the pantorouter or horizontal boring machine), and things will get out of hand VERY quickly. If you've never seen a pantorouter walk across the room, putting a super long drill in it would be a good way to make that a reality!
I am becoming Matthias... The other day, my wife gave me a bowel she picked up from a roadside junk pile and said she wanted it fixed. It was a "spiral scroll sawn" thing that collapsed down into a flat trivet or would open into a bowel. The whole thing was made from a single slab of wood. The "handle" would rotate up and pull on the trivet, forcing the bowel/basket shape to form. Anyway, the handle had broken. The previous owner had tried gluing it, but since it is a curve cut from a single piece, it was all end grain at the top of the curve and destined to break. I disassembled the thing, glued up the handle and then cut a spline into it. The screws that the handle pivoted on were all wrong too, as there was not enough thread engagement with the bowel and too much with the handle (causing them to work loose). So I filed some screws down to achieve what was needed. I then cut some suitable cross grain plugs for the holes and mixed some stain to match the colour of everything. I gave it back to my wife and she said "why did you spend days on that silly thing, it just needed gluing". I wonder if these words echo around the Wandel household...
Reminds me of my old career in software. Client wanted just the bugs they knew about fixed, not the whole new release. Just fix this thing, leave all the other bugs I don't yet know about -- they haven't failed yet!
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Which brings to mind another story. Back in the late 80's, before the internet and TCP/IP etc. was much of a thing, I was working in a team developing a distributed system to control the railway. I grew tired of loading software into all the nodes in the lab during development and cooked up a tool where I could push software updates out through our telemetry links. I got into trouble and told this absolutely must be removed because it was outside the contract. I pointed out that it would be a huge help once the system went out into the field, but no, it had to go. Skip ahead a couple of years and there is stupid me, poking around in equipment racks on the side of the train tracks, updating software on Christmas Eve.
Very well done, as always... But I wonder if the pin idea would not have worked. I like to use bamboo skewers as pins for situations like these. My gut tells me that would have been enough here, but I wonder.
Can I request an extended cut of Matthias in the rocking chair rocking while staring at the camera?
Matthias OnlyFans, when?
Reminds me of Vinheteiro. Slightly creepy / erotic.
@@mushin111 touch of norman bates perhaps!!
He should loop it and make it a 2 hour video!
Playing a banjo
So many clever tricks in one short video.
Mathias' clever clamping has always impressed me
I didn't expect that to drill so cleanly.
Neither did I!
I think those brad point bits have a sharp cutting outer edge, unlike standard twist drill bits.
Wait... Did someone actually use a spokeshave to shave a spoke?
What will they think of next!
😁😁😁
Lol Mathias rocking at the end while listening and posing. Cracked me up. Great fix. It's really a joy watching you work.
No pocket screws but a pocket dowels :)
I love all your videos man. Been a fan for many, many years! These types of fixit videos though, are the ones that drew me to your channel. I hope you and the family are all doing well!
First Matthias video I watched was a moustrap video, stayed for the comedy and woodcraft. 🤣
I would love to be able to share this video with my grandfather who was a keen woodworker, but he died decades ago. Your videos engender happy memories of spending time with him in his workshop.
Thomas Johnson has a great furniture repair channel on RUclips. He was just working on some dowels in his last video. He also does amazing stuff with veneer repairs, quite amazing to watch him work.
Have watched him for years! Amazing that he actually replied to an email I sent him when I had questions about a 1930's kitchen table I wanted to restore. Guy is really down to earth!
When an engineer says "that worked like it was supposed to"...
But rocking chairs are supposed to creak
...it always has an undertone of surprise.
That's the carpentry-equivalent of a root-canal :)
You're a magician!! I would never have even thought it possible to drill that hole, and you did it with a 5 minute jig. We stand in awe.
legend has it he is still rocking in that chair
The owner wants his rocking chair back. 🤣
haha best comment on thread
Gotta say, I really love how you take discarded furniture and make them nice. It's a nice contrast from the plastic-wrapped world all around us.
A great fix to an awkward joint, you got the stain off just right as well, if I was using that it would creek a hell of a lot but it would be my joints and not the chair, perhaps I should let my GP see this video but I don’t like the idea of letting him loose with a drill.
That was...AMAZING! The actual fix was simple but the set up...WOW!
Nicely done.
I'm using dowels more and more and finding them really useful.
Have you done any vids on using them, I'd be interested in learning more.
Thanks for sharing.
See woodgears.ca/dowel
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Thanks for the link. If I was a bit smarter I'd have searched your you tube channel too.. You do good stuff, thanks
nice fix. I would have never thought of that
I love the awkward stares at the end of every video
This is very timely for me. I have an old rocking chair of my grandmother's with a similar problem I want to fix. Thanks.
I must admit...your chair repair vidoes are some of my favorites.
I agree. So satisfying!
About one year after I worked on some old chairs you show me a better way. I took them apart and used moldable epoxy stuff and a lot of sanding to get my shapes back. Hours of work
I don't mean this any negative sense...
You are such a woodworking nerd...
Love your ideas!!!
Its amazing how you find such stuff in the trash
Our family had this same exact rocking chair (or similar style) and got rid of it because of the same problem. We loved that chair. That was years ago, wish we could have seen this great fix before throwing it out!
You could have oiled the joint. (no joke) would have stopped the creaking also.
This is the king of videos that I love from Mathias. Lots of information in a very short time.
A spectacularly elegant solution.
What kind of wood do you usually use for dowels? Oak?
Interesting repair method. Mathias, you come up with some interesing but simple repair methods. Keep them coming.
As Bill Murray said in Stripes, "$100 shine on a $3 pair of shoes". You never fail to get the job done, Matthias. Great content as usual.
I personally like the creaking rocking chairs. Great job on the repair.
I'm so happy people like you do what people like me wish we could do. Thank you for being you!
This feels like main channel content
Matthias Wandel turning into Thomas Johnson Furniture Restauration👏🏻
Boss comment
Tom is badass!
Are you hungry? You almost wrote restaurant, instead of restoration.
I would've said "that's attention to detail", but really this is "ATTENTION TO DETAIL"
Really cool solution Matthias.
Quick and clever, as always ! This belongs to the main Channel.
You never cease to amaze me.
Nice setup !
I was very afraid to see the drilling but "its word as expected"
Nice work
These are the Matthias videos I subscribe for
Very creative. This will go in my scrapbook of restoration and repair clips.
Matthias, beautifully executed, well done!
I am super impressed by that fix. Nice job.
Looks like a Matthias pocket hole jig for dowels.
Well done sir. Just when i think my horsing is under control, u put out this video tha makes me want to save all the trash i see on the road. Keep up thr great work.
I myself would ave never thought of fixing the problem like that, that really is simply ingenious
That vacant stare rocking at the end was very disturbing. Keep up the good work.
Would have bet against that going well... A tricky fix perfectly executed, wow!
Your creativity never ceases to amaze me - good call :-)
That is a strange/unique way to fix that loose dowel. It is excellent.
i'm gonna have to remember this one for some of the ancient chairs i have laying around
Enjoyed watching this one all come together, thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Play Safe From Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.
is that called a "pocket dowel" ?
That's what I call a super repair. You are a very clever and creative man.
You are a repair smith. Well done, dude.
A guy like me just injects wood glue into that joint and gets pissed when it starts creaking again. Happy to watch a master in action!
Matthias du bist eine RUclips Legende
Dude, the creaks are the best bit about rocking chairs!
Matthias out here making pocket dowels. 😁
Great stuff! A bit creepy the rocking chair scene in the end :-D
“This is going better than I thought it WOOD” -hilarious
Could you share a link showing where you got those long drill bits?
Thanks!
I think I got them from busy bee tools.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Thanks a lot!
Brilliant, as usual! Hats off to you.
Super nice repair, what a find! Totally jealous
Matthias hair looks like a sleepy kids' coming into the living room on Christmas morning.
THIS is quality content. THIS.
I like the way you think Matthias!
Awesome solution, Matthias! Really nice! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I said it before, butt your'a genius. Rob
It seems your curb is full with goodies, nice
Some of my problems are like a rocking chair..... They demand my effort but I'm not getting anywhere xD Nice fix and thx for your videos.
Amazing, this is just what I needed. Could you tell how I could repair those handlebars also? atleast otherside is loose on our chair.
Amazing! You make it look so easy.
I had the same problem with the rocker I used when my kids were small. However, it turned out all of the creaking and groaning was coming from me owing to the fact I'm 50 years older than my son.
Impressive repair, good job.
Exceptional problem solving!
Brilliant!!! That worked so well.
I love the simple solution and it looks great!
OMG, you are such a genius
Next week: Solving world hunger with a bradawl.
Another great straight to the meat video.
I can't believe this worked. I have relied on thin epoxy, but this is so much faster!
Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere. Write that down.
Quite a neat fix!
Hand drill, hand saw, and a spokeshave! All that's missing is a starting shot of some wildlife and you could be Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration in Gorham, Maine.
I have bad news for you. That drill is battery powered. I guess you've never seen a real hand drill
I have a yankee push drill, an egg beater and a bit & brace. But I would have expected Matthias to use a rigid horizontal boring machine or the Pantorouter in this situation! 😅
@@lipoff I'm no expert, but with such a long drill bit, I think the only safe way to do this is in a hand held drill. You have any imbalance on the end of that drill bit before it's in the guide block and in a router motor (like on the pantorouter or horizontal boring machine), and things will get out of hand VERY quickly. If you've never seen a pantorouter walk across the room, putting a super long drill in it would be a good way to make that a reality!
I am becoming Matthias...
The other day, my wife gave me a bowel she picked up from a roadside junk pile and said she wanted it fixed.
It was a "spiral scroll sawn" thing that collapsed down into a flat trivet or would open into a bowel.
The whole thing was made from a single slab of wood.
The "handle" would rotate up and pull on the trivet, forcing the bowel/basket shape to form.
Anyway, the handle had broken. The previous owner had tried gluing it, but since it is a curve cut from a single piece, it was all end grain at the top of the curve and destined to break.
I disassembled the thing, glued up the handle and then cut a spline into it.
The screws that the handle pivoted on were all wrong too, as there was not enough thread engagement with the bowel and too much with the handle (causing them to work loose).
So I filed some screws down to achieve what was needed.
I then cut some suitable cross grain plugs for the holes and mixed some stain to match the colour of everything.
I gave it back to my wife and she said "why did you spend days on that silly thing, it just needed gluing".
I wonder if these words echo around the Wandel household...
Reminds me of my old career in software. Client wanted just the bugs they knew about fixed, not the whole new release. Just fix this thing, leave all the other bugs I don't yet know about -- they haven't failed yet!
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Which brings to mind another story. Back in the late 80's, before the internet and TCP/IP etc. was much of a thing, I was working in a team developing a distributed system to control the railway.
I grew tired of loading software into all the nodes in the lab during development and cooked up a tool where I could push software updates out through our telemetry links.
I got into trouble and told this absolutely must be removed because it was outside the contract.
I pointed out that it would be a huge help once the system went out into the field, but no, it had to go.
Skip ahead a couple of years and there is stupid me, poking around in equipment racks on the side of the train tracks, updating software on Christmas Eve.
Very thoughtfully done!
As Mr. Tom Johnson would say, "I think it looks pretty good."
Awesome repair
Vintage Matthias video und alles ist Liebe. Vielen dank.
Awesome as usual
I was just going to comment exact same thing.
Very well done, as always... But I wonder if the pin idea would not have worked. I like to use bamboo skewers as pins for situations like these. My gut tells me that would have been enough here, but I wonder.
I don't understand how he get a dislike wen Matthias explained something that I will breaking my head trying to figure out.
I cannot remember the last time I saw Matthias use a hand saw! @Matthias - I am surprised you didn’t jig it up on the table saw. ;)
matthias, you're a rock star !! ;-)
Where did you get the extra-long brad-point drill?
You sir are a genius
I love this solution thanks for the idea
The most impressive part is how you managed to get the stain match so easily.
I laughed at "this is going better than I thought is would" - you and me both :-)
Requirement #4 for "Old Men on Porch Club": Rocking Chair.