Meet the Maker, April Wilkerson
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- There is a growing community of woodworkers with their own specialist RUclips channels, some of whom make their living from doing what they love, sharing projects and ideas with viewers. One of the woodworking RUclipsrs is April Wilkerson Triton Brand Champion for the USA who also provides valuable feedback on product development. April is the first to admit that she is relatively new to woodworking but with a passion for making and a determination to learn and share her knowledge she has gained a committed following for her RUclips channel.
Triton Tools caught up with April at her workshop in Texas, USA, to find out more about how she has turned her woodworking hobby into a successful RUclips channel that is now her full-time job.
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The person(s) at Triton Tools responsible for the decision to sponsor April deserve a raise.
I'm a high school art teacher, film teacher and fellow maker in Nova Scotia, Canada. I use April's videos as a great example of a creative problem solver. I make a point of featuring strong women in previously male dominated occupations. Thanks so much April and Triton for promoting women of skill.
Well done to Triton for sponsoring April, I have watched her channel from the start and she is always building something fresh. A lot of the Pro Tubers seem to follow each other with similar builds but April stands on her own two feet. Fantastic.
That's a very kind comment Andy. I'm glad you enjoy my content. : )
+April Wilkerson I love Em' I am a fan of the usual mob aka Izzy, Ramsey, Matheius??? Jay bates etc., If I had the time I would love to make videos myself as I do much of it for a living but I am determined to wait for my back to give out completely before I make the move to the workshop full time.. I wont drop a website link but you can find my blog on google 'Handy Andy Ruskington' Oh and greetings from the UK x
+April Wilkerson
I enjoy very much follow you
Thank you for your channel is great and you are very finest
MOURAD
Mourad Daham
As a teenager I worked at at my uncle's custom furniture shop. I had acquired some woodworking skills but stopped when I graduated high school. I recently started watching April's Channel and she's got me wanting to build a shop and get back into woodworking I had never heard of Triton tools before but if they're good enough for her you're good enough for me. Thanks April and keep up the good work.
April is a winning Maker as much for who she is as what she makes. She is energetic, unafraid of challenges, and has a natural gift for communication.
I also think that a key to her individual success is that many of her projects appeal to women; and whether a woman is looking for advice on building- OR, a MAN is looking to validate the reason why he has all this "stuff" and space, TO his Woman.... these types of projects fill a real void on RUclips. I'm speaking of less utilitarian, more decorative projects, like the work she's done in her hallway, for example. These projects are great for woodworkers who want to showcase skills to their family and friends, make gifts, surprise their spouse.... and that is exactly what April has done with her time, to GREAT success! Many of us are in the exact same situation as April, so her videos feel like we're watching something a friend is doing!!!!
I REALLY enjoy her product (her entire output of videos and information) and is the first of hundreds of subscribed channels that I will go to when checking for new videos. WTG April!!! Keep up the great work!!!
April, you are a strong, confident, smart lady. I'm very happy that you exist. You are a great inspiration to many, including myself. I love your personality. Thank you so much for what you do.
She deserves all the tools to accomplish what all the thumb-downers dislike about this video! I watch her channel non-stop. It's easy to follow and I love her style! I'm getting my first table saw this Christmas....my journey begins soon too!
I just recently discovered April Wilkerson online while looking to equip and finish a new garage / shop I'm building. This woman is gold! Great communication, understandable, doesn't over complicate, informative and entertaining. Learning a lot about tools I didn't even know existed. I couldn't be happier to have found April and subscribed.
I'm a 58 year old just learning about wood worker. I started out with a Dremel and a table in the corner of my garage. My wife saw me really getting into it. I make mostly art pieces. I found a really nice used skill saw at a yard sell and was pleased with it and now the desire to build is upon me. That's when i found your channel and Izzy.
Like you said there are lots of guys out there doing it and I've found that some of them don't really speak to my heart.Thankfully I've found you two guys. I'm still pretty slow at what i'm doing but the joy of stepping back and saying....'.I did that'.... brings tons of satisfaction.
Thanks you're a great teacher.
5/19/2019 USA Grandpa Bill (Meticularius): Meticularius speaks: As a 71-year-old woodworker, destroyer, and reconstructionist, I feel inspired to say to all global viewers that beside Sir David Attenborough, April Wilkerson is the healthiest and finest on-screen presentation of any platform available to viewers old and young. She brings us herself and her family and her friends as an ambassador of goodwill, personal growth, and victories. If I had a daughter I would want her to be April. Her rise on RUclips is a testament to the American Spirit long heralded since our forefathers. My grandfather, Alexander Hamilton, and his cronies would have eschewed April's attitudes unless she was chopping wood and making soap in a cast iron kettle. April's "I can do this" fostered by her father is illustrative of the healthy relationship between father and daughter, so vivid against the backdrop of so many abusive relationships today. RUclips has the unique opportunity to foster such presentations to assist in growing a healthier America, while unfortunately providing a platform for some pretty sick stuff in obscure corners. I say we owe our children and our grandchildren the quality of April Wilkerson's daily growth as a developing fellow adult. Her journey is in a way our own journey through the wilderness of "Huh?" to the vista of "Ohh YEH!"
Well said Sir! God bless you!
She really like what she do and I could tell. She is not trying to be someone else, she is real!
That is what it makes her so special.
Good person to sponsor there Triton.
: ) That's a very nice comment, thank you.
+April Wilkerson Funny they didn't link directly to your channel in the text underneath? I've not seen you before (I'm in the UK rarely do woodworking), but things like this just pop up on RUclips occasionally.
+April Wilkerson we need more women like u ur bad ass hope to seeing more videos
Triton Tools you picked a great person to sponsor I have been watching all of April's videos from the start and she does a wonderful job. She makes it were a new woodworker can understand how to build and keeps it interesting enough so that someone that has experience still wants to stay and watch her videos. Great job Triton, and April.
As a Commercial Construction Superintendent I am super busy but my wife found your channel and has me helping her build things because of your passion. She has never used power tools or even knows the types of tools to use to perform the projects you have done. If it wasn't for you I do not think she would have broken out of her shell and even try some of the same projects as you do. Thank you for showing her and other women they can BUILD some cool things.
Kudos to Triton Tools for bringing Miss April in as Brand Champion for the USA! I don't believe y'all could have made a better decision there. I've subscribed to many different RUclips channels for woodworkers and DIY'ers yet I always find myself checking April's channel first and most. She brings a fresh perspective to this moderately overpopulated subject that not only draws people in and allows them to relate, but also makes you feel like it's more one-on-one with her expressions and actions directed toward the camera. I've no doubt this will be a win-win-win relationship for everyone. Her signature smile, shrug and wave always leaves me with a big grin. And those outtakes are fantastic. (Just a little red, Miss April. No worries.)
: ) Thank you, that is a very kind comment. I'm glad you enjoy my channel. I have a signature shrug? : ) haha, I'll have to look for it! I didn't realize I shrug.
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Well done April. I'm an old farts now but Ive made stuff all my life, culminating with the building of our home in Tassie between 1995 and 2002. During that time I instilled into my daughter, now 40ish, the yearning to build, grow and renovate. I'm incredibly proud of her efforts. Your efforts inspire me to share your video with her in the hope that some of the things you do might inspire her too. God bless ya and keep up the great work.
You deserve to be happy April just keep doing what you are doing.We'll all be there along for the ride.I really enjoy watching your videos and builds.God bless!
Definitely not a competition. April, I enjoy your videos as you are unapologetically humble and a learner, as are all of us. Stay who you are. A person with a passion to learn and a desire to bring others with you as you do. Can't wait for the next installment and hats off to Triton for sponsoring you as well as making tools that are smart. Thanks
: ) Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate that.
I recently discovered these videos. I thought "This woman must have started at carpentry/woodworking when she was a child." I imagined her dad or grandpa taught her their trade. This is amazing you didn't know anything when you started. You must be one smart cookie.
Congrats April! What u have accomplished for novices like myself, is to build confidence we can follow intuitive, fun and interesting project builds or using different tools, jigs and helpful build aids...so we can now say....I can...do that! For that, I say a sincere THANK YOU, and you are a continued resource for all the above.
You are a great role model for my 9 year old daughter. She watches your videos and together we have build many pieces of furniture after being inspired by you. We very much like your attention to detail. We look forward to your next project. Thank you.
I've been following April for awhile. I have always done a lot of woodworking myself but I show April's videos to my wife and she has started building. She is starting an etsy shop this year because women like April have inspired her.
Hey that's great to hear! Give her a big high five for me, I hope she enjoys it.
I'm a new viewer to her Chanel and one thing that I like about her is that she has stayed so far humble and has not turned into this cocky kinda person , so far she's original and she does the best work that she can and you can tell that she don't take anything for granted ... I actually see her doing tv ... sky is the limit
Cheers April. Ur an inspiration. Keep doing what your doing and stay happy!
: ) You're so awesome Matt. Thanks for all your support.
+April Wilkerson
I enjoy very much follow you
Thank you for your channel is great and you are very finest
I'm a welder and do fabricating. I also love working with wood. its stress relieving from my full time job and I have to say that I've watched dozens of woodworking videos here on RUclips and your videos by far are the most informative I've seen. you explain what you're doing in great detail that anyone, being a man or woman, can understand. On some of the videos made by us guys, it seems that they don't want to "reveal" all of their secrets when building and making different projects
where as you hold nothing back. maybe it's just me. I know when I'm restoring an old car or making a part out of fiberglass I'm always happy to show what I did and how I did it. Anyway good luck in everything you do.
Not sure how I found her channel but I'm glad I did. Her attitude is a breath of fresh air. I like the editing style as well.
One of the things you make that you didn't mention is that you make people happy! Just watching you create all of your marvelous projects teaches me and makes me happy to watch. Thank you, April. I'm just one of the many fans who love you and love to watch your videos. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
April is AWESOME'...Love her videos, she's a solid down to earth lady who enjoys woodworking to its fullest, and she builds her projects better than a lot of top woodworkers I personally know. I'm a contractor and I've been viewing Aprils videos for awhile now and I would hire her over a lot of men I hire that wind up not knowing a nail from a screw. What I admire about April is she has learned her trade on her own by seeking out the answers to her many questions, which I would guess where many, and she has become very, very good at what she does. I would hire her right now to build new homes and I would bet she would out work and out think many of the guys in my crew that work for me now. Triton has picked a real winner with April.......A BIG THUMBS-UP TOO APRIL!!
Been a subscriber for a while & just had to tell you I`m proud to know you. I am 77 now & started out yrs ago with knowing nothing. My father was a wonderful dad but he wasn`t very handy with tools, I still love & miss him I`m glad I knew him & that's why I feel I know you
I love the projects April does for everyday living and shop organization. It's motivated me to finish some of my shop mods Iv'e had in mind for a long time. April also makes you understand it's alright to make mistakes and learn from them. You folks at Triton Tools have selected an excellent ambassador for you product line and I'm sure the competitors are green with envy!
Although this video is a few years old, I come back to watch it now and then. April is such an inspiration to all whether they are woodworkers or not. Her attitude is contagious and we need more people like her in the world! Well done Triton! You've got yourself a perfect representative for your Company! You hit a goldmine!
I came upon April's RUclips channel early on with just a few full build videos. I was so excited and even proud of April when she went full time. Excited again when you became her sponsor. The thing I like most about her videos is she shows everyone that just about anyone can build something. My wife and I between us have 6 kids and 4 of them are girls, well women April's age or older. April should be proud to be a role model of the woodworking, home repair/improvement world.
What a great video with a really great person to feature! I have been watching April's videos for years! I am building a version of her fold-down workbench right now and I go back to the video enough times that my IPad is in the garage (for reference). She loves what she does and it shows in everything that she does. Her videos make you want to get out there and do something yourself. Good job April! ...and Triton! (lots of people talk and move their hands at the same time...lol)
I found that I enjoyed l building and working with wood almost 2 years ago when my son was born and I wanted to build something for him. Shortly after I found April and have been a subscriber since. Its nice to see her getting the exposure and recognition she deserves. Go Rangers!
Nice to see women achieving this level of woodworking, together with all those associated skills you need to put it all in the public domain, but her greatest success is her enthusiasm and great personality.
Cheers
Tim
I got motivated the same way April. started bi watching Jay Bates, Izzy , wood wisperer, Diy pete and you. I am having a lot of fun learning the craft and enjoying making, fixing and building things. Thank you for being an inspiration. Two big thumbs up
Aprils my hero! Another shining example I will use to show my young daughter that it's ok for girly girls to learn to use tools and share their creative spirit with the world! I love the world of "Making" and "STEM" Education! Thank You April for becoming role model in both of those areas!
Congratulations April! My name is Sergio and I follow your channel in Mexico. You have that special characteristic of the not-pro creators who are driven by their own ideas and needs, so the outcome is a very rich video that inspire other people to make no matter the inexperience. For Triton, this is definitely a good deal, because you represent that market in which we are continuously looking for great tools at a reasonable price knowing that we are not professionals but, as you correctly mentioned, passionate.
Very cool Triton! - Been watching April since the start. - What you see is what you get. No egos here. She's just down to earth and admits that she is learning along the way. - Nice to see her projects getting better and better now that she has the tools to help her along. - Way to go Triton!
April I for one am very glad that you and your friends (the other woodworkers doing this) do what you do. I get to retire in 8 months and I have been on a building frenzy getting my shop ready for fun. I am a visual learner. I would rather watch you build something than watch some entertainment TV program. Thank you. I will never be in the u tube game but I remain a fan as I love to build stuff. Lance
Thanks for sponsoring April, Triton. Because of April's youtube channel, she introduced me to Triton tools. Next time I'm in need of tools, I'm going to try the Triton brand. Great sponsorship. Thanks!!
Thanks April for being an inspiration. You're still one of a very few women woodworkers on RUclips. I have my favorites, Mark Spagnolo, Izzy Swan, Jay Bates, Matias Waddell and you. I've watched you nurture and grow your workshop: spraying the "W" on the pegboard to going to the Triton conference. Even your filming skills have improved. Yay! to you. Keep doin' it!
April is great! Providing lots of inspiration and advice for my builds at home. I had never heard of triton tools until a few months ago when they began sponsoring April. Now I have started picking up their tools!
Your husband is a lucky man April. Congrats on the Triton sponsorship! They definitely look like quality tools that I need to add to my collection.
Triton Team. You made the best option sponsoring April. We can feel she is humble and does things with passion and furthermore her projects are increasingly amazing.
TRITON picked a good person to sponsor. She seems very real and down-to-earth and it shows in her videos, it is almost like she could live next door.
Keep up the good work April and more people will see what TRITON already figured out - you put out good content and the videos will continue to grow in views
not only the most attractive woodworker but also informative and easy to listen to. Even some of the things i already know it is fun to just watch someone that loves doing what the want to do instead of someone under pressure of a job or trying to make the woodworking projects pay
Good job Triton for sponsoring April. I know there are others who have expressed that same sentiment, but she is a real class act who does fantastic builds, and has great tutorials. She doesn't come across as high and mighty, just a down to earth woman who loves what she is doing.
+April Wilkerson - I love watching your videos and look forward to them every week. Keep up the great work and have an awesome 2016!
: ) Thank you Kender, that is great to hear. You have a great 2016 as well!
As a someone who's been a carpenter longer than you've been alive, I find your approach refreshing. Building and working with your hands can be a very enjoyable en-devour that is often lost when you do it for a living. Your honesty and passion for woodworking is enjoyable to watch and I'm sure an inspiration to others with a desire to learn the craft.
Sponsoring April's content is the biggest thing Triton could have done to get me closer to buying their products. Smart move guys!
Go get em Girl. glad your happy and enjoying what you do. Thank You so much for sharing.
April, Thank you so much for all of your videos. I have found them to be so helpful and easy to follow. Unlike some others, yours seem to walk you through each detail. Some of your shop storage ideas are off the chain! I just started following but have been using the videos for a while. Wow, your hubby is a lucky guy!
You are one of a kind April! Good for you for following your heart even when everyone around you had doubt. You have your own guidance system within - follow it, and there will be no limits to where you can go. I love watching your videos! Thank you!
: ) Thank you, I appreciate your kind comment.
I'm really glad I found you!! My wife and I do a lot of DIY projects and 90% of my info comes from RUclips or Pinterest. I watch as many videos as I need to until I feel comfortable to attack the project. Its fun to learn new things. I'm getting ready to to totally remodel our master bed and bathroom. Wish me luck!! Keep up the good work.
It's awesome to see a person have passion and believe in themselves to succeed and to do so.
Yes it's awesome to see the persons believe in themselves..
i can't tell you how wonderful it is to see another female woodworker. Thank you.
April, I like your channel most for your down to earth explanations of what, how, why, and options if any along the way. I was trained as a high school shop teacher and have taught adults ( not shop classes) for over 30 years. Keep going with your upbeat show and thanks.
And this is the video that made me subscribe. I feel the same way. I want to build things. I feel the need to always use my hands. I’m starting from nothing
Hello I want to say thank you for being who you are,
I enjoy watching you build things I enjoy building stuff with my hands I'm also a lady that likes to do woodworking so thank you for doing what you love to do you are are beautiful person and lady I hope you keep making things enjoy your life 😊 Carylon
April does such a wonderful job of explaining her projects, articulate and personable. I never miss her videos. Another Maker that I like is Linn over at the Darbin Orvarr channel.
Classy and sincerely delightful. A great addition to the community of woodworkers.
Great interview with one of my favorite woodworkers/makers. Her designs are simple, functional, durable, and proved by her methods. Her videos are instructive, even for a seasoned woodworker, and fun because of her attitude toward trying something different.
You are always so kind Mark. : )
Well done April you have shown gender doesn't make a difference when it comes to who can persue a trade. Your also the reason why my daughter has started joining me in the shop more and more each week. Also Thankyou to triton tools for sponsoring you if it weren't for that I wouldn't have subscribed to their channel. Keep up the Wilkerdos. From all of us in Adelaide, South Australia
I really admire your "can do" attitude. Life is all about learning, and you embody that spirit. What a great spokesperson for the woodworking industry. You're really the unique gem every company tries to find. Triton, you hit a home run.
Well thank you Chris, that is extremely kind and I appreciate your words. : )
April, you are one of the 30 some people I am subscribed to mainly because one of the topics I love is wood working and I definitely think your content is put together with great thought. You talk to us like we really do have brains and don't repeat yourself a dozen times trying to get your point across. That's why I always give you a thumbs up........
Thank you, thumbs up are always appreciated. : ) I'm glad you enjoy my content.
I could feel her passion for what she is doing in this interview. Something about doing something you love so much just makes some people so emotional, you could tell she wanted to cry.
The concept that your not in competition with others that do the same as you is perfect. If only we could teach everyone to understand that not be thinking that you have to beat anyone. Just do what you love. Different personalities and perspectives are what make us strong some people will connect with certain people and others the same. I like watching April Wilkerson to get different perspective and different ideas.
I just love her techniques and style. Very original. You have a keeper there Triton. (keep up the great work April)
Thanks Bill! : )
i have watched many of your videos .Appriciate April.
I have been woodworking much of my life, even built my own house. I must say that I really appreciate your creative straight forward approach and love for the craft. It is good to see young people as yourself carry on. Thank you!
Triton's sponsorship of April has caused me to look at Triton first for all tolls I buy.
Hello, April! Thanks for the inspiration. Very well done and much appreciated. Take Care and best regards from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, USA! Adam
Just saw your links for the first time today, very impressive. I taught Industrial arts for 35 years and if the higher ups had not cut out most of our programs you could have learned many of these skills in a high school woods class. It was decided that these skills were not important to adult life. Keep up the good work.
Love your progress. You're right. I wish people would have the patience to learn what I'm trying to teach them. 40 years of experience has a lot to give.
Great video ! I'm glad to see another Lady out there being passionate about what they enjoy doing. I have been building AR-15s for me and my wife this last year. After watching some of your videos I have been wanting to get into woodworking. Sure I have made some little L-shaped bookshelves. But now I'm wanting to make my own gun cabinet. I recently purchased a new craftsman 10" inch contractors saw. Then bought a used router, and a big kit with all kinds of different bits. Next working on buying a craftsman 15" drill press. Hopefully by next Saturday August 6th.
I am getting ready to start a table sled and then a home made router table. So you creep up the good work . Oh and thanks on the plans on the fold down table. I made about 3 so far out of old wood doors they were being thrown away.
Super video April. Our area hometown girl started out just like you with an idea and a desire to do it. She did tv spots once a week at the local tv station. Today she is all over the tube. You know her as Rachel Ray. Your on your way girl. Good Luck.
I cant build a thing but you are a ball to watch. Good for you doing that which makes you happy! Such a pleasant personality!
I love how humble she is.
April. You’re an awesome person, and your determination make you special!!
April, as a avid DIYer/builder, I love your videos. They inspire me to build and tackle anything. I always go to your videos when I’ve got an idea to build. I envy your workshop. You go girl! DEK
You are an inspiration to many!!!
Aloha April,
I accidentally stumbled into your video. I like what you do and don't stop that fresh idea's. You and your husband do a great job working together. That's nice. Well keep up the great work. "You're doing what makes you happy."
Aloha mai, Kauhi :)))
Thanks for sharing some positivism April, you are my inspiration to make wood projects!
I've been on a binge watching your videos! They are educational! You explain everything! A person without woodworking knowledge will be able to follow your instructions!
I love watching people start from nothing and grow. I've been watching the work that April Wilkerson does and hers is doing just that. I truly believe the days of getting a degree in a subject are coming to an end. I not only watch the woodworking community but the auto body community as well. There is a long list of communities that are out there to give you information in the subject you are interested in. You only have to take the time and search the web of your interest. I'm already skilled in many areas but still I am watching woodworking videos to help me gain more knowledge in the field. By no means am I good at it yet, but would like to get a good grasp of it for when I'm ready to retire. I too will start putting videos up to help others. I already have a few videos up in a unrelated field and would like to slowly move toward more woodworking.
Woodworker, Maker, whatever term you use the characteristics are the same ... passionate, enthusiastic, fun to watch. Keep up the great work.
I just found this channel and all I can say is WOW lol. I was looking for ideas on small work shops and ran across your channel. I have been inspired,energized,entertained, and educated all at once, great job and keep up the good work
Two names that have been a support to me during my entire DIY woodworking adventure...
To be honest I started to buy Triton products before I found April but when I subscribed and started to watch all her videos I felt even more confident with my decision.
Well spotted Triton - you snagged a great woodworking/DIY RUclips inspiration! :-)
I've been woodworking for 50 years and still, I'm learning from you. Thanks!
Great camera work April! Triton, thanks for supporting this RUclips community. On the surface people see it as just a company giving tools and money to someone making video but it is much deeper than that. It is knowledge trickling down a river and along the way it snowballs to everyone and inspiration is borth and views are making. As a content creator myself, I see both sides of it and can greatly appreciate the inspiration trail the Woodworking Video Creators are doing. We entertain, inspire, and motivate the world to get in their garage, shop, shed, bedroom, wherever it is and build something!
I enjoy watching your videos April you are one cool lady I have watched many of them and amazed at the ideas you have and the things you do.
This is a very nice clip. I've seen a couple of April's RUclips projects and the standout feature is that her approach is very inspirational - there is a really feeling that YOU can do the stuff she is doing. A great demonstrator and teacher.
I just found her channel. It's inspired me to finally get my shop put together, I have all the tools but my shop is organized chaos at best...
Glad to see Triton Tools as your sponsor, love your videos April please keep up the Awesome work.
Very well said April. I am working on a under bed storage project now for my daughter at UT. She intends to also be an engineer. Thanks for the ideas.
Good move Triton ! Good to see her point out the questions and answers of a new eye to the trades .
April Wilkerson you are a genuine inspiration ...
I'm a wanna be wood worker. Thanks April for giving me the motivation to get busy with the tools and to start making things. I love your videos. They are so helpful and inspirational. Sending you a "wave" back. :)
Fantastic work Triton. Great to see you guy supporting the new people and encouraging them on their journeys
April has a fantastic attitude (growth mindset) and what a great comment, doing what makes her happy.
Well done April - you are motivational in my book!