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Thanks bill. I actually just posted a video on making a vanity of which I had a ton of issues on. It’s titled something along the lines of “nobody makes furniture this way anymore” or something to that effect. Check it out. Tons of me banging my head against a wall in that one.
Hello, I just want to thank you for keeping it real. You have been very open about your struggles and mistakes. Its great to know that not everybody does perfect work all the time, every time. It keeps me encouraged. Great job with the build.
Well done, first plug that was open,smooth and straight to the point. Extra points for that. You are the first that I’ve seen that is doing this the quick way but with the love for tools. I tip my hat to you as you are what the world needs.
I am fascinated by the Japanese aesthetic and have made several tool boxes of their design. Some tiny ones for dice games (great gifts) and some large for specific tool groups (planes and chisels). Your idea of having upper trays slide perpendicular to the length makes perfect sense in some applications and I will happily steal that. I have experienced most of the errors that you graciously admitted too as well. I call the expense of additional material needed tuition. You are a talented craftsman and presenter. Thank you.
Thank you! I did some shop upgrades recently that definitely made things prettier but usually my workbench top will still look like hot garbage regularly.
I did the same thing on my first Japanese tool box. I guess It's live and learn on it. Still I think you did a heck of a job on it. Enjoyed how you brought it to you audience. Think i'll watch a few more of your viedos.
Thanks man. I don’t know if I mentioned it in the video at all but I think I mentioned it in another comment but this is like the third or fourth box I did and for some reason I went full brain fart. I’ve got another Japanese tool box video on the channel… albeit smaller and not really for tools… and my brain functioned moderately better.
Nice video and a very useful toolbox. I have made a few tool boxes over the past 65 years. In my experience, none were "perfect" and ALL were very useful. The only tool box I ever regretted was the one I needed and did not have. Thanks for the video.
This is the first video that I’ve seen of you. I am very happy I did. What I really enjoyed about it is you are not afraid to show miss steps. You then explained how you overcame them. I think I learned a lot more from that then from videos of perfect execution. I know for a fact that I’m gonna make many more mistakes. But you made me realize that it’s OK if I do. You got my sub and 👍
Appreciate you. This build was particularly cursed by some voodoo priestess Im guessing 😂 but in reality I’m all about demonstrating the shortcomings and fixes. Glad to have you aboard.
This is a pretty solid little workbench. While once you figure out how it comes together, it is physically Easy to assemble ruclips.net/user/postUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh by yourself. But the diagrams explaining the steps are really pretty bad. I could not get the handle pins in all the way despite multiple attempts, so I just used a screw I had on hand for the 2nd handle. I could not get the first pin in further or pull it back out. You are supposed to hammer it in, but I had no leverage and the handle is plastic and I did not want to risk breaking it. I will get a lot of use out of the bench because of the convenient size and height. It does fold up nicely for storage. They even explain how to fold it so you don't get pinched...that is important!
I think we need a slow motion zoom at about 14:43. This build was a lot like some of my woodworking . A learning experience and not planned completely but it works. Like the sharpening station 👍
Just watched this and enjoyed the video. I think you might find the the wedge for the lid is on the wrong end. Lid should dip under one end and then slid back leaving about 2 or 3 mm and the end that first goes in is where the wedge is so that both ends are under end caps. I have found that if you makes learn from them, life is a journey and one should always learn along the way.
Most important thing I learned, plan your trays and build them around your tool dimensions before you build the box around the dimensions of the trays.
The length of the box is determined by the width of the arms when carrying it. It is much better to create two comfortable to carry toolboxes than one oversized example. Your shiplapped bottom arrangement makes more sense. A single fixture or two centrally located are enough to support the bottom
No not particularly! Although from what I understand in Japan… and even china and Korea… they’re pretty indifferent about what material it actually is made from. They just use what’s laying around. Actually when I buy high end tools… or new old stock tools they often come in a wooden box that’s made from paulownia… which is similar to balsa almost, might even be softer.
Great video Chris! Really like the sharping station part! (might want to consider cutting down on the length of the wedges so they don't extend past the edges of the box). As to mistakes, not fully planned.. if you're not failing while learning then you are failing to learn! Really enjoy your projects and your work, keep it coming!
Great build mate, really enjoyed the video. Where can you get the hammer you are using at 17:09? Do you use this much for tapping out your plane irons?
Sure do. Even some of my chisels that need tapping out get that. I got it from hida tool. Relatively inexpensive. Not overly high quality but it gets it done.
I made one out of oak and was applying tung oil and a strong gust of wind blew the open bottle into the box….the inside got about 300 coats of oil. It happens, mostly to me.
One thought that might be a relatively easy retrofit is to create a bottom drawer you can pull out from the side to access the saws. Otherwise I think it turned out great. I did laugh to myself when you used the word obviate because I use that word frequently as well. Must be a lawyer thing.
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The Real Milk Paint Company's Impressive line of finishing products (Special Affiliate Link):
www.realmilkpaint.com/ref/cowdogcraftworks/
For 10% off use coupon code: cowdogcraftworks
-Starbond CA Glues (Special Affiliate Link): bit.ly/3A6I5h8
For 10% off use coupon code: cowdogcraftworks
Support Japanese Craftsmanship in America and purchase planes and blades from Suzuki Tool: suzukitool.com/
Shapton Glass Stone 8000 Grit 5mm: amzn.to/3mtX2EY
Shapton Glass stone 3000HR: amzn.to/3ekDKh6
Shapton Glass Stone 1000 Grit 5mm: amzn.to/3EvCVg4
8 Inch Diamond Hone Sharpening Plate 400/1000: amzn.to/3FuKbdd
The Complete Japanese Joinery (Book): amzn.to/2OAj1sM
Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (Book): amzn.to/3f2eSuH
The Anarchist's Tool Chest (Book): amzn.to/3n8ktEq
Starrett 13A 4" 4R Grad Double Square: amzn.to/3FceYKO
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I very much like that you weren't afraid to show and discuss your mistakes. Well done.
Thanks bill. I actually just posted a video on making a vanity of which I had a ton of issues on. It’s titled something along the lines of “nobody makes furniture this way anymore” or something to that effect. Check it out. Tons of me banging my head against a wall in that one.
Pinch sticks are awesome. Veritas make a great set of clamps for them and James Wright made some cool videos about them. Better than rulers any day.
💯
Great idea on the ability to sharpen in the top!
Thanks grant
I like that a lot! It is good to hear the issues at the end of the video. Nice one.
Thanks man. Nothing quite like spilling my whole glue bottle on the inside.
Hello,
I just want to thank you for keeping it real. You have been very open about your struggles and mistakes. Its great to know that not everybody does perfect work all the time, every time. It keeps me encouraged. Great job with the build.
Thanks! It’s still working out well. And of course I’m reminded of planning every single time I try and get my tools out the bottom of it ha.
Impressive 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Special thanks to you for teaching me the hack for inside measurements
Well done, first plug that was open,smooth and straight to the point. Extra points for that. You are the first that I’ve seen that is doing this the quick way but with the love for tools. I tip my hat to you as you are what the world needs.
Much appreciated. I will say: I have been getting exponentially slower with each video after this.
This is great. I love Japanese joinery. You did a great job :)
Thanks!
Yes !!! So cool buddy
Yaaaaaas
I am fascinated by the Japanese aesthetic and have made several tool boxes of their design. Some tiny ones for dice games (great gifts) and some large for specific tool groups (planes and chisels). Your idea of having upper trays slide perpendicular to the length makes perfect sense in some applications and I will happily steal that. I have experienced most of the errors that you graciously admitted too as well. I call the expense of additional material needed tuition. You are a talented craftsman and presenter. Thank you.
Thanks! It was fun. I’m looking forward to messing with the box a little more to improve on the design.
Nicest Home Depot commercial I’ve seen today.
How doers get things done
Nice!!👍
🙏🏼
Fav video in a while!
😘
Magnifique réalisation à plus JEAN.
Thank you!
Nice project!
Thanks Todd! It was very frustrating but also very rewarding.
Your yellow line is much nicer than the garbage fir here in the PNW. Very nice build Chris
It gets all those cool blues from sitting on my porch getting periodically rained on and sun tanned. It’s nice.
Don’t be mad but… one of the rare workshop I can relate to…:)) not Spic n span. Cheers for your work !
Thank you! I did some shop upgrades recently that definitely made things prettier but usually my workbench top will still look like hot garbage regularly.
@@CowDogCraftWorks :))))
Really well done build. Learned a ton as always. Mistakes happen. Don’t be so hard on yourself man. Be well.
My man bill. My man.
looks nice
Thank you!
I did the same thing on my first Japanese tool box. I guess It's live and learn on it. Still I think you did a heck of a job on it. Enjoyed how you brought it to you audience. Think i'll watch a few more of your viedos.
Thanks man. I don’t know if I mentioned it in the video at all but I think I mentioned it in another comment but this is like the third or fourth box I did and for some reason I went full brain fart. I’ve got another Japanese tool box video on the channel… albeit smaller and not really for tools… and my brain functioned moderately better.
Some wise person once said you learn more from your mistakes than from your successes.
Sure did!
Can’t wait to see this in person😎It’s really a great looking toolbox!
February is gonna be so dope.
Nice video and a very useful toolbox. I have made a few tool boxes over the past 65 years. In my experience, none were "perfect" and ALL were very useful.
The only tool box I ever regretted was the one I needed and did not have.
Thanks for the video.
You’re welcome jerry! I’ve also been meaning to do a proper wall cabinet… but y’know time… things… life.
This is the first video that I’ve seen of you. I am very happy I did. What I really enjoyed about it is you are not afraid to show miss steps. You then explained how you overcame them. I think I learned a lot more from that then from videos of perfect execution. I know for a fact that I’m gonna make many more mistakes. But you made me realize that it’s OK if I do. You got my sub and 👍
Appreciate you. This build was particularly cursed by some voodoo priestess Im guessing 😂 but in reality I’m all about demonstrating the shortcomings and fixes. Glad to have you aboard.
Super cool bud! The wedges for the sharpening station on top is such a cool design!
The internet loves it.
My wedge did the same thing. I really need to make a new one. By the way, great job on the build.
Thanks! I honestly should have just cut it by hand. Probably would have been easier.
Great video and awesome build
Thanks Jon!
This is a pretty solid little workbench. While once you figure out how it comes together, it is physically Easy to assemble ruclips.net/user/postUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh by yourself. But the diagrams explaining the steps are really pretty bad. I could not get the handle pins in all the way despite multiple attempts, so I just used a screw I had on hand for the 2nd handle. I could not get the first pin in further or pull it back out. You are supposed to hammer it in, but I had no leverage and the handle is plastic and I did not want to risk breaking it. I will get a lot of use out of the bench because of the convenient size and height. It does fold up nicely for storage. They even explain how to fold it so you don't get pinched...that is important!
I actually just gave away a set of my older chisels and gave away the tray from the box as a holder for them. Probably worth making another one.
I think we need a slow motion zoom at about 14:43. This build was a lot like some of my woodworking . A learning experience and not planned completely but it works. Like the sharpening station 👍
It’s actually been a while since the mini square got some screen time on here but it worked well!
Cool build man!
Thanks man! Much appreciated.
Just watched this and enjoyed the video. I think you might find the the wedge for the lid is on the wrong end. Lid should dip under one end and then slid back leaving about 2 or 3 mm and the end that first goes in is where the wedge is so that both ends are under end caps. I have found that if you makes learn from them, life is a journey and one should always learn along the way.
Yeah ive done about four of these in varying sizes and I never seem to learn my lid lessons. One day though!
Most important thing I learned, plan your trays and build them around your tool dimensions before you build the box around the dimensions of the trays.
That is a very clear, succinct, and eloquent way of summarizing the moral of this entire video.
The length of the box is determined by the width of the arms when carrying it. It is much better to create two comfortable to carry toolboxes than one oversized example. Your shiplapped bottom arrangement makes more sense. A single fixture or two centrally located are enough to support the bottom
Very enjoyable format. Do you think using hardwoods would be better for this particular build regading wood movement?
No not particularly! Although from what I understand in Japan… and even china and Korea… they’re pretty indifferent about what material it actually is made from. They just use what’s laying around. Actually when I buy high end tools… or new old stock tools they often come in a wooden box that’s made from paulownia… which is similar to balsa almost, might even be softer.
Let us pray to the workflow gods as they flow their way down the drain never to be remembered again.
Precisely
Great video Chris! Really like the sharping station part! (might want to consider cutting down on the length of the wedges so they don't extend past the edges of the box). As to mistakes, not fully planned.. if you're not failing while learning then you are failing to learn! Really enjoy your projects and your work, keep it coming!
That’s some high level thoughts right there. Thanks for watching.
Cool video! Love the outcome. Just wondering, how heavy is it when it's not loaded?
Uhhh no idea haha. Never weighed it. But even when it’s fully loaded it’s not too bad. Nothing a good hip check can’t deal with.
I was expecting 2 USA muscle cars. 😎🇺🇸✌🏽
You’re not too far off honestly.
@@CowDogCraftWorks just kidding I learned lots watching yer vid thanks take care 😎🇺🇸✌🏽
Storing hard steel tools like chisels on a tablesaw is a great way to have a tablesaw throw a chisel at you.
::responds to this impaled by thirty chisels of various lengths:: 😵 💀
What if we don't have power tools and literally only the hand tools and hand drill ?
I suggest you start cutting now.
Great build mate, really enjoyed the video. Where can you get the hammer you are using at 17:09? Do you use this much for tapping out your plane irons?
Sure do. Even some of my chisels that need tapping out get that. I got it from hida tool. Relatively inexpensive. Not overly high quality but it gets it done.
I really enjoyed this video. Well done.
Quick question, shouldn’t you keep your blades in your di (is that how it’s spelled?) during transport?
Dai. Typically no. It can damage the dai if… y’know… any number of traumas happen to it.
My question as well. The blades are easily damaged if they are loose, but it is not good for the dai as well to not have the blade installed at all.
Love the shirt. Where’s it from?
You’d have to give me a time stamp I’m pretty sure I wear like ten shirts in this video.
@@CowDogCraftWorks oh sorry the dovetales one
@@WalterMelons it’s from @onceuponaworkbench here on RUclips. Donavon. I believe he sells them on his website.
Smaller box with drawer might work better for mobile purposes.
I do not disagree.
I made one out of oak and was applying tung oil and a strong gust of wind blew the open bottle into the box….the inside got about 300 coats of oil. It happens, mostly to me.
This speaks volumes to me
nice chest! is that blood or finish on your saw?
You’ll have to give me the time stamp but I’m at least 80% sure it’s some kind of finish. I highly doubt it’s blood… but hey anything Is possible.
One thought that might be a relatively easy retrofit is to create a bottom drawer you can pull out from the side to access the saws. Otherwise I think it turned out great.
I did laugh to myself when you used the word obviate because I use that word frequently as well. Must be a lawyer thing.
I also use: “essentially” and “with that being said” about a thousand times.
Enjoy your video. I am several notches higher than you on making mistake.
They happen to the best of us
so you have money for all those fancy chisles and a domino, but not hearing protection and a riving knife?
What’s that now?
Do I need a stupid looking hair doo to make this
Yes. 100%.
There is absolutely nothing traditional about this box/build. At all.
Thanks for watching anyway.
Crappy toolbox . I don't care how good the craftsman using it is . It's rubbish. Barely better than a bloody orange box .
If your orange box is bloody you should probably seek medical attention.