Old futon, new mini workbench (with commentary)
2024 ж. 22 Мам.
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I turn an old wooden futon found on the curb into a Christmas present for my wood-carver mom.
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Thanks for watching!
Very very nice Andrew! I like the way it turned out!
Thank you! And thanks for all of your work on the original design!
Quite similar to your product, isn't it, Adrian?
"Hose popped off." Do you see why? He he. Great job!
A thoughtful project in at least two ways: great design and a truly personal gift. Hope your mom puts it to good use.
Thank you very much!
That was amazing!! one of the most entertaining videos I've ever seen on KZhead.
Good one. Reactions Priceless !
Brought a tear to my eye when you revealed powering through this build while mom and the fam were upstairs doin' xmas! Thoughtful gift.
:) Awesome to hear. Thank you for the kind words!
Nice build.
That's on lucky mom to have you make that for her! What a thoughtful gift!
Thank you for including the things that didn't go perfectly the first time along with how they were fixed, and things that you might do differently next time. Very encouraging for those of us who are learning by making mistakes!
Good to know that, glad it was helpful. Thank you!
Great job good build and story!
Thank you! Cheers!
I like projects from reclaimed wood. Except for power drills and a hand router, I'm working in a small space without power tools, so this table may be just beyond my reach and skills, but I enjoyed watching and may steal some of your ideas down the road.
Cool gift for Mom Excellent video and process Thanks for sharing the happy moment.
😊 Thanks much!
Great job! I like how you used Laura Kampf's project for inspiration, but made it your own. I like salvaging wood for my projects as well. Keep up the good work! Thanks, Ron
that turned out nice
Thank you!
Nice job! How about a video showcasing your Mom's work?
Top build. Thank you
Thank you very much!
5/4/2018 USA Grandpa Bill: Andrew, it is impossible for me to nap with all this industrial noise in my headphones. Your crackling masculinity of vocal resonance is at a decibel level reserved for trail drivers pushing cattle through Texas. You woke me up from my autoplay. Worse, you've made me covet. COVET. Now, I have to go roaming the streets searching for an oak futon in a city where cheap metal and phony oak are supremely suckered onto the earnest but unknowing. The oak drawers I salvaged in the rain three days ago turned out to be chipboard with oak veneer. That's a beautiful job, Andrew.
Congrats! What a beauty
I liked everything: the video, the workbench, that it's a gift for your mom, that you recycled an old futon. All around fabulous. This really tugged at my heart!!!
Thank you! 😊
You are most welcome!
Excelente trabajo!!. Miren la cara de felicidad de ese niño. Eso no tiene precio. Saludos desde Neuquén. Argentina.
¡Gracias! ¡Sí, estaba más emocionado que mi mamá! ¡Te saludo desde Wisconsin, donde hoy hay 8 pulgadas de nieve en el suelo! In English in case Google Translate butchered the above: Thank you! Yeah he was more excited than my mom! Waving to you from Wisconsin, where there is 8 inches of snow on the ground today!
Love that it’s from up cycled timber. Simple and effective!
Thanks!
I think it was a lovely gift for your mom! Turned out great. I hope she will be using it a lot. She makes beautiful stuff!
Thanks for the kind words! I’ll pass them on!
That wood dye shot was a lot of fun. :)
Thank you! 😊
I really like the commentary track - makes it much easier to watch the videos in the background and gives more insight into the design process!
Thank you!
Great job man. Thanks for sharing. Good job looking after your mother. I haven't seen my mom in 2 years and I'm always thinking about what to bring her the day I meet her again.
Thank you very much! It must be tough going that long without getting to see your mom, but best of luck to you on your path to get to meet her again. Take care!
hands down. the best woodworking video I've ever seen. … and an awesome build. 👍🏾
Thank you very much! 👍
Just found this video. Very impressed with recycling used material for such a useful gift. Well done!
Classic build. I’m in the process of making several mini workbenches for several of the work carts at work. I’m in the aviation industry and sometimes I need a small bench to transfer fittings for hydraulic pumps, Integrated Drive Generators(IDG’s) and other things. The rear of a truck hitch or cement floor is getting old for me. I’m also making a mini carpenter’s bench and I’ll definitely incorporate your ideas in it. Thanks.
Very cool! I hadn't considered making one of these for small mechanical work like that, definitely a good idea. Would be glad to take a look at what you end up building. Best of luck and thanks!
Great job Andrew! And a lovely gift for your Mom!
You are a great Son. Something good is going to happen to you. Excellent video and process. I love the Mini Work Table. Thanks for sharing.
That was a really nice build and a well done Video...
The pressure is on to create. Love the bench! I can take it anywhere. Almost fits in my purse. Thank you for solving that problem!
“For the woodworker on the go.”
This is great! Plus points for giving it to your Mom, using recycled wood and the shoutout to Adrian Preda.
Thank you! Adrian is awesome. It seems like some folks avoid giving shout-outs to the people who inspire them, perhaps because they don't want to invite people to accuse them of imitation. But we're all working together off shared ideas all the time, including something as basic as language. That's something to celebrate!
@@AndrewReuter, thanks for the reply. How true. Wish I had a big workspace :). Maybe in the future, but for now I work with a dremel, a few pieces of wood and a chair as a workbench. But it does not diminish my sense of accomplishment, more so when I finally finish a project (current one is rebuilding a swiss army knife with brass scales and liners :)).
Great job!!! Thanks for sharing, you won yourself a new subscriber! 👍👍👍
Great work sir
Nice!
Thanks!
Nice little bench!
Nice job! As a woodworker and unabashed curb recycler, I think you nailed it!
Thank you!
Merry Christmas!
It turned out great. Very nice work.
Thank you very much! 👍
Great job Andrew!
Thanks Justin!
Nice piece and a great video. You explain along the way - great job!
Great job and a gift. Very nice last scene! Congrats! Thank you.
😊 Thanks for the kind words!
Nice reuse of wood! Your mom is lucky you can make this for her.
😊 Thank you!
Outstanding! thank you for sharing the great times.
You bet, thanks for the kind words!
That is an amazing gift, Thank you for sharing
Thanks!
Beautiful work Andrew ....
Thank you very much!
Amazing job and it turned very nice.. Thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Great job. I especially enjoyed your voice-over presentation.
Great project, great gift!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this build with us, and God bless.
You are welcome, thank you, and you too!
I really enjoyed hearing and seeing the whole process (including the dust collection hose popping off ;) ). The pace is perfect. And nice work with the push sticks at the table saw! I may well have to make one of these. Great video!
Thanks for the kind words! The curvy push stick is based on Matthias Wandel’s design. I kind of prefer the long, straight push stick, though. Really keeps your hand far from the blade. Got a set of those from my father in law when I first got my table saw. I only use one now because I smoked the other one in the blade. Better than my fingers though!
Super cool! These mini work benches are awesome. It inspires me to build one!
Awesome to hear! Good luck! Let me know how it goes!
Here's what I think. I'm going to make one too. Thanks so much for sharing.
😊 Thank you! Good luck with your efforts!
Great work
Thanks!
Looks great!
Thanks!
u are so down to earth man subscribed for sure
Thank you!
Great work liked and subbed
Good work. A few suggestions on technique. You can save a bit on planing by using a plastic dead blow mallet to bang on the wood on glue up after clamping. The wood likes to move around as more pressure is put on the object. Also, the grain of the legs go cross the grain of the top. If you create a slot by wallering out the holes lengthwise on the legs, it will allow expansion/contraction as the season changes. Thanks for sharing your project.
Thanks for the kind feedback! Great tips!
Very good!
Thank you!
it's really nice ! I love the legs on it.
Thank you!
Nice job mate
Thanks!
Great video, and result! And such a meaningful gift. Thanks for sharing, some inspiration here for me.
Thank you very much!
@@AndrewReuter I'm very fortunate, just had a close friend make me one as a gift as I get into fine woodworking. If I could uplaoad I a pic, I would. Great timing on seeing this video
Great mini workbench! Subbing for sure.
Thank you! And nice work on your channel as well!
That is awesome! Funny I used brass screws on my 20 dollar Irwin vice too! When I found the brass screws I simply had to use them. Nice work
Thank you! Yeah, those brass screws really class things up...
Really nice work! There have been times when one of those would have been handy. I think that I'll have to make one.
Thank you! Good luck! It was easier than I thought it’d be. Pretty simple the whole way along.
very nice Thank you for sharing
Thank you!
Futon work bench looks good.
Thanks!
🎥 Nice job 🎬 ! _ Congratulations! 👍 🇧🇷
Thanks!
Enjoyed your work and commentary. Have you ever tried to use a vinegar-steel wool mixture to stain-dye oak? Soak the wool in vinegar over night, then lather it up the next day. The liquid doesn’t look like much the next day but works great.
That came out great! Mine is going to be made from two oak table leaves.
Good idea! Please share some photos when you finish! Good luck!
Awesome job! I'm hoping mine will turn out as good as yours!
Thank you! Good luck, and let me know how it turns out!
beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Great I like it.
Thanks!
I just saw this, and am a first time viewer. Really nice job.
Nice mini bench - Noticed your main workbench - built an identical one 30 years ago - still in use...
Thank you! My woodworker father in law built me that bench as a “welcome to woodworking” bench a couple years ago. He has built many such benches for people over the years. Great guy, great bench. Very cool to hear that you’ve been using yours so long as well!
@@AndrewReuter I thing I bought the plans from the TV program This Old House
Nice.
Thanks!
All I can say is : sweet.
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
If you are worried about the screw holes stripping out, fill the screw hole with thin ca/superglue or nail varnish to reinforce the food.
Good tip! Thanks!
Nice
Thanks!
Ya want to know what I think? I think your a pretty good son. And craftsman, well done.
😊 Thank you for the kind words!
What we think? Just awesome!
:) Thank you!
Excellent! I’ve seen a futon or two, never thought much about what kind of wood it was...hardwood?
Thanks! I think the futon I used for this mini workbench was white oak. Definitely was some hard stuff; too good to just leave on the curb!
Hope your mum liked it!
Thanks, she said she liked it anyway! :)
clicked in this so i can make the wife one too! Nice job mate!
Very cool! Good luck, and please let me know how it goes! Sounds like Pask Makes is going to be putting out a video on making a mini workbench soon, too, so that could be worth checking out. 👍
I’ve been looking at vices on amazon and load and behold what do I see on my KZhead recommendations videos, all the vices I’ve been looking at.........😶
The AI... IT KNOWS
not a criticism, just an observation: with the speed and angle of the camera on the table saw, you could see the blade and fence deflect. It makes you wonder why it's so important to align the fence within a few thousands of an inch. :) Nice job.
Thanks! Never noticed that, good call! More evidence that you don’t need tip-top-of-the-line tools to get a start in woodworking.
If only things like this really took 13 minutes to build
Agreed!!!
I would love to see your dimensions, I am in the process of designing one 2 inches thick x 11 inches wide x 22 inches long. I especially like your leg designand I have purchased the same Irwin vise. Very nice work, thanks!
I found all of this in the first comment on this project, perfect, thank you!
Very nice. (no stupid music).
Thank you!
Your such a good son...😆
😁 Thanks for the kind words!
I've had the chance to use this table a couple of times now. It's fun to whip out in front of people:) I can see what people are talking about when they say the legs are delicate, but they're design to support a "mostly" vertical load, not be torqued from the side or pushed back into place. If you just let the table open or close on it's own and don't force anything, it works great kzhead.infoUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh Once it's set up, it's pretty solid. My only gripe would probably be related to the clamps provided. They're not the highest quality. They do the job, so no big deal, but they could be better. All in all, pretty cool gadget.
Isn’t a mini workbench only as stable as the surface you clamp it to? I have considered making one as I have a small shop, but that question always causes me to pause.
The surprise was that my legs fit between the legs when I'm sitting down, so the workbench doesn't have to be clamped. I just needed something to hold the piece so I could use both hands and be able to turn the table around as I work. The detail work takes a long time and sharp tools don't require force, just stability. It was a back breaker to do it on a regular bench. Too much leaning over if that makes sense.
@S Mahaney Yes, that does make sense. I hadn’t considered that it could be used as a “lap bench”. Thank you for the reply.
It also prevents the occasional slip and gouge into a leg! Yes, I've done that. Thanks Ian.
Thanks to my mom for answering this one! 😊 If you are still thinking about building one, I’d recommend going for it. It is pretty great to get the workpiece up just a bit higher; can always work on stabilizing the clamping surface as needed later. But as long as it’s not uneven and rocking, I think most work surfaces would work for this. Good luck!
What are the dimensions of it and thickness???
Didn’t write them down, so I asked my mom to send me the dimensions: “Table: 22 &7/8"L x 11 &7/8"W x 1&7/8" thick, Legs: 2&7/8 high x 1 &1/4 thick, 11&5/8" wide at bottom, 9&1/4" where they attach to the table” Hope that helps!
Andrew Reuter thanks
This is the age of mini workbenches and people that still believe that red sawblades are the best because so much YTers use them ( Freud is owned by bosch and the diablo blades are overpriced for my opinion) Nice work!
Thanks! I know I like my red blade, but that might be because it blasted through wood compared to my burned up cheap Irwin blade...
@@AndrewReuter Off course it works better than the cheap manufacturers blades that came mostly with the puchase of a saw. But, in comparison with topblades they are overpriced but good to sell in US. one off the top seller for proffessional tools in germany is "contorion". they have freud not listed and there must be a reason for that!
0:11, you know that ole saying: GRAVITY ALWAYS WINS!
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Sapielie is about the best to make jaw plates from 👍
Good to know!
No I'm not! lol!
$20 for the vice?! I'm looking to build one of these and can't find a decent vice under $100 CAD 💸
Here's a link to the vise I used, current $20.99 USD: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001LQY4E/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Is that one not available in Canada? It's not some Bessey vise or anything, but it worked pretty well, especially for the price. Good luck!
Here in Ontario Lowe's sells that exact vise for $39.99
$19.99 US
Man if they had all the equipment in Africa...
Look up Rex Kruger, he has a series called wood working for humans, and it's honestly great especially for people who don't have all these tools.