When it comes to projects with precise dimensions and tight tolerances, never convert the units. There will be conversion errors, there will be fractions that get rounded up/down and add up to compound errors which will lead to headaches

@scratastic1

Ай бұрын

Not to mention had he stayed with metric and just got a metric ruler he would have found out how easy it is to work with in comparison, I'm pretty sure it would be useful for future internet projects as well.

@AlexOvechkinSucks

Ай бұрын

⁠@@scratastic1you just don’t understand Americans. Getting them away from godawful fractions of an inch is like taking them to the dentist to get their teeth pulled. I’m Canadian so this is only partially true for myself.

@kylewillms5133

25 күн бұрын

The error also gets compounded if you are stacking conversions on conversions (working from the last part rather than a common zero) and multiplied by the number of parts. A single 1/16 is negligible for a lot of things, 60 1/16th is almost 4”

@caseunkadios286

16 күн бұрын

Another thing with the door he made that needed the plain, he could have saved a Lot of issues if he just cut a recess into the bit of the Handle he already had for the plain to fit into and then add two holes to it and three holes to the plain to keep the Handle level with the plain. Yes of course it might look a little off if he doesn't pretty it up but it wouldn't be too bad and the plain wouldnt have been "free floating" making him need to add a brace at the edge of the cabinet with Magnets (if he was afraid it wouldnt easily allow it to turn he could have made the three holes pin holes allowing the wood to still turn). Here is how the plain would look in this case: _ ° I l ° l l ° L l

@caseunkadios286

16 күн бұрын

The middle hole of the plain would be where the Handle would be

Build challenge: Chris draws plans for a project for John to build, one sheet of instructions at a time, so John doesn't know what it's supposed to look like until the last sheet.

@justlola417

Ай бұрын

Oh that'd make him so mad. Should be fun to watch tho!

@Gtmojra

Ай бұрын

Great idea

@TatsuChi

Ай бұрын

206 pages later he realises he's been duped into building the shop-smith...

@geuzeg

Ай бұрын

challenge with a twist: not a single thing is to scale, so John has to improvise every dimension

@MaxRide1

Ай бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!

Anybody who thinks these viral TikTok videos of folding desks are done in a day by someone in their shed is deluding themselves. They have obviously spent countless hours designing and perfecting the end result before shooting the final video. I love John’s videos for their honesty and genuineness showing warts and all. 😊

@thezfunk

Ай бұрын

Everything on that platform is fake or staged. Once you realize that, it makes more sense.

@atsimas

Ай бұрын

On the tik tok, it doesn't show even the whole movement of the mechanism.

@Thatonefuckinguy

Ай бұрын

Or ya know call me crazy...........the video was just sped up fast so it can fit into a minute long format.@@thezfunk

@trendylyricshub-

Ай бұрын

Any normal person knows that

I am a weaver... married to a woodworker/furniture maker. It is AMAZING how similar these fine crafts are! So much goes in to the planing and prep, tweaking, covering mistakes, etc, to ensure a beautiful, functional final product- literally hours and hours- and then once things come together, it seems to go so quickly. Bravo on the folding desk. I would use this in a second!

@trs4184

Ай бұрын

It really goes to show that tasks can use entirely different materials and tools, but at the end of the day it's problem solving, patience, and visuospatial imagination.

It would be really interesting to see you do a project, just completely in the metric system. would be interesting to see where the challenges are, are they mostly internal because your just not used to it, or are there problems with getting wood only in imperial sizes or something or is imedialtly everything just plain better (unlikely). would love to see it!

As a German i find it so funny how you guys struggle and still stick to your imperial system. Everything gets easier in metric.

@TrinaMadeIt

Ай бұрын

The moment he said they had converted it to imperial I knew they had fucked up.

@HD-fc4ds

Ай бұрын

Yeah maybe thats why we dont have woodworking shops like this here in Germany.

@genera1013

Ай бұрын

As an American, I whole heartedly agree.

@smolmoru

Ай бұрын

besides it's not just europe that uses the metric system. it's just the majority of murrica refusing to adapt to the rest of the world.

@amiltonscjunior

Ай бұрын

I'm Brazilian and I don't understand why Americans are so proud of a system that is pure bullshit, even England uses metric already. Imperial is bad even in the name...

As a sewer, sometimes it's easier just to use inches. Sometimes cm. It just depends on the pattern 😂 it takes time, but simply using the measurements straight, if you don't need to adjust, follow the pattern and it will be fine.

Im a machinist so we use decimal measurements instead of fractional but we just divide or multiply by 25.4 for millimeters or 2.54 for centimeters to get our imperial sizes in decimal form. Im also canadian and spent my whole life using metric measurement to then join a trade that uses mostly imperial. But 1 inch is 25.4 mm or 2.54 centimeters and although its very rare to see .254 metres. A program helps for when you do lots of them but thats the basic conversion. And then if you have a drill chart its easy to find your decimal size in imperial and just convert to fractional

@fionafiona1146

Ай бұрын

I only learned imperial for reading books in the original English and I mostly go by feeling but two inches are also like 5cm to useful amounts of precision and a foot is like 30

The best thing about your demonstrations is you show the struggles you go through. Too many other channels show a perfect build which you can’t follow. Thanks for the screw-ups 😊

@lewiskemp5893

Ай бұрын

Amen. I agree. That makes it real

@stuartstogdill2406

Ай бұрын

@@lewiskemp5893Their lack of skills is very real... and shocking.

@timbergeron3067

Ай бұрын

Absolutely, almost makes him seem human. But he doesn't swear nearly as much as I do when I'm trying something new.

@mattrinne

Ай бұрын

I do appreciate that, however, his stress actually stresses me out. Pros and cons

@bwhaley419

Ай бұрын

Poor guy didn't realize there are tolerance built in..😅

Best Malecki quote ever!! "I can't talk, I don't know what I'm doing!" 🤣

38:58 minutes of examples, that the metric system is superior

The bit that made me chuckle the most, finishing the two triangles... "That took two hours". We've all been there! "I'll just quickly make this thing..." half a day later and we're still faffing. Great vid John & Co.

The secret to projects like the wall desk is that you don't measure or even plan for it to be a specific size. You build it and cut and drill each piece to fit as you go. Then you just show the final assembly like you had planned it all along.

I see you popped magnets for the door handle. It made me think you could pop magnets around the frame in all the edges that touch in both positions so when it gets close it gently snap pulls into a flat position, in both orientations. Just a thought.

@hyldrklein451

Ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. I’m thinking on the upper and lower right corners when its closed. So when it is opened, those two corners meet in the middle and snap together, making it more stable.

@lereik

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

Hey thats me, excellent execution John!

Just accept it the metric system is better for anything that requires precision. Imperial is fine for rough work or stud walling etc but for any kind of precise carpentry/joinery metric is far superior

@michaelyoung7261

Ай бұрын

I’ll never admit it. I’ve seen some of the ridiculously stupidly simple tools that craftsmen have used for precision measuring, things that were used long before metric nor imperial were standardized. One isn’t better than the other except in which one you’re currently using

@leonardomatheus1888

Ай бұрын

​@@michaelyoung7261Metric is much easier and consistent, also more precise.

@genera1013

Ай бұрын

​@@michaelyoung7261As an American, metric is the superior system. 10, 10, 10 vs 12, 36, however many feet a mile is because it's so arbitrary and stupid. Same for volume and weight. 10 vs arbitrary numbers with no consistency.

@memyselfandi3925

Ай бұрын

Metric sucks! Woodworkers dont know thousands of an inch.😮

@torry2

Ай бұрын

It has nothing to do with one being more precise than the other. Cus that's not even true. Each unit system has more and more precise units down to the plank length. It's all about the individual skill in making precise cuts and measurements and if you're converting between the two you will need to use sufficient significant figures to end up with an accurate conversion. That being said, the meteric system obviously makes more sense since every unit is base 10.

30:55 love the candid reality of problem solving. It’s all part of the process of discovery. Great Video John!!!

My favorite projects you do are the ones like this. You know... the super complicated ones where everyone, including YOU, is seeming shocked to find out what you made and that it works almost as planned. I really enjoy every Sunday. Great stuff as always, Thanks for a great start to the day.

Would love to see you compare the 10-in-1 type tools with the single use type tools and see if they are really worth it.

watching someone work on a project and hate every second of it and then love it at the end is truly the definition of art

Petition to get John to abandon "bald eagle per square PBR" and start using metric for his furniture from now on

The Asian guy achieved that precision on his living room floor because he used metric. 😂

I love this channel! Near the end though, John says "I'll do som tidying up", these are things I'd kinda like to see. He runs into problems early on, and moves forward, where the rest of us just throw it in the trash, being able to see what he does to fix it in flight would be super cool. Love this channel!

To be fair. For that cabinet they give about half an inch between the doors, and the cut the video between pulling to start opening it and pushing to finish opening it so they cut the part where it goes all wobbly and weird

Some folding stuff is super cool. I have had a concept idea for a travel trailer/motor home this a fold out rooms ( you can google these concepts and products) as they add massive amount of square footage to a trailer where slide outs do not. The only thing is they offer no way for furniture in it. For example you can add a room about 8 feet wide by 7 feet deep and 7 feet tall in a standard size trailer with a ceiling height of 8 foot. When folded up it would only take up about 1 foot thick on the interior space and could offer a whole host of furniture option built in to the walls and stored in to the walls. If you account for the roof, floor, side walls and the front wall being 3 inches thick. Go a bit thicker for more storage spaces. You could pretty much get 2 layers of 3/4" plywood folding stuff out of it. Everything stored right in part of the wall and or folds out from the wall. The idea is there and while it might take you longer to set up you could very well have a 40 foot trailer that normally has around 300 square feet of area expand to nearly 900. This is the size of a small apartment. In theory you could have a 3 bedroom 1 bath and kitchen with dining room and living room in a trailer. The options are endless. Then if you were to put solar on the roof and then solar on the walls ( the walls become roof when you expand ) you could have a really nice solar array of nearly 15kwh.

The moment he said I know you’re on the toilet killed me. 😂😂😂 I had barely been on the toilet for a minute.

@sarahhatfield6911

Ай бұрын

I had just sat down, literally as he said it and got really weirded out that he could see me except I knew I had started the video before going to sleep paused and picked it up before walking into the bathroom...

Aaaand this is why metric measurements are standard while weird unit (imperial) are not 😂

@danschick4135

Ай бұрын

It's not that standard units of measurement are useless for wood working, because most projects do not require more precise measurements using metric units of measurement, such as these very complicated mechanical projects.

@AleksandrWins

Ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly, metric is better when you are doing anything smaller than half an inch

@johnlanger7852

Ай бұрын

Just use thousandth of inches. Because I am machinest

@davidwibben9886

Ай бұрын

Ngl trying to figure out what eighths or sixteenth is bigger.

@itstbe76

Ай бұрын

Makes fun about metrics. 🤣

Your persistence and resolve are amazing John. Great job.

Great job and love seeing all the struggle and fine tuning! I just wanna point out that your version of the twisty door is done with waaay less leeway inbetween the top and bottom halves compared with the reference video. Bigger gap I think would have solved the turning problem easier since you have more space to play with

Just found your channel for couples of days now, and ive been binge watching ur videos both here and in ur second channel. Always love ur enthusiastic attitude in every video!!!

I love these videos, as not only is it just a cool project, but it shows that even professionals struggle to get things right every time. It is inspiring and goes to show you that the end product is cool, but the process of over coming an obstacle is the best thing you get from it. Great work!

Just want to say I appreciate you all for going through this. I'd have chucked it in the scraps bin and gone for lunch about halfway through. They look great at the end. Well done for superhuman persistence!

Very nice build. Super entertaining video. Not the most practical table, but great fun to watch you build it. I have an idea for a build (or carve...), but I am not sure, I can explain it; from 1 piece of wood cut 3 (or more) interlocking/interlacing/interlinking pieces (each piece do what chain links do). Once cut, you should be able to tilt the 3 (or more) pieces out into a double cone shape, with the two cone tips on top of each other. When closed, they lie next to each other in the length of the original piece of wood - much longer than wide, for instance 20 " to 30" long, but only 4" x 4' square. Flipped out into the double cone shape it should be able to function as legs for a small coffee table. I hope, that makes sense. It might have a name, but I don't know it.

I really appreciate that you show the struggles. Makes complex projects like this seem less scary.

Most of the mistakes comes from not using the metric system

@keithpovec6462

Ай бұрын

Nah. 😁 It’s easier for you since you’re used to using it. Inches work just fine.😊

@scratastic1

Ай бұрын

@@keithpovec6462 Just try it sometimes and you immediately find out why metric is so much easier,, only have to be able to count to 10. And in this use case with converting units it's almost impossible to get it right with such tight limits, too much lost with rounding numbers up or down.

@smithdoesstuff

Ай бұрын

@@keithpovec6462fraction math is objectively more error prone than integer math, I still think in inches tho.

@socks92

Ай бұрын

Fighting over measuring methods is just embarrassing. They both have good and bad and your not better for using either

Love these types of vids John I just tried my first ever epoxy river table at the age of 15 and hoping to get my first sale on Etsy so thanks for there types of vids they rlly help

Monday to Saturday, I think I am an ok woodworker; Sunday, I watch John and relearn that I am nothing. John, thank you for keeping my ego in check

Awesome build, I love it when people get out of their comfort zone. I would love to see you building a guitar!

Nice having the sawstop but I still wouldn't have pulled that slice of wood out from the blade at 4:17 with it spinning.

@lasekmmmk7785

Ай бұрын

Ya. I did a double take. Hack go rewind. I was like no way did he put his hand that close. You know better john!😅

@butterflywoodworks2374

Ай бұрын

I was wondering if that’s what I really saw, made my stomach cringe a bit🤣

@onefeather2

Ай бұрын

Reminds me of the saying, You can't fix stupid.❤❤❤

I want that folding desk you just made. 😢 ❤ It's so beautiful! 😍

😂 “the worry is I’m not straight “ “ HA!” 👌👌👌 shout out to the editor

Always love a good John Malecki video!

You should totally invite followers to the shop and have them go head to head building something with one person from the team as help. Whoever wins can keep their piece they build and you John judge the work.

@lewiskemp5893

Ай бұрын

You can't do that today in the sue happy world today. Sign waivers maybe but if someone got hurt for example

@davidwibben9886

Ай бұрын

Too many liabilities.

@FrantzFirearmTactics

Ай бұрын

@@davidwibben9886 agreed but it would be fun. Make a game of it, ask the contestant to say the price of the build and if it is within $300 or whatever they get to keep whatever John builds.

@NaughtyShepherd

Ай бұрын

This sounds like fun in concept, but he has an actual shop to run. I guarantee there’s a ton of things being built for customers when working on KZread content.

@FrantzFirearmTactics

Ай бұрын

@@NaughtyShepherd understandable

Thanks for making this video, i really enjoyed the longer one. Each of these projects could have been their own video, but I liked having 2 in one episode

Congrats on 1M! Waiting to see what you have planned. Keep it up!

Challenge idea: do a whole project using only metric! 😈

The cabinet looks awesome, maybe a drawer handle might work better than a knob so you move both pivot points at the same time instead of dragging the bottom one along. problem would be getting to perfect length handle to matches the pivot points.

I love how you uncover the perfectness of tiktok. The door opening looked alot smoother, but given the many pivot points, its quite janky to open, even when finished

Build Challenge: John works through an entire project with calm and patience.

Glad to see even pros have difficulties with things like this, loved the vid, end products were cool but obviously could be better which was a relief in some ways but also inspiring.

This was incredible to watch! I love that you try stuff you've never done before.

Love your videos, super cool projects! 😍Congrats to 1M! 🥳 Much love from Germany, and happy Easter! ❤

Thanks for keeping it real and not just showing all the polished work. Sometimes, you just have to adjust things to move forward. Great job and they both turned out good.

@1pcfred

Ай бұрын

The first time you make anything it is by definition a prototype. So you cannot expect it to come out perfectly. When a good furniture maker approaches a new project they will often build a prototype. So they can work out everything. They'll typically build the prototype in a lesser wood. It is the neophyte that expects perfection the first time out.

You need a Ron Swanson Funko Pop for your shop!

always a good day when john posts 💪💪 thanks for everything you do man

Super cool John. As with such as challenging piece, could feel the desperation…then satisfaction.

and this is a perfect video to show why metric is better lol great vid tho

@1pcfred

Ай бұрын

How do you figure?

Very cool projects! I have to say, though, that one short board on the desk is driving me crazy 🤪

I'll never understand the "I don't need a measurement system that makes sense, I'd rather use imperial" mentality. I grew up thinking that mathing physical items was something I'd never be good at. It wasn't until I got a 3d printer and started working in metric as an adult that I realized I'm not bad at math, American fractions are just unnecessarily confusing? Look, I don't know what all those lines on a ruler are in between the quarter inches, and now I'll never need to. Thanks metric!

Well I wasn't watching this on the toilet before, but now that you mention it... I should finish it on there. Thanks for the reminder.

I think you're too hard on yourself. These are absolutely beautiful! I would definitely use these in my home! You guys did a phenomenal job!! 😊

Throw some magnets on the free corners of the cabinet and it should help snap it into place as well as help it wiggle less. Also, might be able to add some wire or the like between the joints to limit how far out they can come which should help with the rigidity when opening and closing it. Adding a gear that's fixed on either side of the center joint will also help with smoothness

28:35 FWIW, you nailed his last name! Unless you speak polish, you wouldn’t know that his first name is pronounced “Mah-chey” (Mathew). Just discovered this channel, and I’ve been really enjoying it!

the way I learned to make mitre boxes is using tape along the edges to get a tight seem and using the tape to put tension on them. or use those fancy angle clamps you used in ur mitresaw video

i enjoy how in your effort to make it easier, you made it significantly harder

Do a shot every time John says 'send it'

Bro that cabinet is amazing!! Good job. And thank you for always showing the f ups and how you fix them

John Malecki, hats off to you for taking on this woodworking challenge! It's clear you put your heart and soul into every cut and joint. Despite the ups and downs, you've emerged victorious with a masterpiece that speaks volumes about your passion and perseverance. Keep on making magic in the workshop, John - you're an inspiration to us all! ✨🪚 #woodworking #craftsman

One thing I noticed with the door, is you could probably secure one if the pivot points in the handle to improve stability. Only one half needs to rotate. And it'll stop the netal tab poking out when trying to close it

Congrats on 1M Subs!🎉 Love both of the builds.

Hey John, You would be willing to share the plans for the folding desk build would you?

I love people smart who make that’s great jobs !!! Congratulations 🎉

That looks great man I haven't done anything to that extreme but I do cabinetry and other wood work 25 years plus I think I might try it. Clay from mobile Alabama

Where do you go to get your hard woods? I have a hard time finding different cuts of hardwood and actually had to custom order from 84 before, which wasn't cheap.

Felxable compliant mechanisms 3d printed for the hinges and pivots might be cool to model. Basically these are wood modeled compliant mechanisms with ridgid pivots. The geometry is pretty cool.

Congratulations on 1 million and thank you for doing the giveaway my fingers are crossed so tight 🥰🤞🏼

On top of the happy Easter wishes, Congratulations on the 1,000,000 subs and here is to the next couple of millions that is heading your way! Keep up the great work brother! 🎉🎉❤

You amaze me, John. "I don't know what I'm doing", well hell kid, you do a great job of faking it then! This was really enjoyable, and even though I still don't know how they work, they are really cool. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats on the million buddy! You deserve it! Great content. I am a tool dumb dumb so I enjoy watching other people do something I can not…. Been watching your channel for years

Awesome turned out so great❤❤❤❤

Great vid always been fascinated by the folding door. I’ve noticed many changes round your shop like the spray booth is it time for a shop tour?

Congrats on the million! You guys make some really good stuff here on YT. Keep it up!

great job. always awesome video projects thanks

Im so glad you finally got 1 million subscribers. I've been rooting for you.

CONGRATULATIONS ON HITTING 1 MILLION🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 ORANG JUICE MAN

You always make it up as you go along by yes it was hard to follow along, you were doing what I do and think out loud quick and no one knows what your on about 😂😂 amazing video and project though, I need a none traditional door for my house, doubt it will be one like this though so much effort 😂

Making it real. Watching you make those was enough for me. Not a bit tempted to try those.

I don’t do construction very often but I like this video very interesting and helpful

32:13 use some magnets to fix the location where the dor mast fit the frame and as a concept think at a double 3 way pivot, the little one is the revers of the big one.

1M congratulations!

The good pooping content line was my favorite! Because I don’t think I’ve watched any of your videos when I am not pooping 😂 to funny and true

Crazy builds... great work

Haven´t see your vids a few months, congrats to the 1 million subs :-)

"I make good poopin' content." That should be on a shirt.

I like that you are carrying edc knives. I think I noticed a ZT0562, which is currently discontinued, cool knife.

It’s gonna look sick if you build a pool table with live edges and put your logo on it using epoxy. Also make the cue to be like a long wand sort of a thing.

Being an American who’s made CAD plans in both metric and imperial for bridges in the US and Australia, metric is so superior to standard.

@matthewbay1978

Ай бұрын

I agree 100%, but the funny thing is, I teach physics, work in millimeters, centimeters, and meters all day, then I come home and cut wood to inches. I can't really explain why.

@24Shigeru24

Ай бұрын

Metric IS the standard... :)

@YaaLFH

Ай бұрын

You mean superior to USA customary. The standard is metric.

@Yosser70

Ай бұрын

Absolutely correct but using a mixture of the 2 systems is OK with me. I was born 5 years after the switch to metric, here in the UK in 1965, and Imperial is still very much in use. I’m 6ft 1in tall and drive to a speed limit of 70mph on the motorway, I measure and mark out things in millimetres for accuracy but often visualise projects in inches. Americans really need to adopt a more hybrid system, it’s not that scary :)

@Skyrunner_84

Ай бұрын

​@@Yosser70in my experience many Americans do actually use a mix of the systems. Metric systems are more common in professional environments.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier to construct the desk itself out of the same 1x2 or whatever planks as you use for the wall supports? Cut them to lengths and align them to a drawing, glue up, and go. You then thin the wall slats slightly with a planer if needed to provide them with clearance.

@John_Malecki Do your Shop Shades come in a prescription lens variant? I literally can't see without my glasses, but they're not ANSI or OSHA certified, and don't have side shields. I've tried oversized 3M safety glasses, but they fog up and slide off my nose, so all I can do is wear safety goggles, which fog up and are really uncomfortable with the elastic strap. So I've been looking for properly certified prescription safety glasses and was wondering if your can be ordered that way, or if I have to keep looking. Thanks!

On the door frames.. why not build frame and then add the angled peaces then using thin pull saw cut them out? For the hinges one thing i have seen people do is glue fabric to be the hinge and i have used it couple times in my own projects. Problem is to figure out how attach the material to frame with out stiffening the fabric in the hinge point. CA glue is common method but you need to be careful not to have the fabric suck it too much into the material making it composite. Best method i have used is to have straight edge few mm away from the edge and infuse the glue in the fabric creating barrier, then gluing that into the frame being careful not to use too much but not too little and then fusing the back area into the wood with generous amount stiffening the back area. One that i havent yet tested is to proceed stiffening said area before hinge and putting some oil into hinge part to prevent glue being infused there then gluing it in place with more glue so that you dont have to worry that much of the glue seeping into hinge. I recommend trying in small scale and scrap peaces before committing to this design if its what you seek Also you can build full custom tables in apartment floor on your own, though table sawing parts i did out source to store i bought the plywood since cutting from large peace would been pain and dust prevention/cleaning afterwards will be hectic but its possible. The small cabinet build is size i would recommend at the start though and more you use hand tools, less dust there is. Also due the hand tool method it takes bit more effort and time than on large shop, but then again you dont need to pay for that space as you already have it. How ever mainly for the Americans, if you plan on doing this, do it in room that has plastic matt, not the fluffy crap infested nightmare you tend to have, same with adjacent room so any dust does not move into there on your foots.