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@shanes555911

Ай бұрын

Where can I find the dog hole reamer and dog hole plugs? Also are they available in 19mm (3/4 inch)

@terencemerritt

26 күн бұрын

Lol did you heart your own comment 🤣

@AmbiguousAdventurer

3 күн бұрын

Hey bro you know about dog holes but never tried bench dogs? xD I mean that's why they are called dog holes. They are for dogs.

@AmbiguousAdventurer

3 күн бұрын

Unfortunately you have beveled the bottom edge of the holes...dogs won't work well. dogs require a thick surface.

"ain't gonna buy no $500 pre-made workbench". Builds one for $4000..

@mikefas5406

17 күн бұрын

Hahaha...spot on!!!

@jameskling9400

16 күн бұрын

With a ton of Festools and Woodpecker gear...

@jordanlouis4723

16 күн бұрын

@@jameskling9400 Am I wrong in my comment above?

@JamesYale1977

13 күн бұрын

I'm sorry you think tools are single use...

@rickdeckard1075

12 күн бұрын

the effeminate waving-at-the-camera like a mentally disabled 5-yr-old is really quite excruciating. i miss adults acting like adults...

You should NOT quit your current job to do woodworking, and DEFINITELY NOT teaching people how to do it. Also, you should check your lungs considering how much MDF cutting in such a small, closed space.

@jimwhite3628

3 күн бұрын

Yes, please throw a mask on ya face bro...stay alive!!

@winsomemartinez

Күн бұрын

At least open that garage door if you aren't going to wear a mask. Do you also think that 10 toes are just too many? Crocs???

Guy pumping more products in one video than billy mays

@PondoSinatra680

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, it’s an infomercial filled with requests to join his patreon so “he can quit his day job”.

@MyUnquenchableThirst

19 күн бұрын

Billy Mays never pumped more than one product into a video

@tumbleweed1976

15 күн бұрын

Billy Mays… I’m embarrassed to know his name 😮

@JamesYale1977

13 күн бұрын

What the hell is everybody's problem, this is a regular woodworking video on KZread what the hell is wrong with your people, they use tools they these tools have brands...deal!

@jds1906

12 күн бұрын

33 minutes of my life I will never ever get back again...🤨 this appeared to be more of an infomercial than a DIY, what does Factor have to do with woodworking... I was waiting to see an Oxy-Clean push... so the end result, don't buy the expensive T-tracks from the T-track cartels, buy 1000 magnets instead and a bunch of glory hole attachments for the 1000 unsealed holes drilled...🤣

Early in my woodworking career, an “Old-Timer” told me, “Don’t spend more time working ON your shop than IN your shop”.

@andyminch9156

19 күн бұрын

Most Underappreciated comment on KZread. People spend so much time prepping the perfect shop instead of just doing the projects. The shop is only gonna be as good as the user.

@dukkiegamer1733

17 күн бұрын

That's cause your old-timer didn't make any more working ON his shop and this guy does.

@jolttsp

15 күн бұрын

I'd rebut, do what you enjoy. Motivation isn't always easy to find, even with your passions. If perfecting your shop is what you enjoy, make it happen

@GooseWoodworking

15 күн бұрын

Old timers didn't need content for videos. This is a 10min workbench build interrupted by 23 min of adds and coupon codes

@bratt-38128

12 күн бұрын

@andyminch9156 I agree. A shop is just another tool to MAKE THINGS. It does not need to be pretty. I have a pile of one time use MDF jigs.

Been wood working for 60 + years . . .my work bench is topped with MDF with few dog holes. If i need a special hole I'll drill it but most of the time it's a scrap of wood with a tort screw making the clamp. When the MDF is butchered I'll flip it, simple, low cost and easy. Tip #2 , if you have some old pull down window blinds they make a great glue up surface . . .who knew . . .not bashing just helping. Stay safe and build something

@throngcleaver

28 күн бұрын

I completely agree, and I love your Tip #2. 👍

@berndreuther704

23 күн бұрын

I'm not a woodworker for a long time, but I like my stupid simple workbench: an old solid door topped with one layer MDF. The MDF is connected to the "door" with few screws. I have few dog holes on one side (3x4) an so far this was always sufficient. I can easly clamp long wood pices at the egdes wich serve pretty well as fences for different tool. I don't care to cut slighty in the MDF because I'll change it once a year for less than 20 €.

@faithful451

21 күн бұрын

@@berndreuther704 I did a similar thing but with an old office desk top someone was giving away for free. It's laminated well and doesn't fall apart like the stuff he shows in the video.

@DEtchells

19 күн бұрын

Hah, great tip on the roller curtains for a glue up surface!

@rodmills4071

12 күн бұрын

Joiner for 40 plus years. Level bench with 35 mm mdf or melamine....work on till glue etc builds up.... belt sand flat...rinse and repeat......after 10 years through 18mm sheet on top. Good for another 10 years.... K.I.S.S. 🤔😂😎🇦🇺👌

Installs and uses t-track incorrectly, concludes t-track sucks.

with that many holes, you could probably box off/seal the bottom, leave a port for vacuum, and use it as a downdraft table for sanding...

@YourMomLovesMeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

18 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly! Put the woodworking equivalent of marine diesel water-separator in the table-side of the system to allow screws to drip into it and not get sucked into the vacuum itself (sort of like a plumbing p-trap will catch a wedding ring before it going further down the waste line) and this ridiculous material- and time-wasting build might just possibly be worth it and definitely more utilitarian. This might just possibly be the dumbest KZread video I’ve watched in a long time.

@bratt-38128

12 күн бұрын

Or a vacuum clamp. Would need a big pump for all those big ass holes.

@jds1906

12 күн бұрын

ha, made same observation almost same post before seeing your post 👍

@blh3741

9 күн бұрын

And/or add a blower/pucks to make an air table. The pucks aren't cheap, but looking at all of his $$$tools, small cost.

"woodworker showing how to build the cheapest table top surface out of two MDF sheets glued together using a shitload of expensive as fuck tools as dead weights"

Dig this hole. Now fill this hole. You're in the Army, now.

This dude has been living his own lie for years.

You cured me of ever wanting dog holes in a workbench!😂😂😂

@Hellwilliam1

26 күн бұрын

There's no way he is ever going to need all those holes.

@scottz29

2 күн бұрын

@@Hellwilliam1 but this way he can sell it to someone else after he accidentally cuts his hand off with his fancy festool circular saw.

@Hellwilliam1

2 күн бұрын

😢😢😢

So you sealed the bottom with polyurethane to stop moisture absorption but then routed a ton of holes with probably the same amount of surface area as the bottom that can absorb moisture.

@shikutoai

21 күн бұрын

It's less about preventing the absorption of moisture at all, it's about preventing one side from absorbing moisture while the other side doesn't. If only one side absorbs moisture from the air, the entire surface will warp and bow.

@MrWhite2222

20 күн бұрын

He said in the video he applied more off camera: 29:04

@jds1906

12 күн бұрын

lol, it was all about selling magnets and dog hole attachments

@arabisoft

11 күн бұрын

Came here to say that. And no the poly he applied was for the cambered or slanted cuts he made from the bottom, not the vertical shafts which he later cut out to precision 20mm

@AlbertAC54

7 күн бұрын

@@jds1906 Interesting conclusion in that he never even mentioned magnets.

How someone would needs around 200 dog holes in a bench top is beyond me. The screws falling through is one thing, how about the dust that's constantly pouring through onto or into whatever below. I'd go nuts as everything else that fits in those holes falls through. I've been making furniture for years now and have a Roubo style bench with about 10 dog holes in it and haven't need more.

@shakdidagalimal

25 күн бұрын

You might have noticed every hundred or thousand dollar piece of top equipment recommended in the past is now "not needed" and were onto the new set of expensive items to push, that in a year or so will be a total rip off and a waste, but the new items then to be pushed will be the rabbit's hurrah.

@mrniusi11

22 күн бұрын

I think he has a case of collectors gotta-have-itis. All the Festool, all the dogholes, all the gimmicky jigs. This wasn't about functionality, it's his version of shopping for handbags.

@matthewshannon6946

13 күн бұрын

Good lord...I did exhibit/trade show work for 7 years of my career...I can't believe my lungs still work after spraying all that red contact...😂😂😂

@blahzay69

11 күн бұрын

@@mrniusi11😂 👏

Another big benefit of dust collection with the router is the amount of fine dust that is sucked into your dust extractor rather than your lungs. MDF is some of the nastiest dust you can breathe in!

@kwilliams2239

Ай бұрын

A lot of hardwood is even worse (toxic). Sanding is, by far, the most dangerous sawdust manufacturing operation. Dust extraction for all of these operations is critical. It's a lot easier cleaning it at the source, too.

@jt9498

Ай бұрын

May I suggest changing "find us" to "fine dust". :)

@ABaumstumpf

25 күн бұрын

@@kwilliams2239 "A lot of hardwood is even worse (toxic)" Hardwood is rarely toxic - MDF is.

@kwilliams2239

25 күн бұрын

You're dangerously wrong. Many species of hardwoods, primarily but not limited to exotics, are indeed toxic. Some are strong irritant that, some may have trouble breathing if inhaled. Few used in woodworking are drop-dead toxic but can be for some. Some really common but potentially strong irritants, like cocobolo, purple heart, and Padauk. MDF is bound by a urea-formaldehyde glue, that while it outgases , it's not toxic at low levels. It's primarily danger is the dust, not the formaldehyde. Of course one doesn't want to breathe fine dust of any sort, MDF isn't much different (plywood) than anything else, in this regard.

@scottwillis5434

24 күн бұрын

A quicker version for those starting out is a $40-ish half-mask respirator with P95 or P100 filters. The filters are click-in replaceable, and cost considerably less than replacement lungs. Won't protect your eyes though.

Making holes in your table to sell a product to cover them up is ingenious...

@pyrobryan

22 күн бұрын

That's hilarious! Get 'em coming and going.

I've just spent 33 min of my life watching this guy making holes in workbench

@jamesdrake2378

29 күн бұрын

He is a lowgrade clickbaiter and scare monger. Abom 79 is another empty vessel.

@rafezetter8003

29 күн бұрын

@@jamesdrake2378 "low grade" based on what exactly? These benches with many holes are common in the UK -they are called MFT tops or "multi function tabletop" - you can buy them in MDF or quality birch ply, with cnc grade accuracy holes for dogs for laying out a tracksaw against, and the company that makes them even makes a knockdown easily portable site bench system - you're literally talking BS - the guy who invented the MFT system is a MILLIONAIRE NOW just from this product.

@jimparr01Utube

28 күн бұрын

Rather churlish of you Sir.

@elmaddog1978

27 күн бұрын

But did you find it relaxing or stressful?

@jimparr01Utube

27 күн бұрын

@@elmaddog1978 I do not know what floats your boat. Maybe you could try to focus on porn or watching paint dry.

A guy that is cost conscience but has the coin for many Festools.

@jzahirniak

18 сағат бұрын

No...they were given to him...just like everything else he puts on camera with the logo always visible. He is a whore of the highest level.

Ok, but now you have fallen into and perpetuated another you tube myth, you don't need all those dog holes. Juse a couple of rows along the frount, and one side, with a row down the center and your done. Dont beleive my, just track how many you actually use over the course of a year and you'll see. Or you could take a look at a traditional cabinet makes bench and see where they placed their dog holes (square in those days) and you'll get the picture. How do I know this I to made a Polick workbench and when I went along and made my final one (out of all that expensive wood) I reduced the dog hole allotment (as described above) and spaced them according to the reach on the tail vice I added to one end and the moxen vice on the side) reduced the total dog holes by 87% and I have never missed them ever! Now in the Swiss cheese workbenches defence you can lay out your track saw anywhere to cut wood at right angles, but what about all those other angles, and do you want all those scares on your bench surface, I don't think so, so you'll probably never do that either. so track your hole usage and make a nice video next year on you thoughts, I'll look forward to that.

@5280Woodworking

Ай бұрын

100% agree. Never understood the Swiss cheese bench. It’s not as bad as t-track, but it’s pretty terrible in practice.

@kwilliams2239

Ай бұрын

I use all of the dog holes in my MFT. Keeping clamps out of the way of a router, for example, can be an interesting task without them being right where I want them. I don't want to hold the router at arm's length, either.

@makingmusiconline2309

Ай бұрын

I was told not to breathe in MDF dust as it’s hazardous. You’re not even wearing a dust mask.

@genecarden780

Ай бұрын

What he is doing is the typical “ gimmick” phase that most novice woodworkers go through. Traditional forms of woodworking benches with typically one row of dog holes and a few holdfast holes as needed, have been around for over 100 years for a reason. They work. Yes there have been improvements over the years. But they are small changes. Round dog holes and brass dogs for example. Better vise hardware. But having a bench with Swiss cheese holes is not a woodworking bench. It is inherently less than ridged.But it does make a nice assembly table if you have the room. The simple truth is he has very little skill and very little knowledge . That is ok. We were all there at one point. His actual skill is as a content creator.Not a woodworker.The real problem is he has fooled people into thinking he knows what he is doing as a woodworker.

@bobnicholas5994

29 күн бұрын

The evolution of tools used on this show is getting out of my pay grade. You are the 'you tuber' that said you need something.

I found that adding the laminate is overkill. I built mine 12 years ago and I just have bare MDF, I wiped on shellac and paste wax. Nothing sticks to it. Once a year or so, I’ll do a light sanding and reapply the finish.

My current work bench is a formika countertop that I got for free from a local cabinet shop. They pulled it out of someones house, and I stopped by one day asking if they had anything.

@FineBakedPastry

2 күн бұрын

just follow kitchen remodelers around for a few days. They take formica countertops off all the time and if you want to take it, they will give it to you for free because to them it's literally trash but it's a perfectly great piece of workbench.

Claims to be a cheapskate and wants to save money, , whilst having k’s of dollars worth of the (in my view) overpriced “green and grey” tools!😂

@andyminch9156

19 күн бұрын

I disagree about the overpriced thing but yeah😂true

@JamesYale1977

13 күн бұрын

You people are insufferable, what are you poor? don't have enough boot straps??

@JamesYale1977

13 күн бұрын

Have you tried not being poor? Or judging people for your failings??

@danielsnyder656

3 күн бұрын

@@JamesYale1977 wtf? I also judge him, not for his ability to own expensive tools, but for claiming to be a cheapskate when he's clearly not. There's nothing wrong with owning expensive tools if you can afford them and justify the expenses, but you can't claim to be a cheapskate when you have stacks of festool boxes, buy two different $200 dog hole jigs when you can make one out of your old workbench top, spend ~$300 on dog hole plugs, and are pedaling router bits that are $250 a piece

A fundamental concept I was taught as an apprentice furniture maker in the early 1980’s, was the necessity of applying equal finishes to both sides of a wood panel. If a table top was finished with six coats of BLO, the underside MUST be finished with six coats as well. This allows for the equal transfer of ambient moisture/relative humidity. The underside doesn’t have be rubbed-out as meticulously as the top, but equal coats top and bottom are critical to keeping the panel flat. That said, if laminate is applied to the top of a workbench, it should also be applied to the bottom, if flatness is the goal. When building laminate countertops over the past 40 years, I always apply two coats of urethane to the underside to seal out moisture, even though the counters are firmly secured to the base cabinets.

@dannyoktim9628

29 күн бұрын

SOOOO TRUE . . .. that's why IKEA furniture is laminated on both sides . . .now you know, NOT bashing just teaching

@JakeG462

29 күн бұрын

this may be THEE most important comment and overall concept to take away from this whole project video , especially given the primary goal in centered around construction of a surface which is "true and square" . I have had to learn similar lessons that deal with this type of phenomenon when painting something like wooden shelves one side at a time and letting it dry in the sun, or when i had had sprayed down a piece of 1x8 with water to open up the fibers after had incrementally sanded it down with a very high grit paper before i planned on staining it and then remembered that it would not take very well to stain when the surface is sanded super smooth and packed with all the fine dust powder, and spritzing it with warm water and giving it a wipe down does a great job at opening the grain back up to allow absorption of stain , but hell I couldn't believe in just a short matter of time before it dried it had crown my perfectly plained piece of wood

@kwilliams2239

28 күн бұрын

Those old rules don't apply to MDF. Unless it gets wet, MDF remains very flat and there close to zero expansion/contraction with humidity. I wouldn't even seal the bottom. It's overkill, at least because of moisture. There may be another reason.

@AuntJemimaGames

28 күн бұрын

Always appreciate a good tip in the comments, it's easy to assume viewers and video creators know all there is to know about stuff like this, but there's a lot to learn and always something you didn't know!

@jameswarner7435

28 күн бұрын

@@kwilliams2239 As someone who has built several speaker & subwoofer enclosures out of the stuff, I have to agree with kwilliams about the old rules not really applying to MDF. Compared to any traditional board, or piece of lumber, MDF is incredibly stable dimensionally. Moisture truly is its only weakness, but even then it only effects the parts of it that got directly exposed to it. Over the years I've dealt with a number of MDF sheets that had edges damaged from moisture exposure. Even what seems like a small amount of moisture can make an edge of a MDF sheet swell by a surprising amount. Of course this was nearly always due to my laziness & not wanting to move heavy ass sheets of the stuff any more than absolutely necessary... Thankfully when this happens, most of the sheet can be salvaged by simply sawing off the damaged edge. Even after having a couple inches along an entire edge swell to nearly double the original thickness, the rest of the sheet would still be just as perfectly true and flat as the day it was made. As long as it stays out of direct contact with moisture, MDF's superpower is it's ability to totally ignore things like temperature, humidity and time, and that makes pretty unique among woodworking materials.

T-tracks are disappearing from videos in 2024 but Factor is filling the void. Got it!

Organic vapor cartridges should be stored in a plastic bag because the activated carbon in them will continue to be used up even when sitting in a drawer.

@FassEddie

29 күн бұрын

I finally bought a plastic container that’s big enough to hold the 3M mask and the large cartridges. It’s tough enough not to get torn in my shop.

@AuntJemimaGames

28 күн бұрын

I was under the impression that the degradation of organic vapor cartridges would put their lifespan at about 30 days after opening them regardless of storage, does keeping them in a bag actually extend that lifespan? I already tend to use them longer than their intended effectiveness since I primarily use them for less critical applications, airbrushing acrylics and washing resin prints with IPA.

@FassEddie

26 күн бұрын

@@AuntJemimaGames I hope not! If so, it’s in the 3M fine print.

@EvanDunville

26 күн бұрын

@@AuntJemimaGames yes it should, they have activated carbon in them and that stuff is basically a crazy high surface area that like to stick organic molecules to it. If you put it in a bag they stop absorbing since there is no flow across them and no way for more organics to get in. I was always told they are done when you can smell the stuff you are trying to keep out.

@scottwillis5434

24 күн бұрын

P-95 or P100 dust filters are a good choice for sanding.

You should definitely wear a dust mask.I mean really

@brett567

10 күн бұрын

Yeh mdf dust is nasty stuff

Drinking game: Shot every time he says "super" or "absolutely". I'm guessing this kills at least 3 people.

@Graham_Wideman

28 күн бұрын

Yeah, the relentless emphasized superlatives are exhausting.

There’s something to be said for not making your bench top too precious. I worked in a small commercial wood shop making Southern Pine furniture. We would make small, disposable tables for most of our assembly work. We would make various assembly jigs quickly by shooting scraps of wood, into the table with a finish nail gun and ripping them back out when we were done. When the tables got too beat up, we threw them out!

I was an early adopter of the Parf Guide system in order to make a MFT cabinet. This serves many purposes (router table, base for midi lathe, clamping top Etc) one tip you may find useful if you decide to make another, and one of the major benefits of the Parf system is that I drilled the whole area with the 3mm guide holes and then only completed a section of 20mm holes leaving the remainder available to drill when and if required, this to a great extent solves the problem of small part falling through the 20mm holes (most of which you will not use) 18mm plywood is a better medium for the top with or without the Formica. Great work.

@kwilliams2239

Ай бұрын

Plywood isn't nearly as flat as MDF. Unless you use Baltic birch, it's about as flat as the Rockies. Baltic birch makes the MFT look cheap, in comparison. When you built your MFT cabinet, how did you mount the MFT to it? Did you leave the legs on? Can you reach under to feed clamps from the bottom? I've seen a few designs but they all made me wonder if I could get my arm, and a clamp, and come up from the bottom.

@peterburley2086

Ай бұрын

@@kwilliams2239 it’s a complicated design which has a drop in MFT top containing a router incert, there is sufficient room below (about 5inches) or it can be lifted from the front for access. It is removable to allow a midi lathe to occupy the same space and the MFT top becomes a rear safety wall whilst turning, I could go on but I won’t. It is truly a multi function unit.

@DEtchells

19 күн бұрын

Good tip on the Parf system, I’ll look it up!

Having worked in a wood shop for 12 years, I have some experience working with MDF. All of the holes that you have in your tabletop need to be sealed to prevent them from absorbing moisture and swelling. Hopefully, you don't bring a drink into the shop set it down on the tabletop, and spill it, sending all of that liquid into those dog holes. We used wood glue and a little bit of water to seal up the exposed/worked-on parts of the MDF to prevent that from happening.

@DEtchells

19 күн бұрын

Good note about sealing the holes, thanks!

I'd die of alcohol poisoning if I took a shot every time he uses the word "super"

The simpler way to add all those dog holes would have been to find a local company with an CNC router table, and have them cut them all to a precise measurement. Print shops, fabrication shops, all have these types of equipment, and in my area, would have cost you the same amount as your jig.

With tee track always mount it under another plywood sheet that slightly overlaps the edge of the tee track which makes the holddowns operate against the plywood and not just against screws, this is how people put tee tracks on CNC's successfully.

@schiacciatrollo

27 күн бұрын

what a brag 'spencley design co."

@court2379

25 күн бұрын

While I don't dispute what you said works great, assuming you don't do that, t-track should be set flush with the surface. Then when you tighten the screw it clamps the work piece to the top of the track and doesn't try to pull the screws out at all. Of course this depends on what you use to clamp as things like toe clamps will pull up regardless. But positioning things like feather boards then don't put load on the screws. Some t-track manufacturers put grooves in the sides of the track to allow you to bed it in glue, which really increases its holding power.

It is so easy to guess which companies did accept to pay for this video and... which ones did not ! ;-) Definitively, "you've been lied for years". And this video proves this is not the end of it...

made me short of breath watching you cut that mdf...look after your lungs mate

@thekylenovak

Ай бұрын

I think a lot of youtubers tend to not wear their masks for their videos as their face is sorta the brand i guess, but I would love to see a shift where they start wearing masks more. Woodworking is not a friend to your lungs.

@veganpotterthevegan

Ай бұрын

​@@thekylenovak they film enough that going maskless is extremely irresponsible for things like MDF

@veganpotterthevegan

Ай бұрын

​@thekylenovak the funny thing is that he doesn't use many things to need a vapor mask. Yes, it's essential to wear one. But with how little he needs it, it's really more important that he uses a mask whenever he's cutting MDF and even wood due to the much higher exposure

@crashkg

Ай бұрын

I've never seen anyone cut MDF with that much dust in a small space. I was cringing the whole time. It's almost irresponsible to be showing this to people, waving and smiling while you are making yourself a future client of Jacob Emrani for Mesothelioma.

@5280Woodworking

Ай бұрын

Yes, please take care of yourself, MDF is quite toxic my friend.

Now you're married, you have other responsibilities. MDF is extremely dangerous to lungs - even more than most hardwoods. Don't just use dust extraction. Use a top quality mask, even a full hood like Trend make. And, if you don't have one already, get and fit an air filter - just seen what looks like an AF hanging from your ceiling. I'm a DiYer and had about 20 years not doing any woodwork. Full time builder friends have lung diseases or have already died from lung diseases (tbf, they also smoked)

@jonl3578

22 күн бұрын

Lung safety is so important. Hands down the SINGLE best purchase I have ever made for my shop is a Trend Air Stealth P100 mask. It's less clunky and cumbersome than a full respirator and does a superb job of filtering out dust. It's also easy to clean. My rule is if I'm cutting or sanding, that mask is on, and stays on until I'm done working. Before buying that mask and setting that rule for myself, I developed a persistent cough that wouldn't go away. After about 3 months of being disciplined about using that mask, the cough was gone and hasn't come back since. No doubt that cough was from dust exposure and had it continued I would have likely developed some serious lung problems. Not enough YT woodworking channels take lung safety seriously enough.

@bonduie4414

11 күн бұрын

Better yet - don't use MDF

@Markevans36301

9 күн бұрын

Yeah, I’ve come to prefer dog holes myself and I learned some things, I also have some observations. Don’t throw away your Kreg self adjusting clamps, they are easy to convert to dog holes. MDF, first, if you must use it, always , always mask up. Second, I just can’t living where the humidity often exceeds 100%. I don’t care how much you seal it, it’s going to puff up. Far better here to use some good plywood and have it last a while.

@jzahirniak

18 сағат бұрын

@@Markevans36301 100000% Baltic Birch is plenty stable enough for this project. More expensive but not by that much.

I don't know if I can trust someone who has tens of thousands of dollars worth of festool but doesn't have a basic dust collection or even a dust mask...

@ScottHz

29 күн бұрын

He plugs the Festool into dust collection 3:39, don’t see why he uses the Milwaukee at 4:19!

@ScottHz

29 күн бұрын

… the Festool leaks a good deal of dust, though! 6:50

@dannyoktim9628

29 күн бұрын

deek. . . how big is your stick? For sure it's a lot smaller then your ego to bash. just saying

@deek3048

28 күн бұрын

@@dannyoktim9628 and what are you saying using ESL?

T-tracks work wonderfully if you install them properly and clean them after use. Cleaning them is actually easyer than cleaning the dog holes. You just did a very poor job with your tracks.

I can’t believe I wasted 33 minutes of my life watching this

An 8*4 mdf does NOT weigh anywhere near 100 lbs. More like 77 - (37.5 kg in real money)!

Why the hell aren't you wearing a mask when ripping that MDF with the circ saw?

Guy uses about 20,000$ of festool equipment as weights to laminate MDF for a cheap DIY workbench ... that tracksaw would cost me about as much as two months of rent ... lumber prices doubling ... I think i will let go of woodworking all together

I’m really not convinced about that dovetail profiled dado all around the edge. That’s gonna get ruined.

@bratt-38128

12 күн бұрын

Yes, that dovetail in MDF is not real strong in pulling forces from clamping

@UnworthySeraphim

6 күн бұрын

​@bratt-38128 to be fair he did add maple edge pieces around the perimeter so that's what he routed the dovetail into

@bratt-38128

6 күн бұрын

@@UnworthySeraphim You are right. I forgot about the edge boards by the time I watched him drill ten thousand holes and then redo them after his mistake.

Your organic filters with the active charcoal need to be stored in an airtight container. The charcoal has a limited exposure to air life.

Great job using calls for laying your laminate top! One tip for future reference, don't start at one end of the top. Start in the middle. Line the laminate up and pull the center call out. Run your hand down the center of the laminate so it adheres to the mdf in the middle only. This really helps if you are trying to keep the laminate square to the piece or if you have very little overhang. Starting at one end can get you out of square really quickly. Ask me how I know! Great video!

"i used formica so nothing would stick to my tabletop, including epoxy" "now i'm gonna put holes across the entire thing and ignore that epoxy will seep between the cracks!"

@davesmulders3931

21 күн бұрын

For which you use the reamer that he used to make the holes the correct size.

@Sunnbuzz

20 күн бұрын

But he has a reamer....

Am I supposed to take a woodworker seriously when he is wearing sandals?

@TheStonedbanana

22 күн бұрын

The most talked about carpenter in history wore sandals.

@miked.9364

22 күн бұрын

@@TheStonedbanana I never saw Bob Villa wearing sandals.

@TheStonedbanana

22 күн бұрын

@@miked.9364 😂

@jds1906

12 күн бұрын

@@miked.9364 ha, Bob Villa could have, all he ever did was a lot of talking and pretend to work, Norm did all the work, and I never saw him wear sandals either :).

@jzahirniak

18 сағат бұрын

Do you take him seriously in any circumstance? Remember when he converted a 20a plug on a saw he was given so it would plug into a 15a circuit? He is more of an example of what not to do. If OSHA ever takes a notion to regulate these folks channels like this one are gone.

Today I Learned: Design is an Iterative Process, where the initial design to solve a problem looks nothing like the final product.

There's a lot to be said for a bench top made of 3 to 4 inches of solid timber that can be sanded or planed off to get a fresh surface when needed, combined with a couple of vises, a few bench dogs, and some strategically placed holes teamed up with holdfasts. But guess that's too old to be sexy anymore.

@genecarden780

Ай бұрын

You are absolutely right. Traditional type benches have been around for over 100 years for a reason. Tried and true. But then I’m sure like most woodworkers you went through your “ gimmick” phase. Like Eric is in. The vast majority of hobbyists woodworkers, if they become serious about the hobby,eventually build some form of traditional workbench. Usually after they have built at least a few of these gimmick benches. Fortunately for me I got a copy of The Workbench book by Scott Landis when it was first published, and built a copy of Frank Klauz bench ( with a few mods to fit my space) That was 35+ years ago and it has always done EVERYTHING I ever needed to do. In a matter of seconds. With just a few accessories like dogs and holdfasts. Again tried and true solutions. I have bought my fair share of other “gimmicks” though. And BTW I started in a 1 car garage, built in the 1930s so it is sized for a model A ,with a cabinet saw with an out feed table, a jointer,a planer and a full sized bandsaw so for those that say there isn’t room, I say BS. And for “ it’s too nice so I won’t use it” You treat it with the same respect you should treat ANY tool. In the words of John Economaki “ Quality Is Contagious” The first thing he needs to,learn is stop using so damn much glue. If it is dripping off your glue up,more than just one or 2 small drops you are using way too much. You do your glue up wipe up a couple of small drips with a rag and keep working. If it stars to get a little battle scared run a plane over it and you’re good for a couple more years.

complains of tracks pulling out. Uses MDF as replacment! Flawless

For the clamps I would suggest pipe clamps they are easier to set up than clamping together clamps and with just the jaws you can have any length of clamp.

@rocketman13f51

29 күн бұрын

Are the Festools yours or they sponsored? Either way, is it worth the extra money to buy Festools?

@swa5026

29 күн бұрын

@@rocketman13f51 I do not understand what you are asking

Super impressed by your recovery fix on the bench dog depth of hole problem. I would have sat down and cried. Well done. Dude, you need to get into a nice HUGE shop. Wishing you the very best. AWSOME !

10:30 "My buddy Ronnie has a great grandmother that always told me the importance of protection..." She clearly has no "ruhgrats".

That MDF glue up will not be flat!

the Parf guide system is an excellent system to build out MFT style tables. I love the flexibility dog holes provide me . I can appreciate why people may hesitate , but they work perfectly in my workflow and the type of tools I use . I liked the tip on the chamfer bit on the underside . I want to rebuild my MFT table to be two layers thick to add that extra stability . Your solution will work perfectly thank you . I also own the wood pecker MFT jig I have never used it , the jig was an impulse purchase I thought the rougher method to bore the holes would be a perfect solution to the tear out I got using the Park guide system. I used baltic birch plywood to build my top . . I am surprised how upper able to utilize you apartment garage so effectively.

I've got dog holes and t-track in my bench. I use the dog holes for stops, and the t-track for clamping. Plus, I didn't put dog holes over the whole bench. Gives me a spot with no holes to work on small parts.

What if you put the holes at X, 2X, 4X, 8X instead of every X. You should be able to get most combinations of distances without so many holes.

You really should wear a respirator when cutting/routing MDF.

One foot ladder routing should be a woodworking event in the Olympics.

I've never bothered with T track, table clamps or anything else, because you almost always have a ceiling above you and you can always get flexible pipe... jam the pipe in the ceiling on your bench top with the piece you want to work hold and that's it. Good enough for luthiers, good enough for me. Have plywood to make? You will never find a better clamping method, need an overhang on a piece so you can cut it? Same (tho i usually just put it over foam on the table). Flexible pipe or batons, and you never need anything else.

I really like how you did the ad AS YOU WORKED, showing both! I usually jump ahead when they pop up, but I got what I wanted while you did what you needed, well done! Definitely a unique approach! You just got yourself a new subscriber!

I remember back in the 60s when Pop was building coin laundries all across the southeast. Just needed a small shop with some heavy Rockwell table and radial saws. Maybe a Delta jointer. If you needed a hole in your table you just cut the damn thing. After a while, like a month or so, you just glued down another sheet of 3/4" BC plywood. The end of the month month he would have us run around with magnets on a stick. You know for picking up the Ferrous leftovers amongst the 4"-6" of sawdust. It was the good old days. No safety stuff to get in your way while you threw nails at the running table saw blade. Now Formica on the other hand was ubiquitous everywhere in the 50s and 60s. Needed a great router, strong hands, a lot of quarter over router bits. Ah yes don't forget the contact cement in 55 gallon drums. It would have you gleefully singing Daydream Believer by The Monkees without the radio being on. If the radio was on, it was AM

I have to wonder why there would be a reason to install hard maple edges if they are then covered with laminate. Seems that putting the laminate directly on the edge of the doubled up MDF would provide just as solid an edge since the Jami ate would prevent the MDF from chipping or gouging (at least unless you gouged all the way through the laminate first). A,so, a tip for preventing T-tracks from lifting out of the top. Instead of screws, use machine screws and a washer and nut under the bench or place threaded inserts in the material under the T-track and use machine screws into them. Plus a little blue loctite to be sure the machine screws stay tight. And you can always drill and countersink some additional holes in the bottom of the T-track if you want to reduce chance of bending between mounting points. These methods will work for anyone except the Hulk? And remember, the tracks are only aluminum so not intended to hold against super forces!

Pro tip. Have the right croc giblets. 😂

For dog holes i have a grid of 3/8 holes drilled all the way thru w/ 5/16 tgnuts underneath. I keep a bin of 5/16 bolts and washers handy, along w/ some scraps of 2x2 that have 3/8 holes in them for clamping stuff down

Glue a magnet to every dog hole clamp you own... trust me.

@rampanttricky17

22 күн бұрын

is the magnet there to lift out the doghole cap and to have a place to put said cap while a clamp is in place?

@SeanReevesD

21 күн бұрын

@@rampanttricky17 you bet. By your response, you've already done this (perhaps in a later video I haven't seen).

I put t-track on my crosscut sled and then bought a very expensive stop from a very popular KZreadr. $75 later, I find clamping a wooden stop block remains the better approach and cost zero. Love your videos and approach. Congrats on wedding.

@theTobytheTitan

Ай бұрын

100% did the same thing and 100% agree. The kick in the nuts is… I knew it before dropping all that money but did it anyway.

@terencemerritt

Ай бұрын

@@theTobytheTitanwhich stop block did you buy? I’m considering one around the same price from a bigger you tuber and don’t want to waste me money if it’s the same as yours lol

@theTobytheTitan

Ай бұрын

KM. To be clear though- it’s nice. But… a scrap piece and clamp against the sled would be fine… for what I do. I can 100% see how it benefits some. I’m not trashing the product- I think you get what you pay for and its quality, precise, etc, etc.

@janetweidenbach920

29 күн бұрын

​@@terencemerritt0

@matts.8342

22 күн бұрын

I only use T track for fences and jigs that don't see glue etc. All they have to hold is the fence. They are easy to adjust but he's right, they aren't great for trying to clamp something down too. But that's not what they are for either.

Guy spent $500+ and a special router setup just to do what a drill and a chaulk line could do just as well. Oops. Especially after the compounding errors.

my lord son, you should spend more time and money trying to get out of that low electric garage!

This is the best video of what not to do. Ingenius! Let me spend $10,000 for a $400 beginner table!

@dougdix9088

12 күн бұрын

3:59

Our old wood shop teacher wouldn't even let us into the building with sandals on, pretty sure he'd frown on Crocs too.😄 He had what would today be a totally unacceptable way of getting his point across. So kinda too late now but for the hole jig starting to get a little jiggly towards the middle, why not use some of the new dog holes to clamp it down once it was 'centered'? On a personal note, long and happy life together to you and your new wife. Cheers!

I would just use a product called 'Form Ply'...(that's what it is called in Australia)... A product designed specifically for use as concrete formwork. Manufactured in Australia from sustainably grown and locally sourced radiata pine wood veneers. The formply is created by cross-laminating the wood veneers for maximum strength and stability and is bonded together with synthetic phenolic (PF) resin to form a strong and permanent Type A bond. It is overlaid with a hard durable resin-impregnated paper, to provide a smooth concrete finish, and is reusable and durable. Formrite is less likely to expand or contract when exposed to rain and temperature changes due to the cross-laminated construction of the plywood. Note that the phenolic surface film is not “water proof” and only slows the penetration of moisture. To ensure that moisture penetration is minimised, release agent and form oils must be used. Cheers Kev

Did you test the first hole after the chamfer on the underside, or wait until you had chamfered all the holes like you did making the holes from the top?

While hand planners new might be super expensive. Older vintage ones, are easy to find, and are easy extremely high quality. (They don’t make em’ like they used to) you may need to get them surfaced, and sharpened properly if they have been sitting in a barn, or a swap meet box for years. But in the end, way cheaper and of higher quality than new ones. Thankfully because everyone wants electric and simple, lol.

By the time I buy all the special tools shown in this video, I could have bought a nice bench! 🤪

I enjoy watching you learn through making mistakes and probably many appreciate your sharing, so they don't have to learn the hard way. One thing I've learned over the years as a furniture and cabinet maker is that plastic laminate, sorry, isn't the best surface to use as a work bench top. Glue can stick to it and if it's not cleaned up before it's completely dry it can pull the laminate film right off if you don't remove it carefully, plus PL can chip and come off over time and thus is not easily reparable. I've found a better solution is to screw down a piece of 1/8 or 3/16" sheet of hardboard over the MDF, as it's less expensive and easily repairable (a quick sanding with the random orbit sander) and can easily be replaced when needed. I apply an occasional coat of linseed oil on it to help keep glue from sticking and to give it better protection. Your laminate edges will be the first to chip off and you'll be looking to replace them. I would recommend just laying the hardboard over the top of the edges leaving the hardwood edge showing which can easily be sanded when it gets dinged up. And yes as many have already mentioned you went way overkill on the number of dog holes you need. And you could have saved yourself a lot of work by simply using a "hold fast" through the dog holes, the kind you tighten and loosen with a hammer, as they will go through a thicker workbench top without having to do all the chamfering you did, plus they hold really well .

Use some long magnetic strips to store some of the hole plugs for quick install / removal. They should remain in the exact spacing to pop a whole strip of them at a time. Enough to make a flat work area for screws etc...

You spent all that time sealing those boards then drilled holes all over and grooved the sides. You didn't mention whether you also sealed the inside of all the holes and the grooves on the sides. And, if you did, doesn't the reamer, in the end to make all the dog hole tools to fit then take that seal back off again?

So.. you have festool track with holes, you have festool router, and you do not get festool router bit designed to make 20mm holes in one plunge cut (part no 491072)? Instead, you mess with this jig, copy rings, smaller diameter bit... Bit too obvious...

Haha, I ran in exactly the same issue. I have a 34mm MDF and was exited to use the clamps from my tracksaw track. Aaah, great, it didn't work. I'll still have to unscrew the worktop and chamfer the holes from the other side. I picked up a 10$ 3d-printed template for drilling the holes into the mft with a forstner bit. It worked quite nicely.

That Woodpeckers jig works fine if you make two passes and vacuum the dust out between passes. That makes sure there's no dust keeping the bushing from fully contacting the jig. I did this and never had to use a mallet or pliers with the registration pins.

@27:43, I was waiting for that. I've made a similar oversight, a few times.

The Tee Track woodworkers are youtube woodworkers who do booogie stuff. So they generally paper down on glue ups and got all sorts of disposable income to justify a lot of the stuff, and then.. they sometimes use it, most of the time down. Because it was probably a sponsored video thing. I don't even really like dogholes in the bench myself. Which sucks, cause my 4x8 bench has no overlay for clamping except in 3 spots which are designed for the table saw to nest into when i'm using it for outfeed.

*Important!!!* MDF dust is REALLY bad for your lungs. It isn't just wood. There's a ton of glue in there for starters, but there's also a load of different chemicals in there as well.... anything from stuff to kill mould all the way through to stuff to extend the time it takes to start burning. The last thing you want to do is breath that dust into your lungs, so please make sure you wear a suitable dust mask when working with it (and not one of those cheap ones that never fit your face correctly).

when doing the top cover piece use lathes of wood to seperate the laminate and MDF instead of the "Betsie " cramps much easier to with draw

What about the exposed MDF in every hole? No moisture problems there?

@robertapreston4200

Ай бұрын

And the T track on the side will quickly destroy the wood. Maybe he should coat it with that epoxy paint

@kwilliams2239

Ай бұрын

@@robertapreston4200 Do dovetail tracks rip out? I wouldn't think there was much holding the clamp in, and imperfections in the wood grain might cause it to split. I've always been leery of dovetail tracks.

The correct pronounciation of chamfer is "Chu" with a hard "C". Just like "Chuck". IF it was "Shu" as in "Shucks" it would be spelled with an "S". Doesn't matter if your American or European, both pronounciations are the same (except brits tend to soften the "r") Nice job on the homemade MFT Table! It looks very nice and the dovetail groove on the sides will definitely work fine! I 100% agree on the jig to create the dog holes. The Woodpecker's version is tedious to use at best. Not everything they make is the best solution.

@chippysteve4524

Ай бұрын

Learn to spell and punctuate before you start presenting yourself as an authority on pronunciation - a word which you manage to mispell.

@yaxyyaxy

Ай бұрын

@@chippysteve4524 Learn to spell "misspell."

@paullalekna5478

28 күн бұрын

'Chamfer' is indeed 'shamf'r' in the non Americano speaking world

2 observations, 1. unless I missed it the holes you drilled left exposed wood... 2. with all the holes and without the expense of filling them with magnets or some type of plugs they will absoletely catch every piece of dust and debris that will fit thru the holes... I see an opportunity to build some sort of a down draft vacuum setup... just a thought :) great Video, thx 🤔👌👍

At work, we used to have a large, heavy work table with a few slabs of MDF on top, and use a few screws on a new slab on whenever the old one got too uneven.

Dislike, you shined a light in my eyes. To early for that.

Save money on materials in a shop packed with Festool power tools. Interesting.

@thomasemberson8021

Ай бұрын

Sometimes "buy once, cry once" works. I've got the same DeWalk trim router, and it is awesome. I also have the same Festool router, and it is also awesome. For the niches I would not replace either tool. I've got a variety of tools. From Delta to Festtool, as with all things buy what works for YOUR intended use (including longevity). I got my "Green" track saw when it was the only such thing available on the market, close to 15+ years on, still a stable in my shop. Same for the Domino, got it in the first year or so of availability, and again, worth EVERY cent. But, with that, my bench and out feed table use old laminate doors. One is solid wood core, other is particle board.

@woodyourather7835

Ай бұрын

Because he's saving his money to buy festool. Makes sense

@thomasemberson8021

Ай бұрын

@@woodyourather7835 Likely not a discussion worth this much, let alone more. But let's just refine it this way; when you X money to spend, you maximize utility. Save some here and there, and more other places. Maximize value. And, yes, Festtool can most certain play a part there. Guessing you are not a tradesman? I've an electrical engineer, any even my tools of the trade go by this rule.

@MichaelCampbell01

Ай бұрын

More money in that shop than my house is worth. I think we can drop the "man of the people", "allow me to quit my day job" rif, now.

@jeffp5991

Ай бұрын

@@woodyourather7835 Festool for the sake of Festool. "My product is made of inferior material, but my tools are the most expensive available." Aka ... I do KZread.

hi, nice video. i see you use some sort of dust ring on the ffestool router. i cant find it anywhere on the internet, and i really need this. i have so much dust without it in my shop. can you tell me what part it is or where to buy? thanks

Thank you for sharing your experiences with your tools. Ill be interested to hear if you use the holes in the middle very often.

Ok but my whole thing is this… you have every tool imaginable from gimmicks (both cheap and overpriced) to high end and very expensive power tools… How in the hell do you not have a vise? Just get a vise dude. Or make one out of an old car jack and some parts off some of the gimmicky tools that don’t really work that good.

@8eSix

20 күн бұрын

This and a respirator. Holy moly. Breathing in all that mdf. Yoikes!

@JamesYale1977

13 күн бұрын

Where would he put a vice??? he makes wood furniture? Do you mean a holdfast???

My best hand plane cost me $90 and spending the time to learn how to maintain and sharpen your tools quickly not only teaches precision but it also encourages confidence in your own skills. It’s not as difficult as many people think and you don’t have to break the bank with spaceship looking planes.

@justin-tv3pc

24 күн бұрын

They really are ugly to me, and then their price is even more ugly.

@johndoe920

24 күн бұрын

thought about that when he said handplanes were super expensive to buy. Of course they are if you get those stupid Bridge City things that aren't even that great. Why would I want a plane where the sides are screwed on and made from alu, so it isn't even usable on a shooting board. Just get a normal iron plane and be happy.

@justin-tv3pc

23 күн бұрын

@@johndoe920 I feel for the people that buy them because of dumb takes like this. I was a newbie not long ago and bought a jointmaker pro because of stumpynubs. It just collects dust after quickly realizing its a dumb gimmick for someone doing something very specific I can't even think of.

@matts.8342

22 күн бұрын

All my hand planes are old, and I never pay more than $20-30 for them. If I'm going to have to go through all the set up and sharpening even spending hundreds on one, I might as well just do the same thing to an antique from the flea market. I've got a few old wooden body planes and they are honestly the best ones I have, better than the stanley's in my experience.

@johndoe920

22 күн бұрын

@@matts.8342 the good old wooden ones are not bad, I just can't deal with the setting up. I'm too lazy to poke a tool with a little hammer for half an hour when the same thing could be done by turning a knob a few turns. But that's mostly just me not wanting to put in the practice.

big question bro, do you know how well does this Formica stand against chipping when already applied to a plywood??? does it chip as easy as melamine??? I know that with the right blade it will cut perfectly, but sometimes a certain saw doesn't provide a blade for that application

For your large clamp dellima, I recommend pipe clamps. They are cheap, easy to assemble, and you can make them in any size

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend using Bluetooth earphones when using tools of any description in a working environment. If you’re looking to achieve a good job in a safe manner then you need to concentrate and not be distracted, even if it is somewhat repetitive in nature. If you have a lot of routing to do, then a set of ear defenders is the way to go.

@lokiva8540

17 күн бұрын

I had the same thought, as to promotion of distractions while working with power tools to monetize links, being so reckless that such promoters need to get sued and face legal fees and massive losses of time defending, even if such suits are hard to win for a Plaintiff. Hearing protectors are good to have in some variety, as well as spares for potential visitors or assistants. I like the higher end Browning branded deep over the head cans, as well as less effective behind the neck hardhat compatibles, and the softer in ear design for hot weather or less low frequency needs and sustained wear periods (not as easy to pop on or off), of the "dark green" brand that is softer and fits better than the major "orange" brand that doesn't seal as well and can be more irritating. Like respirators, hearing protectors are very easy to use wrong, with greatly diminished performance.

I’ve been Down the T track and dog or should I say rabbit hole and I don’t like either one. Here’s what has been absolutely indispensable for me. Install a 1 1/2” wide board on one long side of the work bench 1 1/2” below the surface. Bore several 3/8” vertical holes down through the board. Get a 1 1/2” X 1 1/2” quad track aluminum extrusion the length of the bench from 80/20 aluminum. The 4 tracks fit 3/8” carriage bolts perfectly. Install some long ones along one side of the quad track, one for each of the holes you drilled. Drop this assembly into the holes, add a washer and nut to each bolt securing the quad track to the workbench. You now have both a horizontal and vertical track along the entire front of your workbench. You now have a track even with the top and face of your bench. It’s extremely versatile, rigid and won’t pull out. Get a couple of those Kreg clamps (the ones you showed that hook into the key hole plate you said you couldn’t move). They will slide the entire length of your bench horizontally or vertically. Now you can clamp any size work vertically or horizontally along the entire face of the work bench including long boards. You will find all kinds of jigs and fixtures you can attach using the carriage bolts I mentioned. I made a Moxon vice that attaches to the front of my workbench and a jig for routing mortises. I don’t need no fancy domino! Your imagination is the only limitation as to the creative ways to use this addition to your workbench. You’ll be amazed at what you can do with it.

@brentmcgillis

28 күн бұрын

I got an idea, how about you make a KZread video. That way we can all understand what you are describing with 100% clarity. It just may get some likes and shares too. Just a suggestion.

@scottbuchanan4345

28 күн бұрын

Love this idea! Could you possibly post some pictures that would help me duplicate your setup?

@johnrobinson1020

27 күн бұрын

What is Quad track?

@randsipe224

23 күн бұрын

@@johnrobinson1020 video posted at @randsipe224

Contact cement for attaching two pieces of MDF is pretty reliable as well and you can align it with sticks that you can slip out as you drop the top sheet into place. A little pressure after the two pieces are in place will assure it will never come apart. Laminate countertops are permanently attached this way

@rksg2003

29 күн бұрын

I use wooden dowels every time for that purpose