Some old bloke once said "The only constant in life is change" (Heraclitus in fact). Change affects us all and we each deal with change differently. This only constant in life, the only thing we can be sure will happen. To expect change has brought me hope during challenging or unexpected life events. This same thought has also brought fear in situations where the last thing I wanted was change. I’ve come to realize it’s not the circumstances or the changes that dictate how my life will go, but rather how I handle those changes and disruptions. No matter the change we experience, how we embrace that change will forever impact how we are able to live with the change. You're a talented person, who without knowing anything about your personal life, would expect a loving and loved important member of your family. So take sometime to feel sorry for yourself; then workout how you're going to adapt like you have before; utilize these coming weeks and be ready to hit the ground running when we get through it.

Stick with it Joey, we'll all get through this! We might just be a little different when we do! Great work and problem solving! 👍

It’s videos like yours that will keep me sane in these difficult times. Please keep up the great work and good luck.

Your work is always inspiring and I love watching you figure things out. Good luck to you and yours, Joey! I’m with you on the anxiety of not knowing if my job/business will still exist, but I just have a feeling it’s going to work out in the end. Thanks for sharing your work - this video was certainly the brightest spot of my day today.

That is Matthias' pantorouter you've got. Awesome. I hope everything works out for you. Surely with your reputation you'll be able to rebuild the business. These chairs are going to be quality. All the best mate

Great to see you back. Tough times indeed. Staying calm and keeping positive and hopeful is key.

One man shop here in the U.S. barely making rent as it was before this whole virus scare. I feel for you on being unsure of the fate of your business. I've gotta tell you, of all of the wonderful woodworking content on youtube, you're by far my favorite - there are plenty of other channels with flashy gear and tricky camera work, sponsored content and ads, clickbait title galore, and over the top production - the list goes on. Something about your simple voice over videos, your candor and work ethic just does it for me though. No more and no less than I need. This channel played a big part in my decision to take the plunge myself and give woodworking as a career a go, full time. This community like many others has the capacity to rally and to take care of its own. If it gets to the point of needing help, I'm hoping you'll reach out before throwing in the towel. If you're anything like me, it might take a lot to swallow your pride and ask for help but I've personally been surprised/humbled time and time again by people's willingness to lend a hand each time that I've mustered to courage to ask. Best of luck to you man - I know that I'm not alone when I say that I'm sincerely pulling for you and look forward to seeing your work for years to come. Cheers.

I've kept busy in my shop the last few weeks. This is a good time to do maintenance on your tools. Keep a positive attitude and stay the course. Some great work is coming out of your shop Joey!

keep your hopes up joey! You make the most stunning furniture peaces out there! These times aren't easy but the true craftsmen in you will surly survive!

Thanks for walking through the design. It's good to hear what it takes to get to the point of a good working prototype. Stay safe brother.

Great video Joey. we will all come out of this with so much learning. Keep posting as you are our NZ contingent on the world stage of furniture making youtube Vids

It’s such a scary time it really makes stress on jobs we’ve started. The chair is looking great. Stay safe and take care of yourself and family 🙏🙏

Hi Joey, I know these are crazy times, but they also challenge us to rethink life. I told myself to see this quarantine as a sort of pause Button. Now we got time to think and feel what is right and how we should continue once play is pressed. Your videos bring so much joy and relaxation to my life. It's like I want to pause my life, to watch them. They are some sort of anti stress placebos. I assume you are earning most of your money from "real projects" getting paid by customers. Having a second foot on youtube, sending out joy and positivity to 200k people may become a source of life income. A patreon channel might be a source, or maybe auction your finished (non customer) projects. Sending out such beautiful waves of energy to a huge amount of people will be rewarded. I think now more then ever, it will become our consumers duty to support our true heros that help us through this time. I wish you all the best from my heart, stay healthy and in business.

Keep it up man you mint been watching you for years as an apprentice I've learnt so much and has allowed me to get to where I am . Keep going.

I'm adding you and yours to all the folks I'm praying for Joey. Can't wait for the follow on videos. Rock on.

I feel ya Joey. I’m not sure I’ll have work in a few weeks either. Thanks for continuing to make videos.

The skill and professional level that your work displays will ensure upon recovery you will rebuild quickly - this is uncharted waters - but I honestly believe you will be good to go once again ,,in the meantime thank you for sharing

Another great project video Joey! Looking forward to following along. I live in northern Washington State and have been following along with the news. Looks pretty serious and we are staying home mostly. Only out for groceries as needed. Praying for your families health and the strength of your outstanding business.

Thanks for the video! You have been sorely missed on KZfaq!

“There are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more in our imagination than in reality.” ~Seneca Chin up and keep on doing the great work you're known for, folks don't forget good craftsmanship. They'll be back.

good luck Joey I'm in the same boat my friend fingers crossed we all come through this stay safe from the uk

All the best Joey, hope you and your business make it through this!

Great problem solving on the chair, as always your work inspires us all. Pray all will be well for you with all if this craziness happening in the world. God Bless.

keep the spirit up. same happening here right now and all we can do is hunker down and stay focused. watching your videos in the shop while i work away everyday waiting

I guess the complete one with color and seat, wait for the next step. I love the curved shape and pattern, nice job~

Thanks for posting. Stay safe in NZ.

Looks great Joey ,it always darkest before the dawn ,hang in there

Hi Joey, be safe man we need your videos in here ;) cheers and keep the good working on

Hang in there! My wife and I are in the same boat with our small bakery here in the states. Love your work. Chairs have been on the top of my list for a long time. Guess now is the time to try

Great as always!

I hope all works out for your shop, a rough road coming but there is great freedom on the other side once we handle the adversity, and you know a bit off rough roads. Cheers.

Always a smooth start joe

Praying for you sir. Your videos are such an encouragement! Hang in there.

Excellent video Joey, love the design and how you show all the Steps and problem solving. I wish you al the best , you are a great craftsman and i love all your videos. Stay safe.

Keep up the good spirits. A craftsman like you will always have a job Marc

Hang in there, we will all get through this together.

All the best Joey. I'm sure things will end up on the right side. Yes hard times but once it is over, people will still want the fine, quality stuff that you produce. Not quite as strict here in Oz at the moment but It might come to it.

I certainly don't know what the future holds for any of us, but having watched many of your videos, I would say there will always be opportunities for someone like yourself who produces quality workmanship. Good Luck.

Hope you'll pull through, Joey. You're too good to go away over a thing like this. Our orders have dried up as well, couple of things to finish still, but we are not expecting the spring rush we usually get. But luckily we have very few business expenses, our workshop is on private land and we have only ever upgraded equipment out of pocket.

Late getting here, Covid shutdowns make me hope you and your shop are still OK. Love your shop and skills.

Another great video. Hope all works out for you. The world needs skilled artisans like you.

Hoping everything works out for you I love your channel. Stay safe and healthy. We are in lock down in Canada as well. 🇨🇦

In Sydney I'm hoping Bunnings remains open.....fingers crossed. This is a difficult build. Keep at it mate.

Hang in there Joey. You are a very talented fine wood worker. Four weeks will hopefully zoom by and you will be back into it... All the best from Warkworth, NZ.

Great project! I look forward to following along. Love your design!

All the best mate. Keep the faith. This client will pay for the furniture as he will know its worth it and a work of art.Tough time out there stay safe.

Wishing you the best in these trying times Joey. I'm keeping good thoughts that everything will work out for you perfectly and you can keep doing what you love. We are officially starting our 30 days of quarantine here in Hawaii tomorrow. Stay safe and healthy and positive. Aloha to you.

Thanks for the video. Great looking chair. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Good luck with the lock down, I hope it all works out in the end.

You make some amazing furniture! I hope you and your family stay safe and that you will still be able to keep your business during and after this challenging time.

Joey I hope you make it through. I own a small contracting company in the USA and it is getting sketchy. Either way you are very talented and will come out on top some how.

Just to say thanks Joey for the effort to make the videos and hang in there bud.

Hey Joey, I've been following you for quite a while now. I have always enjoyed, learned, been inspired and applied what I have learned from your videos. I empathize with the dilemma you're facing. I am facing the very same problem. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Thank you for all of your videos, insight, inspiration and your craftsmanship. Be safe in these strange days we're in. I'll see you on the other side.

Here's some virtual support Joey ! Stay safe ! Cheers from France

Hoping everything works out Joey, the UK government are actually being really supportive to business owners, so hopefully NZ will be too. It’s still so early at this stage, think all the governments are trying to work it all out. Stay strong brother

Wow. Very nice. That's Great. :) I'm a fan of woodworking. Specially with your Works. :)

Good luck Joey, stay safe, cheers

Hey mate, just wanted to say that if anyone deserves to stay open, it’s you. I really hope you can take this and the other comments here as proof that you are so very loved. You and the other KZfaqrs continuing to make such excellent content are helping the world stay sane right now. So thank you.

All the best for you and your family Joey!

Joey, If you haven’t created a presence on Patreon, please consider doing so. I’m certain there are others like myself that would gladly support your work and video creation. Kind regards, Mike

Joey, Montreal starts 3 weeks of lockdown tonight. I finished a large job yesterday working through the weekend so the client can move in. I too worry about future work as the economy contracts. My work is mostly ar client's homes. What can you do but persevere. Stay safe. Be aware of what you touch outside your home. Wash hands compulsively especially when returning from getting groceries. I imagine you have a supply of gloves and masks. Use them when you are out. Take care, Ed

Hey Joey ... keep safe .... hope your business comes through and you do even better in the new world economy. Love the show and your honest and informative approach ... Regards from over the ditch

Best of luck. Like the design, thank for posting.

Good work you're doing on the chairs, really interesting and a lot of thoughtful processes going on in your head !

Hi Joey i got a small Joinery as well here in South Africa we are going into lockdown tomorrow night, i feel with you i don't know either if i am going to able to during our 3 weeks (if it stays by that nobody knows). But as some other people said already said your quality of your work should get you going quite quick again. ALL THE BEST, WE SEE EACH OTHER AT THE OTHER END LAUGHING.

Hope it all works Joey. Shits almost dried up in Chicago. We've been finishing up all our upcoming jobs. At this rate we'll run out of work in like two weeks tops

Best wishes from the USA. Keep your chin up you have talent!

Keep it up man. We will come out the other side of this!

We are pulling for you! Something bigger and better will happen. Your skills are too valuable.

C’est tout simplement magnifique. Félicitation

Stay well all together. Best of Luck. Very good build. Like your solutions.

Stay safe Joey. My prayers are with you and yours

Good job

We all are hopeful that you survive this terrible event. If you rent your space hopefully your landlord will give you some breathing room on your rent. You build heirloom pieces and bring all of us great joy and inspiration

Hi Joey, As a kiwi who runs his own small engineering business we indeed are in difficult times. All my contracts are gone, staff laid off and so many other uncertainties but I have asked for help from my bank, clients. Government agencies and friends we will get through this. Don’t be afraid to ask for help....... I get a lot of inspiration, info and enjoyment out of your videos.. Kia Kaha. Stanley

we will be fine Joey

I hope you weather the storm. My business is shut down right now too, hopefully we can all go back to normal sometime soon.

Keep up mate !

I got shut down today my friend but I be cleaning the shop and maintenance my equipment don't lose hope

I see and feel ya pain Joey it certainly is strange times ahead. All the very best to you and yours, keep a smile on ya daily n if ya feel like a laugh pop over to my channel I got a few build vids there 👍😊

Great work! Never give up.

great, you are the best 💪

I feel you Joey, I have a joinery workshop here in Ireland and things are much the same, one job to finish off and that’s it.......it’s shit man, keep the videos coming, take care man👍🇮🇪

This going be another incredible project Joey. I truly hope you can manage a way to push through, I have always been excited to see you post, so now more than ever I appreciate it. Take care brother, stay safe.

Good luck and God bless you man. Danny

Love the rain!

Joey, I'm sure you've looked into all this, but I assume New Zealand is doing something to help out small businesses affected by the lockdown?

Thanks Joey and best of luck to you

We're thinking of you. Good luck.

good

Good luck and keep safe Joey

Hope you make it thru the next 1 - 2 months. BTW where did you get your big router bit from?

We all keep saying hang in there, we will all make it through this together. It is hard to believe this when you are in a lock down condition and alone or looking at the loss of you lively hood. All i can say is, be strong, keep moving forward, remember to love those closest in your life and who love you. I hope you come out of this on top. I will continue to watch if you are able to keep posting. Stay safe, god be with you.

Painful to see you in this state and first hope for good health for you and yours! You are talented and have a good following, so I hope and believe your business will sustain. Like most of us in this racket, we will lose some short-term commissions and maybe/LIKELY get 'stuck' for some of them/material, time, etc. But it just means we really do make about $1/hr sometimes... Hang in there! Best, Mike

Chin up, it's hard here in NZ at the mo but things will get better, hopefully the govt/banks etc will help us self employed types out, remember the one thing they cannot take away form us are our skills, and you have those in spades.

Joey, what's the name of the router attachment you have for doing the mortise and tenon. Makes it look super quick and easy.

Great job wonderful technique and all tools and I want to work kingpost

Thanks Joey

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So hard hearing that first part of the video. You do such great work, I hope things work out OK for you. Stay safe, and good luck.

Hello by any chance do you have plans maybe templates, for this chair cabriolet style with and with out arm rest ????