Couldnt you just flip it around and complete the box joints from the other side?

Hey, great build, just thought I'd let you know that there are glues that dry quicker if you wanted to be even manlier.

I gasped when I saw you using POCKET HOLE JOINERY, but then laughed when you mentioned how much it pains you to do so. VERY impressive build as always, Matthias!

I love seeing your son helping with the vacuum. Great video as always. PS: 9:00 Totally agree. No glue is the boss of me

LOL, all the kid stuff all over, I remember those days fondly. Nice shelf!

Matthias remains calm in the presence of drying glue, and a child in the workshop, even though this workshop is his livelihood. Impressive!

I really love your videos. Seeing your son reminded me of helping out my dad's projects , and adding to his workload, with all the slapping my hands away from spinning blades and such. But , I really Cherish those memories and how, even after he is gone , that sense of doing something special each and every time sawdust hits the floor. Thank you for all your hard work and wonderful memories we can watch over and over again.

I’m surprised you didn’t jump on it to test its strength! :) Btw, using clamp blocks to clamp longer stretch is so simple and brilliant. Thanks for the tip!

My goodness your wife must feel blessed, not only for you who is so talented and industrious, but also for your KZfaq channel to motivate you to get things done for her.

I'm always amazed how good underlayment can look with a little sanding and finish.

It's great to see the kid in the shop, he is so curious on what dads up to. I've got my first on the way

I have always loved your honeydew projects. Over the years you made many of things for your house, and more importantly your Wife. I wish you would throw all that stuff in a playlist.

Would never have thought of using full-size 2x stock. Gonna be one heavy bookcase!

thank you for pointing out the screw into the wall to help educate people. so many people forget to do this and risk a real problem when a kid starts crawling up the shelves to reach something. great video!

"The manly thing to do is just work faster". Hah, I love it. Totally something I'd say to someone who pointed out a slower drying glue.

I think it's awesome that your children are involved.

Was worried you only had the 8 short videos then I find these others!!!! Yea!!!!! Thanks for posting matthew

Great project and video Matthias! Really nice seeing your son working with you in the shop!!

I really like how you included your son's speech in the subtitles.

So pleased you didn't disappoint your subscribers and not do a 'sit' test on a shelf!! Love seeing the apprentice in the workshop too, he's got a great and fun teacher. ;-)

Good job, Mathias 👏 👍 Happy Wife, Happy life! 😊

Love this build, I used to help my father the same way when I was that young. That's why I love wood working now!

My favorite after-the-fact joinery is to screw it in from the exterior and them come back and replace the screws with exposed dowels. It's not the prettiest, but I prefer it to pocket holes

Love seein you workin with the kiddo in the shop. Some of the best/early memories! Maybe make a project that he can do? Could be fun 🤣

I realized that I have been watching you for a while when you son walked by and I remember you announcing that Rachel was pregnant. thanks for teaching this old man.

Nice work piece, awesome you have your son helping you

I love watching you work and the ideas you came up to overcome difficulties!

Always a pleasure watching you work!

Very fine bookshelves, Matthias, thanks! After months of thinking about how to make bookshelves for my small home I've decided yours are the strongest, easiest to make and install, and leave the fewest holes in the wall when the time comes to remove them. Though my shop has a high enough ceiling, I'm not sure I can do box joints on such long boards on my old Shopsmith, so I think I will butt-join two half-length boards together with box joints instead to make the long ones.

looks like a beautiful and strong shelf. thanks for the video! glad to see your son helping in the shop!

Great build, the late added trim cut out looked like it made for some good creative problem solving 💕👍

keep in mind this is coming from the laziest guy in the world but, honest question: would cutting all the box joints by hand be out of the question? is that even a thing, hand-cut box joints? nice work by the way. (except for the pocket screws of course)

Awesome job my friend. Make On Brother

I have to say i really appreciate everyone's comments on Mathias' videos. As a young woodworker they make me think much more about what goes into a project and what's really necessary for construction rather than just passively watching his videos

OMG it's so good when a plan for a simple but oh so needed solution comes together. Looks good too! Awesome.

Every single choice you make, from material to technique, is always so brilliant in its efficiency! I'd never think of half the things you do

I hope to see some "The manly thing to do is to just work faster!" t-shirts!

With twin 3 year old boys, and a 5 year old boy, your videos always motivate me to get back in the shop and get some work done! I just gotta make sure the wife is staying sane with them in the mean time. Goals!

My wife watched the video, says to tell you "You really did great!" I greatly appreciated it, too. I used 19mm plywood for the shelves, and put hardwood (Birch) edges in front and a hardwood (Birch) stiffener in the back. Had them in service for 30-odd years, and no significant sag. I used step miter, glue and brad nails at the corners, and they have held up, also. All this cut with 8" craftsman bench table saw and lots of jigs. It is so great to watch a true master work. Nahm Abrams (NYW) has a tendency to resort to machinery that would put it completely out of my price range.

Nice. I used much thinner shelves in mine, with birch fronts as stiffeners. I put birch on the sides and top edhes, too, so shelves had to go in from back. In subsequent years when my wife wanted even thinner shelves ("I only need 7mm more space..." ) I cut slots in the underside of the shelf, and epoxied in 1cm x 4mm steel stiffeners in routed slots on shelf bottom. Not elegant, but it's invisible from front and has worked for decades.

It makes me feel better as a human to see someone else that has some clutter and mess in their house with kids. My wife and I have a hell of a time staying around of the cleaning around here. lol

I love how over-engineered this is for holding puzzles and games. Good to know it can be used to hold automotive parts in the future. :D And to see the most anti-pocket-hole KZfaqr I subscribe to admit that they have their uses was a priceless moment, too.

Good job sir 👍

2:24 The look on Mathias' son's face is priceless!

Thank goodness this guy has kids to carry on the legacy of his nerdy wood working engineering.

You remind me of Bruce banner from hulk. Your unfolding the band saw blades humor really sealed the deal

I really appreciate and enjoy your work and the fact that you made some of your wood working power tools is a awesome job. I miss working with wood

The king is back... I was waiting for your content so desperately... Hope you and your family are doing well.

One easy solution to avoid the pocket hole screws, route a stopped dado in the sides of the book case, and the shelf, glue in a "floating tenon" in the shelf the full width of the shelf, then slide in the whole shelf with glue. Done.

Nice work and pockets holes makes many of us better that don't have your skills.

Love it - thanks for yet another perspective on the age old boxy thingy to hold stuff... you're certainly WORK

I love the way you use box store wood to make projects to be proud of. Thank you.

Awesome shelf..... I like the style and sturdiness.

Уверен эти полки прослужат очень долго 👍. Вы молодец

I think of the exact delivery and intonation of "So that's another honey-do project checked off the list" every time I accomplish a task around the house

The story stick for the shelving pins is absolute gold. I will make one of those for an upcoming cabinet project. Thank you, Matthias!

Always Nice to see this picture overthere, good work ,greethings from The Netherlands Paul

Matthias, you are so right with your remark about children climbing it. A measure preventing the bookcase from tipping over is essential! Just fix the top to the wall with a short strip of rope or nylon band bolted to the shelf and the wall could save a life! Alles Gute aus Deutschland!

Looks great. Glad you guys made it thru Covid ok. Take care and looking forward to more videos.

Very very nice wooden work fabulous matthis

Adding that little bit of oak trim and the plywood back really improves the look. Looks Great!

Thumbnail demonstrates the true strength of pocket hole joinery!! Nice build 👌

That is a beast of a shelf.

8:55 you are the man, I salute u sir

I've been watching your videos since the beginning and I honestly don't think I've ever seen you sand anything with a power sander. Mind blown!!!

I love seeing project videos again! Also, when the unit was coming up the stairs I expected the kid to be carrying the other side.

Pocket holes: “ ...kinda an abomination.” I love it!

As always great build thanks for sharing

Fantastic build!

One hell of an indestructible piece of furniture. When you're done putting books on it you can use it as jack stands for an 18-wheeler.

Beautiful work as always

"Say hi to Oma" warmed my Dutch heart.

Super well done mate!!!

Nicely designed and executed. What a wonderful, durable large bookshelf. The kids will be taking that one to college one day.

Glad you and your family are feeling better :)

Love your videos 👍👍👍👍

That last line was the best part

This shelf reminds me of some “structural wood trim” I used one time to fix a sticking window.

Great job as always!

To fix the middle shelf i like to drill holes from the outside and make a decorative Dowel joint out of it. This way i get more Woodworking Points for not using pocket holes 🙂

Great pro-ject Matthias! and as always well done. I was proud of myself watching the build when you got the tear out doing the Box joints I said to myself, why can't he just come in a little from the other side and then finish them off. and low and behold!! that's what you did. so I guess the Grey matter still works! Hey! I'm old I can say and do that.! thanks again for another great video and for sharing. ECF

You can never have too many clamps. So glad to see you screwed it to the wall. Another accident avoided by forethought.

I just saw Matthias use pocket holes?! I'm gonna be bringing this up in therapy.

My wife and I have been thinking of building a bookshelf. I will use this video as a guide.

Great project. 2x4 stock is thick and heavy. Kidproof work.

I was waiting for you to jump onto that shelf to test the pocket holes haha!

Pocket holes in those center rigid shelves are great. Almost better than any other option. If you ever want to move that shelf a little bit to accommodate a different spacing - boom, no problem. Just some small screw holes nobody is ever going to notice anyway. As a habitual non-committer, I love it.

Your anti-snipe hint is invaluable! I would never have come up with it, perhaps because I don't fully understand what causes planer snipe.Also, putting hardwood edging on the shelves is something I have done, but never thought of cutting them over sized to le the planer do the work. For me, it was hand-plane and cabinet scraper. Lots of good techniques in this one !

Another great, robust build.

wow really amazed at the work that u put in .

That is one solid shelf unit.

Good work, nice and heavy material.

Looks like it turned out great

I avoid tear out by cutting the fingers with the final depth in to the thicker material. After that, i plan them down to thickness. One benefit, you can put the scrap peace with the same fingers in the board. The overlap caused by the fingers ensures, that there will be no planer snipe.

Amazing as always!

Dear Matthias, y enjoy very much your videos, great job every time. I noted a big mirror behind the bed. I stick a vinyl behind my mirrors, in case of breakage, they keep the pieces together.

"the manly thing to do is to work faster" 10/10

Well done. Anytime you get a honey do done, it is well done.

Another example of Matthias boxing himself into a corner and solving it :). Thanks for all the tips.

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