8:09 "Open the drawers and organize my junk" that's the funniest one and he didn't even laugh at it

I built a roll around lathe cabinet to organize all my lathe related tools and accessories like extra chucks, headstock drives and pyrography tools and texturing tools and calipers and such. The drawer for the lathe chucks has dividers for alll the different chuck jaws to keep them organized. On both sides of the cabinet I made lathe chisel holders with a hinged door for security when not in use. I did the same for a dedicated sharpening station for all the tools to keep them sharp and organized.

As a kid I use to watch This Old House which was great.. fortunately I have the aptitude for building so I pick things up easily BUT watching you every week makes me that more skilled. Thanks

I love your sense of humor.

Temporarily putting the screws through the front where the pulls go just blew my mind! I'm currently adding drawer fronts to my shop furniture.

Good idea! I have 300 pounds of sandbags laying across the braces of my Jet lathe. They add a tremendous amount of stability to the lathe. I think I'll build a version of your setup but have the bottom box be full of sand to accomplish the same.

Nice work. Great video.

Keep your humor James, some of us need it while we heal up. I can usually count on this community to put a smile on my face, even the underwear jokes :)

Good ! Thanks for sharing !

I've volunteered to sort out the wood lathe area in my local hackspace, I think I'll be using that PVC tube idea for the tools.

Stumpy! Yes, please make the planes available! I just bought a Nova Saturn and this would certainly save me some time!

Your lathe cabinet hides your tools in PVC pipe and drawers unlike your tools behind you and your workbench, it's open and your tools are visible for ease of use. I plan to build mine to hang on the wall above and behind my lathe. I do enjoy your videos!!

I Love your lathe caminet well I always love your videos. I just bought the exact same lathe a couple of days ago and was looking for some ideas for storage and found this video, you mentioned to leave a comment about plans for this lathe caninet. I am loving this lathe, it is so smooth and quiet even at 5000 rpm. Thanks for all your fabulas content. Dan

"Then I'll open up the drawers and organize my junk." Well done, good sir.

Very funny - oh and informative. Love the humour, life is serious enough, keep up the great work.

James I completed my copy of your cabinet today. I did not put the PVC for tool storage on it because I have a wall rack on the wall behind the drive end of the lathe . Thanks for the inspiration I will see if I can figure out how to post a picture here.

I like your videos.

I keep a cordless right angle drill around just for pocket hole screws in small spaces. It might not get in as tight a spot as the right angle attachment, but I've yet to need anything smaller.

Didn’t realize you were a fellow Michigander, no wonder your videos are so awesome!!!!

Like your vlogs! You’re hysterical (I got a dry sense of humor) and I like your tool recommendations!👍👍🍺

Took me a while to get to this video. Nice cabinet. Only thing I would suggest for future reference is to use PVC glue instead of screws to mount your upper tubes. It literally welds the pvc together.

Hi James, I don't know if you stayed for it (probably not) but I was the guy who won the Nova lathe on Saturday at the Atlanta woodworking show. I sat through many of Ron Herman's seminars, they were all great. I like this idea, once I get the new lathe put together, I'll see what I can build to go under it. I don't think it's quite as nice as yours, but it's better than my old Delta Ironbed (craigslist, here I come).

Love the video. Love the jokes. Don't listen to the haters!

Once I get my big lathe I plan to implement this idea! You should seriously consider writing a book!

Thank you , great idea. Love the jokes.

Nice video! Gives me inspiration for my minilathe. Can you do a video on drill press tune up? I have a drill press that appears to have a bit of slight wobble on it. It’s a cheaper drill press but I hope it can be tuned in - I just don’t know how

I had a similar table (not as nice as yours!) under my lathe and removed it. When rough turning a log blank into a bowl I create a knee deep (literally) mountain of wood shavings. The table didn't let them fall through so they piled up into the work area and got in the way. That said, I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from them. Keep it going

You could always make a floating panel door and put perspex or glass in the panel slot.

actually stumpy i wouldn't do full plans. i think the video shows very clearly the steps involved and it will be a good essential skill building exercise to work out what dimensions you will need to make it work for you.

I agree you always need to make sure there’s enough room for all your junk in your drawers or your drawers get over stuffed and nothing fits right. 😉

Regarding your undersized drawer box issue, I saw a video recently talking about that type of issue. On the part of the slide that attaches to the cabinet, the screw holes are thru tabs that you can bend out, and thus taking up the extra gap. Didn't need the washers on the drawer box slides to space them out.

A pirate walks into a bar to grab a drink of rum with a steering wheel hanging out of his pants. The bartender looks at the pirate and says "Hey, why in the world do you have a steering wheel in your pants"? The pirate replies "Argggh it's driving me nuts"!

You say that you always wear pants, but yet you are always so conveniently behind the workbench.

Nice setup, but no really slim drawer for some diamond honing plates? Those are the things I reach for most often. My lathe cabinet acts like a half shell around the back & sides of the machine, with a door to the right for removing the tailstock & a removable panel across the top. That way it holds in most of the wood chips so I can listen to the wood as I turn it & vacuum it up later (which I find really helps). I also made a magnetic chip guard out of some metal mesh & one of those flexible arm lamp neck things, to deflect even more of the chips into the cabinet instead of over my shoulder. The whole setup works really well until something de-chucks at speed & bounces around in there. Probably still better than it flying across the room though.

Hey plexiglass doors that'll keep the sawdust out of the tools. Love your great shows that you put on glad you're in the snow I'm not have a great day

"pull out your drawers without everything falling out" :)

Nice cabinet. Wish I could say the same for the jokes, they were so bad they were brilliant. I first heard the ironing joke when I was in school and that is more years ago than I care to remember. Cheers, Huw

And the (steaming) 70 degrees me in south Alabama 105degrees

Where are you guys in Michigan??? I grew up in Laingsburg!

I always really enjoy all of your vids. I do have a question. I am wondering about what you create in your shop and how you sell it. Mathias Wandel says he doesn’t make woodworking videos , he makes videos about woodworking ( among other things ). I am always curious about other youtubers and if they actually make things for their primary living. Thanks for all your efforts Paul from Chicago ( professional plantation shutter installer )

I like the idea of storage below the lathe...but, on you tool holders...how do you know which tool you want by looking at the handles?

Stumpy, do you ever get to the west coast?

Is there a way to attach the cabinet to the legs of the lathe? You might find the extra weight to provide stabilization when turning a larger unbalanced bowl blank.

Nice build! I used pvc on my lathe cabinet but have them on the side, angled down so they’re accessible and I can still see which is which. Of course, since mine focuses on pen turning, I use fewer tools. Is there a place I could send you a video of mine? I’m pretty proud of it.

What are the benefits of a pin nailer over a brad nailer? I am kinda new to using air nailers for anything past framing, I have always just used my trusty hammer so not really sure what nailers are best for what. And could you add a link to the pin nailer you use?

Nice lathe! My final lathe-buying decision came down to the Nova Saturn and Galaxi. I bought the Galaxi because it's heavier and more stable, but there are times I wish I'd bought the Saturn like you have. It has the same great motor, and it takes up a lot less shop space. What are you going to do on the lathe? Mostly furniture parts, or are you going to get into turning bowls, hollow forms, and such too?

I wait for the result of how this works out. I dig the drawers but the tool tubes - no thank you sir. I built a simple tool rack and put it on the wall but not behind anything spinning, rather to the right of the lathe but easy to see and reach. Foam plugs are not enough but you will find that out.

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Do I need a jointer... I have a planer desalt Dw735x

How do you tell which lathe tool you choose? Just memory from going back and forth pulling them randomly for the first few months?

Yaplog? A new genre?

Bending down towards the lathe to grab the next tool is a little questionable to me. I thought that angling the holders upward and at close to natural hand height might be better. Then again, the tubes would just fill with chips. Also, a recent video was about making the lathe mobile and possibly adding weight to the bottom. This is a different approach.

I noticed you have a wood rat router system on your wall , do you use it much and have you ever produced a video about it. I have one and find mine a great tool but always interested in seeing how others use theirs.

Hilarious 😂

I would average three tries to get the tool I wanted. I’ve got a good memory, but it’s short.

Nice job but I'm going to have to build something where I can see the working end of the tool. Without that I couldn't tell which tool was what.

I’m thinking using a hot glue gun would be better to secure your pvc tubes. No screws to possibly scratch your tools and faster than drilling and countersinking holes.

I enjoyed the jokes too. My sense of humor is stuck in the bathroom and butts area. My wife says that is good for a 10 year old boy, butt I am 6 times that old. I would like the plans for this to be made public. I have the Nova 1624 II Lathe that is the same size as yours, but with belts and pulleys instead of fancy motor speed controller. Butt someday I hope to buy the kit to replace the motor with the variable speed kit and never touch those belts again.

Most important question. What kind of dog?

The butt ends of the handles all look the same. How do you know which tool your grabbing?

Why does a pirate wear a beanie? To keep his buccaneers warm.

Pirate joke?? ARRRRRGH!

"Keep the sawdust out of my drawers.."

drawers are where tools go to die

Atlanta is South, but NOT deep south. Just saying. Love your shop, though!

Please don't show a video of you opening your drawers and organizing your junk!

nice build, but the jokes?? you got a 5th grader in the house?

I work in a hospital, your imagery of the old lady has no effect, I have lived it multiple times.

Yes! More dumb jokes! I miss the comedy element of stumpy nubs. That's what got me to subscribe in the first place.

Open the drawers and organize my junk? Keeping the dust out of your drawers helps stiffen things up? My wife will be happy. With todays crazy culture, every time I hear shim I think of this gender identity stuff.

You used to be a lot funnier, you have gotten too serious.

You always start these vlog videos with a disclaimer that you aren’t building anything and are just yapping. Well I’ve come to realize that you yap in about 90% of your videos and these vlogs are one of the few times you actually build something. What’s the deal? You messing with us.

I dig it, plans?