Credenza and End Table Building Process by Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

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Making a Custom Claro Walnut Credenza and Two End Tables. This Credenza is designed to be used as an entertainment center. It has a four Sliding Doors, two dovetailed drawers and a false back for electronics cord management. The End Tables have shelves and a full dovetailed drawer. These pieces are made from an amazing Claro Walnut Log that has very nice figure. The interior drawer parts are quarter-sawn cherry. The original design was by Hammer-Mann Designwerks for Bridget L. Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA. www.hammer-mann.com
Claro Walnut and Quarter-sawn Cherry is from www.goodhopehardwoods.com
These Pieces were finished with Royal Lac www.shellacfinishes.com
At Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers we make fine Custom and Reproduction Furniture to order combining a meticulous attention to detail and overall quality with the finest hardwood available today. Visit our website for more information.
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@grantwbrewer Жыл бұрын

Not being dramatic when I say this might be the best furniture maker in the country

@fredpierce6097 10 ай бұрын

Love that Door Closing “The End”.

@WilliamWBG 3 жыл бұрын

That’s more than talent. It’s MAGIC! If there’s anyone more talented that this man, I’d love to see their work. I’m always left speechless after watching every video.

@dmons24 3 жыл бұрын

Its such a pleasure to see planing instead of sanding.

@andrewpinson4360 3 жыл бұрын

Then tune in to Rob Cosman. He handplanes absolutely everything many times over. And it is great work also.

@gavinfeargrieve4874 Жыл бұрын

I've watched a couple of your videos at this point and I am quite inspired by your work.

@stevetyler3016 3 жыл бұрын

This talented man probably built his own crib to sleep in !!! Truly talented.

@billystray7007 3 жыл бұрын

That grain configuration on the front is absolutely stunning!!

@SethsProject 3 жыл бұрын

Man I remember watching you before I picked up my first Woodworking tool. Still amazes me just as much today!

@gregbacho1543 3 жыл бұрын

There is something so satisfying about the sound of a properly sharpened plane blade! Really nice work.

@jonathanmangold5024 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of work. Thanks for sharing.

@walkerswoodcraft6741 3 жыл бұрын

Ive been watching this channel for a few years now and still blows me away his ability to run the grain along with everything else... goals! Thank You!!

@Bigrigjeff 3 жыл бұрын

Again on a level few ever obtain, outstanding! Great hand tool skills, I’m great full for the video’s you present, thank you. Please keep them coming!

@jakeb7244 3 жыл бұрын

Next level skills. The precision in just his sharpening skills would take a long time to master. Those planes cut so nice......

@Rocketninja200 3 жыл бұрын

I know! The amount of figuring in that wood is nuts and he just wisps away at it like its poplar with no knots.

@squarefootgardeningforther2602 3 жыл бұрын

I am always in awe of your craftsmanship. Top notch!!!

@donstelfox2936 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, thank you for sharing. Really appreciate the craftsmanship you demonstrate.

@toomars1301 3 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch!

@troystaten5633 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Great craftsmanship and wonderful wood, thanks for showing us.

@enricogermano4322 3 жыл бұрын

You are really a great artist. Greetings from sicignano degli alburni italy. A colleague who admires you a lot.

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Enrico. It’s very much appreciated!

@jasonwright6180 3 жыл бұрын

They all look sturdy enough to be work benches. Great work.

@alansimpson596 3 жыл бұрын

Simply the best.

@douggilchrist5131 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see what you do in each of the videos you release. I take great pleasure in seeing someone who uses hand tools with such great skill but also utilizes machinery. Most of us just wish we had the patience and ability to learn the skills you possess and show in all of your videos. Thank you.

@davidpape9726 3 жыл бұрын

Great design and work. Liked the bench extension you used when planning the drawers.

@scottmcfarland1177 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Love your jointer!

@IEnjoyCreatingVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work as always my Friend! Thank you for sharing the video with us!💖👌👍😎JP

@cogger 3 жыл бұрын

What a spectacular project! That walnut is out of this world. Awesome craftsmanship. I just figured out we are in the same town!

@jeffj2495 3 жыл бұрын

More stunning art work, I mean wood work from you guys. I guess after you do thousands of dovetails, they all come out perfect like yours. Great matchup on the wood grain. You have produced a legacy set that someone will enjoy even in 200 years.

@DanielFernandes-rr6dl 3 жыл бұрын

Como sempre , sensacional .

@andrewjames9963 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work,lovely wood

@kuffyswoodwork 3 жыл бұрын

Love the grain on the front of the credenza. Top work! 👍

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@PaulRSmileyOyen 3 жыл бұрын

Indescribably jaw dropping!!

@andrewnicholl8070 3 жыл бұрын

You are an absolute wood magician! Every time I watch your making, I think it doesn’t get any better than this? Then you start a new project like this one and it goes to whole new level! Thank you for giving the time to show us your work and skills, you are an inspiration to all of us! May I wish you and your co workers & family a very merry Christmas and please stay safe and well in this present crisis. God bless you!

@carpinteriamueblestopete847 3 жыл бұрын

Trabajo hermoso, felicidades!!

@PauloHirth 3 жыл бұрын

Belíssima obra de arte!

@stefanbiorserud3343 Жыл бұрын

Totalmente maravilloso trabajo!

@hermannstraub3743 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! And what a wood!!!

@giantsfan1925 3 жыл бұрын

Great job with the sequential grain, especially for the doors on the credenza.

@dmitriys3983 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work

@danielmiller2977 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are second to none!

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel! Its very much appreciated

@hurcorh 3 жыл бұрын

Man that walnut is beautiful! Top work as always, this is breathtaking.

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I lucked out with this Walnut!

@hurcorh 3 жыл бұрын

@@Doucetteandwolfefurniture You've done it justice!

@quovadis5172 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@darrylscott3708 2 жыл бұрын

Who in their right mind would thumbs down this video? Great work. I could watch for hours.

@WesW3187 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely work.

@adrianluica6960 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Well done

@ginoasci2876 3 жыл бұрын

walnut sure looks purdy donit paw ! as wide as those boards are the dovetails fit nice. great job.

@johnkelly6942 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@user-rq5oh9du3i 3 жыл бұрын

Очень приятно видеть правильный инструмент в умелых руках ! С удовольствием посмотрел ваш фильм . Тоже люблю рубанки от Томаса Ли Нельсона и Веритас . С уважением из России

@tigranminasyan3222 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work!!!

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@jeffforbes3772 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...as always.

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff!

@skkucho135 3 жыл бұрын

stunnig works, as always

@Verstore 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, best video yet sublime work

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@hassandawoud7260 3 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal symbol of simple art 👏👏👏

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hassan!

@luizgabriel3388 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite channel. I love planes and you have the best ones! Also, realy like the longer video format. I would love to see longer videos with no speed up. But of course, any video is appreciated!

@ericluba6287 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@phooesnax 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work.

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@d.g.7416 3 жыл бұрын

Grande!!!

@hazembata 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing craftsmanship given you built it in 16 minutes.

@TheRedbeardster 3 жыл бұрын

Dammit, i missed you so much! Have been watching you since 2013.

@terrygleeson5429 3 жыл бұрын

Poetry in motion! And not a pencil filled spotless apron to be seen. Keep up the good work.

@MrTrapper28 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, as always. I would love to see a video on you sharpening your tools.

@albertocalvo3416 3 жыл бұрын

Soy Ebanista la tercera generación y aprecio tu forma de trabajar por que es justo como me enseñaron a mi . Desde Madrid mi enhorabuena

@vinnie6576 3 жыл бұрын

Not one grain of sand was harmed while making this Credenza! Absolutely amazing work!

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vinnie!

@waynepennington2769 3 жыл бұрын

Gosh amighty. You build the best an most beautiful furniture in the world. I know only the wealthy could afford it. But maybe someday i could own one of your beautiful pieces of art.

@dblehar 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better on a Saturday morning than a cup of coffee and a new video from Doucette and Wolfe. Absolutely beautiful work. Curious, how long does it take for you to complete such a piece?

@joeleonetti8976 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful work. Love watching your videos. Could you please take a bit more about your finishing process? What pound cut do you use for the shellac? How many coats in total? Do you apply with brush, rag, or spray? Thank you so much/

@nickyork8901 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work, and obviously highly practised and efficient with the minimum of fuss to achieve perfect accuracy. May I ask, when you use the Knew fretsaw to cut out the waste on the tailboards, do you then have to go back and clean up with a dovetail chisel, or can you move straight to marking the pins?

@Stan7670 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done and no hardware, screws or nails that I can see.

@RobRobertson1000 3 жыл бұрын

And no fancy drawer slides either :) Who needs them when a craftsman can make them fit like that!

@Stan7670 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobRobertson1000 He just uses his machines to work six sides of each board slightly oversize and then it's all hand tools.

@MyFathersBusinessLLC 3 жыл бұрын

There have been screws in most furniture since the 1400s. There is no more secure way to join the top to the sides than rabbeted blocks screwed in from the bottom. Unless you want to make a keyhole fitted piece, which would take a year and not be as strong anyway...

@justinvellier1698 3 жыл бұрын

That looks great! What is the square box looking plane and what is it typically used for?

@user-bs9yq3et3l 3 жыл бұрын

Супер работа класс. Super!!!!!!

@atnwoodcompany2292 3 жыл бұрын

И не говори

@thomashunter6218 3 жыл бұрын

Very pretty, well done! I was wondering if you could describe some of your tool choices - I noticed a LN 4 1/2, a Veritas low angle smoother, and a LN 9. How have you set these up and for what specific task? For example, do you have a lower bevel angle on the 9, hence using that to smooth the endgrain rather than the low angle smoother? Do you sharpen them at a specific bevel angle? Similarly, is the 4.5 set up for a task that the low angle smoother isn't as well suited to? (Or perhaps the size just makes it better for smoothing the faces, I believe that's mostly what I saw though I don't remember exactly.)

@LucasMAndradeT 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Do you have any camber or feathering on your smoothing plane blades?

@whiskey4553 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Do you radius the blade slightly on the smoother to minimize tracks in the surface?

@larryo2474 3 жыл бұрын

You are truly in rarified air when it comes to woodworking. It is a pleasure to watch you create these masterpieces. I was wondering if you ever considered doing a video about your sharpening process for your tools. I bet it would be one of your most viewed videos.

@WilliamWBG 3 жыл бұрын

I bet he uses apprentices to do the sharpening. If not, he should. Sharpening is always the first skill learned in an apprenticeship

@eugenr.3392 2 жыл бұрын

I also would love to see a sharpening video. When I plane walnut it behaves like styropor. But you manage to get a glass like finish. Biggest respect ever!

@chrisc4527 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing wood! How much does that much wood of that quality even cost?!?

@regisvalimdias4256 3 жыл бұрын

GRATIDÃO...

@MrGrutgrut 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work and stunning walnut. Curious how many hours you spent on making such a piece? Also, what is this weird low angle plane to clean the pins of the frame and the drawers, I don’t recognize it. Thanks !

@ttinyt1 3 жыл бұрын

I would literally move across the country to learn from you

@connorleon 3 жыл бұрын

Same, but i would need a boat to cross the Atlantic 😂

@batbawls 3 жыл бұрын

May its life be filled with coasters and children on leashes. 👌🏼♥️

@WilliamWBG 3 жыл бұрын

But it’s built like a rock. Coasters, yes. Children couldn’t harm this without some utensils, like markers or paint

@reforzar 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning. I guess you skip planned in the beginning just to see the grain better for layout? Any advice on building hand tool skills? I assume just keep doing it. 😅

@stanschmenge1965 3 жыл бұрын

do you find solid drawers won't move as well during spring/summer? I would expect with the sides expanding and contracting they would be tighter in warm, moist weather and looser in cold, dry weather. Do you build in different tolerances depending on where you're shipping the furniture to?

@andrewpinson4360 3 жыл бұрын

I could make furniture that nice, and then I would wake up.

@ginoasci2876 3 жыл бұрын

buy the right saws, start cutting dove tails that don’t fit right, you learn and keep cutting, they’ll start to fit, you learn some more, then cut more and they’ll fit better, han confidence, along the way, then you’ll develop your own technique and style, and they’ll fit nice nice, and the pieces will look so nice that you can present them to your family and if they are supportive they will praise you for your new talent, if they don’t then you keep at it and do your thing and enjoy the hell out of it because your new girlfriend will appreciate it and have babies with you and you can build furniture for your wife and child and be happy. because that’s what life is all about.....happiness! happiness, from the inside!

@bjornsmasher66 3 жыл бұрын

are the walls of the fingers holes 90 degrees or did you make a slight slope on the inside to aid in gripping the holes?

@Mike-kq4sj 3 жыл бұрын

how long does it take you to build that amazing set??

@antonh8074 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! Love your work! Quick question: don't those doors in the credenza need to be stabilized somehow? Sorry if it's a trivial question.. I'm just starting in woodworking and everywhere I look, they say that wide board like that will move/warp and need to be stabilized - either with a frame, breadboard ends, sliding dovetails, etc. Thank you!

@OneManBandWoodworks 3 жыл бұрын

12:16 plane pushing triceps 💪🏼

@moogoomoogoo5990 3 жыл бұрын

He needs to provide a tutorial on operating and maintaining a hand plane. Best planing I have ever seen. Must be incredibly sharp.

@jimmieusaf-pol2639 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Rob Cosman, he covers a lot about sharpening hand planes and chisels, as well as using, maintaining and tuning up a hand plane out of the box. Razor sharp hand tools along with a whole lot of correct practice and I believe most wood workers can achieve this level of Craftsmanship, but definitely something that takes an abundance of dedication and passion to get even close to this level of Craftsmanship. IMHO

@martincox7354 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely first class craftsmanship. I love the combination of machinery and hand tools. Machinery takes the hardest work whilst hand tools finish it off. Plus no music! What! Yes, just the sounds you want to hear. Style is very personal and, for me, visible dovetails detract rather than add. But, that’s just my style.

@WilliamWBG 3 жыл бұрын

He builds according to his customers wishes. This is a business. A very very talented businessman

@martincox7354 3 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamWBG absolutely the right thing to do. I must say that in my years of making furniture for clients, I came to the conclusion that it was largely the arrogance of many UK makers to almost insist on using dovetails as if dovetails somehow confirmed that you were skilled. I have said before that I doubt that the makers of the 18th and 19th century would increased their costs by making dovetails by hand if the current range of equipment and adhesives had been available then. Anyway, I only ever had one client come back to me about dovetails. This was on a credenza in a modern style. That client asked me to take out “those fussy joints) as he felt they detracted from the clean lines of the rest of the piece. But, the client is King. If they want dovetails and are willing to pay for the labour involved, then great. Making a living from bespoke furniture is hard enough without arguing with paying clients.

@brianhackett9649 3 жыл бұрын

How often do you sharpen your plane blades? Daily? Throughout the day?

@rikleman 3 жыл бұрын

Is that a 16 inch jointer? What a beast.

@GingerJohnnyOR 3 жыл бұрын

I would be interested if you would include in your description references to the various planes you use in your very fine work. Your craft is envious!

@WilliamWBG 3 жыл бұрын

Lie Nielsen. Most tools are Lie Nielsen. If not, then Veritas by Lee Valley.

@nickbailey202 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy. Just wish each of your videos were at least an hour long.

@mmccorm11 3 жыл бұрын

Standard or high angle frog for that smoothing?

@adams5202 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible skill here. Which hand plane were you using when cleaning up the dovetails?

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam. Its a Lie Nielsen No 9 Iron Miter plane, unfortunately they are not made anymore

@MikeAG333 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely lovely work..........but not the loveliest pieces of furniture you've ever made.

@WilliamWBG 3 жыл бұрын

He builds furniture on commission from customers request. He’s not building furniture for competition of the most difficult. This is furniture that will will decrease in value. It will be collected for generations. Something you will see on Antiques Roadshow in 100 years

@mattg6262 Жыл бұрын

Dear sir, What was that plane used on the end grain at 3:55? Wonderful pieces by the way. Thanks for taking us along.

@thomasnichols7788 3 жыл бұрын

What is the boxed plane you are using on the dovetail ends? I have not seen one like it and with your address, it might be a test model from Lie-Nielson. Curious as to its intended use. Awesome work.

@jonathanmangold5024 3 жыл бұрын

I can smell the walnut from here.

@danfiller8238 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, beautiful work as per usual. What type of plane do you use when you're first knocking down the dovetails? The one at 12:35

@Doucetteandwolfefurniture 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan. The plane is a Lie Nielsen no 9 Iron Miter Plane

@thepatriotwoodworker Жыл бұрын

@@Doucetteandwolfefurniture can you please explain the advantage of using a dedicated plane for this purpose rather a low angle Jack or other low type of plane? My first thought is the heft of the miter plane helps push through the end grain of those dovetails? Thank you!