Adding a drawer to my little "lab table" that I built recently. I used wooden drawer slides for the simplicity and cost, but with wax and mineral oil was able to make the hardwood on hardwood slide really easily
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@shenkerism2 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to leave a quick comment on how much I have always appreciated the audio mixing on your videos. Many youtubers put much less work into not ruining ears with routers, table saws and the like. The attention to detail shows through. Thanks a lot.
@CarlYota Жыл бұрын
I agree. At this point in my life, not turning the power tool noise down on a video is a deal breaker for me. Put in the minimal effort to do that. If not then why are you uploading videos? This is something even amateur KZfaqrs should be doing. There is no excuse that I will accept.
@Bobtheslob-bi9ng4 ай бұрын
Every KZfaq video has a comment like this. Please don't be such a ball washer
@Bobtheslob-bi9ng4 ай бұрын
@@CarlYota Keep quiet
@Beschaulichkeit2 жыл бұрын
I think that it's very important that you show re-using scrap wood to this day. I remember that stood out to me 10 years ago when I started following your videos and it still stands out to me today. Thank you!
@Mrcaffinebean2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, Pask Makes is another great example. It’s impressive!
@c0ldc0ne2 жыл бұрын
@Jupp Schlabutt Not true. He often uses store-bought wood as well.
@woodsprout2 жыл бұрын
@@c0ldc0ne Yes, he is using more store bought wood recently, I think because he relocated, far away from the old garbage picking sources he frequented.
@Bobtheslob-bi9ng4 ай бұрын
@@woodsprout How far?
@woodsprout4 ай бұрын
@@Bobtheslob-bi9ng Don't remember. I'm not Canadian but it was a major relocation within Canada.
@FrederickDunn2 жыл бұрын
Hello Matthias! It's been a while since I stopped in to see one of your videos. You're setting an impossible example in all things engineering and woodworking as always! Thank you, for all you do and have done. I wonder if you would ever design the ultimate bee hive stand? :) I'd build that in an instant.
@mushin1112 жыл бұрын
A collaboration with Cody from Cody's lab about bees and beehives would be fun.
@Thom41232 жыл бұрын
Over the years of woodworking I prefer wooden slides for draws if applicable. Thank You for sharing.
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
for heavy stuff, metal ones are better. though I have had a few metal ones fail after 8 years. wood ones just slowly wear out
@user-cq8kc5es9b2 жыл бұрын
@@matthiaswandel hi Matthias i had a message from someone with your name and profile picture saying contact me via telegram for a prize.i think this is not you so i just wanted to inform you.have a nice day
@cbalan7772 жыл бұрын
Very nice build. A simple, and elegant solution. I also like how much history that one drawer from your job has. Thanks for giving us some insight into that.
@sawyerrob9492 жыл бұрын
I make my own slides too; I save the scraps of "Formica" left over from jobs and glue them to the mating surfaces of my drawer slides. They are super slick and last about forever, without any maintenace at all. SR
@WPGinfo2 жыл бұрын
👍It has been done like this for 200 yrs so it works. It needs almost no maintenance, is almost free [scraps will do] and it is durable.
@deanowright3599 ай бұрын
Thank you for a very informative and educational video, nothing was shown that was useless jibber.
@spokehedz2 жыл бұрын
Always amazed when the old job gets mentioned, and then a sigh of 'what might have been'. Candles, eh? Old tricks are the best tricks.
@sparqqling2 жыл бұрын
It's an amazing case study, they had gold in their hands with BB messenger but wanted to sell hardware. Whatsapp took it and got acquired for 19B in 2014.
@rap4trains2 жыл бұрын
An old trick I learned 50 years ago is to use thumb tacks on your drawer slides. Put a tack on the front end of the fixed slide and a tack on the back of the drawer slide. That way the drawer is only sliding on the head of the thumb tacks.
@georgequalls50439 ай бұрын
Love how you use old wood instead of new clean Baltic birch plywood when you can.
@matthiaswandel9 ай бұрын
not store here that sells baltic birch, so I use it very sparingly now.
@DonsWoodies2 жыл бұрын
I have two drawers under my workbench using wooden slides. Mine have a groove cut into the sides of the drawers (1/2" plywood sides) and a tenon I guess to call it for the runners. Did the same wax thing you did and it's quite amazing how easily they slide even after 2 years and a decent amount of weight in them. Love wooden slides.
@PrinceWesterburg2 жыл бұрын
Thank you - I was beginning to think I was the only person in the world who knew wax is the lubricant for wood! :o)
@VagabondTE2 жыл бұрын
This gives me an idea. I use a ton of Sterilite 6 quart totes. Over 300. I've been wanting to build a shelving system for them by cutting dados into 2x4s that they slide into. But maybe I could turn them into see through drawers. I can fit at least five of them on my desk. Thanks for the inspiration.
@LeesChannel2 жыл бұрын
Very pleased to see you use paraffin! When I was a child, my father always looked for wooded slides in furniture; he absolutely hated the metal slides you find in nearly every drawer (especially nowadays, although they are a lot more reliable now than they were in the 90s.)
@Martin-pb7ts2 жыл бұрын
I had metal drawer slide issues just recently. I don't think they're more reliable now. Everything is made as cheap as possible. Poor quality and metal drawer slides are a pain. I will be much more careful now when buying drawer units.
@LeesChannel2 жыл бұрын
@@Martin-pb7ts More reliable than they used to be. They used to be made out really thin stamped metal that would always bend/break/jam, plus they were always insufficiently attached and would come off. Maybe you don't remember, or you weren't around back then, but I certainly do. It's probably 15 years since I last experienced these issues.
@MrMega2002 жыл бұрын
My dad's Craftsman toolbox from the 90s would confirm. Pissed me off enough 2 years ago to pull the offending drawers since my dad didn't bother with it. The thin gauge slides bent with the thinner drawers.. Especially one of the lower taller drawers had more weight. I had to hammer some metal to get catches to work properly and I gave each slide a dose of WD40 and movement to break up built up dirty debris. Along with some quick brushing as well.
@AbdicateDotNet2 жыл бұрын
You never cease to amaze me. I'm always thinking, "where can I buy...?" and you show me HOW to make it myself! Thanks sir! ⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍
@jocoseness2 жыл бұрын
Nice video!! I have always opted to use wooden slides when possible. My dad taught me the candle trick for getting them to slide better. Glad you showed that.
@silasmarrs14092 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons I always watch when you release a video is you never waste any of my time.
@viveksabharwal902711 ай бұрын
Wow, this is what I was looking for my desk that is basically a plyboard sheet on foldable iron angles. Will try it for sure.
@kylesimonette99142 жыл бұрын
I love drawers.
@comfortablyplumb21402 жыл бұрын
Getting your video notifications in the middle of the day and saving it for chill times in the evenings, is like saving desert for last
@arwalt53102 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Matthias, for showing me how to install a drawer under my kitchen table. I'm planning to do this for a long time. I would prefer to join the drawer parts with screws - thats easier for me to realize. Thanks for your hint concerning weight and the difference between wooden and metallic Auszüge (don't know the english expression). Greetings from Bremen/Germany sends Armin
@JDeWittDIY2 жыл бұрын
Auszüge == drawer slides
@tracybowling11562 жыл бұрын
I like when you tell stories about your life.
@DconBlueZ2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!
@MCsCreations2 жыл бұрын
Really excellent work, Matthias! Nicely done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
@Dan-qi4np2 жыл бұрын
nice drawers!
@wadewassenberg76 Жыл бұрын
I love all of the custom tools, am jealous of your abilities... that box joint jig is really impressive. I will say though that I laughed that you box jointed the sides of the drawer and then simply glued and screwed the bottom on instead of cutting a groove or rabbet for the bottom. Not that there's anything wrong with that just that you chose one of the most complicated ways to join the drawer sides and the literal easiest way to attach the bottom 🤣
@rakujala2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your nailing skills at 2:06.
@woodshopnerdery2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, I always appreciate a project build.
@MRrwmac2 жыл бұрын
Matthias, Sometimes the old simple ways are the tried and true ways that still work well!
@user-wt6xp8ur1h10 ай бұрын
this is going to help me soo much for my gcse project thank you very much
@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT2 жыл бұрын
Not so simple, but cheap and effective - I like it :-)
@purplepiggy1ify2 жыл бұрын
I love your wood work so much, great.
@joshualucas47182 жыл бұрын
you are a gem
@caseyrevoir2 жыл бұрын
Iron on edge banding on the sliding surfaces works well with heavy stuff.
@johnperrett87822 жыл бұрын
Simple and functional. Excellent outcome
@tiporari2 жыл бұрын
Cool idea with wax plus oil. Results speak for themselves
@inventtory12722 жыл бұрын
Brilliant simplicity, as always. Wyrmwood came up with a really cool wooden slide drawer stop. It's titled "metal hardware or wood on wood" and it's 9 minutes in. I would link it but KZfaq has been blocking them like crazy.
@relfyem Жыл бұрын
I like your spatula-table-saw-pushers. I'm going to make some of these for my father before he loses some digits, like both my grandfathers!! 🤦🏼♀️
@scotty23072 жыл бұрын
I like full extension slides. Very handy.
@weekendstuff2 жыл бұрын
Nice work. Amazingly easy open/closing with just wooden parts. Thanks for sharing. Weekend Stuff
@deldridg2 жыл бұрын
Wow - you're onto the next project and I'm about the start drawing up the drawer in Sketchup.
@kevola57392 жыл бұрын
I have used left over pieces of arborite to cover the drawer slide contact surfaces which makes them slide surprisingly smooth.
@paulstaf2 жыл бұрын
Wow, saw that old Viewsonic on your work desk....remember how nice those were back in the day.
@melkmendoza28982 жыл бұрын
your ideas were very useful, thank you
@GabrielsLogic2 жыл бұрын
Such efficient designs. Great work!
@alexjones78452 жыл бұрын
you can buy thin UHMW tape that can be applied to the bottom of the drawer and it will slide super well.
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
have used it, not good long term. the glue eventually gets squeezed out and binds everything up. plus, it doesn’t slide as well as wood.
@tanganicustitica54372 жыл бұрын
Super vidéo !
@jdugger86792 жыл бұрын
Very nice job 👍
@slashrjl2 жыл бұрын
The desk drawer that outlasted the company.
@Sam-tg4ii2 жыл бұрын
For some reasons, I believe Matthias can be a great stock trader.
@whojamacallit2 жыл бұрын
Your drawer from RIM reminds me of the one under my desk - made from two wooden channels (almost the same as yours) and a stainless steel steam table pan.
@xjustinjx2 жыл бұрын
What is RIM, and did he say blackberry?
@whojamacallit2 жыл бұрын
@@xjustinjx RIM is "Research in Motion", which is the name of the company before changing to Blackberry (long after he left)
@cgstadler2 жыл бұрын
RIM office manager: "Who has been drilling in into all these desks?!"
@09conrado2 жыл бұрын
Candlewax is the best! It forms a really slick layer
@michaellinahan77402 жыл бұрын
Matthias, I see that over in Canackistan the ubiquitous banana wood is also used to make the plywood base for that drawer! It seems like worldwide wood prices have increased by 3 and quality had decreased by the same factor.
@GabrielsLogic2 жыл бұрын
It's a shame. Wood is way too expensive to buy new right now. Just can't afford it.
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
What do you expect? While wood does indeed grow on trees it still takes a long time. We harvested all of the decent wood long ago now too. 170 years ago you could get wood a foot wide and 20 feet long without a single knot in it and grain straight as a laser beam. Then use it where you'd never even see it. I know that because I have seen it.
@GabrielsLogic2 жыл бұрын
@@1pcfred That wood was great but I'm glad we use the wood we use now. It was collected from trees hundreds of years old, through forest disrupting logging. It was really not sustainable. Now we use quicker growing trees almost like on a farm.
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
@@GabrielsLogic do we? I'd say we use whatever wood we can get our hands on. But now we go through the trouble to farm wood too. Because it's getting harder to get wood. Really if we don't harvest wood it just burns anyways.
@FrankGraffagnino2 жыл бұрын
i've seen people use a bar of soap to lubricate those as well! thanks for sharing.
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
Wax is better than soap. But soap is better than nothing.
@KimSeiji2 жыл бұрын
Fast and good solution! 👍
@luisfernandoduartefernande54972 жыл бұрын
Parabéns,como sempre um ótimo professor 😎😎😎👏👏👏
@c0ldc0ne2 жыл бұрын
No parabens were used in this project.
@luisfernandoduartefernande54972 жыл бұрын
@@c0ldc0ne parabéns em português é = Very good ok !!!
@SantiagoLuz2 жыл бұрын
@@c0ldc0ne 🤣🤣🤣 as idéia
@romariosilva6072 жыл бұрын
mathias ola vc e engenheiro que vc e muito inteligente igual nunca vi abraço
@Drxxx2 жыл бұрын
You are amazing
@KelikakuCoutin2 жыл бұрын
I noticed articulated carpenter's rules, a RadioShack calculator, several protractors, a triangular engineer's rule, vernier calipers, ... but no SLIDE RULE? EDIT: at 4:32 Thanks for the content. Keep up the good work. bs'd
@user-tn5wv8fu6r6 ай бұрын
Muy bueno, gracias!
@fredio542 жыл бұрын
Melting candle wax into timber also makes for quite a good weather proofing solution :-)
@vagishgpatil30132 жыл бұрын
I am Not A Professional.but still I was planning to Add a Keyboard drawer to my Table.But. Because of lack of Idea.I was reluctant to try..now It's time to give it a shot
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
hmm, maybe I’ll put the keyboard in this drawer too
@LegendSpecialist2 жыл бұрын
Very nice 👌
@fnnsjsnnejejdndnxhxjna2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, I've found WD40 Specialist silicone spray to work better than wax for my wood drawers, I'll have to try your trick of melting the wax with a hot air gun
@MrTooTechnical2 жыл бұрын
Great work
@yuwanacora98972 жыл бұрын
Creative man.
@user-cq8kc5es9b2 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@LukeTheJoker2 жыл бұрын
Nice work.
@melkmendoza28982 жыл бұрын
Saludos amigo desde michoacan mexico
@MasterofNoneTV2 жыл бұрын
Ive been watching you since early 2010s.. and i dont think ive missed a video of yours. Thanks for your work Matthias
@werty1432k2 жыл бұрын
Same here, amazing how time flies
@joelhollingsworth23742 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize you had worked for Research in Motion...that company did lots of great work, I was sad to see the Blackberry discontinued.
@mspacone2 жыл бұрын
Nice! I’ve always used bar soap for my wood slides, but I bet wax is a better solution.
@sosukelele Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be honest and say that I completely forget that waxing the slides was an option so I kept thinking that a drawer that big would get filled up with way too heavy equipment
@brade32352 жыл бұрын
Great job. I would prefer to dado a groove for the drawer bottom and let the bottom free float.
@melkmendoza28982 жыл бұрын
hi, my friend,from michoacan mexico
@benoitvannoten51132 жыл бұрын
Since a very long time, I have used a dripping candle. Using a hot air gun to more or less impregnate the wood is a great idea.
@transpiler2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it’s a little silly but I just admire you using a hammer and normal nails on the drawer bottom instead of an air nailer and brads like every other popular KZfaqr would. Of course it’s better and doesn’t blow right through the thin material.
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
You can set the force on air nailers.
@rickcraw1002 жыл бұрын
Very nice, thanks
@mortalman012 жыл бұрын
Genius thanks for sharing
@Rusty_ok2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@tluanem2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
I still want to see this wood elf make a wooden robot.
@AnanasStudio2 жыл бұрын
but candle is from Paraffin, not from bee wax :p
@Orenli19852 жыл бұрын
Hi Matthias Maybe a cnc build will be a nice series. Thank you.
@smellycat2492 жыл бұрын
Seems like those almost work better then the metal drawer rails nowadays.
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
for light drawers, they often work better
@ellisc.foleyjr97782 жыл бұрын
Another great tutorial on drawer ideas! thanks Matthias! ECF.
@TheLurker2 жыл бұрын
You were probably at RIM at about the same time as my friend Adam from highschool who had an enviable internship.
@julianvenn41952 жыл бұрын
I am remodelling our kitchen, putting in new factory made units with ball bearing slides. Not sure if they will last as well as the wooden slides I put in 30 years ago, and show no signs of wear! (Parrafin wax candle lubricated)
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
nice thing about ball bearing slides is you can just buy new ones and install them
@troymilleraz2 жыл бұрын
👍
@cdouglas19422 жыл бұрын
Everything Matthias dues "slides pretty good"
@JohnMGibby2 жыл бұрын
Refreshing to see someone actually use a hammer to actually hammer nails for a change.
@gfx20062 жыл бұрын
Very nice build! But am I the only one bothered by the square box joint fingers going into the rounded holes?
@josselinmarnat2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah
@5153flash2 жыл бұрын
I have a bunch of old oak flooring,,the real deal,thick ,heavy and strong. I dont know how old it is but it is the hardest wood I have ever seen. Is it petrified??? IDK?
@HoodyKid1002 жыл бұрын
Did you say you used to work at blackberry?
@Rick-vm8bl2 жыл бұрын
He did, he left in 2007. All thats left of that company is some crummy security software, they were far too stuborn and slow and ended up destroying their own reputation with their crappy handsets in the later years after the clever folks like Mathias left.
@misinformationwithrandy2 жыл бұрын
Guessing it was in their heyday based on the frequent moves. That campus got big.
@matthiaswandel2 жыл бұрын
they got out competed bu bigger and more nimble companies Apple and google
@Benoit-Pierre2 жыл бұрын
Its a long time you did not play with the pantograph
@tesicnr2 жыл бұрын
Wow, Matthias! Wood screws without a pilot hole, are you feeling adventurous ;-)?
@onjofilms2 жыл бұрын
What I use as material for covering the slides is a strip of Clorox bottle otherwise know as HDPE. Lasts a long time, and very slippery.