If the table fix vid doesn't include a public apology to Sam, I'm out. There's plenty of other talented woodworkers to watch.

EDIT: The video has been edited to cutout all the parts where John digs into Sam and edits removed dunking on him. I'm glad the changes were made. I wish it was acknowledged in some way, but I'm glad. Thanks to the team 👍 Sam getting dunked on the whole video sucks. Especially digging into him for not catching a 300lb slab getting married to gravity. Damn.

Editing the video to remove the abusive comments towards Sam (as well as when John basically asked Sam to kill himself, in what was the worse shop safety I've ever seen) without an apology comes across as an attempt to hide it. This way there is no evidence of the abuse and John can easily brush it under the rug instead of actually doing better. This is what serial abusers do. You can bet the Sam is still getting yelled at and dunked on, you just won't see it now. The reactions from John aren't jokes, that's pretty clear. You don't edit out a bunch of "jokes" like this. When someone gets called out and they hide what they are being called out over, it's not progress. You can't be a better wordworker John unless you fix your mistakes, instead of just hiding them all the time. The biggest mistake you made in this project was having no fucking plan. You clearly had not sat down with the team to go through the steps of the slab. That's what the guys in the video you watched do, not just scream at people when they can't read your mind. 90 percent of running a good shop is planning. You're not running a good shop.

Boy. Johns's “True Colors” really came out in this video. Didn't they? I understand things getting a little more tense while doing large projects like this one. Honestly, most people do. What most don't do is bag on their Employees while also being passively aggressive. That's a good way to lose Great employees.

As someone who has run teams from five or six to over a hundred people in the past, I agree with the comments that you need to apologise to Sam, and not just for the bit about stopping the slab, when your immediate reaction should have been "Are you OK? I'm glad you didn't do anything stupid like trying to catch it". In fact, you should have planned for something like this and told your guys quite clearly "if it starts to go, just get the hell out of the way". You should also avoid throwing tantrums like that in front of your staff. Obviously what happened was heartbreaking, but as the leader you suck it up, make sure everyone else is OK, then throw a fit in private, not in front of your team. I appreciate it might be good content, but it's not good for you as a leader or for your team. A good manager always puts the welfare and wellbeing of their team first, especially in a potentially dangerous environment like a workshop and, quite honestly, Sam already looks like he's scared witless of you. I'm a big guy too, and we sometimes don't realise how imposing a large, confident man can be to those around them, and while you are probably just joking, it really doesn't look to me like Sam finds it funny. When you make people nervous and jumpy, that's when accidents happen, which is exactly what happened here. You constantly badgering your team to hurry up and mocking them for being slow lead to mistakes being made with the result seen in the video. You're former NFL, I'm former army, we spent a lot of time in environments where such "banter" is seen as normal and you give as well as you get, but a lot of "normal" people don't see it the same way and you really might want to consider that. It's entirely possible Sam's totally OK with it, but that is not the perception that your videos put across, and as a wise man once said, "it's not what you do that's important, but what you're seen to be doing" and, frankly, you're coming over as a bit of a bully. People don't quit bad jobs, they quit bad managers.

Dude. You were being a dick to your staff through the whole video, and then you get mad at a small guy for jumping out the way of a heavy slab of wood...

He edited out the douchebagery?? He was rude to Sam the entire video and then shouted at him for not catching it when it fell, and now all that has been edited out. That's really shady man

So this version has been edited to remove the scene where John asks Sam why he didn't think to "catch it". Gotta say, seeing this behavior is disappointing to say the least. In Sam's defense, he did stick his arm/hand out but quickly realized he was in danger. I would have let it drop too. Sam's arm being broken (or possibly severed) would have cost way more than a $2K slab of wood. Good quick thinking "Sam".

I like that no one cares about how to fix the table and are just shitting on John’s behavior, he deserves it in this video. Lighten up dude. Put together a better plan before just stressing out your guys.

Here’s the fix needed: An apology video to Sam.

Maybe if you weren't such a dick to your employees they'd be able to communicate better during stressful situations. Instead they're most likely More worried about looking or sounding stupid just makes things worse.

So, for those who are watching the video now and don't know why people are saying John should apologize to Sam: After the slab falls, by the end of the video, John says "didn't you even think of catching it" to Sam. The he throws a fit and doesn't say a word for two hours apparently. He cut off the part he said that after he got huge backlash in the comments.

That reaction when it broke wasn't right man ur employees safety should be your #1 priority in moment's like that

My grandad passed in 1985 sadly and a few years earlier he gave me some advice that's lived with me ever since. He said, "if you drop something let it drop, you can do more harm by trying to stop it!" Wise words from a wise man. I'm sorry John but the health and wellbeing of your employees is paramount over anything else!!

They've edited the video. Originally John asked him why he didn't try to catch the slab. That part's gone now.

John, Im seeing the edited video but from the comments I gather you gave Sam hell for not thinking to catch the table. He definitely thought to catch it as you see his hand go out to grab it but smartly realized there was nothing he could actually do. You however are the one who dropped the table. The first time it was clamped up, the table was a bit higher and you stayed up there. This time, the table was lower and the split second you put your weight on the table is when the clamp shot out. You need to address Sam's good decision to let the table fall, safety first. As you said, you have 2 slabs. You only have 1 Sam.

Say hey big dog, I'm a machinist for the second largest countertop shop in the Kansas City Metro area, but even still it's a small business. When shit happens at our snap business, the first thing the Managers check on is the employees, not the slabs or the machines, they make sure their people are okay. That's what keeps employees. Not giving a fuck about your employees mental or physical health while even playfully scolding them about things they can't fix, is a pretty sure way to find another camera man and another shop helper. Nobody wants to get bitched at for being human at work, John.

" You didn't even think to try and like stop it" ... I BEG YOUR PARDON?

Editing the video to hide the horrible way he treated Sam instead of being a man about it and addressing it. Very lame choice.

John is good at finding ways to cover his mistakes. They edited the original video. So, I guess we can just all forget how he treated Sam. All good now john!

I would have gotten mad at my employee if they had actually tried to get under that falling table

I’ve always thought John would be a crappy boss to work for. This vid kind of proved that. Not just with catching the slab, but also all the other little comments he makes to his employees. He’s very rude.

Last video of yours I watch. I have noticed it in other videos but this one was crazy. When you treat your employees like idiots, it doesnt make them want to work harder, it makes them want to look for work elsewhere. How about planning a little bit and setting up the clamps you need before moving a giant slab around. Every single mistake made here was your fault and would have been easily avoided had you assembled the team, explained the plan and asked for input/ opinions. If I were in that position, I would have walked away and let you deal with your own problems. By the way, that clamp setup with an aluminum extrusion was bound to fail, you were clamping on a sharp edge, how about using something flat, anything at all would have been better.

Wow, he edited out bitching at Sam for not even "thinking" of catching that slab. You're a coward, John. Own up to your mistakes and make a public apology.

Pour it. Also, you owe Sam a public apology. Ain't no way he could catch that while holding a track. Don't make him feel like shit for protecting himself. Sheesh.

John, I think you're a funny, creative, and skilled dude, but... there has been a pattern over the past few vids that make me think something is up. Your treatment of Sam in this video while is horrific, it's hardly the first time. But more so, I've felt like your vids are getting more stressed... It's less fun as a viewer when you abuse your employees. Teasing is fun, fine, and a normal part of a lot of environments. But... bruh. Make it right.

I've never liked and then disliked a video so quickly. What a terrible first impression of a channel, this guy seems like an absolute monster to work for.

Editing out the part he mistreated Sam apparently was easier than putting in an apology 🙄

"I used to be an offensive lineman in the NFL". Now he's just offensive to his staff.

Jhon being flattened in the comments harder than Sam would've been irl if he tried catching that table.

28:38 you re-edited the video.. really?? What can't handle that you were in the wrong john? Why lost it in the 1st place then?? Have you apologise to sam yet???

Rather than posting an apology to Sam, you just edited the video and removed the parts that make you look bad. Wow.

John DEFINITELY owes Sam a Major public apology for that SHID!!! He already belittle hims in almost every video 😤😤

Even if Sam wasn't holding the track for the saw, the thing fell in an instant. 'You didn't even think to try and catch it?' No, he didn't think at all. He reflexively reacted in a split second and made the correct decision to save himself from serious injury or worse. And to even have a chance of catching that thing safely you'd have to be a huge mfer, with free hands, in perfect position, and also not have the human reaction of jumping out of the way of huge, heavy things falling toward you very quickly. Maybe don't rely on a couple of small clamps below the center of gravity of an object that weighs hundreds of pounds that you have standing on end? Maybe don't blame your employees for executional/planning/managerial issues.

After a few days worth of reflection, you simply edit the video to remove all evidence? haha, dude!! There's only around a few 100 thousand people that have already seen it! Anyone still think it was a joke? 🤣 Sam, I hope you find yourself a better working environment or at least demand danger pay from this clown!

John had very little clue what he was doing and yet expected sam to know what to do.

I never agree with the people that say "I would hate to work for him" UNTIL I heard him say "you didn't even think to try to stop it?" Fuck off dude... I'm the supervisor in a sign fabrication shop and I always tell the guys "if it starts to go don't try to stop it just get out of the way and let it go it cost alot less to bondo a dent then it does repair a broken bone or stitch up a damn head.. and if it's a total loss it's way easier to tell the boss we gotta start over vs the boss tell your wife you got crushed under a 40' tall chunk of aluminum

Good job Sam for not getting hurt. I worked 10 years building houses with a boss like that. I quit a few times but he was my brother. You're young and seem like a good worker I'm sure you'll find your own place in the world soon enough.

Homeboy really made a video where he comes across as a huge prick and still uploaded it.

FYI: Editing the parts out where John was being a total asshole does not make John not an asshole. Hopefully John has learned to be a better person after the feedback from the original video, instead of just making sure the asshole parts are edited out in the future.

POUR IT! I think Sam IS pretty athletic dodging that 300 pound wooden linebacker!

Apologise to Sam, as you said "shit happens". And he's a tiny dude, might have been seriously injured if he would have attempted to get in the way of that huge piece of wood. GOOD thing he didn't try something stupid and get underneath that slab.

My guy John didn't even think to do a wiggle test on the clamp. I was so confused when he stepped away without one and yep, there it goes...

you have edited this video to remove the words you shouted at your employee Sam - "Why didn't you try to stop it" - seriously -I really wonder if you dare to post the next video without a full public apology to Sam - ps just lucky you didn't start to cut that table end with that plunge saw as it would have resulted in you going to hospital due to your failure to adhere to common sense saftey - would hope you learn a lesson and are also MAN enough to make an apology to all your staff for your behaviour

Sam did react for a split second and thought about trying to catch it but he made the right call by just barely getting out of the way. Save your own life not the life of a table, good reaction Sam.

As the owner and boss of my company , I've learned a very important lesson watching this video , then reading everyone's comments. I have got to be a lot more careful with my attitude and planning. I typically do not care about falling objects versus employee health . Let it fall , I have insurance for that . But boy can I get worked up when my team is in a tight spot and we are in the super crunch type situation . I have got to be far more patient and develop my mentor attitude alot more . So to everyone who posted concerning that one situation , thank you. I'll take some lessons from it for my behavior , perspectives , and how and when I say things.

I am an example of what happens when the person "catches it." (and this was thought out in advance by the boss but poorly)Two of use were taking directions from my boss (coincidentally named Jon) at the time at a popular children's museum in CA. I was new at the time so I didn't know much about the boss and trusted him. We were unloading an exhibit from a concrete loading dock and he said he would tip it over and the two of us could catch it because it was "light". The two of us could not tell either way by looking at it. When the Boss tipped it over it was so heavy that it slipped through the hands of the other guy across from me who was in his 60's. I was younger and stronger and managed to get ahold of it. Long story short It jerked me down to the floor and jammed 3 of my vertibrae together grinding part of them away and pinching nerves in the process. It turned out the exhibit weighed almost 450 lbs because they had put lead bricks(yes they exist) inside to weight it at the bottom. IN this case he blamed me for deciding to catch it when it slipped through the other guys hands. Over the next 2 months I lost the feeling in 2 of my fingers in my dominant hand, had severe neck pain and it heavily effected everything from my work to how I slept at night. Yes there was physical therapy and medical covered by the jobs but I will have pain for the rest of my life and there are chunks missing from 2 vertibrae and permanent nerve damage. Even as I type this one of my fingertips can't feel it when it hits the keys. 6 mos later I was fired for failing to meet work performance reviews. I went back to working for myself and have been happier ever since. When someone else is in charge of your safety they need understand what this means. Don't be a John or a Jon.

I've always suspected this is the reason why his shop seems to be a revolving door of employees. Guys put up with it for a year or so to get the experience they need and move on to something better.

2 little clamps on a metal bar stuck in there sideways that was always going to let go. That's on John 100%. You can also see Sam wasn't really looking at it when it started to fall. He was also holding that track. Good job Sam. Fuck that slab. Don't be a dink John. The kid signed up to work in a woodshop and he's jumping off ladders and dodging huge slabs.

John fucks up after doing sketchy shit: 🤭🤪 Sam doesn’t catch a falling giant heavy table on his own: 🤬😤

Try not kill your staff is what you should try.🤣

I hate when bosses act like tools to their employees. I've had many bosses and very few leaders. I've learned more from the leaders. So at the end of the day, pour it, stitch it, or stick it up your butt for all I care.

John, you're the boss and in charge for others "mistakes". You messed it up, no one else.

Seeing how he treats this Sam makes me wonder why the last Sam really left.

Scoreboard John: Owes an Apology to Sam - 5289...John's Hissy Fit - 3...

"You didn't tell me that." Yeah. He prolly did and you were not listening.

Was nervous the comments weren’t going to call put John’s behaviour being pretty damn terrible this video. Glad to see everyone coming to Sam’s defense!! We love you Sam!!!!

bro wtf, John gets mad at Sam (who is holding the track saw that he was asked to grab) instead of planning out the cut like a professional. Typical manager tantrum. Why do I continue watching these videos?

Piss poor planning. I feel bad for the guys trying their hardest to please boss man.

This video has been edited. The original Sam took blame for. not catching the table that outweighed him by 100lbs. For 40 years I have been a commercial carpenter. On one of the largest commercial construction sites I worked on, a tower crane tipped over on a 60 story building. Caused tons of damage as you can imagine. Not one person got blamed or yelled at or asked, "why didn't you catch it?" The first words out of everyone who witnessed the accident was is everyone OK??? No concern was given to the damage cause by the cranes collapse. All that is replaceable - LIVES , FRIENDS, and FAMILY are not. No one was hurt. Everyone went home to their families that night.

Man I hope this guy pays his team well because he treats them like shit, stressing out your team because of poor planning is one way to loose good guys fast

Sam was right to step aside. Trying to catch that falling slab could have seriously hurt him. The man lived after falling from a ladder, whilst saving your wedding photos. Give him props. Anyhow, I would suggest using a steel frame on the front side of the desk to help hold it in place. You could add a Malecki logo to the steel also. On the back side, I would consider another steel brace that also incorporates a couple of drawers for the desk. Stay safe, fam.

I came back to see an apology video and find that you made your editor go back and "fix" that part.... Crazy. Editor probably got yelled at for keeping that part in too. Now what would your sponsors think. Smh

The next "viral" thing that you need to test is making an apology video. It's all the rage right now.

Banter can only be called such when it's a two way street. When it's not a two way street, it's called abuse. this was not a two way street. Also, expecting Sam who's about 1/4 the size of John to "try to catch" that monstrous slab in order to "save it" is moronic. At best you've got an employee with broken bones. At worst, you're planning a funeral. Joking or not, that's not right. On any count. No one says "I'm scared" in that small of a voice unless they're honestly rattled and honestly scared. I was *terrified* and I wasn't even there. Not to mention the entire video triggered my PTSD and anxiety through the abuse John was hurling at his employees - as I've gone through abuse like that as an employee (in a different line of work) that still affects me now (clearly). No one deserves to be treated like that, spoken to like that, especially when the boss himself doesn't have a clue what he's doing and has no plan. Be a better human.

"Why didn't you try to stop it?!?!" Are you nuts? A multi hundred pound piece of wood is falling towards you, you move! If he tried to catch it, a broken bone would have been the best case scenario. I know people get invested in projects but it's never worth a debilitating injury or worse.

I would go crazy if my boss was yelling at me all the time

**This video has been edited** I'm just going to say that, John, I have absolutely last respect for you. I never leave post on any video, but this is important enough that I actually felt I needed too. In the original video when the clams failed and the table comes crashing down we see Sam dodging out of the way as to not put himself into harms way. At this point the very frustrated and upset John told Sam ”you didn't this of even trying to stop it?!" And now after all the backlash John has had the video edited to cutout all the scenes that show his lack of character. A really man would one never put others in harms way, would never blam other for a general accident, and most importantly not try to hide his mistakes and cover up how much of a complete butt hole he was. You had the chance to make a response video, you had the chance to make it right by your viewer, but you dropped the ball. Funny thing is i hadn't watch many of your videos in a while just because the whole "doing tiktok trends" wasnt my thing, but i gave this one a shot since ot looked interesting and this is what i come back to. Im glad that the only thing hurt in the video was your pride. Maybe it'll humble you enought to change the way your treat your staff, because from the looks of it you dont treat them with much respect. Maybe you weren't raised right or you just forgot what your mama taught you, but where im from I was always told to treat other the way that I wanted to be treated.

Stitch it! Also, you owe Sam a public apology. Ain't no way he could catch that ,he's a tiny dude, might have been seriously injured if he would have attempted to get in the way of that huge piece

Glad to see the respect for workplace safety in the comments, big agree on what most everyone is saying. Heat of the moment stuff gets said, do hope for a proper apology. I'd assume that's already been done. But an onscreen recap and correction goes a long way for a community not in the loop of everything real time. Regarding the fix to the project, I like the resin option.

First time and last time I watch one of your vids...wow...

Especially after he JUMPED OFF A LADDER ONTO HIS KNEES TO CATCH A BEAM Jesus man you gotta check yourself

Ok, I'm not a woodworker, but that's a multi hundred pound slab of wood that you wanted Skinny Sam to get infront of John. Which would you rather have, a broken table, or an injured worker and a worker's comp case?

i could watch only 10 minutes, then i had to stop because of the insane amount of cuts per minute. it feels chaotic

Getting out of the way of that falling slab was the best move! Safety first! You can fix or replace products. Now the possible resulting injury, medical bills, lost time from work, recovery, any investigations, fines (OSHA or similar if you fall into that category), all add up to be a lot more expensive than redoing or modifying the project. Who knows, if Sam did try to catch it and it still broke, that adds even more salt to the wound.

Pour it and promote Sam for doing the right thing! Give him a raise cuz he just saved you a boat load of money from an injury.

Pour it over words that say "Sorry Sam" to remind you that you need to treat Sam better and that you were the one making a mistake

Man I’m glad I’m not alone with how he’s coming across in this video. He seems like a complete jerk and this showed how he is when the cameras off. Sucks but I can’t watch this guy again without a public apology

If he treats his employees like that in footage he approves to be uploaded, imagine the way he treats them behind the scenes when he knows his behavior won’t be shown to the public. I haven’t seen the video before the edits, but the comments did a good job of describing what happened.

If the next video isn’t a public apology to Sam, this will be the last video I watch on this channel.

You can just tell you’ll have to walk on egg shells around John when he’s stressed I couldn’t work with him

Glad I’m not the only one that thought John looked real bad in this video. Like he’s been frustrated before but this was straight up demeaning to his staff.

Pour it!!! Imagine if John was standing up there and something went wrong with the tracksaw and lost an arm. I guess he cares more about the desk more than anybody's safety including his own.

I jumped for my phone to comment on this after watching it on my TV… an apology is badly needed to Sam!!

John gets a gun pointed at him. John: “Sam, you didn’t even think about stepping in front of the gun?”

I've had incidents like this happen in my shop, and A) it's always due to poor planning and preparation, and B) I'll check to make sure my cats are okay, not to mention other humans.

First and last video I'll ever see from this channel. For the entire comment section to be about how badly you treated someone, and for you to then edit the video without a hint of an apology, is atrocious behaviour. This is what "Do not recommend this channel" was invented for.

John, you're a very talented, accomplished woodworker However, as a manager you have a lot to learn.

Pour it! Kudos on Sam for not getting splattered across the shop floor. Ya'll best be buying that lad a beer or 3 for keeping OSHA out of the picture. Take care & stay safe ya'll.

Wood will not stretch but it will compress. Go look at Engels Coach Shop where he bends wagon bows, his set up prevents stretching by forcing compression. You could double cut your seams with a one or two degree off set that small taper would make a big difference.

This workplace is so toxic, lmao. It's so fun to watch.

I am a lot bigger than Sam, and there is NO way in fucking hell that I would have tried to catch that big ass slab falling. Not a good reaction to blame him for showing intelligence.

pour it, stiching looks like "correcting a mistake" pouring looks like "we designed it like this"

POUR IT! I love the idea of stitching, keeping the look you started with, but the epoxy showing the break just sounds cool, and a great/sad story to tell.

I wouldn't cry over it. It broke mainly because it wasn't glued well. You can see after it broke that the glue wasn't seeping into the cuts. This needed penetrating epoxy. It should've been glued up before being clamped if using thick wood glue.

Working for John has to be like working for a toddler who gets angry when stuff is stressful haha

John is the type of boss you don't want. Trying things for the first time you should always have a plan. When the boss doesn't fully explain the plan in his head and just expects everyone to read his mind and execute his secret plan perfectly, you have the wrong boss. I can't stand employers not emotionally mature enough to accept responsibility for failure. The boss should never pass failure onto the people working under their direction. This is not the first time, this video just highlighted johns inability to lead.

Pour it, then gift it to Sam as a peace offering for being such a dick to him. Then treat your employees better afterward.

He worked the whole project as if it was core steel... Have you seen trees fall?

He did the right thing jumping out of the way. It’s just a piece of wood, not worth getting injured over. I have seen and heard about similar accidents where a worker tried to stop something heavy from falling and in every case that person got hurt.