Still one of the OG’s of the KZfaq woodworking community… no domino no walnut no epoxy just well built functional furniture. Thank you for continuing to share your work!

Make the middle drawer the odd one - asymmetry is the new symmetry!! :) Love the use of every single scrap!

That "Oh, Mother Hubbard!" look at the end, when he sees the veneer. I felt that.

I love how you use reclaimed wood. Saves money on material costs and helps keep dumped pieces out of landfills! Resourcefulness ftw!

I love that you still leave mistakes in your videos after all this time. I always think "If it can happen to Matias too, and he over came it, so can I".

I have been watching your channel for years and I have to say the way you leave your mistakes in is awesome thanks for your realism "" everybody screws up once in a while ""

I'm a cabinet maker who started at the trade 40 years ago. One of my problems is trying to make everything perfect. Well we all mess up. I really like how Matthias doesn't let a mess up slow him down. Just roll with it.

I really appreciate your creativity, and down to earth approach. Also, It was very comforting to see someone making the same type of mistakes that happen to me all the time.

🤣 i love the ending. If I'd have made it I would have done the opposite and messed up 4 of the 5 drawers. PS- loved the mahogany knot hole plug 💕👍

I love the box joint. Such a genuine and utilitarian joint - no frills, no pretending to be something else. Your through tenon box joint is a new one, though. Great build, I enjoyed this.

Using dark wood to keep knot symmetry, then ruining it by gluing one veneer backwards. Haha. Love the video.

Aleksy said he couldn't get automatic translation to work for this video so I typed up an abridged version of the audio for him. Please feel free to edit and hopefully this helps someone else too. 0:15 an old table was outside and planing the surface should make it look good. 0:40 the length of the wood is just right for drawer sides. 0:44 the wood is from resawed 2x6 1:05 resawing 1:10 he accidentally resawed unequally. 1:27 gluing drawer fronts to get the height he wants. 1:44 cutting box joints in the back corners of the side pieces. 2:08 he shows where he wants the drawer fronts attached. 2:25 instead of making it a long cut, he decides mortice and tenons are more desirable because it will lose less strength. 2:40 he describes the spacing that he wants to use instead of the box joint spacing. 2:45 he isn't used to making tenons with the different spacing so he made a rough set of markings to help him keep count. 3:24 he comments that he was so worried about cutting accurately for the spacing of the tenons that he accidentally cut them 1/4" (6mm) too deep. 3:57 he says he has a count for his slot morticer. 4:15 he says if he had to use hand tools to make this he would avoid the knot in the wood, but his tool makes it easy. 4:44 his work was too precise for wood so he uses the sander to thin the tenons. 5:03 he points out that he was slightly off on one tenon. 5:17 he says logically the way to glue the joint is up but he doesn't want glue dripping in the drawer, so he lays it on the table to glue it. 5:30 he shows this to make idiots mad 5:40 he marks R to show that side is of the wood is the referenced side from the box joint jig and morticer. 6:26 he adds a lip to make it the low point, the spacing allows the bottom of the drawer to sag a little and not cause interference with the drawer below it. 6:40 he ran out of plywood so he glues some pieces together. 6:51 he wants veneers (wood covers to make the front look better) he hopes to get 5. approximately 1/8" (3mm) thick. 7:10 he joints the wood after he cuts a veneer. 7:20 he got all 5 veneers, but the knot in the wood is getting worse. 7:35 he uses a piece of carpet to help the glue make a better bond between the veneer and drawer front. 7:50 he can only glue up one at a time, but it's okay he has other things to do while he waits. 8:00 he says that a lot of people are sponsored by Total Boat® epoxy, but he prefers to use the old technique of gluing in a plug. 8:24 he shows his 5 drawers and says that with these drawers he knows the size of cabinet he will make to fit them. 8:30 he knows he accidentally put a veneer on backwards and his next video will be building the cabinet.

One of the reasons you are one of my favorite content creators is because you show your goofs.

Yet again you remind me that mistakes happen. Even to an experienced craftsman. Thank you for letting us peek over your shoulder. You've taught me a lot!

I love seeing the raw and real mistakes, and learning from your adaptations. It really helps me, as a perfectionist, to see that just getting something built and done is better than not building something because you don't have what you need to build it. I love seeing you use reclaimed wood and figuring out what will work. I did have to chuckle thought about that top dresser veneer having the knot on the opposite side. I guess it just gives it more character. I bet the dresser will work well for more years than your kids will be in your home. I love your work and videos. Thanks for sharing.

Drawers first is something i've never done and it always bites me in the butt! Great video thanks Matthias!

Love the mistakes are included, this is the best bit, how to adapt etc

Always appreciate that you're doing 'common man' carpentry. Sure, those live-edge-epoxy-floating-burl-godknowswhatelse tables are fancy to look at, but nothing beats practical applications of carpentry.

It’s a pleasure to watch you work, using more at less scrap material and using so many tools that you’ve made yourself. It’s also reassuring to see that you make mistakes too, just not as many as I would have made.

Sir, I have learned so much from you over the years, thank you so much for all the hard work and dedication to the craft. You are truly a woodworking master.

Natthias' KZfaq must be quite profitable but he is still trying to save lumber by reclaiming and even cutting trees from his yard. respect!

Holy moly! I've never seen jigs like this before. This is like an engineer feel in love with woodworking.

Matthais, you made me laugh with that last drawer where you glued the veneer on backwards. That would drives me nuts lol

That was nice to see multiple mistakes in one project, it really shows what woodworking feels.

It's good to be reminded of our human frailty. You''re among the few public woodworkers who don't hide their defects or their miscalculations.

Drawers turned out great! I like how you filled the knots on the veneers.

Hello Matthias, for 7:40 you can use a convex piece of hard wood as a clamping help. About 1mm of a bow will be enough depending on dimension of that wood of course. That way you only need one clamp on each end. Kind regards Another Matthias

Nice video. I like the fact that you show your mistakes as well. Good work

That backwards veneer would trigger my OCD every time I saw it. LOL Love how these turned out otherwise. I'm certain when it's all finished it's going to look fantastic. Looking forward to part 2.

run that top draw back through the bandsaw then glue it back, think he's winding as well at!! lol good work once again.

I appreciate the 'process' details like the R for reference.

Very Nice!!!! Thanks For Showing Us A Different Way To Plug Holes!!!!!!👍😎

WOAH! your joints are the same ones I used on my most recent drawer project too! I feel so cool!

Love the warts and all approach.

always appreciate you leaving in the mistakes/problems and their fixes.

I really admire that you owned mistakes and said how you adapted the design, that's a really good skill to reinforce! Mistakes happen, the difference between a rookie and a pro is how you plan for them and deal with them

Set up in my garage. Sure comes in handy. Works great

i love how you called out those trendy woodworker youtubers that just use drums of resin/epoxy and call it a day lol

I think you could easily add a mechanical counter to your jig, similar to a car's odometer!! Might be a nice project for the channel too.

I'm always amazed at how you recycle

Great job! It's not a mistake it's Artistic license to add character to the piece.

I love you value wood unlike other youtubers who uses sheets and sheets of cabinet plywood to build tool drawers.

I'm digging the sheet good trick! More that once I could have used that idea. Also, I usually don't bother with the comments but I wanted to see if there were going to be any trolls. LOL!

I'm happy to see you making mistakes. I don't feel so bad about my own. Many of my projects have changed during assembly due to cutting errors.

You sir, are a woodworking buccaneer - in a very good way.

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Sometimes it inspires us to renew our own crafts.

That's actually quite wholesome to see someone making mistakes :) Happy little accidents happen to the best of us :)

A proper patch job, very good point about epoxy over use!

That old table wood looked really nice. Those not in the business might think that if wood is grey its bad, but that's not true. It's only the surface that has gone grey and the inside is still pristine. Unless its been out for a long time without shelter.

Since the bottom is the weakest part of a drawer and bears the most load, I make my drawer bottoms out of 1/2" Baltic birch then set the drawer walls atop the bottom. I mount the slides to the bottom.

Your mistakes just make me happy to know even those with experience, wisdom and amazing tools can still drop the ball. Im getting there, maybe one day I'll just drop one ball and not a dozen! Great video and maybe total boat will come by and hook you up

The plywood seemed to be advertising some sort of "Lifetime War". Oooh, ominous.

I'm glad to see that even someone as skilled as M.W. makes mistake sometimes. It gives me a hope that one day I might finish a project with just moderate amount of screw-ups.

Excellent illustration of a craftsman. Thank you

Beautiful work, Matthias! Nicely done! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

😁 You created some challenges for yourself in this video. (mistakes) Though, we still see tough and practical furniture in the end. Or we will see the end result soon. Thanks Matthias.

Fill plug looks great, nice work👍

This is one of the best KZfaq channels

Haha, I love the mistakes. Thanks for showing them! Nice drawers, btw.

Hi Matthias. We have a saying in Greece that those small mistakes or defects protect you from getting jinxed. It is a way of silver lining this kind of mistakes I suppose. I always enjoy your videos and I have picked up a few tips and tricks. Thank you so much.

Nice project with reclaimed wood! The small mishaps just add character :-)

Matthias Wandel ................The Gyro Gearloose of Woodworking Love it !!

Thanks for the info, Matthias. At least gluing another piece to the two boards made them a bit stronger. Of course we all make mistakes, but I can't build anything without making more mistakes than ever. It's weird. 5: 15, but we can see you're not laying flat on your workbench to do the gluing, you're standing on the floor (°__,°)

Great looking drawers!

6:05 -- Lifetime War!! But seriously, good project! I like projects that are not only nice looking, but useful and see daily use! I wish I had some of your machines ... and yes, I know I can build some of them, but no, I'm not going to. Just as I hate spending money on tools that will only get used once every 3 years, I'd hate spending hours and hours on building those tools that I love, but probably don't need. Yeah, I'm looking at you, dovetail jig covered in dust.

your projects are always interesting

You're going to have to remake the other 4 drawers to make the knots line up.

Great re-use, inspiring work!

love your work

100 years from now, when your grandkids' kids ask why the dresser has such interesting "character", they can just watch the video🙂

I will not sleep well until I know and seen you fixed that knot position.

I usually build "quarter/quarter/quarter" drawers, and they're very strong and have served me well. Next time, I may forego the rabbets and just shoot a few 1/4" dowels into each joint.

You forgot to say oops when you showed the finished drawers. But what the heck, it adds character and uniqueness to the piece!

I made a set of 7 - 12” wide by 2 3/4” tall Knick-knack drawers to run side-by-side under a set of wall cabinets. The idea was to cut all the fronts from one piece of figured oak so you could follow grain lines from drawer to drawer. Looks like I’m not the only one that glues wood on backwards.

It gives me hope that you, too, make simple mistakes. TY. The person who suggested putting the odd ball one in the middle is spot on! Best compromise.

All those jigs really awesome

I like your style, what more can i say. Now i get your thumbnail😁

Hi, nice feeling for me when even experts make mistakes HaHa. Also good that you allow us to see them, many thanks from Nr Liverpool UK.

enjoyed this. Looking forward to the next video where you put together entire bedroom set from reconstituted sawdust.😂 Also, some form of distance counter or adjustable indicator would be a wonderful addition to that jig.

That was a cool way to handle the knot. I hope you don't mind if i copy it. Thanks

Even genius can sometimes make mistakes. The wrong knot was funny😂

Oh damn, that backwards veneer!

The one knot will drive certain ocd people nuts, but I love it even if it was an accident. Thrifty with a purpose

If it was me, I would end up making a cabinet for four drawers or redo the last drawer so that the veneer match. I really appreciate that you choose to reuse materials when possible/available instead of buying new.

A router template bushing is great for dealing with knots. You could replace that last knot with lighter coloured wood to soften the error. Such replacements don't have to be circular, and the fit is fantastic.

This feels like one of those days where nothing goes right.

I think it gives the whole frontside a nice look with the one verneer glued the other way - so not an mistake but style!

Excellent! I wish I would be younger and could apprentice to you.

Great work mr Mathias. May I suggest, maybe its possible to remove the bottom of the drawer and with a little bit of work turn the drawer around and fit the plywood on the opposite side.

Everyone makes errors......you're an awesome craftsman though. I'm amazed at the things you create and bring together..... There's "new wood" a few thou under the old stuff.......

I love how you show all the mistakes.. that makes me feel much less bad about myself.

I am proud of myself because I do most of the mistakes you do! Always rushing things to get back inside to be with the kids 😂😂😂

no problem for the last drawer, it will make it much more interesting to look at

A potential option for the "veneer mistake" at the end would be to make that be the top drawer, flip it upside down, put a new bottom on, and have it be a non-moving drawer; instead have the top of the cabinet hinge open.

I laughed before you mentioned the problem at the end😂

Truly a thing of beauty!

So you can vary the order of those drawers to get some additional aspect of design in there with one knot not lined up with the other 4.

You could have a strip of paper or something with lines at various common finger intervals and put on your box joint jig. More permanent version of the tape you did. I envision something Kinda like a cross between a engineers ruler and the slow motion camera ruler gauge mythbusters used to determine the speed of an object.

Brilliant...why have you not got a tv channel yet ?

I feel for you with that last veneer. Happens to the best of us!