Making A Cat Sofa (or Small Dog Sofa!)

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video I design and build a mid century modern style cat sofa, although it could be used by small dogs or perhaps other pets (ferrets maybe?). These make for a great cat bed or dog bed for your furry friends!
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@thecadaver 4 жыл бұрын

I think Dylan's got a nicer set of furniture than I do! Wouldn't mind a human sized one of these for sure.

@p4ult1 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, more Dylan content. Almost at 100k fella 👍🏻

@anders644 3 жыл бұрын

I have always loved cats keep making cat furniture!

@debmacie1612 4 жыл бұрын

I did enjoy the video! My cats watch with me, and are now looking at me like I should be building them furniture. I think I may have to start watching your channel when they are asleep. LOL

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@enabledworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

that is one pampered cat!

@theopiner402 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when your patron supporter credits was a lot shorter! You have come a long way since your shed build, Keith, which is when I started watching your videos. You are one of the few on KZfaq that still has traditional build videos.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

thank you! What's interesting is that build views don't seem to perform so well, so I can understand why a lot of makers move away from them!

@niva8043 4 жыл бұрын

Dylan seems to enjoy the sofa 😺

@TheCarpentersDaughterUK 4 жыл бұрын

What a fun and cute project!! Tempted to make something like this for Hans 😍

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see that 👍👍👍

@shanekneeshaw3483 4 жыл бұрын

Those clamping skills ❤️

@user-oy4gf6ck5u 4 жыл бұрын

If Dylan approves then it is accepted . He is enjoying his sleep . I love the pattern of the sofa and i appreciate very much that you show two ways for those that they dont have the specific power tools . Great job as always , i didn t expect something less from you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

thank you!

4 жыл бұрын

Idea for a cat. good job. congratulations....

@twwanderer 4 жыл бұрын

Nice subtle plug for your shoutout on the Measuring Up Podcast!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

😂 👍

@kevin-the-carrot 4 жыл бұрын

Not only do i like your products but also your honesty when filming making mistakes and how you overcome them.We all make mistakes im sure.The workshop is looking great and you must be well chuffed in how the move and workshop upgrade has worked out.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

thanks! Yeah I'm so happy, the new workshop is a dream come true

@00nerd4 4 жыл бұрын

I just noticed while scrolling down to read the top comments that you almost have 100k subscribers :O I remember subscribing myself back when you had less than 15k, you're doing something right!

@AlMoxtar 4 жыл бұрын

Dylan: I'm not just a pretty face you know also Dylan: Gurl I'm serving you body, I'm serving you side eye, I'm serving you fluff fluff fluff across the board!

@David-xu3yk 4 жыл бұрын

Shantay, you stay

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@Badgerworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Looks great. I hope they sell quickly

@animationcreations42 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can make a miniature foot stool to go along with it!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I love that idea !

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Matt me too 🙂

@Badgerworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

@@animationcreations42 haha

@k.m.3286 3 жыл бұрын

Omg soooo cute

@LadyGecko 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I enjoyed the video very much. Thank you.

@lissajousmake 4 жыл бұрын

Really Nice!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

@robinaveling5956 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith! A good "bedtime story"...😉

@enabledworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Spider: stop filming me!

@ALEXAWRIGHT 4 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Love your channel.

@rickfletcher8389 4 жыл бұрын

You are assuming that Dylan is going to use the bed! Knowing cats, he will look at it and decide that your bed is much more comfortable...

@karlpopewoodcraft 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you getting to make some more enjoyable projects for yourself. They look really nice Keith. Regards Karl

@GrumpysWorkshop4 4 жыл бұрын

Nice looking cat bed

@PhillWyattProjects 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video 👍

@patmash 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea. My cat was jealous what this video with me lol. One of my next projects. Thanks for the idea.

@KellyEUTAH 4 жыл бұрын

That is an awesome bed. But TBH, I liked the video straight away based on the thumbnail. 😂

@nathalie5064 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work ^^

@hugokillian-dawson591 4 жыл бұрын

Almost at 100k!! After that I recon it Chanel is gonna grow way faster. Nice job man💪💪

@ourfloridagarden4191 4 жыл бұрын

Dylan loves it.

@garagemonkeysan 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Dylan must be the happiest cat in the world! Mahalo for sharing. : )

@Bill.L.Carroll 4 жыл бұрын

He looks pretty happy with the sofa/bed. Your upholstering is not to shabby at all mate! 👌🏽 Nice work. 👍🏽

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Bill!

@barryroberts6470 4 жыл бұрын

Great build Keith and i'm sure Dylan would agree as well ha ha ha. Barry (Wirral, ENG)

@sithlordst32 4 жыл бұрын

For someone who has only a table saw, could use it to make splines to reinforce the joints. As for me, I have 4 cats, 6 chihuahuas 1 large dog and 1 Chinese silky chicken soooo.... I guess I would need to make 12? Brilliant idea and maybe a good Xmas gift for a pet lover. Cheers!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

thanks, and thanks again for your roller blind idea :-)

@pauls8366 4 жыл бұрын

Making a Cat Sofa, what an insane idea. Gotta subscribe, I love Cats (animals) and have to build a cat sofa too, well, 3 of them, 1 for each Cat I have. Thanks for the idea.

@awantamta 4 жыл бұрын

You really do look after your cat !

@Simon_W74 4 жыл бұрын

Good to see you using the Domino you beat me too. still not found one that close or at that price.

@Cradley684 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job Keith, look's like the cat as claimed though , have a nice day !!!.

@krisfreyermuth935 4 жыл бұрын

Another method of joining the arms would be to cut slots and use a spline between them.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

great idea

@pmacedo6778 4 жыл бұрын

Lord Dylan... is enjoying...! Thank you...

@frankslittleworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Another great little project nicely done 😁👍. Nice safety tips (for the arm cuts), these tips are worth there weight in gold 👍. Nice to see Peter Millard is using your wax and it looks great on his latest project. Well done Keith, keep it up 😁👍

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

cheers Frank

@frankslittleworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

@@RagnBoneBrown 😁👍

@cnrart.claudiorodriguez9978 4 жыл бұрын

genial

@darrenpaulgreen 4 жыл бұрын

Great build Keith 👍. Looks like that sharpened butter knife caused some collateral damage to your hand though - ouch 😖!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I did that on a tape dispenser, it's always the least threatening tools that get me!

@ClevesBackyardWoodworking 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy these pet projects!

@donnadanielsen9411 2 жыл бұрын

All of these terminology and tools.. I’m just going to buy a cat sofa. This is too hard 😂

@jewdd1989 4 жыл бұрын

I love the angles and design however I’d prefer adding inset panels of the cushions rather than cover the entire ply frame. Just because the frame itself is clean lined and beautiful! Anyways great job and curious what you’d come up with using inset cushioned panels that are invaded by the ply or solid wood bed

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

that's a nice idea... I wish I'd have thought of that 👍

@jewdd1989 4 жыл бұрын

...well I thought of it but not sure I’d build it as clean lined and perfectly as you did lol! Seriously I reread this and smacked myself because it’s beautiful as it is!!! Pls don’t change it, I shared with my family and friends that are huge cat lovers and not one of them thought it needed a single change, it’s beautiful with the hints of wooden feet at the bottom (you’re well known for really cool feet) and I think what I love the most about your work, besides it’s clean lines, modern yet retro too, you reuse materials that are often over looked or tossed out and yet how you incorporate them into your work is not just recycling but it adds more character and to me a homey quality! The stripes are precious against your cats stripes, how fun is that! Btw my ppl love love your cat bed as well as I too

@SenselessUsername 4 жыл бұрын

You didn't show how to fix the cat to the sofa? Mine is just staring at it from across the room

@TheMrWoodsman 4 жыл бұрын

What did you do to your finger?

@wilbearworks 4 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the 'Makers Mark' brand from? Hope the cat is worthy?

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

eBay!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

eBay!

@wilbearworks 4 жыл бұрын

@@RagnBoneBrown Thank you.

@nickbrewster2994 4 жыл бұрын

What table saw do you use?

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, see my tools in description box

@chillyspoon 4 жыл бұрын

What length staples are you using to fix the fabric there Keith?

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I think they are 12mm👍

@chillyspoon 4 жыл бұрын

@@RagnBoneBrown thanks - I'm long overdue getting an air stapler and new cats beds for their highnesses are top of the list of uses!

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

@@chillyspoon the Clarke one I have is pretty good, finding staples that fit it isn't always easy but eBay is your friend :-)

@adammono1839 4 жыл бұрын

Did you cut your finger when cutting the foam by any chance?

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I cut it on a tape dispenser haha

@fallenslave6684 4 жыл бұрын

Humans are more valuable and important than animals. :)

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

Well I know who I'd rather spend my day with

@pteddie6965 4 жыл бұрын

Is that masking tape from "The Official Woodworkers Emergency Medicine Kit" on your finger?. Just curious, no criticism. I've used the same finger patch myself. It didn't please my mom, the nurse.... but it got the job done. Cool cat sofa, btw. I plan to make. That will make seven of your projects that I've done. Thanks.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

haha yes! thank you!

@Debelebekele Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Wordsnwood 4 жыл бұрын

Hands up everyone who rewound the video trying to figure out when/how Keith cut his finger!? :-) Seems like the bandage appeared around the 5:00 minute mark... I trust that was not from persuading your cat to lay on the bed! :-)

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I actually did it on a tape dispenser... It's always the least threatening tools that get me!

@Wordsnwood 4 жыл бұрын

When we let our guard slip...

@msglory2121 4 жыл бұрын

Im in love with you ♥️ and all your proyect

@David-xu3yk 4 жыл бұрын

❤DYLAN❤

@terrorfirma2764 4 жыл бұрын

Nice project Keith. I do hope Dylan is getting a percentage from the profits?

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

he gets paid in Dreamies

@doyle201206 4 жыл бұрын

Do you sell many of you projects?

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

they all sell eventually, some take longer than others

@Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn 4 жыл бұрын

You look like a proper youtube woodworker using a Festool ...lol

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

thanks, I think?! 😂

@gileslaycock-brown7603 4 жыл бұрын

looks amazing but i'm sure i'm not alone that once the Festool Domino comes out I turn off. For the average woodworker a biscuit jointer is expensive.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

That's why I showed a method for making it without the domino, I guess you missed that because you turned off. I worked hard to earn the money for the domino, so I'm not going to apologise for using it

@1959ticktock 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not innocent of this by any means, but... why do we insist on adding complex jointing (dominos here, plus your suggested screws) when the use is to support a very light animal. I am not suggesting we endanger animals by making unsafe sofas for them, but wood glue is stronger than the wood (usually), so straight glue joints should be enough to hold Dylan for ever.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

Wood glue on plywood end grain is not that strong and requires re-enforcement, especially as I could potentially be packaging and posting them somewhere else in the world 👍

@craigturner2756 4 жыл бұрын

How to make my cat actually use it... hmm

@krisfreyermuth935 4 жыл бұрын

Suggest sprinkling a little catnip on it.

@RagnBoneBrown 4 жыл бұрын

the best way I've found is to put an item of clothing you've been wearing on it, they like the scent. After a while once your scent is on it, remove it and hey presto! :-)