Nice work! Looking forward to more builds from you.

I'm on the team 'Hear the sound of the tool' is a better option for background music to me, and it fills in the moments where I'm not running my mouth. 😅 I love the drawer front. I'm a fan of adding texture to pieces, but I haven't done it yet technically 😅Really want to do this sometime in the future. awsome work!

Hey man, great project super aspirational to follow an ishitani design as a learning piece. Kudos on tackling it. If you want a great teacher for hand tool techniques you HAVE to check out Paul Sellers. The guy has been professionally building and selling furniture with hand tools for decades and teaching other folks how to do it as well. Here's one of his videos on mortise and tenons there are a few others he's posted on KZfaq as well you can check out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6ifl92euq3YlKs.htmlsi=LknF_1UmcsKcNJv3

I like that you left in the footage of starting the tablesaw and having that piece jump at you. It’s a nice subtle reminder for me to just be more aware in my shop.

I’ve been woodworking for well over 45 years and, in that time, I have made every mistake possible…many times. One of the things that appeals to me more and more is simplicity. That doesn’t mean inaccuracy or weakness, it means that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. If you like brass tacks in the drawer, then great; just don’t assume that more input work means a better piece. There are many ways these days (with the quality of our adhesives) to make really strong drawers. When dovetails evolved, you had to have a mechanical joint because the chemical joint (glues) were unreliable. Dovetails are no longer necessary - you may like their look but they are not the sign of the strongest drawer. I find that so many people cut them because they can as a kind of ego sign to other woodworkers. We seem to be developing woodwork as a high barrier entry hobby. It can’t be good unless it’s got a dovetail or it can’t be good if you dont have a lot of expensive machinery. Rubbish, with modern day materials, it’s never been easier to build something and then, if you get the bug, treat like any other hobby - enjoy it. Because of age and health, my body won’t allow me to do much physical work. Therefore, I use machinery to do all the rough work and I just do the finishing work by hand - final plane, cut, sand or whatever. I have tried to eliminate hand work where machinery does a better job. If you feel the same but don’t have the machinery; no worries; you can buy good quality timber ready cut and machined. Like it, then do more processes yourself.

You really got down to the brass tacks on this one! The drawer face is definitely my favorite part

I enjoyed your video very much. I didn’t miss the audio in the beginning. Your explanation of what you were doing and why you were doing it is why I watch these videos.

I actually love the drawer front. I’m a huge fan of putting some kind of texture into my pieces. 👍

The royal writing desk 🤌. Very nice Brett!

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Awesome work !

This is fantastic! Thank you for recommending this to me. Subscribed for future videos! Thank you again!

Hi! What type of wood do you use? And where do you source the product? I would like to start these types of progress but clueless of what materials to use. If you have a video explaining this in detail that would be awesome too!!

Hey be carefull with those tall cuts using the stock fence!

I think tour content is very good and you should keep working in it

What an awesome video.

From what you showed that was a beautiful table.

the pins you put in will slowly compress over time and loosen. the harder and more rigid the wood and the joint, the less off an issue that will be. wood compresses along its length fairly easily. anyone who has done a captive nut joint can attest to that. have to keep tightening the bolt every few months for a couple years until there is no more compression left in the wood. a technique used historically on knockdown furniture that has lasted would be a tusked tennon or a draw bored peg oint. they work on the same principle. the hole in the tenon should be offset by around 1/16" from the hole in the moritise for most hardwoods. you can leave draw bored pegs long to knock them back out like a tusked tennon or cut them flush to make them permanent. for through mortises, i was trained to cut in from both sides when possible. that cancels out error and makes them meet at the strongest point, the middle of the board. also start your chisel further from the edge of your mortise and work your way back in a few passes if you want to avoid edge compression/bruising when the mortise will be visible. i was trained to go half the distance in each pass until there is 1/32" left and take that last bit in the final pass. use a block clamped against the line if you need to or it is very visible. that and a sharp chisel will give you a super clean mortise.

for cutting boards vertically, take a look at a tenon jig for the tablesaw. it rides along the fence and secures the piece. better accuracy and you pretty much can't kickback. i had a classmate go to the ER in highschool doing the same cut you were doing for the bridle joint. kicked the board back and broke several fingers, his collar bone and chipped his teeth pretty bad. happens in an instant, no time to react. i am enjoying your channel so far. i hope you have long term success and make it with all your bits in tact!

Absolutely loving your videos I have binge watched them all over the last few days, they are very easy to watch and it’s nice to watch someone achieving quality product with simple machines that the common DIYer has and not a work shop full 1000s dollars of kit that is unachievable for a DIYer Keep up the great work well worth the sub 👍🏼

Very nice table. I am not even near the level of attempting the joinery you did in this!

Congrats on pushing yourself! I've had a router, table and bits waiting on me for 3 years. This needs to be the summer I get started.

Looks great, I love the mortise and tenon usage

Subbed! I thoroughly enjoyed the flow of this build video 🎉 I, too, am a huge fan of Ishitani (Kobeomsuk is another great for this type of WW) and I think your results would make him feel like a proud teacher. I celebrate your decision to make woodworking a more full time part of your life. I hope it's everything you want and more! Looking forward to seeing how far you go!

Praying for you fingers 20 min straight. Very inspirational and good job!

Love it

😅great videos but way to much taking.

Love it. Way to stick with it through the struggles. I think any of us that works in it, can agree that corporate life is the death of the soul. Happy you made the switch. Life is short, enjoy it.

I really dislike that you have Ishitani's table in your thumbnail. Nothing wrong with being inspired by furniture you see and doing your take on it, but that thumbnail is dishonest

Looks great!

Great work, good luck!

As someone seriously considering a similar move, i appreciate both the actual build and commentary.

another copy from other yuotuber a compilation video be like 😂

loved it, great stuff

Found you today, fantastic!

Very impressive Brett! Papaw definitely is living on through you! Look forward to the future videos as I’m sure they will be just as impressive as this one!! 💪🏻👊🏻

Great work-mistakes 'n all! Looking forward to more videos from you.

Final table looked great - could do with some more shots of the finish project so we can admire it more. Well shot video and very clear narration - great stuff. I do have a note though - your table saw usage did make me wince though I’m a bit of a wuss but I feared for your fingers on the bridle joint cut. Also far safer when cutting the tenon to lower the blade so it’s only a bit above the piece you are cutting - I think it was still high from the bridle joint cut.

As the older brother referenced in this video, I'm super proud of you and glad you have learned from my many mistakes. 😉

Hope you enjoyed the video and you learned a new skill or two!

Thanks, a nice video and gives me a solution to the chicken and egg problem of how you make a flat assembly table when you don't have a flat surface to work on. Two questions are going through my mind Firstly, could you have managed to get the laminated top that flat if you didn't already have a super flat torsion box assembly table to lay it down on for gluing? And secondly, how flat will the two of them be in a year and the material has had a chance to move?

Excellent work!

I had a comment the other day on one of my videos about making a holder on my wall for a speed square. He said I could have just used a nail. While he is correct, I don't just want my stuff nailed to the wall. My shop is my getaway and it should it should help me relax not give me anxiety about the state its in. Great Video. New Subscriber!

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Good Job! This motivates me to go into my shop and finally finish my tool organization 😅 Have you considered placing magnets into the till behind your hand planes? I would feel safer if I knew that the planes wouldn't fall out with every little bump.

thats an impressively long Johnson level

I like it , great job.

I like the separate brush holder. That's ballsy.

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, I really like your style of teaching.