The smallish furniture manufacturer in my town uses metal benches that have holes like that, and I saw them used them similarly like in the video, but the holes were a bit wider. They make doors, cabinets and other stuff. I told my neighbor after my trip to the place, since he was a woodworker and he had taught me some of the basic when I was young. A year later he had made his own in wood. He was really pleased. This was back in the 90s btw.

to avoid routing slots into the black table top, if you were not using it as a permanent outfeed table, you could lower the black top and add flat sheet the thickness of the height difference that sits between the two mitre tracks and have locating pegs on that sheet that allow it to stay in position. If needed could add two more sheets on the outer edges if the one in the middle was not enough.

yeah i know i've been lied to for years... thats why she doesn't live here anymore.

This is slowly becoming a publicity channel as it really feels like I am watching publicity with a bit of video in between and not the other way around :/.

Cordless tools I've largely standardized on Makita. Just because it was the first drill i acquired. I do like Bosch for jig saws because that was the first quality corded tool i ever bought. I have a Skil branded circular saw from sometime before the dawn of time. My benchtop belt sander is from harbor freight. Works ok. I use a cheap Wen dust collector which works pretty well. I guess I'm pretty tool agnostic, not counting battery powered stuff.

Thanks, I enjoyed watching the video, I made the same mistake with the double thickness top but I just bought 2 out of birch ply, ready made, for significantly less than the jig to make them costs!

I'm sorry, but you seriously underestimate the danger of cutting these materials without adequate protection from dust. You have a responsibility to ensure that your viewers do not inadvertantly think it's OK to work with mdf and PIR? like this. You take the trouble to explain the dangers of contact adhesive so why not mdf?

Maybe the ogee is a bit old fashioned, but i don't get the hate. I like it. But then, I'm somewhat old fashioned...

My plan is to skip buying a table saw and start, with my first saw cuts with handsaws and jig saw. The next thing that I will by is going to be a large band saw.

Why not have the holes CNC milled? Nothing can be more precise than that. it's just a single trip to the CNC shop

Community. First time watcher, 2nd video. Loved your work top build! Great stuff.

Sorry, I only made it to 10:30 into this video and have a question. Why did you spend the time and effort on a knot hole that would have been cut off if you simply turned the piece 180 degrees to cut it down to fit into your planer?

Who uses T track on a work bench. Sorry i haven't been lied to. Few dogholes and hold fasts are the way to go for decades.

dont worry, i used to believe everything, now i dont believe anything so why should i believe you?

complains of tracks pulling out. Uses MDF as replacment! Flawless

Butter…I do appreciate your precision and craftsmanship, but I do find you quite condescending. No ill intent, it just seems you’re talking to kindergartners and your use of “stuff” and “thingy” are clearly disingenuous. You know exactly what you’re talking about, so using terms like those are just an effort to seem naive and relate to the novices watching you. I hope you take this as “constructive criticism”. Hood you can tone those things down, it might do you some good in the long run. Regards.

You made a box…congrats. Jk

that's not a 2000 chess board though it is beautiful

Great job!!!

Uh-oh I know that your router take a dip at the end of that dovetail pass did it put a little ding at the bottom of your dovetail at the end

So this is a how to make something, but don't do it the way I just showed you video?

I saw the Shaper shirt but where was the Shaper Origin?? 😂😂

You need to use a mask and extractor when cutting MDF buddy

hey. great video. I dunno if you are getting paid by bridge city, but their products are stupidly high priced, gimmicky, and arguably trash. I really feel bad for people, like myself, that accidently bought their stuff because of KZbinrs hocking it as good. lie nielsen is the gold standard, and even they aren't as pricey, and they use iron, not aluminum.

You petty much just made a wooden welding jig table

Butter

A drink for every super. Might take two bottles. LOL

People need to learn the glories of saw horses.

Solid wood from laminated 2x4s, 13" wide with a 12" tool well, metal wood stop built in, face vise on one side. to hold down flat pieces I use a clamped stop and a hinged piece of wood that when flatted puts a great hold on the edge of wood held buy the metal stop. No holes, no tracks.

Something I figured out when I was building an assembly table is to check your nearest Habitat for Humanity ReStore (assuming you have one near you). They almost always have Formica (or its equivalent), for dirt cheap as long as you're not super picky about the color.

Formica is bad for a countertop but elsewhere it's brilliant. My uncle made us a formica clad kitchen ~30 years ago and it all looks like new, even the curved surfaces and corners.

when doing the top cover piece use lathes of wood to seperate the laminate and MDF instead of the "Betsie " cramps much easier to with draw

Formica is not 'plastic'. It's a compressed paper/resin laminate.

Right, cuz glue and epoxy won’t mess up your fancy new bench top? I think you haven’t defined the problem which seems to be not protecting the bench top from your general sloppiness. Yes, using a little forethought before you slop glue and resin everywhere. I’ve had dog holes on my work bench, and 1/4” MDF screwed to 3/4” ply for over 20 years in case I ever need to replace the MDF. There are valid reasons old timers kept work benches simple and clean, and they included dog holes. Love that you’ve managed to get yourself LOTS of advertisers. lol

Edam.

Facebook/Meta/Instagram sucks period.

That's why I tell my tech clients to never base their business on any one platform, especially Facebook, Instagram or KZbin. Build on your own domain/website and see those platforms as marketing vehicles only. Sorry, that happened to you.

Maybe if you used the dog hole reamer in conjunction with the first jig for the dog holes, your experience with that jig would have been better. Knowing that, was your rant justified ????

Instead of hard wood edging, an alternative is to just create a frame using 4040 aluminum. The 4040 aluminum already has the channel for the clamps, similar to the Festool MFT. 4040 aluminum is also not that expensive.

Just use your festool track saw to cut the Formica, way easier and clean instead of scoring.

down with metric.traitor! lol

I keep getting distracted from your ads and promotions and calls to action by the little bit of content you left in there.

Having worked in a wood shop for 12 years, I have some experience working with MDF. All of the holes that you have in your tabletop need to be sealed to prevent them from absorbing moisture and swelling. Hopefully, you don't bring a drink into the shop set it down on the tabletop, and spill it, sending all of that liquid into those dog holes. We used wood glue and a little bit of water to seal up the exposed/worked-on parts of the MDF to prevent that from happening.

You’re going to live aa very short life by not wearing some type of lung protection. Not to mention cutting MDF that way is completely reckless!

So, what's the deal? Are you canadian, or "a very deeply closeted homosexual?" - Norm Macdonald KG? Sensible measurement? Really?! Explain yourself, good sir!

BUTTER...Great fun watching and nice work.

You're really worried about a little excess contact cement on a workbench!? Lmao! Are you one of those teenage girls that wants a big lifted Jeep just to never take it off road?

_The fact that you couldn't fix a facebook account issue despite _*_two years_*_ of trying, speaks volumes about the cesspool that is Meta and their (lack of) customer support. They don't deserve your dollars_

I bought that pencil. Its amazing. Wish i had it long ago.

Pleae.wear a mask when working around MDF sawdust. That stuff is nasty, ptobably because of the adhesives used.