Great build and great video describing what you did and why. I've watched several videos about motorized DP tables, but yours is the only one that did a good description and critical parts links. For those who want to make their DP table more convenient to raise and lower, but don't have a 3D printer or soldering skills, I would recommend checking out a video from Woodsmith about a DP table they did. It doesn't have a motorized lift, but they made changes to the crank and column lock that makes them much more convenient to use, especially with a large DP table installed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZDGgpZ-gt9qi7csi=ygrfkZWepqKxGJZl

I used to be involved in British Standard tests in the uk using an Instron machine to test breaking points of building materials, I would design and build the jigs used ,I am not convinced that the way you supported the sample was correct . I believe you should hold the sample in a vice and put pressure down on the other half. This allows flexing over the whole distance of the sample. You broke its back along the glue line, and in turn put maximum stress along the join . either side of the join.

Merci pour ces vidéos, clairs et faciles à comprendre, je commence juste à faire un peu de sculpture sur bois et cherchais à m’acheter des bons couteaux de qualité, maintenant je crois que je vais plutôt essayer d’en fabriquer moi-même en suivant vos renseignements. Merci encore !😉

Hi, i made this tool rack a year ago after watching your video multiple times, thank you for teaching.

Why am I watching this?

You’ve put a lot of time and effort into this project, and I appreciate it. Thank you and God Bless all that you do.

Incredible

Got to do am end to side joint with glue today in the uk love this video

very interesting video on the progress of wheel technology. not sure what it has to do with the great pyramids at giza, as it's very well understood that the stones were quarried across the nile, floated to the build site on barges, and dragged on sleds up ramps to where they were set in place, all done by very well compensated tradespeople

How could this F'n hunk of 25' bright yellow tape measurer just disappear!!! I know it's on this table, I just can't find it. Come on come on come on!!!!!!

Very helpful and informative. thanks

14:00 yeah i do a lot of wood work but mostly epoxy on fabricated parts. we epoxy nerds always judge wood glue guys for this exact reason. you also don't talk much about tensile strength or even care about modulus of elasticity. I think it's bc if youre using epoxy, safety and strength is more a factor so it's relevant but i think some wood glue guys would be pretty shocked if you slightly adjusted some of these tests. case and point what you say at 14:00 exactly. it's an entirely different test with different mechanical outputs and are wildly different

This is a super idea, that is simple and practical. I liked the simple explanation without all the background noise and clarity when building. Oh yes it also shows that you don’t have to use glue till there are rivers of squeeze out.😂

Outstanding. Thank you for sharing.

Have you made a V shaped micro tool gouge? This is what I need.

I would never reach into my sawdust pile, my brother Danny is kinda slow and he poops in there at least once a week

Here are my takeaways. The bonding strength of the glue to the end grain varies between wood types based on their porosity. The actual strength of the glue doesn't change, only the strength of the bond. The glue and it's bond is stronger than the bonds between the wood fibers. The wood fibers are stronger than the glue. It only seems that an end grain butt joint is weaker, but in reality it is the relative strength that changes based on fiber orientation.

Dear Patrick, It's always a great pleasure to watch your videos because I like to hear your ideas, as you describe them and watch you convert them into actual working tools. The current project provides yet another reason to get in the workshop and improve a tool or two. A big thanks to you for all the great ideas as well for the well built end-products.

You rock!!! I have severe adhd and I need to know where things are. French cleats are changing my life for the better but this is exactly where my mind has always needed to be. I love being organized whenever and wherever possible. 🫡

The amount of times I have referenced these glue myths videos since you released them is nutty. It might be decades before this myth stops being so widely believed.

Oh dear

I don't think that biscuits are accurately mimicking hardwood splines. When I make hardwood splines for a picture frame, the long grain of the spline is aligned with the forces in the miter. In this video the biscuit is aligned at 45 degrees to the joint, i.e. long grain not aligned with the forces. I'd be interested in seeing the results of putting in long grain, hardwood splines rather than biscuits. In that case the spline is unlikely to break (long grain) so it will presumably break along the side-end joint between the spline and the piece. This is indeed a case where there is significantly more area to the joint than the basic miter. I'd guess that it roughly doubles the surface area of the joint. I think you could do test this by running the end of two 45 degree test blocks over a table saw to create a 1/8" deep groove and then glue a 1/8" thick piece of hardwood into that groove when joining the pieces. You'd want the long grain of the spline to be perpendicular to the joint. You could vary the depth of the spline as an independent variable to see whether increasing the surface area of the joint actually increases its strength. Thanks for the video!

Beautiful work, Patrick! Time well spent. I'm guessing you find all sorts of excuses to make arcs and circles now.

It is overkill to use epoxy to glue two MDFs together. Ordinary wood glue is fine. And then you do not have to run the risk of the toxic effects of epoxy. It is highly cancerous when wet.

I always add glue to the end grain first and let it set for a few minutes then add glue again and attach the two pieces. I would love to see the test with a proper finger joint to see how well the long grain with glue holed up. Of course if I need to end grain joint to take force, I dowel it. I like your video, the equipment seems designed for this test compared to others using auto press equipment

Mr Sullivan, your series of careful, rigorous and appropriate tests is of enormous benefit to the woodworking community and industry. I offer my grateful thanks to you for making your knowledge available. With my best wishes, from UK.

That is a beautiful compass!

I need to add this to my list of projects for 2025!

I like this idea a lot. Really scalable up or down. Could also make it in two parts like marking and measuring in a small one that comes apart and attaches to a large one that might have other items.

Omg I can’t believe it! This fixed my marriage and turned my life around!

I love it when you have a very specific question and you come to the internet and find somebody like you who has done such wonderful and precise research and then summarized it all in a 12 minute video for me. Really great work and great clarity of making the insights consumable by a layman.

For a small and easy version of this, get a silverware caddy from a dishwasher. You're welcome.

You give me inspiration to make a tool holder for my sewing machine be cousin eeverything got under the fabric now I just train to put every thing back Nice work Mr Jan Nordvang

Do you have the STL for the alignment rings?

Gosh, I’m learning so so much from your videos. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

What if you don’t own a lathe for handles?

Thank you so much

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

Very well done. I can clean up my bench now.

how about a dowel joint test, and perhaps a sline joint test 9 with worker manufactured joints at various angles). biscuits are very hepful for alignment, might be useful in tension.

You have golden hands.

Very disappointed that this video didn’t fix my marriage like I thought it would 😊

Great looking table, my only input would be not to store router bits where you have them, too easy to get wounded reaching under there.

I do not have my own workshop just yet but I hope to have one in the future. Until then, I will use your clever ideas for my craft desk! Love this idea!!💜

I have nothing but most respect ✊ to your tried and true ways. Thanks for sharing as always. Thanks a bunch

Awesome like always

Awesome informative logical video. Thanks for the experiments and the results you’ve yielded. They speak for themselves.

A beautiful tool, but these are a Pair of Compasses, a Compass helps you not to get lost !

Nice, thanks for sharing 🙂

Great video