Behind the Scenes with a Youtube Veteran

[@jeffwidlacki8243]

I find it wild that I started watching your videos as a young man, and now I am a not-so-young man and you're still here making great content. Thanks for all the hard work over the years! I hope you and the family have a great 2025!

[@AGlimpseInside]

Dude, I totally remember watching “the jointer is jumping“ we’re the only place I could see it was on iTunes. I think I found you when you only had six episodes. It’s been so long. I don’t even remember. Anyway, you have been a massive reason on why I make a living on this platform now as well. And I cannot thank you enough for that Chris .

[@woodwhisperer]

That's awesome that you've been with us for so long. iTunes was so awesome back then. Good luck with your videos/projects.

[@StarrWoodworks]

As a woodworker KZbinr I freakin' loved this! Thanks for pulling back the curtain. Also, the silence was the best.

[@godisgoodwoodworks4801]

I only watch/subscribe to a few woodworkers, and TWW is one of them. It's not hard to tell that you have 18 years of experience, because your video quality is amazing. Also, your builds keep progressing in difficulty, which is cool. I am stepping out of my comfort zone as well, relative to building things that will challenge me a bit more. Thanks for being accessible to those of us who watch your content. You've answered every question I've ever sent you, and quickly at that. No snobbery whatsoever, just support. That is very appreciated.

[@jimwiskus8862]

I will never be a threat to any channel, because I love to just watch & learn.😊

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Very cool spirit Jim!

[@ScottWalshWoodworking]

what a great peek behind your curtain!

[@ycmakes]

I only started making stuff in 2020.. when I suddenly had more time in my hand (I wonder why.... 2020 was a blur 😛). You and Steve Ramsey are the first channels that I found. A few years later, I still smile whenever you and Steve release a new video. This is a really great peek behind your workflow. Thank You

[@a97chrjo]

Happy new year!!!

[@Eric-em9qw]

Been watching since the beginning! Have a great and successful 2025, Spagnuolo family!

[@rickkinney1249]

you have earned every bit of what you have----nice video rick

[@mitzibud6908]

Congratulations on 18 years!! Thank you for the years of entertainment...I am not a woodworker, but I love your content!! Here is to another 18 years!!

[@DergEnterprises]

I love the dig at cutting out the silence. I 100% agree with you and unsub from channels that do that.

[@photofreak360]

As a photographer/camera operator who loves him some wood whisperer. This is a real treat!

[@TheWoodLab]

Loved the behind the scenes look and the trip through the memories.

[@mikeminnick9712]

TWW sort of been by my side for years- much appreciate this video and getting a glimpse as to all the work that goes into these videos. Have a great 2025 Marc and Fam.

[@JimDoubleYa]

I enjoyed this behind the scenes!

[@AngieWilliamsDesigns]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve been watching you since 2012 when I started woodworking. I remember seeing all those powermatic tools and just drooling. I only had a used miter saw and a used worn out sander. Never once did I let that stop me from watching your channel. And never once did I think I could make stuff since I didn’t have all those tools. Now… I have an amazing shop. Not Powermatic. But I am super blessed. And you were one of the creators that taught me what I know and inspired me to keep going.

[@woodwhisperer]

It's awesome to hear that you've come so far since 2012, keep up the great work!

[@MrHotlucas]

It’s funny you are partially responsible for my current job here in St. Louis. Which is the most successful I’ve been. We will cross paths at some point I hope so I can shake your hand. Thank you

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Very cool. That is how I met Jimmy DiResta, " Driving past in a couple days, Can we stop in for a handshake? ".

[@colinmcdonald7591]

Excellent. I'm old enough to remember a time when youtube didn't exist and the only content we had access to was heavily commercialized, extremely high cost large production type handyman shows. You never got to see behind the scenes, you never got to see a project go from idea to completion and everything along the way. It was a ridiculously well paid host that would rush through everything. It was pretty much the least amount of content possible to keep people watching so that they could get to the next commercial break. While there is some of that legacy stuff still on youtube, content like yours and the way you make it is incredibly awesome. People want to see the mistakes, the way you do things, hear about how much things cost or the difficulties in getting things. They want to know the host, the creator. It breaks down so many barriers that exist in the mainstream media world. Creators like you aren't going for sensationalism. They're not being told what they can and can't do or say in the show. It is entirely audience driven. The audience literally gets to decide what they like and don't like. The creator must listen to the audience and create content that people want to see and content that will keep people coming back over and over. That isn't easy. There is a direct line of communication between the content creator, and the audience. That's an amazing thing for us the audience. When you can do it for 18 years and be successful, that's quite an accomplishment. When you can do what you love, provide content and entertainment to others, make a living from it, and be your own person, that's about the best one can ask for in life. When there is this huge community full of creators and so much unique content to watch, it's a golden age for the consumer/audience and the creator as well. I love when creators get together, or have these good natured competitions with one another. There are thousands of wood working channels to compete with so why not be a part of the community instead of trying to be your own island in the ocean. I think you do a good job of that. Yes, pocket holes and double sided tape are legitimate too lol.

[@woodwhisperer]

Well said! And I appreciate the kind words.

[@carboranadum]

Wow. I had no idea this was so involved. The results are fantastic! Thanks for the behind the scenes video.

[@Michael-Makes-Stuff]

Marc, I remember the first video of yours I ever watched and it featured music from Huey Lewis! Man, it's been a long time and you have come a long way. But one thing hasn't changed: the content is excellent, educational, and funny. I'm glad you haven't changed who you are. You have been a role model and inspiration to me and so many others... Thanks for the peek behind the curtain. It takes SO much more to make a video than most of us realize. We appreciate all you do (and have done) to keep producing such good content. Cheers to you, Marc!

[@woodwhisperer]

Thanks! It's been a fun journey, and I'm glad you've been along for the ride.

[@rickcimino5483]

how do you not have over a million subscribers? Your content is so good and so professionally produced.

[@woodwhisperer]

Thanks man. It's probably because I don't try hard enough to please the algorithm. :)

[@davidpeterson5186]

Thank you for the look behind the scenes!

[@lindacurtis-smith9835]

Thank you for sharing your videos with us. I look forward to watching for many more years as well! Happy New Year to you and your family. :)

[@derekw9405]

I enjoyed watching this. I feel like most people dont understand how much work it is to produce these videos.

[@davidgilbey8884]

Thank you to all the Spags for another great year of entertainment and learning. Your content is my constant dose of reality and happiness. Thank you both. Also huge fan of Wood Talk. Best to you and the channel in the new year!

[@claudestewart5465]

I always watch your videos and have since shortly after you started making them. So that's a long time but I always enjoy them and have learned from you.

[@woodwhisperer]

That's awesome to hear. Thanks for sticking around!

[@thedoorguycharlie]

Love it!!! I have done some filming for my wife along with the editing. I appreciate your effort. Most people think the video jumps from the camera to KZbin.

[@joefaraone977]

Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life! Now if I could only spend more time in the shop....

[@gbjones54]

I think Oreo has you totally under his paw! I have enjoyed the ride Marc. Thanks for sharing you journey and talents.

[@jarrodsmith256]

This was great - really enjoyed seeing the behind the scenes. Thanks for sharing, Mark!

[@ItsAdventureTime1]

Thanks for everything you do! At the end of 2023, after 25 years in the corporate world I finally had the courage to start my own woodworking business. It has been an incredible journey and I learned 100% of it from you and a few others on KZbin (and the guild). Best part was having customers send me pictures of the stuff I made being given to someone for Christmas. Seeing people excited and knowing it's something they will keep and remember for a very long time is something we all desire from our careers. Hope comments like these give you that same fizz!

[@madrox4132]

Oh god, I've been watching you that long. I'm old.

[@biscuittreewoodworks]

Awesome Marc! You have been a huge inspiration and source of much of my woodworking knowledge since I found your cutting board video back in 2010!

[@thomasweller1321]

I've been with you for about 17 of those years. Yes! I am a glutton for punishment. All the moves and you haven't lost me yet. Marc you are so lucky to have an understanding wife, and now a cat that actually likes you and doesn't try to bury you in the litterbox. Thanks for the content as well as the farts and laughs!

[@theboredcreative]

Thanks for the behind the scenes. Have a happy and great New Year!

[@johnhiemstra1464]

Thanks Marc for everything you do!

[@jeffreysmith5018]

Oh sure, if I had a cat, I could make all those videos too ! 😊😊😊

[@michaell.maloney4026]

Merry Christmas and a safe Happy New Year!

[@LarryPaetkau]

Keep up the great work! My dining room is graced with chairs based on your design and plans. Wife is happy. Looking forward to gleaning more good ideas from your channel.

[@markgottsberger2872]

Love the show thank you. keep making shows.

[@LeighHart]

Marc and Nicole are pretty much responsible for my getting into woodworking as a hobby, not to mention my severe case of chronic G.A.S. (Gear acquisition syndrome). 😅 It was awesome to meet you both in person this year along with Rob & the Purple Heart volunteers. Wishing you all a very happy holidays and a wonderful New Year’s!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Enjoyed the look behind the curtain!

[@blackfamily6706]

Appreciate you and your content, looking forward to whatever comes next.

[@preachersprojects]

This was awesome to see. Lucky to have been able to see the new shop in person!

[@DavidBryan-t7c]

OMG - You're in Flint Hill - I guess I missed that part when you moved into that Fire House. I'm a stones throw from you in Edwardsville IL. I was in Flint Hill today because Saturday your Wentzville Sanitary Force Main from the GM plant collapsed. You should smell the Poo Poo water collecting in a storm basin in your back yard. I'm on the supply end of the solution for the problem - I've followed you since the Cali days and all powermatic!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!! Sincerely, Mike Honcho

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Go Mike Go !........so that others may go.

[@BeauChampion]

I didn't know I wanted to see this, but it was really cool!

[@tomim7187]

That was very informative! Love a little sneak peak of your business.😁

[@fredparsons5134]

Fascinating video Marc. Thanks for all the good-funny content. Happy New Year!

[@dougschriefer3076]

Marc thank you for the great content and education as always your approach, candor and humor are what appeal most to me. Hope you, Nicole the kids, Lorna and the rest of the family enjoy whats remaining of the Holiday season. Have a happy New Year, and a Great 2025!!!

[@woodwhisperer]

Thanks for watching, and we wish you the same!

[@michaelrd1210]

Belated Merry Christmas and have a blessed and wonderful Happy New Year!

[@ecnn]

Nice show! Keep up the good work!

[@MrAlchemist7777]

Thanks for the info Marc!

[@BobAmarant]

Thanks for this! Keep doing what you"re doing! Happy New Year!

[@David-qd3ff]

I have been watching you from the very beginning. Loved every minute. I am retiring in one year and will finally have time for a guild course. Happy New Year to both of you, and Oreo

[@woodwhisperer]

Thanks for sticking around! That's awesome you're able to finally make time for that!

[@johnnyb95678]

Very cool! Thank you for a peek behind the curtain. Happy New Years to you and your family!

[@00schralf]

Nice! Thanks for the insight and happy new year 🥳

[@edward-t-grogan]

It was interesting to watch. You do woodworking as #1 and video as #2 profession. I am involved in video as #1 profession and woodworking as a well equipped hobbyist.

[@onsapplikasies8620]

Thanks for sharing.

[@DavidCouch-u8p]

Happy New Year Mark & Family! Lately I have been doing a deep dive on your original shows, still great content. Thanks, and have a great NYE! Dave Couch

[@dennisdownes9319]

Great video! I get dizzy just looking at all the electronic equipment....and I'm an Electrical and Electronic Technician! I am now forever distracted by the white power cord hanging behind you for the extra light!!! Excellent segment! DD

[@bradleytuckwell4881]

Have safe and happy new year to you and your family

[@woodwhisperer]

You as well, and thanks for watching!

[@davecurda2350]

Love watching your content

[@BuildwithMooney]

Marc, thanks for sharing how you get it done, really nice equipment!

[@woodwhisperer]

Thanks for watching, man!

[@BuildwithMooney]

You have inspired me to share my DIY knowledge on YT and I thank you for that. A fine woodworker I’ll never be, that’s why I have you! Starting YT at 55 lol is a very big learning curve, thanks to a few great creators like yourself I am able to get my message out there. Thanks Marc for being one of the original pioneers in this woodworker space! Just for the record, you are in a league of your own! 👊

[@OldWorldHandyman]

Happy New Year! I would like one day to visit your shop! Stay safe when dealing with power tools.

[@smashingartful]

You're always struttin' around like you're all that and a bag of chips. Happy New Year!

[@bnitro8837]

Kudos for all you guys have dared to try and worked to achieve. And it's good for so many of us ! Happy new year 🎉

[@63huggybear]

Thanks for all the info

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

As a fellow forty something, i have to say that what helped my back more than anything was leg and back strengthening exercises. Lots of leg presses especially.

[@UncleSarkis]

Thank you very much for sharing!

[@am2dan]

That was a nice-ish overview.

[@TheWeekendWoodshop]

When you showed the tripod dolly I realized I ABSOLUTELY need that in my life lol. I was just doing some recording in my shop and moving that tripod around was AWFUL lol. Great look behind the curtain Mark. I hope you and yours had a Merry Christmas and that 2025 will be a great year for you. Thanks for doin what you do 😁

[@dukefrywokker6470]

I had a cat exactly like that and it was the best cat I ever had.

[@liquidcable]

I see you are using the OWC Thunderbay 4. I'm an engineering and I designed that. I did all the electrical design and one of my ME's did the mechanical design.

[@woodwhisperer]

Oh that’s awesome! It’s a very reliable device!

[@Bob-kp5ll]

Two thoughts: Have you thought about a second cat? Keith Johnson might be able to help. :D Second, have you thought about a “make me look younger lens filter? If so, as someone staring sixty in the face, which one works best? More seriously, love your channel and admire the dedication required to make it work. Have been watching for a lotta years and you’re engaging and not cheesy. Lotta folks could learn from you. Still serious: cats are horribly destructive to wildlife. If you can keep them indoors that’s the best strategy. (I have four and have owned 30 or more over the years. It’s a labor of love-sometimes reciprocated. Wouldn’t trade them for anything.

[@CoolJaden617]

Great episode!

[@dwalsh3469]

You are very welcome, although I get a lot out out your videos. I was an advocate of some sort of subscriber payment long before Patreon and membership etc. Then the ads came in force. Following that, there were so many good “channels” that the subscription model has failed, I think. It’s too expensive for people to pay a subscription to all of their favourite resources. The advert model must win out over time and it seems like there is a lot more competition, which may plateaux at some point. You have done well, diversified, and will continue to do well I expect.

[@TernaryHound]

Really enjoyed this behind the scenes look at WW. Watching videos in that youtube-ified style you referenced feels like drinking from a fire hose.

[@JustAnotherGuy309]

Thanks, Marc!

[@woodwhisperer]

You're welcome!

[@WillyBemis]

Thank you!!

[@eoincripps]

A flashback to Baby Mark. The endgrain cutting board was my intro to TWW all those years ago. BTW, I'll send Nicole a copy of the memo for the TPS reports. 😃

[@travisdemonbreum8505]

Love it!

[@andrewhochberger8748]

Great stuff Marc! Thanks for all that you do. Is that Todd Gaack? I think he’s Dutch.

[@JBLewis]

A couple of other makers like Alexander Chapple and Bob Claggett have made mobile camera booms. Bob's had functional storage as part of the ballast at the base, including battery and charger storage. Would something like an EcoFlow Delta or River (or any of the myriad battery-based power boxes) be enough capacity to let you get rid of the tether during day? And maybe make framing shots easier, too.

[@woodwhisperer]

that sounds like a decent solution, but honestly it's so nice not having to worry about power. The tether really is a small price to pay for that kind of convenience. There are also times when there's shit on the floor that you just can't roll over. That's when it's nice to have something light enough to be picked up easily and moved. Anything shop-made will likely require me to clear a path wherever I need to go.

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

I have a camera and it has a red button on the back. This video was really interesting. The teamwork it takes to produce great videos is very impressive. I specialize in uploading disasterpieces......alone. Happy New Year everyone!

[@The-1-and-only-Clark]

Marc, you're a great teacher - I appreciate your ability to distill techniques or principles down into concise instructions. This was enjoyable to watch! Just curious - how much scripting do you do for a given video?

[@woodwhisperer]

Thanks for the kind words. Scripting really depends on the kind of video I’m making. On something like this, the entire thing is scripted out ahead of time. For build instruction, there’s almost no scripting. I just roll with what I think needs to be explained.

[@phillipsmith4814]

Love the video and info. Always interesting to know how folks make their videos. 8:02 So, there has to be a good story behind the license plate on the wall behind you (ASSMAN)?? ❓😁

[@woodwhisperer]

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[@vanvleetwoodworking]

I remember when you first started (we are about the same age) and all the old woodworkers in the forums losing their minds over your videos!

[@woodwhisperer]

haha good times.

[@ChrisHornberger]

I prefer "fortunate" to "lucky". Lucky implies, to far too many people, that the work you put in for nearly 20 years is less important than the luck. Luck is such a weirdly polarizing word, and I try to avoid it. Keep up the great and hard work, and enjoying the fortunate position in which you find yourself.

[@ConcreteLand]

I agree about moving your kids. My parents moved about 7 times before 4th grade (different school every time) and I hated it. When my wife and I wanted to move North about 100 km we gave our 8 & 6 year old kids the choice. They vetoed the idea so here we stayed.

[@neilcummins2]

Great video! Please tell me you have a link to the George costanza cnc file 😂 Absolute class!

[@hendrixwoodworks7349]

I knew your wife was cool, from a fellow Missourian (actually about an hour north of you guys).

[@mikevukas9818]

I would consider using an ecoflow battery on the base of your tripod to go cordless

[@trois111]

Huge fan! Have to ask - where did you get that Costanza? That’s an AMAZING piece!

[@woodwhisperer]

We got ours from Evergreen Daydreams. She does great work! www.evergreendaydreams.com/

[@KITDFOHS]

I woke up some time this year to the realization that "OMG everything hurts and moving is hard.".....i need to get on the morning stretching routine train.....im not even 40 yet

[@kenmore1961]

I put those Barrina LED lights in my shop. I have had at least 4 fail and have to be replaced in the past 2 years.

[@woodwhisperer]

Oh that sucks to hear. I have 8 of them and so far they’re all still working.

[@clementcharlebois]

TPS reports :D Classic!

[@EK--ry3lr]

How about a jackery or similar in the base of the tripod? It would probably power that whole setup for me than a day, plug it in at night, boom cord free.

[@MrJzWilder]

You really should start an episode with a closeup of you whispering to a piece of wood 😂

[@martink8080]

How do you manage to keep the whole shop so clean? Was that a spacial effort for the behind-the-scenes views? Or is your dust extraction that good? I spend five minutes working and stuff (especially wood shavings from planing) are everywhere.