Walnut End Table (hand tools only build)

[@christophermcclellan8730]

I appreciate you showing the flaws and that none of them really mattered at the end.

[@cubbykovu8955]

THIS IS HOW woodwork should be done :) Proper sculpting and skill :)

[@tomhousekorea]

Love this! Love the imperfect joinery, too! Because I have started getting into hand woodworking and my joinery is not perfect, and it works great anyway! Way better than screws and nail guns.

[@Afro408]

Imperfect joinery? It’s still better than mine and that’s what sawdust and glue was invented for. 🤣👍

[@kermitkodok1893]

an artist makes a piece of art,,, with no power tools,, when the energy cost is higher now, you can survive and still can create something, thumbs up

[@rossanctuary5238]

Them joints actually look pretty nice man!

[@mr.fraitz3241]

That kerfing plane is sick!!!

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you! I made it several years ago. It would probably be better if it didn’t have a Japanese crosscut pull blade in it, but it works pretty well just the same.

[@jameseconleyjr7868]

That was a joy to watch. A very handsome table. Thanx.

[@RonDavidowicz]

Beautiful! Not sure if I’m more jealous of your skills or your tools.

[@area-xp3sw]

Why choose? I'm jealous of both!

[@stevencoons450]

Came out nice. beautiful...thank you for sharing

[@darrensmall4313]

Heirloom quality! What's really cool is if that gets handed down a few generations, there may be a few men standing around looking at it saying "they just don't make things like that anymore. It all comes pre-fab from a big box store." Hopefully someday people will comment on it being a nice antique piece! Pretty cool!

[@AlexJones-xk5bp]

Mate, the small bit of scrap under the end of the leg whilst in the vice - blew my mind! Much appreciated. Great video also 👌

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@grantwbrewer]

Came to the comments just to see how many “experts” were freaking out over the ruler trick on a chisel. Nice work mate!

[@nicetryfbi357]

i am about to freak out tho

[@MrTresto]

Beautiful. I don't have the patience to make full pieces without the use of power tools ha ha.

[@catspawcustoms]

It is definitely a challenge, especially if the shop has a bunch of power tools waiting to be used.

[@nowhereman4041]

Are you sure about that? Have you actually ever tried building something using only hand tools? I'm asking if you haven't, I bet if you do you will be hooked.

[@thephilosopher5799]

Certain power tools are better to use for me like sawing is too much work without power tools, I’m not that strong and it hurts my arms.

[@psidvicious]

Very nice! Looks great!

[@jodymontgomery8081]

Beautiful craftsmanship

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@1100mrjohnson]

Beautiful build, the liner for the bottom of the drawer was a nice touch.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@reaper060670]

simply stunning my friend

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@nickyork8901]

Looks great, I admire your persistence to do it all with hand tools, including ripping the boards. Try dovetails next time, no more difficult than your half blind box joints, and much stronger and nicer looking. Lovely wood, by the way.

[@ungarlinski7965]

I really enjoyed that. I would have preferred a walnut knob. There's a saying, "Black and brown is a fashion no-no."

[@johnnymackay4640]

I'd say they're still pretty sharp dude! Excellent work. Johnny

[@robertwells1011]

Awesome video love the dial tone

[@chadryk5]

Brother, this is outstanding. Exceptional work!

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you very much!

[@Afro408]

Very nicely done! 👍👏 My ability to cut in a straight line leaves a LOT to be desired! 🤣😏

[@dmitriarkhangelski6023]

A cool project 👍 The more videos of such kind I watch, the more I realize how many cool things can be done using hand tools only.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@MahmoudArram]

I love how “real” this is. Good work sir.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@violettownmicroenterprises1528]

Beautiful !!❤

[@jwstanley2645]

Very nice. Egg brace and crank. Egg is good for the tight spots. Enough clamps, quite the collection but never enough, eh? Thanks for the video.

[@faaea13]

This is beautiful. Hand tools give it so much more value (in my opinion).

[@fabrizioscano2887]

Ciao,grazie per il video ,vederti lavorare e una meraviglia . Mobile stupendo ,complimenti.

[@raghuvaranravindran1952]

Very inspiring . Real wood work.. Thank you for posting ..

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@sal1964]

Nice job you should make a long grain shooting bord it works great on those tapered legs

[@0mrtaku0]

Very nicely done! Im an aprentice in germany and its nice to see that youre doing things exatly the way my teacher would have :)

[@minialfers1940]

Saw your post on reddit, and I can definitely say I'm a new subscriber. Cheers🍻

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@minialfers1940]

@@catspawcustoms Thank you for sharing your work!

[@PODHERECOMESTHEBOOM]

Nice work. I like how you keep it real... mistakes and all. Many KZbinrs keep it mistake free and make everything perfect...that's not real life. You should check out the old PBS series The Wood Wright Shop.

[@catspawcustoms]

Oh I’m very familiar with the Wood Wright shop!

[@khagerty46]

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@Brightfantasy]

Wow, this was so satisfying to watch. Amazing job!

[@catspawcustoms]

I’m glad you enjoyed

[@JohnColgan.]

Beautiful workmanship, I love seeing hand tool builds. Better still is crisp sound of sharp plane blade searing through hard wood, or planing end grain . Then oiling to pop the grain ... I've not finished the video yet ...

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you! I made the video the way I did specifically because I wanted the tool sounds to be as clear as they were.

[@cubbykovu8955]

QWhen I did my Furniture making course they taught me if you use the planes at a slight angle they cut even better :)

[@iamwhoiam4410]

My Kataba saws are for cross cutting not rip cutting. Maybe you have one that doesn't have the ripcut teeth on it. Enjoyed the video. You do excellent hand tool work, don't stop.

[@catspawcustoms]

I have one of each, rip cut katabas are harder to find but I lived in Japan for 5 years and got it there.

[@iamwhoiam4410]

@@catspawcustoms Good to hear you have one. It took me awhile to find mine also. Once I learned how to use it properly, both Katabas, life got easier with them. At my age now though I use the bandsaw to resaw wider and longer pieces. Thanks for the reply.

[@ericsmathe]

Wow. Bravo.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thanks!

[@vardikar270]

Beautiful 😁

[@reaper060670]

Hey there my friend. I love this piece u just built in the video. Walnut is so beautiful; and when the right finish is put in it then it pops like something very special indeed. I thought u had split the tenon joint completely when u wee chiselling it but u saved it really nicely by hand sawing it. I wanted to ask a couple of questions if u have a moment to answer. I know u must be mad busy with work but I wanted to ask about that planes u used to cut those rebates in the side of the drawers?? What is that plane called and do they come with different sizes of blades/cutters? It was fascinating as always watching ppl with the skills using hand tools only. I love to see this being done on YT BCOS MOST WOODWORKERS HAVE ALL THESE BIG MACHINES LIKE THE TABLE SAW OR THE JOINTER/THICKNESSER TO DO ALL THE WORK NOWADAYS. I think they cheat themselves out of learning the basic fundamentals of Joinery/Woodworking/Carpentry. I'm hoping to do some courses on Cabinet making and Joinery too in the next 12 months. I need to learn those Basic fundamentals of this trade before trying to build my own small local business. I want to have those skills to be able to fall back on. I only found I had a passion for woodworking during the later period of that bloody Pandemic which we're not allowed to speak about on here anymore. COVID 19 destroyed so many small to medium businesses all over the world. I saw so many go under while the big box stores made fortunes. I want to learn to use those hand tools bcos even without electricity u can always build furniture. U could light a candle in ur shop at night and carry on building. I'm really taking it back to a time when electricity wasn't invented. hahahahaha! I'm going off on a tangent here. Sorry bro. I didn't mean to do that in this comment. LOL

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you, and I believe this is what you’re looking for: www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/planes/joinery/59999-veritas-skew-rabbet-plane

[@aristosandreou267]

Amazing! 👍

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@whittysworkshop982]

As much as I love Japanese saws....they simply do not make a good one for re-saw......and ive tried numerous :P I enjoyed the video :) An interesting way that you cut the tenons tho..... cant always split them that way if the grain is diving. Keep up the good work man, I love the sounds of the tools on wood....makes me want to go build something :)

[@robertwells1011]

Great job that wood seemed awfully hard

[@catspawcustoms]

Those figured parts were!

[@claytonstarwalt9914]

Nice work.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thanks Clay! I wish I had a video of your table to post.

[@ChadPalmer]

Awesome work It came out gorgeous. Keep it up :)

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@tedfriesen9466]

If you're going to all the effort of blind box joints, then why not blind dovetails so you would have some mechanical strength for the same effort. Am I missing something? Oh, I do love watching your work.

[@emeryhersh8702]

I really like that kerfing plane! Do you happen to have a video on it perhaps?

[@catspawcustoms]

Sorry, no video, but here’s an album I made of the process when I built if years ago: imgur.com/gallery/7hFsf

[@emeryhersh8702]

@@catspawcustoms thanks!

[@LessTalkMoreDelicious]

Wow! 👏✨

[@ksatriahutara5050]

Nice broo.. How much days you finish this project?

[@catspawcustoms]

It was maybe about 3 weeks in my free time.

[@peterdewitt8585]

I really like the holdfast clamps seen around the 6:30 mark of the video. Can you point me to the manufacture or distributer website?

[@catspawcustoms]

The are Veritas quick release made by Lee Valley, but apparently they don’t make them anymore, which is a shame because they are great.

[@peterdewitt8585]

@@catspawcustoms Thanks for the info. That is a shame that they are not produced anymore.

[@jacekglagla8797]

Dobra robota i to paroma strugami a nie całą armią. Fajne te hold fast👍🙋‍♂️

[@lisahummel7795]

Very impressive. I loved watching this video. I’m a novice woodworker. What hand plane would you suggest I get? I would need one for flattening boards

[@catspawcustoms]

That’s a tricky question, since hand tools are a slippery slope. For flattening a board, I’d probably want a low angle jack and a #7 joiner, plus a #4 smoother to finish. I like the Veritas for the jack and joiner, but lie Nielsen is good too. Woodriver or vintage Stanley’s are also good.

[@nowhereman4041]

@@catspawcustoms Great advice....Tricky question is a perfect opener. Personally I would say that you cant start off with 1 plane but if I had to choose just 1 for flattening a board, Lie Nielsen No. 8 Jointer Plane. Worth every penny.

[@DavideFortuna]

Nice work! Just you should not use the rule technique to sharp chisels.😉

[@TheEphemeris]

You're not and brace set up is interesting. Was that a forstner bit? Is you're brace newer and can accept modern shanks on bits?

[@catspawcustoms]

Yes, I actually have two, one with the chuck for the square end of the bit and one standard.

[@DuricCustomWoodwork]

How many times did you cut yourself with making gauge? I do it every project. 😬

[@tracyannereyes1653]

What kind of sharpening tool are you using? Grit also. Thanks

[@catspawcustoms]

Norton waterstones, 220/1200/4000/8000, strop with diamond paste.

[@smkl123]

could tell me the type and brand of those 2 saws (the big kataba and the small one)

[@catspawcustoms]

The small one is a Gyokucho dozuki, but I can’t say on the larger ones. I bought them when I lived in Japan and they are just the basic hardware store variety.

[@smkl123]

@@catspawcustoms thank you. btw, this is really an amazing build. Very beautiful

[@lesliespray4744]

Can you please tell me what the plane is called that you cut the small dado in the wood with

[@catspawcustoms]

You’re probably referring to a plow plane

[@3scw]

Not entirely a waste but your mortice and chisel refinement could do with a refresh if you ever need a tip or 3 ill happily pass you some advice not bad though ill give you intermediate

[@ungarlinski7965]

List your hand saws, please.

[@bowlchamps37]

Why not rip cut with another straight piece of wood as a guide?

[@williamwhite4998]

Why did you choose boxjoints over dovetails?

[@catspawcustoms]

I like them better.

[@williamwhite4998]

To each his own.

[@ritad673]

That looks like a swear word on your thumb.

[@anch1994]

What is that tool you're using at 5:21?

[@catspawcustoms]

Veritas shooting sander www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/sanders/71428-veritas-shooting-sanders

[@anch1994]

@@catspawcustoms awesome, I've never heard of it. Thanks for the quick replies today!

[@catspawcustoms]

@@anch1994 if you get one, I’d recommend putting some masking tape on it, and sticking the sand paper to that. Makes getting the sandpaper off easier. Their glue is very strong, like too strong and it leaves a residue.

[@DeltaArxz]

What tool is that 13:56

[@catspawcustoms]

Veritas plow plane

[@lanceroark6386]

8:55 does maple accept a router plane well?

[@catspawcustoms]

I’m my experience, yes.

[@lanceroark6386]

@@catspawcustoms thank you. I noticed that you didn’t use one so I wondered if the wood didn’t respond well to the tool. Thanks for the answer.

[@epicurustaylor5954]

Why would you put a back bevel on a chisel?

[@catspawcustoms]

Kind of a brain fart. It had been awhile since I sharpened and went from the plane irons to chisels without thinking.

[@jeffdawson7363]

Ssweet

[@mitchumhissong6309]

Can you send me dimensions?

[@joem5332]

Ripping on a line isn’t exclusive to you my man I suck at it as well

[@madslashers2002]

Do you speak, ever? What were you rubbing on your hand plane? Plus a dozen other questions.

[@catspawcustoms]

Not in this video. I started doing voiceovers on the more recent videos. It was paste wax on the plane, it prevents corrosion and makes for a smoother glide over the wood.