How to Build an Easy Outdoor Coffee

[@MaxCJ]

Drilling by hand showed plenty of commitment, but only one word for spreading the adhesive with a lolly pop stick...fab!

[@magill4046]

😂👌

[@stuartsnowden4824]

I’ve have used a hand drill many times. My Dad had a brace and bit, which I still have. A cordless drill is a must. My Dad would have been amazed!

[@timwyld573]

Loved this. The music in the background with the leg assembly sounds like something from Jeeves and Wooster. 👍

[@basilparkes338]

Absolutely love your video Stewart and simple explanation too. 👏👏👏

[@99andycat]

Liked simplicity of design and construction.

[@Norfolkonsea]

Still use my late dad's hand drill now and again, and I'm now 63! 👍

[@wimchen]

great unplugged version of wood working

[@JS-ri2rx]

Now I want to have a go. Precision work. Keep the videos coming

[@adelker4884]

Superb tutorial 👌💯❤️. Thanks a million, especially for sharing the tips on measuring, marking, and jointing 🙏

[@b-artofnoise1514]

Juice on table - you are that funny - as always - I'm a big fan of your performance ...

[@alanpervin]

Nice job mate, good luck this weekend at the NEC.

[@mrb4408]

I’ll be going to see Mr Diresta, the Boss man of Makers.

[@colingoode3702]

Nice little project Stuart. Back in the day I had one of those hand drills which were a nightmare to use. Very easy to snap smaller diameter drill bits as you whirled away with one hand while trying to keep the drill straight with the other. It was a hand me down from my dad god bless him. I never used it or the Stanley Yankee pump screwdriver I inherited from him either. I adopted power tools very early on. Corded Black & Decker tools including a Work Mate from a friend who worked for B&D at the time. Believe it or not I still have the B&D a sander, circular saw, power plane & a Work Mate albeit they haven't been used in years now that I switched to cordless tools & a different work bench. Even my lawn mower & Blower Vac are battery powered now. Enjoy the NEC. That brings back memories of many days I spent on exhibition stands all over the UK & US which is very tiring standing up for long periods of time & suffering with feet that swell to at least one size larger than normal. Rather you than me. If you ever get the chance see if you can find an instructional training video featuring John Cleese entitled "How Not to Exhibit Yourself" (circa 1974). As young engineers we were made to watch this before manning our first exhibition stand in 1976. It's very funny. Keep the projects coming. 👍

[@bookkeepingsmes2089]

Clever using the concrete slab!

[@markywellsboy2182]

Thats a great little table. I have my Grandad's brace and bit, which we think is about 80 years old. It's beautiful to look at and use and still perfect. With the correct bits it's far easier to use than that little hand drill. It chomps through the material with ease.

[@tuesboomer1623]

Template and pre-marking is great for these types of double intersecting pieces. Such an ultimate timesaver. The fasteners added a nice decorative touch while doing their job as well. Nice little project!

[@terryphillips9737]

That drill brought back some memories ah the good old days

[@jimtownsend7899]

if I'm trying to be quiet and careful, and for jobs that require very low speed drilling, I still use my "egg beater" drill, and I also have a brace and bits. And with a brace, it's called that because you can brace it against your chest or hip or whatever and lean into the work. Very effective in keeping your bit from wandering and helping you get leverage.

[@DonMorte2]

Another cracking video Stuart! Think you need to add 'table' to the end of the title to get more search hits.

[@crazykittenvideos855]

Great idea! Could easily get a production line going and make a few at the same time for entertaining. I live that you consider the cost of items. The amount of U.S videos where they get huge amount of oak lumber (whatever that is lol) and don’t realise that we would have to remortgage the house to build projects out of hardwood in the UK. Keep up the great work!

[@tonivalenzuela8274]

Hi, nice project. I download the instructions for the stool you presented and I can't wait to make it. I did try to chisel out my doors for hinges and it was a big fiasco. Such an utter failure that I took them off and Durham puttied the holes. I tried 4 hinges and finally gave up. It was not your instructions, they couldn't have been clearer. It took skill level I didn't have at least that is what I'm going with. Took me days and a lot of adjusting to fail miserably. Now I called out the big guns and asked my husband for help. Totally defeated. Just thought I would share. On to the next project.

[@markirish7599]

Another fantastic peice of craftsmanship

[@allenlilly9466]

I really appreciate your many ideas that make this project easier.

[@Quaker521]

Brilliant video and project Stuart. Hope that you have a great time at the NEC this weekend, I'm sure lots of viewers will head your way. I would, but work will be preventing me this weekend! 🙄

[@karma3101]

It's surprising how you can achieve such a professional look with just basic tools and materials.

[@colinbleach9390]

Another great video ...forgotten about hand drills...my dear Dad had one of course..

[@asawdustjourney]

Nice little table. Good informative vid as usual. Great to speak to you at Maker Central first thing on Saturday.

[@ugaladh]

I like watching videos like this not for the actual project but for all the little tidbits you pick up along the way. I had never seen the trick of using a piece of paper wrapped around the leg to cut it square. only thing that I'd add is don't just run out and get treated lumber and use it right away- it needs to sit and dry for this sort of project before the build or you'll have warping of the legs afterward.

[@gaz740]

Nice project Stuart. See you tomorrow at NEC.

[@pault8734]

Nice table Stuart. And wow that lawns coming on a treat with your super mower!

[@mungrus]

Great video boy you made work for yourself but great for the new guy or girl with limited tools

[@xlfive]

Haha using that old hand drill takes me back,I still have my two speed hand drill that I bought as an apprentice,nice project Stuart

[@ashleybowes5506]

know what im doing this weekend nice little project to keep me busy thanks !!!!

[@UsBourkes]

Love the use of hand tools - and quick release clamps ;) I use the cutoff you used as a spacer as my template as its always exactly the right size, just shave 2-3mm off and an awl easily goes through to mark the holes.

[@garethcheshire-whatley1485]

Love it! Love the sheer simplicity of it! 😎

[@Gerry2210]

Lovely job Stewart, like the tip on how you make your jigs/ templates. I’ll have a go at one of those soon. Thanks.

[@eddfitz2680]

Very good best I have seen

[@Toffee8370]

Looking nice and chilled there, Stuart. 😎

[@simondalzell5635]

Great Job. I'll give it a go. .Please could you explain how you Fixed the Top on.

[@robinlander1158]

I would recommend investing in a corded drill as a first drill.

[@harryinhuahin1272]

I am so totally anti cordless/battery tools - unless you're working far from a power point.

[@andyjackson2269]

Stu absoultely love the cardboard marker, fantastic,👍👌👏

[@allanmanley6340]

Great work! P.S. next time you come to to Netherlands go to a D.I.Y. shop and buy yourself a packet (5x) spare nozzles for those caulk tubes........

[@pincombe]

Great video as always. Have a great weekend!

[@brianjohnson2033]

Well done Stuart. A good looking, robust piece of furniture. I shall definitely be making one for myself.

[@mld8]

Great video! Thank you

[@evilzzzability]

wow, a handdrill - that's old school! There's an art to using them - apply pressure downwards with your whole body and it minimizes the side to side movement

[@ianbrown_]

Great channel 👍🏻

[@RevolutionV1Gaming]

I'm addicted to your videos! A colleague showed me your videos and said you were a fellow Civil Engineer yourself. Going to give it a go with the Garage side door. Are you attending the NEC 2024?

[@marcwibble7949]

What a wonderful video with good tips. I am quite new to woodworking, I made 2 small outside tables and then a 3rd one 1.5 metres high, all from 45mm. The insufficient number of screws went in at semi random positions and the unit has such racking problems and benerally uses so much timber for something so poor it's getting disassembled again. I love your jigs! Cardboard jigs here I come, though I have used small simple jigs from offcut wood, I hadn't seen a card one before.

[@alfgundersen1058]

Super cool

[@robgullen]

Coincidence - I've come in from my garden having taken outside a coffee table in exactly the same style - made for the cost of about 20 pocket hole screws and some paint. The frame was made from a Beech bedframe I found beside the road and the top is the granite cut out for the sink in our kitchen (I got the supplier to polish it up as part of the granite deal) - simple pocket hole construction with the frame given two coats of Smoothrite paint and 4 plastic caps screwed to the bottom of the legs to stop water creeping into the wood.

[@MoranGuyVideos]

My opinion is that you could use corded or cordeless drill for drilling as there is more chance of people having such a drill than manual drill which may reserved only for collectors these days.

[@howardbirch152]

Nice project Stuart. I always place a piece of plastic material on the base of any outdoor wooden leg to prevent moisture wicking up the leg and rotting the timber. It can’t be seen and significantly extends the life of whatever it is I have made.

[@marcwibble7949]

I use milk bottle tops

[@cornwallkid100]

Great little project and good tips 👍 👌 😀

[@davidhayward4344]

Brilliant video as always - we've got an offcut of quartz worktop from a new kitchen and wanted to make something just like this - now we know how ;)

[@royscriven9942]

What measurement are the brace pieces please ?

[@ronanmc2112]

Great antidote to the US makers who use every powertool and professional equipment under the sun for a 'DIY' project.

[@harryinhuahin1272]

So, so true...

[@harryinhuahin1272]

So, so true...

[@TYLERCONSTRUCTION]

That looks fab 👍

[@predragsinko2513]

You are greate👍

[@pandraus]

I signed in on Etsy with your link (good for you) but I don't see the plans for this little coffee table! Seems like a perfect job for me and my nieces to do in a sunny day!

[@bmonck5110]

Wait….how did you attach the concrete top? Or is it just balanced on top between your wooden wedges?

[@simondalzell5635]

That's what I want to Know. Seems like He Missed it out !!?

[@davemead4504]

Love this project

[@gregmize01]

Slick!

[@williamwales6619]

Nice and simple.Luvit🙃

[@mattwalter7912]

Etsy link isn't working for me. I think it's a private link only for you.

[@philquinn6375]

I picked up one of those hand drills at a auto jumble cost 2 quid !! Cool project though.

[@TheWardagh]

Great stuff 👍🏼

[@billysunday136]

Great video... What type of screws are used in this build please?

[@harryinhuahin1272]

I don't think you mentioned using a smaller diameter drill for the stretchers... or did i miss it...?

[@simonhinson9367]

Nice idea for left over patio slabs plus that way the table matches the patio 👍🏻. Is it your or the clone that comes up with these great ideas 💡??

[@davezeraschi7936]

I’m here first and I watched the whole lot as well mr Stuart 🤣

[@brianthorne8609]

Stewart, why would you not glue the joints also?

[@charliethebubbles]

Hi, I have just downloaded and built my first end table and I was very happy with the result. As I’m new to woodwork would you suggest I use dowels instead of screws?

[@LethalLuggage]

Trying to find screws like yours in the states and having no luck. Any advice on what to look for? The ones I picked up without double checking are for interior use only.

[@RD-RD-66]

What a brilliant little project. About the limit of my capabilities too! Wow, haven't seen a hand drill in quite a while. 😁 Nice one 👍

[@davidstevensasidewayslook8831]

the last time I used that hand drill was in the school carpentry class!! (60 years ago!😐)

[@yanggy2727]

Are screws OK for framing?

[@Quest2chill]

Do you need to seal and wax the top to protect against drink staining?

[@simondalzell5635]

Please could you tell me the Lengths of the Legs and Bracings. So frustrating NOT being able to see on the Tape Measure in the Video.

[@richardbrown6039]

Downloaded the plans but having difficulty sourcing the Tx washer head screws in black or green, can you tell me where to go. Thanks

[@ProperDIY]

Try in the TimbaScrew range in Screwfix

[@chuanli571]

11:50. This part seems so prehistoric with the black/white and the music.

[@GA-dv4ty]

What length are the braces? Thanks

[@tagiti]

wher can you buy those screws please, cant grt into etsy

[@peteg9011]

Stuart where do you get your garden gloves from? What do you recommend? Cheers.

[@grahammorland5261]

Nice job Stuart. One question, how did you fix the top to the uprights, did you use the same adhesive that you used to fix the blocks to the top?. Great site Stuart.

[@ugaladh]

I think it isn't "fixed" or attached, it just sits on top and the blocks keep it in position.,

[@grahammorland5261]

Many thanks ugaladh, I had a loss of memory, Stuart did say at the beginning of the video he made the top to be removal. Doh!! Thanks for reminding me. 👍👍@@ugaladh

[@jlmfoy365]

It's daft isn't it,a decent egg beater drill probably costs similar to a power drill. Regards Jim.

[@b3arwithm3]

What kind of finish did you use?

[@chrishardwick683]

Another great idea and project - well done and thank you Quick question- with the larger concrete top table you had a drip channel - does this need a drip / rain run off ( or are you planning on storing in side over winter ? ) thanks Chris

[@Reavley]

I'm thinking of copying this build. My plan for a bit drip protection is to run a bead of silicone in place of where the drip channel was in his larger table. Hopefully any water than runs off the top of table then hits the silicone and drips down before being able to reach the timber frame

[@harryinhuahin1272]

@@Reavley Neat & simple idea

[@Orabas86]

Etsy link not working? Would like to purchase the plans

[@Orabas86]

You pasted your own unique etsy link to manage listing it seems

[@seancampbell1383]

This is a great video! My only thought is that a person with minimal tools is probably a beginner and will most likely not be able to reproduce the machine accurate cuts you are making with a hand saw. Best have at least a skill saw and speed square if you are a beginner… Cheers!

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

Good job stewart 450mm is 18" lol

[@norfolkhall]

A couple of bench hooks would make the hand sawing easier. Instead of the hand drill, it would have been easier using a brace and bit, so much more accurate for drilling those deeper holes.

[@valborchardt3596]

Thanks Stuart, lovely project, hope you enjoy the makers show….btw, you need some new gloves, your thumb is seriously compromised 😂😂

[@2logj]

A simple project with complicated markings.Nevertheless there is lots to learn doing a project with complicated steps ie marking,etc.Thanks.

[@williamling3056]

You need to fix that Etsy link. It looks like your login page.

[@andrewlouden3419]

That’s a proper old school cordless drill

[@kuehnel16]

👏👏👏👏

[@uknowulikethat4042]

You sure that was just orange juice 🤔 nice work on the table

[@raminybhatti5740]

The lore deepens. There's a clone in the workshop... 😅😂

[@The_man_himself_67]

Excellent project! However, I have a minor quibble. Who is likely to own a hand drill these days? I totally get the point you are making about basic tools but someone new to DIY would be far better off picking up a cordless drill. Better to show how to drill a hole square on. Anyway, great project and should sell on Etsy. Good luck at the show!