How To Build non-90º Cabinets | Woodworking

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[@DrewOdum]

Your woodworking plans/videos are better than the woodworking course I took! Great job!

[@kristophersaul562]

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[@zionerick9414]

@Kristopher Saul yup, I've been using InstaFlixxer for years myself =)

[@PapaFlammy69]

The non-rectangular aesthetic really got me hooked on your projects in the first place!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I hear ya. I think it's the same for a lot of people. Trying to show them it's not hard at all

[@PapaFlammy69]

@@Foureyes.Furniture You do a fantastic job :)

[@williamtaylor6252]

The humor in these videos is A1. Also, ive gotta credit Chris and Sean for a lot of my skill developement. I watch a lot of instructional content on woodworking but ive gotten a great deal more from this channel than any other by far. Especially the sketchup tutorial. I guess I'm just trying to say thanks. Truely greatful for this content. Its allowed me progress very quickly.

[@saveriog.825]

I don't know what I like best: the style of your creations, your cleverness, your humor, your personality... Luckily I don't need to choose one, I can get it all in every video! Greetings from Italy!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Wow, thank you!

[@powder749]

The way you explained this literally blew my mind. 🤯🤯🤯 Additionally, I'll be buying a house soon and I'll 100% guarantee the furniture inside will not be made any other way than trapezoidal.

[@michaelbryant705]

Thank you for your instruction. I love the look of your builds and I really wanted to try making something similar. Using your detailed steps I made a small trapezoid box, I added some legs and it looks very cool. Cheers.

[@richardmarquardt6246]

Rather than long forgotten mathematical proofs it is great to see a physical representation of the proof and actually use it for something useful! Great job you guys!

[@benlucas1039]

Chris I relate so much to "I'm gonna look like an idiot" at 8:55. Whenever I try something new and tell someone about it they say "its too complex it wont work" then I explain how it will. I always am worried its gonna end up with a gap. However seeing everything come together when I properly plan it all out makes any previous failures worth it. Thanks for always being an inspiration for new projects and the awesome content!

[@1zebula1]

I never thought I would laugh so hard at a wood working video like it’s comedy. Queue throwing the phone over the shoulder.😂😂😂😂😂

[@ryannichols732]

Without ever seeing this video I designed a trapezoid piece of furniture and I was looking everywhere for tips. Then I found this video and it’s exactly what I needed! Thanks so much for such a detailed ‘how to’!

[@carpentryandwoodwork2018]

This is what I call clever boxing! Good stuff!

[@ewout2211]

That is a great explanation of why it is TRULY easier to close your miter gaps for trap boxes! Only really important that your miter jig is perfectly 90 deg and stays 90 deg, which requires a perfect fit onto your fence.... something to realize I guess

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Very true!

[@JackMoskowitz]

This has to be one of your best instructionals. Makes something apparently complicated into something simple. I'm going to design something non-rectangular now. After making the tablesaw fence jig.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks Jack...you can do it!

[@sawdustadikt979]

This is very similar to how I trim out homes. I work on a lot of really old homes which are very crooked and or I’m trimming out windows built with low quality then installed by the lowest bidder sometimes. It’s a massage type process that you get proficient at with focused repetition. The 360 rule totally applies.

[@chrisdemeglio7983]

Chris, I know this video is a year old, but I subscribed and have been going through your content. You hit this out of the park. I find all your work interesting and entertaining. I especially enjoy the "live" work you guys occasionally show. You've said it b4 in a video. There are lots of mistakes made that are not shown, so it makes it look like everyone nails it 1st try. It kind of bums you out when ur making a project and struggle in an area. You guys are very entertaining, and your videos are excellent. Keep up the good work.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks chris. Appreciate that. We actually did a video once where Shaun and I were talking about the best things we’ve built… and this piece was the one I felt was my best.

[@chrisdemeglio7983]

@Foureyes Furniture I saw a video where part of it was live. You give a lot of instruction in separate videos and that's great. I think sometimes people are looking for how you do some of the things you do. I guess more instructional if you will. I like a good mix. I also think changing you style from time to time makes it better for a more diverse audience. Kings woodworking does the same videos and I find them boring. Meanwhile James is a brilliant woodworker. I'm a fan so I'll follow how and what you do. I'm in the middle of getting my garage turned into my shop so when that happens I'll be purchasing some of your plans.

[@locomokko]

Funny, all my cabinets are non-90º but for a different reason! >< This is really helpful. Still building my skillset and this is really brilliant. I'm gaining the confidence to try drawer building. Scott from Japan

[@geef0813]

Once I tackle the chair and ottoman, I’m gonna try one of the Larry’s. You guys are gonna convince me I can build anything. Really love the mid century vibe to your stuff. Really want to try the little Larry, but I’ll seriously have to work up to that. By the end of the year I will have that (and several others) in my house. You are going to take me from my cutting boards up to the big leagues. lol. Seriously can’t thank you guys enough. Good stuff.

[@grantdavies6081]

This was fabulous and really cleared up a fair bit of confusion I had. I'd love to see a video dedicated to tapered legs too, the fact the leg may be 4 parts (a simple box) and angled too adds a little more complexity.

[@dominikplouffe4191]

Guys I can’t tell you how much I love your videos. Super slick, very accessible, high level instructions, but most importantly, you make me laugh while working. Thank you. Becoming a patreon member shortly. You rock or better, you build!!!

[@jeromelunch]

You're my favorite show. I spend more time watching your videos than on Netflix. It sure is time for me to to a look at your patreon.

[@TimberBiscuitWoodworks]

Nice! I love trapezoidal pieces. They feel much more unique and are always great conversation pieces.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I totally agree!

[@MountainPostWoodworks]

this by far is one the best videos. thank you.

[@mohedaicebear]

I think Chris is my main design coach and role model. I thought I made a nice original side table but it was just a tall Larry

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Tall Larry! I'd love to meet him :)

[@makewhatever9203]

This is the most useful video I have seen in a while. Tnx man

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad to hear that! Thanks!

[@miguelflo2]

Thanks for sharing this technique.

[@torinhalsey6313]

Mind blown. You do a great job of explaining this. I have always been intimidated by the thought of non-standard angles. Thank you for the explanations, animations and general woodworking badassery. Beautiful work.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@MrVDG-nk1xx]

A superb, well demonstrated, video and a fine end product.

[@SpencleyDesignCo]

Fantastic explanation on this, Chris!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks man

[@brianknowles7130]

Many thanks from the UK. It's kinda hard to believe that you have given out loads of info on this for free ..appreciated. Love your vids and weird angles. Rgds

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

I know...I'm ready to accept payment if anybody is offering :)

[@trystanmentoor4740]

Wow that was really simple. Thank you for this video!

[@michaelferrin2688]

Always love your little bits of humor!!

[@JEDIMinja1]

That made so much more sense. Thank you for taking time to teach this

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sandrapfauenglund8729]

Fantastic. Ready to go buy some of your plans!

[@SandyMasquith]

Thank you Chris and Sean. Thank you for making angles less of a mystery! I think I finally understand some of the Geometry that completely escaped me in school. This will (hopefully) let me expand my craft a bit. As soon as my shop is back together (rebuilding in the midst of currently lumber prices is not going well!!) I’ll order some of your plans and give it a go. :)

[@MJ-nb1qn]

Fantastic explanation of geometry. As 66 year old life long math nerd, You nailed it. I hope the masses “got it”. You guys are, now, about the only show I watch! Love everything about your videos. (I just wish Shawn wasn’t such a Dweeb!) Kidding, love the Shawn! I’m curious, do you think a 66 year old bald dude could pull of the nice glasses you sport. I’ve asked my wife and she just looks at me real funny!

[@LucasHartmann]

It is always perfect, as long as your rig is perfect 90 from the table. That is the very most important measurement.

[@Rossco242424]

Thought I'd seen it tall, this is a new one for me. Brilliant, thank you!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

No problem!

[@adagracielabaezsilva3042]

Justo lo que necesito, excelente video y explicación!!!

[@chadmarkley]

Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. I could have used you as my math teacher in high school. Maybe then I would have passed pre algebra :-|. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

[@s.b.2279]

The quality and content of your videos are just better and better. Amazing work, guys!

[@ericsimpson4045]

One of the bestvideo with tips and explanation I got in a while. Thanks! Btw working on the desk I purchased and the instructions are fantastic worth every penny.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks Eric...always super happy to hear that :)

[@yellowmuginc]

What a great resource. Thanks

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DerekHauser]

Always a great watch. Informative, clever, dry AF humor, and beautiful work. I always watch your stuff...thanks for all the effort you put into your content. It's obvious that you love what you do and it's fantastic that you can support your family with it! Well played sir.

[@fabrief6255]

Many thanks for this really intersting trick. With this process, making a perfect square box is also possible, just cut 45 vertically on the top face, then sides and bottom face following your process. 👍👍👍 Édit... haha, did not look all the video when I wrote this comment !!🤣🤣

[@takeniteasyfriend]

Brilliant method

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

8:07 holy Flippin schnikies duder! Oh man I wish I'd known this last job (like 8 mitered boxes), but hey I know it now. Seriously, huge thanks. I love these genius/duh kind of moments.

[@manavaggarwal6344]

CHRIS we want a 2021 Shop Tour.

[@RoxaneJ14]

You're so dedicated to great work it becomes poetic !

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks...and it didn't even rhyme :)

[@matthewbutcher5295]

This was, and will be really useful. Thank you.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad it was helpful!

[@מעייןהמלבלבתחייםםםם]

Shaun that's what friendship is all about Chris want to by you a better laptop and better cellphone that's the right angle to look at it. You guys are great thanks for the educational video with all the hilarious parts in it

[@jayfeliciano2]

Wow nc idea hope to make this one someday

[@chrisgraham5185]

Excellent video and great explanation

[@magnusbogucki]

Just an idea - maybe build a simpler/smaller furniture (and therefore less video chapters needed and a bit cheaper) and that way for a people to "get into it". After that it would be easier to invest 100 dollars in other plans. Great work as usual!

[@marcbonnette]

You guys are good. great content, well explain and you make me laugh every time. keep going.

[@javierviera8979]

Very useful and we'll explained 🔝

[@jesperskovjuul2170]

Very nice "tutorial". I have a pretty unreliable jobsite saw (or perhaps it's just me :) ) because of my limited space. Perhaps I should just stick with non-90 degree boxes and use this method from now on.

[@lafamillecarrington]

Great video, thanks.

[@jscook54]

This is incredible! A giant light bulb appearing over my head. Can you see it? If so, that would be creepy. Love love your work.

[@AJB2K3]

Mind = Blown!

[@antoniot4025]

Thanks for this clear explanation of everything! So, about complementary angles, cuting it half vertically and half horizontal, it has to work perfect to do perfect square boxes, so you will be fixing the gaps in each 45º angle. Right? Maybe a waist of time?

[@furthernorthfab]

I realize it’s hip to he square, but I lean towards trapezoids these days. Great explanation, Chris.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Good call!

[@d.l.9453]

Love your designs, and the tutorial in this video was great, thanks!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nadrojenyaw]

What kind of wood do you use for this type of cabinet, and/or the coffee table?

[@OstinKisuke]

Awesome! Really enjoy your videos, guys! Keep it up 😎

[@jamesmalloy6137]

Awesome info, thanks a ton!

[@pavel_any]

Thats incredible 🤩

[@msensenbaugh]

Opening music has some BOTW vibes. Makes it seem fun!

[@Jantimsen]

Haha awesome focus joke! Love your video's. Cheers

[@DIMTips]

Just looks amazing.

[@jasondarr1238]

Amazing. You just blew my mind lol

[@magnusbogucki]

Brilliant.

[@MaximC]

Thanks, Chris. ❤

[@orchidejczyk]

But setting 44.5 degree for example and joining complementary cut to each other you would get perfect rectangle and almost without visible missing bit as you show for larger deviations from 45 degrees.

[@donnygrahambuilds]

solid animations - definitely helpful info. Though, carelessly tossing Sean's phone&laptop may have been the best part of this entire video XD

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Didn't need them so I had to get rid of them ASAP

[@chadmarkley]

Agreed!! The animations are so dope

[@bitoyves1509]

Hey chris, first off all I like you designs. I would to love to know the platform you use to design the plans

[@rolandohernandez2665]

¡Qué buen video!

[@ballybarn]

Tried this technique and what do you know. I have a trapezoid!!! After a few mistakes of course

[@gilyost7744]

hey chris! love the cubs hat I actually work for the Cubs as a ER nurse for Wrigley !! Love the videos ....tell us about how you got to doing this full time?

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Nice...if I ever go and get hit with a foul ball I'll specifically request you :)

[@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally]

Again, this isn't the type of woodwork I like to do, but damnit you guys make beautiful furniture and really interesting content. I actually think I'd like to try to make one of your plans using handtools. Your designs are just lovely

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks Kevin...if you make one with all hand tools...you gotta share it with us. I'd love to see that :)

[@keithbailie3014]

Loved the designs! Some day I’ll tackle one of these plans. Though best part of video may have been Chris tossing Shaun’s phone and laptop

[@romanjohnston]

SO if my mind is right. Even if I want 90degree angles. If I cut the way you showed, in the end any .1 degree I might be off is still compensated for?

[@fredoswego]

Great video. Up till now I assumed your non-90 degree furniture was actually harder to make.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

It's easy peasy :)

[@benjaminjonholman]

I think I'm likely wrong, but if you were to use you jig to make a square box it would come out square. Say cut both ends of the top and bottom horizontal, or at 44.9*, and the 2 sides vertically, or 50.1*, it would come out as a true rectangle. But trapezoid look better, so that's the better option anyways.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

That definitely wouldn’t work. Where any two miters meet. They have to be cut the same way. So in you’re scenario, for example, where the top left corner would have one Bevel cut horizontally and one cut vertically. So unless your blade was a perfect 45, the two bevel faces would be different sizes. So the inside and outside corners of the bevel couldn’t even meet. Hope that makes sense.

[@williamellis8993]

Great info, Chris. Did Shaun even know how to operate those electronics? Doesn't matter now. Take care. Bill

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Nah...he was just using them as paper weights...so no harm done.

[@igorbatinica2929]

Could this be applied on large pieces? Is there a way to securely push a larger piece of sheet material vertically on the table saw? Great video as always!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Yeah. Go 1 video back and I do it on the piece I'm sitting on in the thumbnail for this video. The length maxes out at however tall your ceiling is. The actual limitation is for making the horizontal (regular cuts)

[@flowoodpiano717]

With your initial cuts, I noticed that once you cleared the saw and released the jig, the piece angled to your left a little more (5:30). Was putting some clearance between the blade side of the jig and the table intentional? If so, how could you be assured you were getting the proper angle while cutting?

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

This is personal preference. When I built my jig, I built it so that the vertical pieces of the cradle don't touch the table top. They are a little too short. It was probably a bad idea in hindsign. Hence, I teach to build it so that they do. That means I need to keep downward pressure on the jig as it passes through. Otherwise it could tilt. if you build it the way I talk about in the video though...that shouldn't happen. I should rebuild mine....but I'm lazy, and so far it keeps working :)

[@flowoodpiano717]

@@Foureyes.Furniture LOL, thanks. You're so careful in your work that I wondered if this was deliberate or simply something you compensated for during the cut. Thanks for the angle tutorial; as it happens, I've got a hole in my schedule that just might be filled with a trapezoidal thingamadoodle to throw away and start over.

[@thejohnhend]

I wish I had a bud like Shawn B

[@jeremyspecce]

Thanks for explaining why not use this technique for regular 45° miters, that’s definitely where my brain went.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Glad to help

[@JyB818]

Often times you make my head hurt. But I think I get it. Another great video. Everyone I watch I get a little more confident to try something. Hopefully Shaun has Apple insurance.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

If he did...would this be fraud? :P

[@goldendogwoodworks6675]

another great video. one quick question, what light is that in the video

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Thanks. They are just some cheapo set we bought on Amazon. I don't remember the brand.

[@goldendogwoodworks6675]

@@Foureyes.Furniture thanks from Redondo Beach

[@MendeNajdovTO]

The tiny sticker made me smile.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

It's our cutest sticker

[@CorentinHarbelot]

Hope you know how good you are 👍🏻👍🏻

[@davidalan6701]

Okay, so this might be a pointless and overly complicated idea, but how difficult would it be for the miters at opposing angles to line up, and would there be any advantage? I know it’s something I keep in mind when I design for print, but I can’t tell if it would matter in woodwork like this.

[@kylemwalker]

So if you want an arbitrarily perfect rectangle, set your blade as close to 45 as you can, then cut your horizontal pieces horizontally and your vertical one vertically. They’ll technically end up a trapezoid but will be indistinguishable from a perfect rectangle. Edit: I got to minute 12 and see you addressed this

[@jazzgod21]

So i get why the box is easier, but what happens when you go to make something like the drawer faces with the 'unknown' angle? Is there any easy way to do this? Have all parts (sides, top, bottom, faces) ready to cut?

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Check out the video we posted before this. The coffee table. One I’m sitting on in this thumb. We get into it a bit. For a deep dive. That’s more in the plans than anywhere on KZbin.

[@Trumpet_Traction]

First Comment!! Woohoo!! Love your vids!

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Congratulations...and thank you :)

[@TrollTheplayer]

How do I build garden stairs?

[@sinsofvorador]

Makes me want to go home and just make one for the sake of making one.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

We’ve got the plans if you need them.

[@tejiriziregbe1816]

I just realized that the concept of complementary angles can be applied to a square box, if you cut half the pieces horizontally and the other half vertically. Although I don’t think it would be an actual square, but no one would know.

[@Foureyes.Furniture]

Not sure if you made it through the entire video....but I covered that, and why you SHOULDN'T do it :)

[@tejiriziregbe1816]

Should have waited till the end before I posted this

[@RyanWattersRyanWatters]

Complementary angles are complementary angle irrespective of whether your goal is to make a square, rectangle, or trapezoid box. The reason the trapezoid works is because you flip the board so that the angles are complementary, which happens auto-magically, to your point of not really looking. Using the same approach for a 90-degree-corner box, you wouldn’t get four angles at 44.8. Two of the four would be 45.2. See what I’m saying?