How to Make a Workbench Drawer Episode 5 | Paul Sellers

[@robertlequesne]

I have just finished installing my workbench drawer, following the construction of my workbench over the course of the last 12 months. Yes I know, a long time! But its the journey rather than the destination :) You have enriched and continue to enrich my life, Thank you.

[@villmann]

You are an amazing teacher Paul. I just finished a cradle for our unborn daughter, after months of work. It has 40 dovetails, and every one of them are cut by hand, because you taught me how to do it. It is a good feeling to make something that will be used for generations, hopefully.

[@rhhutchins194]

Be sure to sign and date the cradle. Your descendants will appreciate it. I usually epoxy a new penny or dime for the year of completion as a means of dating my work. I sign in an obscure space that will receive no wear in normal use.

[@GalonMarakTa]

You are the Bob Ross of woodworking and I love every minute of it.

[@alasdairsandy5083]

GalonMarakTa happy little splinters :)

[@MrWoody135]

"talking instead of thinking!"....classic!. Your attention to detail, even on your work bench draw is very inspirational. Most of us are in such a rush to get things finished that we can somehow justify only doing a 80% job. I'm spending more time making my tools and workshop than I am making furniture. Arrrh.

[@richardrodgers1883]

You are not the only one, I seem to be making more jigs and arranging my shop than I do making stuff.

[@morganplatt6762]

I go in to my little workshop after watching Paul's vids thinking I know how to do it coz he makes it look so easy and make a complete town halls of my projects. Lovely! The guy is gold.

[@livelaughlove716]

Can i just say i love your videos. I pick up wonderful tips i adopt frequently but your videos are more than woodworking. Your descriptions are calming. I work a high stress job n your videos usually calm me down. Your like shop therapy! Keep up the great vids, love the new vlog videos too. Have a great day! Thank you for your hard work its appreciated

[@imafraidofclowns740]

Absolutely agree. I wonder if Paul actually knows how many people he helps with stress, he has certainly helped me.

[@fischkino1891]

Absolutely. I see him as the Bob Ross of Woodworkers ;)

[@livelaughlove716]

@@fischkino1891 happy little dovetails!

[@keithcastle7387]

Ty Mr Sellers, I have watched the whole bench build 5 times also sharpening stone episode, though going to take a lot of practice for thtyou make it look easy.Great piece, I now have the confidence I can do it. Keith D. Castle ,420 work shop. U.S.A.

[@Arco326]

I love this... No power tools. No nonsense Wood working !

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Thank you Paul for a wonderful series on making drawers. I find all of your videos helpful in my own woodworking adventures and this will definitely improve the building of my future drawers. I love the non-metric system (lol)!

[@chrisorcutt7619]

Paul found you on Utube and I have learned so much. If you could would you do a session on the different hand saws and what there used for please.

[@bottleneck9826]

Loved that cheeky smile from Paul on his comment on the imperial system. I don’t know about the imperial system, but I can count to 10 - all I need with the metric system ;)

[@lastingbuild1373]

A very elegant addition to a wonderful workbench design.

[@reginabivona1282]

I love your 100 years or a lifetime of use!!!!

[@JohnlynHD]

A great series of videos. Really nice to see someone using hand tools only. Thank you.

[@rhhutchins194]

I watch your videos over and over again and learn something new almost every time I do. Questions arise in my mind sometimes. One of the most compelling of these is, "Why did you fit only a single drawer in the workbench?" It appears that you have ample vertical space to have done at least 2 drawers and perhaps one might have been deeper than the other. It seems those deep drawers would be ideal for long objects often used such as rasps, files, extra long drill bits, etc. I find I can never have enough drawers as they help me to organize things so that each has its place and can be returned to its place while awaiting the next use.

[@rogercarroll1663]

This is great education. Thank you very much.

[@pinview8519]

Paul, As always, enjoy watching you in action and I learn a lot from it. Thank you so much.

[@riccardo-964]

Excellent addition to the workbench. Congratulations, Mr. Paul, keep up doing the good work!

[@TheUnijacker]

Gotta love a guy so skilled he can use a panel saw sideways; like a gangster shoots a gun in a bad movie.

[@abidmalick6232]

Enjoy watching you, master class

[@richardwills7768]

Always great to watch a true craftsman at work...

[@dougbeach7299]

16:39 haha Paul! Love it. I'm an American and often wonder why the metric system didn't win out here. By tens makes so much more sense

[@JoeBob79569]

Lol, I just came down to the comments at this time too, to see if a metric/imperial war had erupted! I'm absolutely a metric-guy but I do sometimes catch myself using imperial when woodworking. Usually when I'm doing something rough, like "yea, that's about an inch", but generally I use whatever is convenient, or closer to the mark, whatever side of the ruler I'm using, or whatever number is easier to remember. But, yea, generally metric is better, I don't know how imperial people measure stuff that's like a yard, 2 foot, 3 inches, and 13/32, and then add another inch and 3/4 to it, it must be a pain! In metric you just add 1681mm+22mm and you're done.

[@JeffGloverArts]

This non-metric American, thanks you for your non-metric-ness (and the metric equivalents)!

[@phillcom3]

Woodworkers do tend towards imperial just easier to devide

[@iloveamerica8541]

And I am happy with that! Am I happy with that? No I am not happy with that! 😂😂😂

[@icidade]

I love your videos. I learn so much. Thank you!

[@fredericomendes5065]

Ahahaha, very smooth with the metric system. Another excelent video as allways. Cheers from Portugal, metric system users :).

[@edeppel6710]

Another great video Paul. I really appreciate all of the finer details in the chisel work. Any thought to using a coarse tap and die to thread the knob onto the drawer front? No screw to loose when you need to remove the knob, and you can still close the drawer with the knob removed and then simply thread the knob back on to open the drawer again.

[@joeduffy9764]

Thanks Paul, great job as usual, I would have prob run a candle on the runners just for extra smoothness!!!

[@Cadwaladr]

Inches are my favourite metric.

[@bluekingfisher1416]

A bench drawer is indeed an essential accessory. I would however on that particular style of bench have the drawer pull recessed or pocketed. The knob fitted would continually catch my clothing and impede when holding longer pieces in the vice, even if the pull can be removed. Just a small issue and personal preference although I did learn much from the overall build and application of the drawer. Many Thanks.

[@fieroboom]

You make perfection look so easy... 😍 Beautiful craftsmanship!! I'm just learning to hand plane, and when I'm edge-planing, the far end of my edge keeps coming up shorter like my plane is diving off the end (leaving a belly in the middle), is that a result of too much down pressure, or not enough pressure on the rear of the plane as I get near the end?

[@charlesarnold4963]

Watching you making the drawer was very enjoyable and educational. There does not seem to be a runner above the drawer so what prevents the drawer dropping when it is opened/extended?

[@hdwoodshop]

Charles Arnold he made the sides longer. Earlier video

[@hthoutbewerking1572]

The drawer is placed directly under the benchtop. That prevents the drawer dropping.

[@charlesarnold4963]

No. There is a gap between the top of the sides of the drawer and the bottom of the bench top!

[@th34lch3m1st]

How to Make a Workbench Drawer Episode 1, minute 0:57 Paul Sellers says: " to get the exact top of the drawer, I've gone to the underside of the bench top". Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXrHpqerps6Cfdk .You're welcome.

[@davidcarlton2472]

Paul, I have a question for you. As a way of looking outside the box, I was wonders why not build the drawer first, then cut the opening? It seems like the fitting would be easier.

[@jamesgarner4968]

It’s always easier to adjust a drawer to fit an aperture, than trying to alter an opening (along with kickers and runners) to accommodate an existing drawer.

[@davidcarlton2472]

Thanks

[@PL4x2]

Hi Paul, why did you have a mortise and tenon for the stopped housing joint?

[@christopherbarnes6976]

Thank you for the drawer series. What do you typically find yourself putting in the drawer?

[@DredBeard]

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[@yannkitson116]

"In 20, 50, or a 100 years time I will want to remove them" ;)

[@gamingSlasher]

It is good to plan ahead.

[@andrejwalilko634]

excellent series; i made a basic drawer for under my kitchen sink a few years ago and only spent 10 minutes on it. certainly wasn't a 'lifetime tool' like this one! i do notice a trend, though among life-long woodworkers (e.g. paul and norm abram): they seem to hate the clutch setting on their drill drivers! is there a reason its always kept on 'drill' when driving screws in, instead of changing to a clutch that stops at a certain torque? i feel thats important to avoid stripping screw heads, particularly on the brass screws common for woodworking use.

[@davelowe1977]

Andrej Walilko You can't properly gauge by hand the torque applied if using a clutch.

[@whitacrebespoke]

As some one that’s been a life woodworker (well 25 years since my teens) I have to say the clutch setting is a pain in the rear. Not all parts of a piece of timber are the same density so the clutch setting is unlikely to set more that one screw to the same depth constant adjustment makes for slow work and when your piece working that is not the place to spend time. On a modern drill driver the drill in most cases stops as soon as the trigger is released so you very soon get a feel for that sweet spot when the screw is where you want. I agree it’s important to not strip the heads often you will see when door fitting a lot of guys now will use a generic screw of the correct size first till we’re happy with the fit then put the correct one in when we’re happy with the fit. For brass screws especially slotted ones my recommendation would always be to ensure pilot and counter bore are good then either fit a steel of same size first then using the correct size screw driver fit the brass screw by hand. Or lubricate the brass screw before hand fitting straight into the pilot hole. It’s more common that over torquing will snap the screw just below the head than you will strip the head recess with modern screws.

[@thomasarussellsr]

Bloody nice, that is.

[@rhhutchins194]

I forgot to ask another question that has come to mind. I have no workshop space other than my driveway. I have an inadequate workbench on castors that I store under shelves in the garage. I want to build a version of your workbench but it must be limited in length and width. I've decided that 48" inches is the limit of the length. It must fit beneath shelves that are 24" wide. Uprights that support the shelves are 24" apart. In planning, I'm trying to decide the maximum width I can accommodate within the limits of the environment. In order to determine this, I need to know how far the vise protrudes out from the bench. I haven't bought the vice yet, but currently think the 9" Eclipse will meet my needs. If Iline the vise jaws with 1/2 solid core plywood, I will need to allow one extra inch beyond the dimensions of the vise. I have not yet found imensions for the Eclipse vice. (If you know where I might find the info, I'd be much obliged to know it; or to know from your actual measurements.) If the vise with liner jaws turn out to be 5", then 19" remain for the bench top including front and rear side boards. If I use '2-by' materials I would need 12 boards in total - 6 boards for the center field of the benchtop. I'd appreciate your comments and those of your followers on my approach to planning the bench size. I plan to use castors like those you used to give me the mobility I need. I'm a couple of months shy of my 77th birthday and have some physicality limits due to arthritis and bulging disks that sometimes prevent my standing and working; so my projects will be scaled appropriately with these limitations in mind. I cannot close without thanking you profusely and sincerely for all that you do for us, your fans and without letting you know that central Texas is poorer for your absence having had you in our midst for awhile. Your fellow countrymen are blessed with your decision to return home.

[@darfboony824]

Hey guys how can you get your chisels fine and shiny? I really have a sweaty hands and can never maintain my chisel rust free except the cutting edges.

[@imortaldeadead]

darf boony little bit of oil, or paste wax will help with that

[@gamingSlasher]

17:45. Paul seemed a little confused there. Must have been the non-metric system that messed him up.

[@jan-reiniervoute6701]

Can you fathom it!

[@lauravardy2890]

Jan-Reinier Voute He's in a different league, high on a perch above us all... I could go on but I don't want to encourage a chain starting!

[@rosshollinger8097]

Too late. Give me an inch and I'll take a yard. I'm inching toward the milepost of building a bench of my own. It's time I stood on two feet and and just did it. I'm going to make it 1.75 cubits by 4 cubits by 1.35 cubits. OK, I told myself I wouldn't be here furlong.

[@jan-reiniervoute6701]

And a toolw-ell.

[@billgiles3261]

Started in Imperial Measurements at school, but the SI system was just coming into the UK. I just use that both without issue. But when visiting Harbour Freight in the USA I got a free 15ft tape measure. It irritates me that it does not have metric measurements. So all my measuring tools have to have both. (And by the way I was not involved in the design and build of the Hubble Space Telescope!)

[@mrheart4242]

Don't take this the wrong way. But if it recessed the depth of the handle. Then vice area is not an issue.

[@gkuk]

Hi Paul, I am now retired now but as a young apprentice I was always on the hunt for Diston USA or Canada saws, What're your thoughts. ATB Glen

[@PDSVIDEO1966]

Perhaps Paul could build things like this with common mistakes built in so he can show how to correct them.

[@janrod3974]

What was the thing on the metric system about?

[@filmfunken803]

good stuff :-)

[@pontokie0072]

Awesome :)

[@carlcooper3525]

Did you just build a new work bench out of pine about a year ago? Why do you need this one?

[@rhhutchins194]

For his classes, perhaps?

[@LarsKiel]

👍

[@hreinngunnargumundsson4734]

HAHA! So simple this non-metric system, isn't it? :'D such a joker this guy

[@deezynar]

I love you, Paul, but I don't like how you mount the vise on your bench, having a drawer in a bench, or hanging saws on the front of a bench. My tools are on a cart that is always within arms reach. I don't have to worry about putting a workpiece in the vise and realizing the tool I need is in the drawer, and I can't open it because the workpiece is in the way.

[@dlwatib]

To each his own. Paul's way is definitely not the only way to do things. He never leaves a piece in the vice for very long.

[@edwardmonsariste4050]

Some things are easier to the mind in standard imperial.... here in USA. When baking, cups and spoonfuls seems natural. Feeling the temperature, Fahrenheit wins for me. With speed and distance, 0 to 60mph and 1/2 mile are clearer. I wouldn’t mind metric for small measuring of length, fractions do get complicated. There is a small number of tool manufacturers that are starting to be successful at converting woodworkers over to metric with high quality tools. But I don’t know how to ever get rid of the 1” chisel or the 2” iron in a number 4 plane?

[@billnewman8261]

The word (often) the t is silent.

[@patbassman8251]

Oh you bad boy having a dig at the metric system , metric is more accurate and easier for me .

[@ashyclaret]

Not to the naked eye,32 of an inch is 25 mm

[@lucasmoreno3213]

So simple this non metric system 😂

[@Kuro-fk7nr]

I hope you can remove them a hundred years from now.

[@stuartwhite8215]

Really, chiselling towards yourself?

[@rimmersbryggeri]

50-100 times a day? If you need things out of it that often maybe they shouldnt be in a drawer.

[@dontspamkoth]

If you have to make a negative comment, maybe you should keep it to yourself. He obviously wasn't being literal.

[@godwinxuereb1198]

Hi Paul, Excellent series about drawer making, Loved watching you work. I have just finished constructing my workbench, I will definitely be needing a drawer. First time trying dovetails, watched enough videos time to try it out myself. I have a question, what finish do you apply to the drawer? especially on the sides? Do you need to add some wax in case it expands or do you just plane it some more? Keep up the good work