Is this cheap beginner woodworking tool better than a track saw?

I'm using a tool for cuttings sheet goods like plywood but is much cheaper. I was just trying to make some upgrades to my small workshop. This was supposed to be a beginner woodworking project but it turned out to be harder than it should have been because I kept making sooo many mistakes. Knowing what I know now, I would have completed this project in 1 weekend. So hopefully you learn from my mistakes and don't make the same fails I did. I had already built cabinets for my small workshop and I just wanted to build some drawers out of plywood and also a drawer box. My first mistake was drawing up my plans before I bought the plywood. I just continued to make mistakes after that.
#woodworking #woodworkingprojects #diycabinet #beginnerwoodworkingprojects
** Here's a list of some tools I used **
Circular saw edge guide (improved version) amzn.to/3VDNng6
Corner clamps - amzn.to/3xlBpj1
Drawer Handle Jig - amzn.to/3KPccQT
Countersink Drill Bit - amzn.to/4bglnVf
Drawer Liner - amzn.to/3xnfY10
Drawer Guides - amzn.to/4ewsITO
Drawer Handles - amzn.to/4bdmLrT
Drawer Organizers - amzn.to/4cp97mv

[@a9ball1]

Don't ever lose your sense of humor! Such a blast to watch and I'm happy that you didn't edit out the mistakes. So many channels edit the oops out to make them look perfect and we are not perfect. Except our wives.

[@jascogoods]

😂 Thank you so much for the encouragement brother. I always leave the mistakes because I feel like its more honest. I don't want anyone thinking I'm a professional!!

[@ho3bo765]

It is so nice to see that I’m not the only one who has inherited that extremely rare superpower of being able to turn a simple one day build into a tool throwing, excessive beer drinking multi week project!!!! And by the way I LOVED THE VOLTRON ACTION FIGURE!!!!

[@jascogoods]

Oh yes, I can turn the easiest project into a overengineered under planned cuss fest!! My wife always says "are you sure you like doing this" 😂 Voltron is one of my top favorite cartoon / toy lines of all time! right up there next to Transformers and Gi Joe!

[@wenleo5150]

We must be long lost twins! 😂😂 Same here...

[@mech0p]

This is me to man lol. Like well need something done and because i have so little time already well get a bid to have the job done. Then ill remember how outrageous the price is on everything now days and say i can save everything but material cost and be done in a day or 2. After all the mess ups, time wasted, and researching new things i sometimes wonder if im actually saving money or not lol.

[@Beansmom10305]

You crack me up! Nice to see every day humans with normal screw ups that are actually talked about. This is my first time to see your videos!! Keep it up.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I really appreciate the encouragement.

[@melodywilson5255]

This whole video is so great. The project is fun, but you sir, are a comedian! I was laughing out loud! Looking forward to the butter knife channel!😂

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Thank you so much for all the encouragement!!

[@joelprinciple7519]

Mate, this is one of the best program I've seen in ages. A good Diyer is not all about doing things right all the time, but rather being able to solve problems and making your work look respectable.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you brother, I appreciate the encouragement and I agree about the problem solving. This was one of those builds where I had to do a lot of problem solving but my next build will be 5% better because of it.

[@twylabowman3489]

Thanks for helping me feel I’m not alone. LOL. Mistakes are part of the process. I enjoy your videos more than those who don’t make mistakes and leave me feeling stupid. :)

[@jascogoods]

😂 I feel your pain brother, I watch those video too and feel like a dummy!! I think that's why I don't want anyone thinking I'm a fraud pretending to be an expert so I leave all the mistakes out.

[@wilko3034]

Watching the mistakes is great. In fact a stroke of genius as it's better to see what can actually go wrong. Great sense of humour, keep those videos coming

[@jascogoods]

if its genius, I just stumbled on it because I just filmed what I was doing and making mistakes as usual. 😂😂😂 but thank you I appreciate the encouragement.

[@lourias]

Tip: when applying the faces of drawers, start at the bottom. For spacing, use an appropriate number pf playing cards between the top of the drawer and the bottom of the next upper drawer.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I appreciate the input and I'm sure it will help others looking through the comments!

[@spyghetti]

Great video, I like the final result. I hope Sutter Home picks your channel up as a sponsor, maybe you can 'all day Rose' and build some more neat stuff.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I appreciate it. I'll take a sponsor any way I can get it, even if it is Sutter Home!!😂😂😂

[@ProspectorsGhost]

I really enjoyed this video. You have a geat sense of humor as well as to the including of all the many different things of which can and always does seem to go wrong and plague almost every DIY'er. Thanks for producing and sharing this video.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I really appreciate the encouragement!

[@rodophotos]

Great video! Thanks for showing the whole process including mistakes and how you solved them. We all learn from our mistakes (or at least we should) 🤔

[@jascogoods]

no problem, thank you for the encouragement. I feel like people will be more inclined to try if they see you can make lots of mistakes and still make something nice.

[@mech0p]

if your looking for a track saw and dont want to spend a ton the wen is 167 with tracks i believe. Its been a really good to me for a fraction of the price and i dont regret it at all. Its honestly got me looking at more of their tool line. Also im loving your channel man and can see you getting to 100k in no time. Also like how you leave in the mess ups and how you deal with them because as people were rarely perfect and we all know most jobs are 25% fk ups, 25% cussing, and the other 50% fixing what we messed up one way or another. one thing you should look into is a 3d printer as well. Id reccomend every shop to have one as theyre amazing for printing out jigs, those plastic containers you bought, wall mounts for tools and so on. Like one of those tubs you bought could be printed for like 25-50 cents and its super easy.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you for your encouraging comment and all the info. I like Wen tools. I think they make pretty good stuff for the price. I have a few things of theirs and I was eyeballing their drill press during prime week. Ill, have to look into the track saw, thank you. I do want a 3D printer. I have wanted one for years! There are so many tools I want 😂😂😂 I'm sure its like that for every woodworker and DIYers. What 3d printer do you recommend? I want a laser engraver too!!

[@stewy4075]

love the sense of humor and don't edit out your mistake all adds to the fun know i do the same stuff

[@gaylewilliams7353]

I really enjoy your videos! I've discovered that if you don't make mistakes, it means you're not doing anything. I learn so much from my mistakes. Sometimes I learn a better way of doing something. Other times I just learn not to do that again! 🤣😂🤣 Keep up the good work!

[@jascogoods]

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I agree with you 100% about the learning from your mistakes, if you are pushing your boundaries you are gonna make mistakes!

[@YTubeSDD]

I wish I could subscribe to your channel a second time. You truly should win the award for most gags (visual and verbal) ever packed into a KZbin woodworking video, and maybe any video.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Thank you so much! the encouragement means a lot!!

[@jjpiatek3294]

I love your sense of humor.... subscribed!

[@jascogoods]

Thank you I appreciate that!! 🙏🏼

[@oxcart19]

This is how my projects go. All's well that ends well, and I learn something every time.

[@jascogoods]

Agreed, that's why I try to joke around and enjoy the process!

[@mrmoto7682]

That turned out great. This project was just like my adventures in woodworking 😂.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Thanks Brother!!

[@doriglenn1358]

Thanks for keeping it real- this is what everyday, normal woodworkers go thru. And yeah- every woodworking channel I follow there’s always the “I could make that too if I had $10,000 in tools!” How do they come up with that number? Is it all the same person? All my tools are $20-$30 from Walmart or Harbor Freight with a coupon. Kinda doubt they could make anything with $10,000 in tools.

[@jascogoods]

Thanks brother. I have no Idea where they get these numbers. I think they are factoring in a portion of my house cost for the space I use! 😂😂😂 At the end of the day it just an excuse not to try!!

[@Treacle1959]

😃wow this was a great project to watch and it was just like watching myself do it - like the old man used to tell me "measure twice - cut once" hmmm I can still screw it up if I measure 4/5 times hahaha - keep up the great vids, I have only watched 2 of them but I will be making my way through them all - great humour and great woodworker at the same time, 👍

[@jascogoods]

wow thank you so much for the awesome comment!! I will definitely keep making videos. I am starting to enjoy making the videos as mush as the woodworking!! you the measuring twice thing only works if you are using the right measurements!! 😂😂😂

[@daveduncan8809]

I just started following your channel, and I'm enjoying your builds and lmao on your humor 😂. I enjoy your content thanks

[@jascogoods]

Thanks brother, I appreciate the encouragement. Ill try to keep the videos interesting.

[@chapbix12158]

Before cutting your wood, acclimate it to your shop & put weight on the bowed areas. Put support under the flat areas & where you want the bowed areas to end up to flatten it.

[@jascogoods]

That's a great idea, thank you. I need build an area where I have a flat surface to do that. right now I just put them on my wood rack but its just 2 bars holding each piece up.

[@basher50]

The subtle subscribe note worked.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Thank you. I appreciate it!!

[@brotheradam]

I would use the 15/32 for drawer sides- as that is 1/2 inch, and I would use the 19/32 for drawer bottoms and case as that is 3/4 inch

[@jascogoods]

Thats a good idea, thank you. I did do that for a few drawers then just used whatever I had left over for the rest.

[@DanielRustad]

You are me! Thanks for helping me realize that I'm not alone!

[@jascogoods]

Well you must be a pretty awesome guy!! We are rare but there's more of us!! 😂😂😂

[@kerrylynch449]

I appreciate your warts and all build. It makes me feel less incompetent. Keep up the great work. Australia loves your sad humor. I know wives can be hard work.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you brother, I appreciate the encouragement. You made me laugh with the "sad humor" 😂😂😂 I never heard that before.

[@Paul-yk8bj]

It's a pleasure and refreshing to watch you work your projects and not be afraid to show the mistakes you make we all make mistakes that's how we learn. Great videos always look forward to them, keep up the good work great project and love the colour and the black handles on the drawers

[@jascogoods]

Thanks brother, I really appreciate the encouragement. I show the mistakes because I don't want to mislead anyone new into thinking I'm an expert. I want them to see I'm learning too and not everything I do is the best way to do it.

[@johnwilliams1091]

The commentary is so funny and similar to my own internal dialogue while constructing.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 I'm glad to hear that, I thought I was just weird!! Thanks for the comment and reassurance!

[@woodandwheelz]

I have one of those Gator Grip sockets. It's great for installing eye screws or hook screws. Not much else though. I collected Garbage Pale Kids back in the day also. LoL! I would like to offer some advice if I may. You do something that I too struggle with. It looks like you're using your phone to record these videos, so do I. My advice is to look at the camera and not yourself on the screen. It always looks like you looking around and not at the audience. Like I said, I do that too. Please feel free to comment that on one of my videos. LoL! Great video though. I think painting the drawers was a good idea. I'm not one who thinks shop furniture should look museum quality. If I salvage drawers from a desk or dresser for my shop I don't fancy them up and make them all look the same. Thank you for sharing your journey on this build. God bless.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you so much for the great comment and all the info. That's all I use the gripper for too!! I think I tried it once on a sorta tight bolt and it just started breaking so I never tried it again. I have a Sony zve10 that I make my videos with. But you are absolutely right, I look at the side screen rather than the camera. 😂 It is so hard not to look over at the screen to keep making sure I am centered. I am definitely working on it. I just subscribed to your channel and I look forward to watching some of your videos.

[@dolfinwriter5389]

The top of your black toolchest looks just like the top of my red Blackhawk toolchest! I also have one or two of those Gator sockets. Garbage. I keep it because every once in a while I run into something where no other socket I have will work, and I dig this out hoping it might do the trick, and it disappoints EVERY SINGLE TIME!!! Maybe one of these days I'll just throw it in my scrap steel bucket. That's about what it's worth--Scrap shred steel price!

[@jascogoods]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's tool box looks like a junk box! I always watch all these KZbin channels where their tools are all set up perfect and feel like I'm lazy. Someone gave me the gator as a gift. my family always gets me gimmicky tools as gifts and I just keep everything. I use it every now and then to put in eye bolts or something weird like that just to justify keeping it.

[@1crazynordlander]

What drill bits are you using that have the stop on them so you don’t drill through the wood? Never mind. I found it in the description. Thanks for including that info. Thanks for the video.

[@jascogoods]

No problem, thanks for the comment and good luck with your build.

[@redsworkshopuk]

A very entertaining video. Great job and brilliant project.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I appreciate the encouragement!

[@ra4yu]

This is a great video, there are so many lessons here. You have good problem solving skills which are harder to pick up than a lot of woodworking stuff. Material inaccuracies are a fact of life, so is bowing and warping you cant blame home depot(even if they are worse than normal) for that you need to learn to check for it because you will never get perfect stock. Also circular saws are closer to hand tools in that they require practice and regular use to be accurate with, fences and guides only partially of offset that. Its why track saws are so popular with woodworkers because you essentially need to be a carpenter who uses circular saws daily to not see them as inconsistent.

[@jascogoods]

Thanks brother I appreciate the encouragement. I agree, its hard to get good at using a circular saw unless you are doing rough carpentry like framing where a wavy cut isnt as crucial. A track saw is on my long list of tools I want/need.

[@JBCavern]

I'm new here and love your sense of humor and fessing up when you make mistakes. One suggestion I have is to add a beer drawer to go with your Cheetos drawer. 😁

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I really appreciate the encouragement and that brilliant suggestion!! 😂😂😂

[@johnthompson3462]

Great vieo.Nice to see honest reactions and admit when you screw up Aw WE all do.I tell people I don't do the measure twice cut once.I do the measure three four times and still make a mistake.But never short of firewood LOL

[@YTubeSDD]

My problem is that I can never seem to cut two pieces of wood to the exact same length.

[@johnthompson3462]

@@YTubeSDD That is a "Popular" problem LOL What I try to do is cut matching pieces together. I have been woodworking for over 50yrs and I tell everyone that, I strive for perfection every time,and when I reach it I am going to buy everyone I know a new car. That way I know I am safe

[@jascogoods]

So true brother, the more I build the more I learn how to fix my mistakes! maybe that's the real key to woodworking!! 😂😂

[@jascogoods]

Me too!! that's why I use the stop block! even then I sometimes mess it up!

[@lourias]

Gee, you do better than me! I could really make you look like a god if we compared projects!

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Its taken me a long time to get to where I can fix my mistakes and pull off a half way decent build! Just keep at it!

[@bradleycox4642]

Jasco's Butterknife Builds had me rolling and earned my subscribe click!

[@RegisMichelLeclerc]

...Or you could have gone to a second-hand furniture warehouse and got something perfectly adjusted for the price of your drawer sliders (and I mean a very expensive one, $50 still get you a fair amount of value). Adaptation of an existing cheap thing is another form of art, it's crazy what you can do when you merge a TV table, a library and a standard desk...

[@jascogoods]

That's a good idea, I suppose its all a matter of artistic personal preference. I enjoy building things from wood and someone else may prefer repurposing furniture. Thank you for the comment.

[@RegisMichelLeclerc]

@@jascogoods I know, right? What I'm saying is that your sliders alone make the entire project a money pit and there are much better ways to source the material and the hardware. It's not "repurposing" as only the spare parts and panels were reused, the result had nothing to do with any of the "source" furniture. I'm just about ways to making the project (and the mistakes!) affordable, as well as doable with limited hardware (who has a jointer in their 2-bed appartment?), that's it.

[@MD-gc4xq]

I’m so glad we went metric in the uk it’s so much easier

[@jascogoods]

It seems easier in concept and I'm sure it is much easier. but it sounds like a foreign language to me and I cant visualize it when someone uses it in a tutorial. 😂😂

[@animationdad1788]

i found me a new channel to watch.. i love this stuff. you make me laugh and i learn how not to do things.. lol... please keep them videos coming. will be going back and watching all of you old stuff too..

[@jascogoods]

Thanks brother, I really appreciate the encouragement! If my wife doesn't kick me out I will definitely keep making videos!!

[@andrewh3730]

I enjoyed watching this it’s making me laugh a lot. Just what I needed! Have a question on the bow. Could you trim it in the side and place a weight in the bow area to reform it closer in. Not sure I explained that well but hope I get my point across.

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I appreciate the encouragement and I'm glad I could make you laugh. I'm not sure if that would work. I have but weights on wood before to get bows out and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I would have to do some more research.

[@jayneal8154]

OMG!!! 🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂 your such a smart ass, I love it! Keep up the great work. if you ever get to the Outer Banks hit me up

[@jascogoods]

I wish you the best on whatever you make. If you do some research on what to sell and how to sell it I think you will do great.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Thanks brother, they call me Jay too!! I have never been to the Outer Banks but it looks awesome. I will definitely hit you up!

[@jimrosson6702]

Great video

[@jascogoods]

Thank you!!!!

[@VeggieBeard]

I have the same exact shirt. I get a compliment nearly every time I wear it.

[@jascogoods]

The donkey Kong shirt? Yea I get the same thing, donkey Kong is such a classic! I think the guy was yelling "hey Kool-aid man" referring to the old Kool-aid commercials where the big red guy comes busting through the wall! My wife said it was a fat joke!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@VeggieBeard]

@jascogoods ooooh ya, that's definitely what he yelled. People can be jerks. I make fun of myself when I comes to my weight, lol. I haven't had anyone brave enough to say anything like that to my face

[@reganovich]

Gator Grip..Irelands first taste of american style TV sales...wanted that thing bad

[@jascogoods]

If its any consolation they're kinda crappy. I only have one cause it was a gift and I'm a tool hoarder. !!

[@rds333]

All you need now is a refrigerator to store your snacks!!

[@jascogoods]

😂 I keep telling my wife that!

[@bluedragonfly5]

You are very entertaining....thank you for sharing all your mistakes, so we dont have to!😂

[@jascogoods]

Thank you, I appreciate the encouragement. I'm sure some people will still make some mistakes! 😂😂😂

[@Domicle]

Have you tried Dukes mayonnaise yet? I got me a mayonnaise sandwich and a beer for this video!

[@jascogoods]

I have tried it! I never heard of it until a year ago when someone I know from the west coast had it in a video of making a sandwich. I guess its really popular on the east coast but I could only find it in one store on the west coast.

[@Domicle]

@@jascogoods my favorite condiment isn't world famous...oof, hurtful. You are brutal, dude. Like everyone else, I enjoy you not being magically immune to mistakes in technique or forethought. One word of advice: Dig a hole in the backyard and crap directly into it. That's where the contents of the bucket are headed anyway, cut out the middle man like Amazon does. From Florida, with Love. Me.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Thanks brother!!

[@minnydancer986]

Brilliant - and I had a laugh!

[@jascogoods]

Thank you I appreciate that.

[@MortimerSugarloaf]

Love your goofy style, man.

[@jascogoods]

Thanks Brother!! 😂😂😂

[@fatehdebbah]

Coolest woodworker ever

[@jascogoods]

Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@714638]

I bet he's sponsored by the butter knife companies!

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 This comment made me lol for reals!!

[@Shadd0724]

How come the batman and superman drawer didn't have an empty bottle of Sutter Home in it?

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 good Idea!!

[@steveanthony7550]

OMG I'm LMAO "Jasco Butterknife Builds" 🤣🤣🤣 Screw the haters as we laugh the entire time! 👍

[@jascogoods]

😂😂 now you got me LMAO!! I appreciate you man!!

[@talanfjr]

Love the build but I find the handles you used are constantly snagging your clothes or a strap etc Its a pain.. (I have similatr handles on my kitchen cabinets and as soon as my wife signs the immunity papers i will change them. Keep up the good work.

[@jascogoods]

Thanks brother I appreciate the encouragement. I didn't think of the handles snagging my clothes but a few people have commented on that. Maybe that's why I was able to get so many that cheap.

[@davidsee3553]

Where can I find the link for that butter knife channel?

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Its coming soon, im still trying to cut through that one board with a butter knife!!

[@19Wolfsden63]

BT3000. NICE

[@jascogoods]

are you in the club too? 😂😂😂 I never see anyone using them online so I didn't know so many people had them.

[@jeanine6492]

Very entertaining and useful on what....... not to do. 😂😂😂😂

[@jascogoods]

Thanks!! 😂😂😂

[@liquidrockaquatics3900]

7:08 story of my life

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂 Me too brother, me too!!

19/32"? That's just about 15mm 😅 (and 15/32" is 12mm ... So ridiculously sized boards are probably just metric?)

[@jascogoods]

That's interesting, maybe you're on to something. 🤔

[@Bebonkin]

In your videos, I am always afraid of / or / look forward to what is inside of things... Drawers, cabinets etc

[@jascogoods]

I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult! 😂😂😂

[@bilbaggins1]

Measure TWICE... cut once!

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂

[@lourias]

I HATE and detest drawer handles that have an edge which captures clothing as one walks by them!

[@jascogoods]

That's why I always work in the nude as God intended! 😂😂😂Just kidding, that is a good point, I just used what I had.

[@lourias]

@@jascogoods There are children in the home. I do not want to teaumatize them with my old, dried out, overweight body! LoL

[@Fordhorsepower1]

Somebody is feeding you.

[@jascogoods]

😂😂😂

[@bigjoe8922]

So the answer is NO

[@jascogoods]

lol what was the question!

[@bigjoe8922]

@@jascogoods is the cheap beginner wood working tool better than a track saw? From what I saw the answer was no. Thanks for the video loved it