I Build Something HUGE For Myself.... and It Sucks

[@John_Malecki]

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[@vvsandgaming4648]

Shelves with hidden features... like hidden shelves with even more features... no idea what those should be but that is why we like squirrely things

[@Cryptowill821]

@@vvsandgaming4648 a shalf with a hinge where you can flip open the top of the shelf, but also put things on the shelf. secret compartments.

[@vvsandgaming4648]

@@Cryptowill821 oooooh.... A normal shelf with a hidden compartment on top and underneath and perhaps even on the front. It could be called "The Hidden Shelf"

[@tristancribaro9764]

John i’m an avid woodworker who has followed you for awhile, please do a shiplap wall!!! i made one a few years ago out of reclaimed pallet wood, it would be really cool in your space

[@timthompson7205]

Hey John, You've got someone trying to scam people off your channel. Look at my comment on your this table will make me thousands video.

[@SirIsaacNewtonOfficial]

I love it. Lol this build series should be called Sunday Morning Wood 😂

[@robertm348]

You are obviously the "Wooder" instead of the "Woodee" who would slip quietly away before you wake...

[@the_realist_John_Doe]

Floating shelves made from the same type of wood as the desk would look good on that black wall. Should work some sort of lighting features in somewhere too. You should also explore the idea of a real waterfall somewhere in your office too. The sound of water can really help you relax after a long day.

[@ruben9912]

As far as the metal part of the desk goes: Powder coating! It'll cost ya but you can't beat it and if its no good you send it back to them to deal with.

[@MrTakoyaki1]

I second this

[@jonbailey6048]

Third this

[@hunterdahl5709]

4th this

[@Stan_the_Belgian]

5th

[@Leroys_Stuff]

6th this although I’m way way late

[@Fosterforged]

Hey John, you're probably going to want additional sound deadining in the office and honestly something to keep the pings of the metal on the desk to keep from being picked up from your mic. Sound damping panels for the walls and signage behind you and a couple sheets of dynamat under the desk to keep the desk noise quiet while recording

[@DREAMTYMSAMS]

Agreed. Maybe some Dynamat or one of its knock-offs on the underside of the metal to reduce the ping.

[@DREAMTYMSAMS]

Note: Dynamat autocorrects to Dynamite which would also work for sound deadening...once. It would also work for John deadening which I'm sure none of us want.

[@AlexCastagnaro]

If I May, a french cleat blending with the paint for some "changeability" for the scenario would be nice in that wall. Warm regards from Brazil!!!

[@CeeJayThe13th]

That's a very smart idea

[@BenDeibert512]

The desk looks really classy, I would have thought to use it on the other side, have your monitors and computer on the metal, but then keyboard, mouse, and writing on the live edge. (however, would require a rebuild...) As for the wall, I'd think a collection of shelves, live edge, and metal would look really good, but also maybe some large pieces of art/signs/etc used to house/disguise sound dampening would be helpful as your podcast studio gets more heavily used.

[@markbrown7538]

if your not happy with the finish on the metal side of the desk I recommend wet sanding with 1000-2000 grit and then buffing with automotive polishing compound. This is what I did when I painted my old tanker desk to make it slightly above average.

[@RNapierkowski]

Live edge floating shelves. From top to bottom contrasting different woods and colors. And then add your 2 logos in the back out of wood and metal.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Suggestion for grinding and when you use a circular saw to cut sheet metal: face shield or put on a welding helmet that has the auto dimmer. It keeps the sparks off your face. Also, any time anyone is in the shop space for any reason, they need safety glasses, goggles, or a face shield on. It is an OSHA regulation and it will save an eyeball or at least the pain of getting a splinter or steel filing from a spark in the eye and having to go to the ER to get it removed. Also, you only get two eyes, so don't waste your spare one when some cheap safety glasses will protect them. If the camera crew needs to look into a view finder to film, look at options for safety guards for the camera for protecting their eyes. My qualifications for this are being on multiple safety committees at industrial sites, including a plant that manufactured explosives and required training related to safety to be on, and the industrial first aid training I received that covered treating eye injuries. My instructor for the first aid class was an EMT with over 25 years of experience in the field. He had seen the difference between when there were safety glasses and when there weren't. It is the difference between going blind and just having a lot of surgeries and having a bad eye afterwards. One of the companies I worked for had a hall of shame for unsafe things they found and hall of fame for safety equipment that saved people. Lots of safety glases shattered or with grinder disc shard embedded in them, but the photo of the worker with just a black eye instead of an eye patch.

[@aerosaaber]

safety squints are a funny joke but metal (or anything else) in your eye is no bueno. my qualifications on this are that I've gotten lots of stuff in my eyes over the years because I'm an idiot. #eyepro

[@JohnLaudun]

Yeah and better ear protection than AirPods, please. My qualifications involve being an old guy who still has his hearing and is surrounded by guys who thought ear protection was for wooses but now have hearing aids.

[@bernhard8051]

Yes, wear safety glasses. My qualifications are that i have eyes

[@wittworks]

Unrelated to the build: you should get a herman Miller chair. It would be more comfortable 🙃 love mine. Love the half metal and half wood table and that it’s not against the wall. That curved monitor is siccccccccc

[@emmanueleferrarotto2986]

Maybe something to match the desk: Metal frame shelves with some wood boards and accents Maybe placed off-center onto some painted-on pipe network to create one wall filling peace of functional art

[@Nunnikins]

Notion is the best! I manage all my business in Notion. I also put all my plans there and even run my D&D campaign on it!

[@jackduk]

Can't believe you didn't build an epoxy river table - could have done a joint video with the folks over at Black Forest Wood Co or Blacktail Studio because they are specialists (specifically in desks), and you deserve a special desk! Appreciate you're a wood and metal company, but only the best for the best of KZbin!

[@norcross26]

I love the desk.. I think I'd take a thin strip of wood and put it at the end so it makes it wood the metal then wood. Makes it looks like the metal was in the wood. Now for the wall I'd do signs and floating shelves but with the same wood as the desk.. maybe a metal one or two.. thats just me .. the office looks great

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Awesome. Very nice shop office redo. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friends. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Weld On. Fab On. Keep Making. Stay squirrely. God bless.

[@overyourheadtampa]

Make a tree trunk 'grow up' the wall, with each shelf acting as a branch coming off the trunk on either side. Of course they would need to be floating for this to work.

[@chrismorgan6898]

Awesome Desk! As to your Black Wall, just a suggestion, divide the space into 3 sections. Top Center section, large business logo signage. Sign would be the focal point. Left And right sides, 2 possible ideas. 1st would be photo gallery of your completed projects. Gives your future clients samples of what your shop can do for them. Tells a story. 2nd idea, floating shelves. For both ideas at the bottom would build cabinets to store merchandise, forms, and other office/shop supplies. Also a couple file drawers for client work. Always a good idea to keep paper back-up in case of computer failure.

[@markroper9269]

I was going to comment on the lack of monitors......nevermind!! Mini-fridge....yeah.....air fryer, wait what??!! Brilliant!! I have a whole cabinet devoted to fishing tackle in my basement office. Safety squints were fully engaged at all times!! The extra metal cleat needs a walnut box attached hanging down to act as a drink holder, an LED light controller for the lights under the desk, and a "Get out of my office!!" emergency button!! Have a great vacation!!

[@curseofremains1905]

I love how every time I see John with a pencil behind his ear, it always looks moments away from falling, but it never does

[@ahunley6275]

Cedar plank herring bone pattern wall with a picture frame center piece of your logo. I do tile work and recently did a backsplash and it sparked the idea.

[@brentfowler2317]

Awesome job John, and team. That desk idea is BadA$$ my dudes. And I can't see what you're seeing, or feel what you're feeling on your desk project through a screen. Lol. (Damn that would be cool! Lol) But I think it looks amazing! I hope to see what you end up doing with the desk. And as far as the wall behind your desk. That question really, well it'll just depend on a couple things. Is your office, an area that you would like to set up, to have space, to give your customers the ability to come in, set down and go over plans with you? And for others to sit down and talk with you about a job they are inquiring about? Or is it an office that will only be seen on camera, by you and your guys that work alongside you? The only reason I'm asking is, if it'll be a place for clientele to sit down and discuss spending their money with you. I would dress it as such, I'd go all in, put your company logo behind the desk, some cool lighting behind the logo. Maybe a coffee and tea bar. Think car dealership, Just a higher class setup, as new people, as well as returning customers walk into a, custom furniture makers shop! Set it up to scream, that you know what you're doing! That they should spend their money with you! You know what I'm saying? However if your office, is gonna be another room just for you to work from. And clients won't be in there. Then maybe go for function over form.. Shelves for stuff you need at hand. You know, anyhow just my thoughts. Thanks for the great content.

[@mikechecks5994]

Awesome build! I think for the shelves, get a few off cuts of some nice live edge walnut and making a bunch of shelves with black metal brackets to tie the office together!

[@t_o_ny]

I need to see a kayak fishing series, love seeing a black pack in the office. Should introduce a tackle review / catch & cook maybe?!

[@funo6581]

The paint, floor and desk look great! Nice transformation. As far as the wall goes, I’d put what motivates you the most to make your business a success.. your family. Cut out a large wooden or metal circular saw blade but, instead of your logo in the center engrave a picture of your family. Surround that with floating shelves that ‘frame’ the picture creating a half circle on each side with the shelve lengths.

[@MikeyJ_366]

Some kind of built in cabinet for storage and each cabinet door panel is a piece of shop art. For example, one door could be small pictures of your favorite joinery. Another could be measurement conversions. Another could be types of welds and how they’re used. My thought is your CNC could carve that stuff out. This is what I want to do in my shop.

[@missingmymarbles]

If you are going to record podcasts you'll need to put up some acoustic treatment. In general it doesn't matter where in the room, it just hast to be in the room... however if you can reduce the sound at the first reflection it would help. So put the "bulk" of the acoustic treatment on the wall you face and talk towards during the podcast. Second, I've seen some other comments about a french cleat system that sound awesome so I vote for that! Would allow you a lot of flexibility in what you place where. Third if it's a video podcast then having a sign in the background with the pod cast title, or even just your name would be great. Honestly, just your name makes a lot of sense and is general enough to use for anything you need it for.

[@Daphoid]

All of the above: - Floating shelves, - Signage where a TV might go - Art based acoustic panels on most of the walls (and ceiling honestly if you find it really reverb filled) Then - Some cable management trays under the desk, grommets to hide all the cables for monitors and stuff - monitor arms mounted on drill through mounts (since you can't clamp with the chairs being on the other side for visitors Only downside really is loosing the sit stand part. Wouldn't have worked with the waterfall but you could've put the slab on those and lifted (uplift desk sells a 4 legger that lifts 535 lbs).

[@pmiller4421]

Fantastic! Good job Charlie. Enjoy vacation

[@xxPenjoxx]

"Inclined to dangle" is my new favourite fishing phrase 😄

[@daveperkins2927]

Multi layer pincture on the wall behind you made of different exotic veneers! Looks awesome! 👍

[@BR-ik4qh]

Chalk board paint and live edge floating shelves. File cabinet under desk. Recess a front panel on desk with your logo in/on it. Make grooves on door grey to match walls?

[@tomascain4474]

Floating shelves! That desk looks amazing!

[@spacedragon7604]

Floating shelves all connected with several 90’s so it’s all connected together and waterfall grain pattern would look sweet!

[@shawnupdegraff8138]

Put your saw blade logo on the black wall, but it needs to be huge, like at least 6’ diameter. It needs to be 3-D and lit up with led strip lighting. Then incorporate some live edge floating shelves to match your desk. Then you need something that pops, I’m thinking like the tables that float with the chains and some cool lamps on them that are made from epoxy. IDK, have a great vacation!!!

[@garrettscott4094]

An Engineering Teacher always told our class that "You can't Polish a Turd". In an attempt to prove him wrong, we used the hot wax film machine to create surface we could polish. Long story short the melting temperature of a turd happens to be lower than wax.

[@Jack-SecITGuy]

For the back wall, do a combination of wood shelving and canvas pictures that are stuffed with noise dampening. It will help with that reflective sound you get in your office. Also, fill the shelves with fake green plants. You don't have to take care of them and they give a pop of color that sets off the wood grain really well.

[@ryanroepke9933]

My vote for the wall behind the desk is for walnut French cleats across the whole wall. Then tune it up with all of the shelves, hooks, brackets that your heart desires.

[@dylanfulford1657]

I would recommend doing a French cleat system so you can do customisable hanging shelf’s for storage/display/functionality.

[@murdineleboe1973]

I think if you did some floating live edge walnut shelves, it would balance the room out very nicely. Could put some signage in between the shelves. maybe a DIY filing system underneath all of that. Excited to see it all done. Looks good! - a new subscriber

[@brandilewis3498]

Love the wall colors. I would add floating shelves and a sign for a great background for the podcast/KZbin.

[@johnprestonii871]

I think that’s bad ass! As far as decor, I think you need a dope squirrely wood/epoxy logo wall art there

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

Toss the metal, it was a good concept. Add another section of walnut to the desk gliting shelves behind you maybe a bookcase on the wall to the right of your desk. And your "punch tofat in the face" sign acrossed from you. Don't forget the picture of the wife on your wedding day and family photo.

[@V1N_574]

Someone is dropping some good weight! Doing awesome my man, true inspiration!!!!

[@BigSauceOfficial]

John I’m a superintendent for a home builder and I’ve seen customers get some really cool wallpaper and do floating shelves on the wall paper. That way you have a cool combo with art and storage while not taking space with the physical art pieces.

[@seanlupher1697]

Oh snap!!! Good to see Jordan back.

[@Picardgolf]

Metal and wood logo with back light for you podcast background. Floating shelves with antique tools. Also a floating light of some kind.

[@kryptykomedy]

Best KZbin content creators BY FAR! Love the channel 🥰.

[@lesterleysath1000]

Desk looks great! That bracket tho . . . Floating shelves would look great but you need drawers to conceal some of that stuff

[@Marc0Bece]

You could add some acoustic panels that are decorative, with 2x1s and Rockwool, cover the front with a funky looking fabric.

[@christopherwells4768]

When you first said Notion, I heard "No sh*t", which I think would be a much better name for that tool anyway. Appreciate your no-tion reviews and tutorials. Keep it real!

[@topherwallaert9473]

I see squirrelly zigzag shelves on that wall with your podcast logo. Looking good! Enjoy your vacation.

[@angrymater13la]

Look into either Powdercoating the metal part of the desk which would be the most durable or having it sprayed in Automotive Paint and Clear.

[@ReadySetBuildIt]

John, I like the ideal of metal and wood. I’ve never done epoxy before, but could you do the same concept and purposely leave some sort of a gap(river) in the middle to add epoxy to? This would make it so your joint doesn’t have to be perfect and it would include another type of table you’ve made often. I’m not even sure if epoxy would stick to the metal, but in theory, I think it would look awesome.

[@dougbrown7150]

I had a guy order shelving that , best way either of us could describe it was a giant shadow box. Multiple various size squares inside a frame I thought it sounded nuts but ended up being one of my favorite projects. Even thinking of doing my own you could possibly use a metal frame or verticals to tie in the desk style

[@bespokedrip]

Use some of the same live edge walnut from those trees (and/or cutoffs) to make a series of staggered floating live edge walnut shelves behind the desk, which will tie the room together. The walnut will also go well with the black/darker paint visually.

[@pmcgurn1]

You'll probably want to put something on the bottom of the desk's metal paneling to deaden the sound it carries when you tap/hit it. Maybe like a foam rubber coating or something. I'd also sit on the other side where the live edge is, so your hands aren't prone to causing noise on that metal while you're recording.

[@insanemole]

Here's an idea: make a hexagon out of wood about 1 foot in diameter. Cut a 45° angle on one half of the edges. Do the same on the other half, but facing in the opposite direction. Make dozens more. Paint them in slight variations of black. Now if you screw some of them onto the wall at the right distance and in the right orientation you get a nice patterned wall. But because of the 45° angles you can use the remaining hexagons like a kind of french cleat system to hang pictures, old tools, lighting, speakers, what have you.

[@diyhandcraftedlifestyle9151]

That's a wicked desk.

[@stephen890]

Regarding the shelves: you will constantly be bumping into them as you back up your chain and stand up. I'd recommend recessed shelves in between the wall studs.

[@MrBigwill2455]

Dude, put a killer aquarium on that wall with black paint! You could build a wicked stand for it and put sharks in your office! Or you could build a squirrel habitat. Either way is cool!

[@johnnelson6732]

I would love to come do a cool mural for y'all on the wall behind you. Perhaps a design that would allow for floating shelves and have it all work together

[@jameskeller238]

For the shelving I would do floating shelves alternating between metal and live edge you started a theme may as well go with it!

[@manikzag]

Swing Arms for screens for your desk, shelving maybe with some of your cut off edges with bark. Sounds proofing (those annoying projects with cloth over wood, screen print the cloth or something). Also carpet if you're recording in there..

[@williamgreen9663]

The back wall looks like a great place for the shop logo in metal & epoxy.

[@tronddk]

on the back wall put shelf on the sites and a sound diffusere wood art in the middel so you can se it on the podcast/youtube

[@markarita3]

Floating shelves for sure...never enough shelves! the more you keep stuff off the ground, the better. Btw, if you have no choice but to use wall anchors (for desk), use the more heavy-duty screw-in type...or better yet, the butterfly (toggle bolt spring wings) ones.

[@mitchmccoy9648]

Cool sign, small whiteboard, a few floating shelves.

[@jimh472]

"When I get inclined to dangle" is definitely going in the rotation.

[@rickswordfire4774]

10:10 Next project: a table long enough to support a plasma cutter

[@Joshua-eq5zs]

5:09 Jordan almost caught the back hand😂✊🏽

[@MedicTwitch20]

Resin floating shelf with resin full of metal shards to incorporate the metal side and wood working side, custom coat hanger hooks

[@GregsGarage]

John, how do you not have a Milwaukee 6370-21???? You can stop eating flaming hot shards of metal if you get one... I saw an ironworker killing a 3/4" thick angle on a jobsite one day with one. I went straight to the store and bought one. Since then, I don't use anything else to cut straight lines in steel.

[@jeannettelafrance9499]

Must have heard The Stones on the way to work and ended up with Paint it Black stuck in your head. Love the outcome!

[@mr.southernsimple9752]

Let's see floating hidden beer storage with a steelers logo being the front design. Surrounded by metal and live edge slab floating and lit shelves. With a cnc clock of your logo top dead center. Need that drawn up I got you.

[@samulliner]

I've seen plenty of woodworkers make basic and easy sound-damping panels, but I would love to see something with the Malecki touch...!

[@indycustommade3568]

I have a thought about the wall in your office. How about adding one or two-inch walnut strips vertically leaving space in between them for the black wall to be visible? It would match the desk and I have always loved the look of that. Something to make you say, hmmm.

[@hansangb]

If you're podcasting, you're going to need sound panels. Live edge waterfall frames for the said sound panels! (And use that Rockwool insulation you bought 8 months ago)

[@kennethcarozza6147]

As you continue to improve your office, and shop, one must also acknowledge the fact you are channeling your inner Jeff Saturday, or Joe Thomas and looking rather svelte my friend!

[@kennypace9951]

Definitely a metal and wood dry erase board to help with to do list for the day/week. Also possible a epoxy Steelers emblem in the center of the black wall.

[@Turfwrangler25]

Best part of Sunday mornings!

[@imranahmad8770]

John can you do a video on things to know while selecting the live edge slabs. We have videos for regular board lumber but I didn't saw any detail video for it.

[@bikerktmktm21x]

When using the circ saw on metal. Set up in the other side if the table. Let's you get away from the discharge side and guards against the spray just a bit. As for back wall. My opinion only but scrap the paint and have a graphics designer make a Billy the badass wrap for the whole area with logos, projects, signage ect.. when tour bored with it. Put a new design up.

[@saintjproductions]

I'd probably make the back side an L side table, then behind you from the desk floating shelves or wall decor. What about a full wall of a high floating shelf ( crown molding like) for holding souvineers, trophies, memorabilia? then wall opposite the desk a nice bookshelf or display cabinet.

[@theMaDNesS201]

if your podcast is going to have video, you could do the old punch today in the face logo from your old shop behind you, but leave room for other tags, like get squirrelly, ect. or you could do some kind of magnetic sheet that way you can just make cutouts of whatever you want behind you for a given day, or if you are trying to give a presentation via podcast you can use it as a visual aid, or even have a full white board style magnetic sheet to throw up there for that purpose

[@sakaj]

Have fun at beach 🏖. Floating live edge shelves behind you on wall with some movement in the grain I.e. Claro walnut or some lighter wood to break up all the dark colors in the room.

[@markduggan3451]

I like it, I like it a lot. I think you need some floating shelves, some out of live edge and some out of metal.

[@Josh-nj6bi]

That is the most awesome desk I have ever seen 🐿️

[@jeffoliver4158]

Great build and awesome office

[@calebsmith5759]

Love the desk!

[@FordEra]

That desk looks awesome, excited to see the next one too

[@felts5857]

You got that Cnc, why not put it to use in cutting some swirls into the table and metal sections, then blending the whole thing together with gold, copper or aluminium inlaid? Will blur that harsh boundary and you can continue the style into art on the wall

[@cashkruz319]

You definitely are going to want some sound dampening in there. Get some of those sound absorbing panels like Michael Alm and Brad Rodriguez did. It'd be sweet to see a big John Malecki sign in the middle of the wall, with floating shelves on either side.

[@j_b_9381]

I never realized until this video that you were in Pittsburgh. I'm just a couple hours east of you. Would be cool to stop in some time I'm in town to meet the legend!

[@mainelybarefootdriving2222]

For behind the destk. Make the most epic 'Builder' logo you possibly can. Epoxy,wood, and back-lit, would make for an epic background for the podcast.

[@TJ2417able]

Floating shelves in the back for sure, alternating 2 different wood types, one dark one light would be mint 👌 thats how I've got my office set up

[@brianbarham7077]

Coolest desk I have ever seen.

[@grafyghtgaming8733]

I think a giant mural of John on a bearskin rug needs to be in his office and MAYBE with him wearing a Steelers helmet perhaps? That's optional.

[@f.catfracassofracasso404]

Resin floating shelves made out of epoxy resin with cool stuff floating in the epoxy resin staggered and sighns or memorabilia in the spaces in-between.

[@averymasters6669]

Add a curve to the metal where it meets the wood (think semi circle). Straight tops are boring. For the decorations, would be kinda cool to have antique wood working tools surrounding a large super shiny metal logo.