Making a Bench with Handtools

This is a hand tools (mostly only) only video with stop motion sequences. It was a fun build and I definitely need to practice with hand tools more.

[@rollingstone3017]

😂That’s an ingenious fix for the wedged tenons!!!!👍

[@carlogle6207]

3/4 of my woodworking is hiding mistakes, haha. Great vid! Love the editing.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@bene3943]

Turned out really nice! And also authentic to show the mistakes too!

[@Pappderbarp]

As we say in Germany: Guter Pfusch ist besser als schlechte Arbeit! "A very well bodged job is no bad work". Love your solution for the joint problem!

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful work, dude! Really amazing looking bench! 😃 But yeah, mistakes happen. But you hide them nicely! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@tree_carcass_mangler]

Awesome project and video. Thanks for posting! Thumbs up!

[@deliaguzman1138]

Smart way to get the angle cut cleaned up on your shooting plane!!!

[@catspawcustoms]

Thanks!

[@drewx10]

Great job with the execution of the bench and putting the video together. Woodworking jokes are awesome! "That looks awful, so let's fix it, still looks awful". Made me laugh.

[@Mars-zgblbl]

In the Oldtools emailing list, the Galoots said if you make a mistake, put ebony in it. Most tenon wedges are oriented perpendicular to the grain to avoid splitting, but your stock is pretty thick and might be non-splitty like elm

[@nerdbot2085]

Really nice hand tool work. I never though of using an angle finder with your planing jig to cut the ends. Really cool.

[@sagguharjit88]

Dear Sir Its really great of you to use hand tools in this era of power tools. To work with hand tools is a really carpentry skills. You did a perfect job and your work is flawless in addition to that your video effects are amazing and very interesting. Thanks for sharing your skills and style with all of us.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you very much!

[@byronjohnson9700]

I am going to build this... literally just had a cherry log sawn into 5/4 slabs and now they are air drying for the next year.

[@ianprice4749]

Awesome bench. I made a very similar design except my legs were perpendicular to the top. The angles introduces much more challenging wedged mortise and tenons!! Well done.

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you!

[@chaimschuss596]

Great videography and editing! I always really enjoy your videos. I would love some more veneer box videos those are amazing!

[@catspawcustoms]

Thank you! I have a goal to do some more like that, it’s just hard to find time with some of the other things I have in the queue.

[@almirduric3651]

You cheated. You said "hand tools". What's up with bandsaw?! 😆 Great build and nice video.

[@catspawcustoms]

Hey I threw the disclaimer in there

[@James_T_Kirk_1701]

Nice save, we’ve all had to do it. Lol.

[@mmd1957]

That’s a very nice looking bench. How long did that take to make I wonder? ,a lot of hours I’m sure. Good on you for showing how you remedied your mistakes too.

[@catspawcustoms]

The bench took about two weeks in my free time, probably a total of 6-7 hours. The stop motion doesn’t really add that much time to the entire thing.