Making a Modern Dovetailed Bookcase - silent woodworking

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks for watching and let me know if you have a request for a future video or any questions!

[@scott8351]

video idea - shop tour of the hand tools you use. I am a hybrid woodworker, but moving to more hand tools lately. I am into hand planes right now with a growing collection, so I need to add some hand saws. You have a lot I would like to know more about.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks Scott that is now on my to-do list. BTW that sounds exactly how I started with hand tools too, then I went down the rabbit hole so to speak LOL.

[@TUZO383]

I could watch hand tool joinery all day, so just keep it coming as far as I'm concerned. You've got serious skills.

[@andrewtruschel3228]

Do you do all your stock prep by hand?

[@FranksWorkbench]

Yes all by hand for the past 7 years. I just got some machines for stock prep and will be using them on future projects.

[@kevinmonceaux2101]

I rarely watch videos where the presenter doesn't explain what they're doing. I had already watched one or two of your other videos, and the "silent woodworking" in the title caught my attention. This video was enjoyable as it was, no words needed. Several years ago I started mowing my yard with a scythe and discovered the joy of silent yard work. It's amazing how much more pleasant yard work can be without the noise and vibration of an internal combustion engine. I took woodworking in junior high and high school, and haven't done any woodworking since. We had to do everything with hand tools in junior high. I was happy to move on to power tools in high school. I might be at a point in my life where I could better appreciate silent woodworking with hand tools. I might collect a few tools and give it a try. I do need to add a few bookcases to my home.

[@gawbo005]

Thanks for making this. It’s hard to find project construction videos of people who just use hand tools

[@FranksWorkbench]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching and commenting and I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@theycallmecoop]

That's a understatement.... and they all seem to make the same things over and over. Still waiting for someone to do a mid century modern lounge chair build.

[@compunurse]

Your ASMR woodworking has become a part of my evening relaxation ritual.

[@vosifle]

Just perfect!

[@darrensmall4313]

Great work!

[@michaelmastin9908]

Great video of your work. It is so refreshing to see a talented craftsman at work using only hand tools! Superb.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you so much!

[@grantwbrewer]

Loving the joinery skills and video pace; terrific channel!

[@Janco147]

wow. another great piece beautifully done! thank you

[@MathanielTZ]

Beautiful!

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you!

[@Postfrogish]

This is great work, sir. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you!!

[@TWC6724]

Looks great Frank. Excellent job

[@alberttibbets6567]

Really like your photography, sharp, good viewing angles.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you!

[@johnschillo4452]

this is a great video.

[@chm1701]

Awesome job. A hell of a result!

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks!!

[@systemtrader1]

Super Arbeit !!

[@scott8351]

Looks great, nice hand tool work.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks Scott!

[@johnkoewers7691]

Nice work!! Beautiful!!

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks John!

[@mikemeister458]

Amazing stuff. Keep it up.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks!

[@chejuboy]

Love your videos though I do like the ones when you talk most. That said, I’m very interested in the dovetail marking gauge you use. Where did you get it?

[@thenitpicker911]

it doesn’t look very modern to me but it looks very nice. good job!!!

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you! I felt it modern due to the addition of structurally functionless vertical dividers and subtraction of a case back.

[@Gotmovezlikejagga]

Great work Frank! The stopped dadoes to install the vertcal was a great choice, leaves a much crisper look on the visible intersection between the horizontal and vertical pieces. Would be nice to show how you determined the dimensions of the piece you removed, the knife mark is only one of the two needed. Did you measure or use calipers?

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you Kevin! For the piece removed from the horizontal shelf in the stepped dados, the knife mark gave the depth and the other dimension was marked with the same marking guage (set to ~3/8") that was used in marking the distance from the edge of the stopped dado.

[@Gotmovezlikejagga]

@@FranksWorkbench Thank you, just curious on your process, left nice joint.

[@amenvita]

It is very pleasant that all the work is done by hand, and you do not use electric machines.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you!

[@simonabbott]

inspiring stuff! At around 7:00 it seemed like you cut a board in half only to plane it and glue it back together. What it the reason for that? Or did I miss something?

[@FranksWorkbench]

That was just showing a glue up of making the two vertical dividers. Most of the boards in this project were edge glued to make them wider.

[@z4zuse]

Tools sharp, joints crisp. Looks like you have been doing this for some time, but only recently switched on the camera. What kind of oil did you apply?

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks! It's just plain tung oil

[@PulseNein]

Got any recommendations for the brand of bench chisels you prefer?

[@FranksWorkbench]

Narex are good and Ashley Iles are two I use and like

[@derjman]

Hi Frank, many thanks for a very entertaining video of building a gorgeous piece of furniture. Great design choices and I do think it has a very classy modern look, mid-of-century-ish! Just a question: did I miss the wedging of the tenons on the bottom rail? I am approaching my first wedged mortise and tenon and not all woodworkers seem to agree whether or not to taper the mortise to accomodate the expanding tenon. Any thoughts or tips? All the best for 2021 and greetings from Norway!

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thank you! Driving the wedges was not filmed because after I glued up and moved on, I suddenly remembered that I forgot. So I hastily removed the bottom clamp and drove the wedges before the glue set. I did not taper the mortise. I cut the joint to be snug even if there was no wedge at all. So then driving a wedge will just make the full contact tenon even tighter at the outside, and actually will probably create a slight mortise taper due to wood compression.

[@magnusjohansson1720]

hi, thanks for a a great video. What sort of wood is it

[@FranksWorkbench]

Thanks, the wood is walnut

[@mymemeplex]

Looks good. I made a similar bookcase from some scrap oak flooring. I left out the top shelf, and used a dovetail to connect the narrow back piece. The stopped dado’s are a nice feature on yours.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Nice and that's awesome that you used oak flooring

[@joegee1699]

Holy hell... a woodworking video that doesn't revolve around building a simple box with $50,000 in festool, woodpecker and sawstop products 🤣👍"I need to cut this to size... better take it to 15 different power tool stations I have set up. Where's my domino?" Joking aside, thank you!

[@FranksWorkbench]

haha thanks man!

[@storylineamerica4108]

Japanese pull saws are second to none and they're much easier to use!

[@FranksWorkbench]

I will have to try one sometime! After having watched Frank Klausz handle a push stroke I had chalked up my deficiencies to lack of skill rather than lack of tool.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Also, is there one you recommend to try?

[@thebrill3625]

@@FranksWorkbench Are you looking for fine crosscuts, fine ripcuts, larger ripcuts or general purpose? My most used japanese saw is a ryoba made by z-saw. Gyokucho (aka Razor Saw) is also a highly recommended brand.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Awesome thank you for the input, it's a whole world that I am totally in the dark on

[@thebrill3625]

@@FranksWorkbench Some more input: fine ryoba (240-250mm) = tenon saw, large ryoba (270-300mm) = panel saw, rip dozuki = dovetail saw, cross dozuki = very fine crosscut saw, kataba (250-300mm) = mostly crosscut and one sided

[@TurrDucken]

Do you have plans for this

[@FranksWorkbench]

No unfortunately

[@hammerfret]

Nice work, but lose the wide-angle lens. Makes it look like you are working super-bowed, cupped, or curved wood. Just a suggestion.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Yes I agree, it's fixed that on my more recent videos

[@claudioruvalcaba102]

Hello! For how much would you sell one of these? Cheers, I've watched this video like 8 times already haha

[@FranksWorkbench]

Gosh hard to answer since the stock prep was done by hand which even the few people that care about that sort of stuff will usually only pay extra for surfaces finished with a hand plane, no matter to the more work involved in the flattening, removing twist, and thicknessing by hand

[@zuckerwoodshop6419]

Are you on Instagram?? I can't seem to find you, I'm down the road in Frisco!! Good to see a fellow woodworker here.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Awesome, I'm in Frisco all the time! Nope no Instagram or any other social media

[@stevenbond6576]

Nice to watch but without your commentary in your measurements and telling us what you are going to do before you did it this looses a lot of what you do as an instructional video. You would vastly improve your viewership if you did both things and list your tools also.

[@FranksWorkbench]

Appreciate the feedback, I agree 🍻