Milling Machine Workbench Cabinets Build

[@Gravattack]

I am re-watching some of your old vids, and you cut squarer with a hacksaw than a lot of machines. It's always impressive.

[@russellwall1964]

YES!! You are the first person I’ve run across that shares the same feelings about using Robertson head screws whenever possible! They don’t cam out and they hold incredibly well. So now I’m doubly glad I watch your channel regularly. And of course - great video and keep them coming our way. Thanks for taking the time to share!

[@ronwilken5219]

Designed by a Canadian and used extensively here in Canada.

[@andydeciccio]

Robertson is the only way to go!!!!

[@leekronforst4589]

Robertson is king of screws!

[@axelisis]

+1 for Robertson head screws. I'll die on that hill right beside you buddy, I just wish they were more common here in Australia.

[@violettownmicroenterprises1528]

You did a beautiful job with the wood, Even down to your choice of colour !! Im super glad I've found your channel, as Im just now getting around to researching what lathe to buy as my first ever. You do an excellent job of explaining and describing, though at times I wish you'd go a little deeper into techniques, etc. Your delivery is excellent. Finally, I can tell your depth of knowledge is substantial and ... Im totally wrapped to hear it comming from an Australian... a relief !

[@harryvanniekerk7269]

You may not be a professional woodworker, but you are capable. Well done. 😀

[@Phiz787]

I'm completely addicted to your builds right now. Keep them up!

[@abonham82]

I bet Bunnings loves you 😂 Awesome job!

[@troyam6607]

Strength test on point.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday, there’s nothing wrong with how this turned out, having more storage is always a bonus, brilliant job as always mate, cheers

[@artisanmakes]

Thanks Matty, cheers

[@PaulsGarageProjects]

Hey, you got a really nice finish with that hacksaw!

[@wizrom3046]

Great project! The final result looks functional and attractive. Probably stiffened up your mill table too which is an added bonus! 👍

[@rickpalechuk4411]

Turned out pretty good. Storage is always a good thing. You may find the H style pulls are a cord grabber if you use corded tools. Thanks for sharing Cheers

[@TheJame951]

Can you do a video on lapping with the three surfaces method please?

[@tgfcujhb7583]

I would change the door handles to a style that doesn't keep on hooking up on my clothes or objects as I pass by them..,.😁👍👍👍

[@my1956effie]

Great utilisation of some vacant space. 👍👍

[@FiveTrackTape]

Perfect drawers for your application, sturdy and thick(ish) bottoms. This setup should last you a few decades!

[@ronwilken5219]

Only comment I would make on the drawers is double up the screws in the bottom. The stuff you're going to store there is HEAVY. Make sure the bottoms can hold it in. Greetings from Canada's banana belt, home of the Robertson screw. 🤞❄️🇨🇦🍌🥋🇺🇦🕊️🇳🇿👍

[@bscoffeeandwelding7236]

Tree steel is always a treat but also a challenge, nice job

[@j.hankinson7803]

Robertson screws are very common here in Canada and very uncommon everywhere else it seems. I love them for everything. In comparison cross head Phillips screws are lousy since the screwdriver cams out so easily.

[@joedowling5452]

I prefer torx over Robertsons for the same reason. Phillips had its day but there are much better options.

[@j.hankinson7803]

I like the torx too but I find the fins of the drive head a little wimpy. The square sockets lend themselves to fast repetition of screw placement. The drive tips tend to be hardened and last a long time. Occasionally I get a box of imperfectly formed square screw holes and that is frustrating.

[@artisanmakes]

Not too common here in Australia but they are more readily available than they were about 10 years ago. Although I could only find them with decking screws.

[@nefariousyawn]

It would have driven me insane working with that big open space and no drawers under the mill for so long. I also would put it off for at least as long. You did well and I hope it works for you.

[@Gin-toki]

Nice project :) For screws I prefer torx over anything else.

[@artisanmakes]

Fair enough, anything other than Philips head :)

[@Gin-toki]

@@artisanmakes Definetly! :D

[@warbirdwf]

That type of organizational project you finished are the ones I ALWAYS procrastinate on getting done. In my shop, I still have lots of those types of projects to tackle. When I do get them done and realize how much nicer the shop is, I get mad at myself for procrastinating in the first place! That cabinet turned out great. Nice job.

[@shaunpapworth4269]

Very nice job 👍

[@scaler1179]

You should get a band saw and save some time. I bought a cheap Wen, and made a table for it. It works great and cost was under $100.

[@SimJackson]

"Time to test those welds" *kicks cabinet* 😂😂😂 On a serious note though, this looks really good, you're working towards a level of organisation I can only dream of 🤣

[@artisanmakes]

“Industry standard”

[@That_Dyna_Guy]

I really like this, thank you for sharing. I think I’m going to take some inspiration from you to beef up my lathe bench and add some storage

[@BeBetter863]

Good video mate, working with metal and wood together has that certain satisfaction feeling 🥰

[@anthonymarino4260]

well done fun project

[@jamesbaldridge1868]

You could add a lot of weight to the stand just by filling the legs with sand it’ll help a ton if you’ve got any vibration problems

[@piccilos]

Pretty sharp

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

Square drive yeah thats the best

[@handsomerob1223]

I’m no expert on machinisting but you could to drill 2 holes, top and bottom, on all the legs so you can fill them with sand(and empty them in the future) for vibration reduction and weight. I’ve heard it said that you NEED A CAST IRON BASE FOR AAAAAALLLLLL mills and lathes because cast iron is as soft as a sponge and it absorbs vibrant but I don’t fully believe that.

[@jackdawg4579]

be interesting to see how you go with the weight of the tooling and materials on those draw runners. I left mine as shelves, I figured I was likely to end up with close to a 100kg on each shelf with all the tooling etc.

[@Dyspnea44]

Robertson fastners? I thought us Canadians were only blessed with them.

[@colemine7008]

That looks great. As always, very enjoyable to watch too.

[@joshuaprice2714]

@artisanmakes have you thought about filling the box frame of the bench with sand to add mass?

[@artisanmakes]

I have but never got around to doing it. I’d have to see how much mass that it would actually add first. Cheers

[@h-j.k.8971]

Fantastic job considering the tools on hand, tell me did you use adjustable welds on the runners in case the drawers sag when loaded?

[@GlennNowOnYouTube]

Nice job on the cabinet and drawers, Nice video work also.

[@lucasandri5462]

Very nice build indeed it's really practical. I'm planning to make some drawers to put under my lathe as there is a cut out between the two legs that support it. It would be better to make the steel frame as you have under the mill but the lathe is too heavy and I don't have anything to lift it. I've never seen a square drive wood screw in my life and I've worked quite a bit with wood, pretty interesting.

[@wizrom3046]

We have some really tough hardwoods in Australia and the square drive is very strong. Once you have used the square drive it's hard to go back to philips.

[@lucasandri5462]

@@wizrom3046 Thanks, good to know. Here in Italy we mainly use, at least in my case, Philips( more in the past), Pozidriv or Torx.

[@robertwalker7457]

Very nice, do you have room for a small bandsaw now?

[@CraftwerksMC]

GReat project. I have a welding table that is built similarly and I need to do something similar as well.

[@tridsonline]

👍🏻 V nice, thanks for sharing

[@jesseservice7828]

Muito bom !

[@joeldriver381]

99.953% of people could not have made those cuts with hand saws.

[@dougholcomb6851]

99.953% of people wouldn’t dare to use a hand saw.

[@justRD1]

Portable bandsaw for the win. Could have made all his cuts in the time it took him to hacksaw the first one..

[@TradeWorks_Construction]

That is an oddly specific statistic you’ve got there … I would love to be educated on how it was generated 🫠. AND DONT GET ME WRONG I absolutely agree with you there, when I did the math I got 99.96% so I guess I just chop up the difference to rounding error 😊.

[@ronwilken5219]

Wotsahandsaw? If it doesn't have a power cord or battery it doesn't even exist so how can you use it?

[@violettownmicroenterprises1528]

Gosh, really? Is that because handsaws are for cutting wood and hacksaws are meant for steel or, is it because you havent cut much steel by hand or, is it because you wanted to make a real nice compliment to a guy who is a brilliant machinist and teacher, (but not a brilliant welder).. or.... am I just feeling stupidly lonely here amongst your proposed 0.047% who -having spent 50+ years hacksawing metals, and handsawing wood?? OCD is a curse...😂

[@alanclarke4646]

Looks great, nice job!

[@juan-pierreconradie1463]

The check to see if its strong enough😂😂😂😂

[@hugoschmeisser2484]

this guy must have one really, really big arm. we got to get this guy a band saw or at least a Sawzall or jigsaw

[@65cj55]

Cool, i need to do this.

[@user1user1user1user]

That’s a hill I’ll be standing by your side on mate.

[@deckum23]

I have intentions of building something similar for under my lathe but is a bit bigger project.

[@mrjibrhanjamalkhan2144]

You can buy a pack of like 5 or 6 flat bendy and very durable chopping boards that would be perfect for your granite plate. There very thin lime a mm or 2, I use em for surface protection on a couple things rather than have to find somthing specific each time but a pack or two

[@artisanmakes]

Thanks for the suggestion, I might have to look into that

[@mrjibrhanjamalkhan2144]

@@artisanmakessince I have you kinda, love all of your videos, very cool stuff

[@hughgaynor4320]

Good project two questions. 1 what oil are you using for your way oil? 2. Where do you buy it? Like you I am an Australian and find some things on KZbin difficult to source. I live near western Sydney

[@artisanmakes]

Most of the machinery specific stuff I buy from hare and Forbes. They sell way oil there but only in big 5l jugs which is enough to last a hobbyist for a lifetime.

[@ErikBongers]

You shouldn't use a hacksaw to cut wood. You'll dull the wood.

[@HowToRestoration]

Nice

[@dondawson7409]

Nice job, where you buy your nylon from?

[@artisanmakes]

Hare and forbes Australia

[@Festivejelly]

How big is that workbench?

[@PolarfoxPlays]

Oh look, he does own an anglegrinder! At this point I was sure he refused to own/use one to maintain true to his orand with the hacksaw 😅

[@justRD1]

Is that a drill? Are you allowed to use those? Completely kills your hacksaw and handsaw theme. I want to see you put screws in with one of those hand crank deals next time.

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

You have an angler grinder why do you use hacksaw

[@autumn5592]

Because he hates the dust.

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

@@autumn5592 hacksaw also makes dust and is slower also he uses the angle grinder sometimes, and he used it to sand of the paint on the frame for welding, sanding makes way worse dust than cutting metal

[@autumn5592]

@@ThatOneOddGuy Hacksaw makes dust infront and below the cut, in a tiny area, the dust is also significantly larger particle size, no chance of inhalation. Angle grinders THROW dust in every direction around it's radius, the particles are also small enough to inhale and float around. This makes metal (or whatever you're cutting/grinding) and abrasive dust settle on EVERYTHING. Shelves, containers, tools, machine ways, and for this guy, his camera equipment. The cleanliness of the hacksaw offsets it's speed. In this guys case, he needs to keep his camera equipment safe, since it's how he makes money -- if dust covers them constantly, he needs to constantly clean it off the camera ((CAREFULLY to not damage it.) A few moments with a hacksaw is better than buying a new camera lens, or spending 15mins cleaning dust from it. He uses the angle grinder when there isn't much else he can use to get it done in a reasonable timeframe. Sometimes grinders need to be used, though most of the time they don't.

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

@@autumn5592 I like grinders I guess he doesn't

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

@@autumn5592 you seem really pissed off

[@CaptainChrisMoore]

Well there's your problem! The red arrows are pointed in the wrong directions lol

[@SethKotta]

Not janky enough to be a shop cabinet. Better hit it a few times with a hammer to get it just right.

[@legallyfree2955]

Sure... Your tenon saw has a bend in the blade and you didn't "want" to use the hacksaw... OK, OK...

[@joshclark44]

"I'm not a particularly good woodworker" *cuts a board with a hacksaw*

[@Is_GrayKing]

0:11 🐰

[@KenjiDev]

You made it really nicly! rly! It's a good one. But your's welding skills looks bad, especially the joint with who You started. Anyway keep going, it's one of better chanell who I like to watch! Btw. You inspired me to buy chiness mini lathe (mx750).

[@autumn5592]

It's not supporting a building, it's holding a drawer, it doesn't need to look good.

[@artisanmakes]

Those old stick weld done on a $50 welder. Yeah we don’t speak of those here :)

[@bengrogan9710]

A suggestion if you need to glue wood again End grain is VERY absorbant and struggle to form a bond as it is wicked away very quickly Mix a 50/50 Glue and water mix - apply to the end grain Leave this to dry Now glue up as normal the 50/50 mix acts a a sealant to prevent the real glue up from being absorbed away before it has the chance to set up