RED OAK SIDEBOARD

This little sideboard cabinet goes together with all wood to wood joinery, no glue, nails, or screws needed. The framework is made up of quarter sawn red oak and quarter sawn tulip poplar. The panels are flat sawn red oak on show sides and poplar on the back and bottom. Framework goes together with draw bore pegs and through wedged tenons. The top is joined with draw bored free tenons and attaches to the base frame with sliding dovetails. The drawer uses wedged dovetails and stopped grooves so it needs no glue or nails to hold the bottom in place.
The finish is just some canola oil cut with citrus solvent, but really brings out the grain.
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[@MrChickadee]

Humble and heartfelt thanks to all for the overwheming responce to this video.

[@Mikhavoc]

bro your stuff is tip top

[@Andyjpro]

Anyone who says they can't fit a square peg in a round hole isn't trying hard enough.

[@MrChickadee]

;)

[@eliasmaximiliano]

a masterpiece .. you are the best carpenter who works with hand tools that I have never seen in my life .. your work is amazing

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Mr. Chickadee, there are only a couple of channels that I subscribe to that I get excited about when I see they have a new video out and yours is on top of that list! Ive actually been wondering when the heck you'd put out a new video and I see now that you've been putting in a LOT of work with this project. Bravo friend. I absolutely love your work and videos, you are definitely an inspiration to me. PLEASE keep the videos coming and if you ever want to bounce ideas or "youtube" questions off another like minded youtuber please hit me up! Till next time...

[@jahrta]

You might also like Stinnet Sticks

[@usageorgepa.3293]

I guess one doesn't need $50,000 bucks of Festools in a shop... lol.

[@MrChickadee]

haha or 5 dollars of festools either !

[@CitizenAyellowblue]

But you need time, patience and practice!

[@DorianBracht]

Very nice build! I was looking forward to seeing another video from you. I love your original joinery, very interesting. I just built a table and was thinking of joining the two parts of the tabletop like you did. But I went a different route in the end. But I'm glad to see the concept works! Thanks for making cool videos :)

[@MrChickadee]

Thank you, Ive enjoyed your videos as well! How did you end up joining your table top?

[@DorianBracht]

Thanks! I ended up joining it with a tongue and grove glued with 2k epoxy. I made it out of Bubinga, which is pretty oily and extremely heavy. Wood glue didn`t hold properly. That seemed the best way to go for this particular table.

[@MrChickadee]

I find if I do use a glue joint, I prefer to use it in concert with joinery as you described with your T&G table top. If time is no conscraint, of course as you know, joinery trumps glue, espcecially when serviceablility is in play, what joy to be able to take apart and move, or fix a piece at any time!

[@rvamaker5152]

That wedged dovetail! Never seen that before,! Best videos on KZbin!

[@mcockerham2003]

yeah, that was very interesting.

[@AndrewMorgan666]

What a craftsman, makes me want to rush to the workbench immediately and get creative. Can't believe someone gave this a thumbs down

[@bobadkins2838]

I guess someone likes Festools and jabber more than craftsmanship. They should go watch AvE's channel.

[@brucewayne2984]

Quit doing so good on this stuff, my wife thinks I’m lame! Ha!!

[@usageorgepa.3293]

Nice..I appreciate your videos and look forward to them..I kept you on my subscribe list,,,Thought you were done with them..This has made my day...I'm well into my seventies and grew up in a time when tools were tools and the maker actually did the work. Thank you for sharing the experience.....

[@MrChickadee]

not done by a long shot!

[@lefouraboisduxviiieme548]

Mr. Chickadee Glad to read that! I was also afraid the story end.

[@spencergreenhill7728]

How can anybody say anything about his work, it's all so good

[@yijin4526]

A good start of the day by watching this peaceful video

[@crustyolcoot6646]

Wonderful mate. Whenever I think the American people are without any hope I think of your work and attitude to life that you and your family live by and feel more optimistic about the future. Well done Mister Chickadee and all the best wishes for your journey onwards. Thank you.

[@TermiteUSA]

Notguilty Yourhonor American people have huge amount of talent and faith and courage. We are not bankrupt despite what hollywood and cnn and the dregs of the media portray. It is people that try to move onto positions of power without a clue how actually do anything that make a country look bad. Craftsmen like Mr &Mrs Chick have always been the backbone of the good things in life.

[@ericsetting3732]

Too funny how your cat just sat there and watched you pound that peg in😂Great stuff Mr. C

[@wayneburchwell1977]

I watch with my jaw hanging open and do not talk either.

[@warrenjames1962]

Hey Mr.C! A big G'day from Australia mate! Your videos are like water during a drought! Very much needed and appreciated. Big happy's to you and yours.

[@torsteinamundsen4561]

listen to those planes sing!

[@kenshindoman9757]

I can just imagine seeing you in Ikea, inspecting the furniture...."that's poorly built, that's crap, that's rubbish...sod it, I'll build one myself!"

[@joshuachen7001]

The most exciting part is no glue and no nails, that is true art of wood

[@brownjh91]

These videos inspire me, and resonate on a foundational level. Genuinely -- thank you so much for taking the time to produce them, and share your work.

[@g81atherton]

This is the best woodworking video I have scene this year. Just incredible.

[@steelscooter]

One woodworm downvoted "A waste of good food".

[@Gracescozycorner]

Everytime I watch one of your videos I feel like I've done a workout! It's like holding your breath when someone's singing. Thanks for sharing these wonderful videos! It's inspiring!

[@MrSack199]

Thanks to Ms. Chickadee for making this video happen.

[@cyrilbrun8764]

Nothing short of brilliant , man ! I re-watch your older vids often . You inspired me after 24 yrs of woodworking with power tools , to start collecting , restoring and making things the way you do and my grandfather did . Its fairly hard to find old tools here in Canada but I'm off to a , Half , decent start . I've been experimenting with some oil finishes on wood , olive oil turned all moldy on me , maybe I live too far north haha but what is citrus solvent and generally where is it sold . Thanks Cyril

[@alexandermakhlai3859]

This is how a rugged simplicity looks like! You're happy man, you have I guess three cats around ))))

[@larryshaw6517]

The live edge is very cool, your cat is the calmest cat in existence, if I tried hammering next to my cat he would totally freak out. Thanks

[@sawdustwhisper9397]

You do a lot of traditional Japanese joinery just curious why you use traditional European tools.

[@phildeeds8238]

How long did it take you, from start to finish, to make the sideboard? It really is beautiful!

[@MrChickadee]

THanks, Id say about a full week total

[@michaeleleftheriou9876]

A masterpiece indeed: Krenov himself would have approved!

[@PhalosSouthpawsBastelstube]

As always very impressing. Even me as a clockmaker would have the patience to build such a furniture. May I ask how long it took to build it in hours?

[@jakedevillier5863]

Phalos Southpaw's Bastelstube I came here to ask this question as well

[@MrChickadee]

Thank you, a week of long days should be all, it was spread out for me as other things took the spotlight.

[@Crewsy]

jake devillier I was wondering the same thing. About halfway through I thought about restarting to watch and count the shirt changes but that’s like having to do homework. I’d rather just enjoy the video.

[@rickholmwood2000]

You are such an amazing craftsman it's almost ridiculous. Love your vids!

[@walterterrell677]

WOW! Truly an amazing piece of work. You made it look pretty effortless to put together. Only way that happens is with fine craftsmanship. Well done, sir. God, if i can only get my saw to keep on any line let alone beside one...Dreams!

[@billmoore2493]

My favorite hand tool woodworking on KZbin. Feels like looking in on another time. Beautiful work.

[@scruffy6151]

Useable art work very well done and beautifull. Thank you for the new video.

[@frenchriversprings]

Glad to see you back! It's been awhile

[@michaeleleftheriou9876]

Dear Mr C, On the subject of Krenov, is he a direct inspiration, or just an indirect one?

[@Phoneixonitsway]

Amazing work as always. Watching you since 2016 from Brazil and applying your lessons to my craftsmanship since then, which is inspired most by you and Proenneke... The 93-year-old grandfather of my wife, in one of his visits to my home, being well acquainted to carpentry in his youth, was really amazed to see the joints and the way I was dealing with wood (someday I'll show you and he'll jump of his chair). People only believe in machines and I really get a heavy conscience when I go to buy wood and see the machines processing them for me somehow... My opinion is straight that a machine is the opposite of progress. Best regards and once more your work is really mind-changing.

[@MrChickadee]

Im both flatered and overjoyed to hear your comment! It reminds me of a famous quote by the Patreon Saint of woodworking, Mr Roy Underhill, "these are not the tools and techniques of the past, no, they are the tools and techniques of the FUTURE!" Roy has 5 books on traditional hand tool woodworking and over 30 years of his TV program "the woodwrights shop" all dedicated to traditional woodworking, if you can find them I would highly recommend. The last 10 seasons of his show are available to watch free online here www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/watch-on-line/watch-season-episodes/

[@B.123-q2t]

Love how your nosey cats watch everything you're doing! Enjoy your channel greatly. Keep'em coming.

[@rustler2222]

Fantastic work and beautiful cabinet!!! And your work is saying I'm wrong, because I always saying to myself, I need that and that tool to make something!!! Again fantastic work. Cheers!!!

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very nice! I just love how you build stuff! Thank you.

[@ValDer1966]

Нравятся мне видео этого парня :)

[@rustyul]

I'm truly inspired by your craftsmanship. You're a beast!

[@robertwilliams8974]

Wow.... beautiful craftsmanship. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers, Rob from Tasmania.

[@alasdairmackenzie515]

Wonderful! Love the dovetails. Thank you.

[@ailbheskyfeather174]

That little cabinet is beautiful, and that is the calmest cat I think I have ever seen!

[@rick91443]

Words always escape me. It's almost a religious experience...rr

[@TwistedWorkshop77]

I just found your channel and cant stop watching! You are crazy talented and you videos are well done and calming! I could go on but instead I will go and continue watching more of your videos. Inspiring!!

[@chrisbirkitt706]

stunning and Young man you're a very gifted artisan craftsman great attention to detail very good knowledge and use of hand tools please keep up the great work you do . all the best to you and you're family.

[@morganhurst_redridge]

Sliding dovetail connection for the top is genius! I have no idea how you managed to cut the front ones but it's definitely something I want to look into.

[@killmimes]

I totally misread that titke the first time.....OAK SKATEBOARD...wth?

[@deborahsimmons2414]

Wood is to you what marble was to Michelangelo!!!! You don’t make things of wood, you sculpt them! Just magnificent! The cat approves...love it!

[@HeartPumper]

Damn, just like everyone in "your" crowd, I'm in awe! Mad conglomerate of all world's woodworking/cabinetmaking traditions over here. I need to make a dough board (with "bench hooks" & breadboards on 2 sides) for my wife & myself. I'll try to mimic at least few joints used here. Need only to choose which ones to use (serviceability in mind) :P Josh, it's a freaking masterpiece!! With Sir Charles seal of approval of course 😉.

[@MathieuDAVID]

Hi, really nice furniture. The wood is awesomly beautiful. Great job.

[@carolynknight1520]

Mrs. Chickadee is toiling away, somewhere there, away in the background ,peeling, chopping, stirring, serving forth, the wiping &washing, the drying& folding, canning and putting up, ensuring food store enough, of gathered, and tending necessaries. In the equally paced, the quietude of the ordinaries, domicile domesticities, regularly left out of shared His/Herstory of any success. Probably not fed BirdSeed to fulfill Mr. Chickadee's caloric need; while wielding iron, saw, scythe & chisel, bellows, anvil, block&tackle. Breakfast FlapJacks, butter/maple syrup slather? Bread,&butter, cheese & pickle, wash it down with apple cider? At least, the is the image you conjure up. Ms & Mr, Chick -a-dee-dee-dee ! "" Hello from way over from the the RainCoast , in The Lands of The Western Cedar, of last remnent scraps of great Garry oak ecosystem, in the Cascades of the Northern Pacific NorthWest Coast, of the Continent of North America, in the shared ancestral homelands of the Lkwungen and WSANEC First Peoples, whose red and yellow cedar, and oak, maple, and Garry oak trees created the foundation of monumental art, timber frame construction, textiles, implements extraordinaire; and in relationship with crafting objects unequalled in purpose and beauty: if you have not yet had opportunity to study Haida, Tsimsian, Haisla, Coast Salish, Kwaguilth carving, smoke houses,, memorial & funerary objects, - I invite you to check out The Hunt Family, - Chief Tony Senior, his brother, Richardt Hunt, their grandfather, the carver Mungo Martin, who revived Kwaguilth culteral arts, along with the great Haida artist Bill Reid, and the great Coast Salish carver, Order of Canada recipient, my friend, Temosen, Charles Elliott, who revived WSANEC-style carving, printmaking, and is a knowledge keeper of traditions in cedar monumental arts. I write all this to share a tradition that mirrors the work you are creating, to inspire, bridge cultures, working in wood, rock, metal arts, hand-hewn. All best regards !

[@gustavoquintero9558]

Mr.chickadee.Merry christmas.very nice job,I like it a lotof. Grettings from México city.

[@Kobe29261]

You do the species proud my friend. Please, whatever else you do; don't stop building!

[@DavidCadigan]

Hello! I love your videos, I just came across this old one and saw you used canola oil for finish. I've seen people say it goes rancid....how has this held up? I'd thinking about trying to use it.

[@skunkygrogan4247]

As always Mr Chickadee, nice craftsmanship. How 'bout showing the sharpening of those razor sharp chisels?

[@travisreese7229]

This was UNREAL! Was there a joint you didn't try? Totally inspirational.

[@baxxxxxxter]

I believe that even skilled carpenters make/made mistakes, and maybe for some complex parts they would not do it all over again. At least back in the day when these hand made furniture etc were common and made for living. So how to make things look nice when wood cracks or measurements are not just right? You could imitate mistakes if you can't do them spontaneously :)

[@diegock1272]

Great Job! One question: In minute 3:47, why do you start drilling the tenon just below the mark made? I've seen you doing it in other videos, is it always like this? It doesn't make much sense to me, as it looks like the markup would already be right in the center.

[@genegoodman5233]

That is beyond words, you must be very pleased with the items you build. You are so humble and seems beyond bragging about your ability. That is a super good looking work bench, where did you get it? Hohoho Your wife I would think is a very happy young lady.

[@rollingstone3017]

Wow. Canola oil. Like the kind one gets at the grocery? Thank you so much for the demonstration!

[@양거사]

이 사람은 한국적인.. 일본도 섞여 있나?? 목공기법을 많이 사용하네..^^

[@RosaStringWorks]

Nice job

[@Azamyth]

I don't think I ever would have thought to put wedges in a dovetail if you hadn't shared this I probably would never have known about it

[@TheBearGrylz]

So you never use sand paper do you? I like your technique of just planing smooth. I’ve seen you rub shavings on wood but that’s about it as far as sanding. Beautiful work as always. Is that tung oil or linseed?

[@pyrrhical3423]

Why don't you show cutting the wider panels? Is there a secret bandsaw/planer out of frame?

[@jahrta]

Everything you do is amazing, and looks like it could withstand a nuclear blast. I think I if we left you to your own devices for a few years you could build a village and furnish everything in it

[@robertgOU812]

You could probably create and sell plans like this for people who are fans. Encourage people to re-create such beautiful works for themselves.

[@TermiteUSA]

Great demonstration of using a draw bore pin. Not sure I've ever seen it done on a spline joint but it makes perfect sense. Very well shown detail from a beautiful work.

[@waimengsoo404]

Hi, I see that you plane the back board but did you plane it down to to the actual thickness or you cut it down in the middle (16:00-16:18)? Love your work by the way.

[@timhull8664]

Mr Chickadee, how many man hours did this actually take to make this sideboard?

[@homemadehistory7537]

very good work and all man like what the cat like. too. :-)

[@randycamp4280]

That is one Beautiful piece of work! Superb job once again.

[@bulletbegone355]

excellent work and presentation. You are most resourceful and clever.

[@rodney73991]

cool man. i first though make bed that head border then realize kina night stand or smalll cabinet. i new one poplalare had read comment find red oak. insert panel look red er then rest project over all think looks great some took barn wood remad cabinet. if have poplar tree in woods and red oak tree woods. cool show. i like see trees turned bords old fashioned way. i like more see live trees grow to be something in future. i always wondered poplar tree has flowers hummingbirds eat out of or that another tree called tulip popular?

[@IyandaElDesigns]

I just love that oil mix. Does anyone know the ingredients please?

[@shaihal9090]

Молодец.... respect from Russia. ... like

[@ericksonrw]

Incredible - thank you for sharing.

[@totobill22]

Pas de plans disponibles ...mais ce n'est pas plus mal car ainsi, ça nous force à réfléchir et à nous retrousser les manches. Un vrai plaisir de vous voir à l'oeuvre monsieur.

[@konzam3]

hey i was wondering how offen do you have sharpen you tools? they must take a beating

[@Josef_R]

Your oak is quartersawn and really shows the rays, was that intentional, or just how it came out?

[@Lemongrasspicker]

The suspenders make the project. The woodwork is nice too

[@platitall7]

The best I've seen out there.

[@jpkalishek4586]

the shop boss was doing a bit of micromanaging on that one

[@graymouser1]

chill cat. Hammering right next to it's head, does not gaf.

[@mitravesia1738]

buenas noches sr chickadee cuando nos regalaras un vídeo donde hagas un recorrido por tu casa y alrededores

[@codybroken]

Kitty Highlights: 0:19 (supervisor) - 5:22 (pouncing in background) - 5:43 (lurking in background) - 8:25 (helper) - 9:04 (inspection) - 12:36 (me!) - 19:29 (approval) - 19:50 (stair scritches) exquisite craftsmanship!!

[@larsfrandsen2501]

I am new to your channel. Blown away! And at such a young age. The real deal!

[@manuterae9377]

Jewelry work Master. Congratultion!

[@опийсырец]

Главное,чтобы не пыхнуло!!!!красвчэгггг!!!!!

[@SpiritBear12]

LOL Charles the awesome cat has to inspect the work. He wants to make sure the work is nice and square and the joinery is tight. The sideboard meets Kitty approval. Charles has high standards. Very nice as usual, Mr. Chickadee. It's much nicer than mine from Ikea and I like the sliding doors on the bottom where mine is wide open. Someday I'll make some curtains to close off the bottom shelves.

[@rubenmorales1818]

Desde México con todo respeto usted. Es un artista

[@GOLEG11]

this is a true artwork and craftsmanship, mimicking the built of the Arc of Covenant.. NO NAILS NO NOISE...AWESOME!!!

[@B.123-q2t]

Beautiful white oak, and a beautiful build. Congratulations on your craftsmanship.Your wife is doing a great job with the camera too. About midway thru, a light showed up with it's many colors.

[@shanek6582]

So glad you don't put stupid music overlay in your videos

[@chaplainand1]

Breathtakingly beautiful. Everything. Thank you and thank you to whoever is filming your work. God has bestowed upon you multiple gifts. Thank you for expressing them so eloquently.

[@clydedecker765]

Of all I watch, and there are many, YOU are the true hand crafting master. I admire every second of every video you make and miss you when you're not there. Please make more - if not for money or fame do it for the pure joy you give to all of us..

[@thomasarussellsr]

Just maybe your most beautiful piece yet. I love it. It's like Christmas all over again, got a new Mr. Chickadee video this morning, and it is a full piece of furniture with no glue or metal fasteners, brilliant.