RUSTIC OAK NIGHTSTAND

Reclaimed old growth white oak primary and tulip poplar secondary wood went together using only traditional joinery to build this nightstand. No glue, nails, screws or clamps are needed just a few well placed wedges and an understanding of wood movement.
A bit of raw linseed oil thinned down in citrus solvent really brings out the color and grain of this great old wood.
The tight grained, slow grown old growth wood is a true pleasure to work with, much better than the stuff generally available today.

[@richardpage7323]

In my opinion, this is the most useful KZbin channel.

[@KennyInVegas]

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!! After about 30 videos from Mr. Chickadee I've watched, at 14:05, he slips and makes a mistake. He leaves his error in the video.......... shows how humble and down-to-earth he is!!! Thanks for another GREAT video. Your chisels and planes are so sharp, can't believe how well they shape wood.

[@fonhollohan2908]

Just throw that old board in the garbage. What? hold my beer. Love the Idea of using the old barn boards with this Piece looks like it was build years ago instead of recently. plus it gives it character. One of my favorite pieces Josh. Looks great. The dove tails locking the piece together with the light pine wedges causes the contrast to look amazing.

[@Renny1953]

The day will come when people look at your furniture like that of Robert Thompson in England. Look him up - the UK's Mr Chickadee. You are a very clever, quiet and patient man.

[@psiclops521]

I've grown a very strong appreciation for your aesthetic.

[@jclearners]

This is really a great woodwork with hand and hand/manual tools... No machine or modern technology 👍

[@MrChickadee]

Thank you very much!

[@eladvanallen8282]

I'd give my left foot for your tool collection and my right one to make furniture with you for a year or two. I'm in a wheelchair now so I don't really need them anyway...lol.

[@just-dl]

Dale, you just moved to the top of my hero list! :-) well played, Squire! Well played!

[@firstgeer]

Nice piece. I really appreciate your videos. While watching this nightstand being made I was looking at a Woodworkers Supply catalog in the section showing all the glues they sell. During my woodworking career gluing and screwing was the preferred technique in our "quick and dirty" scheme of making cabinets. Sometimes we got to use dados or Lamello biscuits on the higher grades of cabinets. Today I mainly use epoxy on the knife handles I make. I did use your pinning technique using an offset hole and a stainless steel pin to attach a stabilized mango handle on a Japanese gyuto blade. It really cammed the blade into the handle and makes for a monolithic knife after the epoxy sets. I like your use of the nail stained oak top.

[@catdogcattt]

Nice furniture and an amazing cat!

[@danieldabbelt8604]

You must be a master of sharpening your tools they cut beautifully

[@coast2coastauctions472]

Watching you doing woodworking is what it must have been like watching Rembrandt paint.

[@MrPotatochips4]

The patched trousers reminded me of a craftsman I worked with in a New England shop, who had three kids --- all got college scholarships. Came to work same time every day, walked home for lunch, boiled potatoes, wore patched clothes. He and his wife were Mormons from South Korea, and anytime anyone did anything right, he'd say, "Verry Goood ______________!" And it was a good group of people for 4 years. Verry Gooood, Mr. & Ms. Chickadee!

[@TermiteUSA]

Mr Chic, you work is excellent of course. Your drawer pulls have the same profile on the inside as 'trunnels' used in planking a wooden ship. Look for a 19th century schooner recently extracted from a remote beach in New Zealand named Daring. She went aground in 1866 and hull and framing is remarkably well preserved. As they were just starting to get her into a preservation area where she can be kept under spray one of the crew took a picture of a particular plank. The joint is solid after all those years.

[@av40229]

Mr. Chickadee and a Primitive technology to start my weekend off on, gotta love it !

[@Josef_R]

av40229 Haha, I was just comparing them while watching with a friend.

[@jeffreydustin5303]

GREAT comment!

[@morganhurst_redridge]

I've never seen that done with dovetails before, that's a very cool idea to make the joint without glue. Nice touch with leaving the scrub plane marks on the outside of the nightstand.

[@tomnekuda3818]

Personally, I think that little grey cat reads the blueprints and tells Mr. Chickadee each step.....great help! I have a bookcase that is very similar in it's construction to this.

[@kenshindoman9757]

And that bit of furniture right there will outlast all of us...

[@ClintRoseCarving]

I almost had a heart attack when you tapped the wedge into the dovetail joint but as always it turned out wonderfully and your skill is always apparent. One of the best channels on KZbin in my opinion.

[@axelpeterman-spreen889]

Me too, holy cow.

[@arnold7156]

GREAT JOB . LOVE WATCHING YOU WORK, LUCKY GUY , PLENTY OF WORK TO DO, SKILL, PATIENTS, LOVE OF WORK A WILLING WIFE THAT SHARS THE WORK , GREAT OLD TIME HAND TOOLS ,,, WHAT ELSE COULD A MAN WANT? PLUS THE STAR, THE CAT AND DOG

[@act.13.41]

No amount of noise will stop Charles from lounging.

[@TrainFlood]

Lol this dude makes a raised panel drawer bottom. I am in awe of his craftsmanship!

[@dougalexander7204]

Charming piece of furniture.

[@rick91443]

Have just started preparing wood for two bedroom night stands/tables. Will be GLUED to this...cheers...rr

[@ThirdCoastCraftsman]

Absolutely LOVE IT!!! You are the man Mr. Chickadee. I love the devotion to hand tools, I love the simplicity, the simplicity and leaving a lot of the tool marks is what gives it so much charm and beauty! Most of us wood workers get too caught up in getting perfect surfaces, but the tool marks give it way more character. Let people who see it know it was worked by someones hands rather than just machines. But I was perplexed to see you leave those pencil marks and finished over top of them. I would have at least sanded those away!!! haha.

[@shawnfreeborn]

Those wedged dovetails on the drawer look amazing. Really nice job!

[@farmerbob5341]

Gotta love a craftsman who lets his hands & tools do all the talking! Thing of beauty

[@raynoladominguez4730]

Beautiful work. Oak is my favorite wood.

[@garethbaus5471]

I am partial to hedge, but oak would probably be in my top 3 favorite woods.

[@martindouglas2745]

Love the use of wedges. I expected the end tail of your drawer sides to split with the wedges but they seemed to hold. Nice details too. Cat supervision is always important.

[@MrChickadee]

Thanks, its very important the joints are very tight at the bottom of both the dovetail and the wedged tenons on the top, this squeezes the wood together and prevents splitting

[@kuffyswoodwork]

The texture from the hand plane is a nice touch. Thanks for sharing.

[@tonybologna123]

stunning work as always

[@edreese3514]

Another great video thanks for sharing

[@E.lectricityNorth]

I love the lack of fasteners and glue. The finished product seems so clean, so pure. Beautiful piece of furniture, thanks for another great video!

[@baswit514]

As time goes, the wood gets nicer, very pleased with the way you reuse old wood

[@RonRay]

Excellent, as always.

[@leifpaulin5358]

A pleasure to see Your work. My mothers father was a furniture carpenter and I grew up in his working hut!

[@ailbheskyfeather174]

You, sir, have yourself a new subscriber! The workmanship you put into all these pieces you make is absolutely astounding; I think God himself might be a tad jealous.

[@MMASulu]

The wedged dovetails did it for me! They look so beautiful and still provide strength and longevity. By far my favorite video because it's cabinetmaking

[@pggysu]

Wow, over 13 minutes in and...is even sand paper too modern? But your finish is perfect anyway. That beautiful old grain from reclaimed wood just does it for me, too. You are a true artist and I'm glad I found you!

[@tangle70]

I like the wedged dovetail with the light colored wedge.

[@tommy0164]

You are the Norm Abrams of hand tools! Great work!

[@garethbaus5471]

Nice shop cat, reminds me of one of my grandmother's barn cats.

[@kookiboy]

I am watching this again and it is 2020 already !

[@ilanagrandpa]

Simply amazing!

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks Josh, this design never gets old 👍👍. So simple and will withstand a couple lifetimes and maybe more. 👍👍👏🏻👏🏻

[@silviodallapozza3394]

Mr. Chickadee, Good bravo, bravo 10+ Ciao.

[@sshizas6986]

Thanks for sharing. That was fun to watch. Very nice piece of furniture. I would like to be your apprentice for a while. :-)

[@philedgerton7892]

I'm still stoked about those wedged dovetails. Look great and structural as well. Very good work! Looking forward to more.

[@grantlehman4265]

Beautiful work thanks for sharing.

[@charlesloveday9208]

AWESOME....FREAKING INCREDIBLE!! To say the least...best woodworking craftsman I've seen!

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

How do you not have a million subs yet. Everything you do is so incredible.

[@MrChickadee]

I guess other topics are more interesting

[@phildeeds8238]

Outstanding, looks great!

[@georgepretnick4460]

High level craftsmanship without a doubt. I wish Chickadee would tell us exactly how many hours he has in a piece like this nightstand. Multiply those hours times a reasonable pay rate for a skilled artisan. Then you'd know the true cost of premium joinery.

[@DaveHernandez_davido]

absolutely beautiful...great work!

[@arcare001]

14:05 Oops! That always makes me mad when I do that. lol

[@jacobestes]

The first and only dovetail I have attempted split and chipped out and turned into a pile of boards. This video makes me cry.

[@twoweary]

First thing I did was skip almost to the end. I always like to see whats being made , and then watch how someone did it. Very nice work.

[@DesN4IN]

Beautiful, love the joinery work.

[@Colin_Barnes]

sooooo beautiful! thank you for this awesome video!

[@silvermaple7779]

Once again....stunning!

[@edwardschnell3266]

That is beautiful!! I love the detail!! Very inspiring!! Thank you!!

[@leemcilwraith2255]

I feel like I'm at the Williamsburg woodworking shop---I can almost smell the wood fragments as they are planed out! Your work is so exceptionally meticulous and completed with such care. Alright now, with that wonderful nightstand that you now have made, I shall wait for the birth of a complementary wishing well table lamp. Best wishes and thoroughly enjoy watching your videos.

[@brianmulligan6239]

Peaceful as always!

[@billfromelma]

That piece is not only impressive but beautiful too. Awesome job !

[@eln74]

Amazingly done, awesomely finished, tnx for sharing it bro!!!

[@EV-wp1fj]

When Mr. Chickadee has nightmares, it's a bunch of wobbly furniture chasing after him with a box of nails. Inside an Ikea.

[@suzannjeff]

Beautiful !!

[@97quadcam]

Lovely work, as usual.

[@kenmarapese9085]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

[@JohnWaclawski]

Great, great video, good sir! A definite change from what I'm used to. No annoying background music to distract from the sounds of a woodshop and a woodworker doing his thing. It was very enjoyable and not ashamed to say, very calming. Keep up the great work. I look forward to more and will go through your video library. Oh...and I subscribed. Thank you for the videos.

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very simple but nice! Thanks for sharing.

[@karagiannwoodmade9330]

The definition of rustic. It's amazing.

[@swyoon104]

this is a therapy.

[@Lemongrasspicker]

That was really cool, I enjoyed watching.

[@JimDockrellWatertone]

Another great piece for your home. Nice work!

[@qigong1001]

Wedged dovetails, so cool!

[@jurismihailvos6225]

Man i just love these videos, just because everything is made by hand it looks really great. Thank you for the great content and keep up the great work Mr. Chickadee.

[@HappinessIsSimple]

Best ASMR video.. Nice job!

[@michaelmack1966]

A pleasure to watch! Thank you.

[@andrewsanderson2591]

Wow,what a beautiful piece ; your skill,patience and craftsmanship never cease to entertain and impress :)

[@tomjohnson9976]

Wow! Beautiful wood and work Mr. C.

[@RusTsea196T]

That's the first time I've ever seen a wedged dovetail. Looks really nice.

[@Bluenkight]

WOW...dude your work is incredible...awesome

[@BrianTimmonsTX]

Great stuff as always! Love the diagonal texture from the plane on the finished piece.

[@midom9143]

each time it's impressive thanks for sharing.

[@stevesteves8915]

Beautiful!

[@VORONM]

It is tremendous! I give a standing ovation!

[@texanthom]

That is some fine coping saw skills! Great build!

[@willharris2100]

I really like the wedged dovetails! I've never seen that before, but I'm going to have to try that myself. Great video as always.

[@noeljshah1]

Wonderful job I really like the way work.

[@shaniaa9287]

Such an artist you are👍❣️

[@JeffGloverArts]

Mr. Chickadee, I only recently discovered your channel and I'm thoroughly hooked! Your timber framing series is outstanding and I've watched them all several times. Thank you for sharing your enormous talent!

[@stanleyjones2085]

The master carpenter at work again, great build.

[@robertking6632]

Love the video, thank you.

[@mattborel4266]

Beautiful.

[@davewygonowski984]

Class A+++ craftsmanship.

[@alejandrobavassonepotedequ1969]

Excellent work !!!! I send you a hug from Argentina Thank you for sharing your work and videos.

[@scruffy6151]

wow love the look oak has very well done.stay safe thank you for the video.

[@RobRobertson1000]

Beautiful. Not everything has to be precise to have beauty. Love that top out of recycled timber.

[@chrisrhodes5464]

i see you take great pride in your workmanship and you should

[@klinej54]

Always a pleasure to watch you at work