Sommerfeld's Tools for Wood - Cabinetmaking Made Easy with Marc Sommerfeld - Part 1

[@eringaumond1180]

This is gonna seem like a stupid thing but thank you for taking the time to point out the different parts and their names. I’ve watched so many of these where people talk about the face side, floor, etc while there cutting the wood and as a visual learner I was so lost. The way you lay out the wood in front of the build base and show how the different parts connect was REALLY helpful.

[@robertclancy1260]

ONE OF THE BEST INFORMATIVE FREE TUTORIALS I HAVE EVER WATCHED. YES THERE MAY SOME SALESMANSHIP FOR MR. SOMMERFELDS WOODWORKING TOOLS BUT YOU CANT OVERLOOK THE THE STEP BY STEP INFORMATIVE QUALITY OF THIS VIDEO. THANK YOU MR. SOMMERFELD.

[@texasboy2005]

Why all caps?

[@ChristianMercadoAcevedo]

I guess (s)he's exited

[@nathanweese3812]

PLEASE STOP YELLING! Were happy to hear you if you use your inside voice.

[@robertburton304]

The Best " TEACHER " in Wood Working on the Internet ! Thank you For What You Do !

[@thefeet]

VERY WELL put together video series. Probably the best teacher I have found on youtube for building GOOD QUALITY cabinets! The two videos ARE lengthy but Marc spares no details and I learned a few new tricks from watching this series. I totally recommend this video series if you want to build serious cabinets. Nice job Marc. Thank you. It's nice to see the way you teach. You explain the details that most every other instructional videos tend to omit. Although I will most likely build mine a bit differently, I definitely learned some valuable tips here and I like the idea of tongue/groove joinery since it is so strong! I will be building my kitchen island using this method and KNOW it will be STRONG! Awesome job on the videos!

[@JW-kt5ls]

Not only do you do beautiful work, but the way you explain it makes it very easy to understand. I can't wait to put your instructions to work! Thank you so much. I"m ordering your router bits too. Jim

[@drmckee]

Fantastic demonstration by a master craftsman. Well explained. I could listen to this man all day. What a terrific gift he has as a teacher.

[@berryconway4296]

I used Marc's method for a kitchen remodel and a bathroom vanity. Works like a charm for me. Getting from A to B can be done in lots of different ways. What someone likes, is largely a matter of personal preference.

[@irenestewart1573]

Berry Conway n.0

[@2ndamendment383]

I have a bachelors degree in woodworking and this guy knows ten times more than I do. The best cabinet making video I've seen on you tube so far.

[@hansangb]

What a fantastic video. I saw Richard from Finish Carpentry TV using your bits and started looking around. This is a FANTASTIC tutorial filled with all the school of hard knocks tips. I'm sure I'm going to cut the groove/tongue on the wrong side eventually, but that'll be on me! I love the idea of doing the face frame first to ensure everything is squared up. Thanks again. Looking forward to using your router bits.

[@wags99999]

I started using a method similar to this back in the 70s. Only way to build cabinets, especially without skilled labor. Evans had a system for pocket screws, drilled both at one time, using a large framing table with air lockdowns for aligning the face frame. Then to wide belt sander and finishing. Finished all materials before assembly. Fast accurate and anyone can assemble the cabinets.

[@chuckstermania]

I used this method, and his bits, to make a full set of kitchen cabinets. This was my first set and they turned out great. They are a little more expensive because you use 3/4" plywood for the cabinet. The process is so simple even an engineer like me can do it.

[@crestonhorton6970]

Just got the T & G set. Match cut is nice. After dinking around I was able to use 1/2 sides to the 3/4 inch face frame. Same flush or the off set. 25 years ago I bought the cmt Summerfeld router table.

[@JamesJohnson-gj9rq]

One of the best videos I have seen. Expert explaining the hows and whys.

[@douglingle1600]

As a woodworker and not a cabinet maker yet..... I would suspect all the negative comments are from those that don't even know which end of a hammer to use this gentleman is obviously very skilled and I'm not offended by him introducing quality tools and jigs that make the job easier and help create quality work, let's do this all you nay sayers let's see your work on KZbin.... I would suspect there will not be any!

[@stephanie09.11]

People are amazing aren't they. That is what he is here for, selling his product and showing how easy it can be to use.

[@mrsdjsdj]

I have used his bits and methods. I am sure there are better ways, but for a novice woodworker, his method does work and you get strong, square cabinets. I recommend it.

[@bradmitchell45]

I purchased your tongue and groove set along with your pocket hole device. The bits do a remarkable job. The pieces fit tight together and give a lot more gluing surface. The only issue is the bits never bottom out with my Bosche router. The height needs to be adjusted every time. I even tried using some thicker stick-on cabinet bumpers and still does not touch.

[@eatonshomeimprovementsjoee6612]

I read other comments. All woodworkers do things different. I have been building cabinets and teaching carpentry for over 30 years. I have enjoyed your presentation and find it to be very beneficial to anyone who knows anything about professional work. I will probably purchase your bit set. However, if you use your table-saw to cut part of the wood away before your final cutting on the panels it does save your router and bits. Thank you for sharing. I would like to know, where you purchased your router table and what size and type of router you are using.

[@agustintorres346]

I've tried your methods and their the best.

[@gameoflife2787]

This guy has a passion to show this beautiful work...can somebody donate a good carpenter table for him? He's going to hurts his knees!

[@bucstart]

If you haven't tried Marc's Tongue and Groove system, you are really missing some pleasurable cabinet making. Simple, accurate and almost fool proof. As long as you have your wood dimensions set correctly and level your router fence with the router bit bearing, it is a no brainer.

[@petermartucci6160]

Most comments below in my opinion have nothing to do with the router bits and system. I have many of Marc's systems and router bits and they work like a charm. It isn't painfully slow to build a cabinet using his system, if you are smart when cutting all your parts and you have a plan, it takes minimal time and the results are outstanding. Also, if you really want quality in your face frames, prior to assembly, use a hand plane on the faces. Sand paper can't come close to the finish you get with a quality, sharp hand plane.

[@seals513]

Wonderful work

[@theraptors1597]

you did an amazing, easy to use so many machines without video, I'll try to make some cabinets with your method, without worrying about what that single square fit great ... shame that some people do not like but that the demonstrative video is for those who know nothing about carpentry (amateur) ... helped me a lot. with your abilities to see him easy to do ...

[@CarlosRivera-bt4lx]

Very good job

[@guyprib]

thank you for taking the time to make this video. Good information!!!

[@williamreicherter9636]

How long do you keep reusing the o ring?

[@akbharadwaj4107]

Nice to see cabinet making method.

[@josephandsierramusic6217]

Cool method idea!

[@exilfromsanity]

If I was going to set up as a cabinet builder or build my own I'd buy your tools, great system.

[@williehale6141]

Can the easy set be used with any bits or is it or is it just sommerfeld bits?

[@jimbob6216]

You doing a good job. But there are also dados. Basically a bigger Groove where your plywood can actually fit in along with some glue and Staples or nails . Which is a way to build your frames and then attach your sides. You don't have to use pocket holes and you don't have to nail them from the front. Nailing them from the front is very hard to hide when you're staining them.

[@isidroserranogranados6529]

Thankyou Bro for sharing

[@texomatex1]

Thanks for your contributions. I will buy your bits.

[@타로-q6w]

현실적인 작업과 공구의 사용법을 정확하게 설명이 되있네요

[@richardtadrzynski9998]

press one for english

[@seancrowley7520]

@@richardtadrzynski9998 he says while surfing the WORLD wide web.

[@eugenewall6572]

As read in some other comments, I also recommend taking a look at Woody Hyezmar’s Woodworking Bible. Last time I saw he was still looking for proof readers!

[@cjhardknocks7040]

I always made the base separate so I could scribe it to level and then put the cabinets on. I'd have one or guys ahead of me doing base work and I would finish. When you make custom it goes quick! Especially with euro style cabinets.

[@coachingangels]

Amazing video.

[@sigguy1361]

Question for you Marc - Don't mean to sound snarky, but is there really a lot of rigidity and structure when you are using a tongue and groove method, but the tongue is only a mere 1/4"? I see what is created when you use the bits you promote, but I just don't see how the whole structure will be very stable without any screws or nails and just a very thin tongue. Not being disrespectful, I really enjoyed your videos. Just wanted clarification. Thanks much

[@jayrichardson6728]

What brand of router table do you use on the video?

[@garyolsen3409]

A tip. I know everyone has their method, but I like to clamp all of the components at the same time on a side tight to my bench and then screw it all together. I might have 5 or more clamps in use but you aren't having to move everything around and off of your bench.

[@lion39]

Great method for DIY cabinets! I wish people would actually watch the whole series before making rude and frankly ignorant comments.

[@soniaruth8975]

when i built our workbench i used a plan from *mysecretblueprints. com* and it had all the blueprints, supplies, materials, and list well laid out for me.

[@manh2364]

Im planning on putting together my next cabinets in a few days from a plan i found on *mysecretblueprints. com* they have tons of awesome cabinets and cabinets plans Im working with.

[@FrancescaWellons]

lion39 >> Guys i found a good website about woodworking that is >====>> TedsWoodworking23.blogspot.co.uk

[@ThRoWBaCkTeXaS]

+lion39 How are the comments ignorant?

[@johngray8580]

Looks like a great system. Ive been looking for a simple, straight forward approach to cabinet building. Mine have always been "one offs" without standardization.

[@music_by_adam]

at 19:15 seconds, it looks like the end stile (the one he is gluing) is facing the wrong direction north and south. The drawer sliders will need to be flush with the drawer, and the way it looks, the final partition, or end piece will be too far away. Am I wrong?

[@rb1164]

He did that for the end panel.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

No...you're absolutely right...I was paying close attention and thought...WTF? Went back and check a diagram that I was making and he said that he was putting the GROOVES 'next to' the edge where the drawers would go so that they'd line up...and he wouldn't have to 'build out' anything. He simply glued the RAILS to the wrong edge.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

Romeo Whiskey At 8:43 second of the SECOND VIDEO...you can see how Marc must have discovered the reversal of the stile. He shows it CORRECTLY reversed.

[@stevecox1180]

The outboard stiles need grooves that make the side panels flush with the face frame. That means the inside of the side panel will have to be "built out” (3/4”) to make the drawer slides fit flush. On the other side of that drawer, you can cut the grooves to be flush with the drawer slide. You make the drawer openings flush when you can.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

steve cox In the earlier Video 1...Marc said that he was making the right hand stile to be flush with the drawers. Obviously that meant that the right hand stile would have material remaining for scribing to a wall. He reversed the stile during the initial installation...but...CORRECTED it's orientation in Video 2 when he problem discovered the mis-alignment.

[@SherwoodBotsford]

Can either the grooves or the pocket holes be moved enough that you can run the grooves the full length?

[@revedmusic]

One more comment. If you are going to paint your cabinets and you are not going to stain them then a great way to fill the pocket holes is to use pre mixed drywall taping and joint compound. It comes in a small tub and you use a putty knife to spread it. it will dry at room temperature in an hour or two. Then it sands back down to the wood easier than any other material. When you prime and paint it you have spent no time on it and I think a gallon tub of drywall mud will fill 50,000 pocket holes for about 6 bucks.

[@ccroberts7282]

The big problem with drywall mud is it shrinks when it is drying. Use Dap Drydex to fill in the pocket holes.

[@chinotedoiify]

If people don't like it don't look it I'm Puertorican and understand every step on this video muy buen people always was to say something

[@cliffordfair1322]

what is the width of your face frame? 'Styles and rails

[@Logjam5]

Loven the crickets.

[@revedmusic]

I wonder why other tongue and groove router bit sets have different length shafts so you spend a lot of time lining up your bits for height. Its unnecessary wih Somerfeld's bits. I have 3 sets of T and G bits and I spend too much time getting the tongue to perfectly match the grooves. These are great videos and the use of pocket holes on the back of the face frames is completely hidden when the cabinets are complete. But I do have one question when I see how he uses the T and G method with the triangular plywood braces he uses to keep the cabinets square. To groove the dividers and the back of the face frames to accept the triangular braces seems to me like too much work with no advantage plus it allows too much room for an error to cost you. Why not just glue and pocket hole these braces to the inside corners. If you do it from the top when you add the counter top the pocket holes will never be seen again. I used solid 3/4 in. scrap for the triangles and pocket holed into the 3/4 in plywood dividers and into the back of the face frames. In the rear of the cabinets I had a 1 by 6 running full length like a horizontal let in brace to attach the cabinets to the wall and not have the cabinets offset at all. Pocket holing these corner braces end up hidden just like the others.

[@jim1flyer]

is it tongue and groove?

[@thomaslang7634]

what are the dimensions of the face frame stock?

[@lidialee7403]

what type of wood do you use for your face frame and where do you get it?

[@mikes02ls1]

What tongue and groove bit set did you use? I got some videos of yours to watch. I want to build my own high end cabinets. Yes I’m also a green horn.

[@ramonflores3875]

claro y preciso su explicación

[@Z-add]

Doesn't adding two partitions add strength to the cabinets considering most cabinet back is made of particleboard.

[@OrinHanson]

What kind of a router is featured in this video?

[@adrianmontoya7266]

Are those cabinets made of plywood or hard wood?

[@jacobw446]

Everything today is made of Birch or similar plywood, with hardwood faces because hardwood is simply too expensive, and quite frankly impossible to find in large pieces, to make sides, etc. If you could make it 100% hard wood, it would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

[@billgass]

C

[@bighands69]

It is not just that manufactured board is cheaper it is easier to work with. Working with wood is complex when you take expansion and warping of wood.

[@MorganScott82]

He installed that end stile backwards, the groove should be towards the inside so it mates up with a piece that is flush for drawer slides and leaves plenty of area to scribe to the wall.

[@MCESergei]

excellent job..!! ¿Where can I buy those bits?..

[@johnwaddell8683]

Notice on that he assembles the drawer bank stile with the groove the wrong way.

[@jrnull1]

Did notice that, then that they did't show it when the face assembly was done..good catch in edit...:D

[@chrissleblanc]

the down side to building it all together is if for any reason you need to modify one cabinet it affects all by having it separate you can take out one with out affecting the rest...

[@illestofdemall13]

Why would you mark on the front side of the face frame with a sharpie? It would make sense to flip it around and mark where your groove should go on the correct side (the back) of the face frame.

[@fredericlefebvre5218]

bonne video dommage que cette video ne soit pas traduite en francais

[@CmdrGendoIkari]

+Sommerfeld's Tools Marc, you need to rethink your packaging method for the the bits and box. They arrived rolling around freely in the wood box from your store on Amazon. The carbide teeth are damaged because of it. You can now have them back exactly as it was packaged, other than I put the bits back in the holders. I suggest no one actually buy these until you reply to let me know this packaging problem has been corrected. I assume they are stored in an Amazon warehouse. If so, can you somehow tell the Amazombs to pop the wood box itself open, and add some padding of some sort to help keep them in the sockets? I've never sold anything on Amazon, so I'm not sure what options you have there. One would think each item in the warehouse has side notes on it's computer file for the warehouse goons to look at when they grab to package for shipping, but who knows. At this point I'm more pissed that Amazon character limits my explanation for what is wrong, than I am that the bits are damaged. lol

[@beretgascon]

If "Cabinetmaking Made Easy" has become a synonym for "Cabinetmaking Made Expensive" then I prefer "Cabinetmaking Made The Hard But Affordable Way"

[@iasimov5960]

Groovy.

[@jaredgrycko8111]

Just my opinion but I prefer to pocket screw my face frames to the cabinets. On finished ends, I simply build the box, attach the face frames with pocket holes on the outside and then apply my finished end over the pocket hole joinery. Much faster than milling tongue and groove joinery.

[@kirkmccoy9729]

Wouldn't Festool Domino joints be much faster and just as good looking for way less time?

[@mrBDeye]

+Kirk Williams We can't afford a Frickn Festool.

[@kirkmccoy9729]

+mrBDeye That's a bummer... best tools made. You get what you pay for.

[@mrBDeye]

Kirk Williams bummer what ?

[@mrBDeye]

***** That shed is easy to break into. I would be worried about theft.

[@Misteryez]

+Kirk Williams It amazes me how people cant afford tools to do the job faster? Time is Money so faster tool technique equal less time. So less time equals more Money. Not a really hard concept to grasp. You are 100% right Domino's are much stronger and faster then pocket screws! But hey don't let profit get in the way of Cost!!!!!!

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[@kbassiri1]

Please let me know what kind of materials you are using for the box, solid wood, plywood, or MDF

[@AllysonNorick]

Thank you SO MUCH!

[@shawnroman5127]

I must say that “pepe amazing plan” (Google it) is a wonderful wood working book. Both beginner and a few skilled carpenter can gain a lot of general details from this reading material. I`ve been very surprised how often I use this to look up woods at places like to restore and salvage spots.

[@choprpilot76]

I'm not going to insult this guy like so many others have, it is what it is, a guy, who in his own mind and method, is trying to help others. But I just found it hilarious the way he is hyped up about "tongue & groove joinery" like it was just invented that year, lol....and that he JUST NOW discovered these things called "featherboards", lmbo. The scene from the movie "Dumb and Dumber" comes to mind when, Jim Carrey leaves the bar after waiting on his date and reads the news paper clipping on the wall, "No way.....WE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!!!" LOL

[@gildardosalazargarcia9043]

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[@kennethfrancis782]

8:20 "so all you do, is take your member and insert it into the....... JIG"

[@TrailTrackers]

LMAO... This should get him arrested. I mean damn... With all the black lives matter crap going on and he's promoting banging black people.

[@revedmusic]

I wish I had bought his T and G bits. His are the only ones that automatically line up when seated in the router. Why other mfr.s don't do this escapes my brain. Its time consuming to line up the bits exactly because the shafts are different lengths with others. His are more expensive but you watch this and he does not have to experiment over and over.

[@RussellStClair-cy1vu]

tounge and groove is 1 of the oldest techniques there is .If you learned by face nailing you started off as a carpenter no cabinet maker face nails they know that it lowers the value of the workmenship. Cabinets and fixtures are 1/4 -1/3 the cost of building a home cheaply built cabinets are a negative to the value of the home . We're trying to make money not pay more to build less.

[@leventebalazs9705]

You need to make your mind up, previous video, 3 inch, now 5 inch , and can you use metric?? materials come in metric size, you should consider that.

[@JosephUsher]

Enough with mysecretblueprints. com!!! It's a SCAM just like all the rest! So get that shit out of here! This is no place for crooks.

[@bpoole99251]

Can't you do the same thing with a table saw and dado set?

[@Lugnut64052]

Yep.

[@Ostap1974]

Harry Potter level of magic was used to move a right-side groove from outside to inside for second part of the video :)

[@w9jim]

Pocket holes are bad. Hey, let's use pocket holes!

[@ajlacostewm]

The more nails you eliminate in the process the better the cabinet looks when stained and finished , i want that glue bottle lol

[@evilbravoman]

Just rotate the board?? O.o

[@bkpickell]

If your bits cut perfect hight ever time without having to adjust hight every time, why not cut your grooves in your side panels before you assemble. them? I think it would be a lot easier than running a full sized side panel through your router.

[@daveklein2826]

Its really not that difficult on a good sized table

[@jimbob6216]

Simple dado blade would make a Groove to accept the entire size of plywood instead of having to cut a tongue on every piece of plywood.

[@mehrabmehrabi731]

so thanks

[@nicksainsbury7152]

He started making the frame with the drawers at the other end then magically it swapped. He didn't mention he fucked up

[@MCESergei]

or the name of the bits..

[@simoncooper8272]

Did mount the end rail wrong way so all that packing out and scribing in ability has gone.

[@sbuzz5889]

all t and g except ????pocket screws

[@reneramirez2882]

What happened to part 2?

[@idlsjay]

Why would anyone do a video with a cricket in the soundtrack???

[@Matasky2010]

He says that pocket holes are 'pretty ugly joints', but then uses pocket hole joinery for the entire face frame, on the ONLY joints that are seen on the finished product!! LOL...great video but the system uses a combination of T&G and pocket hole joinery, very misleading..

[@fballarmy35f]

Kind of looks like Brian Billick

[@bpoole99251]

OMG! I was thinking the same thing! Go Ravens!

[@royallhawaii]

I don't see the man answering any question posted. Or, did I miss it? Looks like too much work. I'll stick to my method.

[@keithhull6749]

If you have a better, not faster, easier, cheaper, but better method please post your video as soon as possible. This method makes very strong, high quality cabinets without a lot of top of the line professional power tools. Perfect for the D.I.Y. guy who wants to build his own and get top notch results. I just built over 40 running feet of cabinets for my shop and wish I had seen this earlier, I sure would have used this method.

[@jonathanleow6002]

Keith Hull Guys I am learning woodworking at *BestWoodworking. Info* All you guys should visit this website who wants to learn advance level woodworking......

[@edgebandingpvc4058]

Hi, We are the PVC edgebanding manufacturer, Possible we can work on it together

[@chrissleblanc]

modular cabinets are best easier to modify " you just bad talk pocket holes and you still use it"

[@Larry1942Will]

Painfully slow system but I'd guess it is geared to the hobby types. Hope no one tries to make a living this way.

[@tamugrad2007]

There are plenty of folks making a hell of a living this way.

[@Larry1942Will]

John Selensky I'm coming from an entirely different perspective. My shop is commercial only, no kitchens! But we build a wide variety of things including break room case work that is much like a kitchen. Commercial work has long been frameless (no face frames.) The advantages are many but they require a significant investment to do well and efficiently. We have been certified to AWI premium standards. I put that in because many people will claim face frame cabinets are better. The efficiency thing is where your method gets killed. Lets face it the only thing anyone has to sell is their time/life. If it take you twice as long to build a cabinet, you are in essence giving away 1/2 of your working life! Your method is fine for a hobby but way too slow to be competitive. I'll put my method up against yours and see who is spending more of their life to build a cabinet.

[@tamugrad2007]

You have to satisfy your customer. Speed is way down on the list of requirements in most cases. My method is plenty competitive and I'll turn down work if the only thing that matters is time. No one needs to worry about my "working life". If you love what you do, it's not work anyway. If you have a problem spending time doing it, you're in the wrong business.

[@greeenbudzzz]

I thought you wanted grove next to drawer u fail drawer slide now you ned to build out