Standing desk part 2: legs, rails, joinery!

[@chuckpremer3111]

I like how you talk out your thought process. I learn things from you that help my woodworking. Thank you.

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you, happy to hear that!

[@jozsefpap1501]

Amazing, i think you are one of your kind.

[@garyknight8616]

Superb workmanship and attention to detail 👌

[@GillisBjork]

Many thanks!

[@oih1969]

I find this very therapeutic to watch. Also learnt something new (to me anyway); allways wondered how woodworkers start to plane a piece of wood and end up with a a piece that does not only have parallel surfaces, but also the correct dimensions. I remember allways ending up with my piece either being undersize, warped or not parallel (or having flat surfaces for that matter). From what I can deduct from your videos, you first get it parallell, and then reduce it to the correct size with longer surface planers that stay parallell in skilled hands? Order of operation is gold :) It's one of those shows that blend real knowledge with entertainment. Not that common anymore, current shows focus mainly on consumption. I'm never going to be Bear Grylls by buying his brand of knives at Clas Ohlson, but I do posess the knowledge to set the edge on my plane and make a parallel wooden block from watching your videos. I do have to practise though :)

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you, I'm very happy you learnt something! Getting it to be square and true without going too far is the tricky part for sure, it's hard to explain in words but it sounds like you've got it! I'm thinking about making a handplaning tutorial-ish video but in the meantime, Paul Sellers, Rob Cosman, Wood by Wright and Matt Estlea is the channels I mainly picked it up from.

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Excellent work as usual Gillis! I like your idea to rotate the stock blank inside the leg. Those are the lengths that most woodworkers (especially power tool oriented people) would not go to, because it's more difficult and creates more work. But I absolutely salute your efforts to get the best results you can. I also enjoy hearing your thought process about the material proportions and glue surface area within the joinery. It's all a trade off, and I think you are finding a really good balance with your decisions. One area where you and I disagree, is the comment in your video description "I'm no professional and I don't have anything to teach". You have a great deal to teach, and you're doing a great job of it. I can't wait to see where you are in 2 years. All you need to do is figure out how to make this a main source of income (if it's not already), and then it's your profession. Your skills are already there where they need to be. Don't stop learning though! :-) See you next time.

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks a lot Craig! I learned the rotate trick from Mike Pekovich. Feels like the kind of thing that would be rather cumbersome with power tools, but with a handplane, it's kinda the same amount of work! The material has to go either way, you just choose where to take it from. But it takes a bit more attention of course :)

[@afterthemouse]

Looking good friend - as always

[@GillisBjork]

Cheers Tim!

[@afterthemouse]

@@GillisBjork Do you have access to auger bits? I seem to have a few... too many...

[@GillisBjork]

@@afterthemouse Sure I have a few, they're always fun to take for a spin

[@docrumpel1260]

As with all your Videos - it is a pleasure to watch and relax. I know that I do not have the patience to create equal tenons or dressing wood by hand and plane but I love watching every minute of your videos. Keep up that awesome work and stay safe! 👍

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you!

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Top class 👍👍👍👍

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks!

[@TSolderman]

Nice work. A tip is to start with the mortise and adjusted the tenon to the mortise as the mortise chisel always will have the same dimension.

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks! I might not understand fully, but it doesn't seem like it would matter? I set the mortise gauge to the width of the chisel and use that for both the tenon and mortise, so which one you cut first shouldn't make any difference right?

[@TSolderman]

@@GillisBjork In theory yes but if you just happen to cut the tenon just a tiny bit too thin you have no way of fixing that when you discover that after cuting the mortice since you can´t change the size of your mortice chisel. Unless you deliberately cut the tenon a bit fat in the first place and then fit it to the mortice of cause.

[@NotJustSawdust]

Outstanding!

[@GillisBjork]

Thanks a bunch!

[@derjman]

Wow, Gillis! I have the impression your videos are just getting better and better. And thanks for tuning down the music during your explanations :) These are pure gold! Your thoughts on grain orientation and the choice of joint are inspiring. As others here, I think you could/should your disclaimer and be a bit less humble, you do have a lot to teach! And if I could, I would give a separate like for the excellent captions in between, also in your other videos. Good dry Scandinavian humor at its best :)

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you so much Julius! I'm glad the music worked better for you this time :) Yeah I'm getting comments now and then on the disclaimer thing, it's very much appreciated and I'm super happy people are learning stuff, but I want to be upfront with the fact that I'm not educated on this; everything I know comes from other videos, or just my own musings, which are not time-tested as I've been doing this for such a short time.

[@Scriodos]

Amazing as always. Love seeing your works coming together. Can't wait for the next videos

[@GillisBjork]

Thank you very much!

[@Jmdom613]

That sawdust...it’s making my toes curl! Haha

[@GillisBjork]

Is that a good or a bad thing? 😅

[@Jmdom613]

@@GillisBjork Quite bad unfortunately. Auto focus always makes me laugh. :)

[@GillisBjork]

@@Jmdom613 Oh the shot with the sawing where the rubbish on the floor was in focus? Yeah didn't spot that until I was editing, not much to do other than make a joke on it!

[@Jmdom613]

@@GillisBjork You made the best of a shoddy autofocus, I appreciate your humor :)

[@luvdub1]

Gillis, I get exhausted just watching you work. I think I need some relief by watching Matthias Wandel spend hours building machines to avoid hand work. I’m totally joking!

[@GillisBjork]

Haha!

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

Thanks for sharing that!

[@nickmanreloaded701]

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[@GillisBjork]

Lol thanks