Ten Thousand Makes: Shop Tour and Channel Launch [full video]

What better way to kick off this adventure than an old-fashioned shop tour. Come see how I’ve customized my single stall garage. I can’t wait to actually make some sawdust on the next video!

[@bucknboard]

Congrats on the launch. Looking forward to seeing more fun content. Keep up the sense of humor!

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks Buck and Board! Following back!

[@sewey21.2]

It's certainly not cringe. It's fun. Keep it up. I look forward to more

[@IamSpectre2020]

Great Tour, Glad to see that you don't have a ridiculous "woodpecker Trophey wall" or 50 sistainers and crazy expensive Festools trophey's, nice to see just a normal guy in a normal shop that isn't set up a studio with his tropjey tools in the background. Good for you. I subscribed.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks Hector! I feel very blessed to have the dedicated space and I’ve been diligent over the years to save my money for the tools I have. As Dave Ramsey would say, “I’m doing better than I deserve!”.

[@keithbrock6410]

Hey from Delaware, just found this video, I’m subbed and along for the ride

[@TenThousandMakes]

Awesome! Great to meet you, Keith!

[@Jeebizz101]

greetings from Australia, good luck with the channel bro!!

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks, mate!

[@riversidewoodworks]

Subscribed. Cheers mate from Australia. Great video

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Kevinrichardsonministries]

Nice Shop... Horribly Loud Distracting Music... I only made it to 5:41... Lose the Music... and Thumbs Up on the Organization.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Oh no! Bummer! There is a big reveal at about 6:30 - you were almost there! Also, if you play the music in this video in reverse it gives promo codes for discounted lumber at Rockler.

[@erikkessler2199]

Good luck man, I will follow your journey.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks Erik!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Congrats on the channel launch. I started mine a few months ago, and just posted my shop tour a few days ago. My advice is to get out a build video on something popular. I had one that took off and made a huge difference. Best of luck to you.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Awesome! I’ll check your channel out! I should be dropping the video soon. It’s done, but I’m having some technology issues! 🤦‍♂️

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

@@TenThousandMakes yeah, editing is the bane of my existence, lol. I have several videos shot already, but it takes me like 20 hours to edit them, a couple hours a day late at night.

[@TenThousandMakes]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking same! I’m too embarrassed to say how late (early?) I was up last night editing.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

@@TenThousandMakes I believe it. I work a day job from about 7 to 7, shoot/woodwork until about 10, and then edit until around 1 AM.

[@fredmorina861]

Just awesome! Looking forward to taking the journey with you. In just six short months I'm looking to start that next chapter of life by moving into my garage shop as well. I'll leave the "youtubing" to you though 😃

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thank you, Fred! Good luck on setting up your shop. Setting up a shop is an incredibly fun project. You get to organize and tinker until everything is as you like it (and then change it all around … hahahah).

[@tonyworkswood]

Hoard everything, your shops nearly as tidy as mine lol. Enjoyed the tour, well organised. Tony

[@TenThousandMakes]

Hahah - Thanks, I’m trying! it certainly wasn’t always that way. I used to be pretty bad about every little tool and every piece of reclaimed wood on the planet. I was buried. I’m getting better.

[@jasonfoster8249]

The music is way too loud and we can’t hear a word you’re saying. Lose the music my man. Otherwise, awesome video, awesome shop, I can’t wait to watch you make 10,000 things with better audio lol 👍

[@TenThousandMakes]

I tried to warn everyone that it would be cringy. LOL. Thanks for the feedback, Jason!

[@mtnjak]

I've never witnessed the birth of a new YT channel. Looking at shop tours tonight I came across this video. In the old days I would send a self-addressed stamp envelope. Instead, I clicked the subscribe button. Looking forward to all the makes. Maybe a lake or two as well?

[@TenThousandMakes]

Fantastic! Thanks for subscribing Jason! I’m working on a project now and should have the next video posted within a week or two!

[@bowerscustomwoodworkingllc]

Much better than my video efforts after a year, and you already have more subs too! Tagging along to see where you go!

[@TenThousandMakes]

Hey thanks! I checked out some of your videos and I’m really impressed. Following back!

[@bowerscustomwoodworkingllc]

@@TenThousandMakes thank you!

[@FearsomeWarrior]

I’m east of St. Paul and wish you were my neighbor. Great tour.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Wow- thanks! Glad you’re my neighbor to the east at least. I love St. Paul.

[@crossgrainwoodproductsltd9230]

Your shop looks just like mine. Packed full of do-dads as my father used to say. I like to recycle and repurpose items. My shop is much smaller at only 10x16ft. But you can fit a lot into a space if you stay organized. Beautiful table saw. My condolences on the bike though. ;>{. I have always loved the Hondas from the 1970-the 1980s in maroon and always dreamt of getting one. But I have a scooter instead that goes 45 mph woohoo!! I love your humor and look forward to future builds. One of the things I noticed with the different items you have built, you used different joinery methods. I always tell these young startups to use your shop as a palette to hone their skills. How else will they learn how to hand-cut dovetails, a dado, or rabbits in the assembly of a piece of furniture? It's better to screw up a cabinet for the shop than for a client. My nephew started in High School( one of the few schools that still offer trade skills) and he comes to me for advice because" I'm old and have decades of experience", I had to laugh at that. Yes, I'm 60 and started woodworking in my gramma workshop at age 10, but I told him, that I'm still learning new things every day. I want to build a coffee table using either Korean or Japanese joinery methods. And boy is it challenging but a lot of fun too. I wish I had the money to go to Japan to learn directly from a master, but a very good book I bought is working fine. Isn't that what life is all about? Learning doesn't stop at school, and at my age, lol, you have to exercise your brain. I will tell you I have never seen so many different directional angles in one joint until I start practicing these two methods! Best of luck and consider me subscribed!~ Dolly

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks, Dolly! I love that you are still learning. Keeping a curious mind keeps us all young, humble and creative. What book are you using for the new joinery methods?

[@artfahie9532]

Great commentary but I couldn’t get through music….

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks! I toned it down in other videos

[@Wackywoodworks]

Nice us of space... I am going to say not as cringey as my first video... and my are still cringey to watch but I am a dork anyway...lol Must be that time of the year I just did a shop tour myself lol...

[@TenThousandMakes]

Nice! I’ll check it out!

[@carlosu8229]

Great video. Music not great.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Ok ok ok ok ok. I think I’m starting to see a theme in the feedback here. 🤣

[@corydriver7634]

The shop is nice the tour was good but I gotta say the annoying music was distracting. Just be yourself and forget about the gimmicks I think you’ll do well.

[@TenThousandMakes]

Thanks Cory

[@goingezee]

Stopped watching because of the music (assuming one would call it music).

[@TenThousandMakes]

Sorry man. My Grandma was a DJ back in the 60’s and we were remixing some of her beats from the original vinyl. Her dying breath was that I would someday incorporate her art into my woodworking. This was the best I could do.

[@keithpitman7473]

Lose the irritating "music".

[@TenThousandMakes]

Oh no! Haha- I did go a bit overboard with the dubstep. You got me there. Thanks for watching though, Keith!

[@dwmadsen81]

Honestly I liked the music as it brought in a new sound rather than the same old same old music. I was thinking that the channel Sawyer Design was the only other. Do you have a Facebook page?

[@TenThousandMakes]

@@dwmadsen81 thank you, Dan! It was literally my first video I’ve ever edited, so in my defense: I got a little excited about being able to add music. I’ve learned to tweak the volume since that video and I’ve also decided that a little goes a long way. I do have a Facebook page!

[@geneskowron1440]

the music is very annoying...

[@TenThousandMakes]

Sorry you didn’t like it, Gene. My daughter wrote all the music during her first year at Juilliard for her final compositions and I promised her I would share it with as many people as possible.