Turning Salvaged Beams into a 200 Pound Table

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[@MorleyKert]

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[@nicochecko]

Ahhh so stoked to see how the table came together! Lovely work. And thanks for featuring my butt so prominently 😂

[@MorleyKert]

Haha thanks for the help, man!

[@Cheezzychip24]

You have a gyatt ngl

[@tylermfdurden]

About the orientation of the huge floating tenon... Yes, it does matter. If it's a few inches then okay, the movement of the wood with changes in humidity won't be great enough to split a joint. But you could easily have 1/8" of movement in that joint. You could have used a smaller tenon centered in that spot, and also just turned the tenon 90 degrees so that it lines up with both sections that you're joining. A foot long tenon is a bit silly, but a foot long tenon in the wrong orientation is a ruined joint waiting to explode.

[@tecnopufi]

These sloppy tenons not going to explode, but the glu is so gonna fail over time. So be careful when u move this furniture in the future

[@arghjayem]

Eden spelt out LOL rather than just laughing? And Morley called something “clutch”? FML I’m old.😂

[@thoperSought]

you're probably going to hear this from a lot of people, but one of the beautiful things about floating tenons is that you don't have to glue both sides at the same time - you can glue the tenon in on one side, and come back later

[@MorleyKert]

lol fantastic point.

[@thoperSought]

@@MorleyKert thanks!

[@yuh2023]

To help speed up the finish spray process what I do is use a pop up tent that has 4 sides enclosed on it, takes 1-2 minutes only to set up and it collapses down. I got mine on Amazon for around $80. Just have to throw something on the floor and you’re good to go. Only down side is it’s not massive I have a 10x10 tent and it fits just about everything I finish.

[@willering3130]

Whaaat, that studio looks amazing. Can't wait to see what you're going to make next!

[@garethwhite4629]

I love your concept of a small kitchen in Canada. We live in the UK in a five bedroom terraced house that is spread over 3 floors. The kitchen is in an extension and while it is much bigger that the original kitchen from the 1930's, there is no shot we could put a table and four chairs in our kitchen.

[@BarbaraPappaAirsoft]

It's nice to see someone show their mistakes and "break the third wall" when you talk about you reading the comments. To see something genuine like this is what makes me sub and watch all new videos. I have the same experience when trying a new project. You make mistakes, you move along and learn something on the way. Keep up the good work 👍

[@tonimena1121]

Oh maaan Eden is just... The best... In the whole universe... Take good care of her you Morley, she is perfect.

[@JenkinsB]

Dude, y'all are the greatest. Couple, parents, dogs, cats, content. The greatest!

[@jimbobjones9330]

Anyone else hear "PIVOTTT!!! PIVOTTTTTT!!!!" when they were carrying the boards down the stairs?

[@Camili0n_art]

I personally love this videos, don't have the tools to do something like this but it is nice to watch them

[@shanaproctor100]

Congratulations on the new studio! Can't wait to see what you are able to accomplish in it. The table is beautiful.

[@Wazguu]

i love the wholesome bond between you and your wife bruh. hope yall flourish

[@adambk103]

Amazing table and kept simple fits the coffee vibe perfectly. Congrats on the new shop/studio. I can't wait to see what projects come out of it. Your skills as a craftsman are definitely improving and can tell you take a lot of pride in your work

[@scottgriz]

That table looks amazing. Nice job turning that salvaged wood into something that will last forever.

[@SleepyStud]

Table looks amazing bro!! It's so nice to have pieces of furniture that you know you will always keep.

[@marciawelch4130]

Happy to see you back in a studio making beautiful pieces!

[@krono996]

Didn't think I'd like the result when I saw how thick it was going to be, but when finished it ended up looking amazing

[@DarkChaosMC]

its so amazing to see you get better at your craft through the years. fire table.

[@deltabassslanger2291]

Crazy how it fit perfect and didn’t cover the plug for the coffee machine. Good work dude!

[@satis_btc]

I like to watch your old videos because you had the same beginner tools as me, (thickness planer, table saw ...) and at the same time you had videos at a great level, you knew how to entertain, etc. there are enough channels that work in workshops worth millions, but I understand that everyone evolves somewhere, but I'd like to see some more videos with similar equipment to your old workshop 😃

[@donnakruesel6039]

Your studio is awesome. Your creative mind is so amazing. You and your wife are a breath of fresh air. Congratulations. I'm glad she loves your surprise.

[@D-B-Cooper]

They do make really long router bits, I have some for my door lock router from the 50s. Made for those square lock inserts. I bought some old growth from a 100 year old flour mill they tore down in Nanaimo. Made stairs out of mine and haven’t checked or moved in over 10 years. My wife will not notice something new for days.

[@superwavess]

Great work. Seeing the end result, there’s an immense opportunity for sliding dovetails!

[@cattleNhay]

You can get a lot of this old wood in Switzerland..from old houses and barns built like 400 years ago. Crazy hard and dense..sometimes impossible to drive a screw or nail.

[@Juiceting]

Congrats on the new studio! The wood stove will be sweet during the winter in Van

[@brianwenzel912]

You're an incredibly entertaining and talented creator. I hope you do read this and know you're appreciated!

[@woodyourather7835]

Great video! The orientation of your tenons matter very much. Your large tenon is oriented sideways which makes the strength of the grain weak. Although the joint is so huge that it probably won't break. Also, normally wood movement would destroy the bond with your large tenon, but those timbers are so old, they likely don't expand and contract much anymore.

[@TheJetJJ]

That’s awesome! Love the studio. Love the table. Love your amazing family. Looking forward to all of the new projects

[@marcosrecendez3122]

Wire wheel finish really drive home the rustic look ,I found when finishing some rush and get the bubbles due to heavy coats especially with lacquer the liquid settles in the valleys and bubble bubble but you nailed it she's happy and new skill unlocked 👏

[@DaveGDesigns]

Mate I really like the way this came out the only change I might've made would have been to slightly replicate the angle of the legs on the ends of the top beam so it doesn't look so chunky and square but that's just personal preference. Loving the new studio too. Oh and was Emma invited to the cocktail party I need to know this lol

[@tnxstaff]

I'm really happy for your new lab man! Nice work as always!

[@MorleyKert]

Thank you! I'm stoked :)

[@fathogwoodworking]

What an awesome piece. The studio looks great too. Exciting times now your back making full time.

[@TotalBoat]

Love how to table turned out! Also, congrats on the studio!!

[@MorleyKert]

Thank you!

[@RickyLikesm]

Great finish, good looking table. I like it Morly, keep up the good work!

[@NicoFonte]

Such a great video and the science behind the details just sounds so good!

[@notgavincrenshaw]

If you want to not smash your fingers, steel/hardened toe boots - then you can set stuff down on the tip of your boots and then pull your foot out

[@ka_ekim7277]

I love how she uses "lol" in conversation. Very funny lol

[@TheShoxter]

The new studio is awesome, and that table looks amazing! I will say I was scared with you walking on your ROLLING shop table, trying to move around the heavy coffee table 😅

[@blairlock]

If you get a sewing needle red hot and poke it through the fingernail you smashed it'll relieve all the pressure and take away the pain. It might sound like it will hurt really bad but it doesn't at all.

[@TitoSabbyPH]

I can just imagine how much more content and amazing creations you can do in your new studio! Kudos Morley! Congrats Eden!

[@AnesCreates]

I love the way you shoot your videos. I hope to make videos as good as yours someday too. You asked if the grain direction of the floating tenon makes a difference, and in theory, it does. As you mentioned earlier, the grain of the wood is held together with lignin, which means the strength of your floating tenon is the strength of the lignin holding the fibers together. Traditionally, you make the tenon along the grain so you can rely on the wood's full strength. That being said, this probably won’t be a problem with this table since there is so much space for the glue.

[@nicetryfbi357]

About the grain direction, I feel like it's not much about the cross grain glue up, rather than the direction of forces the floating tenons are resisting. The floating tenons who are going inside the top are actually side grains opposed to the direction of force that they should be resisting (twisting the top sideways in this case). Theoretically that should be a weak point, but since you made them so thicc you'll probably be okay 😅

[@aaronshaw1006]

Nice work Morley! I like how you continue to learn and be better each time. It is inspiring! Super cool to see you have your own studio!

[@thomlindgren6253]

Great video and love the whole story and build up. I really liked the look on her face when you mom said that she really was thirsty for a coffee now! Thanks for sharing!

[@Isaiahbaxtervlogs]

Yooo I was waiting for another vid drop. W table W vid man always enjoy seeing your designs

[@Unownerdead]

I don't know if those tenons will ultimately matter, but I think they might have been a mistake? In addition to it being a wide surface for glue, which might crack with expansion, the point of a tenon, as I understand it, is to take advantage of the strength of the long grain by having it intersection with the joining wood. But by having it oriented how you did, there's still no long grain crossing the plane of the joints in this table, so you're really not adding any strength to the joinery. I mean, I'm not an expert, and this is all in theory, but it could cause problems down the line. Still a very beautiful piece of furniture!

[@komobabo]

This reminds me on how my wife reacts to things; just in her own world until I point anything out LOL table looks amazing! Just discovered this channel, add a sub to the counter.

[@conalmccarthy5318]

Super cool project, man! Keep at it-you are really going somewhere!

[@iamacouchmuisc]

You know it's a good day when Morley kert uploads

[@jcmilleker5449]

Great build, fantastic video!

[@thairel5571]

like your vid man , on your question of the tendens , im a woodworker and we make also furniture but we always try to get the grain structure of the tendens the same way as the wood it self

[@WanderingViewer-s5i]

Such a wholesome video absolutly loved the coffee table how it turned out and the joy in your Family Morley.

[@NoSleepKid1]

15:25 You should make the table move up and down so you can move the table so its almost flush with the floor and you can get builds off there easier. Just an idea!

[@jonathanmezzenga2501]

You should make a handmade loft in your studio next! For storage or decor

[@yerolopolo]

So glad you finally have some own space to work at your projects!! You well deserved it!

[@KKwiatekCreations]

This table definitely gives some vintage vibes - and that's great 👌 Your new workshop looks amazing, but what really caught my attention was this great workbench. I think you should make another video on how you built it 😉

[@lucadallacqua7684]

First time I arrived right when the video was uploaded! What a nice woodwork, a simple and effective design with a lot of personality! Morley, in a few weeks I went crazy with your videos, the way you explain what you are doing like a tale, the video edition and your vibe!! I look forward to seeing more videos in that epic new studio! Greetings from Argentina!

[@MelloBellow]

wow the coffee table looks AMAZING

[@Teachers-Pet]

Hey, Morley! I heard you said you read 99% of comment so I just wanted to say I love the 3D printing videos! You encouraged me to bye one myself! I bought the Bambu lab a1 mini and it is shipping and will arrive soon. That you for making such good videos!

[@MorleyKert]

Thank you! New 3D printing video coming soon :)

[@brandoncueto]

i think if it were small the tenons would split along the grain. but at this size these giant "dominos" i don't think it wouldn't. also since there's no lateral force on the table top. i wouldn't step on the "lower shelf" though.

[@timmitypsilon]

You really improved your craftsmanship and that new studio looks awesome! She's gonna hit her shins every morning on that lower beam though... :P

[@MorleyKert]

Thanks! Haha been a week and no shin hits yet 🤷‍♂️

[@timmitypsilon]

@@MorleyKert Then I have to apologize for my early judgement. Keep it up!

[@Brody-printing]

Thank you so much for making yet another great video

[@csipe5]

what a simple, amazing design! Good work!

[@pacificcoasttrains3785]

Hate to break it to Eden, but the beams are still in the kitchen. Nice project!

[@jeffbelcher4646]

Awsome build and new shop !!!!

[@Exhermos]

since you read your comments I just wanna say Love the woodworking content keep it up!

[@stardustjustlikeyou]

I feel like it would have made more sense to have rotated the blocks 90 degrees cuz the way the grain is laid right now would be like pulling apart a deck of cards but if you rotate the deck and try to rip it in half its very hard to do.

[@MorleyKert]

In terms of optimal strength, I think you're right, but it's hard to imagine a loading scenario where these joints would actually fail like that.

[@stardustjustlikeyou]

@MorleyKert yeah I agree unless you're really trying those ain't going nowhere. It's such hard wood it probably is stronger in that orientation than pine or something turned the other way anyway

[@thoperSought]

congratulations to your mom on retiring!

[@ManCrafted]

You could've hung the table the long way off the edge while supporting one side and gently lowered it down. The table easily looks long enough to touch the floor while the other end is supported by the benchtop edge.

[@MorleyKert]

Good idea!

[@Batshark137]

You just gained a subscriber love this video gonna watch another one

[@its.Huzaifa]

I don't even know ABC of wood working, neither do I plan on doing in near future. But I just love watching your videos❤

[@z_man22]

My thoughts on the grain orientation on the mortise and tenons are: who gives a shit? That joint is already gonna withstand 500x the force that the table is ever gonna receive, who cares if it's slightly stronger with the grain one way vs the other?

[@ezforsaken]

that table looks like it can survive anything, great work!

[@JosephLeitner-l6z]

Love your videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jamesbondo5895]

Because you said you read the comments, ill leave this here; get yourself a cup and a brush to apply the glue. Even a little paint roller where it works, it makes the application eay faster and cleaner. also, put glue on both surfaces. The bond is better and it actually buys you more time in a way. It keeps the skim on the glue from not bonding to the mating piece

[@MorleyKert]

Great tip, I don’t know why I never do that!

[@TitoSabbyPH]

Congrats on your new Studio/Shop!!!

[@criminelis2328]

Great video again, and a really cool table! I'm curious though Morley... If you would have sold this table, for how much do you think it would have sold?

[@MorleyKert]

Thanks! Not sure... couple thousand? Curious what others have to say in this thread 👇🏼

[@MrFailMouse]

Door wedges for the landing area when tipping heavy things over.

[@WoLpH]

Maybe this is just my perfectionist mind, but I think it's time for a slightly shorter coffee machine, one that doesn't overhang the table. That table certainly looks like it will outlive us all!

[@alialamzadeh]

I found VHS based on your past videos and very happy that I joined. Looking forward to visit your studio some day.

[@MorleyKert]

that's awesome to hear!

[@Eyes0fTheSC]

I am so excited for this new studio!!! Watching you get distracted while you were in the middle of a glue-up gave me so much anxiety 😅

[@GMichaelBridge]

its so nice when a partner appreciates a handmade gift.

[@jakecallen2852]

I'm really bad at making stuff not sound mean but this is all intended to be helpful advice.: It's very easy to tell that your trying extremely hard and trying to use all the techniques to make good KZbin videos and it's very obvious to the average viewer. I'm not saying your videos are bad at all in fact I enjoy them very much but you could try less hard and just make your videos feel more natural. You don't need as much music or as much scripting, take a page out of Blacktail Studio or Foureyes Furniture and include less music and more natural feel. Also stop talking about mortise and tenon joints like they are some sort of ancient magical joint. When you talk about an extremely simple mortise and tenon joint like it's some sort of higher level woodworking technique it is extremely obvious to any actual traditional or highly skilled woodworker. Today unknowledgeable and easily fooled people view dovetail joints as "the cream of the crop" or as some sort of extremely high end joint used in only the finest furniture. To a real traditional woodworker and in traditional woodworking dovetails are simply viewed as nothing but a structural joint and they have no sort of craftsmanship value and in fact were often intentionally hidden because dovetails were not viewed as special. What I'm trying to say is that I advise against talking about the simple mortise and tenon joint like it's it some sort of fine traditional joint used in fine woodworking when in fact even a joint such as the dovetail is not actually viewed specially at all. There's a reason the mortise and tenon is referred to as the butter and bread of woodworking. There's nothing special about a mortise and tenon joint. Trying to impress a real traditional woodworker with a mortise and tenon joint would be like trying to impress an extremely experienced power tool woodworker by making a cut on a 2x4 with a miter saw. Joinery is simply a part of real woodworking and should be viewed as nothing more than that.

[@blairlock]

Have you ever considered dressing up as Rick Grimes for Halloween? I think you could nail it.

[@pepticsplash]

I love your videos so much! I recently got a 3d printer and you've been super inspiring to me. your best, great video. Omg thanks for the heart!

[@modustrial]

came out really cool!

[@MorleyKert]

Thanks man!

[@MikeLaringo]

On the cross-grain tenon I would be worried about how wide it is… feels closer to a breadboard table end situation than a traditional tenon. But hey, it is in your house, so you can try it out and I’m sure you know someone who can fix it if it cracks 😅

[@ocloud7389]

I love all your content man, keep up the wonderful work

[@Speedgaming802]

cant wait for the svo8

[@shadowphyre4746]

Hey man, great videos, love them. However, can you please, use a push stick? One mistake and you lose multiple fingers. I know you could probably 3D print a replacement, but I don't think it will be as good as the original. Cheers!

[@LukasKraus-k7w]

Hey Morley, just wanted to say Eden is an absolute keeper-and so are you! Wishing you both all the best. Why not treat her to her favorite meal again? If I had someone like her, I wouldn’t hesitate to do it all over again! 😄By the way, have you seen the 3D printing project 'Gridfinity'? I'm currently printing it for myself, and it's so much fun designing the inlays. Thanks for all the inspiration!

[@TheDarkPreacher65]

All I can hear is Jenna going "Go Morley, go Morley, go Morley!" like she does for Nick as you built this entire table.

[@jrgutierrez316]

I'm missing the soundtrack for sanding. Still great videos. Thank you!

[@deltabassslanger2291]

Been waiting for another video!

[@TheBowlingDk]

Always looking forward to your videos :)

[@tigersingh5063]

One of my favorite channels!

[@nakleh]

FINALLY a video without a thumbnail of the creator smiling wildly into the camera! That shit is getting so old (and reminds me of Mr. Beast)