YouTube Woodworker vs. High School Shop Class

[@SuperVoodude]

9:41 "My jointer died a few years ago, like my dad. And rather than replace it, I made a plywood sled..." I totally expected you to say "like my dad" again and pull out a plywood version of your dad lol. Great work on the tables!

[@kaybouie1972]

Same!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dosfisdo]

As someone who /just/ lost his dad, I think this is a wonderful tribute.

[@thebigdavester]

"Ooh, look at you and your fancy tools there, Norm Abram..." -Wesley's dad

[@billbottsurfing]

I love the simple design of this table. I would say it has some art deco look to it.

[@Vikingwerk]

11:20 from the look of the slots, and the era it was built in, that has all the hallmarks of a radial arm saw making several cuts, then cleaning it out with a chisel. You can still kinda see the saw-kerf marks.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Beautiful story, and beautiful table! Nice tribute to your dad

[@keithhenninger809]

23:43 When you talk about the grain is almost iridescent, that property in wood is is Chatoyancy, which is just a cool word. New to the channel, love the videos, thought I would share a fun word.

[@GibClark]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻great way to remember your Dad. Shop class opened up so many possibilities.

[@AlAmantea]

Wesley, I compliment you on the tables. They turned out perfectly. Your father would be proud. As far as the style of the piece goes, I would say your father did his own thing there, which I really like. The tall tapered legs have a great Arts and Crafts inspiration, and the reverse cloud lift on the aprons brings a bit of Greene and Greene to the piece. The dado details have that Craftsman style to it. All in all, it is a beautiful piece that works well with multiple styles of classic furniture. I would say that your father, much like yourself, definitely made his own path in life, which is evident in his work even at such an early age. He may not have even realized how many different styles he brought into that piece, but was inspired to do so just because he thought it looked great. That is how great furniture designs are made... More by feel and inspiration than by strict rules of design. Thank you for sharing this with us! We appreciate you!

[@tracybowling1156]

My Dad died recently. I'm still trying to get used to it. You're Dad was a great woodworker. You are just like him. That table is beautiful.

[@drhender6943]

Nice work. I love that you worked so meticulously to replicate the table that your dad made so many years ago. By the way, mahogany typically darkens (oxidizes) over time, so your tables may darken too. Although many modern finishes prevent that oxidization from happening.

[@justinbanks2380]

3:22 I felt that in my bones. I've had so many times where something breaks loose and comes way too close for comfort. (And a few that did hit, unfortunately.)

[@justinbanks2380]

3:53 I've also had way too many times like that where I do a bunch of work to salvage something or save the little money but reusing, only to end up either not being able to and having to get/make a new one or get frustrated and say this is stupid and make/get a new one because I'm fed up. And either situation I'm MORE frustrated that I didn't/haven't learned when to cut my losses and when it would be wiser to just get/make a new one than waste the time.

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

Absolutely beautifully done, Mr. Treat. Your dad would have been proud.

[@jimrosson6702]

Great job the table looks amazing your dad would be proud of you. What a great tribute

[@dianeewoldt3035]

Skip the jig for the grooves and use a straight edge and a hand held router. If you want to get jiggy- you could attach a rail to the face plate to guide it for subsequent groves that rides in the groove that you cut first. I like the KISS method.

[@davestinyworkshop]

Beautiful work, well done, and a great tribute to your Dad!

[@michaelcherry8952]

3:17 My left thumb now has a nifty scar and a damaged nerve by doing that. Also, despite the cleanup and the 3 years since it happened, I'm pretty sure CSI would conclude that someone had been murdered and dismembered in my basement. "Cut towards your chum, not your thumb" makes SO much more sense to me now! Love the way the table turned out! Especially since you still appear to be largely intact!

[@realpdm]

Aura was founded by an old friend of mine from college. Having them sponsor you is amazing! And what a fun project to replicate your dad's project. Thank you for sharing!

[@yobespierre]

i would call that table a mission-style, which is a type of craftsman, from what i am aware. either way it's gorgeous and you and your dad both did great jobs!

[@WesleyTreat]

Thanks!

[@mickspencer4171]

That looks great, it would've been fun to see you use the same tools as your dad would've used.

[@Schwuuuuup]

I get wet eyes when thinking about how proud your dad would have been seeing his son keeping the legacy, maintaining the values and improving on the quality.

[@MattTester]

I really like that metallic effect you can get on nicely finished wood. Your method of using the jig seems like the obvious way to do it, not sure why the manufacturer would suggest anything different.

[@WesleyTreat]

I think it's so you can place the mating dowels in the middle of a piece, farther than where the clampy bit can go. But, I was hoping you could at least change out the middle drill guide to the larger size, in case you wanted to use the clamp for both sets of holes.

[@robbie6625]

I wish you could get that look on more species. Mahogany is probably my favorite wood for exactly this reason. Also, I learned pretty recently that the name for that metallic effect is "Chatoyancy", not sure if you knew that, but I thought it was pretty cool to finally have a word to describe it.

[@120DEA]

So glad I stumbled on your channel, Wesley! Your humor, skills, and projects are just the best! You’re such a bottom!! 🤣 And from a man who also lost his father (last year), thank you for this one. It’s so cool you could do this!

[@jomercer21113]

Oooh that chatoyance gets me every time!

[@leslieapplegate65]

I have two pieces that my Father made in High School shop. One is a side table with a book rack in the bottom and the other is a black cat that has a dish on the top for my Grandfather's ashtray and pipe.

[@PatricesProjects]

That table has been around all of your life, and it took recreating it 62 years later for you to notice the discrepancy of wood, and the slight errors in the carved lines. What a great way to honor your father.

[@h2woodshop911]

That brought a smile to my face. My Dad taught me woodworking when I was a wee lad in the 70's.

[@beauxtx1959]

Brilliant homage to your dad!

[@Matt083109]

Picciuto would be proud of your mom joke 😆 🤣

[@pb3033]

Positive and dynamic Wes ! Nice job!👍

[@thejoker-pd9df]

Yay. New vid! Nice table. Flinched at the knife slip. I had a dumb last Sunday that gave me 5 stiches and a splint for a broken finger. at 3:20 my thoughts went: Cut proof gloves, stop fighting it, make a new one -- before you got the sander out... Stay safe out there

[@MyGrowthRings]

Well done, Wesley, and such a neat tribute to your dad. Scott

[@averagejoesworkshop]

The piece feels Art Deco to me. Thanks for the inspiration. It's fun to recreate old pieces.

[@davebauerart]

Fine results! It was great to hear the story and see the process of reverse engineering the table.

[@joell439]

What a great Father/Son project. I'm certain he is watching from above and has gathering all of his friends up there to watch and brag. As a proud Patron, I assume i get a grade of A+ just like you have 😉

[@negotiableaffections]

I think your engineering skills actually make you a better woodworker. Your Dad would be well proud, I'm sure. RIP Larry.

[@calabrese1531]

Everything makes sense now. Now I know where your awesomeness comes from. Nice job Larry. Heaven just got a skillful handyman.

[@TheDarkPreacher65]

Perfect table for one of those "A Christmas Story" leg lamps, or maybe an old AM radio with a giant dial that lights up when the radio is on.

[@CTimmerman]

I think that style of simple yet decorative lines is called Art Deco.

[@DougRowland-sw4nt]

Great video. I’ve never used that beadlock system. Might need to look at that.

[@gordonlonnon7897]

The style looks very much like Art Deco, which would have been popular around that era. Cheers.

[@dannywilsher4165]

Nice table sir!!! My shop project was a Mahogany Chest way back in 1968. I still have it sitting at the foot of my bed...

[@jsteih]

This might not have been the video that everyone wanted, but it’s the one I needed! I love your humor.

[@thesplinteredfinger]

That’s such a great tip about the imperfections that you see and you “think” everybody else will. Stop, get over it and move on! And why would you tell them? How silly we were.

[@stevespra1]

It's funny. I went to a suburban high school with excellent facilities. My shop projects were made with methods closer to Wesley's methods (not close but closer). Thirty years later, my son went to a rural high school and his shop projects were made with methods that were probably closer to what your dad did in the '60s.

[@m3chless180]

This was truly so sweet, you would have brought a smile to your Dads face. You brought a smile to mine, great work Wesley!

[@pflavel9989]

I think Wesley's mum would also be smiling

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great film, excellent shots. The film matches the quality of the table. I'm sure that was intentional. Your dad would be proud. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@WesleyTreat]

Thanks!

[@WildmanTech]

Great work. I love the spindle sander work.

[@bobherget7676]

Really, really nice!

[@jewdd1989]

I don’t think it’s craftsman, looks more mid century but I could be wrong. I absolutely love this!!! More of this please, I love your woodworking focused builds and your shop, shop upgrade and organizing builds.

[@jpalarchio]

Glad to see you back. This project turned out great, love the concept and the final table. I have a circular saw that was my grandfather's that seems to do what your dad's saw does. The trigger never works when you have it on the wood but will work every time when you lift it up.

[@minutemark]

I have a circular saw that works just like your dad's circular saw. Just a little temperamental. Beautiful job by both, you and your dad!

[@Makerperpassione]

Tanti tanti complimenti e grazie del video!!!!

[@WesleyTreat]

Grazie!

[@AquaPeet]

3:17 oh god I saw that coming! You only have ten fingies Wes!!

[@NeonPreservation]

your replica did the original justice; your dad would be proud! fantastic work Sir.

[@DavidPlass]

What a great tribute to your Dad!

[@sgsax]

It's me, I'm a curious nerd. Fun project, and faithful reproduction of the original. Loving the use of mahogany here. I'll take any variant of that over walnut any day. Always enjoy your humor too. Welcome back to a new year! Thanks for sharing!

[@TonyBullard]

The only thing I would have liked to see added to this video is a look over the original table. Kinda like Rex Kruger does. I really enjoyed this one. Not that I don't love your other videos, but this one seemed a bit more...I don't really know. Maybe I'm too sentimental. Thanks for sharing!

[@Ernzt8]

This is a great tribute to your father. An extra ingredient...

[@CihaPet]

Both tables look gorgeous!

[@MsMagicweaver]

You have the grooviest toys 🤗💚

[@custos3249]

To quote Shakespeare, "Villain, I have done thy mother."

[@thesledgehammerblog]

I have a really nice looking mahogany bowl with a lid (the single piece scroll saw carving alone must have taken hours) that I bought from a craftsman in Dominica about 10 years ago, and I really like the unusual optical properties of the wood, which are highlighted pretty well by this project.

[@squidskunk]

GREAT VIDEO.... Thanks.

[@jessegimbel]

Had no idea you wrote books in the Weird states series, very cool! Awesome project, great job Wesley!

[@pecantreedesign]

That was a lot of fun and a great project for sure. I look forward to bidding on the Wes-kea build

[@TimBielawa]

Wes, there's a lot of stuff to know about mahogany, then and how. For example, it looks like you have sapele, which is a mahogany-like wood. Mahogany will darken with age and UV exposure. Old genuine mahogany from Cubab is hard to find now, I don't think new stock is exported anymore. Mahogany and the modern kinds of it is a fun learning topic for aspiring woodworkers! I love the build, it's a nice look!🎉

[@saltydawg5489]

really enjoyed watching your vid

[@rexsmith1698]

Great video concept. I bet lots of us woodworkers would love to have a piece our father made to reproduce. When I was in shop class in 1980, I made a walnut and maple chess board. A classmate made a fancy dresser. He made me project look like child's play!

[@WesleyTreat]

He also made a low, midcentury-style shelf unit, but my brother got that.

[@ping170]

I love that 'DeThickener' 😍

[@CaryWiedman]

Great project Wesley, and I love my ray gun patent "print" hanging on my office wall. Whenever you finish a bit of explanation to camera and take that slightly extended look into the lens, I'm reminded of something Seinfeld observed, "There's a fine line between eye contact and the piercing gaze of a psychopath." 😂 So looking forward to what you have to share this year. Thank you.

[@JANDLWOODWORKING]

did you use a flat blade screw in that ? A beautiful job!!

[@andyb7754]

Very nicely done project, thank you.

[@AngieWilliamsDesigns]

Such a great project. Really enjoyed the video.

[@WesleyTreat]

Thanks!

[@onmywayout]

What kind of spray adhesive are you using for your paper templates glued to wood?

[@dangerrangerlstc]

Its like a nerdy episode of "New Yankee Workshop" and I'm 100% here for that

[@davidquerry8869]

Great job Wes

[@MarkRimmell]

Oh that moment when you showed your father's name on the underside of the table and then there's your laser engraved version. I'm blinking back the tears.

[@tomcatfoolery]

My deepest condolences for the loss of you father.

[@gatekeeper65]

Both, your fathers original, and your replica are very well made. It would be interesting to know what tools and techniques he used in his 1962 high school shop class, to get the same accuracy you got with more recent jigs and techniques. It says a lot for ingenuity and his workmanship back then.

[@robertberger8642]

Good project, good story, good video!

[@byeforever]

This came out fantastic. I was half expecting to see some brass inlays on the front-facing stripes on the apron. Either way, this came out super slick!

[@Uploadingvirus]

I thought "just like Ikea" seconds before you said it. Great video and project, your channel always has interesting projects.

[@UnwelcomeGuestVideos]

This is a great video idea Wes.

[@KevinMeeker4L]

@26:32 Hello!

[@philipzielinski]

Utility knife + sandpaper = shop class moment. Grab the first aid kit!

[@sparkythebuilder]

Well done!

[@texasarmor]

like your mom...... that caught me off guard LOL!

[@WheelchairGuyHobbyChannel]

Nice job Wes!

[@daviniusb6798]

3:17 that's almost exactly how I lost the tip of my left pointer! Pro Tip: Don't do that

[@michaeld_aus_b]

12:45 "like your mom" 🤣 what's that supposed to mean 😂

[@scotter_dotter]

Look at me. I am your shop teacher.😂😂😂. Tables look great ❤

[@ConorMakes]

Fun project as always, got to say your trigger discipline on your ray gun push stick is shocking tho 🤣😂🤣 Thanks for sharing very entertaining Regards Conor

[@mvieke]

3:20 was like 😅

[@philipspeicher889]

“I think this may be the most precise thing I’ve ever made out of wood.” That would be a great setup for a joke about your children… 😊

[@Omri_Makes]

It’s def craftsman.

[@Surkit914]

That unstained table looked so much like my Korina wood guitar... alas, inbetween jobs right now and in no place to buy furniture 😅. Great job though!

[@DagrtOne]

That knife positioning had me freaking out then it slipped!!!! 🫣😱

[@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE]

I was in the middle drinking my beer when you cracked that mom joke. 😂

[@Thagarr]

That's Geek to you nerd, thank you very much!