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  • @SteveRamsey
    @SteveRamsey  Před rokem +19

    Complete step-by-step building plans are available here: shopwwmm.com/products/contemporary-style-nightstand
    Thank you for supporting how-to project videos!

    • @tomsko863
      @tomsko863 Před rokem

      Good update to your existing 9 year old video. Now if we can get another BMW or Miter Saw stand video, that would be great.

    • @nobnobnobnob
      @nobnobnobnob Před 11 měsíci

      Been watching your videos for years. I know more technical channels on CZcams, but yours always hit the joy of woodworking. Thank you for your videos.

    • @XavierDesroches
      @XavierDesroches Před 6 měsíci

      Nice nightstand but 38 CAD for the plans feels quite steep.

  • @bidvision
    @bidvision Před rokem +16

    Great to see project videos again!

  • @sirgermaine
    @sirgermaine Před rokem +8

    I know you often focus on the tools used, but this seems incredibly efficient in terms of using just enough material to make it good (and make it look good), without assuming you have an unlimited supply of hardwood. Really fantastic project video.

  • @WoodworkJourney
    @WoodworkJourney Před rokem +10

    Great seeing you in the shop again Steve! They look lovely as well

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY Před rokem +2

    Losing your "clamping" bricks back to the yard had me rolling 🤣 we can all relate to that. Nightstands came out great. You going to add any type of stop to them, to prevent pulling out all the way 🤔

  • @Mr.Stacey-L-SCC
    @Mr.Stacey-L-SCC Před rokem +5

    I so appreciate how you don't over complicate your explanations. I've really enjoy your videos.

  • @georgegeorge1368
    @georgegeorge1368 Před rokem +2

    You are the reason why I know so much about woodworking. Thank you for this.

  • @XxTomcastxX
    @XxTomcastxX Před rokem +3

    I miss these videos, great watch!

  • @riuphane
    @riuphane Před rokem +4

    Wanted to thank you specifically for your comments on wood movement, how to deal/thank about it, and why you chamfered the inside edges of the corners. I know you've covered it before, but this was very helpful and relevant. Love these project videos.

  • @kamarill9574
    @kamarill9574 Před rokem +2

    Wanted to give you a big thanks! With your courses and even your free content, my skills have gotten to the point where I can build some furniture for my slightly immobile mother. So far I've made her a towel shelf for the bathroom that has shelves only at arms reach (so no bending or reaching), and now I've made her a trash cart so that she can wheel all her heavy trash bags to the curb instead of having to carry them (she was close to using a wheelbarrow!) I'm so happy to see her happy and in less pain!

  • @JRaymer315
    @JRaymer315 Před rokem +1

    I know that feeling of "Oh no I glued this to the bench!" Haha
    Great video - I love watching these!

  • @grantjackson21
    @grantjackson21 Před rokem +12

    Steve, you’re a credit to the craft. Wonderful creations with “mortal” tools. Keep up the good work

  • @shanegriffin3706
    @shanegriffin3706 Před rokem +3

    This is exactly the layout/design my wife asked for. For end tables, anyway. Thank you for saving me a bit of design work.

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve Před rokem +13

    Great project & very nice work on those nightstands Steve! 👍👍🔨🔨

  • @parkerazz4385
    @parkerazz4385 Před rokem +2

    Glad to see more simple projects. Ill ne adapting this to make a kitchen for my RV.

  • @FDMcKinney
    @FDMcKinney Před rokem +2

    I love watching your builds and listening to your instructions. I refer folks all the time to your videos to help them get started.

  • @CreativeIsolation
    @CreativeIsolation Před rokem

    Absolutely beautiful. Elegant simplicity.

  • @dennishall9260
    @dennishall9260 Před rokem +1

    It's just like Wood Working for Mere Mortals is back again! Glad to see you in the shop.. thought you might have forgotten us.

    • @SteveRamsey
      @SteveRamsey  Před rokem +1

      Thanks! But I haven't been anywhere. Just posting videos as usual.

  • @khallo151
    @khallo151 Před rokem

    Loving the simplicity here - I’ve been nervous to start using the kreg jig but know it’ll be easy once I get going with its

  • @johnryan1211
    @johnryan1211 Před rokem +1

    Thank You, Steve, simple yet elegant design. I really like how you attached the apron to the top. I always look forward to your videos.

  • @mandyleeson1
    @mandyleeson1 Před rokem

    I like the way you demystify the wood movement thing, in fact, the whole process. It makes me less hesitant to have a go. Thank you Steve.

  • @galhillel100
    @galhillel100 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you for reminding us what woodworking is all about ❤

  • @Silverael
    @Silverael Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thanks for making all of these videos, Steve! It's too hot for me to start woodworking outside (my garage isn't spacious like yours) but I've been living vicariously through you since the pandemic started 😆 Hopefully it will cool off and stay dry soon so I can practice what you've taught me and make these end tables!

  • @johnsuchocki15
    @johnsuchocki15 Před rokem +2

    Love the project and your channel, Steve!

  • @Toyotajunkie
    @Toyotajunkie Před rokem

    They look great and functional!

  • @vinceLi3096
    @vinceLi3096 Před rokem +1

    Lovely tables! Looking great!

  • @robertbamford8266
    @robertbamford8266 Před rokem

    Straightforward. Good-looking. Tables, too.

  • @7andearth76
    @7andearth76 Před 11 měsíci

    So happy to see your “more back”. Miss your videos.

  • @louschillaci
    @louschillaci Před rokem

    Simple yet - LOVE IT!

  • @David.M.
    @David.M. Před rokem +2

    Thanks Steve, another great video!

  • @Goalsplus
    @Goalsplus Před rokem +1

    I tried your brown paper rubbing technique on some meranti finished with wipe on poly and it came up a treat. Oh, and a blackbutt table top as well. Thanks very much.

  • @vtramell3196
    @vtramell3196 Před 11 měsíci

    I love your videos. It is great to see what is possible with essentially basic shop tools.
    A suggestion for cutting panels. Norm Abrams had a simple panel sled he used on many projects. I made one some 20 years ago and still use it to this day.
    Keep up the great work.

  • @garymiller5937
    @garymiller5937 Před rokem

    Really nice tables Steve! Thanks 👍 for the inspiration. 😊😊😊

  • @jasontoland1158
    @jasontoland1158 Před rokem

    I love this build. It's always great to see you pop up on my feed, sir. All the best

  • @brianphillips5576
    @brianphillips5576 Před 11 měsíci

    Thanks for teaching the techniques.

  • @user-jk8yx2gr8l
    @user-jk8yx2gr8l Před 7 měsíci

    It's really helpful how you walk us through every little process and details.

  • @MatthewHerrin14
    @MatthewHerrin14 Před rokem

    Thank you for a good project video Steve!

  • @jacobkomnath7961
    @jacobkomnath7961 Před rokem

    I have found the wetting the burned areas first and then sanding it works really well.

  • @EM1473
    @EM1473 Před rokem

    Another beautiful project Steve!!!

  • @jaredharp4678
    @jaredharp4678 Před rokem

    Steve, I love your videos so much, they inspire me to become a woodworker, thank you :)

  • @michaelvenditti5982
    @michaelvenditti5982 Před rokem +1

    Nice to see you making projects adain Steve

  • @martybrown6095
    @martybrown6095 Před 11 měsíci

    I hit like @ 21:11 when Steve acknowledged gluing the drawer to the workbench. Great video & project !

  • @blaugrana-jw3dd
    @blaugrana-jw3dd Před 11 měsíci

    WOW, simple, elegant WOW

  • @edoxtator1238
    @edoxtator1238 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for making the point that woodworkers stress about wood movement too much. I think one of the other things that’s good to do, and you didn’t mention, is to use the alternating grain pattern, or “sunrise, sunset”. That is, when laying out the table top pieces, alternate the direction of the endgrain- if a board points up, its neighbors should point down. That way, the expansion / contraction occurs, but it works as a force agains the neighboring boards, and helps keep the top in one piece and reduces splitting. I do this with all the tables I’ve built and I’ve never had an issue, even with relatively green wood.

    • @qaweeorltuys
      @qaweeorltuys Před rokem +1

      The technique you describe helps mitigate cupping, but does not change the side-side expansion and contraction

  • @merlinsatrom6678
    @merlinsatrom6678 Před rokem

    Beautiful tables Steve! Inspires me to build a couple pairs for our guest rooms.

  • @ryantait08
    @ryantait08 Před rokem

    Those are nice! I may have to build a set. Keep these hardwood builds coming.

  • @Paul.Douglas
    @Paul.Douglas Před 6 měsíci

    Those tables turned out beautifully! Your setup and techniques make me feel like I could do this too.

  • @gregmize01
    @gregmize01 Před rokem

    beautiful job Steve!

  • @TheLovelyMissBeans
    @TheLovelyMissBeans Před 11 měsíci

    These are so lovely!

  • @Lazywatchsmith
    @Lazywatchsmith Před rokem

    They look awesome.

  • @tckoppang
    @tckoppang Před rokem

    Those turned out great!

  • @roberteye7352
    @roberteye7352 Před rokem

    Nice build, as always!
    Great that your orange home center has hardwoods. The ones in Dallas only have red oak, poplar, and select pine.

  • @travisgreen3533
    @travisgreen3533 Před rokem

    Those are nice tables. A simple, pretty design. I like many types of wood, but cherry is a favorite for furniture. I think it is pleasing to the eye. At least, to my eye. It also feels good and is durable. I guess I am telling you what you know. Thanks for the fun.

  • @dustinmitchell4711
    @dustinmitchell4711 Před 11 měsíci

    Great video, always enjoy your project videos.

  • @henrysara7716
    @henrysara7716 Před rokem

    Thank you Steve

  • @pteddie6965
    @pteddie6965 Před rokem

    Great end table, Steve. I can see one on either end of the couch that my wife has staked out and homesteaded as hers. I've been watching and building your projects for years. We have your coffee table in the living room. We have your paper towel holder in the kitchen and my granddaughter who lives with us sleeps on a bed built from your plans. I guess if I had not found you, it would be pine boards and cinderblocks throughout my home.
    Thanks for this video and for all of the ones in the past.

  • @DiHandley
    @DiHandley Před rokem

    You never fail to impress me Steve. 😀

  • @vernsteinbrecker3759
    @vernsteinbrecker3759 Před rokem

    Great looking tables

  • @coreydavoll7622
    @coreydavoll7622 Před rokem

    Those are beautiful 😍😍😍

  • @philipallard8026
    @philipallard8026 Před rokem

    Next century modern. Nice.

  • @vincetaylor6126
    @vincetaylor6126 Před rokem +1

    you're awesome thanks man

  • @jgriff19861947
    @jgriff19861947 Před rokem

    Very nice work looks great.

  • @woodworksbygrampies1284

    Hola! 🖐Really cool video and awesome tables. Thanks for sharing this. Take care and have a good one, Adios!👊

  • @jc5c515
    @jc5c515 Před rokem

    Beautiful design 👌

  • @Woodworkingjunkie23
    @Woodworkingjunkie23 Před 11 měsíci

    More hardwood furniture builds please! Great stuff, thanks!

  • @fidgetshouse
    @fidgetshouse Před rokem

    I think the project is attainable for this MM!

  • @epeiusgarage
    @epeiusgarage Před rokem

    Looks great as usual!

  • @emilevoyer123
    @emilevoyer123 Před rokem

    THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

  • @chriscole4149
    @chriscole4149 Před rokem

    Always winning Steve!

  • @matthyland1218
    @matthyland1218 Před rokem

    Great project, if you do more hardwood projects I would love to see your take on the hard wax oils

  • @imsowright90
    @imsowright90 Před rokem

    Nice build.

  • @SeanBlader
    @SeanBlader Před rokem

    I use gravity to clamp stuff all the time, expecially since I don't have LOTS of clamps. Usually there's a 5 gallon bucket around that I can fill with water and seal the lid on. That makes for plenty of weight.

  • @khallo151
    @khallo151 Před rokem +2

    Idea request: I loved the knitting box you made for your wife (yay Covid lockdown playlist) - I seen myself eyeing the older wood sewing boxes that kind of accordion out but I’d love to build it myself instead of paying out the nose for something in an unknown state. Any hope for a simple/intermediate level one of these? It’s certainly smaller than your normal stuff but would make good presents… hint, hint 😆

  • @calkrabbe
    @calkrabbe Před rokem

    15:09 also the way the board was cut (quarter sawn = better) effects the way it will naturally contract and expand.

  • @dogwoodtales
    @dogwoodtales Před 11 měsíci

    I know someone who veneers over solid wooden legs with no issues. There's simply not enough width across the leg for the fractional wood movement to effect the veneer.

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations Před rokem +1

    Really beautiful work, Steve! Amazing looking nightstand!!! 😃
    BTW, for plywood does the kind of pocket screw matter?
    Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @JimE6243
    @JimE6243 Před rokem

    Looks better and is better than store bought. JimE

  • @kalimchogle
    @kalimchogle Před rokem

    Love from India ❤

  • @waynekitt6770
    @waynekitt6770 Před rokem

    Steve, Thank you for your persistency and consistency with your championing for the rest of us "mere mortals". Your work and teaching is superb. I have a question - when you are building two (or more) of the same piece, what is the order of operation? Do you build both at the same time or assemble and finish each separately? I know that videotaping the whole process for your viewers probably alters what you would normally do. What is your experience?

  • @rickculpepper709
    @rickculpepper709 Před 11 měsíci

    Good stuff 👍

  • @eriks2962
    @eriks2962 Před rokem

    I see you like to have the cherry on the top!

  • @markraisner9000
    @markraisner9000 Před rokem +1

    Very nice project.

  • @ApexComplete
    @ApexComplete Před rokem

    That stop block setup on the drill press looks pretty sweet, do you have a video on that anywhere?
    FYI this is the project that finally got me heading over to buy one of your plans instead of just mooching off your CZcams content like I've been doing all these years. Cheers from Ohio!

  • @gilbertmarquez6434
    @gilbertmarquez6434 Před rokem

    Nice!

  • @avroncotton
    @avroncotton Před 11 měsíci

    At 21:04 you sounded just like Homer. I was expecting a D'oh! Great work Steve!

  • @timd5343
    @timd5343 Před rokem

    very nice thnx

  • @mrmetinoregon
    @mrmetinoregon Před rokem +1

    Hi Steve! Thank you for the new video. I noticed you aren’t using a crosscut sled anymore and just a miter gauge with a fence/stop. Is this the general preference now?

  • @jamesbyers1165
    @jamesbyers1165 Před rokem

    Thank you for all the videos you've made. I always learn so much. Question about when you cut that panel I half. I always thought a cut like that was too dangerous for a table saw against the rio fence like that because it results in a near square and the off cut is so long. What additional safety considerations need to go into making a cut like that to do it safely?

  • @zachpfeif
    @zachpfeif Před rokem

    It was great running into you at Open Sauce!

  • @MRrwmac
    @MRrwmac Před rokem

    Steve, The used bricks was funny! Yes, I got used to seeing them over the many years of watching you. BTW, Nice Project! (no mistakes?)

  • @HighTone45
    @HighTone45 Před rokem

    If you want to eliminate burn marks depending on if you are a lefty or righty offset the back of your blade a couple micro meters to the right or left of the front of your blade but make sure your rip fence isn’t pinching whatever stock is in between blade and fence

  • @matthewloeffler5846
    @matthewloeffler5846 Před 9 měsíci

    Nice

  • @thekiwinomad
    @thekiwinomad Před rokem

    Great video Steve. Not the biggest fan of pocket screws but that's a personal preference as they are not easily available where I live e.g. not stocked in by the merchants

    • @SteveRamsey
      @SteveRamsey  Před rokem +2

      Yeah, same here. I usually just get them from Amazon.

  • @ScottyDrake
    @ScottyDrake Před rokem

    I think you should have mentioned that you did the final burnishing with a brown paper bag - something I do regularly.

  • @gtp1172
    @gtp1172 Před 9 měsíci

    I use pvc pipes to hold my boards for the glue up. Glue doesn't stick, so there is no hurry to remove or just leave then on.

  • @scottreeves1226
    @scottreeves1226 Před rokem

    I use gravity clamps to guarantee a regular upper-body workout.

  • @mattybob58
    @mattybob58 Před rokem +2

    Hey Steve, great video as always! Question for you…if the panel hadn’t fit on your miter gauge, what would you have done for that crosscut?

    • @SteveRamsey
      @SteveRamsey  Před rokem +2

      I would use my circular saw and a straight edge. 👍

  • @traveler2370
    @traveler2370 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Ive been looking at wodworking channels latley and i ran across yours. When i saw you open the garage door and kick a chunk of wood under a tablesaw leg to keep it from wobbling then i knew i found a regular garage woodworker without a $3500 dust collection system and several thousand dollars worth of jointers, planers, tablesaws etc. THis little night stand looks like something i might like to try. The plans are $27.00?

  • @richardhart7652
    @richardhart7652 Před rokem

    Had to have a little chuckle when you glued the draw to the bench even the woodwork gods sometimes make little mistakes. Just wish we had decent box stores here in the uk

  • @philmininni5981
    @philmininni5981 Před rokem +4

    Is there any discount on the plans purchase price for members who have taken your on-line course such as the "Weekend Woodworker"?

    • @SteveRamsey
      @SteveRamsey  Před rokem +2

      That's a good suggestion! Let me look into that.