15 Drawer Workshop Cabinet from reclaimed Ipe Wood
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- For the last few weeks on evenings and weekends i have been working on this 15 drawer cabinet. It is made from reclaimed Ipe wood, a laminated pine panel and 9mm hardwood ply. Total cost was about £100 for the plywood, the laminated panel and the name plate holders.
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You know there is some precision going on here when you close one drawer and the air pressure pushes open the drawer below it. Just beautiful workmanship, Kris. 🙂👍
I thought so too!
I noticed this too! That was epic!
I grew up in High Wycombe, then a big furniture making town. I was told that, one draw opening when another is pushed in, is the mark of a piece of furniture made by a cabinet maker, rather than just a carpenter.
My Grandad used to say "As one door closes, another one opens" Lovely bloke, crap cabinet maker : )
@graeme white Haha 😋
“The weather is a bit crap so I’ll make a hardwood chest of drawers.” Do you realise how extraordinary that statement is? Glad you shoulder seems to be getting better, mine is too.
With it raining, the hydro will make more power allowing the large power tools to work. Hmm...it seems to all work out well.
That's the type of statement I'd make during sumer.
After watching you for a few years building with bags of dirt and rough cut limbs of trees, and now you are doing
fine carpentry...you are amazing!
I will be back to the bags of dirt and rough cut stuff in two weeks.
@@KrisHarbour That is WONDERFUL! I would truly be pleased if you invented a few more devices to make things easier on your body while you are working. I've seen you work hard. I have seen you work smart. And I have seen you do both together. Take care of yourself PLEASE!🕊🌞
Thank you. I will now get down off my soap box. It's a mom thing!
So Kris basically got bored one afternoon because he was stuck inside and made a gorgeous chest of drawers that I probably couldn't afford to buy in a shop, out of trashed tropical hardwood no less, to keep his screws tidy. Of course he did. Nice work man. Really impressed with that.
Isn’t he just the best? These videos make my day.
Not a single thumbs down! never seen that before. Stunning work!
Yeah i was surprised by that! The video isnt doing that well though unfortunately. youtube is telling me that it is number 9-10 and attracting a much smaller audience than normal. But the people watching it are liking it so thats good.
Spoke 2 soon - 3!!
@@KrisHarbour well that stresses me out because I look forward to your vids! Been here since mid roundhouse. Always inspiring!
@@FruitSnacksyo Its been a pattern i have noticed from the start. the videos that take me the longest and that im the most proud of always do the worst. This video was a very high labour video. about 5-6 hours of editing, maybe 10hours of filming. it took 4 hours to upload. the item itself has 60hours of work in it. I also had to take the whole set of drawer back out and move the cabinet back on to my workbench to get a good picture of it (as i forgot while it was up there) So a video like this really dose take a lot of work. But, today we have a storm and if i grabbed the Camera and just walked up the hill and filmed my steam it would get twice the views and take me about an hour to do. CZcams is funny like that. But im proud of this video so if it dose not do as well i dont mind. im still proud of it.
@@KrisHarbour I think youtube glitched. I caught up watching all the videos in my feed last night. I refreshed the page this evening and your video popped up 3 videos before others that I watched last night. I know I didn't accidentally miss it. You're not wrong either though, the hydro power is popular but I do think youtube is partly the problem.
That looks beautiful and something I would have expected to see in places like my grandads workshop when everything wasn't just sheet metal, wire mesh or plastic
I especially LOVE the contrast in situ between the beautiful precision made draws in amongst the natural wood bench with tree trunk legs. I love this quirkiness. Another heirloom made Kris xxxx
I had a friend with a huge deck on his house. He tore the deck off and threw it away because it had turned Gray and was rickety. It was cypress wood and all it needed was a little love, and it would have been enough beautiful wood I could have made furniture for an entire house. It made me sick to know it was in a landfill. All I could say was "if only I had known". Great job, and so glad you found that ipe before it was hauled off to the landfill. Regards, Solomon
in norway we got this old history of carpenters moving around building furniture for food and a place to stay plus a little pocket money, really beutiful furniture and still standing good after 100 years. yours are the same quality and will also be standing long after we are all gone.
And I think I will agree Kris...you're one he'll of an out of the box thinker, builder, craftsman, and visionary!
Thats a beautiful piece of furniture, you should build small pieces of furniture, like sets of drawers, book cases, etc. And go to the likes of carboot sales and markets. People love that, and would pay good money, for your work. Well done kris. 👍🏻
To make this again out of brought wood, plus making time, plus time at the sale this would have to go for 400-600. People at markets and carboots just don't want to spend a fraction of that.
Probably low balled a fair bit there if you include consumables and hardware.
One man's rubbish,another man's work of art.love the attention to detail.half hour of pure pleasure watching you plan ,and work.🙂
Both of your Ipe boxes look great, Kris. I guarantee that when you die, someone will take the lot and spend another lifetime using your hand tools. Not just a thrown together shop project but a real bit of legacy. Great work.
An the beauty is that this cabinet will still look fantastic in 100 years!
No it won't!
It will need another coat of oil by then ;o)
Omg i would buy one of these and put all of my recipes in. This needs to be handed down to future generations.
Kris you make attention to detail effortlessly and your skill and knowledge is great to watch and be inspired by. Arguably best channel on YT. Hope the shoulder is healing and your taking it easy.
Absolutely perfect Kris, as always.
It begs belief what people throw away. We all need re-educating on the use and reuse of of our material possession's.
It's a throw away world but it's not all bad. If you can recycle and make better what we throw away then you're life improves with the help of our neglect.
Keep making use of our careless stupidity Kris, I'm very proud of you.
Kris, so good to see and hear you enjoying every stage of the build! Your attitude is just as impressive as your skill set. We know editing makes all projects look easy, but your happiness shone through. So what if the drawers are too good for a workshop? You, of all people, deserve the best.
For the cabinet it is the very highest honour to be housed in this workshop.
The cabinet looks like the card catalogue cabinets they have at the Natural History Museum!!! Fecking genius. xxx
YOU ARE AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING CREATED BY GOD, BLESSED IN EVERYWAY POSSIBLE AND THAT IS A FACT! YOU SHOULD HAVE A PLAQUE "I CAN AND I WILL"
Casually builds a beautiful hardwood cabinet in his spare time. This man is a legend.
That is absolutely stunning! Everyone on Earth could use such a cabinet for something. You could be a wealthy and busy man making those alone. LoL
It's good that it was made during rainy weather. I would think the wood wouldn't swell any more than it is now, so the drawers will never stick. If they do, a little beeswax will fix that.😊🐝❤
Me: I was thinking of taking a couple of weeks away from work to build a cabinet for my workshop
Chris: What are you going to do with the other 13 days?
Me: Eh? 😲😲
What an artist. Beautiful craftsmanship in everything you do.
Nice bit of work, Kris. I agree with you that the beauty of wood should never be painted and like you, I deplore the waste of these valuable tropical hardwoods; such an ignorance of the planet's real riches! Thank you for the video.
Stunning work Kris, reminds me of an oldy worldly tea shop or Pharmacy cabinets.
Kris, I've cut a lot of plywood with veneer and I've learned that the best way to avoid chipping the veneer is to sandwich the good piece of wood between two scrap pieces. And sandwich then tightly so the veneer can't go anywhere.
Beautiful Kris, a piece of art. I hope Dot gets the next one for her spinning spools etc! Well done. So lovely to see you at work and creating a noteworthy piece of furniture out of someone else's waste.
God bless you.
Absolutely beautiful.
Kris,
That cabinet is truly A Work of Art, it's Beautiful. It very much looks like a period piece.
This is the first time I think I've seen Ipe Wood. What incredible wood, it looks like a very hard wood, and the natural dark color is incredible as well. It's sad that people throw wood , especially wood like that, away. I'm very happy you rescued it from the skip and gave it a new life.
I've always loved old wooden boxes and cabinets. I have one here on my desk. It's an old Workmans Portable Tool Box with 4 drawers and a space below for big tools. The drawers are more for chisels, drivers, wrenches, etc. The outside corners all have a heavy brass corner protector that also doubles as feet on the bottom. Sadly it's missing the front cover, which had a key lock embedded in the door, which used to be dropped into the bottom of the cabinet, then swung shut from the bottom and locked. It has an old tough piece of leather with home made rings making a handle on the top. I saved it from the side of the road about 2 years ago, it was out to be thrown in the back of a garbage truck and crushed. I'm guessing it's about 100 - 150 years old. It's a total beauty, and all of it's dings and dents give it so much character and tell the story of how it was used, most likely by a tradesman, maybe a carpenter. It's totally a keeper!!!!
That's one of the reasons why I greatly enjoy watching your videos, because you love the traditional wood working ways and actually know how to do it, and you do it so well. I was completely admiring the tooth work you cut into all the joints, totally beautiful! My Tradesmans Tool Box is made the exact same way. And for the size of it, it weighs about 3 times what it should when you look at it. Definitely an old hard wood of somekind.
Keep Safe Always My Friend,
I Hope your shoulder is doing better now!
Matt - Toronto, Canada
My greatest hope is that somehow you are able to take on an apprentice - someone who can soak in your wisdom and skills.
That chest seems to be out of a victorian age office or pharmacy...great!
:-D
Indeed! Sell it!
Love your work Kris! You have a talent that is natural.
He's put in alot of effort and energy to develop that "talent" 😂 Persistence and determination will get one anywhere in life
It was spectacular, a sad wood was reborn into something beautiful, almost an alchemy process
Absolutely stunning, like everything else you make.
I've had some success minimizing tear out on plywood by having a scrap piece of wood behind our cut. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely beautiful. This piece of furniture will outlive all of us + probably next generation too :)
I really like how you keep your fingers safe by using sticks to push the wood threw the table saw. Beautiful artwork and each of your video is such a pleasure to watch !
Masterful creation and fascinating to watch, your running explainations are much nicer to have than common crafting videos with just background noise and subs. Seems like you had about 100 pieces of wood to cut and arrange perfectly. We are lucky your shoulder has made some time for projects like this :)
I just did the math - 125 pieces!
Brilliant !! You just blow it out of the water every time. Love that cat 🐈
Your videos never disappoint. Unbelievable talent and skill. Great job.
It's a real pleasure watching you take such care in making. CZcams is full of woodworkers making drawers and very few take the trouble the make proper joints. Many people would give such a lovely piece pride of place in their homes (I’d love one!)
Awesome build Kris!
Yes, people don’t realize how valuable there exotic deck wood is and that others can create furniture from it!
Will serve you for your life!
We as consumers need to plant trees that will in a couple of generations be useful material!
In countries that have beautiful trees that produce wood like that it would be worth grafting and planting trees they harvested!
I though the ending was going to be Dot spotting the finished drawers and saying that's too nice for a workshop, it's going to the house. really beautiful set of drawers 👍🏼Even better that you recycled wood that was being thrown out.
Just what I was thinking! Too nice for nuts and bolts and saw blades.
I could imagine just that happening, once the actual main house is finished :)
He's only getting started I'll bet..
Antiques Roadshow 150 years from today ~ "and I can honestly apprase this chest of drawers at $1,250,000 on a good day at Christie's..."
You should sign the bottom with the date and the place it was made and push that auction price up to $2,000000.
Absolutly Outstanding Work. Kudos.
I've probably learnt more about wood working from your videos than I ever did in wood working classes at school, but we didn't have any wood to work in wood working classes, or metal to work in metal work, we shared books in English and watched experiments in chemistry and biology thanks to the slashed funding under Thatcher.
Love it you done a great job. I miss my wood working shed. I had to give it up due to a car accident. My father taught me and we worked together for years.
I will say young man, when you build something you do it right. Beautiful piece.
An amazing piece. Well done.
I rescued some Iroko 30 years ago from a skip and made a garden seat out of ir. It’s still going well.
I’d love Chris to do a walk around video of his off grid power system explaining it all. I’m off grid but I love seeing other people’s systems...
You were correct in that it would fit into anyone's house. Beautiful build.
Hi Kris - you should hallmark the things you make and perhaps inc when, where and what was used. Someday years down the line, future generations may see these on antiques roadshow or bargain hunt!
Outstanding work! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Turnover out awesome. Another fine job of woodworking on a rainy day
Incredible carpenter skills, really impressed how this workshop drawer turned out.
What a lovely piece of workshop furniture Kriss and a joy to watch being made. Well done and thanks for sharing. Regards Col.
Fantastic tutorial. Thanks Chris 🙏
Love your wok, passion & sustainable practices 💚
If you keep making this sort of stuff we will all be wanting lots of rainy days! I loved this video as you showed how you did every step and optimised your design to show off the best wood whilst reserving the plywood for the interior of the drawers.
Norm Abram would be proud of this cabinet, great job
the drawers are beautiful,,,,,,,,,,if you don't like them I have plenty of house room here for them you are a fantastic wood man carver and joiner thanks xxxx debbie xxxxx
Brilliant Kris. Cabinet looks awesome. I love ❤️ woodworking also. Making something out of what others think is junk is so satisfying.
Wow that cabinet is going to be around longer than any of us. Great job!
No chap on earth is as skilled as what you do absolutely blown away but above all a great likeable fella too look forward to ur next vid take care n stay safe 💯
That cabinet is beautiful Kris - well done and even better with recycled materials!
Magnificent! You are a gifted artisan. Love that you made it from skipped material
Kris: 'i have no idea how I hurt my shoulder'
Also Kris: 'my hand is a mallet, yes?'
🙃
(I'm not saying there's a better tool than one's hands, I just want him to stay healthy so we get more of these awesome videos!)
I know! Work smart not hard!
Hurts my wrist just watching
Aging and wear and tear will not be kind, sadly.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Really great to see the salvaged hardwood being upcycled!
Nice looking cabinet - that wood grain is beautiful.
Just so good, couldn't stop smiling all the way through... thanks for sharing
Your videos are the highlight of CZcams every week along with Baed Chad would you believe But you definitely are the top go to
It looks like it should be in someone's library beautiful work
Really wonderful; really illustrates the maxim 'work is love made visible'.
You are really a man with many talents!!! I am VERY impressed. And, it seems like you have endless energy?? VERY professional done, thumbs up!!!
Wow! Beautiful...I could use one of those in my kitchen for herbs and tea.
That is really great. my grandfather was a fantastic carpenter.
You're very talented
More so than he was and i reckon he would of enjoyed watching these videos.
You build things he probably always wanted to build but sometimes life gets in the way
Well done Kris .... trying to get things organized in a shop ... takes a lifetime. You're off to a good start though.
Happy to hear it's raining, maybe the water will return to the greenhouse. I hope so.
Just lovely you having an Oh No Rainy day workshop, lovely balance of hand and modern tools...hope your shoulder getting better 😀
Smashing, especially when made from skip wood. Fantastic.
that's a piece of art
I live in tropics and people often discard the amazing lumber just because it is rough sawn and looks creepy on the surface. after few passes on the jointer it looks like treasure, and they would surely want it back.
I often hunt for such construction used lumber being thrown as scrap once used for some house renovation projects. of course I have to use neodymium magnets and metal detectors otherwise I would damage my helical spiral cutter heads in no time.
well done man!
This turned out very well. Such lovely wood and to get it free from a skip, well that is just the icing on the cake. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes.
You are Amazing!!! I always love watching you work. This is Gorgeous! Envy!!! 😁 I hope you are feeling better. You are a wonderful Artist, so gifted! Debra in Edinburg Virginia
That is brilliant. One of my great joys in life is using someone else's junk to make something. I have had luck stopping tear out by using painters tape on the edge I am cutting. It must be great fun to make something small after so many large projects. Thanks for sharing.
That is a good tip. I will give that a go if i use that ply again.
@@KrisHarbour I even use it on non plywood, I find it helps give a cleaner cut.
As my father would say, that lad can turn his hand to anything.
Beautiful work. Looks like an old Card Catalog from the Library.
It looks like walnut! So beautiful!!!
I use blue tape. It helps with tear out. Doesn't always work 100% but helps tons. Great job
You never cease to amaze me! Wonderful stuff. Your drive and determination mixed with a good helping of enjoyment, skill, inventiveness and need for self sufficiency really shine through. Well done...truly amazing individual!
I made something like this with my dad years ago. Loved to follow along this build and remembering the time in my dads workshop.
Wow that turned out excellent
Beautiful Craftmanship love it! These type of cabinets sell for a pretty penny
Nice piece of cabinetry, Kris. You probably know this already, but an old Polish friend of my Dad used to use beeswax as a filler for small imperfections in the joints in hardwood, before finishing. I don't know why, or even it this is still useful knowledge, but there it is.
Beautiful work for wood that was being thrown away that looks great kris
You’re a credit to yourself Kris. Well done! When I move to wales, I hope our paths cross one day 😉🙏
As super project Chris, well done. You are lucky to repurpose such a beautiful tropical wood. Tip - make the back of the drawer 1/4" lower than the sides and front, this way it allows the air behind the drawer to flow over the drawer back into the drawer space and out of the front instead of the drawer acting like a piston. ;-)
Absolutely beautiful. You are so very talented. Brilliant job.
Might want to number the drawers for future reference especially for the next owner after you've left this earth. It's a very nice piece.
Dig the way you evened out the drawer faces with the face frame with the sander. Great job. 🙂✌❤
Kris Harbour Natural Brilliant. Amazing job. I love your work. Thanks for sharing.
That organizer is gorgeous Kris.
What a lovely set of drawers. Nice work Kris.
Absolutely gorgeous set of drawers,nice one.
All this is amazing. Your depth of knowledge and skill us enviable. I’ve enjoyed watching.