Why this $6,500 desk is worth every penny.

There is no such thing as watching The Martian too many times.

Great video, good to see another truewerk fan!

Who did your dimensional drawings thanks great video helps a lot

Aww, we loved your niece's reaction 💙💙

Among my colleagues (in an electronics industry) we used to say that a "simple/familiar" project will run pi (3.14) times above estimate, while a "complex/novel" would bust it pi squared (9.86). Distressingly often that was not far from reality...

That reaction! You win the coolest uncle award! Amazing desk, outstanding craftsmanship as usual... video was on point 🔥

Great video as always keith. Real question where did you get those pants? Lol i need this for the shop and ditch my pouch

Hi Keith
Great video and a nice desk.
Just a question on how you calculate tools.
Let’s say you are asked to build a desk, finds out that you will do it better and more efficient with a domino.
You currently don’t own a domino (which I know you do)
So you run to the store and buy the tool
The domino is not a cheap tool.
Are you trying to factor in some of the cost for the tool or will that be an expense that you see as: I will save time on future projects so it will not change the price of this project?

Very happy customer!

As always, a beautiful piece Keith. 👏

Not gonna lie.. You're looking cut brother!

Hofstadter's Law: Everything takes longer than you think, even when you factor in Hofstadter's Law. There's no way even those of us who don't film and edit our builds can really make our hourly rate (I nominally charge $75/hr too). The hope is that over time you make a few bucks and mostly have fun doing what you love.
Thanks for the behind the scenes view. I use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of costs, but what the final cost to the client is depends on lots of intangible factors.
Very nice build. I really like the curve on the arris of the legs. And definitely the 3/16" groove is perfect. It also hides any wood movement over time.

I love how you first explain the difference between "Profit" and "Margin" just to talk about PROFIT-MARGINS in the very next sentence. Very helpful 😂

Keith thanks for another great video been following for awhile now. I'm looking for furniture and cabinet CAD drawings for upcoming projects...can you recommend someone? I saw you had hired a person for the project.

Fantastic piece and video Keith. Watching someone more experienced break down pricing like this is beneficial. Thanks for sharing!

You’re calculating the hours you take to go get wood? How you calculate labor is a reasonable hours a professional take to make it…if a problem occurs that’s your fault. If I did surgery and mess up I don’t charge you more to redo it!

When you calculate labor you go okay it’s 100 board feet it takes 5 hrs to break down the wood, joint and glue it to a board. 5 hrs to cut the legs, 5 hrs to join the table top to the legs, 5 hrs to sand and 3 hrs to put a finish on it.

So, let me get this straight, you were bouncing chocolate chips off of her ash, and eating them. Just confirming the dialog and 😂

If only ALL our customers had that reaction. HAHA

Customers budget was $20, bag of gummies and a big hug.

Using brass for dowels is really cool, but it creates an hydraulic vacuum. That’s why dowels and even dominos have grooves to allow the glue to scape. You are lucky you didn’t split the drawers… I learned the hard way when I did my own dominoes and split up a window side…

15% more time for filming sounds low. i hear many creators claim it takes twice as long to do a project when filming. maybe they exaggerate

I feel responsible for at least 5 of those labor hours. It’s all the standing around and talking we do 😂

Why did you not use your Shaper Origin to cut a template, or why did you not just use the shaper original to make the quarter inch curve for the top of the Desk.

Great build! Love this video

Bro that's just fun. Shout out to bringing joy.

Your Niece's response would have made all that work worth it!!! 😃

Absolutely love those brass feet from campfire. Been using them for years and great customer service!

Hey Keith! What is that enviable jointer that you have??

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I’ve mentioned this in some of my builds. But there are these magnetic motion sensor lights that are rechargeable. Aliexpress and TikTok shop sell them really cheap. Whenever I find them for like $1 I buy them. I’ve attached them to the underside of the counter in drawers, in my storage trailer, in my shed, in my pantry, inside tv stand, coffee bar (armoire). Basically anywhere that doesn’t have power but you would like light. Super simple, super cheap, super functional. A single charge lasts a half a year to a couple years depending on use. My pantry and kitchen utensils drawer i have to charge the most often but like I said it’s like once every 6 months.

Beautiful work!

6500 is not a sustainable price for a desk that simple.

Awesome desk Kieth!! When a job takes more time than you estimated, are you eating that time cost? Or do you still charge that extra time to the customer? I can understand charging some material cost going over, but time cost can obviously add up.

Yikes, that's more per hour than a University professor or Nobel prize contender...

How you want every client to be like!!!

Once the carpenter asked me such price for a table. I went to hardware store, bought few thousand worth of tools and little Wolfcraft bench. I built a table myself and building stuff since then. I respect everyone's hard work, but I feel sorry for the guy who has to pay that much for a desk.

6K$ ? Do you know IKEA or China?

Just great content. ❤

Beautiful desk, KJ her smile worth the effort.

what greedy fuck charges labor for their niece at 75$ an hour. fucking twat.

good job man

how do you make money? a desk a month /120h ?. Maybe in LA one off custom piece works for zlatan and messi. In real life a bussiness cant live with one desk a month. my opinion

fine furniture , well made,,,, nice one Keith

114 hours? I build furniture too and that seems like you spent too much time on the unnecessary brass rod complete install that could have been done with the same wood species with dowels that can be purchased. Nice to have clients with stupid money.