Jackman Works

I am Paul Jackman, aka Jackman Works. I am an artist, woodworker, and video creator located in coastal Massachusetts and most known for my nearly 400,000 subscriber YouTube channel Jackman Works, social media content, and, more recently, as "The Engineer" on my Netflix show Making Fun.

As a lifelong woodworker and maker, I officially got my start on Cape Cod at the Upper Cape Cod Vocational High School where I studied woodworking and carpentry. Upon graduating in 2009, I founded Jackman Works. At the same time, I went on to obtain an engineering degree from Syracuse University and the following year, began my YouTube channel. In 2016, I began working for myself full time, producing YouTube videos and other social media content based around my woodworking.

It all started in a tiny basement workshop, but I relocate frequently due to my wife's military career, and have had workshops in Boston's Northshore, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., and I'm now located back in Massachusetts. The barn that my shop is currently located in is actually owned by my old woodworking teacher from high school!

I can make anything, but I'm probably most well known for high-end reclaimed projects (often from pallet wood), oversized recreations of everyday objects, and satirical and irreverent build videos to go along with these creations. My fast-paced videos are meant for anyone, but I especially hope to inspire a younger generation to use their hands and just start making stuff.

Very few people these days are lucky enough to have the hands-on learning experience that I had, so I'm trying to pay it forward by translating what I know in to very easily digestible videos where people are entertained while they learn (whether they realize it or not) and often laugh at my own expense, usually on purpose.

-Paul