From Zero to 161K Subscribers: Building a Woodworking Business on YouTube
YouTube Creators Hub
Dusty Porter
4.7 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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In this episode, Dusty sits down with Thomas Gojkovich, the creator behind Thomas Custom Woodworks, a thriving YouTube channel with over 161,000 subscribers. Thomas shares his incredible journey from being a full-time PE teacher with zero woodworking experience to building a successful online business centered around workshop furniture and woodworking education.
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About Thomas:
Thomas is a woodworking content creator who went from zero woodworking experience to building a thriving YouTube channel and online business in just five years. A former full-time PE teacher and continuing personal trainer, Thomas now helps beginner and intermediate woodworkers build professional-quality workshop furniture through his digital plans, YouTube tutorials, and upcoming online course.
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| 0:00.0 | For me, Nishing Down really helped because it gave me direction. |
| 0:04.0 | And then I think my audience, it just felt like my audience also had a kind of an idea of what I was making instead of one day I would do a tool review. |
| 0:13.7 | The next day I was making a kind of a high end is a strong word, but kind of a nicer indoor desk. |
| 0:19.8 | And then I was making a TV console table, |
| 0:21.7 | and then I was making a table solid, you know, jig or accessory for the workshop. So in the |
| 0:26.7 | analytics, I saw my views go out, which was nice. I think it gave me some direction in terms of what |
| 0:33.9 | I was going to make videos on. Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of the YouTube Creators Hub podcast |
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