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A little guidance about pallet wood. As a general rule, pallet wood is not kiln dried. Cabinet makers and furniture makers normally use kiln dried wood or wood that has dried to a level of 9% or less depending on the relative humidity. If you make a piece of furniture out of pallet wood, the wood will shrink over time. You can seal the wood very well and it will still shrink. Wood that has a high moisture level will shrink; the width of the board will decrease. This can cause the slits in the furniture to appear or the wood may crack. Twisting and bowing are also possible. Do what you want, I am giving you the advise. I would first check the pallet wood with a moisture meter and if the moisture level is low enough, use it.
@@recoveringsoul755 they are cut oversized, then dried. then planned (s4s) to their final size. the edges are also rounded. Four quarter wood is cut 1 1/8 inch. then kiln dried and planned to 13/16.
@@brisbanekilarny6212 ok that makes more sense. They couldn't expect them to all dry the same amount. Thanks. I took woodshop in high school and loved it. Still love hardware stores and lumber yards, the smell of the wood. Is that weird as a female? I also love being in the forest. I feel like I'm... home, it doesn't make sense I need to find myself a carpenter, ha ha
@@recoveringsoul755 I have been making furniture and cabinets for over 30 years. I have also made guitars and bows. I also repair and refinish furniture No, your not weird if you like the smell of wood. some woods smell sweet when you cut them and others smell like cow manure. Get started doing wood working and make simple projects. It is fun but can be dangerous. I was making ukulele parts yesterday and I now have 20 stitches in two fingers.
@@brisbanekilarny6212 ouch yikes!! Be careful. My dad let me refinish the top of a small table, but we had a whole workshop in the basement, radial arm saw and tiny lathe. Not table saws though. I've been trying to survive but have no tools really. I managed to get my childhood violin. When Dad passed I kept his guitar (we took guitar lesson together when I was in high school). By making bows did you mean violin bows? Or was it a typo for bowls? Woodgrain can be so beautiful. I got my grandmothers cedar bench, which had been painted. Got lots of the paint off and really wanted to restore it, but it's in storage now.
I worked for years in a general fabrication shop located in a light industrial area. There were always tons of pallets laying around, and we used them for all sorts of projects. Not just pallets either. There were old beat-up piano carcasses, metal, cast-off lumber...It was great, a maker's dream.
I suggestion for something not a lot of people do, but will help out massively.. when you apply glue to a wood surface, add a pinch of salt to each end of the glued surface. It may sound a bit strange, but the granuals on the wood fibers will keep that board from slipping as much as it will push in to each surface slightly which will keep it stead enough to clamp.
@ Shanepalmer Thanks for the Tip. Now that you’ve mentioned it , it does make sense. That is experience talking and experience listening. I’m 63 and I will try to learn at least 1 thing EVERYDAY.
this small table is 300-400 tops and honestly..... that'd be worth it, in labor. too bad a day in the office pays more or a day in the oil field and those are easier tbqh
Nice video. Good to see couple doing woodworking together. You might want to add a safety note on future videos. Pallets come in 2 types- the ones marked HT are heat treated and safe to use. The ones marked MB are methyl bromide and should be avoided. These are sprayed with nasty insecticide to eliminate bugs from raw wood. The chemical permeates the wood and stays there. In the USA all manufactured pallets must be labeled by law. Foreign pallets are not under this rule.
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Thank you for posting this. I was specifically looking through the comments to see if anyone brought this up. I’m fortunate to have a free supply of pallets and now I know to look for the HT marking. Everyone considering using pallet wood needs to be aware of this. You’d hate to make something that would be in a home with toxic wood and if you’re selling this I could see a lawsuit down the road
There are some other good discussions regarding the safety of MB treated pallets. While not popular advice, the science seems to suggest they're ok. The treatment is a momentary cleanse and doesnt hang around.
Cool project and it came out great! From having made quite a few projects with pallet wood, there's a reason why a lot of people don't do it. Time consuming to find, pick up pallets, time consuming to take them apart, mega time consuming (as stated in the video) to make the pieces square and useable. Not to mention all the boards you lose to warpage and damge/cracks. So much time in what would take 15 minutes with a regular piece of wood. Etc, etc.
@@dottyjyoung It's also potentially dangerous to use the wood, if its been treated with any chemicals or contaminated by any number of substances/chemicals during its life as a pallet. Not worth it in my opinion
@meneermalik these ppl have rich friends that will buy any crap for lots $$$$ as long u call vintage or retro yes u have no material expense but it looks like that took at least 2 days, second day having wife helping. good luck trying to find someone that will pay $200 if lucky on that table
Nice project. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees value in pallets, especially the hardwood ones. Great to see a lady doing woodworking too. Bless you two!
Here is an idea... Cut the plywood to the final desired size before attaching the decorative pieces on top. Run the circular saw down each side, about a saw blade away from the edge of the plywood... then, use a trim router bit with the guide bushing against the plywood edge to trim the top to the perfect size.
My only concern with this technique would be the potential for tear-out since you'd be running the trim router bit across the end grain of the strips of pallet wood. I've never used a trim router across end grain like this so I'm not sure this would be a problem, but I'd glue up a small test piece to try it on first. It would be a shame to ruin a project like this when you're that far along in the build.
@@tonyg1958 I had not considered that. I figured that since they are tightly glued together that it would be like edging a cutting board. But you’re right, the corners don’t have supporting material so they might splinter.
I'm sure you have a plainer now but I use a hand plainer to level out uneven wood instead of using a leveling bit. It's super fast and you can hook a shop vac to it then sand it down nice. Table turned out nice. Well done.
Great video: Safety tip, when using the micro-jig drop the shoe on the away side from the fence, this will keep the micro-jig push-block from tipping. Also when using the quick grip bar clamps try to keep the bars pointing down toward the floor. Bars up on the clamp create an impalement hazard should you trip and fall on one. Keep up the good work!
Well done, Eric and Miranda. The boards surrounding the tabletop are called skirt boards. I have found on my projects that when laying out the skirt boards, before I cut any miters, I place the boards so any bow is pulling away from the table. You can see the bow I am talking about at 12:34. Then I miter one end and clamp the board to the tabletop, which pulls the bow tight to the tabletop and helps me get a better scribe for the miter at the other end of the board. Also, I occasionally check to make sure my table saw tape measure is giving me an accurate reading so I only have to make ONE final cut to length. Making that one cut on the table saw makes me more efficient and I have lessened the chance of making one too many cuts that may go awry and mess up my project. God bless you and your business.
Respirator masks should be used all the time. Sanding down the wood also bring in to the air some micro particles which are again inhaled. And the project came out really nice. Good work. :)
very good advise. Let's think this over. What are pallets used for? They're used to ship cargo. many times the cargo is stuff that is dangerous to inhale. Chemicals, insecticides, various other stuff that is dangerous. It's not uncommon for stuff to leak on the pallet and absorb into the wood, so then if you sand the wood you get a cloud of bad stuff to breath. Be careful what pallets you use.
@@richardg7445 Also if the pallets were shipped international they could be fumigated with chemicals to kill insects and animals which could be present.
@@EHTheGreat yes but usually if that’s the case, they’ll be marked MB for methyl bromide (if they’re older) or SF for Sulphuryl Fluoride. Also most pallets that are used to transport chemicals have a CP mark that identifies it as a chemical pallet. And just for peace of mind I avoid any pallet that has suspicious looking stains or are rotting out possibly from chemical exposure etc. The way I look at it, anyone who expects a guarantee of being safe 100% of the time, wouldn’t be a wood worker or carpenter in the first place lol. My best friends are all tools that want to kill me.
@@CivilizedWarrior I agree on that, better be safe than sorry regarding chenicaks. I used to work at a company where we would build docking stations for trucks, those big garage doors came on 6 meter (20ft)long pellets. I always took those apart because it was basically new untreated lumber with some nice pieces of I guess you call it 2x4. Such a waste what gets thrown away.
I don't understand why the video doesn't answer the question in the title. I was hoping he would give us an idea of his costs and how much he was able to sell it for. Not sure I would use such nice plywood if it's just getting covered up... but this video is pre-pandemic when plywood was a bit cheaper.
The reason the title didn't get answered in the video is what we call "Click Bait". They bait you into clicking their video with a n intriguing title or thumbnail, then do not address either.
I'll bet there's a company out there selling old pallets for £20 each... I can't get over the chopping board thing, hi tech workshops are chopping big lumps of lumber into slats to make multi wood kitchen ornaments...
I'm thrilled that your lady is in on this. Some of us women know how to use the tools too, but it's rare to see women participating in woodworking videos. You say you have "no experience": I would call that being Self Taught. Nice, detailed video. Thanks.
Rearly there are loads of great women woodworkers on YT Laura Kampf, 3 x3 custom Tamar , Anne of all trades, The fine rustic, Olie Zelaya are some of the best
The table looks real nice. If you factor in the costs of the time spent building this, the tooling needed, the space used, the electricity, the glue, nails, screws, etc., how much would the table cost just to break even?
A very good point. From a material cost perspective, this is probably a very high margin. But Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) is total cost. That includes fixed and variable costs, which include, shop supplies, utilities, rent, tool wear/tear/repair costs, and the most expensive of them all: labor. If your time is worth nothing than yes, you may still have a low COGS and thusly a high profit, but my time needs to be worth it to make the pieces I make. When you describe the process as tedious, I hear "lots of labor hours". You have to farm the wood from the pallets, then make the wood workable pieces all before you can begin to build your project. That is additional time that I find is more "expensive" than buying already partially processed woods. With that being said I have made several pieces from reclaimed wood and the weathered wood make the items character quite BEAUTIFUL. But I also find I spend more hours to make them than from store bought woods which negates any material cost savings.
Beautiful result but tooling equipment cost to make this is really over the top by thousands - negates any profit by using rubbish wood. If I were to spend the money time and effort - would at least start with decent wood stock. Probably could make exactly the same thing with far less power tools. Exploring the potential use of various power tools is certainly useful.
@@godfreyberry1599 You cant include the ENTIRE cost of your tools to make a simple project. No one would ever make anything if that was the case. You should only account for the percent of the life of the tool, or maybe the portion of the tools use planned for the first year... The exception is if the tool is ONLY planned for that project then you can account for the whole tool. For instance if I want a new Miter saw, but I am only using it to build some butcher for the first project, there is almost no way that it will pay for a saw... however I know with a miter saw I am gonna use it for 50 more projects this year, so if I say 1/50th of the cost of the miter saw is for the butcher block that might be something like $6-10...
The title is purposefully clickbaity. Anyone who has a shop like this guy knows the total cost of such table is much higher than anything that's mass produced. The stupid title caters to all the amateur woodworkers and to the bored Internet folks who waste their time (like myself).
Make sure you're using pallets that haven't been treated with harmful chemicals if you're going to be using this wood near food (like a coffee table), also even if the pallet wasn't treated there's still the possibility that it has been contaminated by any number of chemicals and substances during its use
@@deanmartin6052 The larger problem occurs during working it. The entire time you're cutting, you're breathing in harmful dust and potentially dangerous chemical fumes. Sealing the wood in no way would help you, during this time.
WOW!! That table looks fantastic. The industrial look is marvelous. The only thing that I would have done differently would have been to fill all the big divots and holes with epoxy, giving you a smooth surface for the finish.
Respirator not just for protecting the lungs from wood dust but also from all the dirt and debris, sometimes chemically toxic, that is released during cutting/sanding - since we often acquire pallets that have been sitting outdoors and/or have been in contact with unknown substances. BTW, do you employ any other cleansing process on your pallets prior to machining ? And, thank you for yet another practical and informative vid.
QUICK TIP: After cutting all the pieces to width... Run each piece back through the table saw on its side in order to ensure they are all the same thickness. This would prevent the need for a router jig for flattening.
But, what if the boards are warped or bowed? I thickness plane mine, and that doesn't "prevent" the need to flatten, just reduces. Gluing the pieces down flat to a flat substrate seems to work here, so surfacing the top afterwards is reasonable.
@@edwarddrost5299 good point. I suppose it isn’t a perfect solution but I’d rather use the table saw to get it close enough to sand out the high spots than make a flattening jig.
Most are gonna be bent. You can take the bend out when attaching. You'll have a hard time getting enough wood doing it like your thinking. I've been there for sure. I do run them in the planer. The bow doesn't go away and I don't mind. It does get the way closer than this vat gets. 36 grit on a hand belt sander and you are close.
I've got an edge grain up table I've been making out of pallets which made me wonder the same thing. I guess I took care of my sideways bow by clamping/gluing sideways and then recreating a straight edge. I like the idea of the router surfacer, but it seems like a lot of work that I havent needed yet. But then atm I'm still enjoying the table saw jointing process, clearly a newbie :)
A little more advice about pallet wood. As a former worker in the chemical industry and a former truck driver you have absolutely no idea what’s been on that pallet. Use at your own risk. Same advice for those that use it for bonfires
The profit is actually showcased at about 18 seconds into the video where you can clearly see two HD bags and Ryobi tools. In other words, there's no money to be made in pallet furniture unless Home Depot sponsors your video about pallet furniture builds.
Whenever I've tried to harvest wood from a pallet I always found that the wood smelled so badly of some sort of oily pesticide that I couldn't stand to have the wood around and ended up tossing it out again.
Correct. Pallets are treated for insects and bugs because they are used to move goods by truck, train, plane and ship throughout North America and across the ocean . One must be very careful what used pallets are used for. I worked in manufacturing for 25 years and bought pallets for transport. All treated pallets are stamped according. Pallets being used for transport to Europe have a different treatment and different stamp.
@@jeffnorbert1871 - Any pallets used to move goods, even in the US, will be treated in order to not allow insects to thrive in different areas. If this was not practiced, agriculture would suffer from foreign infestations. Pallets are stamped so buyers know they are safe. Pallets being used for overseas shipping, have a different stamp from North America.
The tabletop looks brilliant. It is a chevron pattern though, as you cut the wood at 45 degrees. The design you show at the end is the one that is herringbone, as the wood is cut at 90 degrees. ☺️
Pallet wood = free pin legs = $50 on Amazon Time spent building the table top = about a day Listed for $200 on market place, offered $30 at most Conclusion: not worth the time ans effort if you are planning on making this a business.
the easiest way to break down a pallet is with a pallet breaker and you waste less wood and get longer pieces giving you more options for the projects you can build!
Problem that one may often run into w/those, is that u can't always fit between boards, obviously depending on how many boards, and how big the gaps in between. Also, it's not the easiest to start that process at the ends, if that gap is minimal between the first and second board. Once u get that first one off, though, it's usually pretty smooth sailing, that is, until u have to flip it over to do it all over again. This way does provide the most wood, being the longest uncut slats, and will usually kill two birds with one stone (or maybe 1.5 birds), getting those nails pulled out of the stretchers, not having them sheared off and staying lodged in, like when using a sawzall to get underneath to cut each nail off. That's the only other way to maximize the board lengths, and if it doesnt matter if those nails stay sheared off in the stretchers, the sawzall way is by far the fastest way to dismantle a pallet, wwith the maximum sized slats. All that's left to do with these methods, is to turn slats upside-down to punch the nails out, unless u like that extra rustic look, but keeps those nail holes filled.
Ran through the tools used. Before you even get to the lumber and consumables to create the table, you need a workshop with following the equipment: Circular Saw long circular saw guide Table Saw, with fence Feather board for table saw fence Mitre saw Square 10 big clamps Cordless Nail Gun Silicon brush Cordless screwdriver Jigsaw 2.5" slab surfacing bit (for router) Router (or planer) Palm router Hot glue gun Belt Sander Stanley knife Band clamp Silicone brushes Heavy duty shop vacuum
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Next time, cut the plywood back oversized but square. Then rough-cut the pattern boards somewhere between the edge of the plywood and where you want the finished edge. You can do this after attaching to the plywood, just set the depth of the circular saw so that it won't cut all the way through the plywood. Then you can still use the plywood edges to cut the whole thing on the table saw to the finished size.
What a click bait title. The entire video, there is not a single mention of costs, what you retail it for, and therefore nothing about 'how much profit' is in making them
Pallet wood can be soaked with stuff you dont want to breathe when you cut it or to be part of a table you put in your house. Heat treatment and chemicals are sometimes used...
guys, it is very beautiful work. you clearly put a lot of energy and creativity into this and that is wonderful! I am curious to see how this is going to hold up over time however. Soft woods are used for things like making pallets and not furniture for a few important reasons. I would just caution you to consider this when you are trying to sell a piece of your work to someone. You should really be ethical about it. It may look similar to something you saw online but it will not be the same. SO you should price accordingly. There is so much that goes into even mid range furniture If you really want to make an honest living at this, use this experience you have gained and put it into some high quality wood working. It will be an investment but so worth it. THAT is where the money is. Keep up the good work, creativity is never a bad thing! Very inspiring to watch
I appreciate the fact that you don't have all the fancy tools. I have what you have and seeing you do projects with those tools is making me happy. I usually end up watching a video of a guy using tools that I can never afford. That's why I subscribed to your channel.
Nice job using budget friendly basic tools ..gonna build this for my oldest daughter as a wedding gift/ housewarming ..keep it up and you earned a new sub
Nice looking table. I like pallet wood. I could have saved you the flattening jig. Once you get the pieces with one straight edge, rip them to width And thickness. That would get you close enough to where you wouldn’t need the flattening step. Just sanding for smoothness.
Old Geezer tip. Use your speed square to cut into a scrap of wood, wider than your saw base. Let your saw blade stop. Draw a precise line on both sides of the saw base plate. Remove the saw then measure the kerf to both lines and Sharpie this data onto the saw base on the appropriate sides. Also, leave room for more data if you often use different kerf blades.These are your tool's fence offsets. **To remove old marks use a dry erasable marker to dissolve the permanent ink marks and wipe away before it dries. This only works on Non-permeable surfaces.**
My friend lives on a farm and built a very cool large working shed out of pallets add a porch. Amazing what you can with pallets. Thank you for sharing your story
Great video!! Awesome advice on the mitre edges too, I struggled with these on my last project so your advice about creeping up on the edge will be very useful 🙌
Nice looking table and some great tips. I always caution people using pallet wood... especially people using them for gardening food items. You have no idea what products those pallets were used to haul. As a former truck driver who carried many loads of HAZMAT, I can tell you some really nasty chemicals get transported on them. And sometimes they get leaked on and those contaminated pallets don't get tossed, they get reused over and over again. Never use pallet wood for anything that will be used for food storage and the like
As a pallet cabnitmaker. Ensure that you store and dry the wood you collect. Pallets have mostly had a long journey of many weather situations. Use your eyes and hand tools. Pallets are not forgiving with electrical tools. Best of luck.
If you score the plywood with a bristle or a wire wheel before using carp glue, you will have a far better adhesion because of the surface area created by this technique. It's a superior hold. also cleaning with alcohol to remove oils helps significantly to increase yield strength from the bond.
You titled this video "I dont understand why no one knows how much profit is in this?" Yet, you do not discuss costs of other materials, cost of the legs, 4 Days of labor?, or the amount the table sold for. So my question is... Why name this video that ??? Side note: table looks good :)
I've gotten some great White Oak and Rock Maple boards from old palettes before, but it does take some mill work to clean it up. A great source of highly figured wood for smaller furniture projects, cutting boards, etc.
Beautiful build! Great call on the respirator! One additional note.......beware of you sweat shirt pull strings. They could get caught in your tools! Keep building!! DD
Profit? What do you value your time at 1$ an hour? Pallet wood is not suited for furnature either . Only someone who knows nothing about carpentry or cabinetry would do this. Like a save the world with plastic straws and pallet wood hippy.
Just a tip but it would be quicker and less work with the router if you ripped all of those boards down to the same thickness before fitting them. All that would be left to do is router it down to a couple of millimetres to the final finish. Nice little project.
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A lot of times, pallet wood boards are treated with harmful chemicals to prevent hash environment and pests damaging the wood during transit. Use with care, do not put the table in your indoor living area or contact food if you don’t know if the pallet is safe or not.
A few years back I was given a dozen pallets. The quality of the wood was terrible. Either it split when I sawed thru it or if I tried to drive a nail in it, even with pilot holes. Not to mention painful splinters. Then I watched a video on why to never use pallet wood and wished I had watched it first and saved a lot of time. It is much better to get to know someone at the lumber yard and have them call you if they get damaged boards. Lowes and Menards both have damage wood area where you can find plywood, osb and pine boards sometimes half price or more.
The herringbone design is always nice. The pin nailer is unnecessary, and just makes more work filling the holes; try to minimize its use. I really appreciated your use of entry level tools to demonstrate what can be done. You don't have to have high-end equipment to enjoy wood working. Thanks for the video.
Well done video, you present all your information in an easy to understand even paced voice, yet still with emotion and your work comes out looking great, keep it up!
a dust collector attachment for the router......BUY one....and/or use a hand power-planer to get rough thickness.....then belt sander to level rough areas.....finer paper and slower speed until near perfect....you can also side clamp the boards on a workbench and power plane prior to assembly.......that will get you close enough that a belt sander can do the rest. A large home-made sanding block that fits a full sheet of sandpaper can then be used prior to finishing and also the in-between-coats of finish. I did stuff like this decades ago with slab scrap from the local sawmill. Uncut and dumped pickup loads for nothing....it was less work for the yard laborer and free for me! All sorts of hardwood in the mix. I knocked the bark off, resawed it into useable pieces, and no tree was harmed during the making of the projects. No tree was wasted either!! Whatever is left is kindling for the fire pit.
I get that it's RUclips and you need to prime the algorithm but the title is definitely a bit disengenuous here. Nothing in the video even mentioned profit. I imagine the majority of profit gets eaten by the time spent preparing the pallet wood. It's a great looking table and this was a great video detailing it's creation but I can't imagine it being profitable unless you're happy making making less than 10 dollars an hour.
I work at a Print Shop and we use paper from all over the world. You Wouldn't Believe the pallet wood we get from Asia. Some looks like Poplar, and some like Mahogany, both hold paint and stain well and look 10x better than any from America. Ask at local Print Shops - you never know what you might find.
I am also someone who cuts down rough pallets to reuse the wood. But I feel that I get much more value from the wood than is shown here with the table. Incidentally, this process shown is extremely labor intensive, probably much more work than I would want to devote to a woodworking project. While I do like the final result, I just feel that the cost of just buying wood of a more regular thickness would be the better path to build this.
looks absolutely amazing! i'm thinking about building something similar for a long time. it's about time to get things started i think. ;-) great channel, keep it up! :-)
Just a word of caution when using pallets. not all pallets are the same. Some are heat treated others may have been sprayed with insecticides or may have had chemicals or oil splashed on them. Just be careful.
Check if the pallet wood has been chemically treated before using it indoors. Most ideal scenario is if it was kiln dried/seasoned. Usually chemically treated wood will have markings.
Great build! Hey you mentioned that the brads left you with visible nails on the end product, but it looked like you were only nailing the end-grain. Where did the visible nails come from? Thanks.
Hi Kevin! Thanks for checking out the video! We did nail the edge grain, however when we flattened everything down with the router, it exposed a few of the nails.
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I use wet pallet wood for my projects, i like massive gaps and twists, to finish it off to that high level fine cabinet maker look i get the chainsaw on it, always a winner.
Hi Guys. Thanks for the great content. The pallet table is beautiful,you guys do amazing work. Will be trying to build one myself in the next few weeks. Tc Veenay
I love that the tools are affordable. I have used a skil saw screwed to the bottom of a 1x10 pin nailing a fence as needed. If you are willing to try you can do a lot of projects with basic tools
Love the table top. Not so much the hairpin legs. I realize it's palate wood but I think you wasted a lot of it. for the most part I like your production. However not the music. If it is my call I would ditch all of it. If you absolutely have to have it, make sure you mute while you narrate. And select something that doesn't have that drum beat in the foreground. It's really annoying. 😀😀
Pallet wood tends to be 'dirty' which is pretty tough on blades. If I was going to dress up pallet wood I certainly would do it with budget table saw blades.
on the final shot @ 16:12 the top half of the table has a good sorted pattern that kind of repeats on both sides, but the lower half is pretty off to all sides. at lest the 4 pieces forming the inner "X" should be sorted to fit. regarding the "profit" to this.. i mean if i sum up the cost of the tools involved.. jep.
@1:27, dont grab a cut this way. In theory the riving knife protects against kickback here but you are now applying pressure on the back edge. No need to practice overly reckless behaviours with a table saw
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I dont mean to be so offtopic but does anybody know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the password. I appreciate any tips you can give me.
@Blake Matthew i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
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Great job. Use longer screws.
A little guidance about pallet wood. As a general rule, pallet wood is not kiln dried. Cabinet makers and furniture makers normally use kiln dried wood or wood that has dried to a level of 9% or less depending on the relative humidity. If you make a piece of furniture out of pallet wood, the wood will shrink over time. You can seal the wood very well and it will still shrink. Wood that has a high moisture level will shrink; the width of the board will decrease. This can cause the slits in the furniture to appear or the wood may crack. Twisting and bowing are also possible. Do what you want, I am giving you the advise. I would first check the pallet wood with a moisture meter and if the moisture level is low enough, use it.
Is that why 2x4's are NOT? Are they cut to size and then dried?
@@recoveringsoul755 they are cut oversized, then dried. then planned (s4s) to their final size. the edges are also rounded.
Four quarter wood is cut 1 1/8 inch. then kiln dried and planned to 13/16.
@@brisbanekilarny6212 ok that makes more sense. They couldn't expect them to all dry the same amount. Thanks. I took woodshop in high school and loved it. Still love hardware stores and lumber yards, the smell of the wood. Is that weird as a female? I also love being in the forest. I feel like I'm... home, it doesn't make sense
I need to find myself a carpenter, ha ha
@@recoveringsoul755 I have been making furniture and cabinets for over 30 years. I have also made guitars and bows. I also repair and refinish furniture No, your not weird if you like the smell of wood. some woods smell sweet when you cut them and others smell like cow manure. Get started doing wood working and make simple projects. It is fun but can be dangerous. I was making ukulele parts yesterday and I now have 20 stitches in two fingers.
@@brisbanekilarny6212 ouch yikes!! Be careful.
My dad let me refinish the top of a small table, but we had a whole workshop in the basement, radial arm saw and tiny lathe. Not table saws though.
I've been trying to survive but have no tools really. I managed to get my childhood violin. When Dad passed I kept his guitar (we took guitar lesson together when I was in high school).
By making bows did you mean violin bows? Or was it a typo for bowls?
Woodgrain can be so beautiful. I got my grandmothers cedar bench, which had been painted. Got lots of the paint off and really wanted to restore it, but it's in storage now.
I worked for years in a general fabrication shop located in a light industrial area. There were always tons of pallets laying around, and we used them for all sorts of projects. Not just pallets either. There were old beat-up piano carcasses, metal, cast-off lumber...It was great, a maker's dream.
I suggestion for something not a lot of people do, but will help out massively.. when you apply glue to a wood surface, add a pinch of salt to each end of the glued surface. It may sound a bit strange, but the granuals on the wood fibers will keep that board from slipping as much as it will push in to each surface slightly which will keep it stead enough to clamp.
Fine sand works too with soft wood. I have a bucket around the workshop for emergencies (oil spills and fires) anyway.
@ Shanepalmer
Thanks for the Tip. Now that you’ve mentioned it , it does make sense. That is experience talking and experience listening. I’m 63 and I will try to learn at least 1 thing EVERYDAY.
It does improve the parts not slipping, however, it does mess with the adhesion of the glue strength.
I liked how he explained how much profit was in this.
He didn't...
He didn't add time to the mix.
I like how he talked in fry the entire time
dont understand why theres isnt more comment about this. I was waiting for the part where he tells how much he did sell this for...
this small table is 300-400 tops and honestly.....
that'd be worth it, in labor.
too bad a day in the office pays more or a day in the oil field and those are easier tbqh
There's no profit in it, but his profit comes from his views because of all of us watching to find out how to make the profit.
Nice video. Good to see couple doing woodworking together. You might want to add a safety note on future videos. Pallets come in 2 types- the ones marked HT are heat treated and safe to use. The ones marked MB are methyl bromide and should be avoided. These are sprayed with nasty insecticide to eliminate bugs from raw wood. The chemical permeates the wood and stays there. In the USA all manufactured pallets must be labeled by law. Foreign pallets are not under this rule.
Hi Jerry! That’s a great idea! We will definitely throw that in a future video. Sometimes we have to skip some details or else these videos would get waaaaay too long 😜 thanks again for checking out our channel and thanks for all the support 👍
Thank you for posting this. I was specifically looking through the comments to see if anyone brought this up. I’m fortunate to have a free supply of pallets and now I know to look for the HT marking. Everyone considering using pallet wood needs to be aware of this. You’d hate to make something that would be in a home with toxic wood and if you’re selling this I could see a lawsuit down the road
Markings aside, do you know where that pallet has been? No thanks.
There are some other good discussions regarding the safety of MB treated pallets. While not popular advice, the science seems to suggest they're ok. The treatment is a momentary cleanse and doesnt hang around.
i would want to charge 1k for this amount of work and tidy up/mess.
Cool project and it came out great! From having made quite a few projects with pallet wood, there's a reason why a lot of people don't do it. Time consuming to find, pick up pallets, time consuming to take them apart, mega time consuming (as stated in the video) to make the pieces square and useable. Not to mention all the boards you lose to warpage and damge/cracks. So much time in what would take 15 minutes with a regular piece of wood. Etc, etc.
True, but you underestimate how broke we might be.
@@dottyjyoung It's also potentially dangerous to use the wood, if its been treated with any chemicals or contaminated by any number of substances/chemicals during its life as a pallet. Not worth it in my opinion
@meneermalik these ppl have rich friends that will buy any crap for lots $$$$ as long u call vintage or retro
yes u have no material expense but it looks like that took at least 2 days, second day having wife helping. good luck trying to find someone that will pay $200 if lucky on that table
Our company got a shipment from the Phillipines. It had termits and was then soaked down with who-knows-what. @@Shrimp_Insurance
@@Shrimp_Insuranceif I worried about that kinda stuff man I wouldn’t do 90 percent of what I do 😂. Quit worrying about that we all can’t live forever
Nice project. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees value in pallets, especially the hardwood ones. Great to see a lady doing woodworking too. Bless you two!
Man I love finding hardwood pallets. They are few and far between tho trying to figure out what businesses use them!!
6:00. When applying paste wax, use a heat gun to soften the wax. It will spread more evenly on the surface and could save you a splinter incident.
Here is an idea... Cut the plywood to the final desired size before attaching the decorative pieces on top. Run the circular saw down each side, about a saw blade away from the edge of the plywood... then, use a trim router bit with the guide bushing against the plywood edge to trim the top to the perfect size.
My only concern with this technique would be the potential for tear-out since you'd be running the trim router bit across the end grain of the strips of pallet wood. I've never used a trim router across end grain like this so I'm not sure this would be a problem, but I'd glue up a small test piece to try it on first. It would be a shame to ruin a project like this when you're that far along in the build.
@@tonyg1958 I had not considered that. I figured that since they are tightly glued together that it would be like edging a cutting board. But you’re right, the corners don’t have supporting material so they might splinter.
I'm sure you have a plainer now but I use a hand plainer to level out uneven wood instead of using a leveling bit. It's super fast and you can hook a shop vac to it then sand it down nice. Table turned out nice. Well done.
When you consider how much labor is involved there isn't that much profit
Great video:
Safety tip, when using the micro-jig drop the shoe on the away side from the fence, this will keep the micro-jig push-block from tipping. Also when using the quick grip bar clamps try to keep the bars pointing down toward the floor. Bars up on the clamp create an impalement hazard should you trip and fall on one.
Keep up the good work!
Well done, Eric and Miranda. The boards surrounding the tabletop are called skirt boards. I have found on my projects that when laying out the skirt boards, before I cut any miters, I place the boards so any bow is pulling away from the table. You can see the bow I am talking about at 12:34. Then I miter one end and clamp the board to the tabletop, which pulls the bow tight to the tabletop and helps me get a better scribe for the miter at the other end of the board. Also, I occasionally check to make sure my table saw tape measure is giving me an accurate reading so I only have to make ONE final cut to length. Making that one cut on the table saw makes me more efficient and I have lessened the chance of making one too many cuts that may go awry and mess up my project. God bless you and your business.
Respirator masks should be used all the time. Sanding down the wood also bring in to the air some micro particles which are again inhaled.
And the project came out really nice. Good work. :)
Shhh everybody's only concerned about covid. We only wear masks when covid is around.
very good advise. Let's think this over. What are pallets used for? They're used to ship cargo. many times the cargo is stuff that is dangerous to inhale. Chemicals, insecticides, various other stuff that is dangerous. It's not uncommon for stuff to leak on the pallet and absorb into the wood, so then if you sand the wood you get a cloud of bad stuff to breath. Be careful what pallets you use.
@@richardg7445 Also if the pallets were shipped international they could be fumigated with chemicals to kill insects and animals which could be present.
@@EHTheGreat yes but usually if that’s the case, they’ll be marked MB for methyl bromide (if they’re older) or SF for Sulphuryl Fluoride. Also most pallets that are used to transport chemicals have a CP mark that identifies it as a chemical pallet. And just for peace of mind I avoid any pallet that has suspicious looking stains or are rotting out possibly from chemical exposure etc. The way I look at it, anyone who expects a guarantee of being safe 100% of the time, wouldn’t be a wood worker or carpenter in the first place lol. My best friends are all tools that want to kill me.
@@CivilizedWarrior I agree on that, better be safe than sorry regarding chenicaks.
I used to work at a company where we would build docking stations for trucks, those big garage doors came on 6 meter (20ft)long pellets. I always took those apart because it was basically new untreated lumber with some nice pieces of I guess you call it 2x4. Such a waste what gets thrown away.
I don't understand why the video doesn't answer the question in the title. I was hoping he would give us an idea of his costs and how much he was able to sell it for. Not sure I would use such nice plywood if it's just getting covered up... but this video is pre-pandemic when plywood was a bit cheaper.
The reason the title didn't get answered in the video is what we call "Click Bait".
They bait you into clicking their video with a n intriguing title or thumbnail, then do not address either.
I'll bet there's a company out there selling old pallets for £20 each...
I can't get over the chopping board thing, hi tech workshops are chopping big lumps of lumber into slats to make multi wood kitchen ornaments...
Looks to me like it's a ton of work, many steps to complete the project. How much profit is there to gain? Can't be that much.
@@OlavSchneider die Materialkosten sind es, die gespart werden. Die Arbeitszeit ist natürlich noch vorhanden.
I think this is pretty cool. I'm going to do this for my own table.
I'm thrilled that your lady is in on this. Some of us women know how to use the tools too, but it's rare to see women participating in woodworking videos. You say you have "no experience": I would call that being Self Taught. Nice, detailed video. Thanks.
Rearly there are loads of great women woodworkers on YT Laura Kampf, 3 x3 custom Tamar , Anne of all trades, The fine rustic, Olie Zelaya are some of the best
The table looks real nice. If you factor in the costs of the time spent building this, the tooling needed, the space used, the electricity, the glue, nails, screws, etc., how much would the table cost just to break even?
A very good point. From a material cost perspective, this is probably a very high margin. But Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) is total cost. That includes fixed and variable costs, which include, shop supplies, utilities, rent, tool wear/tear/repair costs, and the most expensive of them all: labor. If your time is worth nothing than yes, you may still have a low COGS and thusly a high profit, but my time needs to be worth it to make the pieces I make. When you describe the process as tedious, I hear "lots of labor hours". You have to farm the wood from the pallets, then make the wood workable pieces all before you can begin to build your project. That is additional time that I find is more "expensive" than buying already partially processed woods. With that being said I have made several pieces from reclaimed wood and the weathered wood make the items character quite BEAUTIFUL. But I also find I spend more hours to make them than from store bought woods which negates any material cost savings.
You forgot the coffee and washing the mugs afterwards
Beautiful result but tooling equipment cost to make this is really over the top by thousands - negates any profit by using rubbish wood. If I were to spend the money time and effort - would at least start with decent wood stock. Probably could make exactly the same thing with far less power tools. Exploring the potential use of various power tools is certainly useful.
@@godfreyberry1599 You cant include the ENTIRE cost of your tools to make a simple project. No one would ever make anything if that was the case. You should only account for the percent of the life of the tool, or maybe the portion of the tools use planned for the first year... The exception is if the tool is ONLY planned for that project then you can account for the whole tool.
For instance if I want a new Miter saw, but I am only using it to build some butcher for the first project, there is almost no way that it will pay for a saw... however I know with a miter saw I am gonna use it for 50 more projects this year, so if I say 1/50th of the cost of the miter saw is for the butcher block that might be something like $6-10...
The title is purposefully clickbaity. Anyone who has a shop like this guy knows the total cost of such table is much higher than anything that's mass produced. The stupid title caters to all the amateur woodworkers and to the bored Internet folks who waste their time (like myself).
Make sure you're using pallets that haven't been treated with harmful chemicals if you're going to be using this wood near food (like a coffee table), also even if the pallet wasn't treated there's still the possibility that it has been contaminated by any number of chemicals and substances during its use
@@deanmartin6052 The larger problem occurs during working it. The entire time you're cutting, you're breathing in harmful dust and potentially dangerous chemical fumes. Sealing the wood in no way would help you, during this time.
@@deanmartin6052Darwin award winner right here folks!
WOW!! That table looks fantastic. The industrial look is marvelous. The only thing that I would have done differently would have been to fill all the big divots and holes with epoxy, giving you a smooth surface for the finish.
Agreed! I would've put a coat of epoxy over the whole thing, which would prevent any of the wood from absorbing any moisture, too.
Or use clear epoxy mixed with lots of sawdust .
Respirator not just for protecting the lungs from wood dust but also from all the dirt and debris, sometimes chemically toxic, that is released during cutting/sanding - since we often acquire pallets that have been sitting outdoors and/or have been in contact with unknown substances. BTW, do you employ any other cleansing process on your pallets prior to machining ? And, thank you for yet another practical and informative vid.
QUICK TIP: After cutting all the pieces to width... Run each piece back through the table saw on its side in order to ensure they are all the same thickness. This would prevent the need for a router jig for flattening.
But, what if the boards are warped or bowed? I thickness plane mine, and that doesn't "prevent" the need to flatten, just reduces. Gluing the pieces down flat to a flat substrate seems to work here, so surfacing the top afterwards is reasonable.
@@edwarddrost5299 good point. I suppose it isn’t a perfect solution but I’d rather use the table saw to get it close enough to sand out the high spots than make a flattening jig.
Most are gonna be bent. You can take the bend out when attaching. You'll have a hard time getting enough wood doing it like your thinking. I've been there for sure. I do run them in the planer. The bow doesn't go away and I don't mind. It does get the way closer than this vat gets. 36 grit on a hand belt sander and you are close.
I've got an edge grain up table I've been making out of pallets which made me wonder the same thing. I guess I took care of my sideways bow by clamping/gluing sideways and then recreating a straight edge. I like the idea of the router surfacer, but it seems like a lot of work that I havent needed yet. But then atm I'm still enjoying the table saw jointing process, clearly a newbie :)
Let the dude do his vid ..man your quick tip is probably fastest way to the hospital with some missing digits
A little more advice about pallet wood. As a former worker in the chemical industry and a former truck driver you have absolutely no idea what’s been on that pallet. Use at your own risk. Same advice for those that use it for bonfires
So what was the profit?
Did I miss where you discuss the profit mentioned in the title?
The profit is actually showcased at about 18 seconds into the video where you can clearly see two HD bags and Ryobi tools. In other words, there's no money to be made in pallet furniture unless Home Depot sponsors your video about pallet furniture builds.
You didn't miss anything. You took all the click-bait, and swallowed it whole.
I like how they signed the bottom and covered up the message with the store bought table leg. Wasn't sure how to spell Merry ( that's scary) 🤔.
Whenever I've tried to harvest wood from a pallet I always found that the wood smelled so badly of some sort of oily pesticide that I couldn't stand to have the wood around and ended up tossing it out again.
Correct. Pallets are treated for insects and bugs because they are used to move goods by truck, train, plane and ship throughout North America and across the ocean . One must be very careful what used pallets are used for. I worked in manufacturing for 25 years and bought pallets for transport. All treated pallets are stamped according. Pallets being used for transport to Europe have a different treatment and different stamp.
Most pallets used in the USA are not chemically treated. Still it's hard to know for sure what any particular pallet may have been exposed to.
@@jeffnorbert1871 - Any pallets used to move goods, even in the US, will be treated in order to not allow insects to thrive in different areas. If this was not practiced, agriculture would suffer from foreign infestations. Pallets are stamped so buyers know they are safe. Pallets being used for overseas shipping, have a different stamp from North America.
The tabletop looks brilliant. It is a chevron pattern though, as you cut the wood at 45 degrees. The design you show at the end is the one that is herringbone, as the wood is cut at 90 degrees. ☺️
Thank you! I never did well in geometry so pattern names slip my mind 😜
@@SpencleyDesignCo Haha - everyone has their own strengths! Regardless, what you created is stunning!
Well thank you!
Nice work, started as a wood worker in 1972, still doing it today, wonderfully life.
Pallet wood = free
pin legs = $50 on Amazon
Time spent building the table top = about a day
Listed for $200 on market place, offered $30 at most
Conclusion: not worth the time ans effort if you are planning on making this a business.
Good idea, but it has some serious problems. All that palletwood has different moisture contents, very bad for furniture making.
the easiest way to break down a pallet is with a pallet breaker and you waste less wood and get longer pieces giving you more options for the projects you can build!
Problem that one may often run into w/those, is that u can't always fit between boards, obviously depending on how many boards, and how big the gaps in between. Also, it's not the easiest to start that process at the ends, if that gap is minimal between the first and second board. Once u get that first one off, though, it's usually pretty smooth sailing, that is, until u have to flip it over to do it all over again. This way does provide the most wood, being the longest uncut slats, and will usually kill two birds with one stone (or maybe 1.5 birds), getting those nails pulled out of the stretchers, not having them sheared off and staying lodged in, like when using a sawzall to get underneath to cut each nail off. That's the only other way to maximize the board lengths, and if it doesnt matter if those nails stay sheared off in the stretchers, the sawzall way is by far the fastest way to dismantle a pallet, wwith the maximum sized slats. All that's left to do with these methods, is to turn slats upside-down to punch the nails out, unless u like that extra rustic look, but keeps those nail holes filled.
Pallet breaker is a quantum leap. Take the leap!
People do understand how much profit there is in using pallet wood but for many the extra time it takes to process pallet wood isn't justifiable.
Great work!!
Thank you very much! We’ve got more great projects coming and really appreciate your support
Ran through the tools used. Before you even get to the lumber and consumables to create the table, you need a workshop with following the equipment:
Circular Saw
long circular saw guide
Table Saw, with fence
Feather board for table saw fence
Mitre saw
Square
10 big clamps
Cordless Nail Gun
Silicon brush
Cordless screwdriver
Jigsaw
2.5" slab surfacing bit (for router)
Router (or planer)
Palm router
Hot glue gun
Belt Sander
Stanley knife
Band clamp
Silicone brushes
Heavy duty shop vacuum
Maybe I missed it but how much profit is in this project?
Great project. Beautiful table. That was one of the best DYI videos I have seen. Thank you for sharing.
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Next time, cut the plywood back oversized but square. Then rough-cut the pattern boards somewhere between the edge of the plywood and where you want the finished edge. You can do this after attaching to the plywood, just set the depth of the circular saw so that it won't cut all the way through the plywood. Then you can still use the plywood edges to cut the whole thing on the table saw to the finished size.
What a click bait title. The entire video, there is not a single mention of costs, what you retail it for, and therefore nothing about 'how much profit' is in making them
Yeah, some people don’t mind wasting your time by being dishonest with their thumbnail / title. So long as it gets them views.
Pallet wood can be soaked with stuff you dont want to breathe when you cut it or to be part of a table you put in your house. Heat treatment and chemicals are sometimes used...
guys, it is very beautiful work. you clearly put a lot of energy and creativity into this and that is wonderful! I am curious to see how this is going to hold up over time however. Soft woods are used for things like making pallets and not furniture for a few important reasons. I would just caution you to consider this when you are trying to sell a piece of your work to someone. You should really be ethical about it. It may look similar to something you saw online but it will not be the same. SO you should price accordingly. There is so much that goes into even mid range furniture If you really want to make an honest living at this, use this experience you have gained and put it into some high quality wood working. It will be an investment but so worth it. THAT is where the money is. Keep up the good work, creativity is never a bad thing! Very inspiring to watch
I appreciate the fact that you don't have all the fancy tools. I have what you have and seeing you do projects with those tools is making me happy. I usually end up watching a video of a guy using tools that I can never afford. That's why I subscribed to your channel.
Keep the projects coming. The table turned out beautiful. It also gave me some ideas. Again...great job. Glad I found your channel.
Thank you very much! We are glad you liked it. We appreciate all the support especially since we just started out this channel
People forget you can glue any type of trash to plywood, not just pallet wood.
Nice job using budget friendly basic tools ..gonna build this for my oldest daughter as a wedding gift/ housewarming ..keep it up and you earned a new sub
Nice looking table. I like pallet wood.
I could have saved you the flattening jig. Once you get the pieces with one straight edge, rip them to width And thickness. That would get you close enough to where you wouldn’t need the flattening step. Just sanding for smoothness.
Old Geezer tip.
Use your speed square to cut into a scrap of wood, wider than your saw base. Let your saw blade stop. Draw a precise line on both sides of the saw base plate. Remove the saw then measure the kerf to both lines and Sharpie this data onto the saw base on the appropriate sides. Also, leave room for more data if you often use different kerf blades.These are your tool's fence offsets. **To remove old marks use a dry erasable marker to dissolve the permanent ink marks and wipe away before it dries. This only works on Non-permeable surfaces.**
My friend lives on a farm and built a very cool large working shed out of pallets add a porch. Amazing what you can with pallets. Thank you for sharing your story
Great video!! Awesome advice on the mitre edges too, I struggled with these on my last project so your advice about creeping up on the edge will be very useful 🙌
Nice looking table and some great tips. I always caution people using pallet wood... especially people using them for gardening food items. You have no idea what products those pallets were used to haul. As a former truck driver who carried many loads of HAZMAT, I can tell you some really nasty chemicals get transported on them. And sometimes they get leaked on and those contaminated pallets don't get tossed, they get reused over and over again. Never use pallet wood for anything that will be used for food storage and the like
Fantastic design and I like the jointer sled tip! Cheers!
Thanks! It definitely helps the boards mate together nicely
As a pallet cabnitmaker. Ensure that you store and dry the wood you collect.
Pallets have mostly had a long journey of many weather situations. Use your eyes and hand tools. Pallets are not forgiving with electrical tools.
Best of luck.
Great channel and tips, but the beat music in the background is really distracting! Your narration is perfect. No background beat needed.
It's a crappy weird music. Awful.
I was thinking of buying a router sled for a few hundred bucks. You showed me how to build one for like 30 bucks! Thank you!
Love the second pattern. I'm going to use it for a bar top.
Thanks Terry! We would love to see how that bar top turns out!
If you score the plywood with a bristle or a wire wheel before using carp glue, you will have a far better adhesion because of the surface area created by this technique. It's a superior hold. also cleaning with alcohol to remove oils helps significantly to increase yield strength from the bond.
Click bait title. Vid tells nothing about it.
You titled this video "I dont understand why no one knows how much profit is in this?" Yet, you do not discuss costs of other materials, cost of the legs,
4 Days of labor?, or the amount the table sold for.
So my question is... Why name this video that ???
Side note: table looks good :)
I've gotten some great White Oak and Rock Maple boards from old palettes before, but it does take some mill work to clean it up. A great source of highly figured wood for smaller furniture projects, cutting boards, etc.
“MESURE TWICE, CUT ONCE!!”
Or just cut everything 4 or 5 times. 😂😂😂😂❤
Beautiful build! Great call on the respirator! One additional note.......beware of you sweat shirt pull strings. They could get caught in your tools! Keep building!! DD
Bro, u never mentioned the profit
Profit? What do you value your time at 1$ an hour? Pallet wood is not suited for furnature either . Only someone who knows nothing about carpentry or cabinetry would do this. Like a save the world with plastic straws and pallet wood hippy.
The calculation for profit must include time consecrated to the project...
Just a tip but it would be quicker and less work with the router if you ripped all of those boards down to the same thickness before fitting them. All that would be left to do is router it down to a couple of millimetres to the final finish. Nice little project.
I really enjoyed this vid. Equally, I also liked the narration. Top effort, thank you!!!
Thank you, Michael! We are working on our production skills to get a better voiceover quality and better lighting in the future. Thanks for your support and encouragement. Hope to see you stop by some of our other videos too! 😀
A lot of times, pallet wood boards are treated with harmful chemicals to prevent hash environment and pests damaging the wood during transit. Use with care, do not put the table in your indoor living area or contact food if you don’t know if the pallet is safe or not.
A few years back I was given a dozen pallets. The quality of the wood was terrible. Either it split when I sawed thru it or if I tried to drive a nail in it, even with pilot holes. Not to mention painful splinters. Then I watched a video on why to never use pallet wood and wished I had watched it first and saved a lot of time.
It is much better to get to know someone at the lumber yard and have them call you if they get damaged boards.
Lowes and Menards both have damage wood area where you can find plywood, osb and pine boards sometimes half price or more.
The herringbone design is always nice. The pin nailer is unnecessary, and just makes more work filling the holes; try to minimize its use. I really appreciated your use of entry level tools to demonstrate what can be done. You don't have to have high-end equipment to enjoy wood working. Thanks for the video.
How much did you sell it for as your lead in says about profit?
I get it now. Basically pallet boards are used as decoration to the actual table made of baseboards!
Well done video, you present all your information in an easy to understand even paced voice, yet still with emotion and your work comes out looking great, keep it up!
Thanks for the support! I can promise you my newer videos are much better 🤣
The whole “we” did this and that, cracked me up! 😂
a dust collector attachment for the router......BUY one....and/or use a hand power-planer to get rough thickness.....then belt sander to level rough areas.....finer paper and slower speed until near perfect....you can also side clamp the boards on a workbench and power plane prior to assembly.......that will get you close enough that a belt sander can do the rest. A large home-made sanding block that fits a full sheet of sandpaper can then be used prior to finishing and also the in-between-coats of finish. I did stuff like this decades ago with slab scrap from the local sawmill. Uncut and dumped pickup loads for nothing....it was less work for the yard laborer and free for me! All sorts of hardwood in the mix. I knocked the bark off, resawed it into useable pieces, and no tree was harmed during the making of the projects. No tree was wasted either!! Whatever is left is kindling for the fire pit.
Wow what a great build! Love this table😍
Thank you very much for checking out the video and for supporting us!
I dont understand why no one knows how much time is wasted in processing these.
I get that it's RUclips and you need to prime the algorithm but the title is definitely a bit disengenuous here. Nothing in the video even mentioned profit. I imagine the majority of profit gets eaten by the time spent preparing the pallet wood. It's a great looking table and this was a great video detailing it's creation but I can't imagine it being profitable unless you're happy making making less than 10 dollars an hour.
I work at a Print Shop and we use paper from all over the world. You Wouldn't Believe the pallet wood we get from Asia. Some looks like Poplar, and some like Mahogany, both hold paint and stain well and look 10x better than any from America. Ask at local Print Shops - you never know what you might find.
I am also someone who cuts down rough pallets to reuse the wood. But I feel that I get much more value from the wood than is shown here with the table. Incidentally, this process shown is extremely labor intensive, probably much more work than I would want to devote to a woodworking project. While I do like the final result, I just feel that the cost of just buying wood of a more regular thickness would be the better path to build this.
looks absolutely amazing! i'm thinking about building something similar for a long time. it's about time to get things started i think. ;-) great channel, keep it up! :-)
Thank you for the support! That’s awesome that you feel inspired! Get out there are make something awesome! 😀
Thanks!
Just a word of caution when using pallets. not all pallets are the same. Some are heat treated others may have been sprayed with insecticides or may have had chemicals or oil splashed on them. Just be careful.
Check if the pallet wood has been chemically treated before using it indoors. Most ideal scenario is if it was kiln dried/seasoned. Usually chemically treated wood will have markings.
This looks like a great way to use up all those 2x4 scraps in my cut off bin!! 🙂
Great build! Hey you mentioned that the brads left you with visible nails on the end product, but it looked like you were only nailing the end-grain. Where did the visible nails come from? Thanks.
Hi Kevin! Thanks for checking out the video! We did nail the edge grain, however when we flattened everything down with the router, it exposed a few of the nails.
The best video!!!
Thanks Sabina! We’ve got more projects coming every Friday that we think you’ll love. In the mean time, check out some of our other projects. As always, we really appreciate all the support as we build our channel 😀
I use wet pallet wood for my projects, i like massive gaps and twists, to finish it off to that high level fine cabinet maker look i get the chainsaw on it, always a winner.
Your click bait titles made me hide your posts. Will never subscribe now.
Would be a neat cornhole board.
Looks amazing, subscribed :)
Thanks Sofus! We are glad you enjoyed the project! Thanks so much for supporting our channel 👍
Looking back at your older videos here, I love seeing where you came from. Many of these tools have been upgraded. Love it.
Hi Guys.
Thanks for the great content.
The pallet table is beautiful,you guys do amazing work.
Will be trying to build one myself in the next few weeks.
Tc
Veenay
Thank you Veenay!
The title talks about a profit to be made, yet the video doesn’t discuss it. That’s the definition of clickbait, which is very disappointing.
I love that the tools are affordable. I have used a skil saw screwed to the bottom of a 1x10 pin nailing a fence as needed. If you are willing to try you can do a lot of projects with basic tools
Love the table top. Not so much the hairpin legs. I realize it's palate wood but I think you wasted a lot of it. for the most part I like your production. However not the music. If it is my call I would ditch all of it. If you absolutely have to have it, make sure you mute while you narrate. And select something that doesn't have that drum beat in the foreground. It's really annoying. 😀😀
Pallet wood tends to be 'dirty' which is pretty tough on blades. If I was going to dress up pallet wood I certainly would do it with budget table saw blades.
Oh, this is why this other youtuber says 'pallet wood is not free wood'. lol
Three years later, great Job and I pray you’re still working flawlessly together.
on the final shot @ 16:12 the top half of the table has a good sorted pattern that kind of repeats on both sides, but the lower half is pretty off to all sides. at lest the 4 pieces forming the inner "X" should be sorted to fit.
regarding the "profit" to this.. i mean if i sum up the cost of the tools involved.. jep.
@1:27, dont grab a cut this way. In theory the riving knife protects against kickback here but you are now applying pressure on the back edge. No need to practice overly reckless behaviours with a table saw
Open your shop door and put a box fan blowing the small dust outside. If it's winter put a coat on.
Many people make a living collecting and returning pallets to be resold as pallets.