Turning a Free Pallet into a Modern Dining Table

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2022
  • I made this modern dining table from a pallet that I found on the streets of Toronto!
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    Papa Funk - spring gang
    RP001 - Pableno
    Kermanshah - El Flaco Collective
    Acid House - VELDA
    Pyramid Skeme - Matt Large
    B.O.D. - Heyson
    Wow Factor - Daniel Fridell
    Stop Chasing Me - Ambre Jaune
    Urban Conspiracy - Jules Gaia
    Deck the Halls (Jazz Version) - Ennio Mano
    The Cast - Wendy Marcini
    The Specialist - Duke Herrington
    Displaced - Robert Ruth
    Beast Coast - Amber Spill
    Bruiser - Bonkers Beat Club
    12th Floor Party - Jules Gaia
    I'm a Dynamite - Harvio
    Just Feels Right - Sarah, the Illstrumentalist
    Ghosting - Christopher Moe Ditlevsen
    Singularity - Lagua Vesa
    Wood - Pableno
    Lit - Jones Meadow
    Havana - BLUE STEEL
    Light - Jones Meadow
    See Em' Dancing - Jones Meadow
    Playtime - Margareta
    Aftermath - Lagua Vesa
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Комментарии • 594

  • @SkimoStories
    @SkimoStories Год назад +260

    Really love to see you fail forward instead of pretending like everything is going to plan from the get-go. Nothing ever goes that way in reality, and I think you are teaching a really important lesson in trying to see your 'failures' as learning opportunities. This is probably my favourite build of yours so far.

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад +11

      That’s awesome to hear, thank you so much!

    • @lightpunch0072
      @lightpunch0072 Год назад +2

      Big vouch

    • @mattwilliams3820
      @mattwilliams3820 9 месяцев назад

      Good point, I appreciate that stuff being part of the video

    • @BrianLee-pt8pm
      @BrianLee-pt8pm 7 месяцев назад +1

      1000%. Things don't go as planned, and we make mistakes. The ability to stay positive and appropriately pivot is what separates the pros from the amateurs. Love your page, and thanks for the knowledge and inspiration! 🥂

  • @TheVirakahScale
    @TheVirakahScale Год назад +42

    It's a good idea to bend it more than you need, so around a smaller circle. That way it springs back closer to what you need.

  • @MassGradingTeacher
    @MassGradingTeacher Год назад +11

    That steam-bending portion of the video was thoroughly entertaining. Really cool to see you working through the problems.

  • @MycobraII
    @MycobraII Год назад +30

    I find it very satisfying that your tool level is the same as mine, there's nothing worse than watching someone build something with a room full of tens of thousands of dollars worth of tools. Plus I like how you showed the true struggle on learning on the fly and the mistakes that come with it. Love your work, keep it up!

  • @MorleyKert
    @MorleyKert  Год назад +54

    One challenge I didn't talk about in the video - this leg design results in an un-level surface, because one of the three legs is offset from the middle of the other two. I ended up modeling an "as-built" of the legs in Fusion 360 to figure out how much I had to chop off of one of the legs (it was 5 inches). There's probably an easier way to figure this out, but that's just how my mind works!

    • @joelrobles9092
      @joelrobles9092 Год назад +1

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Infinity

    • @ericserafim7954
      @ericserafim7954 Год назад +4

      IMO painting the legs black could make the top pop even more 😉

    • @GreasyTrout
      @GreasyTrout Год назад +1

      Haha i was waiting for the part in the video where you'd mention this. I've made a handfull of tables with these 'tank trap' legs and I still break my brain on it everytime on how to calculate the lenghts and angles.

    • @wildboystv3013
      @wildboystv3013 Год назад

      @@ericserafim7954 i like that idea i also like seeing the entire table as pallets

    • @stuartdunc100
      @stuartdunc100 Год назад

      Maybe a laser level? stood it on a level surface, used the laser level on a tripod , marked the lines and then hand sawn? 🤷

  • @ryandury
    @ryandury Год назад +50

    Love your determination here, that steam bending was probably so frustrating. I've dabbled in steam bending myself, when I built my cedar strip canoe. Those pieces of wood looked really thick for bending. Next time I would suggest doing a bent lamination where you work with much thinner strips, steam them, dry fit/clamp and then glue them together the following day. In any case I'm so impressed with your ability to turn a pallet into a nice looking table. Legs look very cool. Cheers!

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад +3

      Thank you so much! Great idea for the next build 🙏❤️

    • @glennleader8880
      @glennleader8880 Год назад +6

      If I was using wood that thick for the border, I would have made it into "wobble" board. lots of very thin kerfs cut on the inside of the wood. When bent, the gaps close and mostly vanish. Mind you, I just dabble with woodwork.

  • @Danny101yt
    @Danny101yt Год назад +18

    I love how you showed the full scale process of the entire project. From the moment you picked it up to the point you completed it - it feels more authentic and passionate rather than of it was to only show the successful parts. Love the videos, keep them going!

  • @SoreTv
    @SoreTv Год назад +1

    Use a 1/4 or 1/8” thick wood for the edge bend, or if you really want them to be that thick, on the inside of the bend, make a cut about 1/4” deep every 1/8” and then cover the top with a circle cutout.

  • @ChuckUnderFire
    @ChuckUnderFire Год назад +5

    This is the kind of project that immediately makes me want to make another one.

  • @vascorfael7223
    @vascorfael7223 Год назад +60

    I would have been so mad at those bending problems. Really nice to see you keep your cool. Keep up!

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @michealknight9303
      @michealknight9303 9 месяцев назад +1

      Right, bless my poor neighbors if that was me doing it

  • @RandomBro5
    @RandomBro5 Год назад +2

    I love the learning curve in this video!

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад +1

      I learned a ton in this project! Stoked to use the steam box in future projects.

    • @elevans5758
      @elevans5758 Год назад +1

      so do I. It makes us average people feel less inadequate.

  • @shishirchitre1945
    @shishirchitre1945 10 месяцев назад

    Hats off to your patience and persistence!!!!

  • @landriaultpierre
    @landriaultpierre Год назад

    I really love your videos because they show us what to try, not if, but when challenges occur. Excellent tutorials. Thank you so much.

  • @Lando_99
    @Lando_99 10 месяцев назад

    Your perseverance is incredible

  • @Charlielizard
    @Charlielizard Год назад +1

    Gotta be one of the best videos I've seen with woodworking. Am an old rookie and appreciate your honesty with mistakes. That's how we learn to do things ourselves. Very proud of you and your beautiful table. Became an instant subscriber. Blessings to you both. 🙏 👍🏼

  • @broderdanne
    @broderdanne Год назад +1

    Really enjoyed watching a video where the entire process isn't flawless. It's refreshing to see the struggles and obstacles you come across during the making, and how you overcome them. I admire your innovation and patience during that frustrating steam bending! Keep it up!

  • @Wasted-Life
    @Wasted-Life Год назад +14

    Man, super impressed by your tenacity!
    It looks great - massive well done👏🏼
    Patiently awaiting the next project 😅

  • @shawnmayfield5640
    @shawnmayfield5640 Год назад +3

    Table came out great. When steam bending it would have been easier with thinner strips and add them on in layers. An idea I thought while watching you add so many screws, since you had already spaced them out evenly once the glue had dried on your round boarder you could have taken the screws out, drilled a larger hole in each one and then add dowels, flush trim them and make it a decorative feature. Keep up the good work.

  • @chrisbrucesr.9256
    @chrisbrucesr.9256 Год назад

    Really do enjoy that you show your mistakes. That's exactly how wood work works! 😆

  • @JACK_SPOTS_CARZ
    @JACK_SPOTS_CARZ Год назад +1

    Loved this video and the outcome was amazing. Love watching all of your videos gives me inspiration as I do a lot of pallet destroying and woodwork!

  • @Lexiont
    @Lexiont 10 месяцев назад

    I have to say, your videos are the best thing when I'm on my lunch break, I really enjoy watching your content!

  • @completewith7
    @completewith7 Год назад

    Excellent job! I appreciated the fact that you showed the failures as well. Thanks!

  • @BlazarVision
    @BlazarVision Год назад +4

    Hi Morley, I'm happy I stumbled across your content! There is so much attention to detail in your videos, everywhere from the shots you take to show the progress, to the type writer printing your patreon supporters. Keep up the great work, your inspiring me to take my basic carpentry skills to the next level :D

  • @iairabadi4651
    @iairabadi4651 Год назад +1

    I absolutely love your style man, and showing all of those mistakes you made a long the way that I would have definitely made makes me really start to want to do woodworking

  • @M_M0109
    @M_M0109 Год назад +3

    Drinking game - take a shot every time Morley slaps his wood or says "Let's do it".

  • @stephanietom_md
    @stephanietom_md 9 месяцев назад

    I very much appreciate you keeping in the clips of you trouble shooting how to bend the wood - it helps us watching know that its not as easy as a 10 min video is! I can't stop binge watching your creations, keep them coming!

  • @prabhat4700
    @prabhat4700 Год назад +3

    I am glad you included the struggles in the edit, otherwise the viewer never really gets to know how challenging the work is.
    This pallet wood table series is addictive. Keep them coming.

  • @kennethmiller2333
    @kennethmiller2333 Год назад +3

    A few ideas:
    1. Instead of screws, use dowels, gluing them in as you go. They can form part of the design. They can be centered since they'll glue to both the pallet wood and the plywood.
    2. Edge banding about 3/4 as thick would have been much easier to bend. You have a lot of internal stresses tied in there.
    3. To confidently measure for that second piece, run a string around the outside of where you want to glue it, then use that to mark off the inside circumference on the edge banding. That only leaves the outside circumference to match up.

    • @teeu.4493
      @teeu.4493 Год назад

      Clever idea with the string!
      The dowels would only hold after the glue dries though right? Would it not be better to use the screws first and once the glue on the side of the curved wood dries then replace them with dowels?

    • @kennethmiller2333
      @kennethmiller2333 Год назад

      @@teeu.4493 Thanks.
      I think, with a thinner edge banding, and leaving the dowels long and then cutting them off once the glue dries, that would be enough to hold the edge banding. However, swapping out the screws for dowels would be an excellent approach if more strength was needed.

    • @teeu.4493
      @teeu.4493 Год назад +1

      @@kennethmiller2333 ahh smart!! Thanks for the advice!!

  • @tlh878
    @tlh878 Год назад

    I'm impressed you can steam bend wood so thick. Well done for your first try with that technique. The table is gorgeous!

  • @NinaThoren
    @NinaThoren Год назад +9

    Love to see the process and that you did a round table this time! I wish I had the space and tools to do this, not for the money (though it would be fun to go plus) but to be able to create something from stuff that would be thrown away otherwise

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад

      Thank you! I love round dining tables - so space efficient and cozy.

  • @jonp.4957
    @jonp.4957 Год назад +1

    Absolute pleasure to watch this video. Well done and very inspiring!

  • @jarodbaab4522
    @jarodbaab4522 Год назад

    wow look at all this nature, that's pretty neat

  • @timring7479
    @timring7479 Год назад +1

    Glad I found your channel and I have enjoyed every one of your builds. It's refreshing to see you turn scrap into beauty and with such a great attitude.

  • @Canosa612
    @Canosa612 Год назад

    Admire your perseverance. Great table. Enjoy every meal on it.

  • @smokeybarr
    @smokeybarr Год назад

    Absolutely admire your tenacity. On a side note, your 'Turning a Free Pallet into a $550 Table' project inspired me to give it a go. Finished it this afternoon and the Mrs was well please. Thank you!

  • @gooddude9211
    @gooddude9211 Год назад

    Brilliantly done and excellent craftsmanship sir. Loved the video share.

  • @michaelboudreaux1065
    @michaelboudreaux1065 Год назад

    Glad I'm not the only one who screws up. Sure have loved to see how you made the table legs in more detail. Table turned out great

  • @leethememerwolf
    @leethememerwolf Год назад

    That wood did not want to be bent. I love the end look of the table loving your workmanship Kert!

  • @angelhallsings
    @angelhallsings Год назад

    Thank you for sharing from start to finish your beautiful talent woodworking! Wow! So lovely!

  • @Earl3
    @Earl3 Год назад +3

    Another great video, Morley! The table looks great!

  • @augieonorato2377
    @augieonorato2377 10 месяцев назад

    Love the videos! They have helped me while I have entered my watch journey. You’re the man!

  • @jasonlee4307
    @jasonlee4307 Год назад

    I was happy to see that you filled over the screw heads on the table edge sometime off screen in your final phase. Well done.

  • @daveeverhart5834
    @daveeverhart5834 Год назад

    Watching you begin the glue-up in your dining room, was like watching - and listening - to myself (minus the 4-letter words I'm prone to). That was a great relief.

  • @therealchayd
    @therealchayd Год назад +2

    I admire your patience and resolve in bending that wood; I'd've lost it and set fire to the whole lot after one failure 😅

  • @TotalBoat
    @TotalBoat Год назад +10

    It turned out beautifully!! Loved watching you overcome some of the challenges, nicely done!!!

  • @PlasmaJin496
    @PlasmaJin496 Год назад

    Great Job Morley!! Loved the way you presented your failures and the complete learning curve *pun intended* 🙌🏼

  • @GregN456
    @GregN456 Год назад +1

    The neature reference was absolutely perfect. Cool project too! I also just noticed your iron ring. I'm never surprised when fellow Canadian engineers take up woodworking :)

  • @zzztek
    @zzztek Год назад

    I love this guy! Like most of the other woodworking videos, they have large shops, expensive equipment and zillions of tools. "Use your body" as a tool! Been there.

  • @Smoothe932
    @Smoothe932 Год назад

    This is the first time I've ever commented on of these build-it videos. Thank you for showing the mistakes. Mistakes that I might not have to make.

  • @cool-neat
    @cool-neat Год назад

    Awesome work man! Love the determination

  • @traderjoe477
    @traderjoe477 Год назад

    great job and result!

  • @hyggenkraft
    @hyggenkraft Год назад

    Inspiring! Definitely good to add the “failures” and learning points into the Final Cut. Amazing job! Now to have a look at your table saw router jig. 😁

  • @MrDrProfPatrick12
    @MrDrProfPatrick12 Год назад

    Impressive perseverance!

  • @xJTAGxMoDzXenon
    @xJTAGxMoDzXenon Год назад

    Keep up the great work Loki

  • @igloostones4766
    @igloostones4766 Год назад

    seeing you struggle and fail constantly is like watching myself. I have the same struggles and fail just like you and its nice to see a video with that for a change.

  • @miloodalomrani8862
    @miloodalomrani8862 Год назад

    Maaaaaan! I stand in awe of your patience. I was about to give up watching but your perseverance kept me watching the whole thing. Kudos to you, bro.

  • @dontew9642
    @dontew9642 Год назад

    Such an inspiration watching you work man. Marvelous work absolutely incredible!

  • @mrwellred
    @mrwellred 9 месяцев назад

    Big fan of your energy, ingenuity, vision, personality, and content. Even more so after the Neature Walk reference 😂

  • @JustMightDIY
    @JustMightDIY Год назад +1

    Gorgeous! And I love how you showed the challenges, too. Great video!

  • @saugustin9029
    @saugustin9029 Год назад

    Great work! Well done sir

  • @TheRaven078
    @TheRaven078 Год назад

    Good job on the table! It's great watching you try new things each time and challenge your skillset.

  • @Markus-fw4px
    @Markus-fw4px Год назад +2

    You know that there is a wrong and a right direction of moving a router, don't you?
    Great table btw, I like the palet-recycling-idea.

  • @neillaubach
    @neillaubach Год назад

    really enjoyed the vid and your bravery to show your learnings. I am an amateur chippy too and have some skills, but no imagination. you've inspired me to get back in the workshop.

  • @thejdguy
    @thejdguy Год назад

    A great table, well done! And, what a wholesome guy, well done Kathy. Definitely subscribing

  • @WilliesDET
    @WilliesDET Год назад

    Turned out great! I really love the hedgehog for the legs.

  • @blakepedersen7178
    @blakepedersen7178 Год назад

    Love the Neature Walk reference

  • @franklaird140
    @franklaird140 5 месяцев назад

    Beautiful table man!

  • @CorbyQ
    @CorbyQ Год назад

    I cant tell you the joy this build brouht me. Amazing job sir.

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад

      That’s awesome to hear, thanks for watching!

  • @craigtyler9129
    @craigtyler9129 Год назад

    This was such a great video. So many moments in this video where if it were me making the table I would have said ''Ahh Forget this!'' but you carry on and found solutions.

  • @Fragaile
    @Fragaile Год назад +1

    The way your mind works baffles me man! Always a pleasure watching your videos, I hope you keep it up!

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад

      Haha thank you! What’s baffling about it?

    • @Fragaile
      @Fragaile Год назад

      @@MorleyKert You're extremely creative, I'm always calculated and have no ideas. You're like an entrepreneur, which is a trait I admire :)

  • @nathantack2175
    @nathantack2175 11 месяцев назад

    The backing tracks in this vid are FIRE
    Nice table too bro

  • @spicynugget3221
    @spicynugget3221 Год назад +1

    Love this don't stop

  • @watakach
    @watakach Год назад

    Awesome table, awesome video, thanks for sharing the frustrating process the fails etc... learning a lot! It's also great cause you don't have a billion machines so we can relate!

  • @sea2c
    @sea2c Год назад +4

    I just love watching an engineer struggle with their own design! 😂 Good on you for seeing it through and getting it done!

  • @officialBro-uc1pt
    @officialBro-uc1pt Год назад +1

    i think this is the best project yet!!!!!!

  • @davebauerart
    @davebauerart Год назад +1

    Nice results! Steam bending is definitely a challenge. You can over bend it to account for some spring back but it’s more of an art than science.

  • @lovesrolopigeo3403
    @lovesrolopigeo3403 Год назад

    i was thinkiong that you should as a border, and you did! nice!

  • @jdwilsun
    @jdwilsun Год назад

    Beautiful table. The legs are wow. I am surprized you were able to bend that thick wood so well. 3/8" is my maximum & even then I use a steel strap outside. The bent ends would hold better screwed into the side grain vs the end grain.

  • @GrosMarteau
    @GrosMarteau Год назад

    Well done and congrats on your new table!

  • @kquick0238
    @kquick0238 Год назад

    I’m sure other have commented but it’s always worth it to do a dry run of the clamping so your glue doesn’t harden while you fight the clamps. No matter how many glue ups I’ve done, every time I try to glue up without a dry fit I do the exact same thing you did here lol

  • @darodes
    @darodes Год назад

    Your first glue up looks like all of my panel glue ups 😂😂😂
    Another great result… keep it up! There’s people like me out there that really enjoy seeing the possibilities with pallets. Not just chucking pieces together to make boxy outdoor projects, but much finer stuff. Love it

  • @michaelbragg6527
    @michaelbragg6527 Год назад

    You had me hooked with the “neature walks” clip! Never met anyone that’s seen those videos and very few that think they are funny. Great build!

  • @bomlaca
    @bomlaca Год назад

    Another great product created🎉

  • @sawsantakriti8589
    @sawsantakriti8589 Год назад

    Beautiful table,you have done a great job 👏, creative

  • @darinbrooks8743
    @darinbrooks8743 9 месяцев назад

    Well done that man. Old pallet to gorgeous table. 👍👍

  • @maureendeloffi
    @maureendeloffi Год назад

    Man, watching the struggle to bend that oak felt so familiar. I tried to bend maple once. Haha! I enjoyed watching you learn as you go, fun video!

  • @kellyphillips3447
    @kellyphillips3447 Год назад

    I was literally thinking drill some holes and use pegs as you bend it it in and then you grabbed the screws, stops was a good workaround.
    Bending the wood so far, leaving it to set a bit and then steaming smaller portions to get the remainder of the bend.

  • @dogedelish9635
    @dogedelish9635 Год назад

    You have inspired me to try woodworking. Doing something like this with free materials is so cool to see!

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад

      That’s awesome to hear, thanks for watching!

  • @TheRuralGardener
    @TheRuralGardener Год назад

    So many life lessons in this one video! ... your perseverance clearly paid off with a gorgeous looking table my friend.

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад

      Totally! Thanks for watching 😊

  • @tonykennedy9811
    @tonykennedy9811 11 месяцев назад

    I have to say I was skeptical at first but it turned out great 👏👏👏👏

  • @OSRS_KQs
    @OSRS_KQs Год назад

    He got the pallet buster I recommended in an earlier video! I'm so happy to see it in use! =)

  • @davidburris120
    @davidburris120 Год назад

    Can I just say that I love your vibe and your positive personality!

  • @elias7718
    @elias7718 Год назад +2

    Love the woodworking vids. Keep it up🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @dieselrugg
    @dieselrugg Год назад

    I was commentating every step of your bending attempts... I your first set up had me remembering the time I installed coil springs in my car without the right tools.

  • @markas1987
    @markas1987 Год назад

    Subscribed immediately after seeing that chaotic glue up. Good work

  • @Doats1
    @Doats1 Год назад

    another awesome build, more of these please :D

  • @traviscrabtree3535
    @traviscrabtree3535 Год назад

    Best one yet 😁 Way to fight through it…. AWESOME!!!!!!

  • @alexrobles7744
    @alexrobles7744 Год назад +2

    that looked so painful. Bending wood is no joke. Great job and it looks super. Impressed as always Morley.

    • @MorleyKert
      @MorleyKert  Год назад

      Haha it was definitely an aggresively thick piece of wood to use for my first time! Thanks for watching :)

  • @robincramer8080
    @robincramer8080 Год назад

    Great job!

  • @StephenAPA
    @StephenAPA Год назад

    Watching from UK, the table came out so nice look forward to watching your next project 👌