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.
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! 🥂
Everybody seems to be turning old pallets into beautiful furniture like desks or tables on RUclips. I want to see someone turn a beautiful table into a pallet.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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. 🙏 👍🏼
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
Awesome maybe try marking center line on the table 1st then cut both of the steamed board 1 1/2 inches further then the line of both steam boards, then put a half lap on all 4 ends then connect them. Possibly having no gaps. I love what you did and now I'm inspired to do the same
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
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.
good job morley. You definitely show weakness in many places with woodworking, but the fact that you persevere proves that you WILL learn the best techniques for the future. I love it. Next time I recommend making a 5 minute model 3d printable jig for your screw holes for the end of the steam bent wood that will make all of the screw holes of even distance from the bottom of the board. You can also predrill the hole while the piece is still flat so you can space them evenly.
"OMG, how am I going to do this?" Slap that on a shirt and embrace it as your motto. I love watching you figure stuff out as you go. Keep up the great work!
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.
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?
@@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.
I don't know if anyone has suggested this to you yet but the best tool I've found for removing nails from pallets when the heads have come off is a pair of vise grip pliers.
Lol the clamps! Suggestion! I've seen others do multiple smaller glue ups in the same clamp by simply not gluing in between the sections allowing you to utilize the full length of the clamps and clamp multiple sections at a time❤️ hope this is helpful😁
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
Ive cut a pipe or two in a pinch- needing shorter pipe clamps- you only need one end with the threads. Just in case that idea helps someone. I switch out the lengths of pipes I have my pipe clamps on quite frequently and just pick one or two more up whenever I see them for a good price. I love finding older ones that I can clean up because some are pretty cool.
just discovered your channel a few days ago, loving your videos, im so jealous of what you build, wish i had even a 100th of the skills you do, your builds are awesome
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
That steam bending is a major trial and error. I've only seen one other steam bending video and it was from Tiktok. However the table they used had many holes (basically a upscaled pegboard) in which they would put metal/wood rods through as they bent the wood in order to keep tension and provide more leverage to keep bending, and then after every bend they would just keep adding rods behind the other to hold in place. Probably something you'd be able to utilize if you plan on doing more of these. Great work as always, though! Love the craftsmanship.
Your video caught my attention. One thing you should look into for your glueups is a small paint roller you can get a regular size just shorter and it cuts down your gluing time as well as hand spreading. Keeps you cleaner as well while you work.
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
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.
Oh man, I feel your frustration on the steam bending part. I've been there a lot too! I think a simpler approach would be to bend a thinner piece and just do bent lamination around the edge, rather than trying to get full thickness from a single bent piece. I just know I get stuck trying to make my choices work when what I should do is just reevaluate the plan and slightly change course. Beautiful work!
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 :)
Always make pieces longer than u need by 3-6" then u can use hand saw to cut to actaul size when the 2 meet while ur bending.also Gotta let wood steam AT LEAST 2 HRS and use higher/thicker plywood stopping block w 3 screws..I used f style clamps in between each block,& screw and glue the first end to the table & let everything set up over night took me SO many failures to learn it but now it's like riding a bike. table looks good I'd keep it too!:)
Not sure if anyone pointed this out yet, but that jointing jig on the table won't joint anything longer than the board you clamped to the fence. For a jointer on a table saw you need the jointing surface to be longer than the board you're wanting jointed. Enjoyed the video 👍🏼
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.
Nice video. A few years ago I glued milled pallet wood strips to a plywood base for a console top and the joints separated up to 1/16”. Will you update us on your table and how it holds up? Thanks man!
Dude you lucked out on that oak bending as it did and not cracking, Speaking from experience . Nice result , I think the base was lovely. Reminds me of a WW2 anti tank trap
good job 👍✌🖖🥃It is always good to set up a bending jig that is more than the radius you are bending to. Then then spring back is eliminated or minimized.
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.
You went to war with the steam bending and won the day. I have the same unit so i knew you were in for a learning curve lol. My only concern with the table (which looks great by the way) is that you`ve glued a slab that will want to expand and contract with the seasons to a plywood base that will not move with that slab. I would be worred about cracks forming in the top over time. You did a heck of a lot with a single pallet though. Pallets are virtually all i`ve worked with for over 10 years now. I`ve never worked with total boat halcyon at all so i don`t knjow how smelly it is but I`ve started using Osmo Polyx Hard Wax Oil on many projects and it is a real pleasure to work with. It`s not so smelly, is made from renewable and environmentally friendly oils and waxes, is nearly impossible to mess up and a can of the stuff, while a bit more expensive per can, goes extremely far so it is much cheaper in the long run. I reccomend checking it out. Thanks for posting. Fun watching the project unfold.
Another perfect 'learning video'. I am wondering why you went for such thick oak for the boarder. I know it looks better, but half the thickness would have bent easier. That trick with the pliers and clamp (at the beginning) was really cool.
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!
Man... Canada has some of the nicest pallets lol. In the US all of ours have the cutouts on the sides so they can be picked up from the side as well and it screws you for wood yield. I mentioned to you before that I have the Vevor planer as well and I use a small shop vac for dust collection and it works great. I love the steamer box and thick edge wood but I think I would have just done preglued veneer edgebanding lol. Great project as always!
Morley! While the clamp and pliers seems very resourceful, I think a vice grip would be much more efficient when pulling nails! And you can pick one up super cheap too.
After rewatchingn this video, as well as your video series on the van, I am realizing that Eden is a saint!! Has she always been accepting of your projects?
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.
That’s awesome to hear, thank you so much!
Big vouch
Good point, I appreciate that stuff being part of the video
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! 🥂
Everybody seems to be turning old pallets into beautiful furniture like desks or tables on RUclips. I want to see someone turn a beautiful table into a pallet.
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.
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!
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!
Thanks for watching!
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!
Thank you so much! Great idea for the next build 🙏❤️
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.
That steam-bending portion of the video was thoroughly entertaining. Really cool to see you working through the problems.
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.
Thanks for watching!
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. 🙏 👍🏼
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.
This is the kind of project that immediately makes me want to make another one.
Well put!
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!
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.
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.
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.
I would have been so mad at those bending problems. Really nice to see you keep your cool. Keep up!
Thanks for watching!
Right, bless my poor neighbors if that was me doing it
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
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.
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!
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!
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.
Awesome maybe try marking center line on the table 1st then cut both of the steamed board 1 1/2 inches further then the line of both steam boards, then put a half lap on all 4 ends then connect them. Possibly having no gaps. I love what you did and now I'm inspired to do the same
Hats off to your patience and persistence!!!!
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
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.
good job morley. You definitely show weakness in many places with woodworking, but the fact that you persevere proves that you WILL learn the best techniques for the future. I love it. Next time I recommend making a 5 minute model 3d printable jig for your screw holes for the end of the steam bent wood that will make all of the screw holes of even distance from the bottom of the board. You can also predrill the hole while the piece is still flat so you can space them evenly.
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"OMG, how am I going to do this?" Slap that on a shirt and embrace it as your motto. I love watching you figure stuff out as you go. Keep up the great work!
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.
I'm impressed you can steam bend wood so thick. Well done for your first try with that technique. The table is gorgeous!
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.
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?
@@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.
@@kennethmiller2333 ahh smart!! Thanks for the advice!!
I don't know if anyone has suggested this to you yet but the best tool I've found for removing nails from pallets when the heads have come off is a pair of vise grip pliers.
Lol the clamps! Suggestion! I've seen others do multiple smaller glue ups in the same clamp by simply not gluing in between the sections allowing you to utilize the full length of the clamps and clamp multiple sections at a time❤️ hope this is helpful😁
Your perseverance is incredible
I have to say, your videos are the best thing when I'm on my lunch break, I really enjoy watching your content!
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
Thank you! I love round dining tables - so space efficient and cozy.
Really do enjoy that you show your mistakes. That's exactly how wood work works! 😆
I really love your videos because they show us what to try, not if, but when challenges occur. Excellent tutorials. Thank you so much.
Ive cut a pipe or two in a pinch- needing shorter pipe clamps- you only need one end with the threads. Just in case that idea helps someone. I switch out the lengths of pipes I have my pipe clamps on quite frequently and just pick one or two more up whenever I see them for a good price. I love finding older ones that I can clean up because some are pretty cool.
just discovered your channel a few days ago, loving your videos, im so jealous of what you build, wish i had even a 100th of the skills you do, your builds are awesome
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!
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IMO painting the legs black could make the top pop even more 😉
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.
@@ericserafim7954 i like that idea i also like seeing the entire table as pallets
Maybe a laser level? stood it on a level surface, used the laser level on a tripod , marked the lines and then hand sawn? 🤷
Excellent job! I appreciated the fact that you showed the failures as well. Thanks!
Man, super impressed by your tenacity!
It looks great - massive well done👏🏼
Patiently awaiting the next project 😅
Thank you so much!
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 😅
What i learned at my school with steambending is that you make the form a bit smaller so the you can handle the spring back a bit better
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
I like seeing a man that show the table saw the correct respect.
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.
Thank you so much!
i think this is the best project yet!!!!!!
Thank you so much!
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.
that looked so painful. Bending wood is no joke. Great job and it looks super. Impressed as always Morley.
Haha it was definitely an aggresively thick piece of wood to use for my first time! Thanks for watching :)
That steam bending is a major trial and error. I've only seen one other steam bending video and it was from Tiktok. However the table they used had many holes (basically a upscaled pegboard) in which they would put metal/wood rods through as they bent the wood in order to keep tension and provide more leverage to keep bending, and then after every bend they would just keep adding rods behind the other to hold in place. Probably something you'd be able to utilize if you plan on doing more of these. Great work as always, though! Love the craftsmanship.
I love the learning curve in this video!
I learned a ton in this project! Stoked to use the steam box in future projects.
so do I. It makes us average people feel less inadequate.
Your video caught my attention. One thing you should look into for your glueups is a small paint roller you can get a regular size just shorter and it cuts down your gluing time as well as hand spreading. Keeps you cleaner as well while you work.
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!
Thank you for sharing from start to finish your beautiful talent woodworking! Wow! So lovely!
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.
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
I thing if you got that oak half as thick and just double layered it, it would've been a lot easier for you. Looks really good.
The way your mind works baffles me man! Always a pleasure watching your videos, I hope you keep it up!
Haha thank you! What’s baffling about it?
@@MorleyKert You're extremely creative, I'm always calculated and have no ideas. You're like an entrepreneur, which is a trait I admire :)
That wood did not want to be bent. I love the end look of the table loving your workmanship Kert!
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.
this is the woodworking equivalent of "A grinder and paint, make me the welder i ain't".Loved watching you "learn"
You have inspired me to try woodworking. Doing something like this with free materials is so cool to see!
That’s awesome to hear, thanks for watching!
Oh man, I feel your frustration on the steam bending part. I've been there a lot too! I think a simpler approach would be to bend a thinner piece and just do bent lamination around the edge, rather than trying to get full thickness from a single bent piece. I just know I get stuck trying to make my choices work when what I should do is just reevaluate the plan and slightly change course. Beautiful work!
So many life lessons in this one video! ... your perseverance clearly paid off with a gorgeous looking table my friend.
Totally! Thanks for watching 😊
Admire your perseverance. Great table. Enjoy every meal on it.
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 :)
at 15:38 you need to clamp the edging to the table so it can't move when you are tightening the strap. and continue as you wrap.
Always make pieces longer than u need by 3-6" then u can use hand saw to cut to actaul size when the 2 meet while ur bending.also Gotta let wood steam AT LEAST 2 HRS and use higher/thicker plywood stopping block w 3 screws..I used f style clamps in between each block,& screw and glue the first end to the table & let everything set up over night took me SO many failures to learn it but now it's like riding a bike. table looks good I'd keep it too!:)
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!
I always secure one end first then wrap it around the circular piece, securing as I go.
Can I just say that I love your vibe and your positive personality!
Thank you!
Ok your editing is nuts...with the timing of what your doing in the video with the music. I'm a drummer and you've totally made my day!
That’s awesome to hear! Thanks for watching
Not sure if anyone pointed this out yet, but that jointing jig on the table won't joint anything longer than the board you clamped to the fence. For a jointer on a table saw you need the jointing surface to be longer than the board you're wanting jointed. Enjoyed the video 👍🏼
I cant tell you the joy this build brouht me. Amazing job sir.
That’s awesome to hear, thanks for watching!
Good job on the table! It's great watching you try new things each time and challenge your skillset.
Thank you!
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.
Big fan of your energy, ingenuity, vision, personality, and content. Even more so after the Neature Walk reference 😂
Nice video. A few years ago I glued milled pallet wood strips to a plywood base for a console top and the joints separated up to 1/16”. Will you update us on your table and how it holds up? Thanks man!
Dude you lucked out on that oak bending as it did and not cracking, Speaking from experience . Nice result , I think the base was lovely. Reminds me of a WW2 anti tank trap
Love the videos! They have helped me while I have entered my watch journey. You’re the man!
He got the pallet buster I recommended in an earlier video! I'm so happy to see it in use! =)
good job 👍✌🖖🥃It is always good to set up a bending jig that is more than the radius you are bending to. Then then spring back is eliminated or minimized.
That was a huge lesson learned, definitely gonna do that next time! Thanks for watching 😊
Subscribed immediately after seeing that chaotic glue up. Good work
Brilliantly done and excellent craftsmanship sir. Loved the video share.
wow look at all this nature, that's pretty neat
I just love watching an engineer struggle with their own design! 😂 Good on you for seeing it through and getting it done!
Thanks for watching!
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.
Absolute pleasure to watch this video. Well done and very inspiring!
I have to say I was skeptical at first but it turned out great 👏👏👏👏
You went to war with the steam bending and won the day. I have the same unit so i knew you were in for a learning curve lol. My only concern with the table (which looks great by the way) is that you`ve glued a slab that will want to expand and contract with the seasons to a plywood base that will not move with that slab. I would be worred about cracks forming in the top over time. You did a heck of a lot with a single pallet though. Pallets are virtually all i`ve worked with for over 10 years now.
I`ve never worked with total boat halcyon at all so i don`t knjow how smelly it is but I`ve started using Osmo Polyx Hard Wax Oil on many projects and it is a real pleasure to work with. It`s not so smelly, is made from renewable and environmentally friendly oils and waxes, is nearly impossible to mess up and a can of the stuff, while a bit more expensive per can, goes extremely far so it is much cheaper in the long run. I reccomend checking it out. Thanks for posting. Fun watching the project unfold.
I appreciate your determination and skill. Wouldn't a copper band hammered around the table be just as beautiful and way easier?
Another perfect 'learning video'. I am wondering why you went for such thick oak for the boarder. I know it looks better, but half the thickness would have bent easier. That trick with the pliers and clamp (at the beginning) was really cool.
Thank you! The short answer is: I didn't know what I was in for!
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!
Man... Canada has some of the nicest pallets lol. In the US all of ours have the cutouts on the sides so they can be picked up from the side as well and it screws you for wood yield. I mentioned to you before that I have the Vevor planer as well and I use a small shop vac for dust collection and it works great. I love the steamer box and thick edge wood but I think I would have just done preglued veneer edgebanding lol. Great project as always!
Thank you so much!
Gorgeous! And I love how you showed the challenges, too. Great video!
Thank you!
Many years ago I thru away so many pallets, some were made of a low-grade Mahogany (white) that could have been made into wonderful things.
Morley! While the clamp and pliers seems very resourceful, I think a vice grip would be much more efficient when pulling nails! And you can pick one up super cheap too.
After rewatchingn this video, as well as your video series on the van, I am realizing that Eden is a saint!!
Has she always been accepting of your projects?