Saving $10k by building an office from old desks
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2019
- The Monash Outdoor Education shed is awesome, aside from one feature - the office. We asked for it to be outfitted with basic shelving and a long desk. When a contractor quote came back at $12,900 I choked on my banana, spilt my coffee and swore at the computer. Using old desks and a bucket full of second hand screws, I decided to make the office myself.
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Part of a series of Junk Projects:
Ep 1 - Junk Paddle: • Reusing discarded wood...
Ep 2 - Junk Office: • Saving $10k by buildin...
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Unreal energy and attitude and approach. Can’t wait to watch your channel blow up!
Thanks, Pete. Looking forward to it myself?
@@BeauMiles We all are
@@BeauMiles as long as you drink plenty of mate you're fine - at least I assume that's where the rosamonte label is from
@@BeauMiles how many followers had you during this comment 11 months ago?
@@BeauMiles I wish more of our Aussie Academics were like ya! Oh how I love your RUclips channel! attitude & approach is everything!
“Bang for buck...this is pretty shmick” dog im dead at this dudes slang😂😂😂
It's all pretty raw and ready mate. Goodonya
Beau Miles aye man nothing against you, i love your vibes and thats why i watch
No joke: watched the clip where he says this while reading it in ur comment (No one asked i know)
I am using Google translator but I don't get it. What those phrases mean?
They mean you’re Aussie!
LOL "Do you reckon they'd let us spend an extra $11,000 on canoes now" I like your thinking. You're a brilliant story teller, I really enjoy watching.
Beau your original 12k quote was a go away quote. The tradesman didn't want to do the job. it's too small and intricate to be worth their time so they just threw out an exorbitant figure to make you go away or to make it worth their while. Especially since its for a uni which is almost as good a cash grab as a defence quote
Having work as an apprentice cabinetmaker, I can say that this is absolutely a thing that has been done.
And they didn't know about the existing furniture
As a veteran that's hilarious. I've lost count the number of times I'd call up for quotes whilst in the Navy and once they found out it was for defence the price trippeled is
@@steeleanderson1172 The reason is, of course, *corruption*. Both universities and military organization are financed by *government budget*. It goes like this: an employee of the accounting department in the public institute asks the contractor to provide him with a quote 3 times the price of a similar project in the private market. 1/3 goes to direct or indirect (through goods) bribery of the employee or the head of department, and the contractor earns twice the fair price for the job.
I guess university authorities are not pleased with Beau saving it money...
@@kottelkannim4919 That may be the case sometimes but i would say the main reason for quotes being higher when quoted for the defence force is because its not their money and thus have little incentive to save money
Beau, I think you've got something special here with your style of videos. You're able to capture the feeling I think most people who have a technical background but spend a lot of time talking about technical stuff and not really doing it anymore have (myself included!) Your general passion is infectious, I took a little break from work this afternoon to watch this video and feel pretty inspired about my afternoon and weekend. Keep it up mate - I think you're onto something here!
Ta, James. I hope so, I'm about to throw myself at this filmmaking game full time. Ta for watching
Couldn’t agree more with this comment. So glad to hear your gonna be doing more filmmaking Beau, I’ll look forward to them!
@@BeauMiles please do, all your work very inspiring. And extremely well put together
He can convey such pleasant emotions across to even this gal with no DIY knowledge
You are seriously my favorite personality on the tube. Thank you for making me want to better myself. Look forward to your videos.
At 9:59, where you list the ingredients for the office on the wall with a visual effect, I genuinely thought that you made that list an actual piece of writing on the wall and it looked amazing!
Thought the same but that might be too hipster
Same, that graphic was insanely well done.
Gotta give Mitch credit, he produced and edited! Beau has a great team around him as all of his content is exceptional.
@@anguishingquark I hope they did that or something similar. A less hipster version might be to frame the original $13k quote and hang it next to an invoice for $12.48 in screws. 😂
(although I guess it's been 3 years, and it sounds like Beau doesn't even work there anymore, so I don't know why I'm commenting. 🤷♂)
It gives me hope to know someone of Beau's calibre is actually working in an institution of learning, his students are very lucky.
Its so nice to go back to your earlier videos and see the progression of your style and visual confidence. Just a true masterclass of a channel.
When you said "I went canoeing in these" I thought you were gonna say the cupboards! :'D hahaha
legit me too.
Halfway through: "the school doesn't know I'm doing this." Good grief, Beau. Do you ask for permission before you do anything?
Yes. But I enjoy the unknown natures of just giving it a go- at things that (I think), genuinely don't hunt anyone, or indeed (in the end) add something of value.
@@BeauMiles so were they okay with what you did by the end of it?
Often easier to get forgiveness, than permission...
Ask forgiveness not permission ay@@BeauMiles
In the university in Australia where I work, it will be impossible. An engineer using a lathe? a welder? I have to request through a form. They do not allow me in the shops.
I can totally relate to this. Do it yourself is a fraction of the cost, mentally challenging and WAY more satisfying.
Our drain in the basement backed up recently and after clearing the clog they ran a camera down the drain and out to the street and found two huge holes in our pipes! We got a quote from them to have our septic system repaired and I about crapped a brick when they came with a quote of $18,000 and then shoved their phone in my ear with their loan company offering us a five year loan at 8% interest!!! That just made me mad. NOT gonna happen!
So I told them no thanks and got a few other quotes and opinions from other companies. They helped me realize that my city was required to repair the most expensive part, and then they said I could just splice a patch in for the other part rather than replacing the entire section of pipe.
So I called the city to arrange to have them repair their part which they scheduled for a month later. Then I picked up the materials I needed for the patch from a big box hardware store. I took a hammer to the basement floor to break out the area I needed to access, dug out the dirt around the compromised section of pipe, spliced in the patch, checked it for leaks, bedded the pipe and filled in the area with the same soil and a bit of gravel, and patched and ground the cement smooth and flush with the rest of the floor. Less than a day's work + $50 later and Bob's your uncle! The city came on their appointed day and fixed the rest and it's all been working beautifully ever since.
Saved myself $17,950 for the same (functional) result!
How much was the quote for the small bit of pipe that needed repairing?
Absolutely love the term "sausage wood"
One man's trash is another man's treasure,and all that.All for upcycling as they call it,do it a lot myself.Nice one Beau.
Thanks, Rameman.
This was a trip down memory lane. I spent 4 years working for a major Uni up in Brisbane in Facilities Management (I ran the Furniture Store / Graveyard). Every year departments would get new budgets that had to be spent so every year new furniture and pc's would roll in and the old (Sometime 1-2 years old) would be broken down and skipped. One day I asked if I could take home the file cabinets, office chairs, desks etc we just chucked away. I self taught myself cabinetry and resold the furniture into the private sector often making huge profits off of what was considered junk. I left my job, became a contractor for the Uni and charged them for removing the furniture before re selling it to third parties. It was honestly one of the most strange periods of my working life, I have never come across a working environment since.....and the pointless emails..... I still can't quite deal with the phrase "Has this been actioned"...
Wow! Now I think every university, high school and middle school should have a "repurposing / repairing / upcycling" shop where they do only stuff like this while the students learn sustainability. When humanity is getting rid of mundane repetitive jobs, time will be freed for more complex and laborious jobs like this.
Yes, correct!
5:36 You, Sir, earned yourself a new subscriber... like your humor
Beau: "I'm in a bit of a manic state"
I feel like he's always in a manic state compared to most people!
Love the part where he's just sitting there sipping tea and ranting, I don't know why but I found it really humorous
Your energy and philosophies are infectious, and really strike a chord with me, just with more energy. I wasn't the kind of kid to grow up with a hero, but I think I've finally found mine.
Nice one James. Chuffed. Will start wearing around a teeshirt with a big B on the front. Goodonya
@@BeauMiles if your ever in Ireland and looking to go for a paddle or to give a motivational talk, gimme a shout!
Your attitude towards a task is infectious...I'm just missing the whistle while you work :))
Your short brought me here. I'm really glad for an excuse to dip into your older videos!
One video in and I’m subscribed. The way you balance lots of video cuts to speed up parts with allowing some powerful slower parts is so rare and sorely needed. That cuppa tea scene was everything to me. Well done! I look forward to watching more
“Look at this little fella, SHES ON WHEELS”
2021 no assumed gender ;) hahaha
Part of me really wants your films to get more recognition so you can have all your time to adventure, but I am also really glad to know you are an educator, passing on your enthusiasm and knowledge in the flesh to real life students (and not just all us commenters who are thankful for the youtube algorithm providing inspiration whilst we all sit on our sofas at home) :)
That price breakdown on the wall would look awesome if it was actually there... Brilliant build!
love how you turn a problem into an opportunity, beau. feel like we've all got a lot to learn from you mate
watched the Human Bean video before this one. I lost it at the $1.55 tin of beans part. HAHAHAHA
I might get an email.. that would be funny.
Amazing - came here from your marathon vid - disappointed I haven't stumbled across your channel sooner.
Amazing videos, great outlook. Love your work Beau!
This is excellent but makes me feel wholly inadequate that I can't work up the courage to hang some drywall in my garage! Oh....quite an impressive gear room for a Uni outdoor program.
You can do it! It's not that hard.
You've got this Robert! Start with one piece, or the first step. Keep the bar low, just to get going. Easy to feel overwhelmed if you look at the whole scope of the project, but it's all about baby steps. Go for it man
Put on some good music and do it man! Time will fly and soon you're done!
There should be more followers than there is. I hope your University appreciates you. Amazing work.
This reminds me of life 13 or 14 years ago when at camp we’d use things till the no longer had any function left.
Exactly, me old mate. Go well fireman.
Love it Beau! Another ripper of a film. Inspiring and enthralling with a great message of recycling and avoiding the constant dump to landfill. I'm taking this energy to my garage shelves!
6:20 I like when he just sits silently. He should do a couple videos where he's just sitting. It's comforting
Your editor has a real sense of humor and you're a real story teller. Cheers!
The film quality is like Tv show!! Love your approach and just overall mindset and can’t wait for your channel to blow uo
"How hipster!" This killed me 😂😂
How have you not got a million subscribers. Awesome.
Motivated. Thinks logically and clear. Creative and skilled. Doesn’t waste time and is funny. amazing🙌🏻
Had a frustrating morning- and its only 0914; I needed that. Thanks.
This is the true aussie spirit which I love. Unpretentious, raw and real. You've got a sub from me
"DIY shows on speed" i like that analogy lol
I really love the Australian lifestyle. Everyone seems focused on their own life and down to earth. You got all those beautiful geographical features and the best music scene of the century. I'll be there someday
Yeahhh it’s pretty sick down here!
More people should aspire to be like you
honestly not gonna lie, I'd love to go out and do stuff like you do, build stuff, do stuff. there's a thrill to it that's undeniable and I agree wholeheartedly at your view on how to change the world. the problem is... I can't do what you do. I'm simply too limited by job opportunities, I've taken every chance I get to get some sort of start, something to make it so I can change the world but I get turned down at every corner. hope ripped away and my horrible school history thrown in my face as if my inability to sit by and have useless information stuffed down my throat somehow makes me incompatible for a job. what should I do.
I have autism, and teachers and students alike bullied me, teachers would punish me when bullies attacked me weather I defended myself or not as though I was the bad guy and that somehow I deserved being attacked. that somehow me defending myself was a bad thing. they told me I read too much in my early years, nearly ruining my love for books until I rekindled it some years later (three years ago) and I ended up flunking, and I'm working on getting my GED so I can go to college for two years of mortuary science (A very profitable field of work and I'm not bothered by dead people I've seen them in person and I find it gross but that's about it and I can get over gross) but I keep failing to do anything because it seems like the world just doesn't want me to succeed... and you seem like you overcame that feeling at some point somehow. and I want to know how. and what you did to get where you are now.
This is an incredible modern philosophy. You are a beacon of light in a rough sea right about now.
Thank You and Cheers.
Can you please make more videos?! You've got personality for days.
I'd watch anything by you. Awesome stories. Awesome video editing. 10/10
I don't know what it is, but after I watch your videos I feel like conquering the world. You have an amazing, contagious energy.
I loved the way you did the credits at the end. So creative! Hipster photo....hilarious
you changed me for the better and for always. every video i immersed myself in and i thought hes crazy but everytime i wished i was you. you made me realize somthing that was dormant in myself, the unresting, unequivocal human spirit. ta born, goodonya miles from Ontario, Canada
Love your ingenuity with construction mate, great as always!
Thanks, Aeonsno. Goodonya
I wish home Reno shows were half as good as this, I would watch them then. Schmick as Beau. You’re my handyman alter ego.
Never thought I would see a uni I spent quite a bit of time as a kid on RUclips
I honestly think about things a lot like you. Cool to see someone who thinks alike.
Best thing I've seen on RUclips in years, probably. Especially the philosophical interlude in the middle. Excellent!
This was a joy over a morning coffee. You're a motivation Beau.
Bloody awesome mate, love the 'Dive in head first' attitude!
Great to watch a fair dinkum LEGEND! I love the way you think, but your not all talk. You think it then make it happen. Your an inspiration to all young people.
Absolutely love how you repurpose all this old wood. I recently was working on a new project and to start I ended up dropping 100 bucks on about half the wood I actually needed. I then remembered your awesome videos and from now on every time I need wood I just drive around the neighbourhood find a construction site usually a house and ask to raid the bin and what do you know, there's about a whole projects worth of perfectly good quality offcuts all for free. I reckon I picked up about 200 bucks worth of a couple days old off-cuts all for free just the other morning.
Great attitude we need more people that think like this. Instead of wasting stuff you reuse it.
I am definitely late to this party. But Beau, I think i love you!! You zany soul.
Absolutely love the production quality of this channel and the attitude torwards getting stuff done is a breath of fresh air! This video kind of reminds me of Scott Brown carpentrys style and I'm a huge fan. Cant wait to see what the future of your channel has in store! :)
Beau, your videos are super awesome. I’m seriously digging the wit! Aussies & South Africans, we share the same humor. You have such a great way of telling your story & I’m very intrigued. Wicked man! 👍🏻 Please keep sharing. Cheers!
I love watching you build stuff from old stuff!
So many memories of when I decided to rebuild our kitchen from scavenged wood while eating dinner because there was nothing on Netflix I wanted to watch... So satisfying. Well done legend!
As a contractor myself who builds home in toronto, canada ill say one thing.. this man may not have the fine skills of a true carpenter (yet) but from what ive seen hes got as good of work ethic/energy as anyone ive seen/employed on any jobsite. Id hire this man on the spot.
Yes! Seeing you rebuild things with old things makes my day ❤
Definitely the only academic that's built his own office whilst wearing trousers he tailored himself 🤠
I love watching your videos on stuff I've never thought of doing. They make me remember one of my CompSci professors, same vibe but different work.
Brilliant as always! Can’t wait for the next one.
Loving this channel. You got my vote for Australian of the year. The energy and positivity and mindfulness are exactly what more Australians need to see.
You my friend are a legend! Such a positive, energetic and inspirational person keep it up 👍
5:08 I see myself in you in a lot of things that you say and do. Been trying to figure out my career path and I guess I'm an outlier in society too. Cheers mate! Best channel I've stumbled upon.
I love how real it is. It’s just this guy having fun. First video of this channel I watched and I intend to keep going!😅
Oh man, I really love this one. I've watched it like 4 times in total, haha. I'm a teacher myself, in building ingeneering, and get really motivated by your video's. I'm waiting for your 12 video's this year!!
This guys as your teacher. Picture that. Amazing.
Just to think, two more days and we'll have another one of his movies to watch over and over ha
You haven't uploaded in a while I hope youll still make videos I am Canadian but rn I am on exchange in Brazil when I get home sick I watch your videos, it always helps
Seated Tea self convo was the best.
The fact that "Directed" is misspelled in the rolling credits at the end is so hilariously on-point for a channel that encourages people to stop sitting around waiting for a perfect opportunity to come along and, instead, just go bloody do something. 😆
What a thing of great beauty!!!! Thanks Mate
This should be part of the advert for this uni.
dude i love this channel. so inspiring. i cant wait to see this channel get huge. just be patient and keep going
Classic, love the repurposing of existing materials👍
I've had the exact same feels from this entire video! Loved the whole thing! Subbed and belled. Looking forward to more
I’ve watched all the videos in two days so good can’t wait for new adventures!
Love it, gonna show my Y13 Design and Technology this film tomorrow. Got into your films as an Ultra runner myself and now love this as DT woodwork teacher. Keep the film's coming Beau, your an inspiration.
Watching these in Covid isolation, the videos are so satisfying!
Good idea Beau 🙌
Beau, your channel is my favourite 2020 discovery. I love this kind of stuff.
Best personality on RUclips 100%
Another lovely project.
So so cool man. Love the DIY mindset and determination. You have such a great attitude towards life it seems. Very enjoyable content
Great video as always, cheers from Canada!
Good for you!
Making stuff from recycled materials is admirable, and it makes me feel exceptionally productive! I’m thinking about making a RUclips channel dedicated to recycling, reusing, and repurposing cast-offs.
Great job. Even looks good. Somewhat of a saving on the quote!
Fabulous film as always, Beau!
Fantastic Video and idea.
I love Beau's storytelling
Another brilliant video. Thanks.