Some tennis player said it years ago,.. I can't remember his name, but it stuck with me as great advice. "Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."
plenty truth bombs here, I like the emphasis on not getting overwhelmed by the nice, ascetic, expensive power tool laden work shops on the tube👍 and your video production skills are top notch too 👊🙏❤
Spot on message Mark, I always tell people, try first on the cheap, and if it turns out you enjoy that project/hobbie/side hustle, then spend the money on the expensive tools later 😀
Definitely agree when starting out, you need to spred your dollar, to get capacity to be able to do different things rather than a few limited expensive tools.
My first “cry once” moment was a portable Dewalt table saw I got on sale on Amazon Prime Day and I have never regretted that purchase. It was a real game-changer
Mr Dainer please take a bow. The quality of these videos is something else, couple that with the cool projects you make and it’s easy to see why this channel is a winner. This video shows all us beginners what’s possible. Thank you. Ross
Mark I took your advice and Just. Got. Started. Here in Germany firewood has got very expensive. I have a greengrocer friend who gives me veg free sometimes. She also this week practically begged me to take 3 pallets with "Ht" on them so I know they are safe. Brought them back and proceeded to make two things - wood strips for projects and the rest is firewood! She gets rid of pallets, I get project wood and fire wood. Win. Win Win!
Righto Mark. I have many questions for you. But first, you are the reason the young fella and I are Fingers subscriber's. So, a massive thank you. You are also the bloody reason the young fella has a bunnings bucket list that tops out at $20k and my wife won't let me go to the green worship space anymore.
Best video I watched in 2023! Being in business for 20 years and using the buy once cry once rule even in my shop doesn't work, new variant comes out a year later with more features anyway and if you wait to get the best you're missing out on projects you can tackle today. The man speaks the truth, get started with what you can get, grown with time, you'll get there
Does my life suck?? 2:40 a.m. and I'm watching Aussie Maker Collective... LOL!! So, love your channel, I've been waiting for your post for 2023! Stay Excellent!
This is one of the many reasons why I watch and subscribe to your channel. You're down to earth and you don't sugar coat your anything. Finally got my own pallet buster and works Fricking Out Standing.
The RUclips algorithm brought me here, and this is exactly the advice I need to here as I’m a chronic procrastinator. Never seen a video of yours before but immediately subscribed. Great work, keep it up
Hell yeah. My first guitar was whatever wood the previous residents of this house left in the garage made with whatever I tools I'd had for bad DIY. The next was plywood and OSB! Any yeah, any tool can be a hammer if you hold it right...
Hey mate! I just wanted to say that you are the reason i threw the first pallet i found by the side of the road in my car and picked up a cheap table saw last year. it's been about 10 months and i'm in it now. And it's all thanks to you.
Your video personality is very entertaining!! Make me laugh just seeing your funny expressions. Just keep making great videos, the woodworking is almost secondary.
Hey Mark, I got the denailer - how right you are - maaaaate it's a game changer. I put my 76 year old mum on it (she loves being in the wood shed with me) and she loves it. I have the cheapo stuff as well and slowly saved for a carbetc planer as the first real expensive one. ALso a game changer. I've got another rule with my crippled hands so if I can find an electronic way of making life easier I will - hand tools are for people who have real working hands!! Just love your Oz okka sayings - keep em coming mate.
Haha, you’re so right! I bought for thousands and thousands dollars of tools and made an entire workshop with workbench’s, frenh cleats, jiggs, charging stations, dust collection with out even having made anything at all. Luckily I ended up liking my new hobby. But it could have been a big waste of money I got caught in all these RUclipsrs using fency equipment i thought I needed them all
@@riversidewoodworks yea it baffles me sometimes how many projects people can come up with. Gives great inspiration to others like myself starting this journey.
@@dainermade dunno like Al need grow more of a beard become more of a hairy brown spider am not quite as old as the jedi yet as tight yes but maybe one day. 🏴👍
Argh it’s good to have you back, Just Get Started is a great catch cry. Another winner mate. You will be filling up with festool soon enough grasshopper 😂😂😂
Another great video. I haven’t bought a Pneumatic Denailer yet, still using my two kids instead 😊 (unsure if a good investment, buy once cry once) still using my ezycut table saw (1960s) and I agree with Mark, old cast iron will last for years (the saw, not Mark), at 50 kangaroos well worth it. Likewise my drill press, J.S.Richardson Model E40 (1940s) not for the faint hearted if you need to move it, but at another 50 kangaroos who can complain. Great hobby, nothing more satisfying than making decorative firewood 😊
This is how I started,,,,,, did me good till now,,,,, haven’t got a high earning job so pushing out small things for a side hustle keeps me above water. Thx for showing I believe it really is the best way to start unless anyone inherits grandpa’s workshop. I’m like this series from you, keep it up👍🏻👍🏻
Metal detector is a definite. Went back over the wood i had stripped earlier and found lots of fragments. Totally worth it. Thanks for motivating me to get started.
Excellent. I've been getting gear from auctions and second hand personal sales. It's a bit hit and miss. Last year I ended up with a boat, trailer, outboard, lathe and two compressors at one go. Occasionally it can be a disaster, like the large polisher that blew up when I turned it on. I do buy some new stuff too when absolutely needed. But the best buy was the old, (1970), Emco star multi machine. That has enabled me to make all the workbenches in the shop, some kitchen shelves and a guest bed. Just got to start selling something now and get that proper table saw. Cheers.
Thank you for encouragement brother!!! Great video I started my “shop” in the basement, wife wasn’t happy about it because of the dust, then I made couple side tables and sold them made some money and then she amase there was some potential, she’s still not happy about the dust but she encourages me to keep going!!!
I’ve always dabbled with pallets here and there but I only really got into them properly during lockdown . 8x8 shed . Circular and mitre saw , palm sander , drills , pencil and roofing square . I made a heap of stuff mainly for the garden cos that’s where I spent 2020 and they’re still going strong now . Planters , decking , bbq table , compost grid etc . I now use them to make planters to sell and boy do they they sell . If anyone moans at me I just say I’m saving the planet from pallets going into land fill , helping others with the cost of living crisis as the local hardware stores sell them at unrealistic prices and it’s bloomin good for our mental health . Yes , that’s right it’s therapy ! I love the chase of hunting pallets ( I always ask permission at industrial estates ) choosing the right ones , hauling them home and ripping them down . When the lumber shelves are full I feel good and get straight to work . Clock watching never happens and when im in my workshop I just wish there was 48 hours in a day . Then there’s the sell , I love how people want my stuff ! I think the whole “pallet by a bin “to something saleable process is an art in itself . We all learn the hard way and have lots of wood to burn but when you get the knack for it it becomes addictive. The addiction becomes an obsession then you wonder Why it’s not your full time job . Mark , love the channel buddy , subbed over here .
Super inspirational man! I love your videos. The one working on the bench with your son was super touching. My father and I haven’t ever had a chance to do something like that but you’re a cool dad keep it up man!
I absolutely love watching your videos! I’m going to start woodworking. I’m doing my research watching many RUclips videos etc. Next step is to clean out the garage for a work space for me. Got the support of my husband as long as I don’t spend any money! 😅. I cannot wait to get started. He bought me my first circular saw last year- did my first cut ever and I was HOOKED! Thank you for the inspiration you give in your videos.
@@dainermade my thoughts exactly! Have any favorite plunge routers? I was looking at the Dewalt. Also I know this may sound crazy as someone who wants to build but the table saw squares me! I want to keep my fingers especially as a beginner. I really need to rip down lumber. Any alternatives or how to make a table saw safer?
My new favourite channel. I sometimes find it hard to relate to these videos where they have tons of ‘scrap’ oak lying about. I brought 4 pallets home from work yesterday and broke them up today. My arms are killing me but I can’t wait to start making my first ‘bricks’.
Been watching these for couple days, trying to find a new challenge and I think ive found it. I did a year of woodworking in school a long time ago and i regret choosing another course... Im going to start finding pellets. Cant wait to make my first small coffee table. Thank you for the videos, they are very fun to watch and very informative!
Love your video's. Getting my 1st real shop (garages in the past) when my house gets built (large garage 14'x32') and will be woodworking and teaching my grandkids, 8 in all what I know (which isn't much, but I enjoy what I do). I think I'll be getting some pallet wood (I've got a line on free pallets) to work on so your tip on the pneumatic gun to remove nails and the metal detector were spot on = I've added them to my wish list. House should be done in Aug 2023, and a new Saw Stop in also on my list (buy once cry once 🙂).
I've been experiencing woodworking vicariously through videos for the past two years or so because I live in an apartment and do not have the space for woodworking. Nevertheless, this video here has got me excited for the next few years, when I will have the space. It's practical, it's encouraging, and it makes me feel like I could do it. Thanks for this hope you've given me.
From across the pond i find your video`s and work to be amazing. Your a bit of fresh air when it comes to being down to earth and how you explain everything is also important to us woodworker`s when it come to ( Just get started ). From missouri here in the states Good day mate.
awsome video i built my self a log cabin in the back yard. it was pre fab i didnt go oldschool man in the woods. but its built and all my tools bought now its time to JUST GET STARTED
Hello Mark. I watch your channel regularly with a happy smile and I have to say that not only are you my favorite Australian palette artist, you are actually one of the best in the field. You are authentic, have a good sense of humor and just say how it is without covering it up with blah blah. A very nice video with the core statement at all. JUST GET STARTED! - and how right you are! Several years ago I started looking at the whole palette community and for fun (and because I lacked a hobby ;-) ) I started making a small workshop out of my garage with a few small bills. In the meantime, I'm seriously considering switching my office job to part-time, because I've found that I prefer my time in the workshop instead sitting in a coffin office... and because I can earn good money there too... and I have more fun there ...and I'm much more balanced now...and it's not rocket science. A little common sense, a little caution and a dose of willpower... and the rest will come with time. Thank you so much for your videos, the time you put in, your inspirations (I hope it's not a drama that I recreated a thing or two from your ideas) and the courage to show people that they can do anything what they want... THEY JUST HAVE TO START IT!
Hi new to your site. I love how straight talking you are, no BS it is refreshing to watch, and I understand being tight. I am from the South Yorkshire in the UK and people say Yorkshire folk have deep pockets and short arms. I sound like you would fit in well in Yorkshire. I do have some basic cheapo tools, and I really want to get building, thing is it is winter there and I don't have a workshop 🥶😫
That is and has been my mantra the whole time. Not even buying a jig for my table, as a first project. Borrowing a sander and a jobsite saw. I currently have only bought two 36" f clamps, some glue, sandpaper, and going with tung oil (maybe the finish blend for now, just to get stuff complete. It's not bad sealer) and longest epoxy resin. No jointing, no jigs. Just until it's justified for the cost.
Love this video. The buy once cry once motto is a good one, but usually only happens after several regrettable purchases :) I am hoping to get a small workspace soon, so I can JUST GET STARTED :)
I love “just get started.” Another good one is, “Give yourself permission to suck.” You will not be perfect, or even good, the first time you make something. Keep making things. You will get better.
Absolutely great advice mate! The one I hear very often is, buy cheap, but twice. Well that can be true but if you buy cheap and get going, then the cheap ones have done their job. I’ve been guilty of not starting a job because I haven’t got a particular tool I think I need but eventually got over it and found with a bit of thought, you can get things done with what you’ve got. One thing, it]f you can’t afford a table saw or haven’t got room for one, get a cheap track saw. They can do almost as much, aren’t as scary and will get you going 😊
When i watch your videos if feel like i can do it too =) thanks for sharing the content , just yesterday i dismantle 5 palets. i build myself that crowbar that you use. Anyway thanks again for posting this videos and beeing so optymistic
Beyond hear you on making the space better lol. Top of my list will be a wood stove or something of the like. My shop has no heat or insulation lol, and right at this moment it is 19° F actual temp lower with the wind chill here in Missouri. Oh and did I mention it was built really shoty so I have a 4" gap at the roof along the north side. Make yourself comfortable in the environment you want to spend your time in. Great work bub, and have started making my own mallet like you told me to give it a shot. Thank you and keep it up. 👊
One of the best videos I’ve am seen on woodworking for ages. I can completely relate to buying what you can afford, when you need it. I had grand illusions about buying all one brand for big bucks, but the reality was I have a mixture of big box store tools bought new as well as some older second hand machines that needed a clean up and a bit of a service. It amazing how many professional grade wood shop machines and equipment can be purchased through marketplace at a fraction of the new price and all they may need is a new blade and a tune up. The only other advice I could give is to start, like you did, with one item and specialise in that and become proficient and making that item. Trying to make loads of different stuff from the beginning, as a novice, is not a good idea. Pick up skills from simple projects and then look at how to evolve you abilities into new projects or refine your existing projects with new methods. I’m going to reset my hobby as of today, this video has really made me think about things and the direction I want to be going in.
Great video mate! ...but I am that guy :P From day one I've pretty much bought once, and I can only think of two tools I have had to replace, sell or upgrade and that was my little Ryobi palm sander and jigsaws which got "tealed" after a few years of service :P I took nearly 5 years to get a bloody tablesaw for jeebuzz sake! :P But then I also started with your #1 Rule, and with the Handyman business I did very quickly pay off all my higher end purchases and didn't add anything until the old stuff was paid off *and* had a home. Staying organised and keeping unneeded crud out of the shop is also a brilliant bit of advice. I hope this one goes far and wide, top bit of info :D
Good one Mark. I still use a variety of cheap tools lol. But I agree with the concept. You might have seen in some of my video's, that I just got the dewalt one. It's fence is as good as it gets in that price range 👍
Suitably inspired, wow. The thing you said about the cheap tools and being able to take them back I've used the exact same method mate. On about our 5th sander haha. So much detail crammed into this one thank you. 😊
Cheers Mark! Picked myself up a lovely bosch plunge router the other day. Never used 1 before so when i turned it on for the 1st time i s*#t myself and turned it off 😂 Anyway, just getting started, making mistakes for sure but im learning and more importantly im having fun! Love your vids and keep up the good work my friend! Who needs Walnut when pallets are free 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
love it, great watch and such good advice! i started with $10 ozito mitre saw from gumtree and quickly learned you can make a shed load of stuff with it 👍 and have a shed load of fun too! keep the vids coming mate, so good 😉
thanks for being so honest and motivating. this is exactly what i need atm. not only to just get started into my hobbies but also to just take that one career step i was thinking about for months. i discovered your channel with such a perfect timing you could say it was fate anyways, have a good one and keep being that awesome, motivating guy you are!
A great video with a great message! This has really put a spring in my step this morning! The biggest barrier of entry to any new direction in life is always our own self-doubt. Thanks for speaking my language and encouraging every beginner like me to just get started.
Love the motto mate....just get started!! By the way, what's wrong with shade cloth fasteners 😂😂 Classic Dainer video...well done mate. By the way, the "Tight Freckle" comment and image had me on the floor 😂
9:17 making and gluing pallet wood veneer to plywood using a vacuum bag. This is high level sorcery indeed.
Some tennis player said it years ago,.. I can't remember his name, but it stuck with me as great advice.
"Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."
Funny but gets your attention Love your mantra 😂👍Tells it like it is and rules make sense Amazing builds
I already bought this nail gun and it's worth every penny. Trust me.
Great video Mark. Thanks so much from the UK.
plenty truth bombs here, I like the emphasis on not getting overwhelmed by the nice, ascetic, expensive power tool laden work shops on the tube👍 and your video production skills are top notch too 👊🙏❤
Spot on message Mark, I always tell people, try first on the cheap, and if it turns out you enjoy that project/hobbie/side hustle, then spend the money on the expensive tools later 😀
Watched it again, this mindset transcends so many maker hobbies (including photography). Comment for the algo
Definitely agree when starting out, you need to spred your dollar, to get capacity to be able to do different things rather than a few limited expensive tools.
My first “cry once” moment was a portable Dewalt table saw I got on sale on Amazon Prime Day and I have never regretted that purchase. It was a real game-changer
third here.!! good timing....love your stuff
Mr Dainer please take a bow. The quality of these videos is something else, couple that with the cool projects you make and it’s easy to see why this channel is a winner.
This video shows all us beginners what’s possible. Thank you.
Ross
That's alot of wisdom in 13 minutes and seventeen seconds! Nice work sir!
Mark I took your advice and Just. Got. Started. Here in Germany firewood has got very expensive. I have a greengrocer friend who gives me veg free sometimes. She also this week practically begged me to take 3 pallets with "Ht" on them so I know they are safe. Brought them back and proceeded to make two things - wood strips for projects and the rest is firewood! She gets rid of pallets, I get project wood and fire wood. Win. Win Win!
Righto Mark. I have many questions for you. But first, you are the reason the young fella and I are Fingers subscriber's. So, a massive thank you. You are also the bloody reason the young fella has a bunnings bucket list that tops out at $20k and my wife won't let me go to the green worship space anymore.
Haha! Well that’s nice to hear. You can spend the 20G, just not in one go then they don’t notice lol
hey MARK . really enjoy your videos! all the best from Canada.
Best video I watched in 2023! Being in business for 20 years and using the buy once cry once rule even in my shop doesn't work, new variant comes out a year later with more features anyway and if you wait to get the best you're missing out on projects you can tackle today. The man speaks the truth, get started with what you can get, grown with time, you'll get there
Does my life suck?? 2:40 a.m. and I'm watching Aussie Maker Collective... LOL!! So, love your channel, I've been waiting for your post for 2023! Stay Excellent!
Was about to comment but I've gone back to the shed to get started... again! 😂
Great video Mark!
Awesome video dude! The tool at 1:14 really cracked me up 😂 What a massive editing task, I think I'll need to rewatch at 50% speed to catch it all!
@@dainermade You can never have too much b-roll!
Bloody hell, I’m still faffing around since the last video about getting started. Thanks for the timely kick in the but. Luv ya.
Great video mate, as always. Beard looks like it's almost ready to plait it Viking style I reckon 😉 😂
I am still rocking my Ozito tools, my first one was purchased 8 years ago, and is still going strong. Look after the gear, and it looks after you.
Oh shit - that reminds me!
This is one of my favorite channels to watch. I find myself checking for a new video everyday.
This is one of the many reasons why I watch and subscribe to your channel. You're down to earth and you don't sugar coat your anything. Finally got my own pallet buster and works Fricking Out Standing.
Bloody Brilliant !!!!! and totally inspiring.Great to see you back !!!
Honestly one of the best videos I have watched on woodworking. Keep it up!
The RUclips algorithm brought me here, and this is exactly the advice I need to here as I’m a chronic procrastinator. Never seen a video of yours before but immediately subscribed. Great work, keep it up
Best motivational speaker I have ever seen!!! Great video.
Hell yeah. My first guitar was whatever wood the previous residents of this house left in the garage made with whatever I tools I'd had for bad DIY. The next was plywood and OSB! Any yeah, any tool can be a hammer if you hold it right...
@@dainermade ...because all your screwdrivers are covered in paint 😃😃
This video is on point. A lot of truth behind everything you mentioned.
Hey, great Video. The Most important Thing ist JUST GET STARTED!
LOVES FROM GERMANY
Hey mate! I just wanted to say that you are the reason i threw the first pallet i found by the side of the road in my car and picked up a cheap table saw last year. it's been about 10 months and i'm in it now. And it's all thanks to you.
What a great Aussie fella fast achieving legend status 😀
Your video personality is very entertaining!! Make me laugh just seeing your funny expressions. Just keep making great videos, the woodworking is almost secondary.
What a great teacher Mark, you have come a long way with a touch of comedy thrown in well done
You make me smile.
Good video, I’ve built my tools up in much the same way, need to build my skills still though!
Hey Mark, I got the denailer - how right you are - maaaaate it's a game changer. I put my 76 year old mum on it (she loves being in the wood shed with me) and she loves it. I have the cheapo stuff as well and slowly saved for a carbetc planer as the first real expensive one. ALso a game changer. I've got another rule with my crippled hands so if I can find an electronic way of making life easier I will - hand tools are for people who have real working hands!! Just love your Oz okka sayings - keep em coming mate.
Haha, you’re so right! I bought for thousands and thousands dollars of tools and made an entire workshop with workbench’s, frenh cleats, jiggs, charging stations, dust collection with out even having made anything at all. Luckily I ended up liking my new hobby. But it could have been a big waste of money
I got caught in all these RUclipsrs using fency equipment i thought I needed them all
One day I hope I can make RUclips videos as good as this bloke. Another classic mate. Well done. I feel more inspired every time you upload.
Honestly am no bothered about the videos just wanna be able make stuff as good
@@michaelwillson6847 very true. Mark has a very creative mind
@@riversidewoodworks yea it baffles me sometimes how many projects people can come up with. Gives great inspiration to others like myself starting this journey.
@@dainermade dunno like Al need grow more of a beard become more of a hairy brown spider am not quite as old as the jedi yet as tight yes but maybe one day. 🏴👍
Argh it’s good to have you back, Just Get Started is a great catch cry. Another winner mate. You will be filling up with festool soon enough grasshopper 😂😂😂
Dude I love your comments, you crack me up
Another great video. I haven’t bought a Pneumatic Denailer yet, still using my two kids instead 😊 (unsure if a good investment, buy once cry once) still using my ezycut table saw (1960s) and I agree with Mark, old cast iron will last for years (the saw, not Mark), at 50 kangaroos well worth it. Likewise my drill press, J.S.Richardson Model E40 (1940s) not for the faint hearted if you need to move it, but at another 50 kangaroos who can complain. Great hobby, nothing more satisfying than making decorative firewood 😊
This is a motivational channel
Agreed ... a great video and a great message. Thanks Mark.
This is how I started,,,,,, did me good till now,,,,, haven’t got a high earning job so pushing out small things for a side hustle keeps me above water. Thx for showing I believe it really is the best way to start unless anyone inherits grandpa’s workshop. I’m like this series from you, keep it up👍🏻👍🏻
Metal detector is a definite. Went back over the wood i had stripped earlier and found lots of fragments. Totally worth it. Thanks for motivating me to get started.
Excellent. I've been getting gear from auctions and second hand personal sales. It's a bit hit and miss. Last year I ended up with a boat, trailer, outboard, lathe and two compressors at one go. Occasionally it can be a disaster, like the large polisher that blew up when I turned it on. I do buy some new stuff too when absolutely needed. But the best buy was the old, (1970), Emco star multi machine. That has enabled me to make all the workbenches in the shop, some kitchen shelves and a guest bed. Just got to start selling something now and get that proper table saw. Cheers.
Oh, I ordered a pneumatic nail puncher after watching you last video, I didn't know they existed.
Thank you for encouragement brother!!! Great video
I started my “shop” in the basement, wife wasn’t happy about it because of the dust, then I made couple side tables and sold them made some money and then she amase there was some potential, she’s still not happy about the dust but she encourages me to keep going!!!
tell her that you'll buy her shoes or a new handbag once your make more money :). Happy new year.
@@Mauricio_Ferrari dang! Didn’t think of that! Thanks
I’ve always dabbled with pallets here and there but I only really got into them properly during lockdown .
8x8 shed . Circular and mitre saw , palm sander , drills , pencil and roofing square .
I made a heap of stuff mainly for the garden cos that’s where I spent 2020 and they’re still going strong now . Planters , decking , bbq table , compost grid etc .
I now use them to make planters to sell and boy do they they sell .
If anyone moans at me I just say I’m saving the planet from pallets going into land fill , helping others with the cost of living crisis as the local hardware stores sell them at unrealistic prices and it’s bloomin good for our mental health . Yes , that’s right it’s therapy !
I love the chase of hunting pallets ( I always ask permission at industrial estates ) choosing the right ones , hauling them home and ripping them down . When the lumber shelves are full I feel good and get straight to work .
Clock watching never happens and when im in my workshop I just wish there was 48 hours in a day .
Then there’s the sell , I love how people want my stuff !
I think the whole “pallet by a bin “to something saleable process is an art in itself . We all learn the hard way and have lots of wood to burn but when you get the knack for it it becomes addictive. The addiction becomes an obsession then you wonder Why it’s not your full time job .
Mark , love the channel buddy , subbed over here .
Super inspirational man! I love your videos. The one working on the bench with your son was super touching. My father and I haven’t ever had a chance to do something like that but you’re a cool dad keep it up man!
I appreciate that! Hope you enjoy it too
I absolutely love watching your videos! I’m going to start woodworking. I’m doing my research watching many RUclips videos etc. Next step is to clean out the garage for a work space for me. Got the support of my husband as long as I don’t spend any money! 😅. I cannot wait to get started. He bought me my first circular saw last year- did my first cut ever and I was HOOKED! Thank you for the inspiration you give in your videos.
@@dainermade my thoughts exactly! Have any favorite plunge routers? I was looking at the Dewalt.
Also I know this may sound crazy as someone who wants to build but the table saw squares me! I want to keep my fingers especially as a beginner. I really need to rip down lumber. Any alternatives or how to make a table saw safer?
How's the endeavor going?
My new favourite channel. I sometimes find it hard to relate to these videos where they have tons of ‘scrap’ oak lying about. I brought 4 pallets home from work yesterday and broke them up today. My arms are killing me but I can’t wait to start making my first ‘bricks’.
Eres el mejor, videos divertidos y didácticos, me estás metiendo el veneno en la sangre jaja gracias!
Been watching these for couple days, trying to find a new challenge and I think ive found it. I did a year of woodworking in school a long time ago and i regret choosing another course... Im going to start finding pellets. Cant wait to make my first small coffee table. Thank you for the videos, they are very fun to watch and very informative!
Love your video's. Getting my 1st real shop (garages in the past) when my house gets built (large garage 14'x32') and will be woodworking and teaching my grandkids, 8 in all what I know (which isn't much, but I enjoy what I do). I think I'll be getting some pallet wood (I've got a line on free pallets) to work on so your tip on the pneumatic gun to remove nails and the metal detector were spot on = I've added them to my wish list. House should be done in Aug 2023, and a new Saw Stop in also on my list (buy once cry once 🙂).
I've been experiencing woodworking vicariously through videos for the past two years or so because I live in an apartment and do not have the space for woodworking.
Nevertheless, this video here has got me excited for the next few years, when I will have the space. It's practical, it's encouraging, and it makes me feel like I could do it.
Thanks for this hope you've given me.
Love it mark. Best way to have the hobby pay for itself 😀 just start and the rest will follow!!
I just finished my first slab! Thanks to you Mark. Now to make some to sell!
You, the guys in your community and Matthew Peech in particular are such an inspiration. I just need to get started
From across the pond i find your video`s and work to be amazing. Your a bit of fresh air when it comes to being down to earth and how you explain everything is also important to us woodworker`s when it come to ( Just get started ). From missouri here in the states Good day mate.
awsome video i built my self a log cabin in the back yard. it was pre fab i didnt go oldschool man in the woods. but its built and all my tools bought now its time to JUST GET STARTED
I did not know there was a de-nailer. I’m already looking for one. Thanks
I kind of wonder what my problem is then. I have all the tools. My backside is stuck to a chair to much. Lol. Great info from you. Thanks.
I live in Texas USA and I love your You Tube channel. Keep it up Bro.
Hello Mark. I watch your channel regularly with a happy smile and I have to say that not only are you my favorite Australian palette artist, you are actually one of the best in the field. You are authentic, have a good sense of humor and just say how it is without covering it up with blah blah.
A very nice video with the core statement at all. JUST GET STARTED! - and how right you are!
Several years ago I started looking at the whole palette community and for fun (and because I lacked a hobby ;-) ) I started making a small workshop out of my garage with a few small bills.
In the meantime, I'm seriously considering switching my office job to part-time, because I've found that I prefer my time in the workshop instead sitting in a coffin office... and because I can earn good money there too... and I have more fun there ...and I'm much more balanced now...and it's not rocket science. A little common sense, a little caution and a dose of willpower... and the rest will come with time.
Thank you so much for your videos, the time you put in, your inspirations (I hope it's not a drama that I recreated a thing or two from your ideas) and the courage to show people that they can do anything what they want... THEY JUST HAVE TO START IT!
Hi new to your site. I love how straight talking you are, no BS it is refreshing to watch, and I understand being tight. I am from the South Yorkshire in the UK and people say Yorkshire folk have deep pockets and short arms. I sound like you would fit in well in Yorkshire. I do have some basic cheapo tools, and I really want to get building, thing is it is winter there and I don't have a workshop 🥶😫
That is and has been my mantra the whole time. Not even buying a jig for my table, as a first project. Borrowing a sander and a jobsite saw. I currently have only bought two 36" f clamps, some glue, sandpaper, and going with tung oil (maybe the finish blend for now, just to get stuff complete. It's not bad sealer) and longest epoxy resin. No jointing, no jigs. Just until it's justified for the cost.
@@dainermade that means a lot. Not in a pedastool since, from person to person.
Happy to see new content mark! You’re an inspiration for sure
You're an inspiration Mark. I really look forward to watch your uploads and miss it when you don't. Thanks mate. All the best from Iceland.
Awesome. My first was a used 15 in xh Jet thicknesser. Lol. Beast. Got a 6 inch jointer for beer.
You can do it.
well done my friend!
Monte in Florida USA
thanks for making your videos! they have been very inspiring!@@dainermade
I got a big delta lathe from the high school for free when they upgraded their tools and a delta 14” bandsaw
Not sure how I got here, but I'm glad I did. Great entertaining video with good info.
Good one! RESPECT! Keep'em coming! Cheers from Portugal!
Love this video. The buy once cry once motto is a good one, but usually only happens after several regrettable purchases :)
I am hoping to get a small workspace soon, so I can JUST GET STARTED :)
I love “just get started.”
Another good one is, “Give yourself permission to suck.” You will not be perfect, or even good, the first time you make something. Keep making things. You will get better.
Thank you for this. I'm going to get started.
Absolutely great advice mate! The one I hear very often is, buy cheap, but twice. Well that can be true but if you buy cheap and get going, then the cheap ones have done their job. I’ve been guilty of not starting a job because I haven’t got a particular tool I think I need but eventually got over it and found with a bit of thought, you can get things done with what you’ve got. One thing, it]f you can’t afford a table saw or haven’t got room for one, get a cheap track saw. They can do almost as much, aren’t as scary and will get you going 😊
When i watch your videos if feel like i can do it too =) thanks for sharing the content , just yesterday i dismantle 5 palets. i build myself that crowbar that you use. Anyway thanks again for posting this videos and beeing so optymistic
Love your video . . . . . I'm getting started
Good advice. I started ok but vids like this keep me going.
I knew there was a reason I subscribed to this channel 😉
Another great vid, Mark ! 😀👍
Beyond hear you on making the space better lol. Top of my list will be a wood stove or something of the like. My shop has no heat or insulation lol, and right at this moment it is 19° F actual temp lower with the wind chill here in Missouri. Oh and did I mention it was built really shoty so I have a 4" gap at the roof along the north side. Make yourself comfortable in the environment you want to spend your time in. Great work bub, and have started making my own mallet like you told me to give it a shot. Thank you and keep it up. 👊
One of the best videos I’ve am seen on woodworking for ages. I can completely relate to buying what you can afford, when you need it. I had grand illusions about buying all one brand for big bucks, but the reality was I have a mixture of big box store tools bought new as well as some older second hand machines that needed a clean up and a bit of a service. It amazing how many professional grade wood shop machines and equipment can be purchased through marketplace at a fraction of the new price and all they may need is a new blade and a tune up.
The only other advice I could give is to start, like you did, with one item and specialise in that and become proficient and making that item. Trying to make loads of different stuff from the beginning, as a novice, is not a good idea. Pick up skills from simple projects and then look at how to evolve you abilities into new projects or refine your existing projects with new methods.
I’m going to reset my hobby as of today, this video has really made me think about things and the direction I want to be going in.
Thanks mate, I'm on it! 💪
Great video mate! ...but I am that guy :P From day one I've pretty much bought once, and I can only think of two tools I have had to replace, sell or upgrade and that was my little Ryobi palm sander and jigsaws which got "tealed" after a few years of service :P I took nearly 5 years to get a bloody tablesaw for jeebuzz sake! :P But then I also started with your #1 Rule, and with the Handyman business I did very quickly pay off all my higher end purchases and didn't add anything until the old stuff was paid off *and* had a home. Staying organised and keeping unneeded crud out of the shop is also a brilliant bit of advice. I hope this one goes far and wide, top bit of info :D
You hero! Love from the UK! would be a dream to move go oz!
you are my hero
Greeting
Mr.Ed*🐴
Thanks for making and keeping it real!
Thank you for putting your content out there it's inspirational.
love it - i started with Ozito - I never would have got into it 4 years ago if I had tried to start with the dewalt or makita
Good one Mark. I still use a variety of cheap tools lol. But I agree with the concept. You might have seen in some of my video's, that I just got the dewalt one. It's fence is as good as it gets in that price range 👍
Suitably inspired, wow. The thing you said about the cheap tools and being able to take them back I've used the exact same method mate. On about our 5th sander haha. So much detail crammed into this one thank you. 😊
Cheers Mark! Picked myself up a lovely bosch plunge router the other day.
Never used 1 before so when i turned it on for the 1st time i s*#t myself and turned it off 😂
Anyway, just getting started, making mistakes for sure but im learning and more importantly im having fun!
Love your vids and keep up the good work my friend! Who needs Walnut when pallets are free 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
love it, great watch and such good advice! i started with $10 ozito mitre saw from gumtree and quickly learned you can make a shed load of stuff with it 👍 and have a shed load of fun too! keep the vids coming mate, so good 😉
thanks for being so honest and motivating. this is exactly what i need atm. not only to just get started into my hobbies but also to just take that one career step i was thinking about for months. i discovered your channel with such a perfect timing you could say it was fate
anyways, have a good one and keep being that awesome, motivating guy you are!
You are so welcome! All the best and go get stuck into it
A great video with a great message! This has really put a spring in my step this morning! The biggest barrier of entry to any new direction in life is always our own self-doubt. Thanks for speaking my language and encouraging every beginner like me to just get started.
Couldn't agree more.
You can do it Matthew! Are you entering Marks pallet challenge?
Love the motto mate....just get started!! By the way, what's wrong with shade cloth fasteners 😂😂 Classic Dainer video...well done mate. By the way, the "Tight Freckle" comment and image had me on the floor 😂