My Biggest Money Maker on the Marketplace
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
- I sell many woodworking items on the marketplace. My biggest sellers have always been stools and benches, which I can make in a way to market them to different people and interest groups. I explain how to make my most profitable item and how I market it to sell for more than it would with a plain finish.
0:00 Intro
0:21 Cut the 2x2s to length
0:49 Pocket Holes
1:08 Assembly
4:09 Seat Slats
5:41 Weathering
6:02 Sanding
6:26 Staining
6:59 Finishing
7:14 All Done!
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Hobby woodworker from Texas here, I love stuff like this, just started woodworking myself about 6 months ago, just started selling some stuff recently, been doing the picket planters and odd jobs for friends and family here, but I've been learning so much! I'm definitely going to try this!
Awesome, i'm pretty new at this too. Started at the end of summer 2023. Thanks for watching and good luck in the projects!
@@Mat_Builds good luck to you too! I'll be watching for more vids!
Love the tape method
Glad you like it, sure helps me stay precise and fast when making many at once.
Love the rustic look 👌
Thanks! It's definitely a look that's high in demand, when I put it up on marketplace, it sells, I try something more yellow / lite colored, takes a while to sell.
New subscriber thanks for showing the build so clear
Welcome, thanks for watching, I'm glad the video is clear, still learning to shoot video!
Good job and project thx for sharing enjoyed it Keep building God Bless
Thanks for watching!
Well done
Thanks for watching!
On the top rails, put the pocket holes facing up so they are covered by the top.
For the bottom rails, cut a 6” block of 1 by to locate the lower rail. Forget measuring!
Consider using more jigs.
Great video.
I will start putting the pocket holes under the top, good point, i'll make sure the slats cover it. Thanks for the tips and for watching!
New subscriber.
Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 to you and your family and subscriber's
Welcome aboard! Best wishes to your family as well
Neat little Table. One suggestion is to stain all the wood prior to cutting then touch up after assembly. May save a little time.
Good suggestion, I thought about it but was scared the touch ups would show up as darker and make it look like paint. I guess I should try, it sure would make it easier. Thanks for watching!
Subbed, great stuff :)
Thanks for the support and great comment, welcome!
nice budget build, i can see those selling for $30-40 in my area. I am slightly bothered though by it not being level and that not being fixed. i feel that one of the legs should have been adjusted to remove the wobble
I should have specified or used a better plywood. It's flat, I just dont want to get paint on the table and took a random recycled plywood with a pretty bad flex to it. I actually got a fold up table at costco yesterday for my next video and onward, because I was tired of doing it all from my tiny work bench. Thanks for watching!
I also wondered the same, nice video
That's a great project! About how many have you sold? Don't want to flood a market but also don't want to have a slow moving inventory due to area interest
I always make 2-3 at once, with the photos I showed and a marketplace post for each (in different categories), like gardening, furniture, household for the bathroom one, they pretty much go 4-5 per weekend. I did similar with smaller plant tables in fall when people bring back plants inside. Ive sold about 30 table in the last 5 or so batches. It can take a while for interest to die down on products in my pretty big populated area. Thanks for watching!
You make your own 2x2s. So if I understand correctly, the legs are 1.5" x 1.5" x length? Just checking before I start! Thanks!
Yep, I use a 2x6 which comes out at exactly 1.5" so I rip that width for the 2x2s. Sometimes i'lll run recycled wood thru the planer first and end up with 1.25" thickness, then i'll end up ripping smaller ones. For example, this table I built : ruclips.net/video/nPlkiOOm050/видео.html
Thanks for watching!
These are great! What do you typically charge each?
Thanks for watching! I post them on marketplace at $60. I often get people asking to lower my prices, I say yes to $40 or more. Most are sold for $60, weekends are usually where my stock clears. My main products are this and glueup benches from pallet slats.
How much of your time goes into each build? And how much of your time does it take to market and meet each person that buys one? All so do you include costs such as saw blades power and wear and tear on your tools?
It takes me 3 hours to make 5 excluding waiting for stuff to dry. Basically over an afternoon. Ive not changed my table saw blade in the year ive used it. Ive not considered electric. I do this as a side hustle so when I find a product that sells, I just make more! Thanks for watching
How much do you sell each for@@Mat_Builds
What size pocket hole screws do you use?
I use 1 1/2 screws for this. Thanks for watching!
Boom
yuge
How much will be reasonable to sell it?
I sell them for 40 to 60 canadian depending on the client’s offers.
What do you sell them for?
I sell those for 60 and accept offers of 40-50 if I have enough stock and no others wanting them at the moment. Thanks for watching!
@@Mat_Builds $60 for the pair or each?
Cost of build is more than just material cost.
5.25? How much more do you think I really use up of my blades and such making this simple table? Im doing this as a hobby, my time is not worth much. Thanks for watching.
@@Mat_Builds fair enough, how long did it take you to build it?
I really don't see the profit on this being worth the time spent making them. Each one probably takes at least 2 hours of work, even doing it as a batch with 3-4 others. This would include purchasing the material, all the cutting, assembling, weathering, and staining. Charging 30-60 bucks each, that doesn't leave a whole lot of money for your time. Everything I do as a side hustle, I aim for at least 35/hr.
I never accept selling them under 40, most buy them for 60, and it definitely doesn't take me 2 hours to do this. Without the camera to focus on and not being in the way, getting pocket holes on those 2x2s is about 5 minutes, then assembly about 20 minutes each because im clamping everything, probably even less time. I do the staining in batches and that's the longest i'd say as long as the whole build, 15-20 minutes per, so 45 minutes max I'm done with those, definitely under an hour. I batch sides, then do the lats all at once, never one fully done. It's def no way to get rich, but it pays me some extra meals at the restaurant, money towards tools and supplies, which is pretty much why I do this.
@@Mat_Buildsbuilt out my shop the same way, keep going
Nobody is buying that for $65
I post them for 40-60 so no, noone is buying them for 65. Thanks for watching!
That would be pretty impossible to build for only $5 over in the UK. Reclaimed wood costs just as much these days. Only way would be to rake around the country to find some decent pallets and even now people try charge you for them 😂
I can't imagine paying for pallets! They would pay me to come get them first. I could build this from home depot lumber for about 6$ too. 2x6x8s are 5.45 Canadian in my Home Depot. Thanks for watching!
@@Mat_Builds yeah the price of wood over in the UK right now is bonkers!!
@@danmurphy7338 We have the same problem here. Timber prices are a bit extreme for those of us on a budget in Australia, but I agree with Qc, you'd have to pay me to haul away your crappy pallets that we only get a few nice pieces from. Sometimes the entire thing is rubbish. Get enough for free, though, and the only thing that costs money is your time and finishing product. Excellent video!