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Bummer ……. saw the full video first and thought ….. WOW ….. Andrew must be spending 7 days a week in the gym throwing that boulder ! 😂

Very nice Andrew, keep up the good work and …… what’s next?

Dang the ending is so satisfying!

Im sorry to be the safety police but as a guy that has lost a finger at the table saw it freaked me out to see your left hand actually putting sideways pressure AGAINST the blade. That's pinching the kerf and it WILL cause an ejection. Keep your riving knife installed, keep your left hand the hell away from the blade, lock your thumb around the front of the saw. I'm telling you thats the absolute worst thing you can do. And throw that push stick away. Make a push shoe, it takes 2 minutes and a piece of scrap. I highly recommend you look into table saw safety I'm begging you.

Grats and GL on your new channel sir.

Plane both sides so.tje moisture content is the same. Shouldn't cup as bad

Here's an idea for you. Look at the going prices on wood storage cabinets (tools, map/drawings, and library catalogs). They tend to command a premium price. See estate sales, auction starting price, Marketplace & eBay. What about taking an old but quality dresser ($20-$60 or less) and convent it into a storage cabinet. You divide the deep dresser drawers into 2 or 4 drawers. A dresser starting out with 5 drawers may have 10-14, 16 or more drawers. You likely will be able to use most of the materials from the original drawer to reproduce the smaller drawers. Is it worth it?

If u see a video of someone telling you how easy it is to make & sell XYZ, ask urself, if it's SO profitable why are they making this video rather than just pumping out the easy to make, easy to sell product

Planter boxes are probably going to sell MUCH much better around the transition time from winter going into spring. It looks good, but it may be that your timing is a bit off for this product. Start looking ahead for product ideas that you expect to be popular in the season or holiday coming up next. The planter box looks great! If you wamt to make them more profitable, look for ways that you can make your process more efficient, either by saving time, or less wasted material from off-cuts. Good luck!

Nice job man.

Thank you for sharing the cold hard truth of your experience & experiment Andrew. Your market research revealed "Market saturation" & your are correct in assuming that you were "late to the game". You might also consider that among other external factors average credit card dept is at an all time high in the US right now. My own E commerce companies are way down in sales on both the eBay platform and much worse on the FB Marketplace. I have over 20 years on eBay with a spotless 100% rating. So its not just you. Keep up the R&D your

l enjoyed your video, but you lost me at "the wife"

I enjoyed most videos that involve cedar. I don't know why, but I just enjoy seeing wood being cut on a miter saw. Thanks for sharing your video.

You need dewalt tools

I also made planter boxes and my listings only got 14 views last time I looked. In over a month. Not so good. No sales yet. But then again the market is flooded with these.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. I would say that for an entry level planter such as this there will be a lot of competition. If your aren't the lowest price option, ut will be a tough sell. Being unique and having a fancier planter will give you a better return. Women are far and away the majority of buyers. Paint, stain, add extra trim details, think cute.

Where's your riving knife for your table saw?

Money can be made, but like you said, other people are building them too. Shortly after seeing the video you mentioned and some others, my area Facebook marketplace had a bunch of ads for planter boxes. Everyone was giving it a shot which flooded the market. Now, maybe it’s a seasonal market or they weren’t selling well, but I don’t see ads for them anymore. And one thing I’ll say about the construction process is with these boxes and some other things I’ve seen is the use of pin or Brad nails. Now I’m not going to say that there aren’t any available, but I haven’t seen any exterior use gun nails of any size. Small brad nails are generally for interior finish work, like door and window trim, cove and crown moldings. Also for keeping things lined up till the glue dries. But they don’t have much pull out resistance or whatever it’s called, and not great shear strength. And they will rust, deteriorate over time due to water and the movement of the box because of temperature changes and the rain and maybe freezing if left out too long. I agree they make assembly a lot faster which raises the profit margin, but if if falls apart in a couple years there probably won’t be many repeat customers.

I did the same thing. I’ve sold 1, but the market is saturated. I’ve had way better luck flipping furniture. I need to start filming lol

Would you have used up more table space putting your project together faster.?

It's really hit or miss on your area, I've done decently selling various sized planters near me, great side hobby that pays for itself, and I've seen others in a city about an hour away do really good selling them as well, but on the other hand I know people an hour out in another direction that can barely sell 1 of the planters, Local market is the biggest factor it seems, definitely worth testing the nearby market waters though, not like building one of these is a huge investment. I just started getting more into woodworking back in July 2023 but really started more into it around January making some planters to sell locally

The Planter box you built sells for about 25 in my area.

I built up a bunch of stuff, planters, trellises and large planters made of cedar and treated. Put them up for sale during our annual garage sales. Made a few hundred over three days. Other venders suggested that I sell at flea markets and craft shows for a better price point. The price I got was very low, just about double the cost of material. The only way to make it worthwhile is to be efficient. Make jigs to hold parts for assembly, cut in batches etc. The market in my area (western KY) is saturated since Matthew put out his free videos on these things, so I have to embellish or make something different than the others. Money can be made, but sure not the 4000 a month or 700 a day some are saying. I've been building things for a lot of years and trends come and go. Look at what others are selling and make what they are not.

If it works for you, that's all that matters.

Great video. Nice box. I started selling these boxes this year, probably around the beginning of May. And from the beginning of May through mid-June, I couldn't make them fast enough. I only posted them on FB Marketplace. I had no experience in wood working. The very first planters I made were to a customer. It took me over 2 hours for a single planter. I was a nervous wreck. They came, picked it up. Loved it, gave me a 5 star review. Within about 10 days I could build that planter done in about 25 minutes or so. Keep it up. I am far from perfect, but have absolutely loved how building planters has introduced me to the tools, and has increased my confidence in wood working. Best of luck, and I subscribed. I hope to see more content.

Make some spice racks

I appreciate your honesty. Subscribed and liked 👍

I’m with you, woodworking is a hobby for me. Making stuff to sell or because people ask takes all the fun out of it for me. Is just not worth it. I have a real job, and the videos that claim “big profits “ are just enticing you to watch just for their own gain. Good job on the planter , looks good 👍🏻

I’ve made a ton of these things. I got into the game too late as well. I had a pile of them sitting around. The market was saturated with them. I did discover that I could do one more thing to them and before I knew it, they all sold out. I added an embellishment to the sides. It made my planter boxes stand out from the rest. I’m in the south, so it was a hit.

I didn’t sell any either. One piece of feedback I kept getting was “they’re kind of small”. I’m in a small town but I think you’re right the market is flooded with these. Keep at it man, something will catch on

How much are you selling them for? If you dont minf me asking anyway

Im glad someone is telling the truth! At the time, my local marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp and fb pages did not have any cedar planters or any wood planter listed. I made a similar style to this and a bench style. I started listing them in early February (I’m in AZ, our growing season is almost all year lol). I have only sold 3 of the bench style. I live in a larger city here in AZ so there’s no shortage of people.

I like to stack the pickets and them dry, if not, after you put them together, they dry leave gaps in between the panels. I've sold a bunch. Take good pictures, and I've sold mostly farmhouse style planters. In my area I sell them for 45 dollars each on market place.

Nice planter box, but my question would be was, how are you marketing your boxes? I hope that you made more than just one, so that maybe you could take really nice pictures with different flowers, colors etc? I think also, that if you are to "batch" out these planter boxes, your builds could got faster and in turn, cost you less to make.. Good luck!

I do pretty well making similar boxes. I go on my county's "Buy, Sell & Trade" groups offering a "special price for batch run". I always get more sales than I want.

I appreciate the honesty and being straightforward. You earned a new Sub

I advertise on market place then build when you get an order. Or always keep 1 or 2 in stock no more. I build on orders only I’ll give the customer 1 day to pickup , but this is me. I’m asking 30.00 for a medium size planter. Let me tell you I live in a small town in Michigan and everyone and their brothers are selling planters but I still sold around 30 or so. I had few orders of 2 to 5 at a time. You’re not going to get rich doing this.

Same for me. I just did a trade show yesterday and didn't sell even one. I made some of these too. I didn't try online cause I don't want to ship them.

Don't feel bad keep up the good work, it will come around

You may have come in at the end of the season. I sold many at the beginning of the season, and it has dwindled down to almost nothing now

Thanks for the video. When I build that style of planter, I cut the fence picket into 1.75 inch strips to deal with the curl. It takes longer at the saw but it makes putting together the planter easier. I also save the straight pickets for the legs which I assemble first, then add the strips. I have sold about 20 of them on Facebook marketplace. Just for reference, they sell for about $40 in San Jose, CA, for a planter that is a bit bigger than yours. good luck!

If you avoid the clamps altogether and just use brads and glue, you'll speed up your process. Also, make 3-4 at a time. Batching them out will make the time per unit much lower. And don't forget that these are planter boxes and not fine furniture, so no need for perfection. The hardware store near me sells mass produced versions for 50-60 bucks! I sell a slightly different version for 35-50 depending on the size. If where you live has seasonal changes and cold winters, you can make pretty awesome profit making frost covers. It's a stupid simple project that uses fence pickets and a couple of cheap hinges. Check them out and make some money! Good luck with your channel and remember to keep having fun!

Finally someone not trying to explain to the community that they sold $10,000 in a weekend of planter boxes and it only cost them $0.38😂 I've yet to see a person taken to consideration the fact that they had to build a shop, drive to the store multiple times, unload load unload, go to a craft show for a weekend spend money for the table, all the time needed to set up the tables repack and unpack everything and apparently nobody pays themselves any money because everyone keeps saying labor is free😂😂😂

Thanks for the brutal honest info. Its what I figured, planterboxes likely oversaturated market and the top guys that build up bussiness have been at the top for years. Maybe if you find a project that isnt oversaturated which can cause you to blink out on the sale sites to gain some recognition, once you have that you can go on do more generic builds. As someone with not too much room for investment and working with mostly a range of hand tools I figure I just make what I can use myself, try to sell it if it doesnt I keep it and dont make another. Else repeat the procces.

Nice job mate, recently started woodworking myself, left it a bit late (45). One of the first things suggested to me to make was a planter, yours looks great, did you make more than ome? Maybe colour them different for the photos? Or stage them in different settimgs, once you get your first sale im sure word will spread 👍👍

Seems like we both just started channels and built a planter box 😂 Hope your channel goes well and the planters sell. Keep up the good work.

It’s hard to sell them in my area also. But we have a short planting season.

It works if you get all your wood free, and your labor is free.

I have made five of the tapered planters and sold two. That was last year. I live in a rural area and a lot of people just make stuff their selves. Planters,cutting boards and such , the market is flooded with those.

A great video Andrew!!