A shelf so stiff it rocks
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- čas přidán 10. 11. 2021
- Making a free standing shelf using parts of shipping palletes as decking. This one ended up so stiff it would bounce back and forth on two legs if let go of at an angle.
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I feel like everything this man makes will last 6 generations
It wont, but yeah
You mean 60?
@@EctoGamer what makes you think that?
@@lewis.davila cause it will rot, he literally didnt use impregnate
@@EctoGamer I doubt he didn't use weatherproof pallets
"Got my 32 slot mortises cut. That took about 25 minutes. "
Over lunchtime you accomplish more than I could with a week of planning.
All the little things over time add up.
We don't necessarily know how much planning goes into these videos, into setting up the machine, etc... Nobody shows a 20 minute video on how they spent 15 minutes cleaning up the shop just to make 5 cuts on the table saw, they just saw the video of the 5 cuts.
The pantarouter makes repeated work like this easy. The time investment is in building/setting up the PR to begin with.
That's what the pantorouter is for, speeding up those cuts.
He has the benefit of decades of experience that you do not. If you did this for decades you would be pretty quick at it too.
Every time I see the pantorouter it makes me feel like I'm watching a commercial about it. Only, you actually deliver on your promises of what it can do.
You're like a NASA engineer for woodworking. Excellent project as always.
How many men does it take to build a shelf? Only one, it's not rocket science. Unless that man is Matthias, haha
So a? Woodworker??
@@johngreydanus2033 what's a matthias?
@@mrosskne what's the name of the channel?
I appreciate that when you use a pallet for material, at the end of the project it's still pretty much recognizable as a pallet. I don't know why, but it always seems weird to me when other channels claim to build something from pallets when they rip them all apart amd only pick the best pieces of lumber to plane down, then use.
yeah, a lot of people lose sight of the point of a pallet wood project.
Theres two things here.
The point some people may have in using pallets might be to have stuff that looks like its made of pallets.
Some people might want stuff that doesnt look like its made of pallets but is. So they can show people that hey you can upcycle what would otherwise be waste wood that still has useful life left but without looking like you decorated your home from a dumpster.
@@metamorphicorder This is a myth, businesses that use pallets use them until they fall completely apart. Even a second hand pallet is 15-20 to buy, why people think they're cheap is due to the fact that most people just steal them.
@@SherrifOfNottingham this may be true even in MOST of the world. But even so the world is so big and pallets are so numerous that even if 1% of pallets were trashed before they were completely useless, that would still be a huge number of pallets. And you are straight out wrong that businesses use pallets until they fall completely apart. 1. There are many types of pallets, built to many different specs.
Chep pallets for example. Thats a brand name of pallet, i didnt make a type while typing cheap, are very well built durable pallets that come at a premium price. They are also leased in a product as a service format, you typically dont pay the full price unless you dont return a pallet. The are not serialized but someone initally leases the pallets and they are required to keep an inventory of how many they have at any time, and they continually send them back for servicing and replacement. There are companies that specialize in the teardown and rebuilding and repair of pallets as well. The intent isnt to use them until they fall apart. Pallets hold heavy loads, often of expensive goods, and on multistory tall storage racks.
You dont want a pallet just, falling apart, because money is lost and injuries and deaths happen that way. You are either phrasing it poorly or outright wrong. And small businesses generate lots of pallet waste because they are literally sold pallets as part of their orders of materials. Its often in no ones interest to recover a light pallet when say a business often only gets 1 or 2 a month and they use the pallet until all the stock is off it. Lots of places where you can get messed up pallets for cheap or free. Without stealing.
@@SherrifOfNottingham you must live in a very weird place, plenty of salvageable pallets get thrown into the dumpster around here, and many businesses will litterally give you old pallets if you ask for them.
This project really shows off your genius. I admire the way you used pallets to maximum advantage, saving both time and money, yet winding up with shelving that's strong and well-designed.
Go buy a pallet and explain to me how he's saving money
Genius? Saving time? Well designed, strutting the short sides? No way of knowing what kinds of products were being shipped on those pallets, sanding without breathing protection is always dumb, more so if it was being used to transport chemicals.
@@SherrifOfNottingham He probably got them from a place that gives away free pallets
Saving time? ROFL. Nope, he couldn't have wasted much more time to end up with 4 feet worth of splintery unfinished shelving.
Saving money? NOPE, pallets are just the shelves (and are more expensive to buy) and he bought all the other timber.
Saving money? With thousands of dollars of woodworking equipment, to save potentially $5 in materials.
Also, the shelves can never be adjusted, so it's outrageously inflexible. He actually GLUED the shelf supports in place, how dumb is that?
As for racking strength, that is easily added to any shelves... just diagonal brace them like he did at the ends.
@@johncoops6897 you said ROFL unironically so you don’t know what you’re talking about
I had a job that required sawing "cleanly" through some nails. I took a chance on a 6.5" Freud Diablo blade rated for cutting nails and it actually works surprisingly well. It hasn't even lost any teeth after quite a bit of "abuse".
I'll never buy anything but Diablo blades. Their carbide toothed sawzall blades are frustration-relievers when working with heavy metal. Just don't bend one, I cry a little every time.
Yep the Diablo carbide teeth blades are amazing, I’ve cut through hundreds of 8” framing nails with one, still has all its teeth.
Project farms tests confirmed Diablo to be the best brand of blades (that he tested)
Why does this comment and replies smell of bots advertising a product? Not saying that's the case, but the replies posted at roughly the same time as the comment, each mentioning the product by name, and universal praise causes me to raise an eyebrow and be suspicious.
Anyway, remember to do your own research instead of solely relying on a single youtube comment thread for your purchase decisions.
@@Zeldon567 Because we all commented when the video was recently released? Its not exactly a secret either. I guess if you dont actually oen a reciprocating saw you wouldn't know.
Its like asking why everyone says Apple or Samsung makes the best phones, why is everyone naming them by name! Such a shocker.
Damn those are some good quality pallets. Don’t think I’ve ever seen any standard looking ones in that good a condition. Beautifully used.
I recently found a pallet in a dumpster near me that was topped with good quality 3/4" plywood. My girlfriend was giving me some strange looks as I excitedly dragged it back to our garage, little does she know how rare a find that is!
It is amazing actually how good some single use pallets are. I used to work for Ford UK. The body panels used to show up wrapped in some really nice wood. I ended up making all sorts out of the wood. Added to the fact some of it was over 6' long.
@@warrenholmar1129 sounds like you had an endless supply, that's amazing! I live in the city, so it's not that good, but close with how much construction is going on in general.
@@lukesmith9059 I built a solid gate out of a couple of them it was maybe two and a half by half inch. It was rough sawn but honestly I preferred it as it was easier to paint... and it matched the fence. 13 years later I rebuilt it. During construction I put grease on the threads, while dismantling I found the screws came out very easily. On top of that the threads looked brand new.
I even managed to split some of it to make panelling (those really cheap fence panels) I wanted a short one to fill a small hole between a post and tha garage. That one was fantastic even 18 years later it still had no signs of breaking down. Next to the panels from the garden centre... It actually stood the test of time rather well. Most important thing I found was to male sure it was well sealed. I'm pretty certain the wood wasn't treated also. So I made sure to give it a couple of coats of paint.
Matthias knows a guy. One day he was buying drugs in an alley way, and the drug dealer said, “I see you’re a woodworker, bro. Want me to hook you up with some clean pallets? They’re not pressure treated, I swear to god.”
I'm not sure why this was near the top of my recommended, but I'm glad I decided to watch the whole thing anyway. Great work!
I love seeing you use found materials in creative ways. I would have never considered just cutting the pallet in half. I would have beat it apart and used the slats and that would have been a lot of wasted effort!
Who in the world would dislike this video?
Love your work Matthias!
Merely 6 in 7 billions. Not too bad.
People with weak shelves and jealousy issues, probably.
Sadly there are people that feel that it's a competition requiring both winners and losers, and if they're fans of another craftsman that does woodworking, then any competitor has to be taken down a peg in the process.
For what it's worth this phenomenon exists all over, it's not limited to woodworking or even to building things.
I heard CZcams was taking down the “thumbs down” count…that’s good.
Maybe some didn’t realize the pun was literal because they didn’t watch (enough of) it.
Edit:: Oops! I didn’t see the thumbnail because I clicked on the notification.
It's funny how in this case this concept of reusing a pallet in its simplicity got facilitated and encapsulated into this beautiful woodworking. Amazing stiffness! Those floating tenons are a good idea, never thought about that! Where I live, when I make shelves, I can't make them too stiff though, because the floor is so wobbly I need them to flex into shape 🤣
That's very clever to cut the floating tenons to utilize the grain that way, and also how you laid them out to make less cuts. I'd be interested to see a video, maybe on your random topics channel, where you talk about how you approach projects in terms of making the best use of what you've got. We sometimes see you buy new lumber, or use something found, but I'm always curious to know what you've already got on hand to work with and how you manage it. Very nice video!
Impressive racking strength indeed - a Vierendeel truss, effectively. Alternative approach is to fix the back posts to the building structure and use that to achieve stability (and prevent risk of shelf toppling onto kids if they try climbing up shelf).
Matthias, Im a fellow engineer and woodworker. I have loved your videos over the last 11 years. I'm happy to see that your body has healed sufficiently that you have returned to making videos. I hope to see your work for years to come. Thank you!
Feels good watching something properly made after a week of patchworking. So. Much. Patching...
You know what else rocks? Your expert craftsmanship!
CZcams: Here's how to make shelves from a pallet.
Matthias: Hold my panta-router.
I've built a 250 sq. meter house, motivated with Mathias's videos) Haven't watched this channel for a while. Matthias still has something to impress me with, though. Glad to see this.
*Hello there, I have requested your DVDs, for simpler and quicker approach to manufacture a shed **Allmy.Tips** I trust the substance are as you guaranteed it will be. Just I'm worried with the substance, it won't be anything but difficult to settle on a decision from the various plans.*
It's still great to watch your approach to building even simple projects. You do the whole process in a fraction of the time than most of us. Glad to see you are filming more again.
There's no way to gauge how long it actually took, all videos complete a project in a fraction of the time because they're time-lapsed or cut. Very few are uncut from beginning to end.
Probably best use of pallets I have seen. Nice!
14 years on CZcams and you still got more!
There was a very subtle smirk of pride when he hung off the end of the floating shelf
I have watched a single video but i would love to have this man as a father
Love the videos man got it recommended through CZcams and by far best craftsman channel I’ve saw not the prettiest but does it’s job well and your videos are straight to the point you barely even explain what your doing or do it while it’s happening you speed through the process no bs song and dance to stretch it out you explain while it’s happening and I could have easily followed this as a guide and there was no need to hear a grown man explain what he’s about to do exactly 3 times before he does it thank you for making these videos the way you do
I like your personality along with that craftsmanship
Those screw holes for the diagonals look dangerously close like pocket holes 😜 j/k
Don't worry, the floating tenons also are dangerously close to biscuits as well :)
Has Mattias pronounced against pocket screws and biscuits? If that is so, I am with him on the pocket holes.
@@leehaelters6182 what's wrong with pocket holes? I wouldn't use them for everything but they definitely work well.
@@LuisCasstle, I agree that there are plenty of wood joints that don't ask for anything more than a cheesy connection. Screwed joints I regard as only a step above currogated fasteners, because they don't have longevity. Pocket hole joinery is so easy that it appears to many, especially self trained Internet doyens, to be a standardized universal connection. I once worked for a millwork type shop that was rebuilding its business from the ground up after a loss. All the tables, benches, cabinetry, etc that were shop made were thrown together with pocket hole joinery. When I joined after a year or two, every item was loose and wobbling. Sure, a screw can hold a joint in place while glue dries, but so can a clamp, without the large ugly hole.
I literally thought the same thing! Lol
It always amazes me to see the specialized tools that certain trades use to make their lives easier
The pantarouter is Matthias’s own design. Dude is a genius.
That's awesome, I've done a little work with making fixtures for longer production runs but to make an entire machine is wild
Only a true woodworker can use a pallet, and not make it look horrible or out of place. Extremely well done man.
"Daddy, what does 'over-engineered' mean?"
It's a seriously impressive shelf :D
I can't believe how amazed I am towards a stranger's woodworking skill somewhere at the other side of the world.
What this dude can do while wearing his house shoes amazes me
April Wilkinson also recently built a shop shelf. Comparing the 2 videos really makes you appreciate the craftsmanship on display here.
True brilliance shows when you has such simple things but are still able to learn so much from it. The grain going diagonally in the joints was so Impressive
I mess around with pallets and the nails are just another level. Best use is firewood.
Well this is surprising, I wouldn't think this sort of joint would work-pretty much gripping on wood and a pin but you've proved it to be amazingly great! Well done buddy, wow. And the bracing is remarkably simple too
That was a perfectly good pallet
Matthias making a pallet wood project... it's a sign of the end times! 😬😬😬
Okay okay.... Sure is solid!
Wow I was worried about the strength of those joints until I saw you hang on them 😄💕👍
Unsubstantial, loving that word in that context
Take an old coffee table and turn it into a pallet. Maybe an April Fool's video
I'm going to steal that idea , very clever loose tenons. I love a bit of over engineering. 👌
woodworking has such beauty in it, you inspire me to never give up on doing it one day no matter how small the project is, i know itll be immensely fulfilling. i admire how your thought and care for your projects comes through, it is amazing. the shelf came together gorgeously and it was very satisfying to watch it all, thank you for sharing!!
Shelves you don't have to worry about your children playing around compared to the trash from Wal-Mart.
1 downside to it, the wal-mart one will dissolve if fell on top of you, his shelve will stay together and keep it all packed there.
🤣
@@DataStorm1 brace it to the wall, as you should if you plan on storing anything of significant weight in there.
If you're shopping at Wal-Mart you stopped caring about your 14 kids a long time ago.
These "floating tenons with an extra corner" is a great solution for a quick, strong, cheap joint. Thank you, Sir!
Awesome use of old pallets. Love to see things put back into good use. Nice job on the construction!
They look amazingly rigid. I'm often building & fitting storage systems, but I fear this just helps the family keep more pointless junk, filling up more vital hard limited space.
Got to love your stiffness and strength tests 🙂 Good job!
reusing things is always appreciated!
I wouldn't have bothered ripping the odd center board on the pallet. I would have just sacrificed it and made the shelves with reduced depth. But your plan integrated the thin strip without it looking funny. Well done. And truth be told, my woodworking accomplishments for the day were commenting on a video, while yours were to actually build something useful. So there's that.
I alway look forwards what unique innovative soulutions you come up with! Those floating tenonjoints were really neat!
Nice work. I love seeing how much engineering goes into your projects. Designs that actually account for the stresses in the structure. Awesomesauce.
I love how it fits like a lego set when you put it together. Wonderfully done!
So cool using the palette wood. Great video!!
You can tell when someone just enjoys the craft and has a passion for woodworking when they make an admittedly not eye pleasing piece of furniture and still treats it with the respect it deserves.
I had to double-check which channel I was watching when I noticed the pantarouter wasn't made of wood!
I love the face you make when you are proud of yourself!
I love your design on those double tenons. Great idea.
idk who you are or why you're in my recommended but this is freaking awesome. that shelf will be around in apocalypses
This is a very timely video. Just today I was thinking about building some storage shelves. Thanks.
IMO, yours are far superior and worth every effort and cost you put into them. If you make them, they'll outlive you, because they're not made to suit whatever ends need met for corporate to pass go.
Matthias signature technique is not the pantorouter or box joint jig. It is the explosive glue joint! I am always amazed by the quality of the builds he do when upcycling!
The gusset technique is fantastic!
Watching this makes me want to buy a house just so I could build a shelf in the basement like the one you made.
Thanks for the vid! Always cool to see the techniques someone so skilled uses
I like the Gaggie bean to cup machine just stuck in storage. I didn't think Matthias would be too picky about coffee :)
Wow.... Seriously, you made a shelf...
Congrats
Using the pallet half-depth is a great idea. Really cut down on material and time. Now if I only have a Pantorouter.
That was a very cool project. The shelf turned out great. Cheers! ✌️
For more stiffness, I would glue a block of wood at the brace and leg intersections. I did this to my work bench and it is rock solid. Thanks
Very nice! I love the floating Morrison tenon angled gusset thingy!🙌
Amazing how simple approaches make such quality and great fun to watch.
That's a nice belt sander you have there. You should race that thing.
Matthais still being amazing!!!!
That's nuts definitely a joint to keep in mind
Love this simple build. Light weigh is a good asset.
Simple? Are you on drugs? ROFL
The sanded pallets look great
The Shelf That Rocked is probably my favorite DIY-themed movie
The angled tenons are so good!!
I'm not sure I've ever seen a pallet in that good of condition before to start with.
Big flex on those Walmart shelves! LOL. Love it and the videos as always! :D
Pretty impressive work, Matthias! Great idea! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Wow you're incredibly talented
Nice job. Just shows a true craftsman can make something out of nothing. 👍👍
What a nice job! I like your work! Greetings from Puerto Rico.
So smart, and your tools are so cool.
5:38 The look of satisfaction, disbelief, and amusement all in one 😂
Exelente proyecto con palets.. lo pondré en práctica saludos cordiales de Cancún Quintana Roo México 🇲🇽
This was my project this past summer. My only advice, its worth it to actually pull the nails. Takes some doing and specialized tools, but much better than cutting. Plus the yield in usable wood was over 90% (and in their original size). Now I got a very nice and stable shelf for free (less elbow grease!)
your content is easy to understand
As cool as Matthias' projects are, I always love the homemade equipment more but I guess those are projects too. Full circle!
Beautiful pocket holes!
My hat off to you. Excellent work.
Way better than those rickety-ass wire shelves. Nice job!
those joints are insane and physics defying, man i need a reciprocating saw for those pesky nails in pallets
Years ago you made some cantilever garage shelving that was incredibly strong. These tenons are a variation on cantilevers in that they are just a lot shorter.
I used that design when it came out and my shelves turned out AMAZING. Things fit under them & on them and they're incredibly strong. When we move I'm going to take them into pieces and move them to the new place. Recommended for sure if you have a garage.
I highly recommend switching to clear totes instead of cardboard boxes. It's a trick I learned from Adam Savage and it's completely changed my life.
Though your shop is cleaner than mine so you're probably good LOL.
I use clear rectangular boxes from lettuce. They only stack 3 high with heavy items but rectangular& clear is the way to go. no labels needed!
I already had the cardboard boxes. No need to spend time and money shopping and repacking that way.
As long as you label what's in the box it's effectively the same. I like Adam Savage, but the dude is a millionaire and can afford whatever he wants. Cardboard boxes are perfectly acceptable for mortals.
@@cbalan777 The human visual system is much faster at identifying objects than reading through lists. It's subtle but the advantage is apparent once you compare, especially when you have thousands of objects which are hard to describe.
@@TheRainHarvester Sure, perhaps if you are expecting other people to be the ones to retrieve the objects a translucent plastic box would be better. However If you put stuff in a cardboard box and label it "Shoes, Candy bars, and Spoons" can you really not picture those things as you are opening the box and grab them out just as quickly? Reading is a form of perceptual activity. Your brain would know the difference between a shoe and a spoon before you had time to reach into the box and get the item out. Besides, my point was one of cost. A cardboard box is much cheaper than a plastic tub and essentially holds the same amount of stuff. Unless you have the money to spare, or you need something to not get wet, a cardboard box will do just fine.
Wait is that a chinesium (orange)drill?
Good to see that for someone as talented like you, you arent picky on brands.
I also build my own, but I build them from angle steel and no diagonal bracing required the combination of the welded butt joints in quantity makes it similarly stiff to what you did there. My shelves are just ply in exactly half sheet strips and then fit in and lock into place by way of the design. The hanging demo was pretty sweet - a good illustration of how good it actually is that would otherwise be hard to convey. :-)