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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- Firstly a massive THANKYOU to Nick from @pedullastudio for both inspiring me to push myself on this build as well as allowing me to steal some of his footage.
This #workbench #build took me over 4 months and has been done entirely with #palletwood. The decision to make my own bech has been one of the best, most rewarding experiences so far in my short woodworking journey and I now truely believe that it should be law that every new wood worker needs to build a workbench.
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I've never seen pallets made of wood this nice in the UK.
Yeh was super lucky, doubt I'll see more like that soon.
This and the Dainer Made channel has convinced me that Aussie pallets are rather different to what I have access to here in the UK!
yeah. same here in poland only cheap shit pine.
Also helps to know the pallet fairy ;) We are pretty lucky here with some of the pallets floating around. Alot of trash, but theres some great ones if you hunt hard enough here.
nah, i'm in Australia as well and never seen a pallet made out of beautiful 45mm thick hardwood lmao
There's easily a grand worth of hardwood in there, and I can see there's quite a bit what looks to be black gum. This may be a "pallet" but boy I sure feel like calling it a pallet wood project is pretty disinginuous
WAY better than the pallets here in the US too. Supposedly some are oak, but most of them are low-grade pine.
I've never seen pallets with that nice of hard wood. You must have hit the big time with those.
Jajajaja, true lol
Was lucky enough to have a mate who works in a factory find them for me. Definitely not your standard pallet ;)
Those pallets are straighter and nicer than Homedepot 2x4s
That was a very nice pallet & now a very nice workbench.
I'm in Wales (UK) and have found 7/10 pallets are really rough, 2/10 are decent once plained down & perhaps 1/10 seems to be furniature grade hardwood that somehow got made into a pallet. I carry a pallet buster tool in my car boot & am always looking for the 2/10s and the occasional 1/10. I try to keep a small stock of the 7/10s for sacrificial jobs.
The best wood I've found is skip diving. I've managed to pick up a fairly large amount of teak (old doors) and mahogany, as well as lots of construction lumber. Then there is the site 'Freecycle' where I've managed to pick up lots & lots of old oak furniature (plus some pine), which cleans up lovely with a trip through the plainer. The only wood I ever buy is for comissions & the offcuts from plywood & MDF sheets keep me well stocked.
@@MelbourneMaker does your mate need an extra friend based in Wallan? I would kill for pallets like that.
A handy trick to making dowel plugs easy to install, is to pop them in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. They’ll shrink up a little and go straight in. Then as they absorb moisture from the surrounds, they’ll swell back up and be tight as
Really? Wow. I'm definitely trying that next time. Thanks
@@MelbourneMaker no problem. I saw it in a hints and tips video year’s ago and have used it ever since.
The honesty in this video and approachability of the content is comforting. It’s not so expert (no offense) as to put me off because it’s not something I feel like I can relate with.
Thanks mate. Really appreciate the kind words and support. :)
You made two statements: 1 - you are good at woodworking, 2 - you are good at making videos. Well done!
Hopefully I am eventually, but happy to be improving with each piece and video. Thankyou for the kind words though 🙂
That is the most beautiful pallet I’ve ever seen 😯 you sure don’t see them like that often in the states!
Yeh weas lucky with those two pallets for sure.
By "often" you mean never. Ha. Pallets in the States are good for bonfires
As a beginner at age 63 and postponing till now 64 to actually do more woodworking o say your early at beginning to do it. Thanks for putting this online. I’m learning a lot as o too use mostly pallet would.
I also appreciate the captions that help me follow along easier.
Thankyou! From one novice woodworker to another keep it up :) Really appreciate the support.
Simple tip 2 - for Makita 2012NB owners, unplug, raise the mouth to max. take a damp rag and pass it over both rubber rollers several times. plug it back in and turn it on for a moment to have the rollers rotate. repeat the rag portion. In addition, you will get far smoother sliding if you also apply some paste wax to the sled surface. Nothing fancy is necessary. a 3 to 1 Mineral Oil to Wax (bee wax works fine for this as it s soft).
Genuinely thankyou. I have had a bit of maintenance on the lunchbox planer on my to-do list. I picked it up second hand, so has been in need of some love since I got it. So really appreciate you giving me exactly what needs doing.
A good woodworker knows how to build what they envision and great woodworker knows how to cover up all their mistakes.
I love this quote! Yeh, not sure I am that good at either yet, but I'm definitely getting better at hiding the mistakes... I mean features
I am sure a good woodworker does know, but we the mere mortals do need to learn. I cannot even envision what the final product would look like until it is completed.
So true, a craftsmen turns his or her mistakes into features.
great palletwood, not like the rubbish ours are made of, nice bench mate.
I too suffer depression and have started back into woodworking. I created my first project yesterday(garden basket), which was easy and quick, but it gave me a huge confidence boost!
Awesome work mate! Yeh, I've found wood working really helpful. Glad you are as well :) Keep it up!
Love the work bench would not believe that was palate wood. When you finish a project like that, as well as you have it inspires you to build more projects. Well done.
Cheers! Yeh totally agree, I've got a small commission piece I need to knock up, and after that I need to sort out storage in the workshop. Hopefully incorporate a cart for the saw into it. The after that back to some fun creative stuff hopefully!
In Canada, we have a lot of Pine or Hemlock pallets but if you scrounge around industrial parks that get heavy weight supplies delivered, the heavy material equals HD pallets and they can be some kind of hardwood. Oak and Hickory are possibilities.
For me, my first task was to build a simple work bench from an oversized pallet to support the shop saw and other equipment that would help build the prime workbench and other furniture. Truthfully, I cannot tolerate working down on the floor. That temporary workbench became my outside worktable - neither sleet nor rain has harmed it!
Yeh nice one! Yeh I probably should have done the same thing and made a quicker one to start with. Ah well. I'm enjoying it now and working on the floor for so long has probably made me appreciate it even more 🙂 cheers for the support
For a self-confessed "newbie chippy", worrier & procrastinator, your hard work has defo paid off. He/she is an absolute beaut, amigo and will be for years to come !!! Oh, and I'm just crazy about your "Mallet of Thor". You were born for this... Greetings from Barcelona 🤠🌟🌿
Cheers! Yeh came up awesome considering I have no real idea what I'm doing. Appreciate the support :)
Great vid and bench mate. Love your dry sense of humour.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bench looks great.
Thankyou! Yeh came up really well in the end. Appreciate the support :)
Impressive! Well done
Thank you! Cheers!
Fantastic workbench, you have truly done a great job using minimal tools and with little experience, looking forward to what you produce next
Thank you very much! Really appreciate the support :)
Inspired by Dainer made and a few other channels. I started my wood working journey using mainly pallets. I realised early on that a solid mobile workbench was a must . So i made a vaque plan. Made the frame first , added the legs. All screwed and glued. I was lucky enough to be donated a 1200x2400 piece of ply and got 4 x sturrdy braked castors. I sell these where i work so they didnt cost a lot. The finished article was exactly what i had in my mind. And is more functional than i first planned. Basically the cost wss mainly the castor wheels , bugger all for the screws ,built it over a 4 week period. If i had bought the wood the cost would have been several hundreds of dollars. And surprisingly it was almost absolutely square. So this is a bloody good starter project with low cost if you are starting the woodworking lark. And bloody functional.
Love it. Yeh making a cheap workbench is such a good project for a beginner like me. Thanks for sharing!
Great job! ❤
Cheers! Thanks for the support :)
I LOVE this video. 👍🏽
So glad! Thankyou :)
Nice workbench. Looks too good to use!!
Yeh came up well. Really enjoying using it so far
This bench came out a treat. Well done mate. I look forward to your future builds.
Cheers! Next one should be a rolling cart for the table saw, then hopefully some more creative furniture builds once I get a bit more organised in the garage again
Loving your safety flip flops! ;-)
Go team #safetyflipflop ;)
Its a beautiful build, its comforting for us inexperienced wood workers to see someone do his first actual work bench and learn from his experience and share some of his fears
Thanks! Yeh, I honestly have no real idea what I am doing, so will be a lot of trial and error in the future ;)
This is the first video I've seen from you, and I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for putting this all together. You've inspired me and have gotten another subscriber and follower 🤙
Keep up the good work!
Cheers mate! Thanks for the sub and kind words. I'm pretty new to the youtube video thing, but will be many more to come!
Lovely bench. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the support
Thoroughly enjoyed that mate, well done, great outcome 👍
Glad you enjoyed it :) Thankyou!
Well done mate! Good luck with future projects!
Thanks a ton!
It is so good to know I’m not the only person who puts things off while stressing over it. However, I have come up with some pretty creative options. I love that you are brave enough to show your mistakes.
Cheers! Yeh will be plenty more mistakes to come. Had a good one today in the garage where I cut half way through a panel at the wrong length. Damn rushing got me again haha.
Wow, noice workbench mate, cheers Graham
Thankyou :) yeh came up better than expected. Appreciate the support
Encouraging
👍
stunning work and a joy to watch your journey in the build.....
Thank you kindly
Nice bench! Great work.
Thanks!
I love the shoutout to Nick Pedulla! His Roubo bench is literally perfect!!
Yeh, true artists are a rare thing, but Nick is definitely one of them. Thanks for watching :)
I’m really enjoying the journey with you mate. Your videos are so relaxing and enjoyable. Even makes all my mistakes feel like a win when I see you make some and then make them work!
Awesome, thank you! Yeh, lots of mistakes.... If only I could work out an interesting way of editing together how much time I spend trying to work stuff out haha.
For what it’s worth, thanks for sharing! What a journey!
Thankyou, really appreciate it!
Nice job. That is a monster
Cheers! Yeh came up well
Gorgeous build! Enjoyed the video! 👍🏼
Thanks so much!
14:03 I find this an interesting observation. I have a growing collection of festool gear and I found that a lot of their tooling is actually quite attractive from an industrial design perspective as well as from a functional design perspective.
Also the inter-connectivity between products makes their ecosystem so valuable and that’s what is worth the expense.
Yeh, they are so well thought out. Everything about them has been designed for purpose. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess, but yeh I've never used tools that feel so well put together that's for sure.
Great job, the wood is beautiful as well!
Thank you!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
Awesome build 👍👍👍
Thank you! Really appreciate it :)
Great looking build
Thanks :)
Well done. Although a bit lengthy, im glad i watched it in full. Your project turned out quite nicely and although I'm sure you have figured out the mistakes and corrected them in subsequent parts, that is the learning process. Kudos to you for an awesome job.
Thank you very much! Yeh, messing up is definitely part of the process. Glad I pushed out of my comfort zone, as it taught me a lot. Thanks for watching and the support.
This is on my bucket list. Saving this video for when I get onto it
Cheers mate! Appreciate the share as well. Thankyou!
Turned out very nice. It's definitely a bench to be proud of. All those lessons learned along the way. Keep it up 👍
Cheers mate, really appreciate it!
That was such a cool video. The bench was beautifully made and the video was a cinematic wonder! Loved it through and through!
Cheers, you made my day. Not sure I'm all that good at editing yet, but ill keep improving :)
very cool.. I am impressed with the build and your dialog is wonderful.
Thankyou kindly
ahhh the journey
Yep, 4 months of pain ;)
@@MelbourneMaker 😂😂
Dude this is awesome!! Good job!! no... Great Job!
Cheers! Really appreciate it
Awesome build M8! My scaffold boards, fence posts, and saw horses will someday be replaced, just not today. Thanks for the inspiration. Take care & stay safe.
Cheers! Yeh, I'm glad I made the time to build it rather than continue making do. Still setting up the garage again after getting rid of the other one, but Ill definitely enjoy being in there a lot more moving forwards.
Nice workbench!
Cheers mate!
Awesome bud!
Thanks!
Great to see you back mate. Absolutely stunning workbench. Love it. So many things in one. Your videos are a real journey through the life of a woodworker
Thanks a ton! Yeh, lifes been a bit hectic so havnt had as much time as I would have liked to get into the garage.
Looks mavalos!!! Great job!!
Thanks so much!
Great build mate!
Thanks!
Leaning over a table saw! Are you insane! Jfc.dude...
Yeh next video will finally fix the whole table saw on the ground thing 😉
@@MelbourneMaker #1 reason for emergency room visits are wood working accidents...
Nice job, good to see some old hardwood pallet go to good use.... Cheers from WA
Thanks!
Great workbench, and well edited video. Well done on both. Looking forward to see it in action.
Thanks mate! Me too!
well done!
Cheers
Great job
Thanks. Appreciate the support!
Mate well done. Beautiful workmanship and just shows what you can achieve with application and persistance
Absolutely! I may not have the skills down pat yet, but until then I'll just use my stubbornness haha! Thankyou!
nice build and free ....good job
Thanks 👍
I've never seen a pneumatic nail remover before. My elbow thanks you immensely for sharing this lovely little tidbit of a useful tool.
Yeh, Its honestly my favourite tool! Theres probably better ones, but the one I linked on amazon is actually pretty decent for the price.
Ah, this was so good! At last a channel that I can relate to, beeing a garagewoodworker myself. Looking forward to the next one!
Welcome aboard! Thankyou! Next one hopefully isn't too far away 😉
Those pallets are exceptional. Never mind the US or UK, you can’t imagine the trash pallets I find here in HK. With your pallets I could start a fine woodworking business.Lucky Aussie.
Yeh got super lucky with those ones. Appreciate the support :)
Pedulla Studio is incredible.. Thats a nice friend to have. Awesome job! I like the way you joined the pieces together. I did my work bench with pocket screws lol i'm brand new to wood working.
Thankyou. Nothing wrong with pocket holes @fixitfingers would be proud. They are stronger than everyone thinks. Just need to use them for the right things.
@@MelbourneMaker I thought about doing more complex joinery, but it's hard doing much of anything with my 2 year old attached to my hip. So pocket holes it was. Lol
@@nickp3173 I feel you there. My little guys also two, but I'm lucky mums pretty good at giving me some garage time.
When I saw the pallets he was using. These aren't even from the same realm as what I use. Nice bench dude!
Yeh got super lucky with those pallets. Thanks mate
Super impressed! Never seen pallet wood that good. Great video.
Yeh, not sure I will get my hands on too many pallets like those, but I have found a pretty decent place that has a steady supply of some amazing frankenpallets with some nice wood, so will see what I can do with those
This is amazing! How have I never seen you before?? I Loooooove everything about this video! The woodworking, the honesty, humility, resourcing, mental health, humour, and the beautiful outcome! Is it weird that I like sanding? Subscribed!!!
Welcome! Thankyou for the kind words and the sub! You're always welcome to do the sanding ;) Its my second least favourite thing, second only to cleaning up after painting.
I loved your video and your bench’s design…. Well done
Thank you very much!
Great bench and a very good video 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I wish pallet wood looked like this in California.
Ill trade you for some walnut ;)
Amazing work mate. Taught me several things and the sliding deadman is definitely something I want to try and incorporate into my bench build.
Cheers! Glad it was helpful. Yeh the deadman is going to be super helpful, Although in hindsight is probably doesn't need to be as wide as I made it.
Awesome video mate! Great workbench! What an effort. Looks amazing
Thank you Tom! Appreciate all your help as well :)
Great job, you should be really proud of yourself 👍
Cheers mate, appreciate it! Yeh super happy with how it came up
Like it 😊
Thanks :)
Fantastic build and video Davo, that bench is bloody awesome mate well done. Keep up the great work mate cheers 🍻
Cheers! Was lucky to end up being able to do the video in the end. My hard drive I store all the footage on decided to die mid way through. Just salvaged the footage thankfully. Glad you enjoyed, and thanks again for the support.
great video.
Cheers!
Awesome job and awesome video. Well done!!!
Thank you very much!
Awesome work
Thank you! Cheers!
Most of the "fear" involved with hand work that's new to us, really is all mental. As you said, "just start it, just do it" is the best way...... Most times you'll quickly find it's not as bad as ya thought it would be 😁
If I'm makin a large mortice, il bore it out as you did, and use a chisel to chop and pare the waste away. I tend to undersize the tools; if the mortice was say 22mm (7/8), I'd use a 20mm drill and a 16mm chisel (3/4 drill, 5/8 chisel). You don't have to be as accurate when drilling the holes, and a smaller chisel gives ya more room to work. Il make "stop cuts" across the grain first, then pare with the grain....... Your edge is also a wedge, workin with the grain it can split instead of pare...... A stop cut at the end arrests the split and stops it from travelling.
Your saw; a new saw or one that's freshly sharpened can be a bit "grabby", the teeth are so prickly sharp they're nearly "sticky". Hold the saw gently; it's been described before as grippin it as if ya were holding a baby bird....... Tight enough so it doesn't fly away, but not so tight as ya kill the poor thing 😁😂 also, try to lighten up the toe of the saw, itll glide more smoothly this way. On the back of the handle there are two horns, your hand should be pressing ever so slightly on the bottom horn, this will lighten the toe of the saw and make cutting more "fluid". A good practice exercise for this is to make cuts but not make cuts 🤔😂 practice hovering the saw over some scrap as you saw back and forth, just barely kissing the work, not actually cutting. This will develope your feel for keeping the saw light. On your saw hand, point your index finger along the side of the handle, before you saw make sure your feet are spread and balanced, then look down along your arm from your pointed index all the way to your shoulder....... Every joint in your arm should be in a line, so each stroke of the saw is like a piston. The work was probably a little low in the video, but try not to get on top of the saw, bend the knees a little or widen your stance so you stay behind the saw. When we're on top of the saw we often accidentally put pressure into it....... All we need to do is provide fluid back and forth strokes, the saw will do the rest 😁
Often the handles that come with saws dony fit us well. If you're interested in improving your sawing; make a new handle that actually fits you. It's quite an enjoyable project, I make a new handle for every one of my saws. I'm no wizard with a saw, but back when I made my first saw handle; my sawing improved by about 20%, just from a handle that fitted me.
Im done babbling on now 😂😂 jus tryna share some tips, as ya seemed interested in hand work. I enjoyed your video lad, thanks for sharing it 😁
Wow, thankyou. Yeh I must admit, after finally treating myself to a new saw I was a bit disappointed in how I managed to get it to perform. Hopefully after a bit of use it evens out a bit, because you're spot on. It was super grabby. Not sure I will make a new handle in the near term, mainly because the one on it looks quite nice (I know how shallow of me) and I haven't had a nice new saw before, so worried Id ruin it. Ill also take your advice on the next lot of mortices. Again, thanks for the tips and feedback!
Nice Bench! Good job on the video 👍
Wow thankyou Scott! I was just watching your video on dust collection the other day dreaming of when I have my garage set up properly. Your videos are super helpful, especially for someone like myself that has very limited experience, so cheers for the help and support!
Great bench , great video 👍
Thanks 👍
I want that desk, great video shawn
Cheers! Honestly wasn't as hard as I thought considering I don't have any real experience
Despite the flip flops (which did my head in a bit), this build was magnificent. From a fellow worrier and newbie woodworker, Well Done! 👏🏼🌟
Awesome, thank you! Yeh, sadly there will be less flip flop wearing in my future as the missus has forced me into work boots.
Nice job . Looks so good i wouldn't want too use it. 👍👍👍👍👍
Yeh I'm the opposite, can't wait to get out and start using it properly
Relatively new woodworker myself (2years) at the age of 53 and really enjoyed your video. I have found the key skill I have developed is fixing my mistakes. I have gradually got more proficient at this and as a result my projects look better and better to people 😀.
You did a great job and made a really good video but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET SOME STURDY BOOTS. I wince every time I see you in flip flops. Broken bones waiting to happen.
Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Mistakes? You mean design features right? 😂 Yeh my missus has also forced me into work boots, however when it's over 30 degrees in the garage the safety flip flops will return heh. Thankyou for the kind words and support!
That's a beautiful and inspiring build, really showing what a bit of effort can produce. Also, your pallets have better wood than my local timber yard has on it's racks :)
Thanks! Yeh don't think I'll find more pallets like that anytime soon.
Good job….. nice build
Thank you! Cheers!
Oh, I wish we had pallets like that in England! Still, awesome build, mate. Really good job and great video. Dainer would be proud. ;)
Yeh got super lucky with those pallets. Thanks for the support and kind words.
One little tip.. always pre drill for screws. 2 reasons; 1 you will reduce the risk of splitting the wood 2 you will be able to remove a screw if need be. Bonus reason your risk of breaking a screw will be significantly reduced. Even using that green tool stuff
Thanks! Yeh, I did pre drill everything, just probably edited it out. I find pre drilling everything helps me get it square as well.
Nice work mate love the bench!!!
Yeh came up alright in the end. Looking forward to using it
Great build! I’m working on almost the same project right now. Workbench made from hardwood from a house demo. Be glad you didn’t do through tenons on the top! Mine look fine but it was definitely not an easy job.
Thanks! Yeh they would have annoyed me too much if I was slightly off square, so happy I changed my mind last minute on those.
I live in Texas. I've never seen pallets look this great! The bench looks amazing too!
Cheers! Yeh I got lucky with them. Glad the bench came up well to do them justice.
Awesome work mate
Thanks a lot!
That's truly is a dream workbench man 🤩
Yeh its a massive upgrade for me, excited to start using it properly after I have the garage rearranged.
nice job
Cheers :)