Flipping a Thrift Store School Desk for Profit
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2023
- Taking a cheap old school desk from the thrift store and turning it into a treasure. Brought to us by Squarespace. For 10% off your first purchase, go to: squarespace.com/makesomething
I discovered a neglected old-school desk at a thrift store for a bargain of just $10. I'm going to completely restore it and bring it back to a like-new condition. Using some beautiful locally grown walnut wood, I aim to transform this school desk into a stunning piece of fine furniture that I can then sell. The profits from this sale will be used towards funding our next upcycling project from the thrift store. This has been one of the most enjoyable woodworking projects I've worked on and I'm truly thrilled with the outcome.
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I completely understand your statement on being attached to beautiful pieces of wood. I do the same thing. I find myself judging projects as to whether or not they are worthy of such a beautiful piece of wood. They always say that the first step is accepting that you have a problem. 😂
That’s what she said.
The cap nuts are much better than a standard nut, but this might be a good spot to try out some Chicago screws.
I am kicking myself for sleeping-in this morning. That desk could have been mine!
I LOL’d at the dog in your add! Love it and keep doing YOUR thing!
I liked the coloured veneer version, although the final version was beautiful as well!!
This was a fun video. I'm glad you ditched the first top, but rule #4 doesn't always work out. Turned out beautiful in the end!
9:15 I might be late to the party, but I really love the Jim Beam bottle to hold the finish.
LOVE the idea of this series of up-cycling, making a profit, and then investing into something else to up-cycle!
....and there it is.......sand in the place........your projects are awesome
You are very creative, and crack me up, at the same time! Thank you for sharing!
"nice and tight, just like your mom" I laughed out loud 😂 earned my sub
Love this new concept. This is a great direction. Also, I love to see your new enthusiasm for your channel. Also a Patreon for Making it. 🤙
Thank you and thank you! I'm having so much fun doing these!
The best back-popping tool ever created by mankind.
I understand the comment about not destroying the wood. I enjoy the grain the way it is and hate to cut it up.
9:20 it always makes me smile for some reaon when you get out your finish in the Beam bottle, lol
14.7 psi roughly is atmospheric pressure. Another great video.
I have been looking a school desk for sooooooo long. They are the only thing other than a chiropractor that I could find that could crack my back really really good.
Yes!!!
For the "molds" you just have to respect the curves (intern and extern), you don't have to remove the exact material. So you do have to cut twice but without removing as mush matter. Doing so will save you some thickness in your mold ;-)
Nice Work !
This makes sense. Thanks!
Love the Picciuto Nch Nch 🤌
Cordially,
Jerry
"Daniel trusts me" - good enough for me hahaha
Ooooh, I love curved walnut! Nicely done, David
Obviously, Shamy was about Sheldon & Amy 😄
These thrift store videos are so cool!
Beautiful work, Dave! It turned out amazing! Well done!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Needs some chewing gum underneath it!
Would be cool to put a few globs of different colored epoxy underneath to replicate chewing gum!
I just got gifted a stack of restaurant table tops. My gawd the gum and the boogers!
@@jamesdewald339 I rehab one of these and it definitely had gum under it. 😂
This is the only time I’d follow a man through a forest just to see his wood.
Fantastic!!
You should write a funky background song and title it, "Still Talkin' "
Sweet project. You should've veneered the cool "S" and a couple of your favorite metal bands into the top, but leaving it for someone else to do with a pocketknife is admirable.
I enjoy my 15 minutes of make something on a Sunday evening
That looks incredible. No notes. A+.
What a great idea that was David! It turned out beautifully! Can’t we just have some fun?
Dammit. Not only did you get me to watch the ad but I backed it up and made my wife watch it too. Ha ha well done
Didn't hate your original desktop. I'd probably would have left it. Your videos are so much fun. Keep up the good work.
At 6:16 great way to make a bigger form when you only have smaller tools to make it with!
This video was so fun to watch. Had me chuckling several times like a mad man on my train commute to work.
Love your videos, David. Keep it up!
The only youtuber I know who can make a sponsor spot funny!
Looks great! the memories of school!
Bee-u-T-full outcome Dave and you didn’t disappoint me……”Sand in the place you live” 👍
I liked the playful top! Great work as always
Great design. I also have this affliction of wanting to keep the boards intact..... It's hard some times.
12:33 He's definitely made it big time! Bro has a flying car 🤣😂
Woo hoo! Walnut!
Please PLEASE put a driving montage in every vid you post forever. 😂
11:53 where the scenery is going the wrong way 😂
Looked lovely all done. Lovely these videos lately.
Nice, Very Nice….! Thanks….
Next time can we get a mini Diresta riding the flying pup Never Ending Story style?
Great video as always. My 4 year old twin girls at the same time you said you didn’t like the color top “but I like it”. Kids would love it either way.
Desk looks great.
I like the concept with the sale 💸 upcycle, look forward to seeing it.
Fantastic original design. Nice restoration.
Great video thank-you. Your Squarespace add was brilliant.
I love these upscaling 2nd hand furniture projects. They always turn out really really nice. Good job.
One thing though. I think it would have been cool to put the "Shamy" name on it somewhere.
i used a soda blaster to strip the finish off a 200yo french armoire. this thing was a beast, probably 8ft tall. it took me two months to strip it down, and my carport looked like Planet Hoth when I was done. but the results were amazing. but i will never soda-blast anything else ever again.
Looks way better, nice upgrade
Amazing video as always man, the desk came out great!
Love the car backgrounds! 😁
The way you do your Squarespace ads makes me watch them - they are so fun!
Plus, I owe you an apology. I know you have transitioned from how-to videos, but I still end up learning things when I watch your projects.
Sorry 😀
I owe you an apology for not saying I secretly want people to still learn from my videos. Thank you!
Looks great man!
Turned out beautiful
Someone should have called The Backyard Scientist. He has the perfect machine to replace that soda blaster😁. It involves a laser.
"Tight, like your mo**" (insert spit-take gif). I dig the idea of one-off projects and a big ongoing project. It's like a TV series right? You got your one-off episodes, but in the background of each one you have the bigger season-long story arc. Will there be drama? There better be drama. And pounding some pegs, like your mo**.
😁
If you're confused... Live with it.
😂
But great tip on how to create forms, I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one who had to learn that the hard way
That desk brought back some memories. Note I did NOT say “fond memories”.
UM for the first time in probably years I just watched the ad portion of your video. Hilarious. Nice work.
Bonjour, c'est tres beau !
As much as I love the projects and watching them being built. I think my favorite part is that we say the "your mom" jokes at the exact same time.
I love the merch ideas and as always love your snark :)
Great video. Can't believe you got that for only $10. It's gorgeous. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Great job! It’s missing the pencil groove! Actually, I noticed the original desktop doesn’t have one either. It’s probably not the original desktop.
A removable replaceable gum card on the bottom would have been very cool
Another brilliant video!
You really look like you’re having fun with these projects and that comes across so well.
Thank you for sharing and making me laugh
I love the finished piece David, but I LOVED the more playful top you created. 😊
WoW 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤love it awesome work 😊😊😊😊
That came out beautifully wish i had something that only looked that amazing to sit on back in the day ❤
Lol, glad I'm not the only one who uses the bottom of a battery on a drill as a hammer from time to time, 😂
Sometimes the whimsey works and sometimes it doesn't. Maybe a geometric pattern would have worked better? A lovely little upcycle project, and fun too! Green screen car ride is my new favorite feature. Just liike your mom. 😂 Thanks for sharing!
I can't wait to see the big project, especially if it is what was sitting on the cnc in one part!
Cool project!!! Came out great! Some graffiti on that back brick wall would look cool in your background!!! Kinda fit your colorful vibe too!!! Love your work man 👊🏼
When you were driving at the speed of sound in reverse, i about spit my coffee out 😂
Flying dog going backward! And I thought it was just going to be another drive and dish (which is, honestly, pretty impressive itself). Best sponsor spot since Steve Ramsay’s Grr-ripper series, and yours is, like, 20 times longer!
I’m the same I have so much domestic and exotic hardwood in the shop right now like 10 wall shelves full and it’s all like 6’ - 10’ long and all at least 6” wide and I just keep buying more and saving it lol
The desk turned out cool. We have one like it in our tree house for the kids. I would also Like to know more about the car!
Awesome
Amazing video; the ad read had me laughing, no skip! As you were building, was completely thinking the top should include some kind of carving. Really nice final product.
Podcast back next week? My Friday mornings haven't been the same; can't remember two weeks off in a row although I know Jimmy was traveling. BTW, those red glasses are 🔥
Thanks Joe! Podcast is back this week! ❤️
Vacuum bag is the way to go for larger forms like that. When I made something similar I used MDF ribs that I cut using a pattern bit in a router table and then covered those ribs with a sheet of flexible plywood… if that makes any sense!
Is he "driving" in reverse around the 11:50 mark in this video? Great build and a good video though, the "flying" bit was a nice touch too lol.
I was always partial to carving either the Danzig logo or the Misfits. A wad of colored resin would've made a nice artificial gum wad.
Even though I wasn't the biggest Def Leppard fan it always looked good as a carving.
"Part of me really, really hates that I'm going to rip down this insanely wide, beautiful piece of walnut. I don't know why, I've just become really attached to beautiful pieces of wood- I just don't like cutting them.
That doesn't make any sense...
As a woodworker, I should just want to destroy all the wood."
I laughed for a bit at this.
Hi David,
I like this one a lot, have to admit, not so keen on the paint colour but I really liked how you re made the wooden parts. Yeah ..... pretty good! I think you're alright mate 👍👍👍
David vs the world!
Curious what the favourite metalbands are😊. Nice work again
Dale. Good job of making him cut mid statement.
Could've made an epoxy river top. Those might become popular...
Needs more sap wood! Just kidding, another great video!!
😁
Nice project, I'm sorry you had to remake the top, but I understand why you hated it!😆
Maybe you could have had more fun playing with the metal color: it's a nice color by itself, but with the walnut pieces doesn't stand out.
Dude, I love your videos….like your mom.
Oh my word! Word! I was looking up Ikea Kolbjörn, because I just ordered it and wanted to see a video putting it together ... weeellll! I found your liquor cabinet hack of it - and the excitement I now possess - at the thought of all the videos and your channel ... idk if I can contain myself rn!!! 🙌✌️🫶💪🌞
Don’t disregard the soda blaster just yet. With proper pressure and airflow it works as a charm to remove paint from softer surfaces, or to remove rust. Baked enamel paint on steel just isn’t the right application..
Noted. Thanks!
Acorn nuts!
Made me laugh so hard “I sound like one of those….”