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my name is Dainsey and I'm preparing a whole heap of Timber, I'm continuing on with the
Journey of Discovery as I prepare my future self with a set of skills I call full business
human!
so quick recap my current plan is to use everything I have right here right now to make things
and sell things!
genius!
my last two projects were quite time intensive and I chose those to get a better idea of
how long I spend on a particular project, one was the commission, Beauty I knew I was
getting paid the second was a project I plucked from my brain with the hope of selling it
to raise the funds for operation table saw upgrade, I am still hopeful.
for these projects I'm going to revert back to what I know should work projects that normally
sell pretty easy, lower price point and far less work which is a hall way table, how it
all started made from pallet wood and reclaimed Timber and I'm also going to use a technique
that lets you stretch your nice pallet wood further and also create some sought after
rustic charm.
if you are wondering how this big half of a log is going to fit into the story well
let me tell you this video has a little treat, two projects on the go at the same time both
made quickly to sell we hope, did he just say we?
I hear you say through the internet so I have my son Harley with me on this video I am teaching
him woodwork as one of his home school subjects we are deviating from the curriculum because
we want to make something cool which includes this big log, the other bonus is we are double
dipping the system, another of Harley's subjects requires a mini business plan to be produced
so while I'm going full business human he is going full mini business human!
now just like back at high school the timber was always prepared squared up and ready to
go because time is of the essence, which is the same here in the shed the idea is also
to focus on getting comfortable with the Machinery, attempt the cool stuff and leave the boring
hard yakka to dad!
I want him to come back! and plus Machining up the timber well that is my special time,
alrighty while I'm making the brick laying a hallway table Harley will be cracking on
with his bench, porch bench a place to get your boots on and off if you will, we are
going with a fairly simple design big log on top square legs down below.
it'll have Bridle joints on all the legs however we are not busting out the Tenon saw or the
Chisel on these we're going to create our Bridle joints by laminating our reclaimed
decking together with the timber all planed to the same thickness you merely have to cut
two different lengths and use your opposing sides as spaces as long as you glue it up
carefully, it should all go to plan
right back to the hallway table
and what I like to call bricklaying the pallet wood, there is many ways to get this done
your tools and Machinery will soon dictate that to you in your shed the secret though
is making sure all your bricks are dimensioned to the exact same size and they are nice and
square I used to make these bricks way back when I did not have a thickness planer or
a jointer, I would flatten all my slabs by hand with a router then I would slice up the
bricks on the table saw remembering that there is nothing a belt sander can't fix.
hopefully you're enjoying this cheesy 80s music montage and you are getting pumped up
like you would watching The Karate Kid wanting to have a go for yourself!
so you can either create yourself these big box joints and glue the corners or the waterfall
up as step one or create your top and your sides separately clean them up bash them together
with a mallet.
okay quick update, this is basically what the corner pieces would look like as you laminate
the big box or the finger joints together, what I would do is get a nice perfect square
corner to start with and I would set myself up to start some sort of stagger, none of
these pieces are ever the same it does not matter, oh then stick it on a flat surface
make sure this is right angles to the bench work my way along for the short side , clean
that up with the belt sander Etc oh then flip it over and make my way along the entire bench
bricklaying as I go! and because I don't actually have enough pallet wood to do the side and
the top and I also want to try something new, I also need a little bit of contrast and some
serious check squaring to make sure this works first attempt!
I have this reclaimed hardwood of varying species mostly hardiusasfukarius, again the
timber needs to be milled up to the exactamondo dimensions of the pallet wood bricks
right
I need to whip up a little cross-cut sled so I can cut the champers on the tops of the
fingers, I did try the router however it was a bit of a shiz fight,This Way looks Mickey
Mouse
so again I use spaces to help set my box joint and a whole heap more check squaring and double
checks query if this glue up is just millimeters out of whack it is going to stand out like
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and cleaning up all his pieces with the machines his first experiences with a hand plane should
not be with my less than awesome sharp plane Place ,once I learned to sharpen properly
then we will move on to handles
I'm gonna use my vice in anger I'll admit it's not the fastest vice in the world.
my chiselses are acceptably sharp to have a bit of a go at clearing out the waste from
the table saw assisted half-lap joints.
there was one Bridle joint that did slip while gluing up we could have made a whole new section
however the learning experience of how to cover up your dodgies was far too great, that
is what I tell myself anyway
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right song change and we are back to the Brick laying, lay down some baking paper underneath
and then simply work your way along, test out what looks nice before you commit to the
titebond.
the main reason I don't cut my bricks the same size ala real bricks, is to limit the
waste of the pallet slabs, I merely cut off the bricks wherever that length of pallet
stops looking good, as in where all the ends of the pallets meet.
the width of my top and sides would actually be fine to go through the planer, however
that would then make a meal of my nice chamfered fingers, so a quick clean up with the belt
sander was all that was required, again because the bricks were all Dimensioned nice and perfect.
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Harley is on the job trenching out the log the legs, it will sit nicely in these recesses
after some delicate chisel work with the 50 millimeter narex weapon, all the pieces are
coming together now and this bench is going to look pretty rad.
what is even cooler the big log was given to us by Harley's poppy, so I'm pretty stoked
with how it is working out pop will be proud as a proud thing!
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business stuff that no one really wants to do the book work the back of house that is
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Times by your hourly rate send it off and you get paid why don't you give Tradify a
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thank you to Tradify for sponsoring this video and helping me go full business human
the other end of the hallway table is going to have tapered legs, very contrasting in
comparison to the chunky side.
tapered legs with a round over looks pretty slick and is well worth all the extra steps,
until you realize you've made two identical legs which does not work when they are laminated
boards, the orientation it was all wrong.
I needed to make two opposite legs so I had to do all the steps again Fair binkham
at least I have a spare now to experiment on with the open tenons I have got going on.
the bonus of laminating three boards together is when it is time to Chisel out the waste
to accept the same size board you can simply chisel down to the color change, mortises
for dummies I suppose
starting to bring the frame together now, the dowels were not meant to be visible they
were originally meant to be on the inside however I got one step ahead of myself they
do need to be there as these joints need some extra support as there is no lateral support
because I am making a secret drawer.
I figure somewhere to hide your car keys will be a popular feature in my part of the world
right now, the drawer carcass will also provide a little structure so I'm making sure it is
nice and snug so I can glue it into position because it is a secret
all right let's go check Square
oh [ __ ] legs are all squared up the clamps were in fact pulling them all wonky donkey
because of the secret draw or lack of a lateral apron which which I think that's what it's
called.
I have these sample tins of Whittle wax hard wax oil in short I love them already, I was
well and truly overdue to try some new finishes that are not polyurethane.
with the whole table finished I decided to list the piece on Facebook Marketplace because
I have had a lot of luck with this furniture category on that platform.
it can be a little bit of a Minefield of time wasters and a lot of people who don't value
your time or work they just want a bargain.
lucky for me I found a nice buyer who does appreciate my stuff I listed it for 500 kangaroo
the buyers stopped by for a look and offered 450.
now Harley's bench is done and I think it looks pretty special, we have had a lot of
fun working through this project, learning new things, getting used to machines and of
course spending quality time togethe,r that has been pretty unreal again.
we listed his bench on Facebook Marketplace for $350, no real interest initially, so I
threw it up on my website and SOLD, happy days.
I tell Harley making stuff is cool selling your stuff and making a few coins is even
cooler!
here's where the story gets a little bit different, I check out the shipping details and I immediately
freak out when I see the address is overseas somewhere, I did not tick local pickup only
I have no idea where this person lives and I cannot even pronounce their name, it seems
a bit odd I then see a little note attached to the order and to paraphrase this person
has been following Along on Instagram and love seeing a dad and his son making things,
it reminded him of his dad and now himself with his own daughter , he also loved that
the big log was from Harley's poppy, so he bought the bench!!!!
why???
simply because he wanted to see Harley give that bench back to his Poppy and keep it in
the family.
I was absolutely Blown Away to say the least, now this person did a pretty good job at remaining
Anonymous with their very fake name and dodgy address, however they did make a little mistake
by paying with PayPal, so I got a separate receipt that had their full real name.
this was such a beautiful gesture and I know that random internet person wants to remain
anonymous so I'm not going to name them, however if you'd like to check out this video next
catch you later