they're like uh this video is a little bit different to my normal format I'm going to
work my way through what are we going to call them the balls ups and I'm going to see if
I can fix them and hopefully that'll help me feel good about putting a price on this
to sell it eventually I actually got a heap of really good positive feedback in the comments
of the last video I didn't take it as being smashed but people took the time pause the
video and spot all the things that I really should improve on to put this in a category
where I can start to ask a little bit more money so that was much appreciated thanks
for watching up to here if you don't stick around but
Okay so number one I have the curve of the uh the door front it doesn't look like it
matches the curve of the trimming I've got a little bit of wiggle room to get this drawer
over that way which I'm gonna fix first however what is throwing this out the most is when
I placed this piece of trimming on I actually glued it that way a little bit too far so
then I was outside the edge of the curve then brought this around tried to match it up dodged
it up with some Putty it looks [ __ ] when I made these circles they actually match the
Arc of these beautifully so I'm going to cut this off cut this off and hopefully have a
better result okay before I get carried away chopping off bits and pieces and potentially
making things worse the big elephant in the room for me is this top I love pallet wood
but I am not happy with the color that has appeared it's a little bit 80s I love the
80s don't love this normally when I use pallet wood that have lots of light Timbers I generally
use a water-based poly this one I thought had enough dark tones it didn't it didn't
have enough dark paint so what I'm going to do is some experiments I'll get them started
now so I can make a d on what to do with this okay I'll prepare this as it is up there I
want to do two experiments one I'm leaning towards one I think is probably wishful thinking
that may be cool on a different project so I need to get the oil base finish down to
then sand it off to then apply what I'm going to do okay you know when I'm making [ __ ]
up because the hands are moving
pretty skilled with the handles
Mr cuff ever makes another run of these mallets get in early
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not actually sure how I'm going to get this off
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[Music] better put on two clamps I'm raising the hinge attachment points to let me get
these door fronts snug against the top and the curve I've maxed out the hinge so this
gave me an extra five millimeters or so to play with [Music] thank you [Music]
I've only got one crack at this curve with the leftover pieces fingers crossed now [Music]
this time I'm deploying the hand rasp I made a meal of things with the router on the other
end originally [Music] thank you [Music]
I'll try my best with this end the router slip is probably going to cost me a few points
here
foreign [Music] and it's actually because the drawer is slightly small so I'm going
to get a little bit of skateboard veneer in behind that hopefully that'll make it the
perfect width
I originally used foam ply because it was left over from a previous job and although
I tried to avoid and hide the printed words they really did stand out like dogs balls
on a canary so I want to fix that too and who wants the words non-structural printed
on there Flash TV cabinet [Music]
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double saw the type it's very good [Music] experiment one is a thin down combination
of oil-based stain and varnish it's thinned with turpentine I've had a lot of success
in the past with this particular technique what it does is just unify the pallet wood
without losing any of the feature of it I'm also running a quick whitewash test highly
unlikely I'll go this option this stage of the renovation [Music] thank you
[Music] the cabinet is now upside down and I have to fix the ugliness that is my kerf
cutting balls up imagine sitting on the floor stacking all your nice VHS inside the drawers
only to see that [ __ ] fight underneath totally unacceptable I have got to fix it
fingers fix it fingers it plywood backboard more professional and also give the cabinet
more structure when I lift the cabinet from one end there is a noticeable little Flex
throughout the cabinet so this will sort that out for me [Music]
almost forgot the compulsory DVD player cornhole 50 millimeter force a bit to the rescue [Music]
foreign [Music] alrighty we've got some brushed brass handles that's the last step however
I hate the top I hide it I don't like it let me show you why I've done the light staying
over the pallet wood the heater times in the past and what it normally does is unify all
the slats you still get to see all the different colors and thicknesses of the pallet wood
however in this case I just can't get a nice consistent color I'm not going to keep flogging
a dead horse I'm going to do something else the other reason is I've got lots of very
contrasting pellet slats I think that is contributing to a bit of the mess I've got going on there's
heaps of knots uh there's some little cracks showing through all in all I'm I'm not very
happy with this area along here up on top again there's heaps of knots and holes and
voids nail stains lots of things that draw your eye to them that in my opinion it's still
making it look a little bit 80s old dated I'm not digging it I'm going to do something
completely different so original plan was to have something quite contrasting I love
the drawer fronts door fronts they are they are the best the top should have been a lot
lighter a lot more pallet wood maybe a water-based finish would have given me the correct contrast
I wanted but it's still full of dings and a lot of ugliness that I normally try and
avoid I love pallet wood but I I actually try and make it look like not pallet wood
believe it or not so what I'm going to do if we go back to my original experiment where
I didn't think I would be doing it on this particular project I actually think I'm going
to do this to give it a white washed weathered look contrasting with the nice drawer fronts
white and wood is a good combo I've sold lots of furniture with that this is actually going
to let me hide a lot of the [ __ ] I don't like I'm going to get sanding and get painting
and get re-sanding and then get refinishing and hopefully have a win if not I'm in stride
thank you
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I'm now very happy with this I'm going to put it on the market try and sell it I'll
get some beauty shots and advertise this try and sell it locally uh it's probably a bit
of a bastard you ship I'd reckon I also readjusted the skids slash kickboards so the join lines
up with the newly adjusted drawers I hand sanded and scraped away the glue stain that
showed through once the stain went on on my little side feature it was very much looking
dodgy brothers and a final little step I dug out the wood putty and inserted some dowel
to hide the screw attachments [Music] I really like the weathered whitewash look it contrasts
with the reclaimed decking drawer fronts beautifully this finish is not going to be for everyone
however it is a pretty good gamble in my part of the world this shape and design may not
be for everyone either all I need is the right person to love this thing I'm enjoying trying
new things being a little bit creative with my Woodwork and that is the direction that
I want to go I want to make things that are fun and they're interesting to watch so make
a custom item sell a custom item and hopefully make a good video it'll be my two pronged
attack and going full business catch you later [Music]
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