(a cappella music)
- [Uncle Knackers] Here we go, here we go.
Now I know what you're thinking,
and no, Rocky's not making a comeback.
But it is time to grab a protein shake,
throw on some gym gear,
and warm up those muscles.
Cause it's time for the world's first ever
30 Minute Challenge.
Let's do it.
I'm excited.
(folk music)
G'day, folks, my name's Uncle Knackers
and you're watching D.I.Y For Knuckleheads.
Am I still wearing that hat?
That can go.
(objects breaking)
Whoops.
Now what I plan to do with the Thirty Minute Challenge
is to do a number of simple projects
that anybody can do over the weekend
and in under thirty minutes.
I sound like Jamie Oliver.
And to prove it,
I've got my Thirty Minute Challenge stopwatch
to keep me honest.
Let's do it.
As you can see, there's thirty minutes on the clock,
and your time starts now.
Let's go!
Alrighty, the first cap off the rank
is going to be this super simple coat rack
made from an old piece of fascia board,
and these ultra cool vintage wire hooks,
which I absolutely L-O-V-E, love.
Let's do it.
Now the first thing we need to do
is to cut that round edge off our fascia board,
which is normally about twenty-five millimetres,
or an inch wide.
To rip your fascia board down,
you can either use your table saw,
and don't worry if you don't have a table saw.
You can still just use your trusty old circular saw
with a circular saw guide.
(sawing)
Too easy!
Alright, the fascia board has now been ripped down
and we have an edge, but we also need another edge
so that these can wrap around the coat rack.
So you'll need to cut two lengths of fascia board
to get the two edges.
Right, the next step,
cut that coat rack to length.
Mine's going to be eleven hundred and twenty millimetres,
which is a bee's leg over forty-four inches.
So let's head over to the drop saw to do that now.
(jazz music)
Okay, so far, we have the coat rack cut to length,
and also the two sides cut.
They're going to be attached to the coat rack.
But before we go any further, let's check that time.
Okay, I'll stop the clock,
and it looks like we've been going for about seven minutes.
Alright, we're on track, let's keep going.
The next thing we need to do is
to cut these edge strips to length.
So just simply line them up
to the edge of your coat rack,
put a mark on it with enough room
so that you can cut a forty-five degree angle.
So I'll do it to both pieces, head over to the drop saw,
and get those cut.
(upbeat jazzy music)
Now with the two side pieces done,
grab the off cut and just line that up
with one of the edges
and mark the other side, and do the same for the other end.
Take it over to the saw, cut a forty-five, and you're done.
But before that, let's check out the time.
So far, so good.
We're looking good, people.
Ten minutes, we're on track.
Let's go.
(jazz music)
All those edge pieces have now been cut,
and now it's just simply a matter
of glueing and nailing them in place.
And for that, I'm just using my trust old nail gun
with a thirty-eight millimetre
or inch and a half galvanised nail.
Let's go.
(jazz music)
(nail gun noises)
And that's the coat rack basically done.
Now all we need to do is give it a sand,
a paint job, and then put on those beautiful
vintage wire hooks.
Now let's check that time out.
Alright, let's stop the clock,
and we are on almost nineteen minutes.
Oooh, time's getting tight, can we do it?
Let's keep going.
(jazz music)
Okay, I've stopped the clock at twenty-one minutes
just to explain what we're doing next.
Phew, I tell you what, it's gonna be tight.
Okay, the coat rack has now been sanded,
and is now ready for the finish and also
to screw on our vintage wire coat hooks.
The plan of attack is to map out where
all of these coat hooks are going to go,
screw the holes, take the brackets off,
give it a paint job, and then screw those back on,
and hopefully we'll sneak in under those thirty minutes.
Let's give it a go.
(jazz music)
And I'll take these off so we can apply that clear finish.
(electric screwdriver sounds)
Phew, we're going down to the wire.
We've got three and a half minutes left,
and we've still got to apply one coat
of that hard wax oil,
and then put all those coat hooks back on.
Like I said before, it's gonna be tight, let's go.
(soft rock music)
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
Alright, come on, quick quick quick. Aah!
Okay, tools down, stop the clock.
Okay, stop the clock, and what did we finish up with?
Ooh, twenty-nine minutes and roughly twenty-five seconds.
Peace of cake, still had thirty-five seconds up my sleeve.
Too easy.
Well, that's a closey.
So that's it, folks, what do you reckon?
My first ever Thirty Minute Challenge.
I think it turned out okay.
Great tip, Knackers!
Well, I hope you enjoyed and found useful
the first ever Thirty Minute Challenge.
I had a great time doing it even though at the end,
it got a little bit tight.
And it's amazing what you can do under thirty minutes
if you have everything ready beforehand.
Alrighty, as per usual,
a big thumbs up is greatly appreciated,
and if this is your first time to my channel,
hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out
on any future thirty minute challenges
or any other project for that matter.
And, if by some chance you'd like to pick up
some of these vintage wire hooks and you live in Australia,
I'll leave a link of that in the description box down below,
so make sure you check that out.
Alrighty, I need a cup of tea,
and this needs to be up on a wall.
So until next time, I'm out of here.
Cheers.
(upbeat folk music)