Ever wanted to build your own furniture?
Well, I'm going to show you an affordable way
you can build this TV cabinet out of scaffold planks.
Right, I'm going to start by making up one of our legs.
[SAWING]
I've taken our scaff plank and cut it to length
with a circular saw.
And I've thrown it through the bench saw,
just to rip that rounded edge off.
So when these glue up, it's going
to finish up nice and flush.
So I'm just going to lay those down on my sash clamps,
there, and throw on a little bit of this two-pot glue I've
already mixed up.
You want to make sure you put a good amount of glue in there.
It doesn't matter if it oozes out when you clamp it up.
Right we've just gotta lay that down in our sash clamps
and just gently tighten those up.
You just want to ensure that these two pieces of timber
are quite nice and flush on either end.
That there is lovely.
Right, so you just want to take that excess glue off there.
It'll make it easier when you're sanding it up.
Now we're going to put this aside, let it dry up overnight,
and repeat the same process for all the other surfaces.
OK, I've taken our planks out of the clamps.
Now I'm ready to sand these up nice and smooth,
to make sure these are going to look mint
once we put our stain on.
We're now going to pre-drill our timber up,
so we can attach our top to our sides.
Again, now our plank's 40 mil thick,
so I'm going to set my square to 20 millimeters
and just do a light mark across our plank.
And I'm going to come in 40 millimeters
from the edge of each plank.
Right.
I've got a 4 and 1/2 mil drill bit.
And these are going to go there on our marks.
[DRILLING]
For this cabinet, we're drilling four pilot holes
into the top and two into the sides.
I've pre-drilled all our pieces.
Now I'm ready to put our glue on our surfaces.
Right, let's join these up.
And now screw them together.
Now just do the same for the other side,
and scrape off any excess glue.
Right, I've fixed my two legs on the top.
Now it's time to measure up for our shelf.
When you're measuring up for your shelf,
just ensure that your tape is hard down
at these two bottom points.
That way, you're going to get your true length of your shelf.
Now, our shelf is going to sit 150 mil
from the underside of our top.
So what I've done is pre-cut these little packers
to 150 mil.
They're going to sit on either side.
And just gotta put a pencil mark.
Now, that's the top of my shelf, so I
need to come 20 millimeters, which
is half the thickness of our plank.
Now I'm going to pre-drill a hole,
and I'm going to come in 110 millimeters.
This will make sure it's exactly the same as what I've done when
I fixed the leg to the top.
Right, it's time to throw a little bit of PVA glue
on the ends of our shelf.
Now just drop down nice and gently onto your packers.
And just pull your leg out a little bit
so you don't get a whole lot of PVA everywhere.
And drill your screws in.
[DRILLING IN SCREWS]
Now you just want to make sure that you use a damp rag
and just pick up any excess glue.
Now just use an orbital sander to smooth out any rough edges
and to take off any excess glue.
Right, I've sanded it up, and I've used a wet cloth
to wipe off any excess dust.
Time to throw a bit of stain on.
Now, I know what you're thinking--
why hasn't he taken off all that writing
off the edge of the plank?
You know what?
You could take this off, if you like.
But I've decided to keep it, creating that little bit
of an industrial look.
Now I've put a black stain on this,
but you could put an oil or a varnish-- whatever
takes your fancy.
Now I've designed this for a TV cabinet,
but you could also use it as a coffee table--
Easy As.