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00:06 Speaker 1: G'day knuckleheads, Uncle Knackers here, a nice old pile of pallet wood
scrap there.
And I'm thinking, "Should I burn it?
Or make something?"
Is that a trick question?
Of course I'll make something, and I'm thinking, "Maybe one of those narrow hallway stands,
or hallway tables."
I've never made one of those before, and I'll make it nice and rustic.
And as per all of my projects, very simple to make, let's do it.
And the first thing we need to do, is tidy up some of this pallet wood.
Now, I'm just going to give these boards a very light touch-up with the electric planer,
but before you do it, make sure you de-nail the boards first.
00:54 S1: Now, first up, I'm going to make the legs out of these four white pallet boards.
And I'm going to join them together with my trusty old biscuit joiner.
And they'll be one set of legs at one end, and one set at the other end.
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01:28 S1: Okay, we'll just tighten these up.
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01:42 S1: I don't wanna go too tight, in case the whole thing buckles up.
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01:52 S1: I think that'll do it.
Now, I'll just throw some of these weights on top, and that should keep it flat.
Beautiful.
02:06 S1: Okay, it's 24 hours later, let's see how these legs look.
Oh, heavy.
There's the first set, looks pretty good.
And there's the second set.
I'm happy with that, now we just need to cut them to size.
Now, the overall length for the legs is going to be 875 millimetres, which according to
my notes is roughly 34 and half inches.
Now, I've had a bit of a drama today, and the drop saw has decided that it doesn't wanna
work.
No dramas, I just need to adapt, so I'm using me old circular saw instead.
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03:04 S1: With the legs now done, it's time to attach the top rail.
And once again, I'm using the old biscuit joiner.
And just remember, this is pallet wood, so you may get a few gaps and cracks in the joint
itself, which is fine, because it just adds to that rustic charm.
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03:22 S1: Let's put this thing together.
We have the glue for the biscuits.
Don't be shy with the glue.
Just slide those biscuits in, like that.
Beautiful.
Now, I'm just gonna put a couple of nails into the end of this, to hold it in place
till the glue dries.
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04:04 S1: When clamping the whole stand together, I had to do some improvising, because the
clamps that I had weren't long enough to span the entire distance.
Pathetic, I know.
So what I did to get over that was to install a block halfway along, which effectively halved
the distance, which then enabled me to be able to use the clamps that I had.
It worked like a charm.
It's now time to put the bottom shelf in, but I find myself in a bit of a dilemma.
You see, I really like this top piece.
I think it looks really cool.
And I want this bottom piece to look just as cool as that, but the drama is, is that
I have three pieces to choose from, and they're all as good as one another.
It's really tricky, I can't decide which one to use, there must be a way of selecting which
piece.
Got it, eeny meeny miny moe, da, da, da, da, da, da, eeny meeny, miny, moe.
That's it, very technical.
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05:17 S1: It's now time to screw down the support piece for the bottom shelf.
And I'm keeping it down, from the top of the rail, the distance of the width of the shelving
board.
That way, when the shelf goes in, it'll be flush at the top of that rail.
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05:41 S1: Beautiful, it's now time to put the slats on, for the bottom shelf.
And a big tip, give them all a sand first, before you install them, it's much easier.
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06:03 S1: Love it.
Now, I think the whole stand needs a couple of drawers so before I put the top on, I'm
going to cut a couple of drawer faces into this top rail.
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06:45 S1: It's now time to assemble the drawers.
Before that, I just need to finish off last night's leftovers.
I made some fried rice, it's good stuff.
For the base of the drawers, I'm just going to use some of this old cement sheet that
I had.
That I had.
I had that.
I had this lying around the shed.
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07:39 S1: Beautiful.
Now I also added some pine beading to the face of the drawer just to give it some depth,
but when I painted it and sanded back to give it that rustic look, the raw pine finish came
through.
So to disguise that, I made a brew out of steel wool and vinegar, mixed that up and
then painted that all over this beading which stained that raw pine and I think it came
out pretty good and the drawer just simply slides on these two timber rails.
And I've also got a stopper at the back there so that when the drawer is fully closed, it
finishes up flush with the face of this top rail.
Beautiful.
Alright.
It's time to put the top on.
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08:45 S1: So there it is.
That looks absolutely fantastic.
Now all I need to do is give it a bit of a sand.
So I'll kick off with an 80 grit paper followed by a 120 and then to get that beautiful super
smooth finish, I'll give it a hit with a 180, maybe even a 240 and then the final thing,
a couple of coats of varnish.
09:08 S1: With the table now sanded, it feels absolutely beautiful and to finish it off,
I'm just going to apply a couple of coats of this clear satin varnish.
It's good stuff.
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09:36 S1: Alrighty.
It's time for the big reveal.
We've gone from this to this.
An absolutely fantastic looking hall table.
I absolutely love it.
Great tip Knackers!
Well, I hope you enjoyed and found that video useful and if you haven't already, please
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That's always greatly appreciated and as per usual in a few seconds time, they'll be a
few photos going backwards and forwards of the finished product.
Alrighty.
I think I've earned a cup of tea.
So until next time, I am out of here.
Cheers.
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