- [Uncle Knackers] Hey, do you know what I really like?
Keep it clean, people.
Is that when you're doing a project and all you
need is one stick of old wood that you've found
on the side of the road, like this plank of
old pallet wood, cost you nothing, and a bit
of cash in your pocket and by cash in your pocket
I mean five bucks max.
There she goes.
Rolling in the cash baby!
I better get that.
G'day folks, Uncle Knackers here and welcome to
DIY for Knuckleheads.
Now buckle up and strap yourself in 'cause today
I'm going to show you, using limited tools,
how to easily build four to five really cool projects
using only one plank of reclaimed wood and a
measly five bucks.
Let's do this.
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(knocking)
Class dismissed, you're a legend, let's go.
Okay, first cab off the rank, project numero uno,
and I'll just be using this piece of old round the post
off cut that I managed to salvage after I built my
house a couple of years ago.
Told you I'd use it one day.
And by the way, if you haven't seen that video,
I'll link to it up there somewhere so make sure you
check that one out.
Oh yeah, also I will be running a competition throughout
this video where you can win one of these
magnificent projects, so make sure you watch right
through to the end where you'll pick up vital clues
that you'll need to know to answer a couple
of simple questions.
Alrighty, let's get this show on the road.
The first thing we need to do is to cut a strip out
of this old block, which will be 50mm by 50mm,
which is two inches by two inches, and to do that
I'm just using my trusty old Makita circular saw,
which I've set the saw guide, this thing here,
50mm away from the blade.
Oh yeah, and don't panic folks, it's not plugged in yet
so I can't chop off my fingers and also remember
whenever you're using power tools, to use your
eye and ear protection.
Alrighty, let's do this.
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So that's our strip all cut, that was pretty
easy wasn't it?
And the next thing we need to do is to drill a hole
through either end that will accommodate a rope
and the distance back that I've come for that hole
is half the distance of whatever you've cut your strip at.
Ours was 50 by 50 or two inches by two inches,
so I've come back in 25 by 25 or one inch by one inch
and make sure when you drill, that you drill from both sides
because if you don't, you drill through, once you've
burst through the other side, that edge will splinter
and you don't want that.
Alrighty, let's get our drill out and start drilling.
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With those two holes now drilled, I should let you know
that the total length of this is 350mm,
which is a bee's left ear under 14 inches.
They don't tell you that in the woodworking manuals do they?
Good to know.
And the next thing we need to do is, with the holes on top,
we need to cut a 45 degree angle from that long point
and up and from that long point and up.
You got that?
Let's do it.
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Almost there folks, all we need to do now is to drill
a hole through the top of this to accommodate a
test tube shot glass which I bought from a
party supply place.
Drill a hole the same diameter, or slightly larger
than the test tube, slide the test tube down
through the hole and the flare on the top there
will prevent it from going all the way through.
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Well that turned out pretty good.
All you have to do is to place the test tube in the hole,
just like that.
That flare stops it coming all the way through.
Just get a rope, tie it on either end and Bob's your uncle.
Too easy.
Let's finish it off.
(drilling) (upbeat music)
Now before we attach the ropes on either end,
I might just give it a quick hit with a clear satin varnish,
I'm just using an old cheapo brush and I had this varnish
just lying around the shed.
So, give it a quick hit and see how it turns out.
(upbeat music)
It's looking okay so far.
(upbeat music)
With that varnish still wet, I think I'll place
it on one of these hooks and hang it here and wait
for it to dry and while that's drying let's have a crack
at project number two.
Let's do it.
Now for this project I'm just using this old sheet
of scrap ply that I found lying around the shed and what
we're going to make is this very simple device
so that you can watch your mobile phone in the upright
position without it falling over.
Let's do it.
(knocking)
So all we need for this project is to measure up
roughly 140mm, which is about, I don't know,
five and a half inches, something like that,
and then come in two inches, or 50mm, and just mark
out that rectangle.
Now, check out my fancy square.
For some reason I can't locate my square so I'm just
going to use whatever I can find.
This will do the trick.
Mark this out.
Just like that.
So we've got ourselves a nice little rectangle,
and then just grab your phone and use that
just to round off the corners.
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Just like that.
So from here, now grab your tape measure and come down
35mm, which is just under one and half inches.
Put a mark there and then come in 14mm here,
right there and that is a bee's ear under
one and a half inches.
Now put a little cross on him, that's our spot.
Now what we need to do is drill a one eighth hole
through that cross.
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Now for the second hole, I'm just using this larger
12mm bit, which is, I don't know, probably a fly's fart
under half an inch, and we're going to use that first
hole, or the initial hole, as our guide.
We'll drill half the way through, turn the board over
and drill from the other side and the reason for that
is that ply is fairly fragile and if we drilled all
the way through in one hit, it would splinter out
the other side and you don't want that.
Okay, let's go.
(drilling)
Okay, we'll turn him over.
(upbeat music) (drilling)
And we'll just finish him off on this board.
Done.
Okay, next step.
Now all we need to do is run a line from the side
of the hole to the outside edge of our new phone holder.
Got my fancy square yet again.
I really miss not having a square.
Anyway, sometimes you just have to improvise,
simple as that.
Okay, run those lines out.
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And then we can get our jigsaw, cut along those lines
and we'll have a nice little slot for our phone.
Beautiful.
Now if you don't have a jigsaw on hand, you can cut
this with a normal everyday hand saw but I do have
a jigsaw so away we go.
(jigsaw sawing)
And there we have it.
Beautiful.
We can now cut this rectangle out,
and then we can just round off these corners
with our jigsaw, and once again, if you don't have
a jigsaw you can use an electric sander and if you
haven't got one of those, even a hand sand
would do the trick.
(upbeat music)
Beautiful.
So that's the phone holder thingy all cut out,
now all we need to do is give it a good sand and
then what I might do is apply my DIY for Knuckleheads
logo to the face of that to see how that turns out.
Could be good, give it a crack anyway.
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Now all I'm doing here is transferring this reverse image
of my logo onto the phone holder.
Now if you wanna find out how I do this,
the whole method, I'll leave a link to it below
in the description box.
Anyway, wish me luck, see how it goes.
Oh, I'm a bit shaky, bit shaky, down it goes and now
we just need to rub that image, hopefully it works,
onto the phone holder.
It's really important not to move the paper 'cause
that'll smudge image.
So I'm just really cautious.
I've never applied a transfer to ply before so I'm
not quite sure how well it's going to take.
Okay, let's take it off and have a look.
Ooh, it's a bit faint, but it's not too bad,
it'll do the trick.
Alrighty, bit of a coat of varnish and we're almost done.
Okay, let's give it a quick coat with that varnish,
which makes the logo stand out a little more, not much,
but a little more.
I think maybe our printer may have been a bit light
on ink, I'm not sure, but anyway it's done,
that's the main thing.
The ply looks really good painted up, I love it.
And while this dries, let's go back to project one
and finish that one off.
Cool.
I love it.
Okay, this is now all dry and looking pretty spiffy.
Now all I wanna do is grab some rope, which I've got here,
and run it through the holes.
One through there, one through there.
We'll tie this off and then we're good to go.
(upbeat music)
That's about the right length for what I want.
Beautiful.
Let's cut those loose ends off.
(upbeat music)
And just lightly burn these ends to stop the
rope from fraying.
Here we go.
Okay, let's hang it up on the wall.
Okay, let's get this up on the wall.
Now the workshop probably isn't the best place for this
but you'll get the idea.
Okay, that looks pretty good.
Now, give me one sec.
Go get yourself that test tube, fill it full of water
and place in a few plants and judging by that mangy old lot,
flower arranging isn't my chosen field of expertise.
Okay, place the tube into the hole and there you have it.
I reckon that looks pretty good.
It'd make a great present and I think your mum,
your wife or your girlfriend would absolutely love it.
There you have it, project one, done, tick!
Oh yeah, I almost forget, how much did it cost?
The timber, or the wood?
Zero.
Test tube 50 cents, the rope 50 cents and for that
skerrick of varnish, I'd say about 50 cents.
So for a $1.50, you've got yourself a pretty cool item.
Good stuff.
And to finish off the phone holder, I'm just going to
stick some of this sticky backed felt to the inside
of that check out there so it doesn't scratch your phone.
(upbeat music)
So all you need to do now is to place your phone in
the phone holder and you can watch your favourite
YouTuber in comfort.
Who's that handsome devil?
So that's it folks, a couple of really easy projects
out of scrap wood that anybody can do and costs
very little money.
Now I know at the start of the video I said I was
going to do four or five projects but I simply
ran out of time but if you'd like to see more simple
scrap wood projects, let me know down below in the
comments section and I'll see what I can do.
Now, competition time.
If you'd like to win this phone holder,
the very one that I made for the video,
I'm going to select the first 20 correct answers
to the next two questions that'll go in the draw
to win this little ripper.
Alrighty, question number one.
Hmm, let's see.
In reference to a bee's anatomy, apart from the obvious,
what unit of measurement do I use?
(clock ticking)
And secondly what was the total cost of that,
you know, the plant holder thing with the test tube
and the plants in it, thingy?
(crickets chirping)
Okay, good luck with the competition.
And, as per usual, a big thumbs up for the video
is always greatly appreciated and if you wanna see
more pallet, woody type projects, please click on
my playlist which is either there or over there.
Make sure you check those out.
Alrighty, after all that, I think I'm due for
a cup of tea so until next time, be safe and
I'm out of here.
Cheers.
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