- Oh no!
Not again.
Car keys!
Where are the car keys?
Same problem every single day.
Maybe they're in my pockets.
No.
Not there.
Hey mom, have you seen my car keys?
- [Woman] What? The car keys?
Heavens above. No I haven't.
Seriously Shane, you'd lose your head
if it wasn't screwed down properly.
(pot whistles)
- There she blows.
Must be time for a cup of tea.
Now, cup.
Where did I put my cup?
Hmm. Uh.
I think you get the idea.
I need somewhere where I can hang my car keys
and my favourite cup without ever
misplacing them ever again.
Which gives me a great idea for video two
for the 30 minute challenge.
Let's go.
(banjo music)
Good day folks.
My name's Uncle Knackers,
and you're watching DIY for Knuckleheads.
Now onto today's 30 minute challenge.
Now today's project is going to be very simple,
which is right up my alley.
All I have are four dodgy old fence palings.
You could use pallet wood if you wanted to,
but most people would just like to throw this stuff out
or even burn it.
But I think for our coffee cup car key rack thinga ma jiggy,
it should look really good.
Fingers crossed.
We'll have two pieces for the back and two for the side
with a shelf and a top.
And that's it.
Now the first cuts are going to be these two backing boards
and then the two side boards.
The two backing boards, they'll be cut to a length
of 570 millimetres, which is about 22 1/2 inches.
The two side pieces, they'll be cut to a length
of 560 millimetres which is a smidge over 22 inches.
Smidge, how much do you think a smidge should be?
Leave a comment below.
I'm thinking about two millimetres,
a bit under 1/8 of an inch.
Your thoughts?
Alright, it's time to get going.
And I know that on that last challenge, we just snuck
under that 30 minute mark by the skin of my teeth.
Hopefully this time around we can do a little bit better.
You ready?
Let's go.
(rock music)
The backing boards are now cut to length,
as are the two sides.
And to finish it off, all you need to do is to cut
a 45 degree angle on one end of both of those side pieces.
Let's do that.
(light rock music)
Now with the angle cut on these two side pieces,
stay, the next thing I'm gonna need to do is
to cut the top for the rack or the cabinet.
Is it a rack or a cabinet?
I'm not really sure just yet, but this top piece
will extend past the outside edge on both sides
by about an inch or 25 millimetres,
and the total width of this top needs to be wide enough
so that we have a little 10 millimetre or so ledge
or edge just there, just to give the cabinet a bit of depth.
Alright, let's cut it.
And with the top now cut, I think we're due
for a time check.
Okay, let's stop the clock, and it looks like we're on
about eight minutes, which is pretty good.
Alright, let's keep going.
Now before we assemble everything, I wanna give
all these pieces a really good sand,
because once it's assembled, it's gonna be
quite difficult getting the sander inside to do a good job.
Let's do that first, and then we'll assemble everything.
Okay, I've stopped the clock a fraction under 13 minutes.
The sanding's all done, I just want to explain
what I'm thinking about doing next.
I'd like to apply a transfer to this backing board,
but I don't think it's going to stand out much
on this raw timber.
So what I might do is give it a quick coat
with a white paint, sand that back a little bit,
and then with a bit of luck,
that transfer will stand out more.
Anyway, we'll give it a go and see how it turns out.
And, let's restart that clock.
(upbeat rock music)
Because I'm doing a timed challenge,
I need to get this paint dried fast so I can give it a sand.
(upbeat rock music)
Alright, we'll test that out,
and that's dry enough.
We can now give it a sand.
Beautiful.
(upbeat rock music)
Alright, that looks pretty good.
It's now time for assembly and time for a time check.
Okay, we'll stop the clock, and we can see
that we're approching the 17 minute mark.
Ooh.
That's probably where we're supposed to be,
but still only 13 minutes left.
It's gonna be tight.
Now before I restart the clock,
I'm just gonna explain what we're doing next.
Now because we're under a fair bit of a time constraint,
we haven't got the luxury of doing any joinery
to hold these two boards together.
So all we're going to do is, I found some old stuff
just lying around the shed, a bit of brass,
an old door keeper, and a rusty old leaf off a hinge.
I'll screw these on, and that should
hold everything in place.
And actual fact, I think that's going to look pretty good.
So let's restart that clock, and screw these things on.
(upbeat rock music)
Alright, let's just run some glue
on this backing board,
and nail the thing together.
That's pretty exciting.
So I'll go like that.
I'll just spin this around
like that, and then this side
over here.
And it goes on like that.
The back's pretty gnarly, isn't it?
Okay, get it flush on the edge, flush on the top,
just grab my trusty old nail gun,
and nail away.
And there you have it.
Now before I nail the top in place,
I'd like to put in a shelf.
So I'll do that, cut it, put it in,
and then we'll nail the top off.
(light rock music)
Okay, stop the clock, and we are on,
what's that, almost 25 minutes.
Why do I do this to myself?
With about five minutes to go,
I don't think I'm gonna have enough time.
Let's quickly run you through the last couple of jobs
and we'll see how we go.
Now the last couple of jobs that I need to do are
to put on the transfer and also to drill a couple holes
in the side here, run a stick through it
to hang off my favourite cup and my car keys.
Let's see how we go and restart that clock.
Now from my printer I've just printed off
a copy of this coffee logo
onto some label paper in reverse,
and hopefully this will now transfer onto this timber.
Cross your fingers.
It's really tricky and hard not to move it.
But lay it out and try and rub all that print off like that,
and with a bit of luck, this will transfer
onto that painted surface.
Alright, I think that's enough.
Let's take if off carefully.
(sighs)
No good.
Fail. Messy fail.
Alright, we're stopping the clock.
(sighs)
Okay, we're looking at, let's have a look,
almost at 28 minutes, so we've got two minutes
to get those holes drilled and then work out
what we're going to do with that transfer fail.
Alright, let's go.
Can I do it?
Let's go.
(blows)
Alright, okay, quick, quick, quick.
Where's my stick? My stick!
There's my stick. Put that in there like that.
Okay, now hooks. Couple hooks.
Ah, on there. Ah, on there.
Cups, where's my cup?
My great tip Knackers cup, and these.
Ah, come on!
Keys, okay.
Let's stop the clock.
Alright, let's stop the clock.
(sighs)
No!
One second too late. Ugh.
Ugh, I cannot believe it, one solitary second.
That was a fail.
I didn't go under the 30 minutes,
and I think the big drama was with that image transfer.
It just didn't quite work out how I wanted it to.
Oh well, you live and learn I suppose.
Let's get back to it, see how it all turned out,
and there's a couple of other cool things I wanna show ya.
Let's go.
Alright, I know, you don't have to gloat.
The transfer was a bit of a fail,
but I do have a backup plan that I hope is going to work.
Mod Podge image transfer solution to the rescue.
Now the process is very easy.
Like before, just get a reverse copy of the image
that you want to transfer, especially if there's words.
And there's actually videos all over YouTube on how
to use this stuff, so I won't go into too much detail.
You just basically cover the image with the Mod Podge,
and if you wanna buy some, I'll leave a link
in the description box down below, so check that one out.
Now just cover the whole image
with the Mod Podge,
nice and thick.
(light rock music)
Now the idea is to get all of that colour
from that image covered with the Mod Podge.
Once you do that,
that looks pretty good,
we're going to take it over to my rack or my cabinet,
and place it face down
and leave it for 24 hours.
That looks pretty good.
Okay.
And now carefully place it, carefully,
on my cabinet like that,
and just tap it down.
(light rock music)
Make sure you cover the whole image.
And kind of make sure you tap it and don't rub it because,
like over here,
the paper will start to pull up and tear.
So just be a bit gentle, but go over the whole image.
Alright, that's pretty good.
Now we'll leave that for 24 hours
and then come back and remove it.
Now while we wait patiently for that transfer to dry,
I'll quickly show you how to easily make
these really cool wire hooks for our coffee cups.
All you need for the job is a block of wood
like I have here, and a piece of dowel
which you'll screw to that block of wood.
And just in front of the dowel,
you'll notice that I've driven in another screw.
And now I'll show you how to use it.
The first thing you need to do is to secure the block.
And I'm just screwing mine down to my bench top,
but you could also just put it in a vice.
Both methods are good,
and that is beautiful.
To make the hooks, it's really simple to do.
Just place your wire between the screw and that piece
of dowel, apply some pressure to that wire,
and bend it around the dowel just like that.
And you'll finish up with a really nice-looking hook.
And to get the opposite direction,
just place it back into my wire-bending contraption,
apply some more pressure, wrap it around the dowel,
and bang, you are done, and you've finished up
with a really nice-looking hook.
To complete the job, just grab a grinder,
some tin snips or bolt cutters, snip off that excess,
and you're done.
Too easy.
Okay, 24 hours has gone by, and now it's time
to remove this paper to reveal the transfer.
So just wet a sponge and go over the whole image.
Just dab it, and you can see
those colours really starting to pop.
Just keep dabbing it until all that image is wet,
and then just put a bit more water over the top,
and after this, we'll come back in two minutes
and rub that paper off.
Okay, a couple of minutes have passed.
Now let's just, in a circular motion,
start rubbing this paper off.
And you can see there already how the transfer
has gone down to the wood.
Looks good.
Just keep on going, circular motion.
All that paper's coming off.
That's looking pretty nice.
And there it is.
What do you think of the Mod Podge image transfer method?
I absolutely love it, and I would've done that
in the first place if it wasn't for the 30 minute challenge.
The 24 hour turnaround didn't really fit
into that whole scheme.
Anyway, enough of my excuses.
Let's get this up on the wall.
And there you have it folks, a very simple job to do
and in just over 30 minutes.
Great tip Knackers!
Oh yeah, and check this out,
you can even make your own coasters
out of an old fence paling.
They come out pretty good, and also check this out.
(snaps fingers)
It can also be used to hang your paint brushes.
And it can even be a toilet roll holder.
I absolutely love this thing,
and the possibilities are endless.
Now I'd just like to give a quick shout out
to Donna from Funky Junk Interiors
where I got the idea for the project.
Check out her blog in the description box down below.
It's good stuff.
So that's it folks, I hope you enjoyed the video.
A big thumbs up would be fantastic,
and for more detailed photos go to my Facebook page,
link in the description box down below.
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Alrighty, I'm done.
I need a cup of tea, and I know exactly
where to find my cup.
Too easy.
So 'til next time, I'm out of here.
Cheers.