This was perfect as a vanity desk for me. ru-vid.comUgkxMAlHv7-BBWMrPRm5-uEoD6rtdT7SG2Qr Especially the glossy finish. Easy to cleanI was looking for something that wasn't the traditional white and with more of a modern feel. This fit the bill beautifully. I put it together with no problems, by myself in under an hour.Make sure you double check where you place the drawer tracks before screwing down. I had one track that needed to be aligned with different holes than the rest.
I guessed 120 hours. Very cool that you even possess the patience to have done all this. I can imagine what I would learn about myself if I took on such a project. Good job sir.
Whew! That top would make a nice Ultimate Bench with some dog holes and end vise! I can appreciate it but couldn't go there myself. And your record-keeping!! You must be a bookkeeper or accountant!
That is by far the most labor intensive use of recycled pallets I have ever seen with the most epic and beautiful result, my art is off and I bow down to you sir, fantastic job
"Yeah, so, originally I'd intended to sell the piece. Had a buyer and everything. But when it came time to SHIP it.... nobody in town had anything I could strap it to."
You totally earned the subscription. Not only did you produce a badass table, but the stats that you produced at the end of the video was the first for me after more than a decade of watching DIY videos. Cheers! 🥂
Just recently got into woodworking myself. As a total newbie who doesn’t know what he’s doing, I’m starting off on pallet wood. Not going to waste my money on lumber I know I’m going to destroy lol. But it’s mind blowing what people like you can do with this stuff. Very inspiring 👌
I once had a friend (rip Joe) who was a woodworking hobbiest that built fine furniture from boards he made using only laminated pallets wood. One he made this way was a large classic style roll top desk. Much respect to these craftsmen.
Finally someone who is honest with how much time a build took, and how much money was spent. So many RU-vid'rs make these incredible projects, and act like they were done in a weekend, and cost just a few bucks.
Having recently built a kitchen table from pallets with my teens, I can attest to how challenging it can be to take them apart! I wish I’d seen your methods beforehand. However, given that it was done with only a hammer and handsaw, I’m pretty pleased with our result, and learned a lot from it (first woodworking project ever!).
All that mortise and tenon work was phenomenal. You just don't see such meticulous craftsmanship from young men today. If your father and grandfather aren't proud, they should be. Outstanding my young friend. I love watching you work.
That was an epic build, Well done! I wish I had the workshop space you do, I would be doing a heck of a lot more in there. Something to consider with your jointer and planer machines: consider replacing the cutting heads with helical cutter heads. The little square cutters all around the cutting head are carbide and last a very long time and when they do blunt then all you need to do is spend an hour or so going around all the carbide cutters with an allen key and rotate them all 90 degrees to get a 'fresh' set of cutting edges. You get 4 edges per square and that will probably last you many years. I don't know if you have a fireplace or some sort of wood burner but you might be able to burn some of that waste pallet wood (depending on the type of pallet) and the saw dust you could put into your garden beds to compost away. That would save you a bit of money instead of having to pay for having to dump it at the local garbage dump.
That’s the epitome of a labour of love right there. Started off a bit slow but picked up the pace nicely and some lovely editing. I appreciate the work you put in to the segments along with the audio. Well done and a new sub earned. 👏
I love the transparency in this video. I guess it really does show that free pallet wood is not "free". By my count you were up to 50hrs of work in collecting and disassembling etc, before you even started milling - which was another 45hrs before starting assembly. Looking forward to seeing more projects.
That's no less than $1,000 just to get the wood ready for milling ($20/hr). I personally wouldn't do it for less than $45/hr if it's a job and not my own project. So yea, not free at all.
LOL! He took all that time to separate and square the wood only to cut it all into small 2in pieces, and then only use around 20 long pieces for the legs.......what a waste of time....why not just use the cut saw and cut the 2in pieces, then lay them on a flat surface, glue them together, and then belt sand both sides? Same result and you get in done in one day......
@@BuceGar yeah I would have skipped the jointer, planed both sides and ran rows of boards continuously and had a helper catch and stack them...... I just planed some pallet wood in no time both sides.
This isn’t your first time working with wood, is it! The part I found most intriguing and useful was the pallet break down. You used a variety of methods which I have never seen before. You should do a video on that alone. What a benefit to any who watch!
But this time maybee use a stack of pellets or a table to get up from the floor when sawing them? A question is also if it's not faster to make a standard typ of glue-up like homemade 2x4 and then make the different parts from those.
That’s a brilliant suggestion. As we have to research lots of different videos to find out the options. Yet I have found new ways of dismantling a pallet from your video. Thanks very much!
Omg I can’t get enough of watching these pallet videos, I’m in awe binge watching, I love to be able to do what you do, such beautiful time consuming fabulous wood work, I’m 65 & have arthritis & bone degradation in my wrists fingers so I get a thrill watching what I would love to do. My heart nearly stopped when your table top dropped but at the same time it showed just how well you did your gluing, that table ain’t going nowhere anytime soon that’s for sure, CONGRATULATIONS 🥳 on a magnificent job & keep loving what you are doing, it certainly shows in your art form🥰
Ryan, you are one dedicated MADMAN! I never leave comments or subscribe just to subscribe, but you have shown skills, dedication, love, care, and overall mastery of a craft. I applaud you for the time, effort, and attention to detail you've put into making a "FREE" table. Your obsession with perfection is a pleasure to watch. Thank you for all your hard work and amazing videos! Subscribed, liked, shared, and watched all your videos! You are an inspiration. Keep up the good work and good things will happen!
Wow, that's awesome, I love the look of the endgrain top with the offset pattern. It's a lot lighter than I expected. I thought it would be over 300 lb total with how thick everything is.
I admire your energy, commitment, whatever, to complete this build. It was great to see you accounted for the cost of consumables, blades, tools, etc. So many others do not make that number available. Your shop is large and well equipped, which helps a great deal. Thx for sharing!
I love taking pallet (and other 'garbage' wood and repurposing it... although nothing to this degree. I'm gratified you included the time it takes to plane it into workable wood. Too many videos skip (or at least minimize) the amount of time it takes. Thanks for keeping it real and keep up the great work.
I seldom comment on what I watch on RU-vid...You not only designed and built a beautiful piece of art, You taught so many trade skills and tips. Thank you, you are an artist, a creator and an inspiration to all who love wood.
This is awesome. Anyone in the trades needs a video like this on their page - one that breaks down everything that it takes to do their job. Customers would have a greater appreciation for the craftsmanship that goes into projects, and it would help weed out those people who believe that things are created in some magical factory for next to nothing.
It was a pleasure to watch your nice making video. I have done something similar because last week i found out that i am in need for a table to put some of my gear on to something stable where i can reach it in the right height. So i went to ebay and bought a pretty old but good second hand one one which was sold right in the same town only a few hundred meters where i live. It was sold for 100.- € and i made a telephone call and brought it down to 80.-. Half hour later i took my car and was able to transport it after disassembling it which took me about 10 min. With that bringing it home in pieces and transporting it up to my room it took me another half hour to reassemble it, cleaning it and already i was able to use it. Its not as nice as your one is, but works perfectly fine to me ;). All in all its just a table, right ?
Wow, one hell of a job! I think it came out great, love the look. Probably fair to say it’s a one of a kind. Doubt too many others will try to do it. As far as the joinery, it looked pretty good to me. Especially for the first time. I doubt it’s going to come apart. I admire your persistence in following through with it.
I’m a retired engineer and a bit on the anal retentive side. When you began to list the number of hours, cost of goods, etc. I suddenly realized if I were to ever have a table made I would reach out to you. Anyone who tracks this kind of information and can easily convey it in the video like you did is the kind of person I’d want making my table. Great job!
@@RO8s i was wondering this myself. With the cost of electricity & man hours put in...if he was going to sell the table (or have a business selling similar pieces), what would it have to be sold for? Would €10k be breaking even or would there even be profit there? Beautiful work, absolutely love the table. Just wondering from a business prospective if this type of work is profitable? Dream job and all that😍
@@MellowMeadowsGrove Well, the "profit" is in your hourly rate. If you have an order, and you've quoted it correctly, then you have a living, until you need the next one. To make a living, in fact you are better to make high-margin, low-value products, but then you are churning out simple things all day, which isn't the dream job. I did look at it, but the prospect of making twenty loo-roll holders today, followed by thirty tea-light candle holders tomorrow sort of put me off! During lockdown (the first one) I made a sideboard (from pallets) and in the second a store-cupboard/kitchen drawer worktop to match, but I couldn't have sold them at a profit. I do have a work table specifically for making that thick table-top, and if you had one "cooking" all the time while you got on with other things, then that might make sense, but it's a slog, unless you are quick and really talented. I looked at one of Paul Sellars videos, just making a simple three-legged stool. I made the same calculation and even at his speed you'd have to sell it for €75.
This was just an amazing project. I love the idea of reusing old wood as we all need to think a little more about reusing in our consumer world. That being said, i just love this table. Blemishes and all. I think that is what gives a project caracter. Well done!
you'd waste more energy and material doing it like this than if you just used clean raw material. Did you not see him talk about the materials he actually consumed and the gallons of gas he burned driving his car around gathering all that material? this is a net waste by far!
Woodworking is something I have always wanted to get into when I retire and watching your video has just sparked a deeper interest in this. Great work!
I have spent 40 plus years in Carpentry of all types and consider myself exceptionally OCD about quality. You Sir should be proud of this, not only the great work but the thought process of building it and making it work efficiently and keeping it straight . One thing I would have done differently, I would have had to use all the scrap to heat my shed, it’s really cold here in Canada. 😊Great work Sir and your critiques of the work I believe is unfounded, you did an amazing job!!!
assuming he wants to earn a living wage, that table could be anywhere from, at $20 and hour - $4,085 to, at $60 an hour - $12,685...after costs. Since 215 hours is 26 straight 8-hour days, I would think he is going to charge much more than $20 an hour to make it a real living.
This is an epic build, I like what you have created there. Having collected and dismantled 21 pallets myself, I know how much work that alone is. I don't have the space you do so had to make do outside. I am using the blocks from the pallets to make a coffee table, that's a long job as well.
A very cool table, it looks amazing and as you can see it was a hell of a lot of work. If you add up the hours invested and calculate the costs for the material, you only make no minus for the table from around €4000. greetings from Frankfurt
this was such a great video! I am intrigued by all the work you put into making the pallets more uniform. I am just starting out on my woodworking journey, but am eager to learn more about it!
Just watching this in awe. What an incredible job you’ve done! As a 59 year old woman I built a portable workbench for my hubble ( courtesy of Steve Ramsay’s woodworking course), also from scrap material. I still have a long way to go before I’m up to your level and the power tools you have…
Pawn shops, yard sales, and online sale sites have been a huge friend to me over the years to accumulate many tools that I couldn't have obtained otherwise. Best of luck to you, ma'am!
Crazy project! I’ve reclaimed pallets and I guessed 200 hours as soon as I saw how many you were breaking down. Towards the end I upped that guess to 250 hours… Thanks for sharing. I know putting the video together adds a ton of extra work. I caught a couple extra techniques to try on my next wood project. Thank you!
HEY RYAN - 45 YEARS TEACHING CABINETMAKING AND WISH THIS WAS AROUND BACK THEN - SHOWS KIDS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY THE BEST WOOD AVAILABLE TO MAKE A QUALITY PROJECT - NICE WORK - TUNG OIL IS THE BEST, BUT I HAND RUB MINE "INTO" THE WOOD RATHER THAN APPLIED "ON" TO THE WOOD - ALL MY KIDS WOULD HAVE POINTED OUT THAT YOU WERE ROUTING THE TOP INCORRECTLY - YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROUTING "COUNTERCLOCKWISE" ON THE OUTSIDE OF A PROJECT AND NOT "CLOCKWISE" - THAT'S CALLED "CLIMB CUTTING" AND IS NOT GOOD FOR THE ROUTER BIT AND CAN CAUSE SPLINTERING - ALSO, FOR THE FUTURE, USE "CHALK" FOR THE DEPTH/SURFACE APPLICATION FOR BELT SANDING VISUAL TECHNIQUE AND NOT A LEAD PENCIL - WORKS BETTER AND IS CO CHEAP -
@@lucas_is_fishing THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY IS MY CAPS MIGHT BE ON??????? YOU MADE SAFETY VIOLATIONS, BUT NEVER OWNED UP TO THOSE??? I DO ALL MY TYPING IN MY "CAD" AUTOCAD PROGRAM AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE DEFAULT IS SET AT "ALL CAPS" PLUS, SOME SNOT-NOSED KID MADE UP SOME RULE THAT "ALL CAPS "MEANS "SHOUTING" - LET'S SAY THAT MIGHT BE "TRUE" - I SHOULD BE "GRANDFATHERED" IN - AGE + EXPERIENCE = KNOWLEDGE - OWN UP TO YOUR SAFETY VIOLATIONS AND BE A "MAN!"
I guessed 200 hours. Close enough. You know, most tables are beautiful because the wood grain looks nice and speaks for itself. But sometimes, a piece is beautiful because it is a statement that says "someone went through all the hardship, pain, effort, and time to make something out of nothing". There are so many skills involved in making this. I can't even begin to imagine how stressful were the glue ups, how boring was the cutting and planing, or how your back and shoulders felt after sanding. Thank you for making this.
That is a gorgeous table and I can’t imagine the skill and imagination needed to build from your head, you are really skilled. When you started I thought 50 hours but then when I actually realized it was all end grain showing I figured 200. Amazing artistry and craftsmanship.
Oh for a large spacious workshop with all the tools shown. It is a great use of space, with free wood. Unfortunately, we don't all have those luxury items. Great job, though! Well done!
Wow! Very impressive! What a beautiful, durable patio table out of pallet wood. This was definitely worth the watch. Almost $1300. But if you take all the hours you took building this & multiple that number by how much a skilled craftsman makes, it's worth a whole lot more. Hopefully, it will last for many, many years. Your wife is a very lucky lady to have a husband who would put so much into what she had asked for. Very lucky indeed!
As someone who does this exact type of thinking & working with pallets, breaking down pallets is no easy task in of itself. Bolt cutters & a nail punch work great for removing the nails.
amazing work,amazing skills..... in the end ,nothing is free.... no free wood -no free pallets....everything costs....and if you plus the energy of electricity prices O.M.G.... After all of thats..... THE RESULT IS JYST AMAZING.....
I made a coffee table out of pallet wood took me months of weekends with my dad to build something working with angles but so unique from a picture in my head, that is still a ton hours and lots of dedication, awesome build.
You Should've Seen Me When I cut Out My Spoonrest I Was Nurvice As Hell when You Said $90.00 For A Table Saw Blade I Found Blades At Home Depot As Cheap As $34.99 Some For $24.99 & They Wer 10 Inch 40 Tooth Blades. That's All I Use I've Cut Douglas Fur Maple. All With A 10 Inch 40 Tooth Blade
Getting all that free product and spending all that money to make that free product work it has its pluses. The longer a man’s been married the more he probably enjoys being in his woodworking shop
I made this exact table design with my wife for our first ever venture into craft woodwork. We did use pallet wood, but lumber from a lumber yard. For our first project, it came out beautiful and we are SO proud of it! If it never sells, no big deal. We will happily keep it (unless we have to move). But it was fun as heck, a great bonding experience, and lit the fuel under the fire for us to keep building! Love the video.
