Turning a Free Pallet into a $1,200 Desk 

Nice work, I have a nice stash of second timbers myself and am eager on putting them to good use...

Did you factor in fuel in car to pick up pallet running cost of your power tools and how much money you have clawed back from the initial spend of your power tools to do these jobs.

Beautiful! You did great with recycled materials too! You are great for our Earth!😊❤️ Thank you!

What kind of planer is that man?

Favorite part of the video. "That must be McKenzie" "Definitely not a woman" She came with you to protect your chastity. lol Cute interaction

I mean, the man was obviously extremely wealthy so he probably didn’t care that much. Still absurd to think about that tho

😂😂😂

@@chase86903 wealthy people spend all their time making money and keeping their hands clean and end up being rather skillless and embarrassed, so they will pay for knowledgeable creativity and construction

There were many labor hours that went into it as well though

@@Lifecomesfromwithin Not $1,200 worth. Yes I know because I've been doing carpentry since the age of about seven or eight, so almost 30 years now. I cut down my own trees and process my own wood from the 300ish acres set I have that was passed down from my family to me and then I make all sorts of tables, chairs, desks, cabinets, jewelry & boxes. You name it, I make it and I wouldn't ever in a million years charge somebody $1,200 for this even if I could find somebody that is dumb enough to pay that much. I have a moral foundation in which I don't take advantage of people. This guy doesn't.

Yeah seriously 🤣

in my city this desk will sell for 120$ xD max

sucker born every day

No shot that guy payed 1200😂😭😭😭

He knows the guy and he's getting his pic in a RU-vid video. He's essentially paying for vanity. Chuck it on eBay, without referencing the RU-vid video and without linking RU-vid videos to the auction, and see what the offers are. Id wager nobody puts in an offer higher than $200

I'm a designer I buy desks at wholesale prices (my cost) that are more money, not as nice. It's a beautiful piece. Also his time as a carpenter is worth a lot. It's a skill.

Why are you so rotten Farmboy? You come across as jealous. Just stop.

I thought I was the only one. Yikes

Most if not all desks don't come with an edited video of how it was made.

@@hopefully2224 I have that skill, and I make stuff, day in, day out seven days a week. That's the reason why I can say I would not pay more than $400 for that piece. Yes the quality is there but thats it. It's just a table top. He bought the legs so...you are saying the table top is worth $1000. Hmmmmm maybe you are in a different market than I am. Perhaps that's the answer.

Yeah he could also say he sold it for whatever he wants he doesn't prove the price he got shows text messages that I could easily get someone to fake.... all for a few views that's where he's trying to make money he surely didn't really make that much off that table people are gullible

cad ? usd ? yeah still expensive, but it looks like they're in canada and its like 30% difference in currency

He under valued himself and you got a deal. Be grateful instead of bashing craftsman online.

@@hopefully2224 He's been a carpenter for 30 years, he knows the value of things and himself. He doesn't rip people off, that's for sure.

Blacktail Studios couldnt get $1200 for that, and he's massively in demand.

@Tee Hee That and "reclaimed wood". If you see "reclaimed wood", there's heavy mark-up. =S

I would pay no more than $150 for that

$130 ON AMAZON BABYYYYY

its just because he is a youtuber, otherwise no one would pay that much for it, it doesn't even look that great, I mean its not bad, but not remotely close to what you can buy with 1200$...

@@glub1381 well you really have to understand the time and effort into creating this. The Hand crafted desk this man has created I guarantee is far more sturdy & rugged compared to any Ikea or other brands out there.

@@MavensechoIt took him 12 hours to build. It’s not like it took him weeks to build.

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Someone was willing to pay that for it, and apparently, that's what really counts, not some objectively calculated added value. Keep supporting our current, hegemonic economic system, and this shit will never end.

you’re not only paying for the table you also pay to have an entire video made about the construction of your table

@@adotsmith Thanks for agreeing with my premise while at the same time, correcting me on the specifics. Yes, that's added value through the additional labor of recording the whole thing under high production standards, including post production editing and whatnot. It's added labor value, there's no way around it, in fact, his addition of labor value with the video, has made me post comments, which in turn makes the algorithm work and make for the channel to reach further.

This comment is what made me decided to sub to the channel. The sheer diss 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Dude I just spent $2k on a used toolbox in BC and I got a pretty stellar deal. Now if I wanted build my own work table, and that's build it my self. That's like $5k and I'm not counting my own labour. But on the other hand my $2k toolbox is a lot more functional than that bullshit joke of a pallet table.

Not only spent $1200....but spent $1200 on a $1000 asking price! :D

I throw away skids like these daily lmao

@Garnet Holman you're absolutely right! I've lived in Toronto all my life and you can walk down your neighboring street and your neighbor could be a coke head living in utter filth or they could be someone just moving in to the newly renovated line of town houses that are all 100%identical on a street across from a line of tiny dinky houses that look like tool sheds beside these 3 story mansions. Its Toronto; idk why they seemed surprised theres rich and poor living amongst eachother lol!

I'd rather fork that out for something natural then get one of these ikea saw dust products for $300. You could also DIY fo-fwee!

I think it's longer if you count in the glue drying time.

Fax

Bruh literally that desk is ugly af

@@andyvogts4630 C'mon man. It's nice. I would love to find people who would pay $1,200 for a desk like this. Makes me wonder what I could get for my 8-footx30-inch butcher block desk. I used gunstock stain and 8 coats of poly.

Hey, at least it’s not veneer over pressboard.

With 40k worth of tools 😅 good work though! Looks amazing!

I usually just use another nail from the other side to whack it out ':) Been working pretty well so far :D

Pallet made specially for him for this video lol

THIS 🙌🤙

So your add literally means you pass on ALL things that require a time frame of large scales? im trying to understand how thats not just lazy, instead of actually ADD... fellow ADD person asking... because the option of redirection is a thing

Adult ADD huh? Grow up.

@@Bozwald you don't grow out of ADHD/ADD. It's literally a different wiring in your brain. Thats like telling autistic people to stop being autistic, because FYI ADHD/ADD is a neurodevelopmental condition, just like autism is. ADHD is behaviours and traits that are the result of a person's brain developing differently during the key stages of development before they were born or as a very young child. How about you just go change the literal function on your brain, big guy! Go back to school and take a science class.

@@Bozwald lol no

sounds like it didnt dry enough before you added more coats.

Dude great for helping him out. good advice. I won't add much more. just want to let him and everyone else know more thin coats are way better than thick coats. Use your mind it will make sense. Woodfloor guys are the best.

@@thesicilian4464 lmao wood floor contractors are usually ripoffs that don't even do great jobs, and take advantage of ignorant people who don't have an eye for detail. You have to search far and wide for a reasonably priced guy to haggle down that doesn't leave bad spots on the floor. Scam artists

Thanks for the tip, man! I barely have the patience for 3 coats to begin with, so, now I have justification!

@@jessiejanson1528 Yeah, never too sure about that, either: I got impatient with some Rustoleum enamel spray paint on my bathroom's laundry chute flapper door & frame; there was some rust due to scratches; I did some good sanding work, and feathered it out pretty well, and first coat looked SUPER nice, but then, I noticed an area that didn't get fully coated; but I got impatient, and tried to 2nd coat it too soon, and it ~dissolved the first coat: it got all 'pruney', and started peeling off...so, had to clean off all the soft/loose stuff, let it 'cure' for a couple more days before I could sand it again, and then repaint... It looks like a real amateur job (which, of course, it IS...), but I have a lot more work to do on that bathroom's walls, plumbing, so, maybe I'll go back at it, again, later. At least there will be much less rusting until then: I prepped & painted inside & outside.

It was $1000 if you watched the whole video. Guy gave him a $200 tip. $85/hour with materials and delivery included for a one off handmade piece seems pretty decent honestly.....

@@nickadkins7765 yeah around here contractors charge $130 an hour just for their labor. Apprentices charge $85. It's insane.

@@nickadkins7765 yes, but for a higher level of skill. This is woodworking 101 skill.

@@ClassicCase you aren't grasping the big picture here. The guy that bought it probably has no woodworking skill OR tools. Can't have one without the other. Tools are expensive and woodworking takes time to learn. He is paying for a custom piece. The laborer is supplying his skill, time, tools, gas etc....the client is supplying a "yes i like that idea" and the agreed money to back it up. That's how a capitalistic system works. If people think someone is charging too much well they don't get paid and the business shuts down, or they make necessary changes to offer things at a more affordable price point.....regardless handmade and bespoke ANYTHING will demand a premium, not just woodworking. Hope that helps

I been to a shop that there work is high skills and I do believe that kind of table would be in that price

New Yorkers

The cost of living there must be very very high.

My thoughts exactly

exactly

Buyer was obviously rich and had deep pockets.

I’d be more embarrassed to have the cheek to say cough cough weer weeeeer won thou tho thouuuuuusand

You guys are sad people. Furniture is way more expensive than your basement dwelling gets allowance from mommy pockets could ever imagine

@@crypticallife4284 I found the pallet desk purchaser

Never, ever give up! ~Winston Churchill

@Lucy Bryant Lucy, why don't you make and post a video of your handiwork? I for one, would LOVE to see what and how you make those center pieces and other gifts. Please think about my suggestion.

The table top was nice, those legs were God awful though. Should have made some nice wooden legs but that takes real skill not just a planer

@@gordjohn2322agreed! I’m her first subscriber now! Either way, I appreciate this comment. It’s super wholesome.

The seller and "buyer" here are in kahoots, it's staged for publicity, goddamn i hate hippies.

lmao “scammer” no, the people who buy it are just stupid 💀 y’all hating on a man cuz he made $1200 off a free pallet like you wouldn’t do the same. Pocket watching crazy

@@deetsitmeisterjd not a scammer, you just don’t like the price. Stop making the definition of scamming lose meaning by misusing it.

@@deetsitmeisterjd Thats literally just business. Dude wanted a custom desk and got one

Your honesty 😂😂😂

Leopold you here?

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Honestly Brandon, you can get all those tools for a good price!!!! You Can get a pair of Milwaukee drills for $200, dewalt table saw 350, dewalt chop saw 350….that’s 900….and then the planer is probably a 3-400, ryobi sander 60-80$..….you’d be sittin pretty for a long time my friend! I opened a HD credit card and went and bought all the stuff I needed/wanted and I didn’t know shit about these tools, had to teach myself! I always told myself I couldn’t do this stuff, but I bit the bullet and now I wood work all the time.

Start with a good quality table saw. You can make every different kind of cut with it. Then go to second hand stores or garage sales and pick up tools that ol granddad used once and still good to go. Start smallish projects like making flower planters, dog houses or whatever. Think of making 5 - 10 of whatever you make. By the tenth time you make the same design the project will take 1/10 the time you did for the first piece. Repetition is your best friend. After that project profits can pay for any new tool you want. Easy peasy. Have fun with it.

@@Farmboy1544 Thanks!

These videos are fake, that's how.

I believe it's the customer base as well as having a RU-vid channel (perceived notoriety if you will). Depending on your customer base, you can find alot of people willing to part with alot of money for very little.

Because he's engaging and has - between YT and IG - built up a following of 70,000 interested people who like and admire him, his work, his sunny nature, and have learned from his free videos - what a sales person might call 'warm leads' though I don't sense he's particularly 'salesy'. Other than for purely functional things, we're significantly more likely to buy from people we know, like, and trust. I detect more than a slight whiff of sour grapes in your comment: _"How did you ever find someone to _*_throw away_*_ so much money on it?"_ ≈ 'What I do is far more sophisticated than your table, yet people wouldn't pay me anywhere near the figure you seem to be able to attract': a) it isn't fair b) your work is inferior to mine c) you must have somehow fleeced your buyer who d) is foolish for being so wildly overcharged. You manage to achieve so much in such a short, rather mean comment, then wonder why what Morley has done proves elusive. Yes - I wonder why that might be, John... 🤔

@@221b-Maker-Street nothing you said proves anything other than he makes the money off his clout and not about quality. The person saying they make things of higher quality is probably correct as this project is something that would have been easily made with a trip to Menards for the already assembled hardwood tabletop since the legs were just bought and screwed on. Although you may take offense to the other posters statement, it does not mean it was false.

@@221b-Maker-Street Happy to pop your over psychoanalyzing bubble. I said exactly what I meant. No need to put words in my mouth.

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

The smell of cigarettes reminds me of my pal

This is one of the tips I that I wanted to be sure made its way into the comments. "End cutters", aka bullnose cutters, or nippers are also great alternatives to the "side cutters". End cutters have a nose that can serve as a fulcrum to roll away from the nail and draw it out. An old putty knife can be placed under the nose to minimize denting the wood. Don't use a good putty knife (or your 12" taping knife) for this task. Another tip is to use a pin-punch instead of a nailset. A pin-punch will have the same diameter of shaft for an inch or more of its total length. This avoids making a hole any larger than necessary, while driving the nail deeper than the reach of the nailset. With a set of pin-punches, the perfect size punch can be selected to provide enough strength and force for the task. It can usually be slightly smaller than the diameter of the nail. Follow the path of the nail with the pin-punch as it pushes the nail through.

I think I made it to adult or like working man RU-vid and these comments are the most awesome thing I’ve seen this week so positive and helpful

I have used that method...it works!

There are nipper style pliers made specifically for this. Its curved and u just roll the pliers. Anyone planning on doing many pallet projects should definitely get one.

Thank you for the kind words!

Melih, that's what they do not understand.

one mNS trSH

REALLY THO WHAT UNEDUCATED UNSKILLED DUMBO IS HAPPY W $85 N HOOUR BEFORE TAX W NO BENEFITS THO AMIRITEE

Totally!

@@MorleyKert You got a scammer in your comments. ⬆️

$1,200 Canadian dollars is $924 US dollars.

@@n9wox that desk isnt even worth 300$

@@l3urton baby, my shitty ass IKEA desk with 100% fake wood is 300$ canadian brand new. I don't think you actually know much about the cost of things

It's a custom hardwood piece of furniture. That's actually a pretty fair price for something like that. You have to remember this is something you'd hire a carpenter for and not something you'd go pick up from the furniture store.

Your paying for the labor

Uuuuo

What a well written comment!

Just advertise it as “eco chic”. I knew a chick in LA who took random shit like twigs, twisted them into wreaths, and spray painted it gold. Sold for hundreds. City ppl w too much $ and not enough sense.

It is way easier when you know the owner of a pallet manufacturing facility lol. I just go pick some up

ikr Morley may be able to find a few hipsters willing to pay outrageous prices for a shit table made from pallet wood, but let him try opening a furniture business and having real clients, in the know of what actually handcrafted furniture sells for and he’ll be filing bankruptcy before the years over…

I burned 200 grand the other night

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

Go ahead then and keep your opinion to yourself.

@@TheSofres Says who, you? GTFO

Holy fucking shit, this guy did not even bother to build the legs himself! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B5qSh3dQIl0.html Someone paid you $1200 to refinish some pallet wood?? Good lord what a pathetic excuse for wood working this video was.

There is not a single reported case of a dust extraction system in a home blowing up.

@@davidlangdon9956 Most likely because the people that did blow up in a garage dust explosion failed to file a report. D'oh!

Exactly what I was thinking. There are so many more costs than time and material. This is business 101. sigh.

A "Copy Cat". I'm 37 and I've had access to a my own cabinet shops since the age of about seven or eight and that's when I started carpentries because my dad is a Master Carpenter though I don't like to refer to myself as such. I've been making tables chairs desks cabinets other little trinkets out of pallet wood since I was a little kid. I started doing river tables before RU-vid even became a thing. But here's the kicker. Other people and I mean many other people did all of those things way before I did. I'm not the first or the second or even the thousandths. What this guy is doing is not special or unique in any way. This guy also seems to be kind of an idiot. He gets lucky that he doesn't screw his builds up because he doesn't seem to have the ability to see problems in real time or anticipate them like most remedial carpenters can do. I was dumbfounded over the fact that he couldn't even build his own base or legs for the table instead bought a cheap set from Amazon to install them himself and then on top of that didn't even have the perceptive ability to watch where the f*** he was walking and ended up breaking them. I personally if this was my build would have fabricated and welded my own design of legs out of whatever particular metal that I chose to use within my shop and even then I likely wouldn't charge more than $450 for this table. That could change a little bit depending upon the design of the base and dependent upon the particular metal I use and how many welds that I have to do so it's a possibility you could maybe see $525 as a tag but certainly no more than that. I do not take advantage of my customers It's how I was raised and it is part of my moral foundation that I will never waver on because I hate hypocrites and so even if I found an individual willing to pay $1,000 or 12 or 1500 or whatever, I wouldn't accept it.

i respect that too. fact is this kind of equipment,tools are dangerous leave it to the ones with steady hands, cause one sneeze could cost your life or someone esle.

Are you being sarcastic? No guard on tablesaw and telling people to just cut through nails is not modeling best safety practices.

could you explain this a bit further? do you mean to alternate the face with each glue up ?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EhCm1UVXbmY.html this video explains it when they talk about marking boards with I/O or U/D

Your comment is edited and still full of missing words and weird grammar..

If you dial in your table saw it will be 90 degrees dead on and stay that way with maintenance. That is absolutely not true

Did the lawsuit pay off?

He’s happy though

yeah I would feel like I was taking advantage of him even if he was ok with it

@@daytimerocker3808 carpenters are on £45 a hour , he made something he set a price client was happy more than happy hence 200 dollars over asking price , funny how a skilled man can do this and all moan at price , yet some one else throws paint on a canvas and charges 100 grand

Nice to have rich customers

@@mojothepirateleworthy1054 Spot on

Thank you so much!

Backhanded compliment

@@ishthefish3559 fr💀

@@ishthefish3559 Straight up insult I dare say

I consider pallets generally unsafe for reclaiming and turning into furniture. Some pallets have been used to store/move all kinds of chemicals and oils on 'em with leaks being a common thing. It's not safe, unless you know the whole history of the pallet.

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

Probably doesn’t know how

Would have taken more time and the customer does know so fuk it

Truth

It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

I don't doubt someone paid $1200 for it and good on the woodworker for being able to get that price. However, I don't think my conscience would ever let me charge someone that amount of money for such a desk. Obviously, I make a poor businessman.

@@rickborrettjr6810 in a few months when the natural expansion of 2 types of wood bends it at best, cracks it at worse. it will be worth nothing

I wouldn't call this a craftsmanship 🤣🤣🤣🤣

um no

lol no way. All the costs you mentioned are completely negligible Sandpaper? Maybe $10. Electricity? Probably literally around $0.50. Paper cups? $2. Tool maintenance? This one is hard to estimate, definitely pretty insignificant as well though. He included all the major costs in the breakdown, everything else is peanuts not worth talking about.