It reminds me of that group of students who made up a restaurant and got high end society to book a dinner date with them, and they were fed store bought stuff at high price! The 2x8 is the same thing. Just make it look clean.
Thanks for putting these videos out. All too often the TH-cam woodworkers have turned their channels into strictly affiliate marketing channels. I appreciate you putting out useful, inspirational content. It gets the creative juices flowing.
I agree 100%. Just getting into making smaller items from wood over the last year, these have been a lifesaver. I've watched too many TH-camrs on woodworking that either call a more advanced build a simple starter project or show you how to build it without giving you any measurements, including the size of the wood itself. I've actually watched a few that were so convoluted that the project seemed to be aimed at a much more experienced woodworker. Yet when I managed to take a pic of the finished item, blew it up a little, and looked at it, I could figure it out and realized it was actually very simple. It was just poorly explained by the builder. I enjoy your videos because you explain each step, all materials used, and cut sizes in a manner easy to follow. Being a Georgia gal, I learned there's no sense in using 50 cent words to describe a 5 cent process. Mathew, you are greatly appreciated. Much thanks.
Agreed. Most other channels have been bought and paid for by the tool companies. I haven’t seen a negative word about any of the free tools given to those channels. No man can serve two masters.
Matthew, I'm so excited I have to share. I made a Rustic Bath Towel Organizer and posted it. I've now sold 4 in about a week. It really does pay to research and watch your wording. A BIG thank you for your videos.
Cutting boards: My suggestions: *Hard eastern maple. It has anti-bacterial properties. IF the board needs a repaired split, I would heartily recommend a Nakashima butterfly. Fast joint and people love them. A metal staple will gouge those expensive granite countertops.
Well Now , Seriously ya can't expect some mfg sweat shop in China to know this 🙄🤣 Big Boss - Xiaobo you nail board like this ! You make with 十一 ( Chinese # 11) We make many Flag . You have 15 3/4 hrs to work today Now Chop Chop !!
Since you are always talking about saving money on projects here is one I use. For mixing glue or other sticky things I save those postcard type flyers you get in the mail. The glossy side gives you a smooth surface for mixing and they are disposable, not to mention free. In addition to just mixing you can also use them to spread, just mix in the middle then fold in from both sides and on one end forming a basic tube. Then you can squeeze the glue out as you spread it.
I’d get 1/16” flat bar in 1”, 1.5”, 2”, etc (by however many feet long you’d like (2’, 3’, 4’ (or 0.5 - 1 meters) and cut cross slices off of it in the length that you need. If you were doing this regularly, it would be worth it to set up a jig for using a cutoff disc. Otherwise, ask your local steelworks place for their 1/16” off cuts already plasma cut for a small fee. Use some blueing on the steel to “age” it instead of black paint. Edited for spelling & clarity
After watching almost all the videos especially the pallet projects. Not only does everything look fantastic but the time and mathematics involved is absolutely amazing, mind boggling actually. I didn't give it much thought until I decided to make a couple serving trays. I had a 6in circumference by 15in long red cedar log. After cutting it in half then squaring it up. Which came out roughly 4×4×14 then I had to come up with a design to utilize the material I had, that took me almost 2 hours. How, thick, how long, how wide, beveling edges and what not. So with plans in hand the project came to life. Of course I to modify as I went along but finally it came together. So, hats off to you sir for taking the time for laying everything out. Mad respect
Sunday routine watching your new video, has become a traditio for me 😁 for that made up staple I would hammer down a piece of wire, maby a wire coat hanger or something like that 👍
I love the simplicity and the common since. That is why I clicked the links. Hell I am dealing with PEMDAS. What a joke. You just keep on doing you because you have common since.
A freekin 2x8 honestly people really will buy anything. Byw ave sent my latest project to the brag board. Going to the stitch board i done a coffe table that had couple small cracks didnt wanna do inlays etc i used bright coloured coper wire and done it as a cross hatch pattern looked wicked. Greay video keep them coming. Think the start could be called modern rustic. 👍🏴
Fair play to the pottery barn they could sell snow to an Eskimo and then sell some more snow to the same Eskimo but make it a little whiter or colder. Great video.
The first example you showed of the rustic board paddle or whatever looked a lot like a pharmaceutical bottle, similar to what used to be featured in silhouette on many pharmacy signs when I was a kid. It had me wondering its purpose until you showed the group together.
Excellent video as always Matthew. This is definitely my come to channel for idea's, inspiration and first class advice. Keep up the good work sir and thank you for sharing.
Having my coffee and watching your outstanding video. Like ALWAYS, you gave outstanding ideas. Keep them coming my friend. You're always a highlight of my week! You should think about some full back hats for apparel
That star if you drilled tiny 1/8 holes you can fish a Scrollsaw blade in it and cut out the entire center. You could take the center from the first one and cut it out making several different sizes. Scroll saws are a easy to use tool the kids can learn on. My dad had a craft business in the 80's and 90's. I started on the scroll saw around age 8. I use to make wooden tulips from scrap ply wood you cut the flower head and ten a leaf. I use to drill a hole in them and put the on a 1/4 in dowel rod for a stem. After making hundreds of them one day I had a Idea. Instead of using a dowel rod I used the flat metal binding straps for lumber. 3/4 in wide and they would wave in the wind. Super easy. I got 6 bucks each in the early 90s and my mom could not keep them in stock in our craft store. spray paint the leaf and stem green and the flour all different colors, Easy $ cheap takes little time,
What would be really awesome on the flag would be to stain the stripes different shades and to cut out the star shapes with a dremel and tiny router bit(if they make them 🤷♂️) and install some led lights behind it with maybe red, white and blue or set them to oscillate red, white and blue!!
The horror on my face when you mentioned that "hardware cloth". YIKES! I nearly flayed myself using that stuff to build my catio. It is SHARP and I wondered how they made it so the edges weren't exposed. Very cool! Thanks for breaking that down.
The last time I saw a repair like this was when my Jr. High Woodshop Teacher had pulled a table out of an old farm house storage barn/building. It only had 3 of 4 legs, and on bottom side of it were 3 square-nails folded over. My shop teacher described what had been done to make the repair. He had no true way of knowing the exact age of the table, it was made of oak (probably at least mid-1800's, if not before then.)but the newer farmhouse which was being torn down was built before indoor plumbing was a thing, because plumbing was added to the house, and ran along the base boards, and boxed-in along the base boards. There were ruins of an old, mostly burned down plantation home on the property as well. He said that wood likely cut from horse driven saw mill.
Howdy Matthew - wow those are awesome! You have a knack for breaking these down so even idiots like me can make sense of it. Great job and thanks for sharing with us 🤠
Love your videos man, I work at a cabinet company where we build and install custom cabinets, I’ve been taking home a lot of the drops/scraps but most of it is plywood, where only one face of it looks good. Do you think a video of using plywood drops or scraps would be something you put out one day? I think it would get a lot of people to conserve and use as much of that expensive cabinet grade plywood as possible! Thanks for all of the helpful tips in your videos as well, they’ve actually been able to help me at work (I’ve only been there a couple of months)
Another great video thanks for sharing really weird on the Flag build how they only went with 11 strips I have a mini one I bring camping it is from Max F on here his build I always want to make a bunch and try selling them when we are camping, lots of foot traffic people like to display their campsites
Thank you who spends the time for others so they can catch on God bless you and your family outstanding job great attitude great idea astounding work that's the. Bottom line
It's amazing that we have become so rich as a society that we are deficient in anything down to earth, so we have to pay big money for a patched cutting board.
We have a laser and we make signs. We like those ast two items. I think we are going to make a couple to take to our next craft show and see if they will sell in our area. I think I may build a couple of those crates as well
Being a wooden flag maker in the past as a side hustle ( got too busy and burned out lol) I would knock one of these ones out in less than an hour, but do it to spec. New to channel and love what you do.
Hi Matthew! The star project would be perfect to salvage the middle star with a laser cutter/ engraver. If anyone who has access to one or has a friend who owns one, I would recommend hitting them up for this project.
I was just talking to my friend about making smalls off of one of your older videos definitely a great idea! I actually think a good stained plywood can make a visually interesting edge with, that star was kind of dull but done right I like it, I made some floating shelves that way.
Mathew your a great inspiration, I just got done making the flag out of scrap wood which was totally free except the large paint sticks I used the long paint sticks for the frame and the free wood to make the flag part it’s a little ruff looking but I stained the part where the stars will go blue and the rest antique oak came up with my own measurements basically 17in by 14in on frame and cutting to fit all my slats long and short. I used wood glue and 1” brad nail for frame and slats and filled in all the holes and sanded before staining I’m actually surprised it turned out ok probably middle school level but for first time attempting it I’m ok with that 😂 I’ve wanted to build one for a long time and with just the picture and your encouragement and positivity I was able to make it happen in a couple of hour’s surprisingly! I feel like the wood went to good use instead of sitting here collecting spider webs and dust now I have a US flag. So cool! Can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with next video😂love them all thank you❤❤❤❤❤
I bought some cheap cutting boards and pizza paddles off Amazon (sadly they were cheaper than I could make them) and have been using my laser engraver to do decorative sayings on them. Haven't listed any for sale yet so I don't know how they'll do, I'm trying to build up some stock and do a craft fair this fall.
Love the "hanging" boxes, but see them with little block feet as standing boxes. The laser engravers are really cool. But as someone who's planning on going tiny, as in building a skoolie next year, I have to be realistic where tools are concerned. After my build, I'll be selling off all but the necessary smalls building tools, so no room for a big laser machine. Lol
Another good presentation Matthew. I especially liked the baskets. I wonder if you might do a video on motivation to get started selling? I personally have made a few peototypes of sone of your suggestions but im having a hard time pulling the trigger to commit to the side hustle. As always, I appreciate all you do. 👍
@gregpreston7301 I'm a crafter who didn't use much of my limited woodworking skills or tools for more than repairs, upgrades, or little odds and ends around my house or the occasional gift before I came across Matthew's smalls videos. I'll admit, I'd make like one of the things to see if I could pull it off, but just too scared to make more to sell. After being out of work for several months, due to health issues brought on by Covid, my savings was gone, credit card maxed and I was making myself sick, stressing over how to survive. I had a lot of "scrap" wood and there were several buildings and neighborhoods going up around me where the builders gladly let me have their scrap. This motivated me to take those smalls, I had one of and start building dozens of each. Slowly my crafting has drifted away from a lot of what I use to make to my smalls. Just set a goal for yourself, let's say you want to make crates, tell yourself "let's see if I can make 5 or 10". Figure out how many of each cut you need and mass cut, them assemble them. I timed myself on each step, averaged it and knew how much time each took. This is important when pricing your items. Never undercut your time's value. I actually made a game out of each different item I made and before I knew it I had at least a dozen of each different item. It's amazing how good it makes you feel to see what you've done. Good luck! You can do it!
He’s made a several videos on how to get started. Don’t know if if I’d say they are strictly meant as inspirational but they are very informative and do offer some inspiration.
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"It's a 2x8." 😂😂😂 That is hilarious.
I loved that too!!!
It reminds me of that group of students who made up a restaurant and got high end society to book a dinner date with them, and they were fed store bought stuff at high price!
The 2x8 is the same thing. Just make it look clean.
Thanks for putting these videos out. All too often the TH-cam woodworkers have turned their channels into strictly affiliate marketing channels. I appreciate you putting out useful, inspirational content. It gets the creative juices flowing.
This is my favorite woodworking channel and pretty much the only one I watch anymore. I'm sick of "the 5 tools you can't live without" type of videos.
You bet!
I agree 100%. Just getting into making smaller items from wood over the last year, these have been a lifesaver. I've watched too many TH-camrs on woodworking that either call a more advanced build a simple starter project or show you how to build it without giving you any measurements, including the size of the wood itself. I've actually watched a few that were so convoluted that the project seemed to be aimed at a much more experienced woodworker. Yet when I managed to take a pic of the finished item, blew it up a little, and looked at it, I could figure it out and realized it was actually very simple. It was just poorly explained by the builder. I enjoy your videos because you explain each step, all materials used, and cut sizes in a manner easy to follow. Being a Georgia gal, I learned there's no sense in using 50 cent words to describe a 5 cent process. Mathew, you are greatly appreciated. Much thanks.
@@MatthewPeechWoodworking- lol, made your millions, now sharing the love so we can. Nothin’ wrong with that.
Agreed. Most other channels have been bought and paid for by the tool companies. I haven’t seen a negative word about any of the free tools given to those channels. No man can serve two masters.
Finally! A product I’m confident I can replicate: a 2x8. I can make that. I can even make different sizes…
Lol
Whoa whoa , hold on there now . Different Sizes that's a bit some may say Radical 🤔🤣.
Matthew, I'm so excited I have to share. I made a Rustic Bath Towel Organizer and posted it. I've now sold 4 in about a week. It really does pay to research and watch your wording. A BIG thank you for your videos.
I’m taking that “modern” 2x8 thing and making it rustic… no handle cut into it.
Double the price 😂
Cutting boards:
My suggestions:
*Hard eastern maple. It has anti-bacterial properties. IF the board needs a repaired split, I would heartily recommend a Nakashima butterfly. Fast joint and people love them. A metal staple will gouge those expensive granite countertops.
10:25 - The “flag” only has 11 stripes.
The American flag has 13 stripes, 1 for each of the original colonies!
The first thing I noticed 🤦🏻♂️
Im proud to not be the first or only one to notice. 😂
Well Now , Seriously ya can't expect some mfg sweat shop in China to know this 🙄🤣
Big Boss -
Xiaobo you nail board like this !
You make with 十一 ( Chinese # 11) We make many Flag .
You have 15 3/4 hrs to work today Now Chop Chop !!
Since you are always talking about saving money on projects here is one I use. For mixing glue or other sticky things I save those postcard type flyers you get in the mail. The glossy side gives you a smooth surface for mixing and they are disposable, not to mention free. In addition to just mixing you can also use them to spread, just mix in the middle then fold in from both sides and on one end forming a basic tube. Then you can squeeze the glue out as you spread it.
I’d get 1/16” flat bar in 1”, 1.5”, 2”, etc (by however many feet long you’d like (2’, 3’, 4’ (or 0.5 - 1 meters) and cut cross slices off of it in the length that you need. If you were doing this regularly, it would be worth it to set up a jig for using a cutoff disc. Otherwise, ask your local steelworks place for their 1/16” off cuts already plasma cut for a small fee. Use some blueing on the steel to “age” it instead of black paint.
Edited for spelling & clarity
On that pallet flag, you'd just have to count the boards to be the strips. They've only got 11
On the star: start the cup with an oscillating tool, then switch to a jigsaw. Also, before staining use a stain conditioner to prevent blotchiness.
Would be a little cleaner to do a plunge cut with a circular saw. Doesn't matter as long as the cat is skinned. :)
After watching almost all the videos especially the pallet projects. Not only does everything look fantastic but the time and mathematics involved is absolutely amazing, mind boggling actually. I didn't give it much thought until I decided to make a couple serving trays. I had a 6in circumference by 15in long red cedar log. After cutting it in half then squaring it up. Which came out roughly 4×4×14 then I had to come up with a design to utilize the material I had, that took me almost 2 hours. How, thick, how long, how wide, beveling edges and what not. So with plans in hand the project came to life. Of course I to modify as I went along but finally it came together. So, hats off to you sir for taking the time for laying everything out. Mad respect
You could use fencing staples [double point tacks] to hold the “cutting boards/ fraternity paddles) together. They come in a ton Of sizes.
Sunday routine watching your new video, has become a traditio for me 😁 for that made up staple I would hammer down a piece of wire, maby a wire coat hanger or something like that 👍
Great idea. Someone had mentioned using the time of a fork if you want to keep it food safe.
I think Copper wire would look good also
Thank you for this. I love the box/tray with hardware cloth. I'm going to try that one.
Thanks for that comment! I have some brass screen that I am going to try! And copper sheet metal too! I wasn't thinking till I read your comment!
As always I love your channel and your ideas and how you teach!! Thank you so much for being so inspiring!!
You are so welcome!
I love the simplicity and the common since. That is why I clicked the links. Hell I am dealing with PEMDAS. What a joke. You just keep on doing you because you have common since.
If you have a CNC machine. You can make the stars easily. Then you would have that solid star too. Great ideas! Thank you!
Man, I'm looking forward to having time to work on some of these things that you have presented to us,thanks mat
Hands down best woodworking channel on the tube
TIP: 6:18 Making Stars; you can cut the negative star out with a multi-tool so that the cut lines will all be straight edged. LOL yw.
Your videos are awesome! Thank you!
*I like the Fact your introducing Laser Projects!!! Keep the ideas coming Brother!!!*
Thanks! Will do!
Interesting choice to only put 11 stripes on the flag, but be accurate with the stars.
🤷♂️
An electric cable staple would work well.
Hola! 🖐Thanks for all of the awesome ideas. Have a good one, Adios!👊
Interestingly, the flag is not a correct American flag. It only has 11 stripes. Love your videos.
Faux repairs, is my local signature, thanks to Julie's Designs and Signs.
A freekin 2x8 honestly people really will buy anything. Byw ave sent my latest project to the brag board. Going to the stitch board i done a coffe table that had couple small cracks didnt wanna do inlays etc i used bright coloured coper wire and done it as a cross hatch pattern looked wicked. Greay video keep them coming. Think the start could be called modern rustic. 👍🏴
‘ whip somebody with it .’ Lmaoooooooo
Great video and hola from Texas !
Fair play to the pottery barn they could sell snow to an Eskimo and then sell some more snow to the same Eskimo but make it a little whiter or colder.
Great video.
Lol true story.
If you wanted to use/bend cut nails, you can anneal them on the gas burner, and cool them slowly in ashes or sand.
Man! That black hardware cloth looks great on wood pieces! Thanks for all your tips bro👍🏻
Great job and project thx for sharing enjoyed it
The first example you showed of the rustic board paddle or whatever looked a lot like a pharmaceutical bottle, similar to what used to be featured in silhouette on many pharmacy signs when I was a kid. It had me wondering its purpose until you showed the group together.
The basket/ crate with hardware cloth I'd do biscuit cuts and glue them just makes a but joint 10x sturdier
I like the Basket!!!
Thanks.
This gives me several ideas, thanks!
Excellent video as always Matthew. This is definitely my come to channel for idea's, inspiration and first class advice. Keep up the good work sir and thank you for sharing.
Having my coffee and watching your outstanding video. Like ALWAYS, you gave outstanding ideas. Keep them coming my friend. You're always a highlight of my week! You should think about some full back hats for apparel
Thanks! Will do!
That star if you drilled tiny 1/8 holes you can fish a Scrollsaw blade in it and cut out the entire center. You could take the center from the first one and cut it out making several different sizes. Scroll saws are a easy to use tool the kids can learn on. My dad had a craft business in the 80's and 90's. I started on the scroll saw around age 8. I use to make wooden tulips from scrap ply wood you cut the flower head and ten a leaf. I use to drill a hole in them and put the on a 1/4 in dowel rod for a stem. After making hundreds of them one day I had a Idea. Instead of using a dowel rod I used the flat metal binding straps for lumber. 3/4 in wide and they would wave in the wind. Super easy. I got 6 bucks each in the early 90s and my mom could not keep them in stock in our craft store. spray paint the leaf and stem green and the flour all different colors, Easy $ cheap takes little time,
What would be really awesome on the flag would be to stain the stripes different shades and to cut out the star shapes with a dremel and tiny router bit(if they make them 🤷♂️) and install some led lights behind it with maybe red, white and blue or set them to oscillate red, white and blue!!
Thank you for the video!
I'd use a full pallet and use extra pallet slats, to fill in. And make it, pallet size, and set it up out in the yard.
Chicken wire would look good in place of the hardware cloth. We women love our chicken wire! 😆
The horror on my face when you mentioned that "hardware cloth". YIKES! I nearly flayed myself using that stuff to build my catio. It is SHARP and I wondered how they made it so the edges weren't exposed. Very cool! Thanks for breaking that down.
You could use a 1/8-->1/4 inch of square tubular steel for 2 staples. The flag only has 11 stripes.
12:02 I made one! I’m making little handles for it instead of the hole. I came back to see what kind of protective finish you suggested 😊
As far as the cutting board nail if you wanted something food safe cut off the tine of a fork for the staple/nail!
Good idea
That star goes well here. We are loaded with Cowboys fans here. I made some out of scrap OSB plywood once. They were gone in an hour.
Nice! Time to make some more?
@@MatthewPeechWoodworking Still getting my shop back up since the move. Running electric is expensive!
The last time I saw a repair like this was when my Jr. High Woodshop Teacher had pulled a table out of an old farm house storage barn/building. It only had 3 of 4 legs, and on bottom side of it were 3 square-nails folded over. My shop teacher described what had been done to make the repair. He had no true way of knowing the exact age of the table, it was made of oak (probably at least mid-1800's, if not before then.)but the newer farmhouse which was being torn down was built before indoor plumbing was a thing, because plumbing was added to the house, and ran along the base boards, and boxed-in along the base boards. There were ruins of an old, mostly burned down plantation home on the property as well. He said that wood likely cut from horse driven saw mill.
oh man. great stuff. im so close to buying a table saw and a brad nailer. i feel like we could do this.
I use the electrical staples that you hammer in. I flatten the tops with the anvil.
Nice idea!
The pallet flag is really cool... decided myself to make a spice shelf with a flag door
12 or 14 gauge copper wire stitch across the crack is an idea that I had.
Howdy Matthew - wow those are awesome! You have a knack for breaking these down so even idiots like me can make sense of it. Great job and thanks for sharing with us 🤠
Great tips thanks for sharing
I would use a romex electrical wire staple to hold the crack together Some are flat on top
Love your videos man, I work at a cabinet company where we build and install custom cabinets, I’ve been taking home a lot of the drops/scraps but most of it is plywood, where only one face of it looks good. Do you think a video of using plywood drops or scraps would be something you put out one day? I think it would get a lot of people to conserve and use as much of that expensive cabinet grade plywood as possible! Thanks for all of the helpful tips in your videos as well, they’ve actually been able to help me at work (I’ve only been there a couple of months)
Yep. I may actually start incorporating that into the videos.
You’ve got the best channel for us new at this. Anyone starting woodworking and or trying to make it a business. Keep up the good work thanks to help
When you say piece of pie, would that be "Peech Pie?"?
Great video! Thank you for sharing
I have to go thru your videos and make sure I thumbs upped each one! I love your help that much! Thanks Matthew! Peace!
I really appreciate you sharing!
My pleasure!
That flag is missing a couple of stripes…
I've been seeing shelves that are suppose to look like drawers. I'm gonna try to make a set and see how it goes...🤞🤞
Another great video thanks for sharing really weird on the Flag build how they only went with 11 strips I have a mini one I bring camping it is from Max F on here his build I always want to make a bunch and try selling them when we are camping, lots of foot traffic people like to display their campsites
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I love your takedowns of these trends! It’s crazy what people will pay for a piece of dimensional lumber with a handle cut in it. Sheesh.
Always instructive!!
Thanks.
Thank you who spends the time for others so they can catch on God bless you and your family outstanding job great attitude great idea astounding work that's the. Bottom line
Tinker repair. I have a plate like that. This look is easier than bowtie.
Looks great. Really appreciate this series.
Love your videos
It's amazing that we have become so rich as a society that we are deficient in anything down to earth, so we have to pay big money for a patched cutting board.
We have a laser and we make signs. We like those ast two items. I think we are going to make a couple to take to our next craft show and see if they will sell in our area. I think I may build a couple of those crates as well
Nice!
That dresser over your left shoulder is awesome!!
That pallet flag is perfect for the USA. Trying to make it look good for an Australian flag however, would be a nightmare
Amazing as always..... one of my first recent project was your large planter boxes. Lot of work, very rewarding. Thanx
A scrollsaw or coping saw would be perfect for cutting out the center of that star. 7:44
Love your making money with smalls!
You had me at hardware cloth and laser. Love this video.
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cool video. excellent ideas!
An easy staple for spanning wood cracks is what is called a "Hive Staple" by bee keepers. They use them to connect hives together for transportation.
MAA SHA ALLAH
Id bet the plywood stars could be made from strips of plywood with single spline joints.
Or two layers of 1/2" scraps!
On the decorative paddle - don't sell that as cheese or charcuterie board. Between the crack and the staples you've got a place for bacteria to grow.
Being a wooden flag maker in the past as a side hustle ( got too busy and burned out lol) I would knock one of these ones out in less than an hour, but do it to spec. New to channel and love what you do.
Your next project should be a build of that pallet flag with the correct number of stripes. 😊
Hi Matthew! The star project would be perfect to salvage the middle star with a laser cutter/ engraver. If anyone who has access to one or has a friend who owns one, I would recommend hitting them up for this project.
I was just talking to my friend about making smalls off of one of your older videos definitely a great idea! I actually think a good stained plywood can make a visually interesting edge with, that star was kind of dull but done right I like it, I made some floating shelves that way.
Yea!
You can buy the black 'old style' square nails. We buy them for our 200 year old house
another great video. any ideas for scroll saw projects that sell?
Mathew your a great inspiration, I just got done making the flag out of scrap wood which was totally free except the large paint sticks I used the long paint sticks for the frame and the free wood to make the flag part it’s a little ruff looking but I stained the part where the stars will go blue and the rest antique oak came up with my own measurements basically 17in by 14in on frame and cutting to fit all my slats long and short. I used wood glue and 1” brad nail for frame and slats and filled in all the holes and sanded before staining I’m actually surprised it turned out ok probably middle school level but for first time attempting it I’m ok with that 😂 I’ve wanted to build one for a long time and with just the picture and your encouragement and positivity I was able to make it happen in a couple of hour’s surprisingly! I feel like the wood went to good use instead of sitting here collecting spider webs and dust now I have a US flag. So cool! Can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with next video😂love them all thank you❤❤❤❤❤
Good info.
I bought some cheap cutting boards and pizza paddles off Amazon (sadly they were cheaper than I could make them) and have been using my laser engraver to do decorative sayings on them. Haven't listed any for sale yet so I don't know how they'll do, I'm trying to build up some stock and do a craft fair this fall.
Love the "hanging" boxes, but see them with little block feet as standing boxes. The laser engravers are really cool. But as someone who's planning on going tiny, as in building a skoolie next year, I have to be realistic where tools are concerned. After my build, I'll be selling off all but the necessary smalls building tools, so no room for a big laser machine. Lol
Good stuff Matt! Thanks once again for some great ideas!
Another good presentation Matthew. I especially liked the baskets. I wonder if you might do a video on motivation to get started selling? I personally have made a few peototypes of sone of your suggestions but im having a hard time pulling the trigger to commit to the side hustle.
As always, I appreciate all you do. 👍
@gregpreston7301 I'm a crafter who didn't use much of my limited woodworking skills or tools for more than repairs, upgrades, or little odds and ends around my house or the occasional gift before I came across Matthew's smalls videos. I'll admit, I'd make like one of the things to see if I could pull it off, but just too scared to make more to sell. After being out of work for several months, due to health issues brought on by Covid, my savings was gone, credit card maxed and I was making myself sick, stressing over how to survive. I had a lot of "scrap" wood and there were several buildings and neighborhoods going up around me where the builders gladly let me have their scrap. This motivated me to take those smalls, I had one of and start building dozens of each. Slowly my crafting has drifted away from a lot of what I use to make to my smalls. Just set a goal for yourself, let's say you want to make crates, tell yourself "let's see if I can make 5 or 10". Figure out how many of each cut you need and mass cut, them assemble them. I timed myself on each step, averaged it and knew how much time each took. This is important when pricing your items. Never undercut your time's value. I actually made a game out of each different item I made and before I knew it I had at least a dozen of each different item. It's amazing how good it makes you feel to see what you've done. Good luck! You can do it!
He’s made a several videos on how to get started. Don’t know if if I’d say they are strictly meant as inspirational but they are very informative and do offer some inspiration.
the flag one you could add lights in the back and get that 150
I like it.
I love your ideas!! I make pallet wood flags and the one you are showing gives me new ideas!!!
Looks similar to a tooth hanger for a hung picture frame for the cutting board