Now that turned out great mate, that nice authentic HUON PINE, from the little island of Tasmania that I have had for 25 years….. was the icing on the cake. Did you burn the live edge? Cheers ⚓️🫡🇦🇺
Hello from Montreal Canada. Every time you speak of woodworking and pallets I feel the exact same. Seeing trashy free wood become something beautiful is truly satisfying. Makes you feel good... on the inside!
Just about everything I've learned about woodworking I've learned using pallet wood and I have always given exactly zero f's what others think. I have a productive shop now filled with benches, cabinets, drawers, jigs and just about anything you can think of all made of free pallet wood. It has been all free and taught me so much. I would advise anyone to get into pallet wood even if to get a new perspective on it.
My hobby is shooting train videos. I had parked at this metal stamping business many times without giving a thought to their stack of pallets by the road. One of my sons kept wanting to take a few pieces of wood home so I let him and we ran them through the planner. Surprise they were maple cherry oak and beech. Now we go there about once a week, break down as many as we can til my wife’s van is full.
I get all the free pallets I could ever want from my work. Some of it is trash but a lot of it is really pretty. The guys have started saving the pretty ones for me!! Love your builds!!
Haters gonna hate, no matter what you make. I have never used a pallet but obviously enjoy the methods, humor, and projects. Your no waste attitude is the way to be. The sliding door cabinet is really cool project.
I did one two-drawer table with just one giant pallet. My work isn’t a ‘hobby’ and I tracked my time. So two things turned out: First, the money I ‘saved’ on ‘free’ lumber took me enough time that when converted to dollars I could have bought clean, fresh lumber for a mere $25- or $30 more. Well worth my time. Second, it turns out that after vacuuming, wire brushing, sanding, then vacuuming again that my $225 glue-joint obviously lost its razor sharp edge within a few cuts. So overall it cost me about $60 extra to use suboptimal wood. Not going to do that again!!!!
Thanks for what you do and post Mark. I started with wall shelves and moved on to shoe racks, a plate rack, pirate chest (with a coopered top). So far, the last project was a bathroom sink vanity. You have been a big influencer in my hobby. Carry on M8. Take care & stay safe.
Thank you for making me feel, "normal." I just recently started my woodworking journey, and all I can swing, right now is pallet wood. You're 100 % correct that it's WAY too easy to let the sensationalized elitism of some social media presences, make you feel bad or "less than" by using pallets. But I've already tapped into something new, in my heart, with woodworking, and I truly appreciate your positivity and words of encouragement. Thank you, again.
I love everything about your work. While I don't use pallets often, I do try and make as much as I can from recycled timber for all the same reasons. Broken furniture, stuff in council cleanups, so on. You know those stakes councils use to support tree saplings along the side of the road? When the tree grows and no longer needs the stake, you think the council comes around and collects them? Of course not. The stakes end up on the footpath or in the street. So I collect them. Made a side table for my living room earlier this year out of garden stakes. And think about that; a tree grows up, is cut down with sole the destiny to become support for other trees. But before it ends up in the tip or rotting in the gutter, I step in and give it one last purpose, which is a place of honour as furniture in my house for the rest of my life.
Nothing fancy to say but….. thanks for the time and effort you put into your videos and the encouragement you give to us all to give it a go. Cheers….. Pete
Thank you mark. I have made hallway tables, floating shelves and coffee tables and more! All because of you. Now I have something to do during these long Alaska winters.
I built my shop cabinets years ago from a huge Motorola pallet box back when I worked for them. It felt amazing when my Dad told me how impressed he was with what I built. I still use pallets when I find a good one. Love the tambour doors!
I don’t know how you do it but every new video is more entertaining and heartwarming than the last one. Congratulations on another amazing project! Love the result!
Aloha Mark! when i first discovered pallets my health was in a bad way and so i had a very limited income.... ok i was broker than broke lol. Making something out of pallets was the only way i could afford furniture! i even reused the nails! once i made a few things i started looking for other people on the interweb for inspiration. thats when i found u! i said hey this guy is really bringing the the best out of this beat up trashed up wood! like to the next level! Followed! It was cool to see someone else on a similar journey of pallet wood discovery and ignoring all the noise from the negative head waggers and lip flappers. i started finding free broken furniture and repairing them and adding pallet wood i processed. it helped my physical and mental health and it did great things for my bank account lol. Mahalos for u being u Mark! 😄😄😄
I love it buddy, the reason being, first of all, you are highly protecting Climate and Environment, by Recycling and Reprocessing Wood Secondly, you are indeed protecting forests and woods from cutting and Most important, it's cheap and easy to process, better than plywood
Hey Mark I just want to say thank you, between you and Jasper i have learned soooo much and am taking the first step in just getting started. I've already started collecting and breaking down pallets. I have watched just about all of your videos and many of which i have watched over and over again. I love all the work you do with pallets and i honestly love seeing you mess up on projects. It helped me realized how its okay to mess up on projects and has helped me realize that i can work on my own projects as well. I just glued up my first small slab this weekend about 1 3/4" thick. Need to make a few adjustments but it was very satisfying to do. So thank you for everything you do and hopefully here soon ill be starting a channel as well showing off some of the unique ideas i have for pallet projects.
Hi mark, love the phrase’ “I make furniture from pallets, not pallet wood furniture” I guess that’s why I watch vids. But please carry on being excellent to everyone 👍
So glad I watched this. I wasn't going to. It popped up and I'm at work and thought, I'm just too busy. Almost swiped it off my screen... Then ...by some weird chance in the chaos of space time. I managed to get a bit of time to scratch myself and saw your upload. I've been a subscriber for ages. I have some tools and wanted to get into it. But just have no time. After watching this mate. I'm going to make time. So I guess that means. I've just started. Crazy thing, I even live in the same town as you.
Did just that, I got started...! Collected pallets, started to break them down, it's tough at first as each new step is just that, new, never done by you before. Pallet buster makes it so much easier, and while I had a table saw, the thicknesser was a welcome birthday present. Latest addition was a cyclone dust extractor I made, and I'm into the first hall table. I have other things in my head to make, and I see new projects in every day settings. But the focus it to make and sell, aim to cover my costs, then carry on. Thanks for the motivation 👍
I just got started three years ago. Currently making an octagonal tombola for a Carnival. My very first pallet wood project was a wooden feature wall in my sons bedroom - it has colour changing backlights. He uses it every day. I now rescue wood from Shitbook Market Place - mainly scrap hardwoods. I'm just doing me. As always, your content is inspirational. I love the community you have with other content creators too. Keep up the work and stay safe in that 🚁
love what you said early on..."I make furniture from pallet wood, not pallet wood furniture" this is big thing. There is a tremendous difference between the 2
I just got started! Had a jobsite saw in my shop for a year and fired it up a few times, but it always scared the hell out of me. A few rookie mistake kickback incidents didn’t help. Wasn’t hurt though, just shit myself. Yesterday I faced my fear and got cracking making a house for the feral cats that live on our property. Biggest hurdle is not having a jointer. So I fabbed one up using a miter slot on the table saw. And holy shit it’s the best thing ever! Just turning wonky pallet wood into squared off, straight pieces… it’s damned near orgasmic!
Greeting from SA. Mental health improves greatly from such a hobby, I found turning (when I was still doing it) very peaceful. Unfortunately, and ironically, a decline in MH, has stopped me from doing anything, as a lack of enthusiasm does more than affect your desire to do, but also to create...and think! However, after quite some time, ie well over 12 months 'absent', I am planning a comeback...and a big one at that! After all, I have a LOT to catch up on! Shortly before my 'decline', I was getting prepped for some major projects for my side hustle, so so stock, tools etc were accumulated...and then it all stopped dead in its tracks! A few sales from Timbecon recently are helping to get me further enthused, and to do some bigger jobs. "In for a penny...", as the old saying goes!
Small tip. Could be helpful if it suits you. When using the pneumatic denailer (I use the same one you have) I use a bucket to catch nails too and I find it useful to have it partially filled with water so the nails don't hit the other nails or debris and bounce back out. Water slows the down enough to stay in the bucket.
you have great ideas and up cycling, I've made picture frames and watch boxes from pallet wood myself, and the effort is satisfying I've had luck in finding redwood. I love your attitude.
I actually kind of dream of the day when I will have a setup that allows me to process pallet wood! Currently working out of an apartment, and while I have stuffed it with a shocking number of power tools, “jointer” and “planer” and “router that’s being operated for more than about five minutes” are beyond whatever the boundary is for “reasonable power tools to operate in an apartment,” so hilariously, for me pallet wood actually represents an aspirational material 😁! For now, it’s a good thing that I am in love with plywood! But someday, perhaps I’ll be in a position to explore all the equipment and techniques that allow a maker to bring out the best from a grungy old pallet…. Cheers!
Mark - a few weeks ago I spent my lawnmowing money on a brand new table saw thanks to your "Just get started" video. Because it was my own cash the Manager couldn't say anything. Then a shedload of applets appeared on local Ebay which got trailered home. I've just been on holiday in Italy so am about to start building stuff!. I already built a tool bench, shoe rack, bird box and bird table. Thanks a ton!
Just... Get... Started... 😎 I think we all need this t-shirt in our lives. (I'll even design it for you, if you like...! 😁) Been loving this channel from the start, mate; you keep doing you...! Finally got myself the shop I've always wanted, so the tedious process of layout and workflow begins...! From walking sticks to chessboards, I want to tinker with them all... but every moment in my new shop, every new idea, every mess, and every pile of man glitter is punctuated by that phrase in the back of my mind... complete with a little Aussie flair. 😎 Stop procrastinating, overthinking, and... Just... get... started.
No better way to start a Monday than watching your latest production 👍. This usually is followed by reviewing some earlier creations which, like many others, just got me started. Taking early retirement (61) was the best thing I’ve ever done. Second only to the new woodwork addiction 😁. Thanks for your motivational content mixed with excellent humor. Cheers Pete' New Zealand.
Mark I just wanted to say thank you for all of the videos you make. I recently just bought my first house and have been tackling DIY renovations. Kitchen cabinets are on the list and intimidating to get to, however your content has made me realize how many amazing items can be made from pallet wood. This has gotten me into breaking down pallets and starting to practice with the wood. I never knew it would be as easy as it is. I'm going to build a lot of pallet projects into my house. I may even start a youtube channel of my projects.
I've used bits and bobs of pallet built raised bed in the garden, outside table, bench, compost bin all with pallet. But never took palette reuse as far as you do. So much work go into your creation i'm a big fan!
One of the first videos I saw was Jasper Makes, which after a few videos led me to you. I started woodworking about 8 to 9 months ago and it was the two of you that made me start my whole woodworking journey using pallet wood. Thank you for showing me an easy way to get wood without paying for it, if it wasn't for that tidbit of information I wouldn't have been able to build the things I have due to the lack of funds to buy wood. I do however, use a mixture of pallet wood and store bought wood for my projects but it's nice to know that if I don't have the money to buy it then I can still create with pallet wood that I might not be able to purchase. Like you said, you do you! I also hope to be on TH-cam soon! I still have to figure out how to get good sound and I can't use my phone because it's full and would take days if not weeks to clear off to use, maybe eventually. I'm also waiting on a laptop that's being given to me but I'm so close to being online! You guys are amazing and I just wanted to say thank you for showing me a viable way to keep doing what I love! Stay safe and Happy Building 💯😁
That’s awesome mate. I played the phone storage shuffle for many years 🤣 I still film on my phone and now send to my computer. Least you’ll be able to unload the phone once the laptop arrives! Good luck with the journey
I don't think you made a mistake with those pockets on the top Mark. Its an opportunity to allow you to store taller things! You can thread in and stand up a can or a bottle or something that is slightly taller than what the inside would have otherwise allowed, and it will fit now whereas before it wouldn't have :) Nice work again, thanks for the Video
Just came across your channel today and I've already subbed. I love watching woodworking... creation of new items, restoration of old items, modern twists on pieces, even woodturning into bowls and vases, etc. I loved woodshop in 8th grade (I'm a woman, btw) and am just at the time in my life when I may be able to start playing with working on projects myself. I've done a few minor things over the years, but now that I'm just about done raising my family, I may carve out a workshop in our shed and see what I can do. ;) Thanks for the great idea of starting with free wood and all the reasons I should.
Mate, it's a beautiful sunny Sunday in my neck of the woods and just when I didn't think today could get any better I was able to sit on my back porch and attend the church of Dainsey! Keep preaching brother, I for one am a convert to the pallet woodworking path! BTW, amazing little piece you created there! Cheers mate!
I scored big today. Picked up some old wooden bedframes with lovely straight slats just laying on the side of the road. Hall way entrance table leg thingys just waiting to be made and screwed to pallet wood tops. I don't have a jointer, so these are a massive bonus. Love your work. Now that I've started I see wood everywhere and the possibility of what it could become once I get it home. Cheers.
Stumbled on your videos about a month ago mate. No idea how they came up, I've never done wood working in my life. Have been looking for a hobby other than video games and thought I'd just get started. I built my work bench out of pallets, then on to a mallet, hot wheels track for the lad, and now I'm making my second bench for the thickneser i just purchased. It's been such an amazing adventure so far, and i'm learning something new every day. and fuck me it really does, feel good in here.
You have no idea! I recently started my journey. Where’s my life is at this moment, I was breaking down to my fiancée. Lost and overwhelmed with myself. I was explaining to her how everything I am doing is so over saturated and it seems like there’s no point at times. I just gotta do me! Forget about Brian making the super resin epoxy table out of driftwood, forget John killing it with his artwork and tattoo talent, forget about all of the music artists of today. We all hold value in all we do somewhere! Just do you! I can’t wait to wake up tomorrow and get after it and forget the noise in my brain, just do me and spend time with my daughter while I finish my workbench up💪🏼 cheers for the words that weren’t necessary to come out of your mouth in this video but did more for me than you know brotha!!❤️🔥
Pallet wood was my entry into woodworking. It was a low cost way of figuring out if I even liked the hobby…. The more I realized I loved it, the more money I invested into things!
Great video as always. Thankyou for passing on your motivation and passion for making. Not sure I would have started without you giving me the confidence to just get started. As someone who genuinely has no idea what he's doing, cheer mate. Hopefully you can make it down to the makers meetup so I can shout you a few beers ;)
Somewhere near you there will be a company selling/installing doors and windows... all the doors they take out go to waste. Beautiful straight grained, tropical, stable, planed square TEAK. I can't use what I get, fast enough, yard is full of it. Great recycling, You will never be sorry for knocking on that door (!)
Marvelous piece, Mark! Having the end trays in the "top", allows you to use it in either configuration. Some will like the live edge as the bottom, and some will like the live edge as the top. always give the people options. I know it's for your personal use, but now you have the option to change the look and still have the function! Keep on "Doing You" and let the haters take a long walk off a short pier(jetty)!
Well done Dainzey! i just got started (on youtube) and am having a blast! wood turning and basic wood projects. you are an inspiration to many including my self JUST.... GET... STARTED
The extra divot carved in the 'bottom' of the top of your project has a valid purpose. It will catch anything in the matching divot of the bottom in case it gets turned upside-down when moving it around. So you were just being smarter than you realized when you did it!
Yo. I dont use pallets. But I do love what you do. You motivate!!. You help people move from the sofa to the shed. Head space in shed space. Nothing is more important than finding freedom in the process. I carve spoons ( badly ), and make shite garden projects. But I am getting better, and everyone is fun.
Ive been saving pallets for years using them only sparingly while trying to find direction on how to utilize them to the best. Your videos have been truly inspiring for me. Ive made a few pieces over the years but have always felt over my head. I always seem to over complicate things, your videos bring me back down to the simplification of it all. I love your videos mate!!!!
First time comment: I've been watching your video's for a while now all the way from the US. I've really enjoyed your stuff because you not like the rest of the woodworking YT'ers. Your content is so relatable and entertaining. Keep it up sir!
I just broke down my first pallet today. Making a shelf for my daughter’s trophies and a dart board surround. Thanks for the inspiration you got a sub for both channels for me. LFG!!!!
Gawdamighty, but I love watching your videos. I love scavenging crap and turning it into something new and useable. You have taken that skillset to a whole 'nother level, and I am grateful. I'm an American living in Portugal re-starting my shop from absolute scratch. Thank you for reminding me I don't have to start with store-bought. Question: what are you using to blow the nails out? Thanks.
Love the videos brother. Thanks to people like you, I have set myself up with the tools to make cool stuff out of pallets. II began with picture frames but have caught the bug and have since made a nice redgum pencil box, a pine paint brush holder, a pine table and some other useful stuff.... All for 'FREE' ;P
turned 30 this year n decided to give a new hobby a go, thanks for the entertaining videos i must have gone through 20 of yours by now, you've definitely given me lots of inspiration to just get out there and start trying to make something! Keep up the good work :)
That was cool! I’m working on putting my shop together and I’m drawing inspiration from your videos. Soon I want to show you some of the things I’ve done. I thought about what I wanted, then I got started. Thank you.
I knew that I needed to reWATCH this video. I have a little router, and needed to create flat stuff... I also have 2 pieces of angle iron which you just demonstrated how to make them into a rail system. PERFECT for me!
Love what you did what that. I'm not too keen on taking pallets apart but I do like free wood. I live close to quite a few stores that have pallets around and can probably get some for free. Might have to pay a couple bucks for some. My daughter knows a place where they take the pallets apart and just sell you the lumber for cheap.
Been wood working for a few years now. I find pallet wood to be a little easier to work with, and yes, its free! I still dabble into the hard wood for cutting boards. Theres a soft in me for free wood lol. Great build! Cheers from West Texas
Thank you for what you do as a new woodworker just trying to get started you have become my favorite channel to watch because of all the amazing inspiration you give and the beautiful and amazing things you make a true artist and craftsmen. Keep up the amazing work and Thank you for sharing your passion
Now that turned out great mate, that nice authentic HUON PINE, from the little island of Tasmania that I have had for 25 years….. was the icing on the cake. Did you burn the live edge? Cheers ⚓️🫡🇦🇺
You probably don’t realise how much this cabinet now means to mate mate 🫡 I gave the edge a very light sand and just rubbed wax on. Hey presto 🙏
@@dainermade well they came up lovely. Looks excellent mate.
Hello from Montreal Canada. Every time you speak of woodworking and pallets I feel the exact same. Seeing trashy free wood become something beautiful is truly satisfying. Makes you feel good... on the inside!
Cheers mate, well you know I agree haha
Just about everything I've learned about woodworking I've learned using pallet wood and I have always given exactly zero f's what others think. I have a productive shop now filled with benches, cabinets, drawers, jigs and just about anything you can think of all made of free pallet wood. It has been all free and taught me so much. I would advise anyone to get into pallet wood even if to get a new perspective on it.
That’s is cool to hear! Thanks mate
My hobby is shooting train videos. I had parked at this metal stamping business many times without giving a thought to their stack of pallets by the road. One of my sons kept wanting to take a few pieces of wood home so I let him and we ran them through the planner. Surprise they were maple cherry oak and beech. Now we go there about once a week, break down as many as we can til my wife’s van is full.
I get all the free pallets I could ever want from my work. Some of it is trash but a lot of it is really pretty. The guys have started saving the pretty ones for me!! Love your builds!!
thanks mate, that is cool you have someone to put them aside for you
Thats awesome that they save the nice ones for you too.
Haters gonna hate, no matter what you make. I have never used a pallet but obviously enjoy the methods, humor, and projects. Your no waste attitude is the way to be. The sliding door cabinet is really cool project.
Cheers mate, appreciate and glad you tune in as always
I did one two-drawer table with just one giant pallet.
My work isn’t a ‘hobby’ and I tracked my time. So two things turned out:
First, the money I ‘saved’ on ‘free’ lumber took me enough time that when converted to dollars I could have bought clean, fresh lumber for a mere $25- or $30 more. Well worth my time.
Second, it turns out that after vacuuming, wire brushing, sanding, then vacuuming again that my $225 glue-joint obviously lost its razor sharp edge within a few cuts.
So overall it cost me about $60 extra to use suboptimal wood.
Not going to do that again!!!!
Thanks for what you do and post Mark. I started with wall shelves and moved on to shoe racks, a plate rack, pirate chest (with a coopered top). So far, the last project was a bathroom sink vanity. You have been a big influencer in my hobby. Carry on M8. Take care & stay safe.
That is awesome! cheers mate, keep enjoying yourself
Thank you for making me feel, "normal." I just recently started my woodworking journey, and all I can swing, right now is pallet wood. You're 100 % correct that it's WAY too easy to let the sensationalized elitism of some social media presences, make you feel bad or "less than" by using pallets. But I've already tapped into something new, in my heart, with woodworking, and I truly appreciate your positivity and words of encouragement. Thank you, again.
That is nice to hear mate, enjoy
I love everything about your work. While I don't use pallets often, I do try and make as much as I can from recycled timber for all the same reasons. Broken furniture, stuff in council cleanups, so on. You know those stakes councils use to support tree saplings along the side of the road? When the tree grows and no longer needs the stake, you think the council comes around and collects them? Of course not. The stakes end up on the footpath or in the street. So I collect them. Made a side table for my living room earlier this year out of garden stakes. And think about that; a tree grows up, is cut down with sole the destiny to become support for other trees. But before it ends up in the tip or rotting in the gutter, I step in and give it one last purpose, which is a place of honour as furniture in my house for the rest of my life.
I’ve been making things from pallets for about 12 years. From small gifts to 10’x12’ shed. I love what you do! Thank you for sharing your creations.
Thanks mate, you're pretty much a pallet veteran then haha
@@dainermade some might say 😂😂
Nothing fancy to say but….. thanks for the time and effort you put into your videos and the encouragement you give to us all to give it a go. Cheers….. Pete
too easy mate, thanks for watching
Thank you mark. I have made hallway tables, floating shelves and coffee tables and more! All because of you. Now I have something to do during these long Alaska winters.
Nice mate, Alaska winter does not sound to good though lol
@@dainermade ,cold and dark. But the summers make it worthwhile. :)
I built my shop cabinets years ago from a huge Motorola pallet box back when I worked for them. It felt amazing when my Dad told me how impressed he was with what I built. I still use pallets when I find a good one. Love the tambour doors!
Thanks mate, nice to hear dad was proud too
I don’t know how you do it but every new video is more entertaining and heartwarming than the last one. Congratulations on another amazing project! Love the result!
Aloha Mark!
when i first discovered pallets my health was in a bad way and so i had a very limited income.... ok i was broker than broke lol. Making something out of pallets was the only way i could afford furniture! i even reused the nails! once i made a few things i started looking for other people on the interweb for inspiration. thats when i found u! i said hey this guy is really bringing the the best out of this beat up trashed up wood! like to the next level! Followed! It was cool to see someone else on a similar journey of pallet wood discovery and ignoring all the noise from the negative head waggers and lip flappers. i started finding free broken furniture and repairing them and adding pallet wood i processed. it helped my physical and mental health and it did great things for my bank account lol. Mahalos for u being u Mark! 😄😄😄
Much Love, thank you for being the stand up builder you are.
Thanks mate
Excellent re-use my friend !! I never waste anything and hate to see others do so. Creating art and saving the world one tree at a time .
Sounds like a cool t shirt right there haha cheers
I love it buddy, the reason being, first of all, you are highly protecting Climate and Environment, by Recycling and Reprocessing Wood
Secondly, you are indeed protecting forests and woods from cutting and
Most important, it's cheap and easy to process, better than plywood
Hey Mark I just want to say thank you, between you and Jasper i have learned soooo much and am taking the first step in just getting started. I've already started collecting and breaking down pallets. I have watched just about all of your videos and many of which i have watched over and over again. I love all the work you do with pallets and i honestly love seeing you mess up on projects. It helped me realized how its okay to mess up on projects and has helped me realize that i can work on my own projects as well. I just glued up my first small slab this weekend about 1 3/4" thick. Need to make a few adjustments but it was very satisfying to do. So thank you for everything you do and hopefully here soon ill be starting a channel as well showing off some of the unique ideas i have for pallet projects.
to easy mate, that all sounds very exciting. enjoy
Big love from Denmark!!!
Nice project Mark. And thanks for the reminder that free really is free. It might cost some time, but that time is well used. Cheers.
Hi mark, love the phrase’ “I make furniture from pallets, not pallet wood furniture” I guess that’s why I watch vids. But please carry on being excellent to everyone 👍
Love the 3 bonus tips 💚make me fell good on the inside ..
The main tips 🫡❤️🤣
So glad I watched this. I wasn't going to. It popped up and I'm at work and thought, I'm just too busy. Almost swiped it off my screen...
Then ...by some weird chance in the chaos of space time. I managed to get a bit of time to scratch myself and saw your upload. I've been a subscriber for ages. I have some tools and wanted to get into it. But just have no time. After watching this mate. I'm going to make time. So I guess that means. I've just started.
Crazy thing, I even live in the same town as you.
Did just that, I got started...! Collected pallets, started to break them down, it's tough at first as each new step is just that, new, never done by you before. Pallet buster makes it so much easier, and while I had a table saw, the thicknesser was a welcome birthday present. Latest addition was a cyclone dust extractor I made, and I'm into the first hall table. I have other things in my head to make, and I see new projects in every day settings. But the focus it to make and sell, aim to cover my costs, then carry on.
Thanks for the motivation 👍
That is the best way mate, make things sell things, upgrade, learn. repeat
Just found a local warehouse giving away thousands of pallets every day. I haven't bought wood in weeks lol
I just got started three years ago. Currently making an octagonal tombola for a Carnival. My very first pallet wood project was a wooden feature wall in my sons bedroom - it has colour changing backlights. He uses it every day.
I now rescue wood from Shitbook Market Place - mainly scrap hardwoods. I'm just doing me. As always, your content is inspirational. I love the community you have with other content creators too.
Keep up the work and stay safe in that 🚁
cheers mate, there is some decent treasure on shitbook haha Always being safe !!!
I have 4 old growth pine 2x4s from pallets. Uncommonly nice stuff. I've also found cherry, oak, ash, and hackberry pallet boards. 100% worth it.
As a pallet wood creator myself, and one who has been in a bit of a slump as of late, I thank you once again for being an inspiration!
To easy mate! Ups n down, woodwork will always be there
love what you said early on..."I make furniture from pallet wood, not pallet wood furniture" this is big thing. There is a tremendous difference between the 2
I just got started!
Had a jobsite saw in my shop for a year and fired it up a few times, but it always scared the hell out of me. A few rookie mistake kickback incidents didn’t help. Wasn’t hurt though, just shit myself.
Yesterday I faced my fear and got cracking making a house for the feral cats that live on our property.
Biggest hurdle is not having a jointer. So I fabbed one up using a miter slot on the table saw. And holy shit it’s the best thing ever! Just turning wonky pallet wood into squared off, straight pieces… it’s damned near orgasmic!
haha! making a house for the feral cats and damned near orgasmic... both a first in the comments section
Greeting from SA. Mental health improves greatly from such a hobby, I found turning (when I was still doing it) very peaceful. Unfortunately, and ironically, a decline in MH, has stopped me from doing anything, as a lack of enthusiasm does more than affect your desire to do, but also to create...and think! However, after quite some time, ie well over 12 months 'absent', I am planning a comeback...and a big one at that! After all, I have a LOT to catch up on! Shortly before my 'decline', I was getting prepped for some major projects for my side hustle, so so stock, tools etc were accumulated...and then it all stopped dead in its tracks!
A few sales from Timbecon recently are helping to get me further enthused, and to do some bigger jobs. "In for a penny...", as the old saying goes!
Small tip. Could be helpful if it suits you. When using the pneumatic denailer (I use the same one you have) I use a bucket to catch nails too and I find it useful to have it partially filled with water so the nails don't hit the other nails or debris and bounce back out. Water slows the down enough to stay in the bucket.
I have saw dust in my bucket 🫡
Reason 10 is also kind of a blessing; it keeps your choice of project limited so you aren't overloaded with design options
Mark, as always a great build, put together in a ‘top’ video. I just love your sense of humour and presenting style. Keep going and thanks!
Thanks very much mate. And will do
Appreciate the encouragement brother
That little cupboard is just beautiful- plus love your attitude to pallets and projects.
Thank you so much!
Just get started!?
I'm just *going* to get started!
Excellent video. Learned a lot!
Thank you
Hey Dainer - seeing the Minecraft pattern - could you make a QR-code detail out of pallets?
you have great ideas and up cycling, I've made picture frames and watch boxes from pallet wood myself, and the effort is satisfying I've had luck in finding redwood. I love your attitude.
Thanks very much 🫡
I was truly waiting for #14, what now🤣 great video thanks.
I actually kind of dream of the day when I will have a setup that allows me to process pallet wood! Currently working out of an apartment, and while I have stuffed it with a shocking number of power tools, “jointer” and “planer” and “router that’s being operated for more than about five minutes” are beyond whatever the boundary is for “reasonable power tools to operate in an apartment,” so hilariously, for me pallet wood actually represents an aspirational material 😁! For now, it’s a good thing that I am in love with plywood! But someday, perhaps I’ll be in a position to explore all the equipment and techniques that allow a maker to bring out the best from a grungy old pallet…. Cheers!
Woodwork is certainly an evolution of things. Always upgrading, changing and improving things. Dreaming of my next place is something I do too
You are awesome! Thanks for your content attitude and advice!
Mark - a few weeks ago I spent my lawnmowing money on a brand new table saw thanks to your "Just get started" video. Because it was my own cash the Manager couldn't say anything. Then a shedload of applets appeared on local Ebay which got trailered home. I've just been on holiday in Italy so am about to start building stuff!. I already built a tool bench, shoe rack, bird box and bird table. Thanks a ton!
Awesome mate, sounds like a great plan, keep mowing those lawns = more upgrades
Awesome vid - check square.
Just...
Get...
Started...
😎
I think we all need this t-shirt in our lives. (I'll even design it for you, if you like...! 😁)
Been loving this channel from the start, mate; you keep doing you...!
Finally got myself the shop I've always wanted, so the tedious process of layout and workflow begins...! From walking sticks to chessboards, I want to tinker with them all... but every moment in my new shop, every new idea, every mess, and every pile of man glitter is punctuated by that phrase in the back of my mind... complete with a little Aussie flair. 😎 Stop procrastinating, overthinking, and...
Just... get... started.
No better way to start a Monday than watching your latest production 👍. This usually is followed by reviewing some earlier creations which, like many others, just got me started. Taking early retirement (61) was the best thing I’ve ever done. Second only to the new woodwork addiction 😁.
Thanks for your motivational content mixed with excellent humor.
Cheers
Pete' New Zealand.
Hey Pete, too easy mate. Enjoy the retirement days
Mark I just wanted to say thank you for all of the videos you make. I recently just bought my first house and have been tackling DIY renovations. Kitchen cabinets are on the list and intimidating to get to, however your content has made me realize how many amazing items can be made from pallet wood. This has gotten me into breaking down pallets and starting to practice with the wood. I never knew it would be as easy as it is. I'm going to build a lot of pallet projects into my house. I may even start a youtube channel of my projects.
Very cool to hear, it is simple to have a go. and then you fill your brain as you go. Have fun
14:03 "Making furniture out of pallet wood. But not making pallet wood furniture" maaaate, that is so profound 😙🤌
I've used bits and bobs of pallet built raised bed in the garden, outside table, bench, compost bin all with pallet. But never took palette reuse as far as you do. So much work go into your creation i'm a big fan!
Thanks mate, I do like the transformation, and I get to make the video.. extra motivation
The slab took it from oh wow to OMG!
Nice! Turning trash to treasure makes me feel good...on the inside. Even if it's someone else doing it. :)
One of the first videos I saw was Jasper Makes, which after a few videos led me to you. I started woodworking about 8 to 9 months ago and it was the two of you that made me start my whole woodworking journey using pallet wood. Thank you for showing me an easy way to get wood without paying for it, if it wasn't for that tidbit of information I wouldn't have been able to build the things I have due to the lack of funds to buy wood. I do however, use a mixture of pallet wood and store bought wood for my projects but it's nice to know that if I don't have the money to buy it then I can still create with pallet wood that I might not be able to purchase. Like you said, you do you! I also hope to be on TH-cam soon! I still have to figure out how to get good sound and I can't use my phone because it's full and would take days if not weeks to clear off to use, maybe eventually. I'm also waiting on a laptop that's being given to me but I'm so close to being online! You guys are amazing and I just wanted to say thank you for showing me a viable way to keep doing what I love! Stay safe and Happy Building 💯😁
That’s awesome mate. I played the phone storage shuffle for many years 🤣 I still film on my phone and now send to my computer. Least you’ll be able to unload the phone once the laptop arrives! Good luck with the journey
I don't think you made a mistake with those pockets on the top Mark. Its an opportunity to allow you to store taller things! You can thread in and stand up a can or a bottle or something that is slightly taller than what the inside would have otherwise allowed, and it will fit now whereas before it wouldn't have :) Nice work again, thanks for the Video
Just came across your channel today and I've already subbed. I love watching woodworking... creation of new items, restoration of old items, modern twists on pieces, even woodturning into bowls and vases, etc. I loved woodshop in 8th grade (I'm a woman, btw) and am just at the time in my life when I may be able to start playing with working on projects myself. I've done a few minor things over the years, but now that I'm just about done raising my family, I may carve out a workshop in our shed and see what I can do. ;) Thanks for the great idea of starting with free wood and all the reasons I should.
You should definitely carve out a space and get stuck in to it. Time is precious so go enjoy yourself. Thank you
Mate, it's a beautiful sunny Sunday in my neck of the woods and just when I didn't think today could get any better I was able to sit on my back porch and attend the church of Dainsey! Keep preaching brother, I for one am a convert to the pallet woodworking path! BTW, amazing little piece you created there! Cheers mate!
hey dude, you always write the best comments, I do appreciate it very much. Thanks again
@@dainermade thanks bro, just trying to show some support!
@@zacbrown935 you’re a guru at that
Really enjoyed that fella, thanks
I scored big today. Picked up some old wooden bedframes with lovely straight slats just laying on the side of the road. Hall way entrance table leg thingys just waiting to be made and screwed to pallet wood tops. I don't have a jointer, so these are a massive bonus. Love your work. Now that I've started I see wood everywhere and the possibility of what it could become once I get it home. Cheers.
Haha! You sound well addicted. Carry on
You are a inspiration promoting good mental health mate thank you 😅
What an absolutely pleasant way to spend 20minutes. ... Thank you.
you are very welcome, thank you
As a fellow pallet user I love watching your videos. Very inspiring, and very well made too. Cheers Mark.
Stumbled on your videos about a month ago mate. No idea how they came up, I've never done wood working in my life. Have been looking for a hobby other than video games and thought I'd just get started. I built my work bench out of pallets, then on to a mallet, hot wheels track for the lad, and now I'm making my second bench for the thickneser i just purchased. It's been such an amazing adventure so far, and i'm learning something new every day. and fuck me it really does, feel good in here.
No looking back mate, it really is the best. enjoy
You have no idea! I recently started my journey. Where’s my life is at this moment, I was breaking down to my fiancée. Lost and overwhelmed with myself. I was explaining to her how everything I am doing is so over saturated and it seems like there’s no point at times. I just gotta do me! Forget about Brian making the super resin epoxy table out of driftwood, forget John killing it with his artwork and tattoo talent, forget about all of the music artists of today. We all hold value in all we do somewhere! Just do you! I can’t wait to wake up tomorrow and get after it and forget the noise in my brain, just do me and spend time with my daughter while I finish my workbench up💪🏼 cheers for the words that weren’t necessary to come out of your mouth in this video but did more for me than you know brotha!!❤️🔥
Hey mate, that was very nice to read. Go get stuck in to it and enjoy.
Pallet wood was my entry into woodworking. It was a low cost way of figuring out if I even liked the hobby…. The more I realized I loved it, the more money I invested into things!
That is it hey. great way to start, it is the gateway drug lol
That is a really fine piece!
Your best video I've seen. And I think I watched them all. Great stuff.
JUST FREAKING AMAZING! AND YOUR PROJECTS ARE TOO!
I love your channel Mark. Wonderful, inspirational and funny.
I always chuckle when I see your videos. They are both inspire and entertain us. Thanks so much and keep them coming.
Thanks mate, I will do haha
Very cool project,.Great video too!
Great video as always. Thankyou for passing on your motivation and passion for making. Not sure I would have started without you giving me the confidence to just get started. As someone who genuinely has no idea what he's doing, cheer mate. Hopefully you can make it down to the makers meetup so I can shout you a few beers ;)
Somewhere near you there will be a company selling/installing doors and windows... all the doors they take out go to waste.
Beautiful straight grained, tropical, stable, planed square TEAK.
I can't use what I get, fast enough, yard is full of it.
Great recycling, You will never be sorry for knocking on that door (!)
Marvelous piece, Mark! Having the end trays in the "top", allows you to use it in either configuration. Some will like the live edge as the bottom, and some will like the live edge as the top. always give the people options. I know it's for your personal use, but now you have the option to change the look and still have the function! Keep on "Doing You" and let the haters take a long walk off a short pier(jetty)!
Well done Dainzey! i just got started (on youtube) and am having a blast! wood turning and basic wood projects. you are an inspiration to many including my self JUST.... GET... STARTED
Awesome! Thank you! Enjoy it all mate
Fantastic!!!! And love your personality!!!! You seem like a great guy!
That looks fantastic.
Thanks, I have just started using pallets, and people can't believe it is pallets
I like your outlook on life and keep it up
The extra divot carved in the 'bottom' of the top of your project has a valid purpose. It will catch anything in the matching divot of the bottom in case it gets turned upside-down when moving it around. So you were just being smarter than you realized when you did it!
Yo. I dont use pallets. But I do love what you do. You motivate!!. You help people move from the sofa to the shed. Head space in shed space. Nothing is more important than finding freedom in the process. I carve spoons ( badly ), and make shite garden projects. But I am getting better, and everyone is fun.
Ive been saving pallets for years using them only sparingly while trying to find direction on how to utilize them to the best. Your videos have been truly inspiring for me. Ive made a few pieces over the years but have always felt over my head. I always seem to over complicate things, your videos bring me back down to the simplification of it all. I love your videos mate!!!!
thank you, keep it simple and you can't go wrong. Well you can, but just grab another pallet
First time comment: I've been watching your video's for a while now all the way from the US. I've really enjoyed your stuff because you not like the rest of the woodworking YT'ers. Your content is so relatable and entertaining. Keep it up sir!
I just broke down my first pallet today. Making a shelf for my daughter’s trophies and a dart board surround. Thanks for the inspiration you got a sub for both channels for me. LFG!!!!
Can we get a daily Dainer made video please! I am joking. Thank you for all the hard work you put in to this content. I love your work.
Gawdamighty, but I love watching your videos. I love scavenging crap and turning it into something new and useable. You have taken that skillset to a whole 'nother level, and I am grateful. I'm an American living in Portugal re-starting my shop from absolute scratch. Thank you for reminding me I don't have to start with store-bought. Question: what are you using to blow the nails out? Thanks.
Love the videos brother. Thanks to people like you, I have set myself up with the tools to make cool stuff out of pallets. II began with picture frames but have caught the bug and have since made a nice redgum pencil box, a pine paint brush holder, a pine table and some other useful stuff.... All for 'FREE' ;P
It's been awesome seeing your journey, glad I could go along for the ride with you!
Mark, you got me started in this woodworking game. You make beautiful woodworking projects seem accessible and accomplishable.
turned 30 this year n decided to give a new hobby a go, thanks for the entertaining videos i must have gone through 20 of yours by now, you've definitely given me lots of inspiration to just get out there and start trying to make something! Keep up the good work :)
I have been making furniture from pallet wood since the early 80's. the varation in colors is amazing.
Pallet Veteran! I reckon you'd know a thing or two! thanks for watching
Been waiting for another video. Great job as always. Glad you’re well, and thanks for being you.
Definitely started a few weeks back, watching your videos and a couple other content creators. Love the way you approach woodworking. Great content !
That was cool! I’m working on putting my shop together and I’m drawing inspiration from your videos. Soon I want to show you some of the things I’ve done. I thought about what I wanted, then I got started. Thank you.
I knew that I needed to reWATCH this video. I have a little router, and needed to create flat stuff... I also have 2 pieces of angle iron which you just demonstrated how to make them into a rail system. PERFECT for me!
Glad it was helpful! Cheers mate
I love the piece you made. Well done! And as always a deep message within. Best regards 😊
I like the attitude as much as the many projects you have made . This is a cool channel ! . Thank you .
Got my hooked. just subscribed. Here we go pallet hunting.... whoop whoop
Cheers mate! Good luck!
Heck yeah! Dainty is back!
Love what you did what that. I'm not too keen on taking pallets apart but I do like free wood. I live close to quite a few stores that have pallets around and can probably get some for free. Might have to pay a couple bucks for some. My daughter knows a place where they take the pallets apart and just sell you the lumber for cheap.
Been wood working for a few years now. I find pallet wood to be a little easier to work with, and yes, its free! I still dabble into the hard wood for cutting boards. Theres a soft in me for free wood lol. Great build! Cheers from West Texas
Thank you for what you do as a new woodworker just trying to get started you have become my favorite channel to watch because of all the amazing inspiration you give and the beautiful and amazing things you make a true artist and craftsmen. Keep up the amazing work and Thank you for sharing your passion
Thanks very much and I will do