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David the Melbourne Maker
Woodworker and furniture maker
Join me on my journey to learn woodworking, using recycled and reclaimed wood
Dad jokes, beer, and a healthy dose of pessimism included
Feel free to reach out via email at themelbournemaker@gmail.com
Woodworker and furniture maker
Join me on my journey to learn woodworking, using recycled and reclaimed wood
Dad jokes, beer, and a healthy dose of pessimism included
Feel free to reach out via email at themelbournemaker@gmail.com
✨ Why do People Buy This?
Make your own Wood Butter. It's a simple finish with a high profit margin. A food safe, natural finish that will keep cutting boards, spoons, hammers, butcher blocks, and whatever else you can throw it at good for years.
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Відео
I've made the mistakes so YOU don't have to!
Переглядів 26 тис.Місяць тому
#dewalt DIY Mobile Table Saw Cabinet for the DeWalt DWE7485. @barberspaddockwoodworking - Go check out this legend and thank him for helping with the plans. FREE PLANS: patreon.com/MelbourneMaker Click on the free membership and download the SketchUp file & cultist. Apologies if the SketchUp file or cut list isn't perfect, I'm still working out how to use it. TOOLS: If you use the below links I...
🤜 Your Dream Workbench can be FREE!
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Firstly a massive THANKYOU to Nick from @pedullastudio for both inspiring me to push myself on this build as well as allowing me to steal some of his footage. This #workbench #build took me over 4 months and has been done entirely with #palletwood. The decision to make my own bech has been one of the best, most rewarding experiences so far in my short woodworking journey and I now truely believ...
How to Make a Wooden Mallet from Scrapwood
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Forgot to mention I used Tung Oil for the finish Looking for a fun and functional woodworking project? Learn how to make a strong mallet out of recycled pallet wood! This easy-to-follow video will guide you through the entire process, from finding the perfect pallet wood to the finishing touches. Perfect for beginners and experienced woodworkers alike, this mallet is a great addition to any too...
DIY Garden Bench Restoration You Won't Believe
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This video is a timelapse transformation of an old, neglected bench that was sitting outside for 10 years. The video shows the entire restoration process, from cleaning and repairing the wood to painting and adding new details. No words are spoken in the video, but the satisfying visuals and upbeat music will keep you hooked until the very end. Here are some of the things you'll see in the vide...
🔥 EASIEST Adjustable Router Sled ANYONE Can Build (Under 10 Mins!)
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This sled takes less than 10 minutes to make and will TRANSFORM your woodworking projects forever. No more wasted time or materials - just SMOOTH, FLAT slabs and laser-straight edges EVERY TIME. In this video, you'll learn: - How to build the sled using simple tools and materials you probably already have ️ - How to use the sled to flatten slabs, make perfect edges, and more - Why this sled is ...
💰 FREE Pallet to PROFIT Entry Table! #woodworking
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#palletfurniture #DIY #woodworking #entrytable #facebookmarketplace #upcycle #easyprofit #homedecor Thankyou to the following legends who inspired me to just get started: ua-cam.com/users/MorleyKert @MorleyKert www.youtube.com/@dainermade @dainermade Yeah, nah, chuck those boring flat-pack jobbies in the bin! This video's all about turnin' scungy ol' pallets into a top-notch entry table that'll...
Pallet Hunting: The Truth Revealed
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#diy #woodworking #palletfurniture #reclaimedwood You want to know the the truth about pallet hunting and what it really takes to reclaim pallets? How much time does it really take and what can you expect to get for your time and effort? Go watch @JesperMakes and his amazing coffee table video: ua-cam.com/video/SycRO164gt8/v-deo.htmlsi=m8OXkaYHooXbAEZa Tools: Table Saw - DeWALT 210mm DWE7485-XE...
How to Make EASY Professional Gallery Style Picture Frames | Pallet Wood Project
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#diy #woodworking #woodworkingskills #pictureframe Simple, easy to make gallery style frames with only a table saw. This frame is made out of pallet wood, mainly because I like a challenge, but any dressed timber would work perfect. I use a lot of free pallet wood for projects so have had to learn how to mill my own wood using only a table saw and a thicknesser/plainer. If you want to know more...
Help - How do I Straighten a Warped Board? Milling Wood Like a Pro Without Fancy Tools
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#diy #woodworking #woodworkingskills #fixed This is an easy way to mill down warped, cupped, twisted and bent timber for use Using basic tools. I use a lot of free pallet wood for projects so have had to learn how to mill my own wood using only a table saw and a thicknesser/plainer. If you have any questions or suggestions please leave a comment below! Subscribe to my channel for more woodworki...
Hello mate, I also have built some pallet furniture for myself, ohh I am from UK, you and Mark are inspiring my to start to sale as well Thank you
Well I'm honored to be put alongside Sir Mark ;) Make some pieces to sell, if it can help fund the hobby it's a pretty good deal. Thanks mate!
Would have liked to see how you fitted the piece into the frame! Also a frame with glass would be nice :) +1 for the framing jig when you get time, I am using my aftermarket mitre gauge for this but it can be a bit tricky
Cheers! to put the piece in the frame i just used a couple of brad nails lightly pushed into the sides. It sounds a bit dodgy, but I find it works a treat. I must admit I've been tempted to get some sheets of perspex to put in the front to see how that goes, but yeh glass would definitely be better. I will remake both the frame jig and spline jig eventually as they are two of my favourite jigs, but its a bit down the list as I have so much else I need for the garage first. Sorry!
Bloody awesome result mate.
Cheers! Yeh I'm loving using it so far. Beats the hell out of the floor haha
great video, thanks mate. Hi from Canberra :-)
Cheers! *waves northward*
In the words of the late, great Ritchie Benaud, "Marvellous effort, that!!!" We'll done on finding a profitable side hustle complementary with something you love doing
Thankyou sir!
Thanks David, I am totally going to make some myself ;) Was going to buy a tin, but the shipping to NZ is a tad steep. I'll shout you a coffee instead. Keep up the good work!
Hmmm... I thought that coffee mug at the end of the video was one of those coffee shout things, but no. Might be worth looking into?
Thanks mate. Yeh damn shipping. Sadly due to the tins being 30mm high they count as a parcel. I'll need to try and find tins that are thinner but still have a decent volume. Yeh I'm new at the whole UA-cam thing, but with everyone being so supportive over the last few months I'll need to look into something like that to try and turn this into a bit more than a hobby. Appreciate it!
Absolutely stunning, congrats! Though I would take issue with the wood being 'free' if you have to buy a pneumatic nail puller, air compressor and thicknesser 😂
Thank you! Yeh time is probably more of a cost, thus the purchase of the air compressor and nail puller. Time, and the fact I was dreading pulling that many nails out of wood that hard. I was hesitant at the time of purchase as it was a fair few dollary doos to drop, but its now my favourite tool in the garage.
Use a car jack to pry the boards.
I need a thinner car jack. I have tried this, but mine wont get between.
Mineral oil never actually cures (dries) and there are concerns it might pass into/onto the food on a cutting board as some part of it always seems to stay liquid. I think I have the same 5 litre container of mineral oil! :) Tung oil, Walnut oil and Flaxseed/Linseed oil are all drying oils. They "dry" in the sense that they polymerise in the presence of oxygen. The Mahoney's finishes for example are walnut oil based but the species of walnut they use has a very different linoleic oil content compared to normal food grade walnuts used in walnut oil. Tung oil seems to pair very well with Limonene (a turpene, itself related to white spirits/mineral turps), the solvent helps the oil penetrate and cure a bit faster. I have used that mix as a bowl finish before, smells great. Have also seen that used along with wax to make wood butter or paste wax. For simplicity I switched to walnut oil and beeswax (although you can substitute soy wax if you have vegan customers). Just like with linseed oil, heating the oil up can help kick start the polymerisation. I have a few dedicated pots but have been eyeing a wax melter for a while. Do not go too hot or you get auto-ignition and a very bad day. I think industrially they do the oil heating in an oxygen free environment to avoid flash over. I use the walnut oil based paste wax/butter for chopsticks, cutting boards and cooking spoons. Repeated applications builds up the polymerised layers. I make batches and put them in small amber glass jars (that you can also get from candle maker/supplies places), a jar goes with every chopstick set or cutting board etc. I also have a few larger jars so I can pre-finish the same items and bits of the jar start to skin over forming a plastic skin so the polymerisation really seems to happen. With walnut oil based paste wax you can claim completely natural and food safe, assuming no one is allergic (switch to linseed oil if so). :) Either way keep up the great videos!
Hi mate, yes your totally correct mineral oil never cures, however good quality white mineral oil is 100% food safe. I love tung oil, however I haven't played around with it making wood butter as I feel however you skin it it will take too long to cure for what is at least in my eyes ment as a maintenance finish. I look at tung oil as a more permanent finish if applied correctly. I am intrigued at walnut oil though, so I will take a look. You may have just introduced me to my new favourite finish. So thankyou! On a side note, I love how passionate everyone is in the everlasting debate on finishes.
@@MelbourneMaker Definitely, and "food safe" crops up everywhere. The bowl I finished took the better part of two weeks to fully cure. I used mineral oil for a while and before that used BLO bought from Bunnings, also tried spray lacquer and shellac. I also tried the TotalBoat Halcyon on a set of coasters I made for myself. It worked okay for something that gets exposed to moisture all the time. I pretty much either use the walnut oil paste wax or white waxes hardwax oil for things like tables and trays etc. Hardwax oils are their own very passionate sub-debate of the bigger finish debate!
Pallets must be better in the UK!
Aussie pallets are the best ;)
That giddy feeling we all get when everything lines up and falls perfectly into place.
Yeh, there's not much better :)
why not add some 4 screws into each side face of the mallet to support reinforce the glue joints ? recess them and mask with dowel or glued sawdust ? ? ?
Glue is stronger than most people think as long as the joint is clean. Honestly doesn't need anything more. The wood will likely give way before the glued face joint will. So don't stress about putting in a few screws ☺️
@@MelbourneMaker i do recall you saying that in the vid , but the effort of eight screws could mean you might keep that your first hammer as a family heirloom ; love your work , regardless !!! esp since your a tight-wad driving a BMW ;)
@@Greg-ug1mo haha, yeh it's a 17 year old one 😉 I love it though haha.
Fix your voice!
Been there. Tried that. Didn't stick. Sorry mate might be easier for you to fix your skip button 😉
Good to see the Indo safety boots at work
Haha, yeh admittedly i was missing my boots when I was using them as a wedge for that slab. But summer is too hot for boots.
@@MelbourneMaker I should also say- beautiful bench. You under sell your skills. Also, benches are for working on. I have no need for a bench that’s prettier than my dining table
was it Balls? hahah
Nope ;) Try again haha
Best of luck mate, getting the hobby to be cashflow neutral is a great feeling... and gives you the perfect excuse to buy more tools so the tax man doesnt get any of the profits 😂😂
Yeh, I do now have a totally healthy tool obsession ;)
excellent
I use an old electric frying pan. Dump in the oil and then the wax and turn it on. Once the wax is about 70 percent melted i turn if off and keep stsirring till the rest of the wax is melted. Then i let it cool till i can scrap it up and put into my plastic containers as i'm not selling it. Don't buy this stuff just make your own if you use it at all. I find it kind of funny that you wonder why people buy it and then make yours to sell and want people to buy it lol
Haha, yeh the irony is definitely not lost on me. Its super easy to make, so I totally agree with you.
Next time, use actual pallets with real pallet wood for a good challenge, not some high quality professionally made pallets that you made beforehand lol
Yeh the good ol fake pallet youtuber trick eh? I'm the first to admit that these two were not your average pallets, but if u make the right friends its amazing what they can put aside for you ;)
wonderful video
Thank you! Cheers!
Wish we had pallets of that quality in the Uk. Splintery softwoods 😞
Yep, I definitely got super lucky with these pallets. We do see some amazing wood used for pallets in australia.
I buy it because I don't want to sell it. I get through 2 tins a year at most so your production run would almost see me to my grave. Sure I could save 60% but just the urn thing is 20 tins at retail before buying the wax and oil. Really good content though.
Yeh I get it, it is super easy to make with a couple of old pots though which makes the entry point cheaper. But yeh, if everyone started making their own I would have a lifetime's supply haha! Cheers
I was so stressed seeing you run that table saw in thongs 😮
Yeh, the safety thongs stress a few people out ;)
@@MelbourneMaker you gotta at least wear the safety socks
That turned out to be a beautiful piece of art Very well done🥰
Thanks so much 😊
You must have been reading my mind! I have been thinking about this very subject. I've begun gathering the raw materials and just ordered the wax melting urn/pot thing (using the link or course). Anyway, keep up the good work mate. All the best. Oh, I hope you sell out of butter in quick time. 👍
Thanks Brian, you're a champion. Hopefully the wax melter is as useful for you as it was for me.
Another great Video David. It’s amazing how far you have come in a year from working on your garage floor to having your own products. Hope the butter flys off the shelves in the coming weeks.!!!
Cheers mate. Yeh been a good journey so far, and its just the beginning :)
Thanks for the video! Getting my gears going...
Any time!
Great content, if we had more people with this attitude in the world, we’d be in a better position I reckon. Thanks.
Thanks :)
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Cheers mate :)
Beautiful! Ive searched high and low for those containers, can never find a fair priced lot
If you're in Australia I got these ones from Stanley Packaging. They also have cheaper ones that are silver :)
@@MelbourneMaker ohhh i sure am in west melbourne mate
Great product mate. Keep up the good work✌
Thanks, will do!
I've noticed the maker community in general is super generous when it come to sharing ideas, lifting each other up, and helping others with ways to get their side hustle (or even main hustle!) on. 💪
Couldn't agree more!
Great Video David! Wood Butter has been my go to finish for most things for years now - and the recipe is no secret, so i wouldn't bother about showing people how to make it. Well Done!
Cheers mate :)
Hi mate. Been watching for a while now and loving your channel. I have one constructive comment for the label of your wood butter, I would delete the 100% Natural claim. Mineral oil is a petroleum product derived as a byproduct of the refinement process; I believe. So, if anyone challenged you about it, you would lose but if you swapped in "Food Safe" instead, not only would you be safe from those challenges, but it also implies a more natural product at the same time. Good luck.
Yeh, your totally correct. Great idea, not sure why I put the food safe thing on the back if I'm honest... Ill change that up for the next lot of labels. Thanks for the advice and support :)
Oh you so boringly woke ish bout the labelling ova such a trivial item ,people like you are the new general pain in the arse type , of about anything you can pick on like a troll
keep the videos coming man!! love this will be buying some
Thanks mate. Should have another two longer build videos out over the next 6 weeks if all goes to plan (which it normally doesnt haha)
Congrats on getting your wood butter to the marketplace. Every little helps that's for sure and what's a better way to do that than putting your own finish on the market for all to purchase. As for giving away trade secrets for making your wood butter honestly I don't think it will affect your business as it's way easier to hit the buy it now button than it is to outlay the money and buy all the equipment you need to make it. Goodluck, I hope that this Melbourne Wood Butter fly's off the shelf faster than it took you to make it!!! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
Thanks mate :) Yeh ill need to work out how ebay or etsy works at some point haha. Doubt I'll sell many, but I can dream. So better to give others smarter than I the idea and show how easy it is to make your own finishes.
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Yes.... Boo.... Books... Yep thats it ;)
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I just found this channel and bloody enjoyed your video, phenomenal job on the bench mate 👏 you've inspired me to give pallet wood projects a go! What was the air tool you used to get the nails out? Keep up the great work mate 👍
Welcome aboard! Thankyou. The nail punch I use is this one. amzn.to/3wBMNXv Been an absolute life saver. Probably my favourite tool other than the little carbon scraper. I've just recently learned there's a nail pull version of this as well. Havnt managed to get one yet though
Good job, love your workbench👍👍👍
Cheers mate thankyou :)
Love the Workcover approved work boots 😂
Yeh the good ol safety thongs haha
Wow, that’s an awesome bench. Cudos
Thanks! :)
I'm in the midst of building this cart and, even with your vid, I'm still making mistakes ;>) It's a good plan, but a word to the wise: BE SURE your saw fits between the right and center vertical boards (ask me how I know this). This may seem common sensical, but I screwed up my first attempt and had to start all over (with lots of scrap to use over). Thanks for your good work.
Yeh sometimes modifying a plan to suit your needs is worse than just doing it from scratch. I'm glad to hear im not the only one that makes mistakes that should seem obvious :) Cheers!