So.... everyone's commenting on all the expensive tools, but this could be made without them. Cam, please redo this experiment and show the same tables can be made with a standard circular saw, router, angle grinder, drill, and screwdriver.
No matter what tools I use to make these with there will always be comments demanding I use less tools. Until I can write a chat GPT prompt that builds a table for someone, people will be unhappy.
@@blacktailstudiouncut no matter how low the wood costs, your hard work makes it worth much more, ignore all the people saying that your work costs nothing, keep doing you.
If the op can't see that you need several hundred dollars of tools on the cheap end to start this project, then here is your new title to not get those comments "A way to make money when you already have a lot of money to start with." You're welcome.
@@llefskyIf someone tells you you got a small peter you just ignore them because you know the TRUTH (I AM BEING GANGSTALKED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW ME AROUND AND MAKE MY LIFE MISERABLE. ONE OF THEIR MANY PATHS TO DESTROYING MY LIFE IS LEAVING HATEFUL YT COMMENTS THAT MAKE ME CRY. THESE PEOPLE ARE LEAD BY RON HAMMEN OF TREASURECO LLC AND HE BELIEVES I WITNESSED HIM MURDER HIS EX WIFE... THIS IS WHY HE IS SENDING PEOPLE AFTER ME. IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO SPARE PLEASE LEAVE ME KIND WORDS TO HELP ME DEAL WITH HECTIC ATTROCITIES IVE BEEN MADE TO ENDURE.)
I trick this company into giving me money. I just show up and do email and meetings like eight hours a day, five days a week. And they write me a check every couple of weeks. Suckers!
Every brand now has a track saw... there is literally zero excuse to NOT have one in your shop repertoire. Even the WEN brand is a good saw for the price.
@@EcoMouseMX I didn’t say they weren’t useful. Festool is the most expensive and high end track saw out there. An “average woodworker” probably doesn’t have a Festool track saw.
@@EcoMouseMX The average wood worker can make a track. It's not as good, but even a straight edge with some clamps and circular saw will give a straight line.
@@brittanheller8023 100%. There are videos on UA-cam on building a cheap circular saw into being a table saw or making a track for you cheap circular saw. If you don't have nice tools, it's 2024. There are guides for turning cheaper tools into nice tools.
@@luisderivas6005 If you put as much energy into trying to do it with what you have, instead of hating on what you don't, you'd have a shop full of Festool. Get off your ass.
A jigsaw, a hand router, and an orbital sander can be bought for as low as ~$30 each. He's got the big boy versions of all that stuff but it's pretty easy to scale down to hobby garage tools.
@@wolffang489 Doing this with the presented professional tools requires a lot of skill. Doing this with cheap diy tools requires A LOOOOT of skill. This can't be done by an average woodworker. Cutting a perfect circle? Most average woodworkers have issues cutting a straight line...
My high school had (and likely still has) all those tools, and moreso, for the shop classes. And it's a poor high school that is barely funded. I'm pretty sure that is "Average woodworker" tools. Also, pretty much everything shown or described in the video can be bought at Walmart, Home Depot, Menard's, and Fleet Farm.
There’s also no way that an “average woodworker” would be able to find that much walnut for $90. Classic influencer. If you can’t easily make tons of money with very little effort than I guess you’re just not as awesome as me.
@@judelarkin2883 i did some rough calculation based off what i saw. it looks like there is two pieces that are 12x24x2 which equals to approximately 8 board feet of walnut for the table top. The leg looks to be about 3x3 by 36 inches so thats around 2 more bf. the base at the bottom probably one more bf... so the total bf should be around 11... Which means he is buying his wood for around 8 to 9 dollars per bf. This is relatively inexpensive but not unheard of. It just depends on where you live. Where i live I think that the wood would have cost around double what this guy paid.
You are correct. This guy is good. He is good because he likes it and he likes it because he is good. I can work with wood when I have time...and room. Honestly, I think anyone can do it, if they set their mind to it. It depends on the detail, time, and effort you are willing to put into it.
It reminds me of Tony Angelo and Lucky from Motortrend Garage starting every project with, _"Today we're going to do [a simple job] you can do at home and the first thing we're going to do is pull the body off the frame..."_ 😂
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@@JustAlittleHomostep 1: listen for a damn minute and notice that he said “average woodworker” Step 2: make a bad reply that doesnt actually go anywhere.
@@Bo_3rd still though, just watching a few UA-cam videos won't make you an average woodworker. And im sure that people would still buy some of your products, but I don't think they would sell as well than having some actual experience in woodworking.
“You don’t need a big fancy shop” is most often said by people that have big fancy shops. *this thread is proof that you can say anything on UA-cam and a bunch of people will get butthurt and tell you about it. This comment has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with whether or not you can do amazing work with basic tools…. But don’t let that stop a hundred idjits from making that same straw man a hundred times… It’s meant 1. as a humorous comment, not to be taken seriously, and 2. in the same vein as ‘money doesn’t buy happiness is most often said by people with money’.
"you don't need a big fancy shop" as he gets out the bandsaw, table saw, fancy router table, and then an angle grinder 😂 just to make a table I know what he's saying is true to some extent, but it's rich given it's overlayed over a video using tools most people dream of. Walk the talk!
@@AndrewGarneau You just listed a bunch of standard woodworking tools. And the bandsaw wasn't necessary. The table saw wasn't, either. Him using them doesn't mean you need them.
A jigsaw, a hand router, an orbital sander. About 90-100 bucks and you can store them in a box in the corner of your garage when you're done. He's using his big stuff but it doesn't take much work to look up the cheapest beginner way to pull off circular cuts and round edges.
@@wolffang489Fair comments... but ain't nobody spending $1,200 on dude with 5 day's worth of experience and... closer to $200 worth of tools. It will look like amateur hour, because it will BE amateur hour
@@drebk Oh of course. You can't buy skill with 100,000 or 400 dollars but since he did say average woodworker and not urbanite that just moved to a suburb for the first time in their life, I'd assume the monetary promises in the video don't apply to amateur hour. Regardless of initial skill though for anyone wanting to follow along on the project at home and maybe build their skills and have a perfectly usable table to sell or use saying it's a scam video because they don't have six figures for tooling shows a lack of imagination on how few tools are actually needed for that template of a table. Could he list off the bare minimum tools in the video? Maybe but the target demo is in the title and that target either has their own power tools or otherwise knows what to substitute depending on resources.
@@wolffang489 You can most certainly buy skill with 100k..., I am sure there are master craftsmen that would learn an amateur from greenhorn to decently skilled for much less than 100k. Probably get access to some nifty tools in that price point as well. The pitch, iirc, was that any random dude could make 1k over the weekend without any social media presence by just dummying up one of these real quick. The ire of the masses is legitimate... but also 100% intentional. Engagement+1
Im not sure but when he says tricked im thinking that he tricked them into thinking he was amateur but hes actually a master craftsman or something along those lines. Thoughts?
I made a 6'x3' bookmatched walnut epoxy table. It's objectively very very nice. I can't even sell it for $1500... been trying for months. I hate videos like this..
@@AwesomeActsOfRandom They dont sell, everyone that knows about wood/is interested in buying wood, understands the negatives of epoxy (long lasting maintanence). The comment section / his community never understands the reason he can sell all of his crap for so much, is because of the brand he has created with the UA-cam channel.
@@Chris____. well whether you like them or not unfortunately they absolutely do sell. Loads of businesses doing just epoxy tables… guy in the video for example black tail studio.. I’m just having trouble with mine.
Yes, you can make the same thing with less tools, and even simple tools... but the precision would be much harder, and it would take a LOT LONGER. Time is money. So for this example, yes, it is based on having the shop with all the tools and equipment you have.
I even have a grease pit and it still take me about that time. It would take less if i left the skid plate off, but it has its purpose as well. It never fails that i have to carefully remaneuver the car to get at least two bolts. Fastest oil change ive ever personally done was 00:01:14 through a lube shop. Proper tools do make a difference, but look at the chainsaw statue craftsmen that can make a quality product right before your eyes. Talent doesnt always need fancy tools to get the same job done.
@@F1ght1ngIrish- it is still far from "an average woodworker" Even looking at the picture you can tell, thats not anyone taking it. The person has at least some experience with online marketing. In short, everything seems easier when you are an expert in it. Someone with less experience will have a harder time. Thats why pros saying something is "easy" is something you should take with a grain of salt.
I bought the wood last year and I'm still waiting for them to become tables wtf..... The other guy in the comments said this guy was a scammer because he was charging 10x what he paid for the materials implying there was no labor or skill involved and I jumped on that opportunity.... I don't like working and I'm not very good at it
Thats actually pretty reasonable for HAND CRAFTED wooden furniture. 2 end tables for 1200 is pretty good. Your not paying for the 90 dollars worth of wood... you are paying for the years and years of training and skill to be able to turn 90 dollars worth of wood into beautiful furniture.
track saw, table saw with cast iron top, walnut from some where, you can source it at a store on the outskirts of your city somewhere probably, huge router table, massive band saw. No one said you had a huge awesome shop.
@@GodMaxDrinkerofTea If he wanted to prove that an average woodworker with basic tools could do this, he could've at least used basic tools. He didn't.
@@jamaaljackson5464 some people are just poor and try to justify doing nothing and staying poor Like owning a couple k in tool is sometimes impressive or special
aunt debbie ? Is that you ? Haha true story , dude charge her $600 for this fix. Sad thing bastard said he gave her a good price because they go to the same church.
Pretty standard with most trades. You're paying for the knowledge, not necessarily the labor. Anybody can cut a wire but a bomb tech will know the correct one to cut 👌
@@TheHumanSantapede yeah there is some definite middle ground though. I've seen some kind and generous people out there that provide their services and their expertise for free to vulnerable people in their community (the elderly, impoverished etc).
Weekend, so at least 16 hour of work. Electricity: I don't know there, but in Italy I can calculate my average usage costs 7€ a day, so that would be around 15$ for two days. Wood: if I've heard that right, it's 90-100 $. Various materials (sanding disks, wood finish, gloves...): maybe 15$? Taxes? I'm not calculating some other small things like the the tools wear, that's or course a really little amount, but still at some point tools and machinery must go under maintenance and parts be replaced, so... I'd say the income would be 950$ still with taxes to be paid, so around 60$ per hour. I don't think that's tricking somebody, especially if you're experienced in your job.
Not really. You can pay hundreds of dollars for a mass produced piece of junk made out of sawdust and glue. This is a one of a kind piece of craftwork made of solid semi-rare hardwood. Rich people pay high prices for coffee beans that have been eaten and then excreted by a cat. Then again You’re right. They are crazy.
@@TJ-W Where Cam lives (I live nearby as well), you can buy walnut shorts for crazy cheap prices. $90 goes very far material wise. Labor and the knowhow to do this also massively increases the value. Don't get me wrong, I think $1200 is insanely steep, but something around $500-750 wouldn't be unheard of for handmade.
It’s cheap furniture that’s good enough to last while you get something better. I have an ikea dresser that’s lasted me for almost 10 years. The “paint” is coming off some of the edges but it’s good otherwise
IKEA is great, but the trick is that you don't stack your home with them. You spend money on what you really want, and then you fill in the blanks with IKEA.
I made tables similar to this with those very same tools back in highschool, although I did have a table router at my disposal. I'm sure I could produce an identical product to this guy's without issue with my tools in the garage.
Not even random orbital sander, but specifially festool 😂 Its like telling you can tHeOrEtIcAlLy drill hole with screwdriver, but demonstrating it with hammer drill.
It's like seeing a professional musician saying "I've learned this song over a weekend and you can do it with the worst instrument" without considering the years of practice he has behind him
@@Thomas-lc3lmProbably the 50k worth of equipment he used to make the table? I'm a software engineer, and all you need to write the next Twitter is a laptop. Why doesn't everyone do it?
Drill, grinder, sander, router, and hand planes are all standard tools. The table saw could be replaced with a circular saw, the band saw could be replaced with a jig saw with literally less than an hour added to the project.
He has said in a previous video that he has invested over $70k into his shop. That's all completely irrelevant though as you could make that table with $1100 worth of tools easily.
Why couldn’t you get the main cuts done at a workshop, and then do the rest with hand tools? Take a week, instead of a weekend, and still make a profit. It’s the style of the table that is rare and would’ve bolstered the price, not just the wood. Hence his point would still all be valid.
To be fair, a talented, patient, VERY hard working average woodworker can make this type of product with even hand tools alone. But he has to have a connection at a good wood supply store, plus of course, it takes A LOT OF WORK.
You gave me a good laugh 😂. Yeah I’m the average woodworker and the chances of the tapers on the legs turning out that round or identical or fluid had me on the floor laughing. Most and I mean the vast majority of us mortals can’t turn out a leg like that. I’m being serious thanks for the chuckle. I have noticed that when a person is really really talented in a certain area it is hard for them to recognize the fact that not everyone has the same skill because that skill seems normal to us.
THIS! 👏 Exactly! He has absolutely NO clue just how friggin gifted/talented he really is. The tools themselves don’t really matter, you can find second hand tools super cheap/affordable all over the place! Simply acquiring tools: well, that’s the frickin EASY part!! They’ll work just as well for everyone as any other basic tools would. Until SOMEONE SKILLED & COMFORTABLE with using them [like extensions of their own limbs] ones along & blows someone’s mind on what they COULD be doing & how much more they still have to learn. Lol Practice, experience, comfort, etc…. it’s all about how the tools are USED that truly matter & make the biggest impact/difference. Also, the level of passion & commitment one holds for doing/achieving such things/projects/work. If sum1’s decently exp. in woodwrkg but loathes absolutely everything about it-he’d rather play/watch sports n free time; well, then… even with a fairly decent advantage in the skill Dept., his tables are still NOT likely to rival someone who may be less skilled {not even a brand-new rookie on day 1!}, but also has patience + an insatiable/fiery passion for everything abt woodwrkg, & has committed to making the BEST tables possible-no matter what, or the amt of effort it’ll take, etc. 🤷♀️ Guarantee the passionate one’s going to produce something of MUCH higher quality thn one who’s experienced but hates his job, rushes, half-asses &/or skips less obvi/noticeable areas of the work entirely.
did it pretty easily in my 7th grade wood working class with a hand router, a draw knife and alot of sand paper lol, wasnt exactly perfect but pretty damn close
I think when people complain about tools it’s because they are trying to figure out how to start being a woodworker, so they want to see more of what a fresh beginner set up would actually look like for wan average person. It can be intimidating to try and start learning a skill or hobby especially when you start seeing price tags for things.
I've never understood why black walnut with sap wood is considered a lesser grade. It is far more beautiful than just one monotoned walnut. With all the pieces I turn in black walnut, the pieces with sap wood in them sell more.
Im with ya. To the other guys comments about it being lower quality, highly figured wood is lower quality but significantly more expensive than straight grained wood. I chose slabs for my table specifically for the sapwood they had. Long way of saying, I totally agree!
I am on the lower end of the economic totem pole, yet I have two bandsaws. Total investment, including new blades___one for resawing and one for fine curves): $110; bandsaws for $50 & $30, blades for $12 & $18. BUY USED TOOLS!!
I was a fine woodworker/cabinetmaker for 10 years. The only people making money in that business are the shop owners(not the workers), and people like this guy that get paid for clicks.
I am NOT a woodworker, but I was using my carpenter dad's workshop to restore an old table. It was novice work, it looked kinda better but there were glaring mistakes. Anyway some customers come, see the crappy table and go "wow, what amazing craftsmanship". Later I had a laugh with my dad about it.
Professional woodworker proves that a novice without professional tools can make money. By professionally making a piece with professional tools. And selling it.
Yup, that's what this whole video is. Not actually helpful, not posting any equipment costs, not posting any proof of selling it, bragging about not being in social media (while clearly running their own social media pages and hence having experience with creating social media pages). Like why not just be like "here's how this goes"? Not how easy it is, how few tools you use, how little experience you need, and how luch you'll make... While doing none of it and showing no proof.
@@alexforce9there's no way you'd make 1200 off of that though, there's way more factors than the laziness the guy in the video thinks there are, obviously reliable (expensive) tools make a big difference, so does his experience and undoubtedly talent, marketing knowledge, photography skills, etc.
@@blasphimus he does post proof of sale and such on his main channel where he has a full format video on this, he also goes over tool alternatives and the sale process and such, this is just a small bit from the video he made a year ago or so
Well he managed to do it in about a week and gives some tips on how you can manage to do the same, basically you need good pictures with good lighting and a clean simple background, he uses some nice equipment but you could probably achieve the same with a long bit of black paper taped against the wall and floor, lights with parchment paper in front of them, and a flagship smartphone camera which lots of people have these days
@@hammerandgrindpodcast Relax lil guy. I know you got your machismo “grind” podcast but not everyone can be as successful as you with your 17 view videos. Some of us are less fortunate than you. 8^)
Even if you used cheap tools, they’re still relatively expensive for a person who lives check to check. Cheapest miter saw is like $100. A route $60. A disc sander $30. The discs $10. Shaver $30 and the wood.
@@davem5308 Providing a good or service which satisfies someone willing to pay enough to satisfy you. Intelligence, skill, taste, or lack thereof play no part in the foundation.
Fuck capitalism, children are rummaging our toxic piles of garbage to turn a tiny profit for food. Children are working from the first daylight until darkness to provide for their parents who have become disabled from the same work and then there's capitalists buying a fucking table for $ 1200.
Not really.. All basic level shit that probably took too long to be very profitable. He'd have to have this done in 12 hours to make a basic rate of $80/hr.
$90 cash invested plus your use of your incredible skills and knowledge. So $1000 is absolutely fair for you. God bless you and I hope you have all success in your woodworking!
As the accountant in me, you did not earn the money in a weekend. What you did was turn raw materials into a finished good in a weekend. It actually took you 9-10 days to make the $1200 dollars in revenue minus the raw materials, electricity costs, rent/property costs, depreciable costs on the machine you used, and labor costs.
I have a BS Business Admin. and that was my mind working through this. I would consider the expensive tools have been depreciated and are no longer a fixed cost...or they were free.
So.... everyone's commenting on all the expensive tools, but this could be made without them. Cam, please redo this experiment and show the same tables can be made with a standard circular saw, router, angle grinder, drill, and screwdriver.
No matter what tools I use to make these with there will always be comments demanding I use less tools. Until I can write a chat GPT prompt that builds a table for someone, people will be unhappy.
Not necessary but it fuckin helps hahahaha
@@blacktailstudiouncut no matter how low the wood costs, your hard work makes it worth much more, ignore all the people saying that your work costs nothing, keep doing you.
If the op can't see that you need several hundred dollars of tools on the cheap end to start this project, then here is your new title to not get those comments "A way to make money when you already have a lot of money to start with." You're welcome.
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I'm an average wood worker. This is above average craftsmanship.
Cam was low key telling you to up your game to average my guy 😂
Then you're below average.
"I tricked them into giving me money."
My dude, that's called a job.
Came to say this. Selling a handcrafted item isn't "trickery."
@@llefskyIf someone tells you you got a small peter you just ignore them because you know the TRUTH (I AM BEING GANGSTALKED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW ME AROUND AND MAKE MY LIFE MISERABLE. ONE OF THEIR MANY PATHS TO DESTROYING MY LIFE IS LEAVING HATEFUL YT COMMENTS THAT MAKE ME CRY. THESE PEOPLE ARE LEAD BY RON HAMMEN OF TREASURECO LLC AND HE BELIEVES I WITNESSED HIM MURDER HIS EX WIFE... THIS IS WHY HE IS SENDING PEOPLE AFTER ME. IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO SPARE PLEASE LEAVE ME KIND WORDS TO HELP ME DEAL WITH HECTIC ATTROCITIES IVE BEEN MADE TO ENDURE.)
Your whole notion of a job is f'ed up. You need to find some honest work my friend
@@THESPATHARIOSCreating and selling things is no longer an honest job guys some dude on UA-cam said so.
I trick this company into giving me money. I just show up and do email and meetings like eight hours a day, five days a week. And they write me a check every couple of weeks. Suckers!
“Average woodworker”
Breaks out the Festool track saw lmao
Every brand now has a track saw... there is literally zero excuse to NOT have one in your shop repertoire. Even the WEN brand is a good saw for the price.
@@EcoMouseMX I didn’t say they weren’t useful. Festool is the most expensive and high end track saw out there. An “average woodworker” probably doesn’t have a Festool track saw.
It can be done
@@EcoMouseMX The average wood worker can make a track. It's not as good, but even a straight edge with some clamps and circular saw will give a straight line.
@@brittanheller8023
100%. There are videos on UA-cam on building a cheap circular saw into being a table saw or making a track for you cheap circular saw. If you don't have nice tools, it's 2024. There are guides for turning cheaper tools into nice tools.
You and I have wildly different conceptions of what an “Average” woodworker is
Average in skill or pocketbook? Festool saw says it all.
@@luisderivas6005 If you put as much energy into trying to do it with what you have, instead of hating on what you don't, you'd have a shop full of Festool. Get off your ass.
A jigsaw, a hand router, and an orbital sander can be bought for as low as ~$30 each. He's got the big boy versions of all that stuff but it's pretty easy to scale down to hobby garage tools.
@@wolffang489 Doing this with the presented professional tools requires a lot of skill.
Doing this with cheap diy tools requires A LOOOOT of skill.
This can't be done by an average woodworker. Cutting a perfect circle? Most average woodworkers have issues cutting a straight line...
My high school had (and likely still has) all those tools, and moreso, for the shop classes. And it's a poor high school that is barely funded. I'm pretty sure that is "Average woodworker" tools. Also, pretty much everything shown or described in the video can be bought at Walmart, Home Depot, Menard's, and Fleet Farm.
He forgot to have an average woodworker make it
There’s also no way that an “average woodworker” would be able to find that much walnut for $90. Classic influencer. If you can’t easily make tons of money with very little effort than I guess you’re just not as awesome as me.
@@judelarkin2883
I believe envy is one of the seven deadly sins.
@@judelarkin2883 i did some rough calculation based off what i saw. it looks like there is two pieces that are 12x24x2 which equals to approximately 8 board feet of walnut for the table top. The leg looks to be about 3x3 by 36 inches so thats around 2 more bf. the base at the bottom probably one more bf... so the total bf should be around 11... Which means he is buying his wood for around 8 to 9 dollars per bf. This is relatively inexpensive but not unheard of. It just depends on where you live.
Where i live I think that the wood would have cost around double what this guy paid.
You are correct. This guy is good. He is good because he likes it and he likes it because he is good.
I can work with wood when I have time...and room. Honestly, I think anyone can do it, if they set their mind to it. It depends on the detail, time, and effort you are willing to put into it.
@@RalphSampson... so isnt boasting
Im absolutely thrilled when craftsmen with huge awesome shops say you dont need huge awesome shops
It reminds me of Tony Angelo and Lucky from Motortrend Garage starting every project with, _"Today we're going to do [a simple job] you can do at home and the first thing we're going to do is pull the body off the frame..."_
😂
“How a wood worker can spend 90 dollars on wood, 90,000 dollars on tools, and make 1000 dollars!”
He went through $40 worth of sandpaper alone
dont forget the 15 years of wood working experience.
Then he woke up with a $1200 hangover and regret.
Don't we all.
$1000 hangover*
Etsy takes it's share too.
@@ORam... 🤣
@@ORam... he’s taking about the purchaser
I see a lot of cool epoxy dining tables for that price, good god
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@@SP-io7lj sure, but just watching youtube videos won't give you the same knowledge than actually having some prior experience in woodworking.
@@JustAlittleHomostep 1: listen for a damn minute and notice that he said “average woodworker”
Step 2: make a bad reply that doesnt actually go anywhere.
@@Bo_3rd still though, just watching a few UA-cam videos won't make you an average woodworker. And im sure that people would still buy some of your products, but I don't think they would sell as well than having some actual experience in woodworking.
And a piece of paper attesting your knowledge and skills is a decent selling point as well@@JustAlittleHomo
These tools are literally like a goal purchase for most people if they became rich lol
But they are not needed a jigsaw any sander and router can be used it doesn't have to be festool
@@brianbarton7212then he should've proved that like he said he intended to?
Not sure about most people, but certainly me. That and a forge, leather working tools, a kiln or two, throwing wheel…
Don’t forget the 30k in woodworking equipment
With the same amount of experience under his belt too.
You could do this with under/around $1,000 in tools. "Average woodworker tools"
It can be done with basic ones
@@bigwagon6727 in a weekend?
@@bigwagon6727it sure can but not in that time
“You don’t need a big fancy shop” is most often said by people that have big fancy shops.
*this thread is proof that you can say anything on UA-cam and a bunch of people will get butthurt and tell you about it.
This comment has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with whether or not you can do amazing work with basic tools…. But don’t let that stop a hundred idjits from making that same straw man a hundred times…
It’s meant 1. as a humorous comment, not to be taken seriously, and 2. in the same vein as ‘money doesn’t buy happiness is most often said by people with money’.
"you don't need a big fancy shop" as he gets out the bandsaw, table saw, fancy router table, and then an angle grinder 😂 just to make a table
I know what he's saying is true to some extent, but it's rich given it's overlayed over a video using tools most people dream of. Walk the talk!
thats becathey typically start with a few tools and build up to what you see....its not rocket science
@@StygianBlood nobody was trying to figure out how they got a big fancy shop, but I guess to some people reading comprehension is rocket science.
@@StygianBloodu missed
@@AndrewGarneau You just listed a bunch of standard woodworking tools. And the bandsaw wasn't necessary. The table saw wasn't, either. Him using them doesn't mean you need them.
Imagine spending $1200 on an end table.
I’ll never be that rich lmao
I know people that spend $600 on a pepper grinder. You just gotta market to the right crowd
@@NBA___LANE Do you want him to just say no to the money?
@@user-ke1gn3ql1g he’s the scumbag who made the price tag 10x the cost of material, your the type to bye it
@@user-ke1gn3ql1g Nope. But dont you want want to slap the shit out of the person who bought it? People with more money than sense.
Imagine if you bought them and just scrolled onto this video
nah, rich people dont death scroll. They spend their time and money doing things the rest of us cant afford.
Step 1: Have a $100,000.00 SHOP
Step 2: Try to downplay it in the comments and act like it’s everyone else’s problem as if you didn’t clickbait us.
Step 3. Have 20 years experience
A jigsaw, a hand router, an orbital sander. About 90-100 bucks and you can store them in a box in the corner of your garage when you're done. He's using his big stuff but it doesn't take much work to look up the cheapest beginner way to pull off circular cuts and round edges.
@@wolffang489Fair comments... but ain't nobody spending $1,200 on dude with 5 day's worth of experience and... closer to $200 worth of tools.
It will look like amateur hour, because it will BE amateur hour
@@drebk Oh of course. You can't buy skill with 100,000 or 400 dollars but since he did say average woodworker and not urbanite that just moved to a suburb for the first time in their life, I'd assume the monetary promises in the video don't apply to amateur hour. Regardless of initial skill though for anyone wanting to follow along on the project at home and maybe build their skills and have a perfectly usable table to sell or use saying it's a scam video because they don't have six figures for tooling shows a lack of imagination on how few tools are actually needed for that template of a table. Could he list off the bare minimum tools in the video? Maybe but the target demo is in the title and that target either has their own power tools or otherwise knows what to substitute depending on resources.
@@wolffang489 You can most certainly buy skill with 100k..., I am sure there are master craftsmen that would learn an amateur from greenhorn to decently skilled for much less than 100k.
Probably get access to some nifty tools in that price point as well.
The pitch, iirc, was that any random dude could make 1k over the weekend without any social media presence by just dummying up one of these real quick.
The ire of the masses is legitimate... but also 100% intentional. Engagement+1
Tricked? You made a product, you offered it for a price and someone was willing to spend it. That's 100% legit business.
Agreed.......1st rule.
Im not sure but when he says tricked im thinking that he tricked them into thinking he was amateur but hes actually a master craftsman or something along those lines. Thoughts?
At least we know now is that his products are not worth the price
@@corrohsivegaming7077the name of the short is "I tricked a customer"
I think this thinking is the difference between the west and the rest of the world
“I’m going to spend less than $100”
Starts using his $10k worth of equipment
Yeah exactly
10k? Probably more tbh lol
@@camael4209lol exactly
Way more
Hell just one of those machines is probably like 15.
Dude lays out criteria and then proceeds to break every single one.
How to make money without social media:
1. Post video to social media
The hardest part of building the table nowadays is getting a nice piece of walnut for an affordable price lol
Which allows still profits of 100% you mean?.💀
I got lots of wall nut if you want me to scrape you some.
@@chadmann2724 oof
Yup
@@chadmann2724 try toilet paper or something bro
He made $1200 until he found out the buyer was his wife.
Lol 😂
Lol
Haha
His wife and using his credit card.😅
Honestly where do you find ppl to buy this for 1200$?
“Relatively standard tools” has festool and sawstop 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
$1200 for those?
Good for you.
I'm clearly in the wrong field of work.
Listen buddy, jogging without shoes does work but shoes *really do help*
True
yeah but ur feet aren't customers that you can trick into thinking they're wearing better shoes 😅
@@brandonlee3924have u ever heard of Nikes?
@natma relnam what?
I get the metaphor.
People are so stupid. 🙄
The real trick here was someone buying a $1,200 pair of end tables.
I made a 6'x3' bookmatched walnut epoxy table. It's objectively very very nice. I can't even sell it for $1500... been trying for months. I hate videos like this..
@@AwesomeActsOfRandom update your hot photos maybe they are not show casing the beauty . You see this guy photos made his product look very fancy
@@AwesomeActsOfRandom They dont sell, everyone that knows about wood/is interested in buying wood, understands the negatives of epoxy (long lasting maintanence).
The comment section / his community never understands the reason he can sell all of his crap for so much, is because of the brand he has created with the UA-cam channel.
@@Chris____. well whether you like them or not unfortunately they absolutely do sell. Loads of businesses doing just epoxy tables… guy in the video for example black tail studio.. I’m just having trouble with mine.
No social media page? .... You're on UA-cam. 🤦
Lol. "You don't need a big awesome shop" says the guy using a big awesome shop using tools you'd find in a big awesome shop
An honest mans attempt at grifting backfires as he makes gorgeous table and is rewarded for his labour.
The hard part isn’t making something worth the money, it’s finding someone to pay it.
He didn't even make the money in a weekend.
Exactly.
Very true.
For me, it's finding the time to do things.
Especially when people see videos like this online that say you don't need special tools, more than a couple days, and $90 in materials todo it
Yes, you can make the same thing with less tools, and even simple tools... but the precision would be much harder, and it would take a LOT LONGER. Time is money. So for this example, yes, it is based on having the shop with all the tools and equipment you have.
Average woodworker with a $1000 track saw. Account ignored.
Wait wait wait, who on Earth is going to pay $1200 for these?
I genuinely don’t think I’d pay enough to cover just the materials
its like a mechanic fixing your car drives it on a lift and done in an hour but at your house it takes an hour just to jack it up.
lol i was thinking the same thing.
I even have a grease pit and it still take me about that time. It would take less if i left the skid plate off, but it has its purpose as well. It never fails that i have to carefully remaneuver the car to get at least two bolts. Fastest oil change ive ever personally done was 00:01:14 through a lube shop. Proper tools do make a difference, but look at the chainsaw statue craftsmen that can make a quality product right before your eyes. Talent doesnt always need fancy tools to get the same job done.
How on earth would it take anyone an hour to jack up a car?!
So let's rip poeple off
O I did 30 minutes work but pay me 4 hours! Cause you can't jack up your own car.
You don’t have a lift? I got one for $2k. Might not fit in every garage though, mine has a pretty tall ceiling.
I love watching people from different realities proclaim everything is just simple.
He literally said all you need is the skill and some tools and he isn’t wrong
@@F1ght1ngIrish- you also need visibility which is one of the most important aspect of sellings and is harder to accomplish with just money
@@Daiker974 all he did was post it on Etsy
@@F1ght1ngIrish- no he said you're average, so your skill and access to tools is meh but you can still earn the $$$
@@F1ght1ngIrish- it is still far from "an average woodworker" Even looking at the picture you can tell, thats not anyone taking it. The person has at least some experience with online marketing.
In short, everything seems easier when you are an expert in it. Someone with less experience will have a harder time. Thats why pros saying something is "easy" is something you should take with a grain of salt.
"Average" has 1000's worth of equipment.
Bro moved the goalposts of what he was trying to do like 3 times.
One year later. I finished whittling my first table leg.
Right, what a joke of a video.
😂 exactly. One table leg done and 50,000 sheets of sandpaper
I bought the wood last year and I'm still waiting for them to become tables wtf..... The other guy in the comments said this guy was a scammer because he was charging 10x what he paid for the materials implying there was no labor or skill involved and I jumped on that opportunity.... I don't like working and I'm not very good at it
@@BananerRepublic 😂
You legit could shape that leg on a Harbor Freight 1x30 belt sander or multiple other chea power tools. This is maybe a few 100 on mid range tools
Who the F would pay $1,200 for that?!? They’re out of their mind
Someone with too much money
plenty of people with a lot of money and strange or even no taste.
You’d be surprised
You'd be suprised if you go into any place that specializes in making stuff for cabins that's wood themed.....none of its cheap.
Thats actually pretty reasonable for HAND CRAFTED wooden furniture. 2 end tables for 1200 is pretty good.
Your not paying for the 90 dollars worth of wood... you are paying for the years and years of training and skill to be able to turn 90 dollars worth of wood into beautiful furniture.
1200 dollars for some tables is wild. If I am spending 600 dollars on a side table I clearly have too much money on my hands.
track saw, table saw with cast iron top, walnut from some where, you can source it at a store on the outskirts of your city somewhere probably, huge router table, massive band saw. No one said you had a huge awesome shop.
Yes this guy talks about the "average" woodworker then proceeds to use $10k worth of tools to make these projects......
"Spend less than $100"
Uses $20,000 worth of equipment.
Yeah like more than half of this shit ain’t stuff you can’t find either Home Depot or Lowe’s on sale either 😂
Yeah but he owned those tools before
He didn't buy them for this one time, you could do this with the most basic tools
Shut up obviously He use tools He is a pro
you can buy all these tools for well under $3000. not the brands he used, but the tools and they will do the work for this build all day.
@@GodMaxDrinkerofTea If he wanted to prove that an average woodworker with basic tools could do this, he could've at least used basic tools. He didn't.
"But you don't need a huge awesome shop." He continues to use his huge awesome shop.
Bro a table saw and some sanders arent that expensive.
@@jamaaljackson5464 some people are just poor and try to justify doing nothing and staying poor
Like owning a couple k in tool is sometimes impressive or special
@@legros731 ignorant
Oh shut up
☠️
Forgot the average woodworker level of skill and the average woodworker tools.
Shows how an average wood worker could do it, and then whips out a $1,000 track saw
Next , a plumber tricked his customer! $1,000 to turn off a leak with a $1 washer!
aunt debbie ? Is that you ? Haha true story , dude charge her $600 for this fix. Sad thing bastard said he gave her a good price because they go to the same church.
That's because it takes $595 just for a plumber to show up
Pretty standard with most trades. You're paying for the knowledge, not necessarily the labor.
Anybody can cut a wire but a bomb tech will know the correct one to cut 👌
@@TheHumanSantapede yeah there is some definite middle ground though. I've seen some kind and generous people out there that provide their services and their expertise for free to vulnerable people in their community (the elderly, impoverished etc).
You are not paying for the parts.. you are paying for their time, labor and knowledge. Otherwise.. your ass would have done it yourself.
Weekend, so at least 16 hour of work.
Electricity: I don't know there, but in Italy I can calculate my average usage costs 7€ a day, so that would be around 15$ for two days.
Wood: if I've heard that right, it's 90-100 $.
Various materials (sanding disks, wood finish, gloves...): maybe 15$?
Taxes?
I'm not calculating some other small things like the the tools wear, that's or course a really little amount, but still at some point tools and machinery must go under maintenance and parts be replaced, so...
I'd say the income would be 950$ still with taxes to be paid, so around 60$ per hour. I don't think that's tricking somebody, especially if you're experienced in your job.
"Average woodworker" bro you got a whole shop and some expensive equipment
Whoever bought that for 1200 is crazy.
Very craz,
Probably was a white woman's Instagram that bought it.
Not really. You can pay hundreds of dollars for a mass produced piece of junk made out of sawdust and glue. This is a one of a kind piece of craftwork made of solid semi-rare hardwood. Rich people pay high prices for coffee beans that have been eaten and then excreted by a cat.
Then again You’re right. They are crazy.
He should start making smartphones .
Heck, another company already had this idea 🍏📞
😂😂
@@TJ-W Where Cam lives (I live nearby as well), you can buy walnut shorts for crazy cheap prices. $90 goes very far material wise. Labor and the knowhow to do this also massively increases the value. Don't get me wrong, I think $1200 is insanely steep, but something around $500-750 wouldn't be unheard of for handmade.
This is why I love IKEA, atleast they offer food at the end of the store after you’ve got screwed.
It’s cheap furniture that’s good enough to last while you get something better. I have an ikea dresser that’s lasted me for almost 10 years. The “paint” is coming off some of the edges but it’s good otherwise
@@sasquatchhunter86 just paint it again
IKEA is great, but the trick is that you don't stack your home with them. You spend money on what you really want, and then you fill in the blanks with IKEA.
If someone is willing to pay the price for the product, then how did they get screwed? That’s literally economics.
LMFAO!!
Your tools are significantly better than most people 😂
"My goal is to spend less than a hundred dollars."
Said while using a Festool track saw.
Me, with a single chop saw, jigsaw, and random orbital sander: ah yes, “average”
Nor is it the average woodworkers photography studio making the advert pics
You can do it with that bro
I made tables similar to this with those very same tools back in highschool, although I did have a table router at my disposal. I'm sure I could produce an identical product to this guy's without issue with my tools in the garage.
The average woodworker with valid tools: I looked at the tool brands, not at the woodworking.
Not even random orbital sander, but specifially festool 😂
Its like telling you can tHeOrEtIcAlLy drill hole with screwdriver, but demonstrating it with hammer drill.
It's like seeing a professional musician saying "I've learned this song over a weekend and you can do it with the worst instrument" without considering the years of practice he has behind him
Well also using a professional recording studio.
What about this wood work make you think this dude is a professional?? Is a dam square.
@@Thomas-lc3lmProbably the 50k worth of equipment he used to make the table? I'm a software engineer, and all you need to write the next Twitter is a laptop. Why doesn't everyone do it?
well then just goes to show you should start learning a skill, so you dont come with these weird logic
@@heisenballsBecause it's already been made lol. No way any one person gets any of that market share to make it worth the effort.
I've done pretty much this and paid for my entire shop and more. He's not lying.
Sir your tools alone disqualify your opening statement of average wood working person…
"This can be done in a weekend with standard tools" proceeds to not use standard tools.
Drill, grinder, sander, router, and hand planes are all standard tools. The table saw could be replaced with a circular saw, the band saw could be replaced with a jig saw with literally less than an hour added to the project.
Lol
Standard woodworking tools
I can’t afford $10K of fine Woodworking tools. I’ve got a Craftsman table saw. What does that tell you?
He specified woodworking tools. Nothing looked out of the ordinary for a woodworker
Also need to figure out how to obtain 50k worth of equipment so I can make that 1k over the weekend.
You might can take a mortgage out on a family member.
He has said in a previous video that he has invested over $70k into his shop. That's all completely irrelevant though as you could make that table with $1100 worth of tools easily.
Exactly.
Why couldn’t you get the main cuts done at a workshop, and then do the rest with hand tools? Take a week, instead of a weekend, and still make a profit. It’s the style of the table that is rare and would’ve bolstered the price, not just the wood. Hence his point would still all be valid.
@@hamubice1551 You absolutely could but it wouldn't get done in a weekend
"you dont need a shop to do this, just some tools".... me at home depot staring at all the tools costing over $1200 bucks ..
To be fair, a talented, patient, VERY hard working average woodworker can make this type of product with even hand tools alone. But he has to have a connection at a good wood supply store, plus of course, it takes A LOT OF WORK.
Wow. My dad has been a woodworker all his life and he would be rich if he’d sell to the same people that buy from you.
The inconvenient truth that most can't grasp
Even if this Chad who built the table did sell it for 1200, it's not gonna be a common occurrence.
Tbh maybe if ur dad wasn't braindead he'd find a way to market better
@Jking 0.o Actually, watch his videos. You'd be surprised he has customers paying 15k+ for custom tables.
You gave me a good laugh 😂. Yeah I’m the average woodworker and the chances of the tapers on the legs turning out that round or identical or fluid had me on the floor laughing. Most and I mean the vast majority of us mortals can’t turn out a leg like that. I’m being serious thanks for the chuckle. I have noticed that when a person is really really talented in a certain area it is hard for them to recognize the fact that not everyone has the same skill because that skill seems normal to us.
THIS! 👏 Exactly! He has absolutely NO clue just how friggin gifted/talented he really is. The tools themselves don’t really matter, you can find second hand tools super cheap/affordable all over the place! Simply acquiring tools: well, that’s the frickin EASY part!! They’ll work just as well for everyone as any other basic tools would. Until SOMEONE SKILLED & COMFORTABLE with using them [like extensions of their own limbs] ones along & blows someone’s mind on what they COULD be doing & how much more they still have to learn. Lol Practice, experience, comfort, etc…. it’s all about how the tools are USED that truly matter & make the biggest impact/difference.
Also, the level of passion & commitment one holds for doing/achieving such things/projects/work.
If sum1’s decently exp. in woodwrkg but loathes absolutely everything about it-he’d rather play/watch sports n free time; well, then… even with a fairly decent advantage in the skill Dept., his tables are still NOT likely to rival someone who may be less skilled {not even a brand-new rookie on day 1!}, but also has patience + an insatiable/fiery passion for everything abt woodwrkg, & has committed to making the BEST tables possible-no matter what, or the amt of effort it’ll take, etc. 🤷♀️
Guarantee the passionate one’s going to produce something of MUCH higher quality thn one who’s experienced but hates his job, rushes, half-asses &/or skips less obvi/noticeable areas of the work entirely.
You'd be amazed how skilled you are when your well-being is on the line. I know that's not the case with this guy, but still.
Average wood worker can make a template. jmo.
did it pretty easily in my 7th grade wood working class with a hand router, a draw knife and alot of sand paper lol, wasnt exactly perfect but pretty damn close
he also got it out of round. 0:38 look at that curve
Every day a dumb person awakes, you just have to find him.
“Average woodworker” said the Expert woodworker
Thats like $10,000 in tools man. Tools make a big difference!
Did you even watch the video? Did you hear what he said or you were too busy speaking to yourself in your own mind through the video? ffs
Exactly! Click bait
@@libertaddiaz 4 times the effort and time without those nice tools. But sure it can be done without his 20k shop.
@@Manfran you too???
@@cddw33 Sure, get it done in a week, but still you can get it done with $1200 in tools
Would take 10x the time in a normal woodworkers shop
1200$ is 1200$
Not really. Cutting a circle and making the leg wouldn't be unusually difficult with a standard woodworking shop.
@@RyanMonty the way he did, with basic woodworking tools… it definitely wood
So then charge more....i swear people are their own enemies
@@chrissnipedu A bandsaw, table saw, router table, and angle grinder are basic woodworking tools if you have a shop.
Ah yes “average wood worker” as he proceeds to use nearly six figures worth of equipment and do everything flawlessly
I think when people complain about tools it’s because they are trying to figure out how to start being a woodworker, so they want to see more of what a fresh beginner set up would actually look like for wan average person. It can be intimidating to try and start learning a skill or hobby especially when you start seeing price tags for things.
That somebody's husband was probably like "You paid HOW MUCH for these?!?".
Sexist.
Average woodworkers don’t have $100,000 workshops
“Spend less that $100” has thousands of dollars in tools
So someone went on Etsy to buy a $1,200 table from someone with no sales history, and just hoped something decent would turn up? Seems very unlikely.
As someone in the lumber business, walnut is not something the average woodworker just has.
That’s why you buy it.
@@Gizmo_Moncler lmao
@@Gizmo_Moncler his amount would've cost $200+ here in Michigan.
As someone in the lumber business you should know that people sell lumber, yes even walnut, and you don't even have to be a wood worker to buy wood.
@@jking0.o121 it'd probably be at least double that where I'm from!
I've never understood why black walnut with sap wood is considered a lesser grade. It is far more beautiful than just one monotoned walnut. With all the pieces I turn in black walnut, the pieces with sap wood in them sell more.
I think the sapwood is less durable
because sapwood has moisture that can shrink or rot.
Im with ya. To the other guys comments about it being lower quality, highly figured wood is lower quality but significantly more expensive than straight grained wood. I chose slabs for my table specifically for the sapwood they had. Long way of saying, I totally agree!
Si 👍👍👍🇭🇳😎
@@blacktailstudiouncut Translation: "Imma cheap ass that doesn't mind screwing people over."
Always love how someone who can afford a band saw for his workshop tells me how easy it is to make money 😂
I am on the lower end of the economic totem pole, yet I have two bandsaws. Total investment, including new blades___one for resawing and one for fine curves): $110; bandsaws for $50 & $30, blades for $12 & $18.
BUY USED TOOLS!!
'an average woodworking' with hundreds of thousands worth of tools.
Bro out here scamming 😂😂😂
I was a fine woodworker/cabinetmaker for 10 years. The only people making money in that business are the shop owners(not the workers), and people like this guy that get paid for clicks.
I started a woodshop for $5000 CAD in a shipping container you dont have to be a millionaire to have your own shop
@@justintime8799 True. There are lots of small hobbyist woodworkers out there. There's also very few making a good living from the hobby.
@@life_of_riley88 Theres few buisness that suceed period. Doesnt matter if its woodworking.
@@wishfull3nigma yep
“I tricked a customer”
Marketing wants to talk to you
I am NOT a woodworker, but I was using my carpenter dad's workshop to restore an old table. It was novice work, it looked kinda better but there were glaring mistakes. Anyway some customers come, see the crappy table and go "wow, what amazing craftsmanship". Later I had a laugh with my dad about it.
Damn that looks awesome. I'd definitely pay $100 for it
I definitely wouldn't 😆
Professional wood worker proves that a novice can make money. By professionally making the piece. And selling it.
No, not a novice. A woodworker without a social media presence.
I study carpentry and this isnt that hard, im in the first year there and would probably be able to do this
Average, not novice
Professional woodworker proves that a novice without professional tools can make money. By professionally making a piece with professional tools. And selling it.
What u said
$100 worth of wood, $20,000 worth of tools.
I’m in the wrong line of work. Dude just made my two week paycheck in a Saturday afternoon lol
The humble brag. A phenomenon of this generation.
Yup, that's what this whole video is. Not actually helpful, not posting any equipment costs, not posting any proof of selling it, bragging about not being in social media (while clearly running their own social media pages and hence having experience with creating social media pages).
Like why not just be like "here's how this goes"? Not how easy it is, how few tools you use, how little experience you need, and how luch you'll make...
While doing none of it and showing no proof.
Shut up, Boomer.
And he’s not an average woodworker either. The tools are irrelevant imo
@@sk8erJG95 Why doesn't he does it, sells it and just gives you the money? The rest is just work. We don't want that.
Yeah, false modesty is the norm these days
Damn I guess I’ll just spawn in a woodworking shed fully equipped with all the tools I need damn I’m so stupid for not thinking of this sooner
If you do woodworking you probably already own tools that are good enough to do the same job as the tools he have.
@@alexforce9there's no way you'd make 1200 off of that though, there's way more factors than the laziness the guy in the video thinks there are, obviously reliable (expensive) tools make a big difference, so does his experience and undoubtedly talent, marketing knowledge, photography skills, etc.
Finding a customer thats willing to pay what that table is worth is the hard part
I wouldn't title the video, "I tricked a customer." I would rather title the video, "I transformed a chuck of wood into a piece of furniture art. "
But they got ripped off 😅
It is EXTREMELY hard to sell on Etsy these days.. especially without any reviews and page that says 0 sales...
@@blasphimus he does post proof of sale and such on his main channel where he has a full format video on this, he also goes over tool alternatives and the sale process and such, this is just a small bit from the video he made a year ago or so
Well he managed to do it in about a week and gives some tips on how you can manage to do the same, basically you need good pictures with good lighting and a clean simple background, he uses some nice equipment but you could probably achieve the same with a long bit of black paper taped against the wall and floor, lights with parchment paper in front of them, and a flagship smartphone camera which lots of people have these days
It’s a bunch of overpriced 💩 is why
@@kiyosenl.3889 wait, he has a main channel? what happened to "no social media presence"?
@@davefoster7704he didn’t use it to sell the table?
This is actually the equivalent of a millionaire telling you that you should save money, lmao.
No. If cant make some money with the tools and skill you have - then you are useless.
Your comment is the equivalent of everyone making excuses to stay poor.
@@hammerandgrindpodcast Relax lil guy. I know you got your machismo “grind” podcast but not everyone can be as successful as you with your 17 view videos. Some of us are less fortunate than you. 8^)
@@savenwas That's the response I expected from you. Crap on everyone else trying to take their shot. Let me know how that works out in 10 years. 🤘
@@hammerandgrindpodcast Imagine coming here calling people broke and then trying to act as if you’re a victim. Embarrassing.
Even if you used cheap tools, they’re still relatively expensive for a person who lives check to check. Cheapest miter saw is like $100. A route $60. A disc sander $30. The discs $10. Shaver $30 and the wood.
Stand looked looked way better with those intrusions
Don’t say you “tricked a customer” especially on Etsy. You did capitalism and someone was willing to pay it.
Please define "capitalism" for all of us.
@@davem5308 Providing a good or service which satisfies someone willing to pay enough to satisfy you.
Intelligence, skill, taste, or lack thereof play no part in the foundation.
@@pretzelbomb6105 that’s not capitalism that’s just selling goods, it’s been around for countless thousands of years
Fuck capitalism, children are rummaging our toxic piles of garbage to turn a tiny profit for food. Children are working from the first daylight until darkness to provide for their parents who have become disabled from the same work and then there's capitalists buying a fucking table for $ 1200.
I agree, I don't like the tagline. These tables took considerable time and skill to make (sure, it could be done with less expensive tools).
“How I ripped someone off using woodworking and how you can too!” This seems like an accurate title
Hardly ripping anyone off tbh, if someone is happy to pay 1200 for a unique product fair enough, he didn't hide the price lol
You are not an average wood worker. There's years of skill on display here
Like wtf? It's just basics.
Not really.. All basic level shit that probably took too long to be very profitable. He'd have to have this done in 12 hours to make a basic rate of $80/hr.
and a professional woodworkers tools
shouldnt the average woodworker have these relatively basic skills? without these skills, can you really be considered a woodworker?
My elderly neighbor just made a beautiful gazebo, all in his garage. 🙄🙄
$90 cash invested plus your use of your incredible skills and knowledge. So $1000 is absolutely fair for you. God bless you and I hope you have all success in your woodworking!
An end table for 1200? Some ppl are crazy AF! Good on you for finding a sucker!
As the accountant in me, you did not earn the money in a weekend. What you did was turn raw materials into a finished good in a weekend. It actually took you 9-10 days to make the $1200 dollars in revenue minus the raw materials, electricity costs, rent/property costs, depreciable costs on the machine you used, and labor costs.
I have a BS Business Admin. and that was my mind working through this. I would consider the expensive tools have been depreciated and are no longer a fixed cost...or they were free.
@@1205Lucy nah, straight-line 5-10 years of usage probably puts the shop in the thousands in depreciable costs every month.
He forgot to mention that Etsy took probably around 800 bucks in fees as well.
The whole video is total fantasy makebelieve bs.
@@JJ-ze6vb 800? Do you mean 80?
Damn that's crazy. I bet the only use for your degree, is to talk s*** and comment about people who have more money than you.
Not only do you need expensive tools, but you need plenty of experience.
If time isn't important you can make that with very basic tools, but than you need even more experience.
Carpenters made stuff like that long before those "expensive" Tools existed, with nothing more than a handsaw and a woodworking slicer.
I’ve got all that. Just need motivation! 😂
@@Purplehain
They did not make tables like that in a weekend back then.
@@tyaty hence my "if time isn't important"
Like an average painting for a 50 year master artist with a doctorate.
That's not 100$ of wood material. Isn't that 2000$ worth of walnut wood?