Flipping a Thrift Store School Desk for Profit

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2024

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  • @PackerDog1
    @PackerDog1 Рік тому +22

    I completely understand your statement on being attached to beautiful pieces of wood. I do the same thing. I find myself judging projects as to whether or not they are worthy of such a beautiful piece of wood. They always say that the first step is accepting that you have a problem. 😂

  • @robbie6625
    @robbie6625 Рік тому +1

    9:15 I might be late to the party, but I really love the Jim Beam bottle to hold the finish.

  • @david.toeppe
    @david.toeppe Рік тому +4

    The cap nuts are much better than a standard nut, but this might be a good spot to try out some Chicago screws.

  • @minuteman4199
    @minuteman4199 Рік тому +3

    I liked the coloured veneer version, although the final version was beautiful as well!!

  • @dburch
    @dburch Рік тому +1

    I LOL’d at the dog in your add! Love it and keep doing YOUR thing!

  • @JonathanRansom
    @JonathanRansom Рік тому +5

    This was a fun video. I'm glad you ditched the first top, but rule #4 doesn't always work out. Turned out beautiful in the end!

  • @supadeluxe
    @supadeluxe Рік тому +32

    Needs some chewing gum underneath it!

    • @jamesdewald339
      @jamesdewald339 Рік тому +2

      Would be cool to put a few globs of different colored epoxy underneath to replicate chewing gum!

    • @kevinboas6607
      @kevinboas6607 Рік тому

      I just got gifted a stack of restaurant table tops. My gawd the gum and the boogers!

    • @lisag2771
      @lisag2771 Рік тому

      @@jamesdewald339 I rehab one of these and it definitely had gum under it. 😂

  • @ifbridges
    @ifbridges Рік тому +2

    LOVE the idea of this series of up-cycling, making a profit, and then investing into something else to up-cycle!

  • @bradleverton3233
    @bradleverton3233 Рік тому +1

    You are very creative, and crack me up, at the same time! Thank you for sharing!

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    9:20 it always makes me smile for some reaon when you get out your finish in the Beam bottle, lol

  • @EExplores
    @EExplores Рік тому +5

    Love this new concept. This is a great direction. Also, I love to see your new enthusiasm for your channel. Also a Patreon for Making it. 🤙

    • @MakeSomething
      @MakeSomething  Рік тому +1

      Thank you and thank you! I'm having so much fun doing these!

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations Рік тому +3

    Beautiful work, Dave! It turned out amazing! Well done!!! 😃
    Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @sazdab
    @sazdab Рік тому +1

    ....and there it is.......sand in the place........your projects are awesome

  • @thethirstybookworm
    @thethirstybookworm Рік тому

    I am kicking myself for sleeping-in this morning. That desk could have been mine!

  • @alansloas777
    @alansloas777 Рік тому

    I understand the comment about not destroying the wood. I enjoy the grain the way it is and hate to cut it up.

  • @gregdazer8395
    @gregdazer8395 Рік тому

    14.7 psi roughly is atmospheric pressure. Another great video.

  • @codyclark9348
    @codyclark9348 Рік тому +1

    "nice and tight, just like your mom" I laughed out loud 😂 earned my sub

  • @davipip
    @davipip Рік тому +2

    For the "molds" you just have to respect the curves (intern and extern), you don't have to remove the exact material. So you do have to cut twice but without removing as mush matter. Doing so will save you some thickness in your mold ;-)
    Nice Work !

  • @matthysloedolff
    @matthysloedolff Рік тому +2

    This video was so fun to watch. Had me chuckling several times like a mad man on my train commute to work.
    Love your videos, David. Keep it up!

  • @Warshipmodelsunderway
    @Warshipmodelsunderway Рік тому +1

    The way you do your Squarespace ads makes me watch them - they are so fun!
    Plus, I owe you an apology. I know you have transitioned from how-to videos, but I still end up learning things when I watch your projects.
    Sorry 😀

    • @MakeSomething
      @MakeSomething  Рік тому +2

      I owe you an apology for not saying I secretly want people to still learn from my videos. Thank you!

  • @MrFvasconcellos
    @MrFvasconcellos Рік тому

    That looks incredible. No notes. A+.

  • @griefman6550
    @griefman6550 Рік тому

    Sweet project. You should've veneered the cool "S" and a couple of your favorite metal bands into the top, but leaving it for someone else to do with a pocketknife is admirable.

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    At 6:16 great way to make a bigger form when you only have smaller tools to make it with!

  • @FoxwoodCreative
    @FoxwoodCreative Рік тому +1

    Great design. I also have this affliction of wanting to keep the boards intact..... It's hard some times.

  • @CorbyQ
    @CorbyQ Рік тому

    I have been looking a school desk for sooooooo long. They are the only thing other than a chiropractor that I could find that could crack my back really really good.

  • @dandavis5832
    @dandavis5832 Рік тому

    Fantastic!!

  • @TheMaxwellee
    @TheMaxwellee Рік тому

    "Daniel trusts me" - good enough for me hahaha

  • @jugglinglivebabies
    @jugglinglivebabies Рік тому

    i used a soda blaster to strip the finish off a 200yo french armoire. this thing was a beast, probably 8ft tall. it took me two months to strip it down, and my carport looked like Planet Hoth when I was done. but the results were amazing. but i will never soda-blast anything else ever again.

  • @billprocter942
    @billprocter942 Рік тому

    Didn't hate your original desktop. I'd probably would have left it. Your videos are so much fun. Keep up the good work.

  • @MurrayBarton
    @MurrayBarton Рік тому

    Great video thank-you. Your Squarespace add was brilliant.

  • @therick0996
    @therick0996 Рік тому +1

    These thrift store videos are so cool!

  • @ddutton0
    @ddutton0 Рік тому

    Looks great! the memories of school!

  • @jimrosson6702
    @jimrosson6702 Рік тому

    Turned out beautiful

  • @vernsteinbrecker3759
    @vernsteinbrecker3759 Рік тому

    Looks way better, nice upgrade

  • @ryanneumann5165
    @ryanneumann5165 Рік тому +1

    Please PLEASE put a driving montage in every vid you post forever. 😂

  • @mynameisAMRA
    @mynameisAMRA Рік тому

    UM for the first time in probably years I just watched the ad portion of your video. Hilarious. Nice work.

  • @karlpopewoodcraft
    @karlpopewoodcraft Рік тому +1

    Looked lovely all done. Lovely these videos lately.

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    12:33 He's definitely made it big time! Bro has a flying car 🤣😂

  • @WinstonWolfe66
    @WinstonWolfe66 Рік тому +1

    Ooooh, I love curved walnut! Nicely done, David
    Obviously, Shamy was about Sheldon & Amy 😄

  • @thesplinteredfinger
    @thesplinteredfinger Рік тому +1

    What a great idea that was David! It turned out beautifully! Can’t we just have some fun?

  • @benco804
    @benco804 Рік тому

    The only youtuber I know who can make a sponsor spot funny!

  • @TheHomeMaker1
    @TheHomeMaker1 Рік тому

    I’m the same I have so much domestic and exotic hardwood in the shop right now like 10 wall shelves full and it’s all like 6’ - 10’ long and all at least 6” wide and I just keep buying more and saving it lol

  • @SuperCacahuete93
    @SuperCacahuete93 Рік тому

    Bonjour, c'est tres beau !

  • @chriszen4128
    @chriszen4128 Рік тому

    Great video as always. My 4 year old twin girls at the same time you said you didn’t like the color top “but I like it”. Kids would love it either way.

  • @anthonygrey9282
    @anthonygrey9282 Рік тому +2

    I love the finished piece David, but I LOVED the more playful top you created. 😊

  • @jerdow
    @jerdow Рік тому

    Love the Picciuto Nch Nch 🤌
    Cordially,
    Jerry

  • @daifeichu
    @daifeichu Рік тому

    I love these upscaling 2nd hand furniture projects. They always turn out really really nice. Good job.
    One thing though. I think it would have been cool to put the "Shamy" name on it somewhere.

  • @tysonkoehn1
    @tysonkoehn1 Рік тому

    When you were driving at the speed of sound in reverse, i about spit my coffee out 😂

  • @montgomery.metalworks
    @montgomery.metalworks Рік тому

    Desk looks great.
    I like the concept with the sale 💸 upcycle, look forward to seeing it.

  • @McWisdomStudio
    @McWisdomStudio Рік тому +1

    You should write a funky background song and title it, "Still Talkin' "

  • @CMRWoodworks
    @CMRWoodworks Рік тому

    Looks great man!

  • @GaryOshust
    @GaryOshust Рік тому

    Woo hoo! Walnut!

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    11:53 where the scenery is going the wrong way 😂

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    If you're confused... Live with it.
    😂
    But great tip on how to create forms, I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one who had to learn that the hard way

  • @JoshuaRes
    @JoshuaRes Рік тому

    Vacuum bag is the way to go for larger forms like that. When I made something similar I used MDF ribs that I cut using a pattern bit in a router table and then covered those ribs with a sheet of flexible plywood… if that makes any sense!

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    Lol, glad I'm not the only one who uses the bottom of a battery on a drill as a hammer from time to time, 😂

  • @davidbailey6350
    @davidbailey6350 Рік тому

    Nice, Very Nice….! Thanks….

  • @jasonlawver9767
    @jasonlawver9767 Рік тому

    Dammit. Not only did you get me to watch the ad but I backed it up and made my wife watch it too. Ha ha well done

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Рік тому

    I can't wait to see the big project, especially if it is what was sitting on the cnc in one part!

  • @rob6850
    @rob6850 Рік тому

    The best back-popping tool ever created by mankind.

  • @negotiableaffections
    @negotiableaffections Рік тому

    I miss heard Dan, when he said, "Making your own ply - wood," I thought he said Fire-wood. I had to rewind! Beautiful project though. The Classic top in walnut is superb - the 'jazzy' top was merely distracting and it is, after all, a study desk.

  • @vernhart
    @vernhart Рік тому

    Great job! It’s missing the pencil groove! Actually, I noticed the original desktop doesn’t have one either. It’s probably not the original desktop.

  • @mattlewis3472
    @mattlewis3472 Рік тому

    I liked the playful top! Great work as always

  • @ga5743
    @ga5743 Рік тому

    Bee-u-T-full outcome Dave and you didn’t disappoint me……”Sand in the place you live” 👍

  • @bendingsands87
    @bendingsands87 Рік тому

    Someone should have called The Backyard Scientist. He has the perfect machine to replace that soda blaster😁. It involves a laser.

  • @feelthepeace
    @feelthepeace 4 місяці тому

    Oh my word! Word! I was looking up Ikea Kolbjörn, because I just ordered it and wanted to see a video putting it together ... weeellll! I found your liquor cabinet hack of it - and the excitement I now possess - at the thought of all the videos and your channel ... idk if I can contain myself rn!!! 🙌✌️🫶💪🌞

  • @TeddyMonacelli
    @TeddyMonacelli Рік тому +1

    "Part of me really, really hates that I'm going to rip down this insanely wide, beautiful piece of walnut. I don't know why, I've just become really attached to beautiful pieces of wood- I just don't like cutting them.
    That doesn't make any sense...
    As a woodworker, I should just want to destroy all the wood."
    I laughed for a bit at this.

  • @Goalsplus
    @Goalsplus Рік тому

    Fantastic original design. Nice restoration.

  • @RandomActsOfMadness
    @RandomActsOfMadness Рік тому

    Don’t disregard the soda blaster just yet. With proper pressure and airflow it works as a charm to remove paint from softer surfaces, or to remove rust. Baked enamel paint on steel just isn’t the right application..

  • @velocelt
    @velocelt Рік тому

    "Tight, like your mo**" (insert spit-take gif). I dig the idea of one-off projects and a big ongoing project. It's like a TV series right? You got your one-off episodes, but in the background of each one you have the bigger season-long story arc. Will there be drama? There better be drama. And pounding some pegs, like your mo**.

  • @OliWarner
    @OliWarner Рік тому +1

    What's worse, people telling you your flair ruined something, or people saying you were too conservative?
    For the nothing it's worth, I really liked the cow print version. Stay wild. It's what we love you for.

  • @cheryltaylor107
    @cheryltaylor107 Рік тому

    That came out beautifully wish i had something that only looked that amazing to sit on back in the day ❤

  • @garagemonkeysan
    @garagemonkeysan Рік тому

    Great video. Can't believe you got that for only $10. It's gorgeous. Mahalo for sharing! : )

  • @SchysCraftCo.
    @SchysCraftCo. Рік тому

    Awesome

  • @sgsax
    @sgsax Рік тому

    Sometimes the whimsey works and sometimes it doesn't. Maybe a geometric pattern would have worked better? A lovely little upcycle project, and fun too! Green screen car ride is my new favorite feature. Just liike your mom. 😂 Thanks for sharing!

  • @bradleytuckwell4881
    @bradleytuckwell4881 Рік тому +1

    I enjoy my 15 minutes of make something on a Sunday evening

  • @ronniestanley75
    @ronniestanley75 Рік тому

    I was always partial to carving either the Danzig logo or the Misfits. A wad of colored resin would've made a nice artificial gum wad.

    • @MakeSomething
      @MakeSomething  Рік тому

      Even though I wasn't the biggest Def Leppard fan it always looked good as a carving.

  • @WiredWorkshop
    @WiredWorkshop Рік тому

    Amazing video as always man, the desk came out great!

  • @jackleg693
    @jackleg693 Рік тому

    Another brilliant video!
    You really look like you’re having fun with these projects and that comes across so well.
    Thank you for sharing and making me laugh

  • @SteveMaker
    @SteveMaker Рік тому

    Sand in the place where you live. ......R.E.M - Really Enjoy Making.

  • @SteveMaker
    @SteveMaker Рік тому

    Hi David,
    I like this one a lot, have to admit, not so keen on the paint colour but I really liked how you re made the wooden parts. Yeah ..... pretty good! I think you're alright mate 👍👍👍

  • @saveriog.825
    @saveriog.825 Рік тому

    Nice project, I'm sorry you had to remake the top, but I understand why you hated it!😆
    Maybe you could have had more fun playing with the metal color: it's a nice color by itself, but with the walnut pieces doesn't stand out.

  • @DaleHawkins
    @DaleHawkins Рік тому

    Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me? Oh, I guess your cameraman (bro?) is also called "Dale". 😂

  • @samuelt321
    @samuelt321 Рік тому

    Love the car backgrounds! 😁

  • @The1withlogic
    @The1withlogic Рік тому

    Made me laugh so hard “I sound like one of those….”

  • @igorchichkin509
    @igorchichkin509 Рік тому

    WoW 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤love it awesome work 😊😊😊😊

  • @BoatswainHiggs
    @BoatswainHiggs Рік тому

    Could've made an epoxy river top. Those might become popular...

  • @TheIshter86
    @TheIshter86 Рік тому

    “If you are confused, just live with it” -DP
    4:04

  • @JamiesHackShack
    @JamiesHackShack Рік тому

    Next time can we get a mini Diresta riding the flying pup Never Ending Story style?

  • @johnk6206
    @johnk6206 Рік тому

    David vs the world!

  • @CorbyQ
    @CorbyQ Рік тому

    As much as I love the projects and watching them being built. I think my favorite part is that we say the "your mom" jokes at the exact same time.

  • @lucasjw
    @lucasjw Рік тому

    Flying dog going backward! And I thought it was just going to be another drive and dish (which is, honestly, pretty impressive itself). Best sponsor spot since Steve Ramsay’s Grr-ripper series, and yours is, like, 20 times longer!

  • @diyflightsim4246
    @diyflightsim4246 Рік тому

    The desk turned out cool. We have one like it in our tree house for the kids. I would also Like to know more about the car!

  • @richardbenson4750
    @richardbenson4750 Рік тому

    Is he "driving" in reverse around the 11:50 mark in this video? Great build and a good video though, the "flying" bit was a nice touch too lol.

  • @Rompestromper
    @Rompestromper Рік тому

    Curious what the favourite metalbands are😊. Nice work again

  • @josephawatson
    @josephawatson Рік тому

    I love the merch ideas and as always love your snark :)

  • @Deviant_Designs
    @Deviant_Designs Рік тому +1

    This is the only time I’d follow a man through a forest just to see his wood.

  • @BenNawrath
    @BenNawrath Рік тому

    Acorn nuts!

  • @HescottDesignCo
    @HescottDesignCo Рік тому

    Cool project!!! Came out great! Some graffiti on that back brick wall would look cool in your background!!! Kinda fit your colorful vibe too!!! Love your work man 👊🏼

  • @jamesmosley7794
    @jamesmosley7794 Рік тому

    Dale. Good job of making him cut mid statement.