hello i am craig phillips and in this videoi am going to show you how to make your own bench out of recycled pallet wood. the tools you are going to require, a cordlessdrill with drill bits, a set square, clamps, screws, hole cutter, tape measure, chop saw,and if you don't have a chop saw a hand saw is fine. now the standard size of one of the palletslots is usually about 1200mm which is what i am going to use for the seat of the bench. all i need to do now is cut two legs to size. now i am choosing them to be about 400mm againyou can pick your own size that suits you.
quick mark on it. i am going to do my cuts with the chop saw,it is a lot quicker and easier when you have got to do a lot of cuts. of course if you haven't got a chop saw youcan always use your hand saw. now just place those legs across here andhere and then place the bench section on the top and we will drill a couple of pilot holesin there, glue them and screw them together and then stand it upright and double checkthe size. now it is very important to make sure yourcorner is nice and square when you are fixing these together.
once you have got one side glued and screwedin nice and firm do the same on the opposite side. now the opposite side is fixed together youcan stand that up, double check that you are happy with the height of the legs and of coursethe length of the bench. then you can start cutting yourself a kitof parts. all you need to do now is cut about at leasteight of these for the minimum width of the bench, of course you can make it wider ifyou prefer. now we need to cut 16 legs. now the 16 legs are cut you can start fixingthem together.
what i have done is cut some little off cutpieces which i'll just put under temporarily to keep it level and help square it up. again using your set square double check thatyou have got your corners nice and square. drill a couple of pilot holes in them, andapply a small amount of glue. one thing to consider when you are doing thecorners, each timber that you are lapping on top of one another, you are putting twoscrews in, so once you have put them in at one angle, the next piece of wood put themat the opposite angle so you don't drive them in to one another. ok, that is the 8th piece now put on the topof the bench.
you can stand that up, double check that youare happy with the width of it, you have got your eight legs either side of it all gluedand screwed together. once you are happy with that you can thencut some off cuts to put down the face of that to keep it nice and flush there to thefloor and then the same again on the opposite side here. we can cut a piece tight into there all theway across. ok, get a small bit of glue on the back ofthat piece, level it up with that front leg, couple of little pilot holes and then drivea few more screws right the way in so it is nice and tight.
the same again on the opposite leg. ok they are the two front pieces in, now thesame again with the top section. ok so that is now the whole structure moreor less complete. we have got all the slots in, the legs arein position, we have got the reinforcement bits on the two front legs and also the reinforcementbit on the back. you are now at a point where you can takethe rough edges off the timber. you might find that it has got different coloursin some areas and splinters as well where you have been cutting it. the best way is by using an electric sander.
and of course if you haven't got an electricsander you can always use a hand sander. now all the edges are nice and smooth thenext stage is to stabilise the base of the legs. now of course you have got a gap in thereso you will find a tiny bit of movement. we could of course cut some small pieces oftimber and simply slide those in. however, it is nice to be creative and cutout some little circular pieces of wood and slot them in there. you will see that it not only looks good butit will make it a lot more stable. really quick and simple to do by using a holecutter.
now all my circular pieces of wood are cuti am just going to apply a little bit of wood glue on both sides of them and then slidethem in between the legs. now at this point i don't have to worry tomuch about getting them level until i clamp them and then io will square them up. now once they are all placed into position,of course the glue is still wet on them. i am going to get a clamp and start to gentlytighten it up. once i get a bit of grip on it i can thenfocus on getting these to look relatively level. ok.
ok, so now you are happy that you have gotthem level, squeeze them together with the clamps and then you can get yourself a littledamp cloth and just try to wipe off any of that glue that is oozing out. perfect, now once that glue is dry simplyremove you clamp and that is your bench complete. now of course you can varnish, stain it orput wood treatment on it if it is going to be outside. now for more pallet project videos pleasevisit the website, silverlinetools.com
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