I have built this garden table using only one pallet plus a few spare parts from another. I also show how to make your own waterproof wood finish (wood stain) using beeswax, linseed oil, and mineral spirits. I use a combination of the traditional Japanese Shou Sugi Ban method of burning the wood and then applying the Bees Wax/Linseed Oil mix, which creates a totally waterproof and scratch safe surface.
- 00:00 Intro to making a garden table from a pallet
- 00:36 Finding and disassembling a pallet
- 03:30 Using a desktop planer to make the boards straight
- 06:00 Using a biscuit joiner to join the pallet boards
- 06:56 Gluing the boards together with biscuits
- 08:10 Using pipe clamps to add pressure to the glue-up
- 09:20 Cutting the boards with a circular saw
- 10:48 Using a biscuit joiner to join the boards in the other direction
- 11:51 Pipe clamp pressure again
- 12:44 Filling nail holes
- 13:35 Making dowels
- 13:53 Gluing dowels in the nail holes
- 14:57 Making beeswax wood finish
- 15:20 Melting the beeswax
- 16:30 Adding Linseed Oil
- 16:56 Adding Mineral Spirits
- 17:57 Trimming the table with a circular saw
- 18:30 Sanding the tabletop with a belt sander
- 19:45 Changing router bit in the router
- 20:09 Rounding the edges with a router
- 20:35 Hand sanding the edges
- 21:00 Making legs for the table
- 22:22 Mounting legs on the table
- 25:45 Burning the table (Shou Sugi Ban)
- 27:47 Sanding the burned table
- 28:27 Adding a homemade wood finish
- 30:00 Testing the surface – is it waterproof?
- 30:52 Celebrating with a glass of red
Beautiful table and techniques! Thank you for sharing!