▼EXPAND FOR TOOL LINKS and INFO▼ Woodworking Projects that Sell - kzread.info/head/PLWVlC66wUw8YmRlgGu6ocd_dKLcPibcdb&si=AJV-N4TxqgIA8g8p Tools in this video: Woodworker's Chronicle - faithvalleytools.com Free Towel Rack Plans for this project here: Whiteside Ripping Saw Blade - amzn.to/4aOVAUY Little red square - amzn.to/4b7ehTy Pencil I Use - amzn.to/4aPMLKD Featherboard for Tablesaw - amzn.to/3JDHj1a Push Block for the Table Saw - amzn.to/3xSOY9z Stealthstop Stop Block for Mitersaw - amzn.to/44e3YL3 Starbond CA Glue - amzn.to/3w7o9hf Starbond Activator (makes glue dry fast) amzn.to/4aLufCY Sandpaper Organizer - amzn.to/3QkKSxk 3M Sander - amzn.to/3WdH4lh Festool Sander - amzn.to/3Qkb3E9 Kreg Face Clamp - amzn.to/3UsXnsZ Countersink Bits - amzn.to/3UbJ9vb 3/8-inch Dowels - amzn.to/4aQCKN2 Flush Trim Saw - amzn.to/3WcnYvC Boss Dog Wood Glue - masscaproducts.com/products/boss-dog-profesional-strength-wood-glue-16-fl-oz?aff=3 Whiteside Router 4 Bit Set - amzn.to/4aOzyBI Keyhole Router Bit - amzn.to/4b5bwlA Prestain Conditioner - amzn.to/4baitSp Dark Walnut Stain - amzn.to/3JuRup3 Polycrylic - amzn.to/3UaqTT7 Paint Cones - amzn.to/4dazU7k T-Shirt I'm Wearing - bit.ly/44eJtOm If you use one of these Amazon and other affiliate links, I will receive a commission on qualifying purchases. All of my Build PLANS: www.731woodworks.com/store Greatest Free Gift I've Ever Received: story4.us/731Woodworks My Woodworking Business Building Course - sawduststartups.com My Tool Company - faithvalleytools.com The full list of tools and supplies I recommend can be found on my website: www.731woodworks.com/recommended-tools Greatest Free Gift I've Ever Received: story4.us/731Woodworks Join the TUBAFOUR NATION through Patreon to get access to exclusive member only behind the scenes videos, member only livestreams, exclusive discounts, and other cool member only perks! www.patreon.com/731woodworks Some other useful links: Daily Tool Deals on my website: www.731woodworks.com/tool-deals Subscribe to our email Newsletter to get new content alerts, sales, and more! mailchi.mp/7e44c16eefdc/731-woodworks-email-newsletter Easy to Follow Build Plans - www.731woodworks.com/store Outlaw's Board Butter - So Good it Should be Outlawed: www.731woodworks.com/store/boardbutter

Agree with everyone who commented on it being nice to see a build video again.

Thanks for putting out a build! More Builds please?

@davidcorliss

18 күн бұрын

Problem is not enough people watch build videos to make it worth doing

@craigpattillo4765

17 күн бұрын

@@davidcorliss there are several youtubers who pretty much do only build videos and have 100s of thousands of people that watch. So I don't know why people say build videos don't bring in views and likes.

hahah i love how he went from "no i dont have enough time buy some online" to "uh no, im building some tuh-day" and all it took was the pricetag lol

My wife saw a product on Etsy for plants using pipes and wood for floating shelves. They wanted 150 each. She says can you build this? 89 bucks later I built 4 shelves. Never did it before but I looked at the pictures and figured it out. My point is, save money and do it yourself, if you can. Love your build content as well as all your other content, Matt!

Nice to see you back at work.

@pteddie6965

18 күн бұрын

I am with kakaroto, Matt. I am glad to see you building again. I miss the old "project days". Thanks for the video. Have a great Sunday.

Thanks Matt. That's unbelievable that anyone would think about either charging or spending at that price! If you sell them for that I'm happy for you. I don't think anyone in my area would pay near that. It is a neat build and video and I appreciate that. I forgot how much I missed your build videos. Please do more of them if you find the time. Have a great week and please be safe! No more bracelets. 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

So beautiful and refreshing to see you build something! 👍🏼🙏

Thanks for putting out a build!

Thanks for the content Mighty Matt!

Excellent point about getting into the mind of the customer. It's definitely tough at times to think that way.

Matt thank you for the free plans. I look forward to making these with my boys. Have a blessed day my friend.

Glad to see you back to building. Thanks!

I love this video. It is good to see that I am not the only one who has saw dust everywhere when working on a project. so good to see you in a project video. Love to watch you. keep them coming.

Awesome video! Thank you!

Nice, simple build. Good job.

Matt... Thank Amy for getting ya to do a project video ... Just gotta luv her - quite a few have been asking and Miss Amy always comes through 😂🎉

Amazing this was really helpful ive been waiting for a build video for ages

Love the Woodworking Chronicle.!

I love this idea! Im gonna try it out! Thanks for the video!

Nice project!😊

Man this is a great little project! Great video, Matt👊👊

Good to see you make something. I enjoyed it. Thank you.

Great project Matt! I will try this soon.

My wife asked me to make some sort of wall mounted towel rack just a couple of days ago. This is perfect! Thanks, Matt.

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

Glad to help!

My building started when the wife said "I really like this $2000 entry way table" that was at a local shop. I smarted off and said I can build something better than that if you let me buy a few tools. My first woodworking project started with an entry table built out of Walnut with a live edge top. I spent about $600 on materials (and had leftover walnut). I bought a Dewalt 735X planer, a track saw (yea...could have done without but hey I had a $2k budget), a doweling jig, some pipe clamps, a few other tools (already had a table saw) and a bunch of labor hours and it was all done. I came in right under $2K excluding labor. but I learned a lot and had fun too so I don't really count the labor hours. LOL. The wife loves the table and has tons of photos on her phone to prove it. Moral of the story, that $600 in material saved me enough to buy a bunch of tools. 🙂

Love it when you make things out of a 2x4. I’m impressed. ❤❤❤❤

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Nice build! I had gotten some 2X red oak, real cheap. My wife saw these on social media and asked if I could make these. I made two towel holders and one smaller (using 1X) one for wash cloths. I was patting myself on the back after completion and upper management loved them.

Your build videos are the best, great job!! It always seems like its been a while for a new build but thats probably just me and my son itchin for a new build video haha🎉 keep em' comin plz!💯

I've missed your builds!! Love it!

Thanks. I want to make them for myself.

I was wondering if you could make a video showing how you power all your tools. Like how many 240v outlets you have, any extension cords you use and how they are organized out of the way, or any tools that are basically permanent due to cord length, etc. I can't seem to find much demonstration on this. Yes I know each situation is different but it would be nice to see how other people run power to their tools for inspiration. Thank you for all that you provide the community. Your videos have helped me out a lot and I appreciate it.

@carlstrohm3785

17 күн бұрын

120V outlets to charge all those batteries! 😂

love your build videos, keep em coming please.

Love watching the builds.

Great video and great real world example of both sides of the coin so to speak.

Great video Matt it’s great to see you build something again along with the tool reviews have got a lot of great deals from your deal alerts. Thanks as always for sharing.

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

This is a cool project! Nice and easy, and I can see it being really quick to batch out a bunch of them! Thanks for sharing Matt! And thank you Mrs. Amy for convincing Matt to build it 😁

@731Woodworks

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I got the Reekon M1 for repeated cuts after watching your video. I use it all the time now.

As usual, great video Mr. Outlaw!

Hey Matt great video. As far as stain goes you can skip using the conditioner if you use a gel stain. Also try the Total Boat Halcyon finish. You can get gloss or satin, water based so clean up is easy, and you can brush it on or spray it.

Great video, thanks for sharing! Showing us that from $10 you can come up with an awesome project

My problem is when I think like a customer I ask myself "what would I do before buying this item from someone else?" So I go search online and find these items on amazon/ebay etc for $20-$30 or people on fb market place fighting each other in price until it's literally pointless to even make it for myself, much less to try and sell.

The cat that pretty much lives upstairs in me and the wife's bedroom loves laying on towels. Sadly our bathroom upstairs, we remodeled the extra space in our upstairs so our bedroom is the whole top floor of our house, is the size of a spare bathroom so we use a shelf for our towels. I soon as I check 10-42 in the morning I'm heading home, changing, going to Lowe's and making a few of these for our bathroom. The wife will finally stop having to yell at the cat for laying on her fresh towels lol.

Yes, as I have often heard since my childhood: Money focuses the mind! I've tinkered in my wee workshop for years, and I've had the same issues with material cost versus end product price. I have to admit, it took me a while to graduate from 'busy fool' to someone who values their own time and skill set. I was recently quoted £5,600 to have the exterior of my house painted. Well, like your good self, I decided to make the time to do it myself. I just loaded an Audible book and set to it. Not really in my comfort zone at the top of a ladder, but with the aid of an extension pole, was able to get the job done over the course of a couple of weekends. Whilst it cost considerably more than eight dollars, I can safely report that I was able to shave a zero off the price with ease.

Couple tips: My favorite method of splitting a 2x4 to get the same width as the 1.5" thickness is to first set the fence to split it exactly in half, then set the fence to 1.5" (often using the thickness of the board to set it), put the cut edge to the fence and cut off whatever of the rounded edge. There might be a slight bend at the edge, but this is usually hidden by my sanding to ease the edge, so it works out. The second tip is to not use a 2x4 to get 2x2s, but instead use wider stock like a 2x8. There's not as many knot holes, and it's not as wonky with twisting and warping, because it has to be cut from a thicker (and therefore more stable) tree, or at least not at close to the edge of a larger tree. The cost isn't that much greater, and you end up with much straighter towel bars -- especially if you're gonna be charging a couple hundred bucks for them! :)

@garrybray7173

18 күн бұрын

I agree with you but I must say, the 2x4's in his area look better than the ones in my area. I think his is yellow pine. My area has twisted up clearer pine.

Good video. I love that iron sharpens iron shirt.

@731Woodworks

16 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Beautiful job bud

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow, you have some nice tools now, I remember your original setup lol and congratulations on the KZread channel!! You’re rocking it!!

Thank you Matt. I wish I could join the sawdust start up but There is no way I can afford it.( we are in deep financial trouble) Plus my chemo and all that. I'll always continue to watch 731.

That's a cool design. You could make a scales-down one for toilet paper or paper towel stocks

Great build video! I do think those racks look good. I took a quick Google search. Amazon has them for ~$20 in Pine, and another Etsy seller was selling 2 for ~$60. It's interesting to see the differences in price that are out there (Not counting Amazon). And great note you had about not under pricing yourself. Tough to know where to price yourself.

Two cents worth. Clamp the short pieces to your workbench to where the edge is level with the bench top. Lay the long piece on top of the shorties and fasten. If you have a woodworking vice you can always use that. I always enjoy your message. Tim StC

My most popular item is a step stool made from a single 2x4 and some simple dowel joinery. Sells for $35. I've now started making different sizes from 2x10s and selling anywhere from $45-$65!

Really great to see a build video, thanks.

You just went from "Subscribed" (because I like your work and your style) to "With a bell" because you made me sit up and think "I can sell this shit too!" So thanks, and happy Sunday, and I'm itching to start doing and selling on Monday!

Awesome video! I also noticed that the end screen elements did not show up at the end of the video but it could just be me.

I would love to see a video that shows me where I can buy wood plans for projects. I really want to build a music stand, but am not sure where to find a good set of plans. Love your content.

Great video as always, Matt. It was good to see y'all again today. God bless you both!

@731Woodworks

19 күн бұрын

Thanks! Great to see you too!

I really like your build videos...and you did such a great job with this build and explaining it so well. The towel racks turned out great!

Where did you get the push stick from?

I thought the stained pine is ugly. For that price, or that effort, should use poplar at least! There's other videos about buying wood and what woods can be found just about as cheap as Big Box Store construction pine. And perhaps show a painted option.

What program are you using to draw up projects before the build? Can you suggest someone that can draw up a King sized bed?

Howdy Mr. 731... It's been awhile since I've commented. I've switched to watching YT channels from my phone to a TV that I've got in my shop and well, I'm not gonna sit there using the remote and scroll around letter by letter to comment. BUT...after watching this video, I just HAD HAD HAD to load it up on my phone to make a comment, LOL. That comment..... I started laughing HARD and loud when you told the Mrs...."Just order a few on Etsy". Then she comes back..."Are you sure? They're $200 each"?? """UMMM, NO...I'll go build you some right now"!!!!! That was FREAKING hilarious!!!! 😅😅 I think we all are like that. I can build it BETTER and CHEAPER...........Eventually 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Might take me a week but us Woodworkers.....Man o Man.....We cannot STAND paying "Woodworkers" prices on things we KNOW we can do ourselves. It's almost a SIN to do so. And if we do buy something....We critique the ever living POOP out of it. This is crap, that's done wrong. Here's a blemish, there's a crack. This edge is loose. SEND IT BACK!!!! We'll actually lose sleep over it. That's why your comment was soooo funny. Cause it's true. $200 for a Towel Rack....I don't Freakin think so. Loved the Video Mr. Buttons 😊

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

Ha ha! Thanks Mike!

Thank You for showing and sharing this video and information… Question 🙋🏼‍♂️- Why use a bristle brush vs foam brush for poly coat??

@731Woodworks

17 күн бұрын

I prefer the bristle brushes. Foam ones tend to catch on any rough wood more.

I would like to offer that it's okay to flip that cut if it helps to achieve a fit up. So maybe you ripped a board and match it again - sometimes it works great. Sometimes it flexes like crazy after the cut. Sometimes that opposing flex is a good thing once it's glued and fastened. Depends on what you're doing or trying to achieve!

Matt! Thanks for this. I'd like to see more of these projects. And where do you get your shirts? How about a link to the shirt seller in the descriptions? Keep up the good work and God bless you both.

@731Woodworks

16 күн бұрын

Thanks. I get most of the shirts from one of 3 places: Kerusso.com ShieldsofStrength.com my own designs 731woodworks.com/store

@dustyolmanolman9933

16 күн бұрын

@@731Woodworks Thank you.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen $400 towel racks. That must be some rich ppl towel racks.

Don't forget the cost for tools and knowledge! That's a lot more than just the wood.

Just use 50% shellac and 50% denatured alcohol to seal the wood, before staining

Just made it didn’t realize you can sell them lol

I just started posting content in February. I also made a video on make this towel rack. I'm definitely going to check out Sawdust Start Ups. I need all the help I can get.

My daughter wants me to build something like that but for blankets

I have made these out of black walnut for a client, total of 4 racks $900. $80 in materials. They do sell.

@731Woodworks

17 күн бұрын

Nice!

Where did you get the mat for your bench? I need one. Thank you

@731Woodworks

14 күн бұрын

Amazon. 1/8" thick rubber mat, 4x8

Do some of the plans you offer go through Spring as a selling point?

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

Some do go through Spring because it connects to the channel, but it's best just to buy them through my website because I have all of them there. On spring there's only a limited amount.

@jimmyturner5589

18 күн бұрын

I bought the 5 yard game plans thinking I was on your website, hopefully I will receive them in an email. Thanks

Thanks for stating the length of the 2 x 4, too many woodworking plans don't state the length

How do you attach it to the wall in a way that looks nice?

@731Woodworks

16 күн бұрын

With screws and the keyhole router bit as shown near the end.

I was blown out of the water @ $195 ea! Thinking it over, if shipping is included... with that size, it might be close to ½ the selling price 🥴

cost of materials, tools, blades, bits, sandpaper, finish, time ect

The other part about pricing is besides skills, the tools required to do such work. Yes the material is a few dollars and a few hours time so $195 seem excessive. But you need to take into account the tools required to make it if the consumer has none. On some of my turnings yes I have only $5 of material and a few hours of work in it. Why do I sell it for $100+. To make this you need a lathe, turning tools, turning accessories, etc. For a mere $1000.00 in tools later you can make your own and "save" that $100 cost. Your work is not typically marketed to other makers, but rather those that do not have the skills or tools to make the item that they need/want.

@MK-lh3xd

14 күн бұрын

In addition, when you are selling, you need to pay a commission to the platform (Etsy), collect sales tax, and pay for shipping, account for possible returns. It all adds up, but may be not up to 200 bucks

How did you attach them to the wall?

@731Woodworks

16 күн бұрын

Keyhole bit to route hole in the towel racks and then used screws with drywall anchors.

Another thing that may cause us to under price our items is what seems to be too much competition to do otherwise. It happens to me. However, we need to keep in mind that while the competition may number in the thousands, populations can number in the millions and we live in an age when most everyone has access to the global market. You don't need, nor would you probably want, all of the business. You just need your niche.

I know you are a professional and can do these projects faster than we mere mortals, but how many hours did you have it those two pieces? I would assume if you can do it in 4, I need to allow myself 8 before I get frustrated and I will probably have it done in 6..

He said "Probably So" with BIG EYES 😂😂😂

I’m gonna build a bunch of these and sell them for $150 each on Etsy. Undercutting ftw

Lol love the edits, with different clothes!!

I checked Etsy and seen someone selling them for $60 for 2

Even @ $16 for materials is very cheap, considering the listing looks like tuba4's..

Good work - but it still looks like a tubafor...

Who are the greatest influencers in woodworking? Spouses.

@731Woodworks

18 күн бұрын

🤣

No way someone will pay 200 US for that

@yamahaxt652

21 сағат бұрын

I just looked it up on Etsy. Some were $45, some were $180!

About the bracelet comment... yeah it is having loose than I agree, remove it. But yours was so tight against your wrist that if you were you make contact with the blade, you were doing something majorly wrong. Additionally, you're still wearing your watch in the video so...

Honestly, I couldn't live with myself charging $400 for those, even if I could.

@johnvrabec9747

15 күн бұрын

Until that $200 hit your bank account deposit column, then you'd be like, I better get busy and make some more!

People in comments: can you use something like Titebond 3 Ultimate over knots in wood to make them stronger?

@constitutionalcarpenter541

18 күн бұрын

CA glue is just faster. Titebond 3 is pretty dark but your dry time slows down the whole process

@SpongeBob.Ripped

18 күн бұрын

@@constitutionalcarpenter541 but what I'm using it for is a planter box and my main concern is just the safety for the edible plants people will be growing. How long would it take for Titebond 3 to dry over a knot

I thought this was a channel just about tools

Awesome video!! Haters got their build video, too!

@davidcorliss

18 күн бұрын

And those haters need to watch it 10 times a day so it gets enough views

But Matt consumers are max out on credit cards and debt....$25-$50 maybe but $195...Really ?? lol In Canada the price of wood is like 3-5 times more than USA still don't know why....probably our $Can exchange sucks...But still...add GST & provincial taxes on it....1x 2x4 is like $5.50 each...lol 😜

Watched this 2 months ago from youtuber ARE BALONI

I literally just built one of these for a customer last month. 😂

They weren't $8.00. You have time, pre-stain, stain, clear coat, screws, glue, dowels, sandpaper, router bit wear, electricity, drill bit wear, etc... Now I list all of that not only becsuse you do, but also because someone else making them and selling them does too. Not to mention website time, shipping materials and postage, all of the tools and space needed, etc... Your time, effort, skill, equipment...they all need to be factored in to the price of the final product. Respect your value and price accordingly. Build more stuff. It makes great content!