Free Reclaimed Wood!

[@petedig5809]

“Ooh, these brackets look useful. I’ll keep them with the other 87 brackets that I’ve salvaged that also looked useful. I need a bigger shed!”

[@wirelad1]

That's so funny Peter but true... I also need a bigger shed LOL stay safe x

[@erictheviking672]

Who doesn't? 😀

[@RagnBoneBrown]

haha so true

[@markwatters6875]

Best type of wood = Free Wood. All the best mate.

[@pteddie6965]

I agree. The lumber from the bench is indeed lovely. I absolutely love your portable tarp enclosure. It was a stroke of genius to add this. I also love the router sled for flattening lumber slabs. I have found that if I keep an eye out, I can often find old bed head boards on the side of the road or at the curb. They don't usually provide any large slabs, but I can usually get two or three inch wide boards and I feel very lucky when I find the bed slats that go with the head boards. Thanks for another great video.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

cheers! Yes bed slats are always a great find

[@markjarman7819]

100% elm been working with it a few weeks back. Someone gave me 60 meters of American oak skirting 140x20mm that was going in the skip. I fell over to get it in my van😃

[@erictheviking672]

Great video, it's criminal how much decent timber gets skipped, but I can't store it all!

[@awantamta]

Great reminder about wood recycling

[@SeymourClearly2]

Got to say Keith, you’re living the dream!

[@benjaqsonworkshop9974]

Good to see you're still absolutely true to your roots and making best use of discarded timber - there's still a lot of futons out there just nearing their end of life...

[@AngieWilliamsDesigns]

Great video. I love salvaging pieces. Especially when it keeps something from going to the dump.

[@RootAwakening]

How I wish I'd been clever enough to set up dust containment tarps before flattening all the hardwood for my island. Five years later and I'm still finding pockets of those shavings behind tools and at the backs of shelves. Great video as usual Keith!

[@RagnBoneBrown]

haha I know how that feels

[@lindacgrace2973]

Brilliant! I have taken a leaf from your book, Keith. Oak church pews are evidently not much wanted - and are being offered for free on Craig's List. These pews are between 12' and 18' long! (obviously, some finger-jointing going on, but still). When I look at them I don't see pews - I now see casings and trim. Thanks for the change in perspective.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

wow they sound great!

[@kevin-the-carrot]

Always good to receive free wood no matter what type as there is always a use somewhere down the line.

[@WansbeckBikecam]

Nice job. Got to love free wood. I can never quite believe the stuff that's thrown into the wood skip at the local recycling centre.

[@BischBaschBosch]

Lovely bit of reclaimed timber there bud.

[@theriggsworkshop8606]

Just a side note.. Bed slats are great for a quick and easy segmented bowl blank. Cut lengths of around 300mm ( for your size lathe) glue together and boom a quick cheap blank for a fruit bowl or smaller egg bowl for the kitchen side.

[@markywellsboy2182]

Friends donated a broken bed frame. Good work!

[@-Benedict]

Bigger versions of those dustpans are available at equine supply shops, for skipping out stables.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

cheers, I will see if I can find one!

[@jbourgeois5092]

Love the reclaimed / recycled wood videos. But could you do a short one on how you typically remove existing finishes from pieces you reclaim?

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I am planning to do a video like that soon, thanks 👍

[@esskayrepairrestoration8265]

Been working with red elm recently and the grain of the bench looks very similar. If it’s quite coarse grain and a little bit prone to tearing then it’s definitely elm.

[@lindamorrow7573]

Saving the planet....one 🌲at a time.....👍

[@garylee4141]

Great to see recycling ♻️ , look forward to the project its used for

[@Thesidingsworkshop]

Love a good bed recycle, the bed slats are so useful, that bench cleaned up nice, I am the same I have boxes of brackets handles hinges all salvaged as they'll always get reused. Nice video mate 👍

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Cheers Dan

[@markywellsboy2182]

I love collecting scrap wood. My wife says that it has to stop. Skip diving is quite rewarding. A builder friend was renovating a house for a customer. I found out too late that he was burning a Sapele staircase due to it being relocated. I only managed to rescue a few treads 🙁🙁

[@marconeill9510]

Brilliant stuff mate. I can’t drive by a skip these days, all thanks to you 😂👍

[@RagnBoneBrown]

haha! thanks

[@duster.]

Hi, good idea keeping that heavyweight router for flattening. I have a monster Erbauer that is begging for the same job. The end pieces from the plank look ideal for us woodturners to make shallow bowl / dishes / platters etc and as someone else mentioned the legs would make decent tool hanldes or again spindle turning on a wood lathe.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

That's a great idea, I may do some turnings using them as I've still got them

[@neilcrookphotos]

Those shorts are awesome!

[@Badgerworkshop]

I have never used elm but look lovely

[@robertbamford8266]

Salvage (or reuse, if it’s your own) is great. Substitute labor for lumber cost. But as I learned, check for bugs. Thanks for the video.

[@maxfancourt1527]

I have an elm bed and that timber looks very similar in colour and grain

[@mathewgallimore1484]

Great find with the bench, free is always the best price!

[@MoranGuyVideos]

Believe it or not but since i found you channel , I think 3 years ago or more , when you used second hand tools in a small shed , I inspired by you and your projects to use reclaimed wood whenever possible

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Thank you!

[@robshamel3210]

Great job reclaiming... Those bed slat holders with holes could still be useful, perhaps using the holes for coat hooks or hidden elseway...Thanks for saving trash for treasure...

[@andrewooddotcom]

Nice video, thank you :) I work with recycled wood only. There is more than enough of it for an amateur woodworker like me :) Greetings from Warsaw :)

[@ianvicedomini2648]

I’ve hunted for pallets in the past and I’ve been quite lucky most of the time but some places are reluctant to just giving them away. I’ve often seen plenty of chip board about but as you know Keith , it’s not worth bothering with. Great video mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@bobcharlie7982]

I recently got a load of solid seasoned oak that was from an old custom fitted kitchen. Some good usable 35mm pieces of oak will come in handy. Shame they are not long lengths as they were kitchen fronts

[@breannestahlman5953]

I started doing it too.

[@PabloBD]

Good to know all wood is used, even if it's just for fire. Do you need to take any caution when doing so? like to burn a barnish that might have toxic fumes.

[@coalitionofrob436]

I do the same with mine, but my fires is not open so I believe most vapours go up the flue. Also it’s mixed in with good firewood so there isnt that much burnt at once.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I actually don't burn it myself, it goes to friends and family...! I don't have a log burner unfortunately

[@bidders77]

sheet metal place near me has amazing long usually 8x4 pallets or bigger made of 2x4's or thicker. free too which is awesome

[@markduggan3451]

Free wood is the best.

[@stevebosun7410]

Hi Keith, another vote for Elm.

[@tworiversworkshop6111]

Good video Keith. It always amazes me the perfectly good wood that ends up in the skip. Each time I go to our recycling centre I have a good look and several times have come home with some interesting pieces!

[@RagnBoneBrown]

very true

[@johnmusgrave3179]

I think the same, however no one is allowed to take material from any skip in the recycling centres near me. You are ok if you see someone about to throw material away and intercept it but that relies on very lucky timing!

[@tworiversworkshop6111]

@@johnmusgrave3179 Hi John, well yes, but if I see something I want, I ask in the office and they usually are happy for me to have it. I don't know about your centre, but all the wood in ours goes to an incinerator!

[@itsjustmetomc4848]

I agree and that's what I do my friend! Shalom

[@luigiseli2552]

On the bench wood, English Chestnut . . . Thanks for your time

[@SMee67]

Not a bad haul at all, especially when the price is right!😉

[@torinhalsey6313]

Well done.

[@ELCADAROSA]

“Give it a good Hoover” Now there’s a statement I haven’t heard in the US for about five decades!

[@GaryWall]

I think it's just Keith. I've not heard that here in the UK for a long time either.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

really?? Maybe it's a Norfolk thing... haha

[@mattclark7700]

legend that is Keith Brown, such a great channel

[@RagnBoneBrown]

thank you

[@rongochenour9575]

How thick should a wood box be?

[@JohnMadeit]

I think it's a good practice to break up your salvaged wood in to use able pieces as you get them. Saves space on storing it. Nice work 👍

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Very true!

[@jestersteampunk5755]

first in, greetings from Kansas, enjoy the channel

[@hdwoodshop]

Do you think epoxy would’ve filled the mortise holes? Just feel cutting off ends seemed like a sad option.

[@turtleman190]

It definitely could fill the holes but it most likely wouldn't be worth the cost of the epoxy and extra tine for a small amount of wasted wood

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Holes can be plugged, but there's only so much wood I can store, so I am becoming more choosey about what to keep and what to get rid of

[@rkdv]

Pen turning can use the smaller wood sections

[@paulprescott7913]

Love it mate.

[@sturobertson7850]

Never heard of the turet system. Where did you get the height tool?

[@RagnBoneBrown]

it is fitted as standard to most plunge routers

[@mattlong6359]

love it brother !!

[@ReconstructingEmily]

Would it be viable to get a hand planer to salvage pieces? Beautiful wood from that bench. Love the grain pattern.

[@kz.irudimen]

Definitely but a quality hand jointer plane isn't going to be cheaper than a half decent entry level router. And it's a lot of work to do by hand. If you enjoy it go for it though obviously :)

[@ReconstructingEmily]

@@kz.irudimen I gotta get buff some how! 😀

[@kz.irudimen]

@@ReconstructingEmily Go for it then it'll be a workout for sure ! :)

[@ReconstructingEmily]

@@kz.irudimen Thank you for the info. I appreciate it!

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Yes definitely. I flatenned a slab with a combination of an electric and a normal jack hand plane before, it was a lot of work though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGjcfpVtgLtgZpo

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks.

[@MarkMichalowski]

Lovely vid, as usual! :) Where did you get the yellow shorts, BTW - cos I really like em!

[@RagnBoneBrown]

they were bought in C&A in some random Eastern European country, I don't remember which

[@AprilRyan1985]

I recently dismantled a pine wardrobe and stacked all the wood in a corner waiting for a window seat to be built... Perhaps one autumn weekend...

[@deanlowther4020]

I've been using old wardrobes for years loads of good timber just takes a bit of work to get it

[@brianblocker9831]

Awesome video

[@Cradley684]

Great job Keith all for it Mate, people could be selling it next though who know's, have a nice day Mate !!!.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

cheers Brian

[@donjohnson24]

This video DID inspire me, Keith, but not to do any reclaiming - 'cos I've got no room to store the results! What I did see, and will really try to remember, is you again using hot glue for temporary fixings. I have seen you do this before and thought how efficient the technique is, but have continued to struggle with clamps because they are immediately to hand whereas my glue gun is in a drawer somewhere. I will definitely retrieve it, and position it so it is readily available. BTW, as Wranglerstar says, when rough wood shows its beautiful interior, 'It gives me the fizz!'

[@RagnBoneBrown]

cheers Don. Yeah the only downside with hot glue is waiting for it to heat up!

[@dewisshed6833]

Where did u get the dust horse from m8 the black one

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I think it came with my dust extractor

[@yorkshirejoinery2869]

Sweet chestnut?

[@uniquewoodworking930]

hello woodworking master

[@patboudotlamot]

bravo : beau geste

[@michellek5789]

Hi what pencil do you use please.

[@johnwkomdat]

Keith talks about that pencil in his recent "Vlog 15" video.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

cheers John

[@steved8038]

Good video Thank you

[@cdfcarpentry6926]

Why dont you use an extractor attachment on your router it might help minimise the dust created but im loving the vid and your channel 👍👍

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Explained here kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4O5hpKBg9qVmpY

[@StuffInMyStudio]

After spending an hour and a half recently trying to manually clean up and straighten a mere 1 plank of scaffold board the other day, today I treated myself to a Titan Thicknesser planer. My reclaimed wood store is getting a spanking very soon LOL

[@essentialhandyman]

The environment could do with more people re-purposing wood and other materials. Good work Keith. Nice video.

[@gryffindork9563]

Great video 👌🏻

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@figrollin]

Looks like elm to me!

[@JohnColgan.]

It's amazing what people will throw away. I got t beds. Video cupboard & radiator cupboard. Shame I couldn't get 2xpine doors in the car too. Sadly they went before I could got back. If you had sawn through the tenons, the leg As would have been complete, you could possibly hide the tenon tracemarks in whatever future project!

[@RagnBoneBrown]

very true. Yeah I considered it, I just have so much wood at the moment that I'm getting a bit more particular about what is worth keeping

[@Quaker521]

"It feels a little bit wrong to be doing this" - What? Wearing those shorts! 😂😂 Just kidding. Great video and those curtains worked really well. 👍

[@sustainable7865]

Great shorts. Wear what you like..

[@RagnBoneBrown]

hahaaaa!

[@chriskennett1211]

Bed slats are going to become the new hat and coat stands.

[@petertilford7523]

Maybe could have kept the “live” waney edge. Made some nice kitchen cutting / serving boards...

[@xw6968]

Fill the holes with plugs🤷‍♂️ and the pretty wood is useful.

[@DanielH]

Who would throw away that massive wood?

[@josefjanssonchihab9973]

why not use the planer instantly?

[@RagnBoneBrown]

As explained in the video, I wanted to retain as much thickness as possible

[@josefjanssonchihab9973]

@@RagnBoneBrown Ok i see, so it hasent anything to do with damaging the thickness planer? im looking to do the same but straight through the thicknesser. thanks for the quick answer and great video

[@mihailmihaylov9617]

Time to buy a planer :)

[@laiba.daniyal]

So that's where my cats bench went. I put it outside for Rusty to sit on and watch the cars go by. 😂 looks like the someone went by. Just kidding. But I'm sure the real owner is happy to see this rehomed.

[@MarkH10]

Sadly, I thought you would not need the legs, want the mid span of the board, and therefore cut the board 1 inch inside the legs, turn the 2 longs sides together and joint them together to make a great stool, and have the long board, both.

[@mortallious1234]

Should have re-finished and sold on.

[@erixariddell2172]

I think you should donated it on rather than destroy the bench.

[@garylee4141]

Could you build a wood store ? Sort of extension to the workshop out of recycled material? Would be a great project, process and a great addition 👍

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Hi Gary, yeah I'd love to do that, some day...

[@harveychuckles3780]

If you've only come here for Dylan, it's a workshop video, so no Dylan allowed, for his own personal safety. Good call Keith :)

[@RagnBoneBrown]

haha thanks!

[@coalitionofrob436]

I’m even more steptoe than you. I would have left the board long with the low spots at the end, in case I wanted a long thin piece.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

yeah, if I had more space to store, I probably would have done that too!

[@simonlunt353]

I like using old wood as if you get it free all the better that old bed wood l have seen before and I thought it was banana tree wood and mate these shorts 🩳 you look like you have just come of the beach 🤣 sorry mate thanks for your video stay safe 👍

[@wiseoldfool]

I think it might be tree wood, but I'm not sure.

[@Polecat54941]

My middle name is salvage as half my house is built from reclaimed junk :)

[@benefitthirteen]

Kudos to all the repurposing. And I know you know this, but be careful of what you burn.

[@konamanstudio2447]

👍🏻🍺🍻🐶

[@E-BikingAdventures]

It's gopher wood.

[@barryirby8609]

I would think you could tell the difference between Ash and Elm by the smell. American elm stinks, sharp acrid smell. Ash is bland smelling. Did not look like ash.

[@louisedost8476]

Destroyed that beautiful bench 😢😢😭😱