Handmade Work Bench: A Must-Have for DIY Enthusiasts

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In todays episode we make a couple of additions to our workshop on our homestead farm in the Castelo Branco district of Central Portugal; Jonny and his friend Nick build a handmade work bench and we thought we'd create one from scratch rather than buy one as we're keen to do as much DIY as possible. Nick also brought a new banner in his suitcase which looks pretty cool above the bikes. I get a new lowered seat for my KTM 150 EXC 2024 so I can touch the floor a bit easier - but is it enough? We really enjoyed this week spending time with friends and the fun is not over, today (the day this video is launched) we are having a bbq with friends that we've made in Potugal, including ‪@Farmerforfun‬ and his family, our good friend Darius who was on the same boat as us looking at properties last year, Pedro (one of our subcribers) who has become an awesome friend that we share automotive interests with, the old owners of our farm are here too, as well as ‪@TheBerrysInPortugal‬ and the new owners of the first property we saw in Fundão. P.s Did you hear about the Portugal wine flood? Over 2 million litres flooded the streets of a village in Central Portugal apparently.
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[@nanoresmith2697]

Love Jonny's tidy workstation and yes I enjoyed this video! 👍You go Gal! 🏍 ⭐️😅💛

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Awh thanks so much Nanore 😃👌 it’s lovely to hear from you, hope you’re well 😎❤️

[@neutonrenda2303]

You looking a lot more comfortable on the bike already.👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much 😃 trying to ride little and often

[@donnamaree2311]

The workshop looks awesome, l love your bike Sam gorgeous colours, great job Sam and Jonny

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much Donna 😃 I agree with Jonny now that orange 🍊 is the best colour of bike 🤭 even though I still love my blue one. How’s everything in Aus?

[@raceandmap]

Proper bench, ready to take some projects on. See you soon guys 🤜🤛

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks Pedro 😃 was great to see you Cátia and Dinis at the weekend 👌 hope you got back safely

[@neutonrenda2303]

Love the chunky work station.👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much and we really enjoyed giving it its first use already changing my seat 😃👌

[@neutonrenda2303]

Hard to believe how it looked before, a shed. Looks purpose built now, great job!👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

I know right and the smell was quite potent, but now we are having socials in there yesterday when we had friends over Chloe (farmer for funs daughter) and George (the berrys in Portugal’s son) were absolutely loving sitting in the Nissan and on the bikes 🏍️ 😃 I think they’re going to be little Petrolheads… nothing to do with us 🤭😅

[@jamesbishop7219]

Now that you’re a master carpenter, I feel like you need to build an arsenal of chairs 😂😂

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Don’t encourage him I’m trying to get rid of some chairs 😅

[@ianmoone6562]

That bike is a feather, just gotta jiggle off the seat to the strongest leg. Good training too, just make a ramp on the bed of the bedford and by next summer you will be jumping the lake lol

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

I’ll do my best 😅👌 ramp on the Bedford is a great idea! 😅

[@portugal1969]

Rock and roll

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

😎

[@davidmelo2366]

Hi Jonny and Sam 😃 Another great video as usual! I'm happy to know that you guys had a good time celebrating Jonny's birthday! The difference between before/after in the barn just shows the hard/great job you guys have done so far 😃 About the bike's seat, as Jonny said, when outside in the land it looks like that Sam can easier reach the floor with her foot 😃 To reach the floor even better you've got 2 solutions: either working on the suspension or high heels 😅 In a more serious and unfortunately said note it's always heartbreaking see so many litres of wine going down the street as it happened in Anadia 💔 Already waiting for the next video! Abraço 😃

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Hi David, thanks so much 😃 oh yes a fantastic week of celebrations, back to reality today and it feels the same, everyday is worth celebrating living in Portugal 😎 yes it can go both ways in the real world because out and about there’s also potentially dips and ruts in the ground so hopefully I don’t stop next to one of them and try and put my foot in a hole 😅 yes, it was a lot of wine I think the bombeiros directed it through a field somewhere so it didn’t destroy properties but 2 million litres wow that’s an insane amount of wine gone down the drain, quite literally. Awh thanks so much David see you next time 😃 Abraço também

[@filipe3132]

Soon Sam will be pulling tail whips :)

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

😅👌

[@jotann6430]

Nice job!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much 😃👌

[@chr11sf]

Looking good with the new seat, Sam...If it was moi, I'd ride it for a fair bit before changing suspension/ride height...I reckon once your confidence increases you'll be a proper ripper!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much 😃 Jonny says the same thing, he wants me to leave it alone tbh and I get it but he can touch the floor way easier than me and has years of experience 😅 we’ll see how I get on 🫣

[@lollygee172]

Wilson! Heh-heh-heh😂

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

I’m past getting embarrassed 😅 I just laugh now. Crazy dogs!

[@lollygee172]

@@jonnyandsamofficial so with you! It was so well edited that I laugh when I think of it!

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

🤭🤭

[@OurITManager]

Great video as usual... The workshop is starting to look great! When will you be renting out the bikes for the pit track? 🤣😁👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Thanks so much 😃 good question… next year maybe 😎🤭

[@maceyevo]

Don’t forget to oil your filter

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

It’s going for it’s first (5 hour) service tomorrow 👌😃

[@livingworkingoutsidebox]

Now thats a work bench! 🛠👍💪🏍⚒️🪓⚙️🔨⚔️🔧⛓️🪚 The garage/ shop is looking good. Nice bit of a spin on the bike with the new seat. If I didn’t say it before Great peace of land.👍 Happy belated birthday Jonny! 🎂 🥳 Question.... Would it make sence to dig out a pool by the house? Would you need to get a permit for it? Speaking of permits hows the approval process going? Weren't you waiting on a certain new law to kick in soon? 😊👍

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

😎👌 thanks so much! Yeah the new seat makes it a little bit easier still not quite got my confidence on it though. Thank you we think it’s pretty great too 😃 we love the terraces and the way it’s laid out and we found a new section that we didn’t know existed today 😅 quite over grown at the moment. Thanks, he had an awesome week! We are planning to dig a pool where our little bestway pool is 😎 the house is our priority though. We haven’t had any news yet, they said mid September but 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m not sure it could be days, weeks or months before we find out 😅 this is Portugal 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@neutonrenda2303]

What are the two of you teaching Wilson lol??? 😂

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

😅😅 we let him get on with it! Trixie does an army crawl 😅

[@colerobinson4551]

Well done Sam moving along nicely with the bike skills…👍🏽 well done Jonny doing well with the work shop (happy birthday too it’s my fortieth tomorrow great month for legends😂) and finally well done Wilson for making anything doable… 😂 can’t wait for the next keep up the brilliant work you are doing 👍🏽👏🏽🇵🇹

[@jonnyandsamofficial]

Happy birthday Cole 😃👌 have a fantastic time celebrating your 40th 🥳 and thanks so much for the compliments. Haha Wilson is a joker! Awh thanks for watching see you next time 😃👌

[@kathybaugh3823]

Hope you had a great birthday. 🎉