Turning Free Wood into a 5000$ Desk

[@robertj1701]

I’ve been a woodworker for over 40 years and have built everything from fine furniture pieces to outdoor patios! You did a great job on this desk and on video production. Well done!

[@robertmceuen3630]

Beautiful desk, and a darn good job building it. Red Oak is great looking wood. To get it for free is a real score. Thanks.

[@bryankia]

If this is your first video then you killed it. You work is great and I wish you all the best.

[@MarcusWieland-vp5ec]

Awesome work!!! The only suggestion I have, is to watch some videos of Artists using the golden ratio to figure out their portions and start using that in the dimensions of future builds, which by the way you’ll need a set of dial calipers so you can achieve measurements with decimals like .417. The golden ratio is 1:1.618 so let’s say you know how deep you want the desk to be, you can take that depth and multiply it by 1.618 to get your width, if that’s too small multiply that by 1.618, if that’s too long, multiply the depth by 2 then multiply that measurement by 1.618. Just playing around with the golden ratio in your measurements will lead you to an end product where every dimension will be proportionate to one another in a way that’s consistent with how nature designs reality. You clearly know what you’re doing in terms of the process and getting excellent quality results with the tools you have which sometimes takes more skill than if you had a more expensive tool with better accuracy so the craftsmanship and skill is already there at a high level. Simply adding the golden ratio to the process of deciding your dimensions will send your work to the next level because while people don’t consciously and intentionally look for if things are proportionate to that ratio, they most certainly notice it subconsciously and can never quite put their finger on what it is about something that feels “amateurish” to them so they’re not even capable of telling you what’s turning them off to it other than “it just doesn’t look professional” in so many words. The closer we can create things within portion the more it appears to a viewer as how they could expect it to look if nature created that itself which is why they consider the person who made it “a professional” because they’re capable of “creating” with the same degree of accuracy as nature. This is why cartoon characters are so interesting to us. It’s obvious that their presence is way off from how people actually look, yet it’s all perfectly proportionate as if nature did indeed create a species of humans with those types of features and characteristics so it equates to being interesting to our brains even though they only have 3 fingers and their eyebrows are floating in front of their face. You can take advantage of that in your builds as well.

[@frankbraun9972]

Nice build! More or less the same tools in my workshop! I might give it a swing

[@PaleRider559]

Very cool desk. You have some major skills. Looking forward to your next build :)

[@mikegoodson3509]

Loved the bulky look I am thinking of making one for my self . Thank you for the inspiration 😊

[@petercourtney11]

Keep on keeping on. This was a great first effort. Smart photography and very nice design which you for you. Also enjoyed the French undertone. Takes me back to 1699 when mon ancien grandpere, Jean Jacques de Noyons emigrated to the States from Trois Rivieres his home town.

[@buckebuilds]

Appreciate it! I actually live less than an hour away from Trois-Rivieres😀 Merci !!

[@chrism3790]

Nice work man! One thing I would recommend, for your safety, is to use a mask. Saw dust will do a number on you.

[@buckebuilds]

Thanks for the tip!! I actually got a lot better dust collection now😀

[@talatalant2151]

Really good job for first video. Keep making videos!

[@buckebuilds]

Appreciate it, more coming soon!

[@driftwud2596]

Love from ഇന്ത്യ add more vedios

[@bobbyb1607]

It looks great! I really like the simple clean lines, and the color is good also. Thanks for the video.

[@buckebuilds]

Thaaanks!!

[@davidmcgreevy6808]

Great work very enjoyable content!

[@SunDevilPilot]

Amazing build. Very impressive! I enjoyed watching the build process.

[@buckebuilds]

Glad you liked it😉

[@dddecker1412]

Awesome can’t wait for your next video! DDecker

[@liolone]

1st of your 1st video, hope i'll bring you luck and success, or at least a smile, nice job btw 👌

[@buckebuilds]

Thaaanks!!

[@thebrelon]

You're doing good! Keep up!

[@buckebuilds]

Thaanks!!

[@mariusstefanantimiu]

wow is a amazing nice job men

[@muhammedbahij5483]

Awesome video keep sharing, can you please tell me what camera and lens do you use! Thank!

[@buckebuilds]

Thanks!! I'm filming with my phone for now (s23), good lighting is key!!

[@robertmceuen3630]

Lets see this "$5k" desk. Sounds fishy right out of the gate.

[@milkod2001]

Get half decent vaccum and connect track saw and other tools to it. That way you get much much less dust and Don.t even have to wear 😷

[@buckebuilds]

Yeah I got one now you'll see in the couple next videos thaanks fot the tip!!😉

[@milkod2001]

Looks very bulky but still decent work. Starting to watch more amateurs works as I.m also. I got tired of watching pros opening pallets of rejects on videos and not building anything 😂

[@buckebuilds]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mrcactusfrank8850]

5k 😅

[@DHASH]

You sold it for $1,000 . It’s a $1,000 desk

[@MJ-90]

lol you mean 50$