How I Made $4,000 In One Month Woodworking (FREE PLANS)

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Excuse my head being cut off for majority of the video.

Planter boxes are a simple way to turn a profit with woodworking. Everyone loves to plant flowers/vegetables around this time of the year.
Follow along as I build a planter for one of my customers.

[SaltyWoodworking]

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[fk]

I've been making planters for 5 years now.. The first year I had to take a leave of absence from work because I had so many orders... There's a insane amount of money to be made out there. I will say this though. I glue and nail every single board and I don't skimp on quality. I warranty my boxes for 5 years also. I've not had even one come back to me. And I've made hundreds and hundreds..

[mr.p]

I HAVE to thank you for tlalking and describing your project, INSTEAD of playing crap music and leaving it up to folks to GUESS at what you are doing. In fact, I appreciate THAT so much, I subbed you!!!!

[miamited]

I would leave the slot in the middle of the bottom open and put some landscape cloth to cover it inside to hold the dirt. better drainage.

[SteveE]

I appreciate your video, and thanks for explaining things in detail. I agree that you should sell at least 3x your materials cost. If your materials cost 18 dollars and you sell them for 40 dollars, that's just above 2x your materials cost. I highly recommend selling them for 54 dollars. That's about what they sell for at the box stores, and trust me, people will and do pay 54 dollars for them. I've found that most woodworkers miscalculate or don't know their total expenses. There's a cost to drive your truck to go get the materials, 1 or 2 gallons of gas? And dont forget to calculate that time to not only get there and back, but to purchase the materials, on-loading, off-loading. The nails, the glue? A monthly electric bill for the shop? Divide that bill by 30 days. Is there a water bill? Insurances? I don't want to sound like doom and gloom, but unless you calculate ALL your time, and ALL your expenses you're cheating yourself. Please trust me on this. I've been doing this for over 40 years now. 3x your materials cost should be your absolute minimum.

[neilpiper]

I tell you 40 dollars is a fair price for the time & effort for sure. I live in England. I wouldn’t get half that because people here think you should pay them to take them. They don’t appreciate what goes into the finish product. Thanks for showing your process.

[XxStratAttackxX]

One extra tip. I don't have a fancy stop block fence BUT what i do is clamp a piece of scrap to my fence for short pieces like this and longer ones my stand has a stop built in to the extension wings. That's how you really pump out numbers quick.

[nathantaylor]

Best video I have seen describing this process. Love how you mute the noise. Well done bro. Keep up the quality vids.

[joesellers]

I agree 100% there's money to be made out there. The hard part at least for me is finding customers. And finding consistent ways to sell stuff. Can you make a video about your marketing techniques?

[YTubeSDD]

Thanks for the video. And super thanks for being one of the few YouTuber woodworkers to reduce the volume on your video when running your saws and planer.

[martyjosephson]

Nice Video, I would have put a 3/4 x 3/4 x11-3/4 runner on each of the bottom short sides to help support the floor. Maybe the weight of the planting might be too much weight for the brad nail without glue. That mean you would have to move the floor up by 3/4" to place the support runners in

[davepillow]

I’ve made a few of these planters myself. But I always end up over building them with extra supports underneath the bottom. And I use screws along with the nails and glue. My biggest fear is the planter will fall apart and the customer will spread the word about how it failed. Even though I tell them the planter is sitting outside in the weather. Now I mostly make them for friends and family. I like your videos and thanks.

[GManM]

Love the way you presented this. So many other videos out there just blaze through the actual build portion and don't take their time to show you how to make something you can sell (or just keep if you don't want to make money!). Really appreciate the time you spent on this, and congrats on making some profit you can invest back into your craft!

[phdcomputer]

Really good video. Just made my first planter box. I'm doing some for a craft fair later this month. Thank you so much.

[mojoeshaw]

I would take one extra step and cut some squares of window screen material. Use the glue to place them over the holes on the inside of the box. This will help keep the soil in the box while still letting the excess water drain.

[David-Reed]

Very well thought out how to video. You actually gave all measurements and how you cut and assembled. Subscribed for that fact. Thank you, and I am looking forward to more of your videos to pop up

[nwembly]

TIP: Use CA glue in combination with the wood glue. The CA glue will help lock it in place (within 15 seconds). Then for consistency this will allow you to use your nail gun on the ‘inside’ only (therefore not seeing ‘any’ nail marks/holes). (Not required; just an added tip/benefit) You can use a bit of salt with the wood glue to preven slipping and movement.

[DemonikNord]

One thing that might help a bit if you are wanting to set up for a multi order. Instead of using the first piece cut to mark length and butting up to it, you could grab a clamp and a piece of wood and clamp it right to the fence of the miter. I used that trick when I was doing laminate flooring and needed to cut 10-15 pieces the same length for a room. It can really save some time from needed to butt up each piece.

[justinb]

Best audio quality and attention to eliminating abrasive sounds. Ya I’m off a bean watching this just relieved I don’t have to hear the fkn nail gun or saw just relaxed learning this box process.
Update
Just got to the forgotten middle piece mitigation, I think it looks better with the color divide, chat?

[grbggaming]

I love that Skil table saw! It has served me well and you absolutely cannot beat the price. Accurate rack and pinion fence, easy calibration, can take dado stacks, and it's a 10 inch. Also lightweight and comes with a built-in stand. You can pay double for the black and yellow one or get this one and do everything the other one can.