I Tried to Make MONEY Building and Selling the Simplest Coasters

I put "low cost high profit woodworking builds that sell" to the test. In this video, I test if you can make money by selling the simplest coasters.

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[ihelpdogs]

A tip for others who might be trying to sell these or other low-cost easy build wood projects.... offer to donate a dollar or two from each sale to your local animal shelter or better, dog rescue (I run a dog rescue so I'm biased lol). Rescues are always in need of financial help, and people like to help support rescues especially if they're getting something out of it. Just a thought...

[swampcastle]

Nicely done.

A mod is buy a big sheet of thin cork. Make yourself a circle cutter out of a piece of thin metal tube and cut out circles. Glue them to your coasters.

[emberznebula]

I paint entire landscapes on coasters, then coat them in resin. It takes me hours and hours per single coaster, and I've yet to try selling them. The idea of selling them is really scary though because its like im putting my soul into them. Going to try a craft show and hopefully if i wear a cute dress and look really approachable people will be willing to put their beverages on my master pieces lol

[tactical]

I bought an old kitchen table from a yard sale and use it as my stain table and it works great ! and who cares what it looks like.

[bobmcclellan]

I usually do not comment back to youtube videos but this one, if true, made sense in that it didn't look as though you were just attempting to make money on youtube. Simple and straight forward and no fancy machines. Will look forward to future videos.

[chadcoones]

Awesome!! I was selling coasters in my area 🇨🇦 for $15... I sold 1 set over a period of 6 months lol

[marcew]

Maybe your video is the thing I needed to see most in the last few days...

I live in Brazil and I'm completely in debt without knowing how I'm going to get out of this situation, and what I have most at home is pine wood from some pallets, stein for protection and varnish.

I'll be back in a few days to let you know if this worked here too.

[scottweaver]

You need to spray them with water before final sanding to raise the grain otherwise the grain will pop up when they set a wet drink on them.

[nickl]

Great video! When you're putting on the poly, use a disposable glove on your left hand to hold the coaster and avoid fingerprints/ messy fingers. Also, instead of using toilet paper rolls, screw 3 screws through a 1/4" board in a small triangle. Flip the board and lay the coasters on the point of the screw. Minimal contact and sturdier. Thanks for the video!

[richardmccann]

Here is a trick, wet the wood with a little water, let dry! That will make the grain raise and after sanding smooth, one coat might finish them! ( instead of sanding it off! )

[GNasApf]

Suggestion: selling them unfinished to crafters 😊

[pyrix]

Good stuff. Sometimes people get too wrapped up in appearances. Yeah the scrap drywall "table" and the TP rolls don't look pretty. The inverted sander doesn't look pretty. But they get the job done and just further proves that you dont need a shop full of stuff to make things. Will he get rich selling these coasters? Of course not. But he moved that little chuck of 4x4 out of the shop... keep up the good, practical, work!

[ERLong-wwyn]

I saw Peech's video too. To date I've sold just over 200 sets of six coasters at $20/ set on my website.

[bibittybobettyboo-uzrf]

i've seen people get marble, granite or porcelain tiles and just stick either cork or those little clear feet you normally put on drawers underneath as well.

[edgaraldi]

Hi, you can get a kickback doing that cut with that stop block, and don't let the blade stop completely. just an advice .

[TheJaypalm]

I like this video, it demonstrates that you can do this without a massive workshop in your garage. And given that I don't even have a garage, that's definitely a factor...

[easttexassidehustle]

Great video and I'm glad to see you made some sales. I guess it depends on the market where you are located because I tried selling similar coasters in my area and all I got for all my social media marketing was crickets chirping. No one was interested.

[sirguy]

Most “woodworking influencers “ say YOU CAN make money- not that YOU WILL make money” - you COULD make $10, 000 making these pieces of cut scraps- you probably WON’T - but Hope is worth something….

[Blizzardnz]

add a touch to it. get a laser engraver and also advertise custom coasters.

[CanadianCitizenshipTestKit]

Wow. Gotta say, that wasn't the result I was expecting. Well done!