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Giant Slide Puzzle (from a River Table pallet)

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A river table pallet, plus some real pallet wood makes a Jackman Sized slide puzzle!   Please support my sponsors so I can keep making these ridiculous videos πŸ˜‰ πˆπ§π―πžπ§π­πšπ›π₯𝐞𝐬 β–Ί X-Carve CNC – https://bit.ly/2P0IDzc β–Ί Easel software – https://bit.ly/39CLzvm β–Ί 1/8″ straight bit – https://bit.ly/2ZZJDK7 β–Ί 30 degree engraving bit – https://bit.ly/3hEVC5E π‘π¨πœπ€π₯𝐞𝐫 (notable tools listed below, see all …

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Giant Hammer

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It’s 8 feet tall, 90lbs, made from reclaimed southern yellow pine, and it’s my baby. I start this last year, what a different world that was, by laminating up a bunch of old pine wall studs into something that was vaguely the shape of a hammer. This giant mass of wood was then carved down freehand using an angle grinder …

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Wavy Vase

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The wavy vase is constructed from reclaimed walnut beams, hardwood pallet wood slats, and a plentiful amount of wood glue. It’s 28″ tall, 16″ in diameter at the widest part, and weighs more than an average sized cat. It took up ~200 hours or so of my life and I think it was worth it. It’s supposed to be hard …

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Trebuchet (A Jackman Documentary)

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This trebuchet was built entirely just for an event that me and my buddy Zack participated in early this year. At the event we premiered a “documentary” following us building, testing, and refining this trebuchet entitled “Your Doing it Wrong”. Although slathered in facetiousness and irreverence, I feel like it still held some value where we discussed how money shouldn’t …

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Carved Barn Doors & Diamond Drawer Front (for Kitchen Island)

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The barn doors are custom fabricated from angle iron and pallet slats. The angle iron was repurposed from some large shelving units that were getting tossed and the pallet slats were repurposed from, well, pallets. Each of the pallet slats is scabbed onto with an extra matching pallet wood piece to create the wave profile by freehand power carving each …

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Kitchen Island Cabinet from Reclaimed Wood

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I used to have a dining table, I still do, but I used to too. Anyway, there are a lot of moving pieces on this kitchen island, most notable is the transforming countertop. What?! Yeah, you heard me right! The upper waterfall countertop rotates allowing it to be either a regular bar top where you can sit next to your …

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Giant Maker Knife

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You wouldn’t believe me if I told you I could build with a material other than pallet wood! Well I can… European pallet wood. So what’s with the change of scenery? I visited my friend Giaco earlier in the year to spend some time in his shop in Italy and built stuff. He’s the man behind the Maker Knife, a …

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Roof Rack Customization

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If you don’t follow along on my Instagram feed (@ jackman_works) … #alwaysbeplugging I very reluctantly had to replace my Honda Element recently and the new car is great but it lacks in character that the Element… exuded. This project was inspired by the material I created when making diamond pattern pallet wood coasters about a year ago (so go …

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Pallet Wood Pencils

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Pencils, so many pencils… Do people even use pencils anymore? I don’t think so, but that’s never stopped me! Now the question is, how do I make the stupidly repetitive process of handcrafting 1,000 pencils interesting? I still don’t know the answer to that and the video is already live, but I’m up for the task! In total I made …

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DIY Adirondack Chair (with pull-out footrest)

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Are these the most comfortable wooden chair that you’ll ever sit in? Of coarse they are, although I may be a little biased. It’s my Adirondack Chair build, but done entirely with just 6 handheld power tools (not table saw, bandsaw, etc.)! This time I also added in a brand new pull out footrest that collapses inside the chair so …