Hank Hardwood
I'm Hank Hardwood, and I turn cheap lumber, free pallets, and even sawdust into serious money — and I'll show you exactly how to do the same. On this channel I build simple, beginner-friendly wood projects that cost me a few bucks and sell for hundreds, then break down the materials, the markup, and the margins so you can copy it in your own garage this weekend. Whether you want a side hustle that pulls in an extra $5,000 a month or a real woodworking business of your own, you'll find the projects that sell out, the pricing that actually works, and the old-world tricks the pros don't want you to know. Grab your saw — let's make some sawdust and some money.
Hank Hardwood
The question I get more than any other on this channel: "Okay Hank, but could I actually SELL this stuff?"
So I wrote the whole answer down.
📕 My new book — 100 Ways to Make Your First $1,000 with Woodworking — is out now.
All 100 builds start the same way: cheap construction lumber off the shelf at the box store. No walnut, no jointer, no planer. A circular saw, a drill, and a sander carry you through the early chapters.
And every build comes with the numbers most folks won't share:
🪵 What the lumber costs (usually $8–$45)
💰 What it actually sells for ($20 all the way up to $400)
⚠️ The tricky part that ruins first attempts — plus a safety check before you ever make the cut
It opens with an $8 key-and-mail holder that sells for $20–$30. It ends with a porch swing that sells for $250–$400 and a farmhouse dining bench carrying $110–$170 of profit. In between: batching, pricing math, seasonal sellers, and every mistake I made so you can skip them.
👉 Grab your copy here: hankhardwood.com/
Now tell me in the comments — which one would YOU sell first: the cutting boards or the porch swing?
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