We Built a Budget Workshop From Scrap in an Empty Barn (Ep. 2: Van Build Series)

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We built a pallet workshop from scrap in an empty barn for £218.50. This budget workshop build is Ep. 2 of our van build series as we get ready for our L4H3 Fiat Ducato conversion. After 3 years living and working full time from our low roof Fiat Ducato, we rented an empty barn for 8 months to build the new van properly. First job before we touch the van: how to build a workshop from pallets and reclaimed materials. We spent a day collecting free pallets, reclaimed timber, chipboard, ply offcuts and second hand finds, then built our full DIY workshop from mostly scrap. In this epic attempt at peak DIY you will see us build a mobile workbench island with DIY table saw (with a DIY fence!), our long bench for the mitre saw, plus an office studio made entirely of pallets and chipboard for remote work and editing. Total cost was £218.50 for 2 sheets of 18mm OSB, 12 heavy duty wheels, aluminium box section, toggle clamps and screws, plus £1 lengths from the reclaimed timber yard. The studio floor was the priciest and slowest part, but now we have a level base, straight walls and space to build. This setup is now ready for our self build campervan project. Next up: painting the van! Are you building on a budget? Let us know in the comments what you would build first, and if you can top our £218.50 total. Watch Ep. 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_KYmyJRPRY 00:00 Intro 00:50 Our workshop plan 01:20 Collecting pallets and reclaimed timber 02:00 Building the workbench island from pallets 04:23 DIY table saw build 07:37 Building the long bench for our chop saw 11:22 Building the office studio 26:26 Final Day finishing touches 28:31 DIY workshop reveal 29:20 Reactions 31:09 DIY table saw fence 32:01 Hoovering up poo 32:17 Full £218.50 cost breakdown 34:02 What is next: painting the van 34:38 Less Stuff More Stories 35:16 Ends We are Danni and Angela, two van dwelling UK lesbians working full time in climate and environmental science. We share the unfiltered side of van life, the real costs, the mistakes and the freedom. New videos every other Sunday. Support us: Patreon for unfiltered build footage and behind the scenes: https://www.patreon.com/LesGoFree https://www.instagram.com/lesgofree Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lesgofree Follow the series for every step from bare metal to Mediterranean cottage. Thanks for watching, we hope it was useful. See you next time! #vanbuild #diyworkshop #palletproject #vanlifeuk