April Wilkerson

April Wilkerson (born 1987) is an American YouTuber who specializes in Do-it-yourself woodworking and metalworking projects around the home.[1][2][3][4][5]

April Wilkerson
Born1987 (age 33–34)
Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forDIY construction videos

Career

Wilkerson is from Texas.[6] She graduated from University of Texas at Arlington in 2012,[7] after studying business management, and began working on projects to improve her house.[8] Wilkerson and her husband had a long to-do list of home improvement projects.[9] She posted a blog, which led to her creating YouTube videos in which she described her process of figuring out how to build things such as a planter, a light above a pool table, an outdoor pressurized air line between shops, a porch, a coffee table, an outdoor shower, a holiday decoration made from an old whiskey barrel, various art projects, and so forth.[8][10][11] She doesn't describe herself as an "expert" but rather as a newcomer and teacher eager to share her newly acquired knowledge as she works on new projects.[8] Generally her projects involve woodworking, but she has done metalworking and welding as well.[8][2] Many of her projects use scrap lumber; she buys new tools when she needs them, and some sponsors of her YouTube channel have sent her tools and equipment for promotional purposes.[8] As of December 2020, her YouTube channel has over 1.3 million subscribers.[12] Wilkerson completes many of her pieces in her 3000 square foot workshop.[13]

References
  1. Timothy Dahl (June 6, 2016). "How To Make This Space-Saving Fold-Up Workbench". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved April 23, 2017. ...YouTube woodworker April Wilkerson has designed this simple workbench...
  2. Timothy Dahl (July 12, 2016). "How to Build a Plywood Rack for Your Pickup Truck". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved April 23, 2017. ...April Wilkerson of the YouTube channel and website Wilkerdos...
  3. Dennis McCarthy (June 25, 2016). "Dennis McCarthy: Giving abandoned babies loving, dignified burials". LA Daily News. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved April 23, 2017. ...The urns began coming shortly after a video was made by April Wilkerson of Fort Worth, Texas, that went out to her fellow DIY woodworkers all over the country....
  4. Timothy Dahl (April 23, 2015). "Build A DIY Fold-Down Workbench To Save Floorspace In Your Shop". Lifehacker Australia. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved April 23, 2017. ...Watch the video from April Wilkerson above for the complete build, and follow these instructions from her blog for a more detailed explanation....
  5. Timothy Dahl (November 12, 2014). "Hang Anything On Your Wall With A French Cleat Storage System". Lifehacker Australia. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved April 23, 2017. ...In the video above, April Wilkerson demonstrates how she uses a french cleat system to store her power tools...
  6. "April Wilkerson is Building a New Career from Scratch". Texas Monthly. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  7. https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-wilkerson-29b06583/
  8. Joanna Werth Takes (August 16, 2016). "APRIL WILKERSON: BUILDING THINGS FOR HERSELF, AND TELLING OTHERS HOW". Woodworkers Journal. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved April 23, 2017. ...April Wilkerson graduated college in December 2012 with a degree in business management....
  9. Gareth Branwyn, Makezine magazine, February 7, 2017, Shop Organization Projects with April Wilkerson, Retrieved August 20, 2019, "...April is a young Texas woman who, just a few years ago, basically knew nothing about woodworking ... she and her husband had a long list of improvements they wanted to make in their home ..."
  10. Augusta Statz, November 14, 2017, SimpleMost magazine, Turn A Wine Or Whiskey Barrel Into A Shabby-Chic Holiday Decoration: How cool would one of these look on your front porch?, Retrieved September 19, 2018, "...Self-proclaimed “obsessive DIYer and woodworker” April Wilkerson decided to make a barrel luminary..."
  11. Timothy Dahl, September 15, 2016, How to Build an Outdoor Shower, Popular Mechanics, Retrieved September 19, 2018, "...use corrugated plastic like April Wilkerson used in the video below..."
  12. YouTube. "AprilWilkersonDIY". April Wilkerson's YouTube Channel. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  13. Dahl, Timothy (2016-04-05). "5 Workshop Tours to Inspire Your Next Build". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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