So yesterday evening was very productive indeed, although I did not get as far as I wanted, I was able to get a good leg up. Yesterday was also an incredibly tough trial of temptation.
When I started out on this project I designed the whole thing to be built out of pallet wood, to show that they could be used in nice project builds. However, the temptation became very intriuging and alluring to build the shelves for this project from the plywood boards used in my previously repurpesed bureau that this build was meant to replace, I mean afterall, that would be recycling! But then it hit me.
The whole point of this blog is to build things out of pallet wood! To take what could be wasted and disgarded or burned and turn them into useful projects that not only have a touch of class but look like nice pieces in any application. So I had to say no to the easy way out!
It is safe to say that I have defeated the temptation to use the plywood. Check out my progress from last night below!
Do you use a wood planer & jointer on this stuff? Do you know if the wood on the pallet is treated or not? Where are you getting your pallets from?
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ReplyDeleteI would like to, but I do not have those yet. I try to get heat treated pallets. All pallet wood is either treated with chemicals or heat. I also try to get new pallets from specific industries.
I'll point you over to reddit.com/r/woodworking . Ive seen some pallet stuff on there, it helps to be able to clean up the wood with a planer and jointer, but we work with what we have!
Deletedoesn't using new pallet defeat the purpose of using pallets? the point is to be using wood that would end up in the trash. if your going to use new wood, use something a little more aesthetically pleasing.
ReplyDeleteNew is a relative term. Unfortunately the oldest pallets are usually in such bad shape having been put together several times over that they are completely useless. Its sad, and disappointing, but the ones that I save are more pallets that don't go the way of the rest. Thank you dyr for your comments!
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