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  1. 29th January 2018, 01:34 AM #1
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    Default A couple of pallet projects

    I scored a glass top table which our neighbours threw out and decided the frame would take the top I was planning. My wife was after "rustic" so wasn't too worried about gaps or lumps and bumps, which was great because I didn't have the greatest success in using the triton 2000 tablesaw as a thicknesser! Anyway she is rapt in the result. The glass top is in the background and was used to make an outdoor table on another frame someone gave me.
    With some left over pallet wood I then decided on a clock which measures about 60cm across. I had to order the workings from the UK as I couldn't find any large enough hands locally.
    I would love to get some hardwood pallets for future projects as the standard ones are pretty awful.
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  3. 29th January 2018, 08:20 AM #2
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    Nice work. I found it almost therapeutic working with softwood pallets after trying to start out on the hardwood ones! I'd suggest to just keep trawling the softwood ones for some with nice grain.
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    Great to see your projects. Do you have any pictures of the build process?

    I took apart two hardwood plywood pallets. They're the absolute worst. Didn't help when the wrecking hammer ricocheted into my shin. Even without that joyful experience, they're a mission to break apart. Doubt I'll ever bother with plywood pallets again unless I really have no other option. Even then I'd probably just rip them down with a circular saw to halve the work.

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  7. 30th January 2018, 02:37 AM #6
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    I get a bit carries away with the build and forget to take photos.
    I have one here of the clock before I used the router to cut the circle. I had previously drawn a quarter circle on a piece of chipboard, laid the centre piece then 13 pieces either side cut to approximate length and glued them. Then I cut the 2 sides on my sled to make the 4 quarters which were glued together to make the approximate circle. The only other trick was to rout a square in the back for the mechanism as the wood was too thick for it.20180112_170743.jpg
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