Thread: Recycled Pallets

It looks great and the colour of the table top looks fantastic. What kind of wood are they? Where did you get the pallets from?

Well done.

I got a darned good shellacking for spending money at the Newcastle wood show
Kind regards
Termite

Wongo,

Some of the timber is Stringy Bark, I could tell from the sap lines the rest is somewhat questionable though you could pass most of it off as Tassie Oak.

I get the pallets from SnapX who just happen to have the office next door. Theses were destined to be firewood. A couple of other pallets I picked up had redgum, and one had some American red oak.

I was hopeing to have the table finished by Friday for my mothers B'day, somehow I don't think I will make it.

Himzo.

I doubt that they had redgum in them, more likely a bit of Karri or even Jarrah.

Originally Posted by Christopha

I doubt that they had redgum in them, more likely a bit of Karri or even Jarrah.

And why is that oh Oracle of pallets?

G'Day Himzol,

Looks good.
What did you use for the Legs?
The 3x2 pieces, or something else?

At work, they discard quite a bit of various timber,
Now.....if it cleans up that well, WELL!!

Another might do.

Ivan in Oz

Ivan,

The legs were made from a form of pallet that, I think the guys next door refered to it as a slip. A lot of sheet metal gets transported on these, they have two longer pieces with two smaller pieces connecting them a fork lift distance apart (all same dimension about 75mm x 50mm)

Apart from the four slats underneath the table is made from the three main rails on the pallets. ( I'm planning some outdoor furniture from the planks)


Christopha,
You could be right, it sure as hell looks like redgum though when I compare it to pieces I have in the shed, either way it will be used rather than burnt.

Himzo.

Skip man SKIP. I suppose it was just a SLIP of the tongue.
Kind regards
Termite

We used to call those pallets slips too, maybe cos you slip the sheet steel on to it , not to be confused with a skid which is half a full pallet (Chep type) but then what do we know in the West

Dave

Table looks great by the way

how do you manage to get the pallet apart? The ones I have tried to salvage have had huge nails put through them to join the slats to the three support pieces (or whatever they are called). The only way I have been able to do it is to use a jigsaw (dont own a circular saw) on the slats and cut them from the support pieces ending up with lots of little pieces or having to sacrifice the support pieces.

any tips on doing this would be appreciated.

Oges,

What I do is cut through the planks on one side of a pallet next to a support rail, (top and bottom of the same rail). I then use the leverage this gives me plus a wrecking bar to prise off the planks from the remaining two support rails.

I still break a few boards, but it's the best method I've been able to come up with.

Then the fun part of de-nailing everything.

BTW Bunnings has the GMC platinum 9 1/4 for $99 at the moment, a very good Cheap Circular saw - if your interested.

Himzo.

If it is stringy bark, hope it is dry - used some green stuff once and had about 15% shrinkage - but it looked nice! (especially with all those "planned" gaps)

I'm startin' to feel bad now. I knocked up a dog kennel yesterday using mainly old pallets for the timber.

MAybe some of the timber was stringy, other red stuff, dunno what it was, hard as hell, wasn't jarrah, I'm sure of that. Would I get Karri on this side of the island?

hi all,
if youre all interested in pallet work then try some companies that bring items in from overseas . you find some really nice timbers. i do 2 companies 1 does farm machinery and the other brings in outboard motors. the woods i get are oak, dilenia,oregon and various pines. the dilenia is a grennish colour when i pick it up but after its been through the sander comes up a treat , red with black markings.
seeyasoon mik.