Thread: pallet challenge??

just one.

i,m in Carl sounds like a great idea ,easily available timber all equal on that ,plenty of time ,sounds like a hoot,as usual brings the knockers out trying to change as per every other challenge , stick with the original idea great stuff ,and you have my thumbs up ..bob

Originally Posted by weisyboy

"F&E" and others
this is all about the woodworking than the timber anybody can make a peice of mahogany or red cedar look good but it takes a ken eye and fine hand to make a pallet look good. if you do not like the idea then that is fine vote that way in the pole but please, dont fill this thread with pointless crap.

Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way Carl, did not think that my comment:

IMHO "a pallet" denies the spirit of these challenges, which are based on the concept of making the most of something specific and the same for everybody. This is not to say that it would not be worthwhile and fun, only that it is not another step on the road we have taken so far

would be taken as "not liking the idea" and elicit controversy. I am only saying that the logic consequence of going down this way is that any future challenge can be either

A) the way it has been for the first 3 (which does not necessarily imply posting the predetermined material) or

B) a pallet (crate etc).

Both have their pros and cons but are not the same. No harm done in trying both.

If even this simple explanation is seen as controversial, I will refrain from contributing to further "pointless crap".

Wendy & Weisboy

Weisboy, I'm in, if I can can be set up in time (going through a messy diviorce) and Wendy being the moderator of this challenge .. take photos of the pallet before and include these as part of the challenge. Worst pallet best product produced..... Real scope....Real cjhallenge

Steve

Afraid I must dip out again got me hands too full... it involves 10ac and a big shed

i will be posting a list of rules and conditions shortly probably in a new thread this was just to see if it'd be a goer and looks like it will.

and thank you to Wendy for volunteering to be the resident moderator.

Thank you both, all these things take time and effort and I'm sure you guys are as busy as the rest of us. Overall its a good responce.

It's just a small matter of time for me, I like the concept enough to be really tempted but need a few things cleared up so I know where this is going, especially how much time we've got to work in and:
"anything else you want to add is fine"
Against:
"NO additions to the pallet other than adhesive and surface finish"
"stuff involved using every bit of the pallet. Do we want to do that?"
Needs to be resolved. I prefer the later as it's more challenging.
There is also the question of advantage as to the quality of thy pallet:
"The operative word in my sentence wasn't "small', it was (nice v crap) "timber""
"a the timber in a chep pallet be it ironbark, spoty gum or any other hard wood is mutch nicer that a lump of common camphor"
"it's a crap pine one"
"I could but for this comp I would rat out a better one that I could get more timber from"
Being a scrounger from way back, I would enjoy the pallet hunt. I'd feel better working with a broken down, rusty nailed, splint, stained, old hardwood one to a brand spanking newy, I'd feel I was freeing the poor bit of wood of it's life of slavery and giving it a new and better life.
I'm all for this spirit:
"this mundane object into a thing of beauty"
"I'd be interested in this competition - my skills are limited, but hey it would be fun to be involved"
"Let's not be so competitive and just enjoy seeing what some of our creative and skillful fellow woodworkers can do with a few pieces of rubbish timber."
Now we're cookin!!

I'm with Springwater, I would prefer to recycle a pallet rather than use a new one. Hell half the funs in the hunt and the chase. I know there's a sweet old pallet out there with my name on it (well prob someone elses name on it at the moment) All we need are our rules , a pallet and your imagination.

Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way Carl, did not think that my comment:

IMHO "a pallet" denies the spirit of these challenges, which are based on the concept of making the most of something specific and the same for everybody. This is not to say that it would not be worthwhile and fun, only that it is not another step on the road we have taken so far
Can you explain why a pallet is not something specific and not the same for everybody? (that ok Wendy?)
would be taken as "not liking the idea" and elicit controversy.

Below makes no sense to me, I really would like to understand what you think
I am only saying that the logic consequence of going down this way is that any future challenge can be either

A) the way it has been for the first 3 (which does not necessarily imply posting the predetermined material) or
But at least the 2nd and 3rd challenges were predetermined materials
B) a pallet (crate etc).
Why does having a challenge using a pallet for the next challenge predetermine that all future challenges be from a pallet, or option A. I am so confused by your post. I feel like you're trying to tell me there's some fundamental law that I never knew about, but really should have.
Both have their pros and cons but are not the same. No harm done in trying both.

If even this simple explanation is seen as controversial, I will refrain from contributing to further "pointless crap".

F&E, I'm not going on with this for the sake of causing controversy, you obviously have your opinions, but honestly having trouble understanding what you are trying to say

Cheers
Michael

Originally Posted by weisyboy

this is all about the woodworking than the timber anybody can make a peice of mahogany or red cedar look good but it takes a ken eye and fine hand to make a pallet look good.
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Nailed it Weisy,
it's not about pretty timber, (we can start another thread, "photo of the prettiest wood")
it's about design, innovation, aesthetics, material constraints, problem solving, stepping a little sideways out of your comfort zone, and just plain clevernessness,

it's about impressing the pants off your non woodworking friends (who recognise a pallet as a piece disposable crap)

participants in this challenge will win new friends, will be invited to better parties (with imported beers and wine in bottles) , they will be guaranteed a rise in social standing,
and generally be considered superior in all ways

Wow now I'm realy keen, imported beer!

count me in
it will be fun to see the entries at the end of this
cheers
tony

A) the way it has been for the first 3 (which does not necessarily imply posting the predetermined material) or
But at least the 2nd and 3rd challenges were predetermined materials

I think he was meaning for the subject of the sentence to be "posting" and not "predetermined materials"