Bow Stand
This Sundays pallet project is finally dry. I made a 12×12 bow stand for the corner. Sort of worked it out as I went along so no plans this time just the idea. Again all pallet wood I used oak pallet planks and cleaned up an oak three ish by something beam that came with a pump. Holds the family’s bows at least for now or until my 7 year old has full size.
BTW I used an electric hand plainer to get the rough clean up done.
Single pallet archery target stand.
My wife wanted a stand to let us leave out our target. This is an outdoor stand made out of a single pallet (48×48). The pallets came with our bio bricks so I did not have to find one. I show in another posts how to take apart a pallet. In this post put some basic dimensions on the pictures so you do not run out of wood, but it’s really not a hard project. So no real plans. I had shingles for the roof but you could have just used plastic. Remember to put the backup rope on so the target does not swing.
Hobbit bench update
Still snowing so I stained the pallet wood bench. It’s a little rustic, meaning I screwed up some things. But I learned a lot and like how it turned out.
Turned a supported spindle from a piece of oak pallet wood. The holes are from where I pulled the nails. The nails caused a cool blue stain. Even with the holes it spins really well. 38 grams
Taking apart pallets.
I do a lot of projects using pallet wood but I don’t ever think I’ve shown how to take them apart. Pallets are amazingly useful and a great free resource, but if you can’t get them apart easily and without destroying the wood they’re not really worth using. I use a sawzall homemade pallet pry, and a sledgehammer.
It’s really pretty straightforward and easy. First cut through all the nails on the top and bottom of the pallet and the side slats, what ever you can get to easily. The nails towards the middle really can’t be gotten easily with a sawzall. I used the pry to take off the middle slats on the bottom of the pallet. I don’t use the pry for anything else. Unless I don’t care about the wood. Pallet prys tend to split and splinter the wood like in the pic above. The ones with the fork at a 45° angle do a better job, but even they messed up the wood a little bit. After I pry off the back of the pallet 1 jack it up on some of the pieces I have removed. Then I gently tap out the slats with the top of a sledgehammer. I try to get the nails to come out with the slats so the wood doesn’t get ripped or splintered. I then put the slats over a bucket or in this case a trashcan and cut off the Nail ends. That’s more or less it. You end up with a good amount of wood. However you certainly want to watch where and how you cut it if you’ve left the nails in. This wood is to make up my cold frames. I’ll posted as soon as I get to it.
I welded up my pry with some left over metal it’s ugly but does the job.
Taking apart pallets.
I do a lot of projects using pallet wood but I don’t ever think I’ve shown how to take them apart. Pallets are amazingly useful and a great free resource, but if you can’t get them apart easily and without destroying the wood they’re not really worth using. I use a sawzall homemade pallet pry, and a sledgehammer.
It’s really pretty straightforward and easy. First cut through all the nails on the top and bottom of the pallet and the side slats, what ever you can get to easily. The nails towards the middle really can’t be gotten easily with a sawzall. I used the pry to take off the middle slats on the bottom of the pallet. I don’t use the pry for anything else. Unless I don’t care about the wood. Pallet prys tend to split and splinter the wood like in the pic above. The ones with the fork at a 45° angle do a better job, but even they messed up the wood a little bit. After I pry off the back of the pallet 1 jack it up on some of the pieces I have removed. Then I gently tap out the slats with the top of a sledgehammer. I try to get the nails to come out with the slats so the wood doesn’t get ripped or splintered. I then put the slats over a bucket or in this case a trashcan and cut off the Nail ends. That’s more or less it. You end up with a good amount of wood. However you certainly want to watch where and how you cut it if you’ve left the nails in. This wood is to make up my cold frames. I’ll posted as soon as I get to it.
I welded up my pry with some left over metal it’s ugly but does the job.
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