![]() Essentially, you use the sawzall to cut right through the nails that are holding the pallet together. So, if you get a rush out of ripping apart wood secured with spiral nails, go buy a crowbar and follow our DIY Wood Pallet Sign tutorial from fall of 2012.īut thanks to my blog buddy Bev who tipped us off to this post about the power of a reciprocating saw or sawzall, we’re never going back. We have a whole post dedicated to the blood-sweat-and-tears method. Here’s where you take a 3D pallet and break it up into flat 2 dimensional pieces. Mark has also called our local Home Depot before to see if they had any unwanted pallets, and sure enough, they said, “Stop by tonight, and there will be ten out back.” You can even try searching on your local Craigslist under the “free stuff” category. So, check around back by their garbage bins (that’s where we found the Jackpot supply at our local lumber shop). Where to find pallet wood? Believe it or not, many businesses will pay people to come and pick up old pallets. And in the words of Rex of Rex Kwon Do, “Break the wrist and walk away.” You want to hold out for solid oak, which won’t easily indent. TRICK: To distinguish between hard and soft wood, press your thumbnail into the pallet. It can be more difficult to dismantle from a pallet if you don’t have the proper tools…but we’ll get you squared away with exactly how to harvest the oak from the pallets in a moment. Oak is not only more durable and lasting than pine (it doesn’t crack), but it is better looking. Well, you can Google an oak pattern to know what it looks like, but Mark says you can tell pretty quickly by handling them. Now, how to find the high quality hard wood pallets and discern them from the less durable soft woods…. Incidentally, oak is great building materials for other things. Because pallets need to be sturdy in order to carry weight of heavy supplies, they are often made of strong, durable wood like oak. I believe in you! Treasure HuntingĮvery pallet is different, yet they share some common threads in how they are constructed. We hope they help guide you as you discover your own methods for creating something beautiful out of reclaimed pallet wood. But we did want to share some of the tips and tricks we picked up along the way. Working with pallets is more of an art than a science, so this post is not a tutorial. “All of these lines across my face tell you the story of who I am.” – Brandi Carlile It helps bring the “rustic” to our Rustic Nautical Master Bedroom Makeover. Mark’s favorites are the ones with the criss-cross marks. I see such beauty in the rough hewn boards…especially when they turn gray like driftwood. What is it about reclaimed pallet boards pieced together that our eyes love so much? Making order out of chaos? The Japanese principle of Shizen: nature with purpose and intention. ![]()
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