Before and after shots of pallet wood

[jbrowning]

I got time to dismantle one of the pallets and this is how the wood turned out after running it through a hand planer. I really like how they cleaned up. I can't wait to get the rest of the pallets done to see what they are going to look like.

 

 

 

Jim

[amazingkevin]

I got time to dismantle one of the pallets and this is how the wood turned out after running it through a hand planer. I really like how they cleaned up. I can't wait to get the rest of the pallets done to see what they are going to look like.

 

 

 

Jim

Atta boy,Nothing ventured nothing gained.Looks like your going to hve plenty of hard wood at your disposal soon!

[Scrolling Steve]

Looks good Jim !

[lawson56]

I agree.Looks like your gonna have some fine wood to work with.

[Phantom Scroller]

Great wood for free, it's surprising what they make some pallets from. They are good from name signs.    Roly

[125 CSL]

Just across the border in Texas a company makes hard wood pallets. When I asked why the company would use a product that seems to be a greater value then pine. Turns out the pine is the crop harvested for 2x4's and the like,..the hard wood is the offcut from the harvest. So lots of pallets out there made from oak, box elder, to sweetgum or magnolia.

[jbrowning]

I have been keeping an eye out for the oak ones. I really like the grain this last one had.

 

Jim

[Jim McDonald]

In my job, I see a fair number of pallets and I have found book matched boards many times.  I have some oak and ash in the shed right now just waiting on the right project(s).

[Lucky2]

Jim, that's some nice looking wood, you should get nice results from it.

Len

[LarryEA]

Nice,,, SOmething is going to look great.

[jbrowning]

Here are some pumpkins I cut out using that old pallet wood that I resawed.

 

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Jim

[Jim Finn]

Very nice use of pallet wood. 

      When I started out woodworking I had little instruction so I am very much self taught.  I used pallets to make my first projects and mistakes.  I worked as a sheet metal worker in Calif. and picked up pallets our sheet steel came on.  These huge pallets included at least three 4x4's ten feet long and some four feet long ones also.  The steel came from Asia so there were some exotic woods included.  Appletong, eucalyptus, mahogany, oak, maple, walnut, and other mystery hardwoods.  A local sheet metal company that does industrial/commercial work may have some large pallets like this.  Even free pine, in this amount, is useful for a hobbyist.

[Be_O_Be]

 I worked for a sign company and the sheet metal pallets mentioned above were so plentiful. I hoarded a bunch and built my kids an 8x8 club house, they used it till they out grew it now the guy down the street is using it for his kids.

 This is some of the best resources of wood you can find and you can't beat the price. What wood you can get out of a pallet justifies the cost of a planner,IMO.