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I Love Reclaimed Wood from Pallets

Submitted by texasjuju on Tue, 2011-05-17 14:41
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About This Project

My husband and I made a toddler picnic table for the grandbabies out of reclaimed wood from pallets. I have a bench sander that I used for a lot of that wood, but wow what a lot of work. So for Mother's Day, I asked for a Dewalt thickness planer, and I have to say I think that's been one of my best purchases in a while.
I had no idea how beautiful some of that pallet wood could actually be until I started running it through the planer.
I needed a book / magazine shelf in my guest bathroom so I used a plan submitted by a guest, modified it a little and used my reclaimed wood.(Flat Wall Bookholders) I used an oak poly stain in order to bring the grain out some. I couldn't be happier!
Thanks Ana!

From Plan: 
Flat Wall Bookholders
Estimated Cost: 
Free, I had everything I needed.
Estimated Time Investment: 
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Required Skill Level: 
Starter Project
Type of Wood: 
Reclaimed Pallet Wood - Some pine, some oak
Finish Used: 
Minwax PolyShades Classic Oak
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Submitted by brookifer86 on Tue, 2011-05-17 14:55. #
Looks Great!

Wow, that's really impressive that you can get pallet wood to look so beautiful! Great build

 
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Submitted by texasjuju on Wed, 2011-05-18 04:44. #
Thanks

I couldn't get it nearly this nice with the bench sander. After running it through the planer a couple times you can start to see how the board is going to look. Most of them look really good.

 
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sat, 2011-07-09 16:59. #
nail holes?

My experience using pallets for reclaimed wood and also for camping firewood is that they are usually hardwood, often oak or ash. About 10 years ago I made a birdhouse out of reclaimed pallet wood, it was so nice I hardly wanted to put it out to be weathered but the birds took occupancy within a day of putting it up. I used a planer as well, what nice wood lies beneath teh rough dirty surface!
Anyway, how did you deal with the nails and nail holes? For the birdhouse I built, all the pieces were quite short so that I could cut pieces that did not have nail holes. How did you deal with them?
Thanks

 

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