July 9, 201411 yr With all the projects being made now with pallets I'm looking for an easier way than just with a hammer and crow bar.There's a few at H/D that mite work but has anybody know of a good one?I can get free pallets from where I used to work so the price is right.Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 9, 201411 yr I've never used this but it looks cool! http://www.leevalley.com/us/garden/page.aspx?c=&cat=2,2180,41007&p=47883 Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!
July 10, 201411 yr Author Looks good but Lee Valley doesn't stock it anymore.I'll check out the other wood tool sites.Thanks.Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 10, 201411 yr Sorry about that, Harry, I did not notice this was discontinued.Harry Brink said:Looks good but Lee Valley doesn't stock it anymore.I'll check out the other wood tool sites.Thanks.Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 10, 201411 yr No offense intended Harry, but as someone who worked in the trucking/delivery industry for a number of years, I have great reservations about using wooden pallets for anything other than for their original use. I have seen way too many chemicals and other non-sanitary compounds (including human bodily fluids of various types) as well as bug and rodent droppings that gets on the wood in warehouses and trucking facilities that I would never re-use a wooden pallet for anything but firewood. Just my $.02 worth I would not personally consider using them. Allen WorshamCorona, CAallenworsham@gmail.com'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk.' J. Vernon McGee“Our greatest fear should not be that we won’t succeed, but that we will succeed at something that doesn’t matter.†D.L. Moody
July 10, 201411 yr Author Good point, Allen. I can get "clean" looking ones but I may rethink this one.This may be more labor on my back than I want to do. Your 2 cents worth is always welcome. Try to save a $ and wind up spending $$$ at the doctors to get my back put back in place!Thanks.Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 10, 201411 yr or getting hepatitis shot Harry!Harry Brink said: Good point, Allen. I can get "clean" looking ones but I may rethink this one. This may be more labor on my back than I want to do. Your 2 cents worth is always welcome. Try to save a $ and wind up spending $$$ at the doctors to get my back put back in place! Thanks. Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana John MorrisThe Patriot Woodworker
July 11, 201411 yr I used a "Breaker bar" or a spud bar.  The kind where you can STAND on the bar and watch the slats pop up.   Crowbars? Only IF they're at least 48" long.    When unloading a pallet from the stack.  DRop it on a corner, HARD.    It may skew the pallet a bit, but it will loosen the nails.  Then drop it on the other corner just as hard.   Nails should have moved enogh. Besides, any "foul" stuff would have shaken off during the drops, done OUTDOORS.  Many times, I had simply sawn the slats off.   The scrap still on the runners can then be knocked off, exposing the nail heads for a better grip.  Head of a nail break off? ( and they do a lot) Big pair of Visegrips locked onto the shank of the nail, leave just enough room under the jaws to slip the claws of a framing hammer under them.  Use the Frammer hammer to work the nail out.Any "Blue" painted pallet is for Food Grade items, and is treated for bugs.  Not good for woodworking.  A pallet with an "HT" stamp is just a heat treated pallet, in that they kill off any bugs and such with heat, no chemicals. Worst part of Pallet Salvage?  Them #$#$#@$ Screw shanked nails!   HATE THEM. Royal PITA to remove.Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...
July 11, 201411 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuOKyGmd7BYÂ a neat home made pallet disassembler.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
July 11, 201411 yr Author Thanks Steve for the info. I can get pallets from the hardware store where I used to work and I knew about the "blue" ones. I'll have to see about the "H/T" ones.Gene, That's the video and the wrecking bar from Izzy I was trying to find. Thanks.Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 13, 201411 yr I was so impressed with that tool I installed the video on our home page below the forum!!! Wow!!! Harry, you can buy the plans for the pallet wrecker at http://www.thinkwoodworks.net/#!menu/ch8jGene Howe said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuOKyGmd7BYÂ a neat home made pallet disassembler. Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton John MorrisThe Patriot Woodworker
July 13, 201411 yr Author Thanks, John. I keep playing with the idea of using pallet wood for some things.There's a lot of pics floating around of some nice looking projects, and it would be "free" wood.Allen pointed out some drawbacks and how hard would it be on my back? I'll keep pondering it!Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 13, 201411 yr That Wizz made tool would probably be easier on your back than other methods.Also, bleach would nullify some of the nasties. Household bleach won't change the color appreciably. Used to get some fairly exotic stuff from pallets and crating from Asian and Italian motorcycle dealerships.Ron has a pretty good supply close by, too. Oh, if I'd just had my pick up in Indiana.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
July 14, 201411 yr We use em for firewood here Gene.Gene Howe said:That Wizz made tool would probably be easier on your back than other methods.Also, bleach would nullify some of the nasties. Household bleach won't change the color appreciably. Used to get some fairly exotic stuff from pallets and crating from Asian and Italian motorcycle dealerships.Ron has a pretty good supply close by, too. Oh, if I'd just had my pick up in Indiana.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
July 14, 201411 yr Salvage pallets, burn pellets, eat pullets. Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
July 14, 201411 yr There's a pallet repair factory here in town and on any given day you can pick up a truck load of scrap for free so most folks around here just burn the stuff. There's alot of elm in these.Ron DudelstonSite AdministratorAbove and Beyond WoodWorks
July 18, 201411 yr I just the other day saw a video of a pallet bar to do just what you want.Making your own would be child's play you don't even need metal. Though a spring is necessary.Google VideosIzzy Swan Pallet PalHe sells 'em too I believe.
July 18, 201411 yr Author That's where I saw the one that Izzy makes. Keep playing with the idea.....Harry BrinkBulldog WoodworkingMontana
July 18, 201411 yr Ron, I've never worked with elm. I understand that it's stringy, but I have seen some projects using red elm. It finishes really nice. Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
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