/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.72619]

I've access to a lot of untreated softwood pallets, I have a circular saw, hammer and nails, please suggest a couple of projects for me to expend some surplus energy and time on.

tl;dr: Motherfucking palletts, how do they work?

inb4 a house, not enough room.

[Anonymous No.72621]

The wood in these is so shitty about the only decent thing you can make out of it is a fire.

[Anonymous No.72627]

>>72621

I've seen guys make planter boxes and garden beds, but I want to try and make something different.

[Anonymous No.72630]

a 'compost machine'

[Anonymous No.72633]

http://ana-white.com/2010/04/hack-5-minutes-and-free.html

shelf.

[Anonymous No.72654]

My brother and I had plans to build a paintball course on my dads ranch with a bunch of these.

You'd need land though.

[Anonymous No.72658]

>>72630
>>72633

Both projects look cool and easy, thnaks.

>>72654

A tiny backyard here, so a paintball course is out of the question, but I'm curious, what do you intend to do? Just lay a bunch of pallets around and hide behind them? Or build some structures?

[Anonymous No.72696]

My uncle makes chairs with the salvaged wood of these things... mixed with a couple of 2x4's

Sorry for the shitty camera phone pic, Ill pst a better quality one tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.72715]

I am interested in this. I find so many pallets at the dump and other places.

Total waste of trees, but that's the way this shit is right now.

I found this link the other day, pretty cool table:

http://www.faroutflora.com/2011/06/04/diy-succulent-pallet-table/

[Steve Irwin No.72742]

>>72696
not sure if my limited skillz are up to it but I'm happy to give it a try, if you have plans can you post them up?
>>72715
That's cool; I would just go the table tho, without the planter thingy.

[Anonymous No.72743]

outdoor couch

[Anonymous No.72745]

swing chair

[Anonymous No.72747]

garden

[Anonymous No.72750]

shoe rack

[Anonymous No.72751]

book shelf

[Anonymous No.72799]

dude, these are awesome. I see big piles of those wood things get thrown away every day behind grocery places.

[Anonymous No.72831]

>>72799

It's such a waste, a lot just go into landfill when something useful could be made of them. Like a guitar.

http://www.cupboardsonline.com/2011/04/taylor-pallet-guitar-real-use-for.html

[/co/mrade /sci/entist No.72834]

Saw this one on DIY network the other night. Thought it was kinda clever: http://www.diynetwork.com/videos/pallet-chair-video/70244.html

[Anonymous No.72847]

My buddy framed out a shack with some of these

[Anonymous No.72858]

When I was a young lad (6 or so years ago) I built a tree fort out of pallets, it was the best tree fort ever to be constructed and is still there.

[Anonymous No.72860]

>>72799
They aren't being thrown away, most of the time suppliers pick them up periodically, although it is possible some are being thrown away.

[Anonymous No.72861]

OP, have you considered an extremely large fire?

[Anonymous No.72869]

>>72858
>When I was a young lad
>lad
>fag

Building dicks in your mouth.

[Anonymous No.72875]

Porch for your shipping container house.

[Anonymous No.72878]

>>72619
Shape them into stakes and go on a nigger killing spree.

[Anonymous No.72893]

>>72869
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Anonymous No.72940]

>>72869

Go away, and/or grow up.

[Anonymous No.73182]

You could sell/re-collect the pallets, like a pallet company I know. Use a few to make a wooden office.

[Radiofag No.73313]

[Anonymous No.73319]

>>72619
In Soviet Russia we built rafts and made some sea fighting in huge water-filled ditches at the construction site.
The aim of this madness was to sink the opponent's raft. With people on them of course.

[Anonymous No.73353]

I work at a Lowe's. Most of the pallets we get are just your basic pallet. Some company gives the company like $1 or $2 for each basic pallet.

There are also much sturdier blue pallets that companies such as Quickrete send us. Those are the property of the company. So if we were to lose or give away a Quickrete one, we would get charged $15 for it.

But...... in the year I have been there, I have only had 2 people ask for basic pallets. Like 2-3 each. My bosses didn't care when I asked them. If it makes the customer happy, they'll be back to our store everytime and it only cost us maybe $6 for a repeat customer. We just can't do that with the blue ones, or yellow ones. Those we get charged an asston for.

>tl;dr Just ask. Most places don't care.

[Anonymous No.73363]

>>72633
>>72633
I might have to try this. This looks pretty legit, and easy to make.

[Anonymous No.73377]

>>73363

Do a better job of it though.

[Briar pipe gentleman !!LA2P6x+6JuV No.73379]

>>72619
Op, dig a tunnel.

Make an underground bunker.
Make a trench up top.
All you need is the planks for support.


I would seriously love life if I had those planks, I'd be building it right now lol I'm so bored.

[Anonymous No.73380]

Beehives!

[Anonymous No.73398]

I have been saving this just for you OP

[Anonymous No.73416]

Build one of these and get some sick air on your bmx yo!

[Anonymous No.73515]

>>73416
that looks both badass and terrifying

[Anonymous No.73519]

>>73398

OP here, yeah thats the exact thing I'm after, thanks.