had this really cool article about making a table composed of old pallets. The job I am currently working on has plenty to spare on site, so Randy and I finally borrowed pop's truck and brought the pallets home.
We did a slight modification to ours. Instead of using two 40x48 pallets for the top, we utilized the 30"x10' pallets that had on site, and stuck with the two 24x24 pallets for the base.
Then a trip to Lowe's for a few additional pieces.
(2) 2x6 for the gussets, and (4) 22" 1x4 for the angle members, and a few cedar fence boards to infill the gaps in the pallet top.
Once we got the base constructed, and top mounted, it was time to sand.
Thanks to my Dad and Anett, we got ourselves a fancy new belt sander that saved us hours ;)
Mikey even helped out!
The we thought we were in the clear and close to completing a project with out having to call Randy's dad --the ultimate handy man--
But as we started ripping the cedar fence boards, we needed a little help and a few more gadgets to pull it off. So he came to the rescue, he promptly bolted after the task was done before we suckered him into helping with something else;) The we had another round of sanding then applied Formby's Tung Oil Finish
recommend by that super handy man mentioned above.
And well....we finished a Weekend Project!
Mikey even had a little project of his own! That's one rad airplane!
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