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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 06:59am
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Does anyone else subscribe to this newsletter/site? Folks submit things made with pallets. Some are pretty basic while others are flat-out amazing. Just thought some folks might be interested.
http://www.1001pallets.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=138&w ysijap=subscriptions&user_id=59891
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 07:19am
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This is one of my all-time favorites:
http://www.1001pallets.com/2013/10/skid-shack-from-reclaimed-wood/
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SE Ohio
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 08:19am
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How convenient! Builder included a burglar noose out front!
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Asher
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 08:20am
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Thanks for the post, I always like to see pallet projects... I work in freight delivery.. I know of places that have 100's of pallets they would love to get rid of.. Nice thing about most pallets is that around here they are oak and heat treated...
I use to ship with containers, some of the pallets that came from overseas where made with woods that we would consider ($$$) exotic, but to the location is was as normal as pine...
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 02:42pm
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Asher
Wow, that's a great heads-up! Perhaps being in the Pacific Northwest might bring some of those great pallets made of things like bamboo! Thanks!
I had been thinking that one might make a nice open deck floor out of pallets on some gravel with maybe some pavers. And, sure enough, the plans are here! I LOVE the pallet sidewalk, too!
If you subscribe to their newsletter (all they ask for is your email to send it to you, no name or personal details), they send you the pdf downloads for the project plans with a password to be able to access them. 
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neb
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 06:57pm - Edited by: neb
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Where I worked we would also throw 100's of pallets away. There is very nice wood in a lot of these pallets. A lot of them are make of oak and I would take them apart and make clocks out of them. Here is one I have in my home but I made a lot of them and gave them away and sold some. I have always thought it was such a waste to just throw them a way.
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hueyjazz
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 07:35pm
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Asher and Julie
I've received shipments from all over the world and agree with you. You get to see things that are uncommon to us. One of the neatest was a woven bamboo instead of plywood. I thought it was artful but thinking about it, how do you think they view plywood or even OSB.
I've also traveled the world. Many American don't realize this but we are spoiled with abundant good wood. The real education of this is the world's selection of TP which varies from a velvet texture to starfish skin. That's if they have TP. Nothing like getting back to the USA and enjoying my 1000 sheets
ISPM 15 has been in effect since 2009. This requires wood packing materials for international shipments either be heat treated or chemically fumigated. Heat not so bad for humans but I'm not so hot on the chemical stuff.
You see less and less rough wood being used for import/export and when you do it is often the OSB like stuff.
When I select one for projects I like to see zero evidence of staining. Never sure what cause the stain and would hate to think it's an industrial toxin.
I also get only oak skids. Love that wood and pine is just too soft for my taste.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 10:48pm
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Quoting: neb Where I worked we would also throw 100's of pallets away. There is very nice wood in a lot of these pallets. A lot of them are make of oak and I would take them apart and make clocks out of them. Here is one I have in my home but I made a lot of them and gave them away and sold some. I have always thought it was such a waste to just throw them a way.
Oh, that is BEAUTIFUL, Neb! You have such a gift for woodwork! To think that came from a pallet!
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2016 11:06pm
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Quoting: hueyjazz ISPM 15 has been in effect since 2009. This requires wood packing materials for international shipments either be heat treated or chemically fumigated. Heat not so bad for humans but I'm not so hot on the chemical stuff.
This is good to know, hueyjazz. I don't have indoor uses planned for my pallet projects but who knows what will catch my eye in the future!
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hueyjazz
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# Posted: 8 Mar 2016 12:18pm
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My old job would get in stacks of 4' x 8' panels of corten steel.
It would come in banded on oak timbers that were somewhat green. Anything else would become toothpicks due to the weight of this stuff. It would take a while to go through the stack such that the oak was fully cured and flat
That wood was beautiful stuff once I put it through my planer. I built a lot of handrails and moldings out of it. I miss that perk
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Bevis
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# Posted: 9 Mar 2016 02:27pm
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I build things with them all the time. After the 12 hours of Sebring Race, they stack the pallets up for me and i'll go in load them on my trailer to take home. a little over a year ago, I made a pallet buster tool. I can break a pallet down in under 5 min.
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