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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 1, 2021 0:39:55 GMT -5
I have a battery warehouse near me and they dispose of their pallets, so I pick out the nice untreated ones and scavenge them for wood for small projects. Rather than drink myself blind this evening, I hung out in the shop and made some sawdust to create this goofy cartoony wall hanging as a tribute to y'all here. The pallet wood I used here includes spalted maple, white oak, mahogany, shedua, and some U/I stuff. Happy 2021!  |
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Post by Riff Twang on Jan 1, 2021 1:49:20 GMT -5
There are no words.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 1, 2021 1:54:58 GMT -5
I’m the fat one.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 1, 2021 7:11:12 GMT -5
The 'Far Side' feel is on purpose!
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Post by Mikeyguitar on Jan 1, 2021 9:17:21 GMT -5
Wow, very nice! Are they available in ebony?  |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 1, 2021 9:35:26 GMT -5
They certainly could be, but that costs a pretty penny. Ebony is insanely expensive because it's becoming more rare with time.
If I can find some zebrawood I'll make something similar except the animals will be rhinoceroseseses.
Confused person: "Why aren't they zebras?"
Me: "Because they're...not."
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 1, 2021 11:17:17 GMT -5
I mean, I’m speechless.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 13:36:50 GMT -5
Making them from birdseye maple might've been a nice touch.
Other than that, I have no objections.
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Post by bonchords on Jan 1, 2021 14:18:42 GMT -5
Wow! No other words.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jan 1, 2021 14:28:54 GMT -5
Love it, Peegoo! Good luck with future pallet supply as many shippers are changing over to the plastic ones. That sucked for me at my store because people would always come pick up the wooden ones I left out back in a matter of days but I had to haul the plastic ones to the dump.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 1, 2021 14:55:51 GMT -5
Yeah, that's the drawback to 'progress'. The molded composite plastic ones are cheaper and last longer, and they stand up to water, etc., better.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Jan 1, 2021 15:28:08 GMT -5
Well done, Brother.
You're giving that scroll saw a workout.
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 1, 2021 17:04:51 GMT -5
Very nice. We made decorative Christmas trees for the yard from pallets this year
...last year. A handy source for a lot of projects. I have heard of people make a deck out of pallets. Really. Anyway I am that(points) one.
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Post by Ayns on Jan 1, 2021 17:05:11 GMT -5
That’s just amazing :-)
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 1, 2021 17:56:01 GMT -5
Is there a plan to weaponize this device?
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Post by Larry Madsen on Jan 1, 2021 18:09:22 GMT -5
👍🏻
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 1, 2021 18:50:40 GMT -5
Is there a plan to weaponize this device? Cheers, y'all! Some pallets are stamped with "MB," which means it's already weaponized with methyl bromide to kill bugs. It's also quite toxic to hyoominz. I don't mess with those because a dust mask won't protect a person from MB; it's a neurotoxic gas which can be released when sawing and sanding the wood. The first girafe thing came out great and my hunnie talked me out of it (she's a woodworker herself and has made some pretty amazing things), so I made another one for my house. I like this one better anyway because I added some color with inks, which makes the critters even more cartoony. This one is staying right here.  |
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jellybones
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Post by jellybones on Jan 1, 2021 19:01:05 GMT -5
Yeah, I don’t mean to nitpick, but couldn’t you have found some nice walnut or cherry pallets?
It’s good for what it is but I think you’re capable of better.
B-
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 1, 2021 20:42:26 GMT -5
When we open a physical MT2 location, we’ll need one of those for the wall.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jan 2, 2021 11:31:56 GMT -5
You totally nailed the Far Side vibe, I'm impressed!
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