Well, its been a while since I've written anything here, but buying (and fixing) a house is a lot of work. We've been pretty busy with many different projects. Honestly, Stephanie and I both enjoy doing household projects, large and small. We recently put in a new cork floor, milled stained and installed our own "shoe base." If you aren't sure what a shoe base is, I can't help you. Its what my dad calls it, and I haven't heard a better term. Its an addition to the wood wall base which in our case, takes the form of a quarter round piece of molding installed to take up the gap between the baseboard and the new floor.
Anyway, this post is about pallet wood! Doing all of the projects has made me realize that I would like to have a little wood shop. A dedicated space to put tools and do small projects. I've slowly been gathering tools either passed down from relatives (my 1957 delta contractor table saw) or buying them on (you guessed it) Craigslist! These projects however, need a place to be assembled, so the most important project I've done recently is an assembly table / work bench.
Made of an old solid core wood door (SCWD for my architecture friends who have the pleasure of reviewing door schedules...), and an extremely robust pallet. Most pallets are pretty flimsy, or at least made of undesirable rough cut, small pieces of wood. These are great for small projects like the boxes I made for our wedding. When it comes to larger projects however, larger pallets can be great. I'm doing some work at a large food processing plant, and most of the machines come on gigantic pallets made of dimensional lumber including 4x4s and 2x8s, and that is pretty useful for some larger projects like assembly tables.
This table is pretty simple, using the 4x4s for the legs and 2x8s for the apron. It's pretty solid, and should work out well as we continue to find ways to improve our surroundings!
