Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[chickengr]

Well, aside from the cost of screws versus nails, I don't think screws would be considered for framing given screws have lower tensile and sheer properties.

AFTER I purchased my 21-degree framing nailer, I started looking at the prices of buying a box of nails. Yikes! They are expensive. But then I considered that a box of quality screws of that size and quantity would cost lots more.

I love it when I get a pallet put together with quality screws. The screws are easy to take out and reuse in other projects. I've had a few pallets made with screws, but maybe only 1 in 50 or more pallets. But they are a great find. I have buckets full of pallet wood nails saved up for something. Obviously, the individual nails are no good for a nailer, but I hope to use them someday, in some project. Also, with my Air Locker AP700 pneumatic nail puncher, I have been able to straighten out and save more nails then before when I was using the manual hammer and crowbars.

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One of the unexpected advantages I discovered using the Air Locker AP700 was that you can straighten out bent nails using the Air Locker's long metal nose before you punch the nails out. That resulted in me harvesting about 2X-3X more nails ready to reuse. I don't even have to strighten out most of those nails punched out with the Air Locker. That would be a big time and labor saver - if I actually reused those nails. Well, I hope to reuse those nails in some projects.

As a kid, I made many projects with my Great Depression era grandfather. We reused just about every nail possible. Back in the day, you didn't go into town to buy a bag of new nails unless you absolutely had no old nails left in the bucket. So, I find it hard to get rid of my used pallet nails that I know are more than adequate to be reused.

in my small pallet projects I use screws only. the reason is I somehow always make changes so screws work better for me. but I still save nails out of habit. my grandfather as well reused nails.

 

[gtaus]

Shooting screws through a framing nailer!

Had to share this short YouTube video I just can across this morning. Amazing how I buy a framing nailer and then discover that you can also shoot screws! I did not know that was possible. Check out this video...

 

[wrathsfarm]

Shooting screws through a framing nailer!

Had to share this short YouTube video I just can across this morning. Amazing how I buy a framing nailer and then discover that you can also shoot screws! I did not know that was possible. Check out this video...

Izzy Swan is a legend. Builds some neat stuff.

 

[gtaus]

Izzy Swan is a legend. Builds some neat stuff.

I'm looking through his channel to see if I can find some pallet specific info that might be of interest to this thread. I just happened to fall on to the screws in a framing nailer video by accident. But, it looks really interesting as I build most of my small projects using screws. Now that I have a framing nailer, I will be looking into the cost of collated screws for a framing nailer versus the cost of buying individual nails by the pound.

Honestly, I never heard of using screws in a nail gun before, so that was an eye opener for me. Looks like the best of both worlds. You get the speed of using the nailer but the benefits of having screws if/when you want to take apart the project.

I hope the collated screws for the nail gun are not too expensive. I would like to try out screws in the nailer if the price is reasonable.

 

[wrathsfarm]

It's just a shorts, but thought I'd share it...

 

[gtaus]

It's just a shorts, but thought I'd share it...

Thanks for the link.

I am watching all kinds of pallet shed videos at the moment, trying to find a design that will work for me. But maybe calling what I want a shed is not quite accurate. I want a structure that I can drive my riding mower(s) into and park on the bare ground. Maybe a small pallet wood barn might be more accurate?

 

[ChicksnMore]

It's just a shorts, but thought I'd share it...

Love the pallet roof.

 

[gtaus]

Easier Pallet Wood Nail Removal!? A different approach.

Here is a short YouTube video from Izzy Swan on one way to make nail removal easier for pallet wood. Instead of using the leverage on your short crowbar, reverse the process and use the length of the 2X4 for leverage instead....

 

[chickengr]

I went to athens yesterday. while I was there someone broke in my house and stole my tools. I am making new coops and really need my tools.

 

[gtaus]

Well, we are in the dead of winter where I live. Outside temps of -16F at night with daytime highs of -1F. My unheated attached double-car garage is sitting at 26F, too cold for me to do any work out there.

When I first built this house, I had off-peak electricity in-floor slab heating in the house basement and the garage. Unfortunately, the wires were defective and burned out in less than 7 years. So much for the contractor stating that the floor heat would last a lifetime. It sure was nice when it worked, but those days are long gone.

Anyways, I have been looking into other options for heat in the garage in the winter. I would really like to go out there and tear apart some pallets or even maybe build something, like those new pallet wood raised beds I have on my list. I am trying to find out the relative costs of sources of heating to see what would be my best choice.

I looked into getting a large electric garage heater, but they require a 30- or 40-amp service line for installation. I only have a 20-amp line service to the garage, so that idea went nowhere.

I have a kerosene heater, a diesel heater, a propane heater, and smaller 120v electric heaters. I'm thinking my small 120v electric heaters would be too small to heat the garage, and too expensive on regular rate electricity. the kerosene heater would have to run a long time to heat up the garage, and where I live, kerosene is probably the most expensive choice. I have a super big torpedo diesel heater that would heat up the garage fast, but am not too sure if that would be a good idea to burn diesel inside an enclosed space. I have a smaller hot dog Mr. Buddy heater that runs of a BBQ propane tank. That is what I used last year and it worked OK, but propane tanks are pretty expensive.

I don't want to burn wood inside my attached garage because of the fire hazard. It's against code in town, but I don't live in town. Still, I am not considering that option. Although I often think that would be the best option because as I break down the pallets, I could be tossing in the broken bits and pieces of wood that I don't want to keep into the fire and heat up the garage while I work. Also, I don't think my insurance company would like it if I installed a burning barrel out in the attached garage. If anyone knows of a safe way to burn wood in an attached garage, please let me know.

I had a wall mounted ductless propane heater in my old garage, but those put too much moisture into the air from burning the gas and everything feels wet after a while. Worse yet, you will rust out your metal tools and such because of all the moisture in the air.

I do have an electrician coming out next week to see if he can salvage any of my old in-floor slab heating, or if he has any suggestions for extra garage heating. Like I said, the electric heaters I was looking at require 30-amp service at a minimum, and currently all I have is 20-amp lines.

If anyone has some suggestions for garage heating options that work for them, please let me know. I hate waiting until warmer `50F April temps before I can start working in the garage again. It gets to be a long winter....