Have you made something and want to show it off? This is the place for your photos or just talk about the things that you have made or would like to make. All crafts from knitting and crochet to woodwork, in fact anything that you have made!
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yvette
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yvette
Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:24 pm
Woo! that is so impressive and professional-looking, I like it very much. Maybe we should begin a '101 things to make with a pallet' thread...?
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Helsbells
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Helsbells
Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:27 pm
Thats a good idea, actually I saw a magazine artist once about things to make from a pallet. (This was our own idea though!)
Oh, I also used some of the bits we had left to do some paintings on instead of canvas.
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Green Aura
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:39 am
That's great helsbells!
Squirrel45 made some fab stuff from pallets too.
http://s406.photobucket.com/albums/pp14 ... 963bdd.pbw
I've managed one raised bed thus far, but it's pretty cool - I made it myself with OH taking my usual role of holding bits together while I screwed them
The biggest problem we had was getting the pallets apart in the first place - some of them are extremely well made!
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wulf
Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:17 am
Nice work. Was it good quality wood or did you have to smooth it down? Most of the pallets I've picked up are fine for outside but a bit rough and splintery for indoor use.
Wulf
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bonniethomas06
Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:02 pm
Blimey, that is really really good! You would think it was shop bought to look at it.
My project for the weekend is to make a coldframe out of pallets - I already have a nice glazed door frame for the top and a couple of pallets to take apart for the sides.
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MuddyWitch
Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:22 pm
Very impressive!
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Helsbells
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:08 pm
The wood was really smooth because it was MDF. Not a fan of the stuff really but I put a load of paint on it so I am hoping that will keep in the nastiness?!
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frozenthunderbolt
Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:00 pm
Hooray for pallets! we build planters out of them all the time - also built our potting bench from them!
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