So, I was browsing around on freecycle and this guy named Ron was giving away some pallets. Now I was thinking standard pallets with that 1/4 by 4in wood planks. Well I got to his house to pick em up and they were 2×6x8’s instead! So we loaded em up on his truck and got em home. I took apart the pallets and was like… well now what!? I thought about it for a minute and decided to build myself a workbench that I can abuse instead of my deck or my kitchen table. After some minor trial and error, I was able to come up with a great design. The table is very heavy and sturdy. Definitely going to be able to stand up to some work to be done! When I get a chance, I will post some pictures here. I am eager for your comments and ideas on maybe how to improve on my design.

Pictures: Workbench - Straight on - Workbench - From the side. - Workbench - From underneath.

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Well, there are no new updates really. I just have not had the time to get outside and finish it up. Maybe sometime this week I will be able to. I did however fill in alot of holes using Elmers Woodputty. That stuff works great and dries really quickly. I will have to go get some more of it. Good stuff to have around.

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So I was browsing over some cool projects at www.instructables.com, and came across this project to create a bookshelf. The original designer used plywood and a nailgun. I used the wood from a box spring my neighbor was going to throw away.

I managed to get some good pieces from the box spring, but unfortunately most of the wood was old and very very dry so it split in a few places. But nothing some wood putty won’t fix. The photos you see are of the “after” pictures, after I tore the padding and fabric off the box spring, separated the wood and removed all 2 billion staples from the wood, assembled the pieces and am now waiting for the putty to dry so I can sand it down tomorrow, and on friday stain it/airbrush it. I’m not so good at airbrushing, but then again I’m not very good at woodworking either.

If you want to see the original project, head on over to here

Pictures: Bookshelf 1, Bookshelf 2, Bookshelf 3

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