Recycled Pallet Project Ideas » Radcrafter. I have had pallets on the brain lately.
My mom works for a construction company and has access to a ridiculous number of pallets. All free for the taking, as long as she can find the manpower to load them into her truck. So the most recent load was delivered to me a week or two ago and since then I’ve been on the hunt for possible projects. Of course, I first had to tackle the fun task of breaking them down into usable lumber and made the mistake of thinking I could out muscle those screw-nails. You know those threaded nails they shoot into the wood with an air nail gun. One of my first stops for ideas was Etsy. And, my second stop was Pinterest. I love this table. Small simple table; perfect for the many stacks of smaller pieces I have on hand.
The always useful crate. I think these are super cool too, but not sure I’d be able to get any full pallets in time. Decisions, decisions… [suffusion-widgets id=1] Did you like this? Skinny Ties. One of Ralph’s requests for his birthday was skinny ties.
They are surprisingly hard to find — either too long or too expensive for a 13-year-old’s wardrobe. So a few weeks ago, I had an idea: I would buy some old fat ties at a thrift shop and take them to a tailor to have them altered. Brilliant, right? But then, of course, I forgot about the idea till 3 days before his birthday. At which point, I tried to rush and make it happen. But since I had the ties in hand, and since they only cost $1 each, I figured I’d try it myself. Here is the before shot. Here is the after shot: DIRECTIONS: 1) Turn your too-wide thrift store tie upside down. Keep un-stitching till you get to the skinniest part of the tie: 2) Pull the tie form fabric out of the lining (there is probably a real name for this, but I don’t know what it is). 3) Trim one side of the tie-form fabric. 4) If you traced it, then cut out the second side. 5) Your tie-form material should now look like a skinny tie.
Portal Level Sign Wall Hanging/Lamp. After moving to a new apartment, I noticed I had a lot of empty wall space and not enough stuff to fill the void. I decided I just had to make something for it, and I came up with the idea to make a level sign from Portal. That's right, another Portal-themed instructable. Anyway, it's a very simple design. Definitely not my best work, but I had a few limitations: it had to be able to fit in my car because thanks to college, I move every three months.
It also had to be cheap because, again, college. After musing over a few ideas, I decided white cloth stretched over a wooden frame with some sort of backlighting would be my best bet. Starman Tree Topper. Recycled crafts. Legend of Zelda Treasure chest with sound! 1/4" Pine plywood.
You can use whatever type of wood you want, but pine looks nice and is relatively cheap. You'll need enough wood to cut out the following pieces: Two 5.5" x 10.5" pieces One 8" x 10.5" base piece Two 8.5 x 5.5" pieces Five 2 7/16" x 11" slats Also you will need two 6 sided half a decagon pieces.
This sounds confusing but I've included a template to cut these pieces out. Print the template out and cut the pieces to be 8" wide at the base. You'll also need: Wood glue Black poster board A cheap mp3 playerTreasure chest opening mp3 Soldering iron Solder and flux Some small gauge wire (20 or 22 gauge will work)SPDT lever switch from radio shack Small audio amp.