Pallet Wood De-Nailer (Amazon links in description)
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2015
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*Update*
This is by far my most popular video and I want to thank everyone that has taken the time to watch it. It was a quick idea I came up with on the fly to help my nephew have an easier time getting the nails out of pallet wood.
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Those of you that care enough to have read this far, I thank you. You likely aren't the problem.
**End of update**
Getting the nails out of pallet wood can be the most time-consuming part of salvaging the wood. The pallets I have come apart pretty easily, so I wanted to find a faster, easier way to get the nails out. This is what I came up with...
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I'm a beginner in the worst way... your video is one of the most helpful ones I've found so far! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thomas Lightle - Red Barn Woodworking
Sandra Dee
Do it that way and you'll be buying another
bit holder, because you'd have shattered
the magnet inside it!!
Learn how to use the hammer!
A couple of tricks n tips for you, scratch up the
striking face of the hammer with 40 or 60grade
abrasive paper, this will stop the hammer from
sliding off the nail when hit, and with the nail
head exposed, here's the clever bit, put the claw
against the nail but lever it sideways as if you
are laying the hammer down, you get loads
more leverage on nail this way, and when it frees up
enough you can pull the rest out in the usual way,
great for removing pallet nails, which are serrated,
and old well rusted ones. I've seen many tradesmen
struggle because they didn't know that.
DON'T do it with a wooden handled hammer you
may snap it where it joins the head.
Good luck, and I hope you find this helpfull.
ua-cam.com/video/TOrrz73Tj1Y/v-deo.html Here's another de-nailer. I've got one and it's awesome.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I'm flattered.
Reminds me when I was a kid my dad would give me a box of old used nails to straighten... I thought at the time he was just cheap... Now I'm nearly 50 and will have a go at any DIY jobs , 3 kitchens , 5 bathrooms, self build house, car repairs etc ... Where did these skills start.... Straightening NAILS,! Life lessons the old fashioned way
My dad did that too
That’s where we all started. There and the satisfaction of a job well done.
Hate to break it to you: he was just keep you busy.
@@thehotwombat out of trouble. Idle hands are the devil's workshop.
Like painting the fence. Up stroke down stroke. Old style teaching.
I clip the end of the nail, leaving about a half inch, or less. I then hammer the nail, giving a half inch to pull with on the other side. This eliminates nail bend, and reduces how much nail has to be pulled through the board.
That was going to be my suggestion. You beat me to it. The shorter the nail the easier it is to remove
You dont even need to clip it. Just an inch thick slab with a 6-8mm hole in the middle, you straighten the nail with the claw hammer, put the slab on it, then hit it. Next, you remove the slab and hit it again until it flush. This is realy not a rocket science, just need practice.
great idea but I cringed when nails went flying , my tires seem to know where all nails are that are left or fall ,
fishing magnet
Any strong enough magnet on a string swung around would do
Do it over a bucket
I wish I had thought of that years ago when I was using pallets for building projects. I will suggest though that unless you need the full length of the boards to simply take a skill saw and cut off the ends just inside the nails. Then all you have to do is remove the few center nails. Oak pallets can be pretty tough to drive those cement coated nails out of so reducing how many you have to remove can speed up the job.
What a really great idea!
I use a lot of pallet wood myself and denailing has been the bane of my existence with my projects! Thanks to you, now not so much!
Thanks for sharing!
I always take my bolt cutter with me when i go to collect a load of pallets.When i take the pallets apart i cut the stem of the nails of 1/8 -3/16 from the wood.Two reasons,one its easier to load on my roof rack and two when i hit the nail to show the head and pull it out its too short to bend. Different folks different strokes, but we are all saving trees and money.
I’ll go for this idea 👍🏻
Came up with your idea on my own 😁
Guess you hold the patent for being first to publish !
Me too, the simplest ideas are the best.
Good thinking.
I was just about to comment this lol. I had the same idea as the video, but I wondered if I was trying to over simplify somthing that was already pretty simple. I grabbed my heavy duty wire cutters and went to town the other night on a few pallets and then just tapped the heads up with no bending like you said. Nails seem to pop put a lot easier too. Both of your ideas are a great example of the endless ways to do the same task. That's one of my favorite aspects of problem solving.
of note, plywood scrap elevates this from good hack to sublime genius! For all the people who say "well you are going to destroy your driver bit holder, wahhh!" I say i have many that have no magnet some are even stripped internally from using them to drive 1/4 inch hex screws. So by never throwing crap away I win. Love it.
Brilliant! Over time those impact bit holders start to round anyway. Now they can still serve a function! I just got a free source of pallets and needed a way to speed up the disassembly. This is perfect, thank you for sharing!
When I was a kid hardly anyone bought new lumber. It was a kids job to clean the wood of nails. It taught them how to use a hammer. I clean nails out of wood quickly still at 55. Easier now, I can listen to music and do the work in the shade. Pound all the nails from boards out of a whole barn and you get fairly good in a summer.
Thanks!
I just rip the end with a skill saw, burn the scraps and collect the nails with a magnet. Takes maybe 10 minutes tops to do a load of scrap out of my truck.
Yep. This video is straight to DIWhy
A good idea is like a good beer, it doesn't go straight to your head and you can share one with other people without embarrassment.
i'm new to this whole hobby and this helped me out a ton. no more bent nails trying to work them out! thank you!
This is a great creative solution. I recommend trying the Air Locker AP700 denailer. It works on compressed air and will often shoot the nails out of the board, requiring no hammer. If the wood is soft enough, you could do all this wood in 5 mins. It pays for itself quickly in saved time. Often with white oak boards the nails wont come all the way out, and you will need to use the hammer to finish removing the nails. Good luck
Thanks for the suggestion!
Bought one yesterday, should be delivered this afternoon.
I'm thinking of picking up a tool like this. The gun itself is pretty cheap and simple, but what about the compressed air? I'm not sure how much capacity/PSI/cost it takes to drive one, and how much that adds to the sticker price if you don't already have an air compressor.
That might be inexpensive, but there is an air-hammer that sells for about $50 that would make each removal a single trigger pull.
It also makes a great hole punch for adjusting leather belts.
Finding this 7 years later. 200 IQ move sir
I just tried this and dang!! This is so much easier than the tedious ways I’ve been doing it! Thank you so much!
Good idea you have! You can avoid the head of the nail splitting the timbers surface by positioning the nail over something to support the timber. I've got away with a vice closed up to about 3/8". Cutting the nails off to about 1/2" also helps to keep them traveling straight.
Thanks!
Good one! I'm going to try that.
Well done!
I must admit I was frightened to see you drop those nails in the parking lot!
+Nissim Whba Good observation. I have a strong magnet on a stick that I use to pick up the nails. Thanks!
I use a short kid.
Use channel locks. Put the locks right against the wood where the nail sticks through. Pivot the channel locks on their curved side. They will pull the nail straight through and you'll be stuck holding the nail and can toss it in a can or the garbage. One step and you don't have to pick up nails.
I. Have found this to be a great method as well.
Harder to do it this way. Nails in pallets generally have large heads to keep them from pulling through. Your trick works better for finish nails which have small heads.
There is an air driven gun that BLOWS nails out of wood. Air-Locker has them. Saves a whole lot of time. I have one.
Yup! pop 'em out quick!
Yes its a air locker nail remover
Nice tool! However not all of us can afford to buy an air compressor AND a fancy tool to save an hour or two!
Pallets I get have spiral nails that make it impossible to remove without splitting the wood. I’d love to find pallets like these
I use pliers and I crush the spikes in wards so they don't catch the wood when I drive them out with my hammer. It makes removing them SUPER easy! Another trick I found was to drive the nail out enough for the hammer to catch it then cut the rest of the nail off. The spikes are usually towards the middle and end of the nail.
Just use a grinder and grind the end off lol...
Unlike many others, I would straighten out every one of those nails too. Thanks for the lesson.
I would burn the pallet. Throw the nails in the trash. And then admire my beautiful property that isn’t a junk yard.
Dont sound like an OLD COUNTRYMAN
Me 2 😂fort I’d be the only on sad enough to
@@oldcountryman2795 You're like the neighbors that think their house is supposed to be a museum. houses are to live in. Living is the operative word
That was excellent! I can't wait tp try this. One of the most simplist solution I've ever seen for a pain in the rear problem that's kept me from using pallet wood! Now if I can get a truck to start hauling all stuff my job throws away I'll be good. You seriously earned a new subscriber.
Very cool idea. I just found a tool called an Air Locker that runs on an air compressor, it looks like a nail gun but it's meant to push the nails out of the wood in a similar way. If you do this a lot it might be a good investment.
My Brother has this tool he rigged up in his garage almost looks like a palm sander. He uses to get nails out of the pallets. He makes tables and other stuff with the pallets from his shop pretty cool .
I betcha it's a palm nailer. Does it run on air?
His nickname is "lightening" never strikes twice in the same place 😂😂😂
😂
I prefer the idea of cutting all the nails short with a bolt cutter and then just hammering the shorter bits down long enough to grab the nail head from the opposite side. But this is cool too.
Brilliant!! I've got a butt-load of pallet wood in my garage. Now I have a plan for the day. Thank you!
All that banging in the garage keeps the females in the house...
@@claudeirby1561
I don't know about that.
Depending what you're banging, can really piss them off.
😝
Thomas, this is purely ingenious!! "Necessity it the mother of invention". Simple idea, simple execution...Done & Done:) Thank you for taking the time to film this.
When pulling out the nails, put a piece of 3/4" material under the head of the hammer to give more leverage. Really helpful when using a framing hammer with claws that are not curved.
What do you build with the pallets. I have a ton of pallets I will disassemble in the next few days.
The wood was too soft to make table tops or any other furniture items, so I mostly made decorative and functional items out of the wood. Lots of crates, baskets, wall shelving, shop jigs, things like that.
I'm so glad I found this video. You have saved me so much time!!!
And the world is filled with love. Great ideal if no one else thinks so!
oh yeah, feeling the love lol
You found the only thing that bit holder is good for! Awesome
squeeze the nail with a pair of channel locks or lineman plyers and bang it through. very simple and effective.
Some of the shipping frames for large items have staples in them as well as some of the thinner pallets. Any ideas on how to remove them? I tried using bent nose pliers to keep them straight but it doesn't always work.
Staples suck! If I did this all again I would probably just cut off the ends of the pallet board to save time.
I just use a lightweight framing hammer for the waffle head. A pair of channel locks or vice grips to grab a bent nail. If I hit a nail and the waffle head slips, or the nail just wont budge, Ill grab the nail with the vice grips and give a solid blow to force it. Hammer in one hand, vice grips/channel locks in the other, it starts to go very fast when you find your rhythm. I also keep a cat paw and pry bar nearby but don't utilize them. I feel I would accidentally break this makeshift de-nailer, and I don't think I could go faster using it anyway. Also, I'm not worried about bending or breaking any nails(not sure if the purpose of this de-nailer is to salvage nails). Ill throw the good ones in a bucket of old nails but if I break/bend every one, that's fine. With so many pallets and reclaimed wood to clean nails out of I really just need the wood.
I don't like using my tailgate for a work bench and I might suggest using a battery impact drill in place of the hammer. It worked great for me when I tried your idea
Hammer drill; hammer-only setting.
I would like to commend you for your creativity and ingenuity with this idea. At least for me, it’s still much faster just using a hammer to remove the old nails or simply cut the ends off and only having to deal with the nails towards the center of the planks if the entire length of the stock is not needed. Everyone has their own techniques and you use what works best for you. I’ve learned a lot of different techniques from tradesmen over the years and adapt them to work for me.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you !! what a brilliant idea. Cutting the nail would prevent it from bending (probably haven't try it yet).
Red Barn woodworking,: thank you Very Much for this nail tip. I started pulling pallets last summer and getting the nails backed out has been a Major chore. I have damaged vision and hand eye co-ordination isn't what it could be. I tried the hammer whack method and I spent so much time re-straightening the nail... oh yeah. I had one of the those screw guides that I wore out driving deck screws. what a difference a tool makes. !! I can hit the nail guide with authority without smashing a finger. Johnson&Johnson was making a living on my Band-Aid purchases... I like using all the board length I can get so sawing the board off to save pulling nails is no useful. not only that but Izzy Swan showed how to ttake the nail to the crowbar in a vise and now I can re-use all those rusty nails I used to bend into pretzels. Saving money lets me spend on other things. In the meanwhile I am building planter boxes and freezing my fingers... spring will see more boxes in the yard this summer. Thanks for the tip. it saved me a lot of time and effort. go ahead and re-invent the wheel. some folks need to be shown the way. thanks for the help.
Thanks for the kinds words! I'm glad I could help!
I'm so jealous that you get that size pallet.
Same here, where I work here Downunder, I can get throwaway pallets for work, but they're just the standard sized ones.
good idea, it is a pain getting the old nails out. I use old pallets, the best way to recycle ;-)
Thanks!
how many flat tires have you gotten from loose nails in your driveway?
Anyone know where I can get a tool like this like one specific for the job of removing nails ??
It has always saddened me that huge quantities of such nice wood gets wasted by turning it into pallets that get discarded.
It's low grade wood. It has lots of problems like knots and grain run-out.
love it!!! slick idea!!!
Thanks
Great idea. Just went down and made one. Works pretty well. Thanks for sharing
Nice idea Mr. Lightle, tnx for sharing it with the world!!!
Old carpenter’s laugh at such silliness
No kidding and get a real hammer
Do you have a better/cheaper solution???
@@Liberallez hit the nail with the hammer, just don't get your head in the way...
lol. yes. This is a classic case of double handling.
Glad to see a few with a good reply learn how to use a hammer
...you are using your head to find a solution to a problem, that's far better than these jokers are doing who just show up in the comments to shit on your idea. Thanks for sharing.
+riflemanism Thanks for the support!
I love this idea. I beat lots of coated nails from pallet wood with endless number of bent nails!
I can see why it's one of your most popular videos. I have several of these tools and a mess of pallets to practice on. As an experienced carpenter I can also say that just using a hammer to knock that nail out works great if you just put it into a soft wood 2 X 4 but let that nail be in beaded in a hardwood pallet board and this tool will put you at a much better success rate.
Getting the boards off of the pallets is the hardest part. The ones I get use twist nails and each board will have 5 or 6 nails in each end. I haven't found an easy way to get the boards off without splitting them badly. What's your method for pulling the boards?
+Ozark Ed I used a flat prybar. It was a lot of work, and I definitely need to find a better way!
Just cut the the timber with a circular saw, near the end of pallet leaving only the nails in the end piece of pallet, if that makes sense
use a cats paw and pull the nails from the head or put a pry bar between the pieces of wood then remove it and slap the wood with the hammer to pop the heads up out of the wood.
I leave the pallets in the rain. the wood softens and then use a crow bar and hammer
LOL!!!!
I have a 77 year old dad who I have do this in my shop. It gives him something to do.
I love elder abuse ! Good job !
Lol
Lol
Oddly enough after breaking down hundreds of pallets getting the nails out of the wood is not the problem. In fact I set up a garden chair with a big pile of stuff with nails on one side and bucket to put the nails in in front of me and give them a quick whack with the hammer on my lap, flip em over and they come out with no issues at all with my crowbar. This is white oak mostly. Now getting the slats off the runners that can be a bit of an issue..
Nice work. But how many of the nails ended up in your tires?
+Gary Meyer I get this question a lot. I use a magnet sweeper to pick up all the nails. Quick and easy clean up.
Great idea--b/c who doesn't have a few extra of those drivers clanging around in there drill bit cases!
thats what the inside of my truck looks like
So, what size is the one you are using in this video, please?
Look at all those punctures just waiting to happen! :)
thats what I though too..why not take them in the garage, and rest the wood on the edge of a more solid surface, like a small anvil. it wont bounce as much as the tailgate on his ute, and he wont have stray nails flying around that his tyres will pick up.
Did you get a flat tire popping all those nails haphazardly in your drive way?
I was thinking the exact same thing!!
Me too.
Likely
he has that covered.
You clowns don't have a pickup magnet. Basic stuff.
clowns don't use sweeper magnets they use own balloons and red noses. basic stuff
What a super smart idea, nice job and thank you for sharing with us!
I don't mean ta be long winded but I built my wife an L shaped comp. desk from a lot of crooked 1 by2s from the local hardware store for next to nothing. I glued them together laike an old gym floor used to be made, planed them and had 1 by 12s that the same hardware store was selling for 40-50 bucks for 2 8 footers. and it looks great. drawers and all. and I aint no carpenter! lol
please post a picture to tnlightle@gmail.com, or on my facebook page facebook.com/redbarnwoodworking
I'd like to see...
Actually not a bad idea. I may try it.
Man so many haters here. The guy just had an idea and everyone bashes him, look I know WE all have used a tool for other then its intended purpose some time or another that makes it more fun . I give him credit just for filming it !
+pairaboots Thanks for the support!
I used a butt plug as a door stop once
Next time, remove the butt plug before reusing it. Are you still sitting there holding the door?
PRICELESS!!! LMAO
I just pinch off all but 3/4" with crops then tap the stub flush. That leaves enough head to pry the nail.
For recessed nails snip a bit longer.
Bent, even flattened nails just need a twist from the claw to get enough straight shank before nipping.
If I'm feeling lazy I use a 4" grinder with an inox 1mm disc instead of crops.
And that way you needn't massacre a perfectly good tool.
As my teacher used to always say some 40yrs ago.
"The right tool for the job"
do you have an impact drill? Could you not use the bit in the wood, but instead of using a hammer, pull trigger on your drill? The bit would turn, but the part in the wood remains still?
Sorry, but leaving the staples sticking up on your piece if ply made me cringe. Flatten or remove them.
I was thinking the same thing. If you are worried about safety, the staples should have been removed first.
I suspect he dismantled them at another location, an was tossing them in the truck bed to de-nail all at once, so storing them like this was safe nothing to cringe worthy
I thought the same thing, but at least he had on sturdy gloves.
Isn't that the whole idea of this video? How to drive the staples out?
Yea, that was humorous.
easiest way to get nails is go to the hardware store and buy them safes a lot of time
could a bit driver be big enough to capture the head of the nail so after you pound the nail part way out like you do in your video you flip the board over and using a battery operated drill you then put the head of the nail into the bit driver so it captures it and then reverse it out so that way it doesnt drop out??? I have no idea if this would work or if a bit driver would be big enough to fit the nail head in...just curious to see if it might be possible???
I don't see why not...
Great idea... I usually cut the nails shorter but I'm still gonna give this idea a try. Thanks!
easiest way to remove the nails would be to burn the wood
Brilliant
Totally agree that's what I do no problem at all.
So true 99.9% of them are only good for fire wood....
Hahahahahaha! Lmao
brilliant i say!
a Palm nailer would work slick with that also
Keith Mailhotte now that is a pretty good suggestion!
very good idea
So I thought until I Jamed a nail between the shaft and the sleeve. Took me two hours to get the nail out .
I de-nail a lot of pallets I use the heavy duty pallet pry bar to separate them to get them to this point if you set that on a concrete surface with the nail head up then steady it with your foot smack it once at each of the 3 nail clusters with a rubber mallet the head is exposed just flip it over and use a claw hammer to pull them out much easier and a lot faster than this method also a nice strong magnet on a long handle works great to retrieve all of the nails
Smart Idea👍
I'm a Pallet connoisseur myself. Lol
I just built my first Storage/Flower Box to put on my Pallet Deck I'm working on. Removing those nails are tedious most times. 😣
Love Your little conventional invention/Idea!💯👍
Now THAT'S..using your Noggin 😉
Thank you so much for the tip👍👍
I will Definitely put your great idea to use. 😆
Cheers
I use two crowbars to pull the pallets apart, let the pallet board drop nail down on concrete (it will pop up most of the heads) and remove the nails with the crowbar (more leverage and range, plus a block of wood to stick under the crowbar if the nail is really long to gain more range). and for the bent ones i use a hammer and some pliers. I hold the nail straight with the pliers and hit it with the hammer to pop the head out.
why not just hit the nail with the hammer then flip the board over and pull it out? I don't understand what the bit receiver was even for
exactly just what i was going to say, totally useless
that's for people that can't handle a hammer accurately. Being a home builder from way back the guild for me would be about as handy as a rubber crutch.
When he said remove them efficiently I thought he was coming up with some genius way to remove them quickly, then I realized dude seriously over thought the project...
james snook that would be to easy..work smart, not hard obviously isn't the case here
ryobi magnet bits holders are garbage for holding. repurpose it. this is genius for your labor guys. how many times has anyone tried to beat the bottom end of a nail just to have the darn thing fold hard on you? this looked like it held them straight through easy to grab the head and finish them. quick efficient no scarring the board like a cats paw would.
How do you get the pallets apart with out busting them apart ...???
Way to think outside the box, I'm going to give this a try. Thanks for posting. -Matt
Yeah, I just saw off those ends
There's one in every crowd. LOL
columbusindimedia Sorry dude...Just sayin...As a building contractor, I've cut up pallets for thirty years...Love the heavy equipment or motor ones, they're usually rough sawn oak...I use pallets for spacers and build ups...but that 1.5 or less inches out of the board won't be missed...I Usually run my saw right next to the 2X's And throw those out, unless I need them too...:)
I've done it too.
So I have put pallet wood on 3 out of 4 of my garage walls over the past three years and I'm sad to say that I feel really stupid after watching this video! I have literally bent hundreds and hundreds of nails trying to pound them out upside down, this will save me a ton of time!
usually the nails come out straight enough to re-use if you use a short pilot hole to start them in. [ saves the fingers too. miss miss ]
Nice I'm liking using wood pallets to make window shutters for a barn,great idea to save time less hassle.☺️
How long did the hex head last? I would assume it did quite well, even though it's a cheap brand.
The hex head and the magnet inside never really showed any wear. What wore out was the sleeve that slides over the shaft. The bit still works as a bit holder, but no longer as a screw guide.
burn the wood and all the nails will fall out
I usually recycle the nails as well, but then I was brought up during WWII when nails and screws were valuable.
yeah, my Dad lived on a farm out of town and nails were a long hike away. it was easier to pull two or three nails out of the barn shed to keep you until there was a town run. Then you replaced the nails you cannibalized to get done with the newer project. today we just jump in the truck and drive off to the hardware store, but it kills the project for the day to have the interruption.
And soon, they probably will be again.
Neat idea, though its faster if you don't need to use it. I recommend a heavy solid block of wood under your nailed boards on a sturdy platform (not a tailgate). It makes hammering faster, less noisy and more effective. And for removing bigger nails, a 36" crowbar is much better than a hammer when pulling them out.
yes. building this thingy to help with pallet plank nails!! thanks a million for the great idea!
good idea if you don't know how to use your hammer to get the nails out
I obviously don't know how to use a hammer. I must have been swinging the wrong end again.
I'd say it's way more efficient than just a hammer ... even in the most skilled hands
Lol yes your right... and they make a tool that does the same thing... i think its called a nail set
Trim nail punch....
i have a damaged eye and don't have good depth perception. this unit is easier to hit square and the nail doesn't just bend every time you miss vertical a bit. it does speed up the process for me.
Seems more of a hassle than just using a hammer !
I don't agree. once he has the tool made, this makes future hauls a lot easier to deal with going forward. A little time spent to make the tool is worth all the time saved de nailing the pallet wood.
Hammer skills have all been exported overseas along with our jobs. We make do where we can...Mike Rowe talks about it a lot.
bisquitnspanky Thanks for the response. Sometimes I get caught up in the net of UA-cam nastiness where sincere, well meaning comments like yours can be misunderstood. No need to apologize if the comment was submitted without guile. I do invite you to check out some of my other videos and hope to get as many years of experience under my belt as you do!
No need to apologize, period. Be nasty, be kind, be you. Never apologize because somebody else feels offended - as if they have more right to this world than you? Live your life, not theirs.
It's a pleasure to see that some of the commentators here have manners -- and the education to submit grammatically correct comments.
nice thinking but how long will that sleeve last ? its too soft to last long
Good idea but have not seen a bit holder that extends like this. Also how long does the bit holder last with it being continually struck by a hammer?
+Peter C they are pretty tough. The sleeve that slides back and forth is aluminum, so you have to be careful not to have too many misses or glancing blows :)
Ooh such "hammering skills". Who's writing these comments?people who dream of owning their own hammer some day?
At least he aint choking the hammer,
use a palm nailer with a modified tip
Great but how did you remove the boards from the palettes and still have strait nails?
Wow.. I just tried this and it works! Great idea..thanks for sharing
Yeah but the hard part is separating the boards in the beginning without splitting them.
Sabre saw and 6tpi wood/metal blade.
I use a special tool called a "pallet buster" basically a long handled pry bar with two articulating heads. I can take pallets apart with about a 95% success rate without splitting the wood.
Here's a link if anyone's interested in looking at the tool I use:
www.vestilmfg.com/products/ldsol/pallet_buster.htm
I just use a heavy sledge like a plunger, lift 6-9" and drop it once or twice assuring the pallet is slightly raised off the ground... obviously easiest when slats are staggered, otherwise a simple U-shaped jig to drive a slat directly below another.
2 pieces of 2 x 4 work pretty well too. 1 each side of the slat, and push!
being a welder, I can make this tool out of scrap steel for about 3 dollars
why not just cut the ends off?
chris beitler
Not only do you lose about three inches of board length and wind up with a little chaff that needs sanding off but you also lose the naturally weathered butt ends and nail holes inherent with reclaimed wood which so many of us appreciate. I noticed your post is two years old, you must be wondering WTF!!
I'e messed with pallet wood. The issue is hardwood boards get reused and when they rebuild the pallets they cut off flush all hte old nails which are now buried in oak. On top of that they wood they use is mostly garbage--cupped, warped, twisted...and knots in almost every piece. I have salvaged pine boards (must easier to get nails out of softwood) and used them for a few projects, but he hardwood is almost always junk unless you need small pieces and can cut around any nails..even then be careful because i've hit plenty of hidden nails on the chop saw.
what is the thing called that you put into the wood?