Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

[gtaus]

Love it!

Not only will that pallet wood notch out work great as a miter saw hold down stick, saving you $20.00 or more, but it is 100% wood, meaning that if you accidentally drop the spinning blade on it, the blade will cut through the wood - no damage to you or the blade.

Sometimes, with those plastic push and hold down sticks, the plastic will shatter into flying bits and could cause some kickback. Well, YouTube is full of those videos when you run a plastic push stick into the blade.

 

[febane]

I am OK with people raising their chickens any way they want. Some breeds might be better than others at foraging and that is a bonus for some people.

Most of my laying hens are production breeds. They don't go broody, and they lay lots of eggs. I think if they only were foraging for food, they would not lay nearly as many eggs.

Years ago, I started off with meat chickens, Cornish Cross. I butchered them at about 8 weeks old. They ate lots of commercial food in those 8 weeks. But they were ready for harvest on time.

I remember talking to an adult leader of our local 4H program. He said one family brought in a bunch of 8-week-old Cornish Cross chickens that had been left to forage for their food and only got a little cracked corn every once in a while. Their chickens did not win any ribbons because they were half the size of the other commercial feed chickens. The 4H leader told me that the parents were all upset that their kids' chickens did not get any ribbons Sincere Pallet. They had saved a lot of money by forcing the meat chickens to forage for food. For some reason, they thought that was the goal - saving money. But they had failed to understand that the competition for that Cornish Cross breed was to have them market ready in 8 weeks, and their chickens left to forage for food where nowhere near market ready.

I have a mix of chicken breeds. Some dual-purpose breeds are better for eggs and meat than others, but it's really hard to beat the Cornish Cross chickens for meat and the production breeds for egg laying. They just do their one intended function better, IMHO, and that is why I have them. But I enjoy having a mix of birds in my small backyard flock. As I have often stated, I make (save) more money on composting with chickens and all breeds seem to do a good job at that.

One of my favorite pallet projects was a compact workbench I built for a small garage space. I started with two heat-treated pallets in good condition, took them apart, and used the slats for the top and sides. For the frame, I used the thicker stringers and reinforced them with a few extra 2x4s. I added a small shelf underneath for tool storage and mounted a power strip on the side for charging drills and other gear. It was basic but sturdy, cost me nothing but time, and gave me a functional space to work on smaller DIY repairs and hobbies.

 

[gtaus]

One of my favorite pallet projects was a compact workbench I built for a small garage space...

Sounds great! I currently have three pallet wood modular workbenches in my garage that I use every day. I also converted some pallets to be workbenches on top of my utility trailer(s) I tow behind my riding mowers. Did not cost me much more than some screws and nails to put things together. Like you, they were projects that have paid me back many times in how much I use them.