Theurbanhomestead
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- Oct 17, 2025
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Thanks, I didn't post all the mistakes before thoseI personally love the look of wood furniture. It's hard to look at those pictures and think the wood came from pallets. You really have some talent making furniture like that.

I don't have a joiner but I think the table saw jig would work fine. I have found that making cutting boards all you really need is the table saw and board planer. Just make sure its square and you can mill the rest of the stuff off.I have been building up my tools and supplies to get to the point where I could do some kind of panel glue-up to make cutting boards, or tabletops. I already have a board planer that I had to buy many years ago for a renovation project on a house. Recently, I bought a couple sets of pipe clamps for the glue-up setup. I don't have a jointer, but might try a jointing jig on my table saw to get really close.
I got an Alaskan chain saw mill a few years ago and have been using that to slab up logs I get. I have only used that wood for a few things so far, mostly cutting boards, because I am letting it dry.
Those look pretty awesome.Most of my pallet projects are not nearly as finely crafted as your furniture. Well, I did make a couple of outdoor benches out of 2X6's. The first one, years ago, I used new store-bought wood. The second bench, with the same design, was made with reclaimed 2x6's. After a few years outside, they both look pretty much the same. For anyone interested in an easy outdoor furniture project, here is the video I watched to make my benches...