Pallet Board Pipe Rack

ajonline

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I thought I'd show off a pallet board pipe rack I created if your wives are Pinterest fanatics, lol. I had bought some material from Home Depot to make one for my pipes but then got back to work and saw the dilapidated wood pallet next to the door. I took a slat, took a handsaw, got a long dowel from the Home Depot materials, and went to work on it with my Dremel tool. I stained it with some walnut stain and there she is.

 

dervis

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• Mar 4, 2013

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Looks great

Really like the stain

 

ajonline

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Thanks, man, I thought it would add to it's already rustic quality. It cost next to NOTHING to make

 

bigboi

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nice job

 

05venturer

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• Mar 4, 2013

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NICE!!!! Been looking to buy one but I am to cheap to spend much money. I am gonna give this a shot

 

rhogg

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Nice. Call it the Rough Cut Rack.

 

eibhir

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That looks great! It's a really nice color too!

 

smokindawg

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Never heard of pallet wood being impregnated with anything. I live in an area of the ozarks where there are a lot of pallet mills and they just take raw timber and cut it into planks and then assemle the pallets, no chemicals of any kind used.
Plus once you seal the wood with poly or some other sealer, I don't think that would be a problem at all.
Nice work on a rustic type pipe rack by the way.

 

ajonline

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Thanks, guys! A 1/2 inch dowel cut in 3 or 4 inch sections worked perfectly as the bracing. I'm about to make another and will be drilling holes through the top rather than grooves to hold a bit more securely. They rest just fine in this one, I would like a bit more security on some of my more high dollar pipes. I'd love to see what you guys come up with if you make your own out of something!

 

cortezattic

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I saw the New Yankee Workshop episode where Norm Abram made a coffee table from pallet wood. He didn't mention chemical hazards.


In any event, nice rack; and a great way to re-use wood -- just don't gnaw on it. :lol:

 

ajonline

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cortezattic, I totally just read that post in Norm's accent, hahah.

 

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rayje589

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This inspires me... We have tons of pallets just lying around here at work...

 

hodirty

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Very nice. Ive never been too good with my hands, so I enjoy the posts of handmade racks, pipes, etc. on this site. Again, great job and the best of luck with future projects my friend.

 

peckinpahhombre

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I like to see when people have the skill to make something like this. The only thing I can do with my hands is open up my wallet. Just not a handy guy.

 

voorhees

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• Mar 5, 2013

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+1 roth, but these are usually "heat treated" pallets and used only for export shipments. The International Plant Protection Convention mandates that wood packaging used in international trade must be treated to guard against the distribution of unwanted pests.
I worked international shipping for many years. Dealt with this all the time.
-Jason

 

gmwolford

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Very nice results. You shaped the bottom "hollows" with a Dremel? Great work. I'd thought of trying this but hadn't considered a Dremel for that work.

 

ajonline

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Yea it's not very hard with the rough sanding tool on the highest setting. With enough control it was shaping those hollows like butter

 

dochudson

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the old guy behind me (80+) is always picking up free pallets from one of the businesses in town and building bird houses & feeders that he gives away to anyone that will put them up..