How to Build Walls with Pallets

...made out of better wood than others. For a wall building project like the one in these Sketchup illustrations, it would be best to find a stack of similar pallets. Have you built with pallets? Tell us what you’ve made in the comments. Save...

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Saturday Linkages: Pallets, Ladybugs and Portlandia

Street Artist Recycles Reclaimed Wood Pallets Into Mobile Pop-Up Benches in http://inhabitat.com/street-artist-r1-recycles-reclaimed-wood-pallets-into-mobile-pop-up-benches-in-johannesburg/ … Console Table with 3 legs – Outstanding – IKEA Hackers http://po.st/a3Hn0G Jailed for collecting rainwater: http://theflyingtortoise.blogspot.com/2014/08/gary-harrington-aged-64-and-resident-of.html?spref=tw … [Update: A reader notes that there is more to th...

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Looking for the Union Label

...d a highly catchy ad jingle from the roller disco era, “Look for the Union Label” (youngsters can watch it on youtube here). We looked for the union label and we were surprised to find it via a company called Union House which carries a functional, if unexciting line of apparel. Unless hipsters take to golf shirts in an ironic fashion judo move, these offerings will never be cool like the domestically made clothes made by the union busting folks o...

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Saturday Tweets: Pallets, Knots, Bikes

...mple) July 18, 2016 The Pallet Bible: Finding, Inspecting, and Dismantling Pallets https://t.co/zgNYOcePvm — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 19, 2016 Knots to Know https://t.co/9zubxLXwO9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 19, 2016 I love these guys. Hummingbirds can fly over 1,000 miles – nonstop: https://t.co/aySVh35eof — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 19, 2016 The Lamella roof is a solution to span large spaces when metal is in short supply. https...

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Make a Garden Work Table from a Pallet

...This nice coffee table. Note that you simply use the whole pallet. And this cool idea: an art/architecture collective Municipal Workshop has a nice way of avoiding the problem of pulling pallets nails. They cut pallets apart and use all the small pieces of wood like tiles. Here’s some more info on their “Autotron Unit”, pictured above....

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