Oak Desk from recycled wood

nice desk. like the choice of the rustic oak. Good looking project

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

great use of recycled materials. I like the design and “naturalness” of this one. Is your daughter a southpaw too? – mine has me looking at the world in whole new way (one not neccessarily engineered for her… but I’m noticing more left handed people around me lately… so this would be perfect for several people I know.

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Nice looking desk, and looks to be very sturdy. Bet your daughter loved it….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Just an outstanding piece of workmanship. Very cool.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Great looking desk – I like the idea of using recycled materials – I bet your daughter loved it.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

great desk-beautiful work with recycled material

-- Spread love with our work

Quite an interesting collection of wood. Excellent job putting it together!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Thanks for the nice comments.
Scott actually my son is a lefty and my daughter is right handed. I set the desk up for her facing left with her arm supported by the desk for using a computer mouse. The desk is small at 2’x4’ so the monitor sits right over the drawers. Maybe she will get a flat monitor for xmas and be able to sit straight at the desk.

She did and still loves the desk Bill and Max. We were finally offered high speed Internet where we live and I got a wireless router so she is glued to the desk now surfing the web.

I do enjoy working with pallet wood. You never know what find of natural design you are going to end up with until you cut it.

-- Kirk H. -- http://www.kjwoodworking.com

Man, that’s a nice desk.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Great way to utilize what resources you have!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Love the grain pattern and the natural look!

-- Branden - Sacramento, California - www.ShopDogUSA.com

Ahh yes , pallets are an never ending supply of beautiful wood , but don’t tell anyone else , ok ? I’ve made several projects from pallet wood in the past ...Sometimes they are like gold waiting to be discovered : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Good stuff! Looking through the rest of your projects now as well. You sound like my kind of wood worker: “money was tight, and this is what I had on hand!” That’s right where I am at!

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Nothing Better then Recycled Wood Great Job

-- Jim, Kentucky

I think some projects, like this one look better with used materials then new clean wood. I try and recycle wood whenever I get a chance. Your Daughter should be PROUD, it’s a kepper.

John

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Hey kirk
super job well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Beautiful project, I hear of a lot of different ways to handle reusing pallet wood, what’s your method for taking them apart?

Hi Thomas,
My special method for getting them apart starts with a couple hammers, and pry bars, with a lot of fussing and cursing, followed by a hammer- smacked finger or two- finally ending up with a little wood that took a lot of work -but I usually end up with a project that was worth the effort.

Seriously I think the hardest thing is getting all the nails out. Especially where the nail heads break leaving me with old rusty nail shaft that seems to be fused into the wood.

I found what worked for me the best was using (safety glasses) ,one hammer to smack against the head of another hammer to drive the claw into the nail shank, low against the wood, and then prying the nail out by pushing the hammer sideways instead of the direction you normally use to pry a nail out. I will have to repeat this a couple of times before getting the nail out.

There will always be a nail that will not cooperate and I will have to drill around it before it will come out.

Good luck on your bouts with pallet nails.

-- Kirk H. -- http://www.kjwoodworking.com