Wood Abstracts

Yes it is very unique how mother nature creats things so beautiful. So us as woodworkers can bring it out..

-- Tim, Missouri ....Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened

Great looking wood. Amazing that you could find something like this in a pallet. The pallets over here are just cheap poplar or some other cheap wood with absolutely no value (trust me, I have tried using them).

-- Mike, American in Norway

That’s some nice pallet slabs. It’s amazing what a little work will bring out.

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

I agree it is beautiful. I know in general we make things to sell, but I have had a couple items that a small part of me hoped nobody would buy. but a capitalist at heart.

Second, where do you find walnut in pallets? It sickens me when they use nice wood for this. They must send all the crappy ones to South Dakota cause look at a lot of pallets and that is all I see.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Your table top looks a little thick to have been part of a pallet. My guess is there was a stack of wood slabs stacked on a pallet. Anyway it makes a nice bench or table top. Better watch out around sawmills. Don’t let the sawdust touch you. It’s contaminated with a virus that makes you want to buy one and saw your own lumber… And don’t even think about looking in the “Free” section of your local Craig’s List for free logs. The sickness starts out by collecting free logs and taking them to a sawmill. Get the sawyer to price slicing them into 1 1/2” and 2” slabs and not by counting the board feet produced. He will have to do a lot less work to live saw them into slabs so it should cost you less. You may already be infected…

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com

Great find

-- Norman

I saw a monkey and a German Shepherd! WOW, it is definitely a conversation starter! It was a steal at $300, especially at a high-end market like Tahoe! Beautiful!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Interesting wood, thanks for posting

-- Don, Royersford, PA

I saw a large bear (sideways), a baby seal, an eagle and a dog (sideways).

-- Dee2, OH Aromatherapy....fresh cut wood!!

You have certainly been blessed with some special wood lately. And you have made excellent use of it. I would have had a hard time selling this but I’m pretty mercenary!

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

I see a Hippo with 1 eye.