From pallets to workbench

Nice work and great use of reclaimed wood !

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

Very nice bench…. the fact you scrounged and re-purposed the wood is awesome

Good job!!!!

-- To stop learning is to stop living..... Be open to new things

Thanks guys. I don’t really have the money (newlywed and new homeowner) for the nicer woods yet and there are many free pallets by some of the businesses around here that don’t mind giving them away. I figure it’s good practice for me until I can move to some nicer wood.

-- You can tell how good a woodworker is by the amount of clamps they have. I have maybe 6 (ones broken). Once I get more........

Functional and looks cool to boot…..Nice work Kaleb!!!

-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)

I see it too much, guys spend all their money on the exotic stuff. Then there’s nothing left to buy lumber for projects. Already your ahead of the game by gaining experience building the bench plus you’ve added extras which aren’t included on most benches for sale.

-- So much to do, so little time.

awesome bench! it looks heavy and solid. This is inline with my budget and it uses old pallets which is just about the only wood i have right now. My current bench is just a shipping pallet with some scrap 4×4 legs screwed to it, this is one of my next shop improvement projects. thanks.

-- I played with Legos as a kid and I never had the part I thought I needed, so I learned to improvise. Now I'm an engineer with a woodworking hobby.

Very nice, I love to recycle wood, you did a great job bringing the old wood back to light for a very good purpose.
Now you show the work you will do on it.

-- - Greetings from Brazil - --

That’s a fine start and don’t let anyone tell you different. Remember a work bench is for working on. Yeah it’s great to see all of the large fancy benches but if your afraid that you might damage the top then it becomes nothing more than a piece of furniture. I say make a larger one when you can and use it just as you would any other tool in your shop. Take care and happy woodworking.

-- Doug - Make an effort to live by the slogan "We try harder"

this bench looks great and pallet wood is a great and mostly free source for making things.

even pallet wood, when cleaned up and planed down can look nice and crisp.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

great bench,hope you get a lot of use out of it!!!

-- It don't have to be straight,it's just a suggestion!!!

Thanks for the inspiration!

-- The Best Intentions Bring Undoubtabliy Something Less But Nontheless Something..."

Great work.

-- It is what it is...

Great use of recycled lumber. I have used old pallets for projects before, but none turned out this nice and useful.

-- Bob, Indiana, "Well done is better than well said." -Ben Franklin http://www.bgwconstructionllc.com/

Time well spent on this project with plenty of valuable lesson learn for a newbie. Over a lifetime you’ll have plenty of time to make benches but your first will always be a memorable one and this one came out great. Take a snap shot of it and save it so that one day you can inspire another future jock. Enjoy your new work mate and.all your future projects that will roll off this bench cheers…BC

This is a hard working job!

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