Pallet making at home is not difficult as you think. You don’t have to be a carpenter to do this. Buy the right materials with few accurate measurements, cutting guidance and some patience; you are set to make your own Pallet at home! Isn’t that amazing?! This article will guide you to make this happen.
Let’s get started.
Materials required: Pallets could be of any shape or size. In our example, we are going to make a simple pallet which is 32 inch, square shape which is 5 inches tall.
It requires
- 3 standard 8 ft studs and a 2 inches nail box
- Hammer
- Saw for cutting (circular saw, hand saw, etc.)
- A band saw for making slats
DIY Pallet:
The following are the steps to make Pallet at home,
- Start cutting each of 3 studs into three pieces that should be 32 inches long
- Make Slats – mark a line on the middle edge of the board to indicate where to start the cut then cut these into half using a band saw
- Now attach the bottom slats, the 3 remaining boards are now the support pieces called stringers
- Then, fasten the 3 slats to these stringers, and this will create the bottom of the Pallet.
- Fasten the top slats same as for the bottom slats. But you have more options here.
- Here, you can use all the remaining pallets to design a full pack pallet, depending on how you want your pallet to look.
- Use the nails; screw them with the top slats
That is it, all done!
And it is easy to disassemble too. A home-made Pallet is ready to use now. However, the challenge is when working with pallets the board may split in the process and it is usual.
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