Milling boards from an old pallet, without a planer or jointer

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[mattpinto]

I understand the days of weekly project videos are gone, but it's nice to see videos made every so often from our main man Steve

[adamsmallcomb]

This seems like one of your most calm and carefree videos ever - I found it very soothing for some reason. Good content as always, thanks for still making free content!

[johnnymaniscalco]

Steve,
Even after all the years of watching you, I still enjoy seeing you do what you do. You make myself and all who watch and wait for your videos laugh and learn from you. Thanks and don't stop making the videos.

[jeanchance]

Just wanted to let you know that my husband enjoys you videos so much..He is 75 years old and has over the past year started his woodworking hobby. He relys on you videos the most.

[billparrish]

One caution when deconstructing a pallet that has those twisted nails, where you're planning on actually using the parts of the boards with the nail holes, is that those nails usually come on a large roll that can be belt-fed into the nail gun, and this roll is made by welding the nails to a couple of strands of iron wire, usually 1/16 inch (2.1mm). When the nail is shot into the pallet, this wire gets broken between the nails in the roll, and the nail can drag one or more fragments of the wire down with it, embedding it into the wood alongside the nail. So after pulling the nail, it's best to ream out the hole with a slightly oversized drill bit, and the fluted sides of the bit can often drag out these bits of wire. Otherwise, those little metal bits can take a toll on planer knives, and give you a really bad day.

[Dithyrambos-he]

I'm able to break down a few pallets at work every now and then and even though it's certainly not faster than just going to the big box store, I enjoy it. It's part of that zen space I find from doing artistic things with my hands and I think it makes the end product more interesting. Not every project needs it (the majority don't), but then, not every project needs the exotic hardwoods, either.

[segamble]

I love how you show an "excess" of setup and movement between steps. It gives a better idea of how much time and work a project takes, and helps mitigate the thinking/feeling that I should be able to get a project done in the length of a YouTube video, just like my heroes. 😉

[danharold]

Steve
This is quite possibly the most honest pallet reuse video on the net. I have built your candy dish coffin and the tall corner planter projects which used pallets. I like that you show how to not use planers and jointers as the damage to the blades from this wood can easily outweigh the value of the wood. six thumbs up
We call

[egonmilanowski]

I like the format of you providing voice over to what you're doing.

[theswime]

Thanks Steve. I found the disposal info helpful too.Voiceover format works just as well! So yeah, as ever, time vs. money. I'm cash poor but time rich at the moment so, much as it's a pain, breaking pallets works for me just now. Here in the UK they're all pine so I use the peices mostly for practice/rough work but having seen the lengths you've gone to here has been an inspiration. Cheers.

[jordankelley]

Bought my 1st table saw a week ago and I'm beginning my woodworking journey! So glad I found this channel at the start!

[rayparker]

Great honest pallet wood video, especially about it actually not saving money unless you luck into a very rare hardwood pallet that isn't all knots. Thanks Steve, glad to see a video from you again, rather than just the shorts.

[tomdewey]

Nice to see you Steve! This is an honest look at preparing pallet wood! It’s not easy to get some wood like this, but sometimes it’s good to see what’s involved.

[aaronspain]

Perfect timing, Steve! I was literally typing "How to flatten boards from a pallet without a planer" in to the search bar, then saw your video on my home page, before I pressed 'enter'. The algorithm at work!

[louislandi]

Steve, I enjoy watching you work because you’re never (?) rushing when using power tools. That should be a lesson to both beginners and pros. Your calm voice is telling us that if we’re careful, we can all do it.
And it’s reassuring to see you create without needing many thousands of $$$ worth of tools.
Thank you for the lesson.

[c.a.g.]

I knew all of this, but still kept watching just because it's fun to watch Steve work in his shop. I hope he'll make some project videos soon!

[evelynmitchell]

My Dad worked at a pallet mill back in the early 70's. He brought home a lot of those spiral nails and used them to build extra strong rabbit cages and nest boxes. He used them for a lot of building projects.

[henryskinner]

Thank you Sir for coming back. I love it when you produce a video.

[tooljunkie]

You are the 1st person i ever subscribed to on YouTube in 2013 when u were making weekly pallet project videos. Really miss those days. And when I saw the pallet i thought "yes! a new Steve Ramsey pallet project for spring season" was still nice seeing the pallet master at work. Hope all is good w you steve!

[jercubsfan]

We missed you, Steve! Great video topic