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That pallet...? Lovely Sedona roller in red meranti.

bluntchisel

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Red meranti Sedona roller 1.JPGRed meranti Sedona roller 2.JPG

Hi, Guys,

By now, most of you will be aware that last year I picked up a discarded pallet from a shipment of Indian stone. Since then I've made some very nice-looking pens from some of its boards, but this could be the best yet. Initially, the blank was red, but during the turning and polishing it changed to a mid-brown hue. I popped the grain with a rub of white spirit prior to polishing and BOY! - the features hit me in the face! This is truly a Cinderella of woods (the darker bits are, anyway - I've not yet turned any of the paler stuff).

It's a hard, heavy and dense wood, but beautiful to turn, sand and polish. The boards on my pallet vary from pale beige, and travel up through the browns, mahogany and into ruby red. Such a sin to waste this sort of timber on pallets and packing cases!

Grits to 600, a wipe of white spirit (let it dry!) a wipe of BLO (let it dry!) and 4 coats of friction polish. You can see your face in this one!

Regards to all.

Bob.
 
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You sure are doing well with that old pallet Bob I have to agree with you this is the best one yet mate well done
 
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That is got to be the best Pallet ever, I have had about 50 pallets in the last few years and not found anything like that, most have only been good to be used for garden stuff and fencing! lovely job on that pen mate..:thumbs:
 
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bassethound said:
That is got to be the best Pallet ever, I have had about 50 pallets in the last few years and not found anything like that, most have only been good to be used for garden stuff and fencing! lovely job on that pen mate..:thumbs:
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Yeah, I agree with your experiences so far re pallets. Look for those that have a lot of the browner hues - they may not be meranti but could hold hidden treasures, LOL!

Thanks for your comments, chaps!

Bob.
 
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It never fails to impress how many nice things can be made from potential rubbish. Well done, I love it. :thumbs:
 
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Looks like all the posh pallets are dispatched down South, we don't get this quality up North Bob .. :winking:

And you have used it well my friend, it sure is a nice looking pen .. :thumbs:
 
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