set to dry

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Comment by Jim Delorme on February 18, 2012 at 9:00pm

Hey Jens, There seems to be a mix from what I have seen but mostly twist.

Comment by Jens Jensen on February 18, 2012 at 2:48pm

Do your pallets up there get many twist nails like we do down here?

Comment by Jim Delorme on February 18, 2012 at 12:46pm

Hi Jens, Wherever I can I try to keep them as long as possible to limit checking while they dry and it's helpful for planner snipe too.

Comment by Jim Delorme on February 18, 2012 at 12:09pm

Hi Ed, I just set them on a couple of saw horses and use a block of wood and a hammer to push the boards from the back side. Sometimes they come apart easy but not always. Then I remove the nails on the work bench with a spacer to give the nail room to move.

Comment by Jens Jensen on February 18, 2012 at 10:50am

It is a real hassle because most pallet makers use the twist nails and they are a bugger to get out  what I have seen.What i have done if it has only (2) 2x2 or 2x4 on bottom just cut them off  on inside and burn the 2x's and you will end up with of course little shorter stock

Comment by Ed Nickel on February 18, 2012 at 10:20am

Good for you!  I had this big idea that iwas going to salvage about 40 pallets for furniture wood.

what a mistake. i tried quite a few methods of removing the nails and all were not very successful.

I am still open for suggestions, what method did you use?
 

Comment by Jens Jensen on February 11, 2012 at 12:30am

Good looking furniture wood Jim