Saturday, July 27, 2013 | By: Unknown

Patio pallets #2

This weekend, the temperature is only supposed to be in the 70's, a happy improvement from the upper 90's we've been experiencing.

My mom and I took advantage of this and continued the pallet project we've been working on. If you remember the last time I posted about this, it looked a little like this. 


Happily, it looks much better now! First, we put the pallets in a good pattern where we wanted to patio to be. But there were big gaps in the pallets, which made them pretty unsturdy. We used the boards from the extra pallets and made "filler" boards.


We used this fantastic table saw from the 1930's, I'm pretty sure. No modern safety guards? No problem. We just went for it.


When we put the boards in their spots, some were too long, so I used the circular saw (my favorite of all the saws) to cut them to length. Then we simply lined up the boards, used the nail gun to stick them in place, and whalah!


Next, my mom is going to sand and stain all the pallets so they look cohesive. I think it's coming together nicely!

On a side note, I'm going on a missions trip this week, so I'm going to take a blogging break. I want to be where I am, not worried about what to blog about, or what to put on facebook, or who to text back. See you in a week!


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