palletgate . . . . . .

daveinmanc · « **on:** February 08, 2008, 01:23 »

noooooooooooo, not some saucy scandal involving politicians for a change. . . . . . . its erm . . . . .

a gate made out of erm . . . . pallets :shock:

would love to have done a 'before' picture but figured a photo of a pallet or indeed a pallet plank woulda been really boring lol :roll:

settled for a 'half way through piccy'

me pallet wood was surprisingly good n new, if a little grubby . . . . .

but with me persuader (makita sander) and some 'kill em all' aluminium oxide 80 grit sand paper, it buffed up kinda well . . . . . . .

Total cost: bugga all (my time) =baludy bargain lol

will treat it up tmorra and add some pointy bits to the top for aesthetic effect, and hang it sunday and hopefully jobs a good 'un !

Trillium · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2008, 04:11 »

Turned out really nice, but what are you keeping out? Giraffes?

Rob the rake · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2008, 07:49 »

Quote from: "Trillium"

Turned out really nice, but what are you keeping out? Giraffes?

The 2-legged kind. Kids are VERY tall these days, Trillium.

daveinmanc · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2008, 08:40 »

ha ha nice one trill . . . . . .

fox's is the answer me ole china, fox's . . . . . . :evil: :evil: :evil:

not that we've seen any . . . . . and wanna keep it that way

daveinmanc · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2008, 00:39 »

the finished article .. . .. . . . . . . . .

coat of preservative and jobs a good 'un . . . . . .

added some diagonal cross bars for effect and some spikey bits too lol

compo · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2008, 08:10 »

Turn the gate upside down, add a rope pully system, and then trap the b&^$%&s with your portcullis!

daveinmanc · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2008, 12:15 »

hmmmm you're giving me ideas now for a drawbridge lol

dunno if i can do a castle n moat out of pallets tho . . . . . :roll:

Rob the rake · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2008, 12:52 »

That's a seriously good gate, Dave. People pay good money for stuff like that!
I daren't show you my gate. What a state it's in. I won't change it until it drops to bits though, too much real gardening to do (Oooooh! My aching back).

daveinmanc · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2008, 13:44 »

cheers rob

i'm very pleased with it myself, turned out brill' but a lot of that was down to the pallets being near new so the wood was in excellent condition, just needed cobbling together. gonna varnish it once its up just to help it stay that way and its so solid it should last for years.

best is, when i tried to cost it up, even including petrol going to pick the pallets up, screws, hinges, elecy to charge me cordless up, erm, lol, anyway i dont think its cost a tenner lol

tallulah · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2008, 19:32 »

Great gate Dave! I'm very impressed. I'm just starting to recycle some old planks to create a raised bed for the garden - its a little more slapdash than your marvelous effort!

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2008, 19:41 »

You're a dab hand at the old wood work Dave

moggy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2008, 20:03 »

cracking job, thats given me an idea for a pallete i found im my garage.

daveinmanc · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:11 »

thank you people

pretty darned chuffed with the result meself lol, fitted it today, gave it one coat of varnish to prolong its life n it dont half look ten times better for just that one coat - it just doesn't look like pallet wood its come up so well lol

so here it is, all finished . . . . . .

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:36 »

BRILLIANT :!: