The mild steel have to be paint. Otherswise it will rust again. If you want to look like raw, paint a clear liquar to seal off the metal from air.

Can the metal stand support the person weight? It won't sway? Cause I see the joint on top is abit weak.

Metal frame is quite stable, with the mild steel legs it provides a good weight at the bottom. With the wood plank sitting inside the frame, it provides additional weight - estimate the entire bench is around 15 - 20kg in weight.

Final results ....





Close up view of the metal after cleaning + acrylic clearcoat spray.


Can see the wood grains running along the plank



Bench ready to be used.

You can try Jungle Fever located along Jalan Sungai Buloh (Near the traffic light to the Kwasa Sentral LRT station or 50 meters from Delima Tani (M) Sdn. Bhd - Google it). I got from them a joined Balau wood countertop - 5' Length x 32' Width x 1.5" Thickness. The cost was RM1,100. Still hardwood just not a single piece.





The balau wood countertop.

Single piece wood has a premium priced to it.

That is nice price. Thanks will go survey

wood is soooo expensive nowadays...
My favorite source of wood for small projects still has to be pallets from office.

Yup, pallets has pretty decent woods as well. I prefer the wood pallets from Europe / US - has nicer grain and lighter wood colour. Looks "nicer".

Downside is the wood type might not cater well to our weather (humidity) and the wood (pine?) feels lighter (less dense).

Yeah pine is softwood. Would have to be careful with repurposing pine wood for home furniture. Some are chemically treated which can be hazardous.

Do you know if the wood is treated entirely or only on the surface of the wood?

Ok found the answer.

How To Tell If A Wood Pallet Is Safe For Reuse?


Pallet wood safe to use!



This post has been edited by bigred: Sep 25 2017, 07:21 PM

The wood from pallet are rough and usually not straight and flat like those wood we buy from shop.
It will take some effort to square 4 side and smooth-en the surface for furniture work.

Can use a random orbital sander to smoothen the planks.

For it not being straight and flat, can use this woods as cladding or maybe wood filler to fill the space. Just have to design and figure it out.

Or a hand planer.

Using traditional hand planer is a good exercise, but I use electric hand planer more.
No5 jack plane can be more expensive than electric hand plane.

My current electric plane costs RM190 only.

Follow-up from this post, updated photos of the wood countertop.

Project Barndoor for Toilet

What the final completed project looks like. Pretty happy with the final output.








How the project actually started, from the very beginning working backwards ....

... managed to source pinewood planks (16' feet) from a dealer. Got him to cut to 7' in length.






The job of constructing the barndoors was beyond what I had in skills and tools, hence got a local workshop to provide the labour. Glad I did as it took them 1 day to complete the job.






Got them to sand it down to provide a smooth surface and remove possible wood splinters



Treated the wood myself using stains as well as applying a layer using wax paste (to provide a layer of protection from the splash of water). The right side - the darker side is the treated section.


Treated and just waiting to be mounted on the railings ....





And finally completed!

creative

wahh nice....
DIY somemore

New project - Project Pallet Wood Side Table

Found pallet wood (good stuff) lying around.

First had to make sure the wood was safe to use ... "HT" (Heat Treament). Checked. Safe to use (none of the nasty "MB" stuff)



Next had to disassemble the planks from the pallets.





Plenty of nails to remove. Alot of elbow power and brute force needed for this. Had to make sure the planks were not damaged or split in the middle when separated from each other.





Once the nails have been removed, time to sand the planks down to "smoothen" it, remove any scratches and dirt as well as sharp splinters. Had to measure to make sure I had all the planks in the correct "sizes" for the build. Good part is wood pallets comes in standard sizes hence just need to pick the correct pallet planks.



Comparison of sanded plank vs raw plank. The sanded plank is the one at the bottom. The raw wood pallets initially look dirty and had dirt smears. After sanding it down, the wood grain can be seen and the wood is "cleaner" as the dirty section has been sanded off.



Had to make sure to hose down the planks with water to wash off the dusty parts from the sanding process.

Time for assembly .... basically used a nice wood pallet as the "base" and added height using planks to the sides.





Time for the next phase. Got a couple of Hafele drawer slides and measured to make sure they fit.






Looking good. Time to screw everything in place (made a couple of trips to the hardware shop to make sure I got the correct screw sizes)

Final result!



Pallet side table with sliding top





Has good depth to put books and stuff inside.



Another project completed. Total cost? RM35 (Hafele drawer slides + screws + nails)

Nice project there.

Pallet wood not a rough wood ? Very hard to smooth it out.

Becarefull with the table slide that use in the flat way. It cannot hold the weight even actual spec is higher. It have to be install in side way.

oh yeah. my old time teknik.
drill small bit hole first for that screw.
always work.