I suppose one wants to dismantle a pallet because they already have some ideas for pallet wood projects, but in this case, I dismantled the pallet first and then spent a couple of days thinking about what to do with the wood. I’m (still) not a big fan of these pallet projects, so I didn’t have anything in mind, but since it’s summer, I decided to make a garden chair, one of those Canadian-style Adirondack chairs.
At first, I wasn’t sure if one pallet would be enough wood to make this garden chair, especially considering that I had to cut one board, another was already broken, and another was rotten, but after a few adjustments to the design, I even had some wood left over and didn’t have to grab the reciprocating saw to dismantle another pallet. Yes, maybe I should have dismantled another pallet with newer boards to make a chair with a “better look.” I’ll have to give it a good sanding and a bit of paint or stain to make it look nicer. It’s a fairly simple pallet project to make, and even though in the video you can see that I use the miter saw a couple of times, you can make all the cuts with the circular saw and the guide for 90º cuts. And although there are a couple of 45º cuts, these can be done with a handsaw, a jigsaw, or freehand with the circular saw, as it is a decorative cut without importance.
If you’re just curious, you can see how I make it in the video. But if you want to make a garden chair with pallet wood like this, go to the post with the plans for the pallet Adirondack patio chair. There you have all the measurements and the video with all the explanations for making this garden chair.
