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Outdoor Furniture Made from Low-Grade Wood
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From contributor M: He just said it was pallet grade, not pallet parts. Looks like a good use of low grade to me. Thanks for the measurements - might just make one like it. From contributor D: Good job. Beech is one of my favorite woods, and in my opinion, way underused. From Professor Gene Wengert, forum technical advisor: I do wonder what the definition of "pallet grade" is. Although we cannot see all the knots in the pictures, it certainly looks like No.2C or even a few pieces of No.1 Common. Construction looks excellent. So what is the selling price? From the original questioner: Doc Gene, the only reason I called the beech pallet grade was because I've never found anyone but pallet companies and RR tie plants who would buy it. Pallet cants bring .30 cents a board foot and 5/8'' boards were bringing .20 cents. I figure there's about 60 board feet in a table and in these parts of the country, I'd sell a table $75, or 10 or more I'd give a discount and sell them for 50 each. Lowe's had a few tables put together and they were sitting out front of the store and I couldn't tell what kind of wood they were made out of, but they were warping bad. Looked to me like they needed to be cut up for firewood, but they had a sign saying "sale $89." You got any ideas on who might want some nice beech lumber besides the pallet companies? I have thought about the eBay thing, but I thought the volume is too low and the overhead too high.
From the original questioner: The tables sold quick. I was thinking that I need something to go along with the picnic tables, so I made this. It needs some refining but there's less than 5 board feet in the chair and it took less than an hour to build. I think I'll make the arms from 1 1'1/2 boards and make the slats 2" and space them out evenly next time. Made from beech and poplar.  From contributor G: That's nice work! Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
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