Pallet Wood Box
My initial thought was to make a pallet wood tray with rope handles. That idea evolved into first a box, then a box with a lid. I showed some sketches to my husband and he built a prototype out of rough mahogany without me even knowing about it. How sweet! I was really excited then, but I wanted to make it from weathered pallet boards, so we got to work. We cut the boards as we were fitting it together like a puzzle. One of the end pieces is shorter to allow for the lid to close. We drilled 3/16" holes 1/4" deep in the sides of the lid for 1/2" long wooden dowels 5/8" from the end of the lid. We drilled 3/16" holes 1/4" deep on each side piece 1 1/4" from the end if using 1/2" thick boards. We glued the pieces together with wood glue and used a brad gun to secure it. On the fresh cut ends like the end of the lid shown in this picture I applied a mixture of a little black, grey and brown acrylic paint and wiped...