How to pull pallets apart. My tips and tricks

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[@jamesparker8317]

I watched this a while ago, and that air de-nailer got my attention. I have finally bought one and its awesome. Total Tools here begged me to take his pallets I ended up with 40, I need a bigger trailer, this air gun made the break up SOOO much quicker. But I did end up with nails all over my shed. So I made a magnetic sweep with a bit of 75mm PVC pipe, cap and an old microwave magnet attached to a bit of string, cleaned up the nails in no time.

[@coreytohme9861]

If you're going to use the air de-nailer, I would set up all your boards over a bucket or other container and let the bucket support the board and catch the nails.

[@Mikec1951qld]

Great video. I think those little shards are the links on the nails for the nail gun. Also I recommend if anyone is picking up the free pallets that they leave the pile tidier than they found it. Keeps the businesses on side.

[@chrishad95]

One more tip for removing stubborn nails and staples, use a set of vice grips to hold the nail tight then use your crowbar to lift the nail out pulling on the vice grips. Works well on staples too. I had some staple so deep that I just used this method to pull them completely thru. Sometimes you can even just grab one side of the staple and pull the entire staple through from that side, like threading the staple back thru the board.

[@ralphjohnson5084]

Vise grips have always been my best friend!

[@aruester9182]

You are so spot on in everything in this video! As I said before, you gave me that last push to build my first piece of pallet furniture, a desk. It's so satisfying and it gives me a good feel every time I sit to do work. Thanks again for all the great content.

[@chamuco3135]

Great break down on tools to use to get started.

Hello my dear friend Mark, Recycling and pallets that many of us use. Separating pallets actually seems difficult. Many different techniques are used. I liked your technique. the most practical and fast separation. Thank you for these great tips and tricks. I remembered to buy the metal detector. 60 bucks :-) pressure tool that kicks out nails is nice. Pine is also beautiful for me. It is a useful tree. We also contribute to nature and the environment with recycling. A tree grows over a very long time. It is always healthy to use chemical-free pallets. And it's great to make new items from pallets. You are a good master. (I am very glad that you bought my label. I am in your workshop now :-)) See you all the time. I am happy to watch your projects. Stay healthy and happy. A big warm hug. Big greetings. Yours truly. Mehmet (Şahane bilgiler)

@@dainermade Cheers my friend.

[@tro8191]

Another great video Mark! I like how u mentioned “Unless you’re working on the guns!” Funny story... I actually (for fun) made a shoulder and forearm workout with pallet dismantling. Try crowbar-ing a slat in under 20 seconds, then do 20 pushups, then handsaw a stringer, 10 pallet deadlifts, another 20 second slat, the 10 up-downs! (That’s one set) A friend who is an MMA coach saw it and now has his students/fighters doing it regularly as a full body workout! They get in shape... and I collect the wood! It’s a win-win!!👍

[@tro8191]

@@dainermade I’ve always thought it would be awesome to have “Pallet Games”, a competition for various pallet activities, like fastest pallet dismantling (using different techniques), 30 minute creations, etc... similar to those competitions they have on the cooking channels. It would be awesome! We can televise it on ESPN!

[@johnstevens1192]

Thats bloody brilliant. Aussie ingenuity at its best. 😁👍💪🇦🇺

[@johnstevens1192]

@@dainermade too old and too wise now mate.

[@One.MC.]

I'm in high school and today I when out to the wooden pallet I picked up a little while a go and made a small table it's not pretty but I enjoy learning and making thing thanks for the advice on dismantling the pallets great video

[@DownUnderWoodWorks]

Such a good video mate. Lots of info told simply and straight to the point. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@robhunt9055]

This has to be by far and away the best video I have seen to date on dismantling wooden paletts! Great pace and good detail on each aspect! Awesome! Many thanks and kind regards Rob 🇳🇿

[@JockeyCake]

These tips are the best for me, Thank you

[@supermodestmouse]

that pneumatic denailer is TOTALLY worth every cent. what used to take me days took me hours. and it's actually kinda fun.

[@Gazfixify]

With the air de-nailer , I used to shoot them out into a bin, and quite a few would bounce back out and fly past me or randomly into the shed .... figured that was an accident waiting to happen , so now fire them into bucket of water.... Also with my denailer, the tip came out about 20mm .. so i initially made a standoff so it was flush with the wood, and didn't whack a bigger hole into the wood than the nail hole. Later i cut the driver down about 15mm , ans shortened the standoff to bring the driver, when fully extended, flush to the wood..... very happy now.

[@billparrish4385]

My favorite method has always been the 'knock 'em out from the other side', which you demonstrated perfectly. I've used all 3 of the tools you showed for that method, and am partial to the long metal bar. Where it gets tough is where the slats are directly opposite each other, so that you have to hit them at an angle (using a 2x4 'driver' works best for the angled strikes), and angles often equal splits. For those directly opposite another, I bodged together a spreader, made from a couple of 2x4x8's and a carriage bolt, that joined them like a long pair of scissors, 6 inches from one end. Pulling the 7.5' handles apart, allowed the 6" spreader jaws to exert great force spreading 2 pallet slats directly opposite each other (I also ripped off a wedge at the part of the spreader jaws engaging the slats, so at the point of greatest force they were more nearly flat to the slat). And to make it easier to use, I screwed a short board crosswise on the end of one handle so I could stand on it, then only had to lift the other handle to do the spreading. Eventually, I abandoned it, since relatively few slats are opposite to another (usually 3, in the pallets I've worked), and also spreading only removed the slat more weakly attached, leaving the harder one to be crowbarred or cut. But it was still fun exploring the possibilities. And I do still use it from time to time when I have one of those pallets that have a lot of slats on both sides.

[@billparrish4385]

@@dainermade Sure are. Like, I was doing the 'little bridge' method for a while, where you put a short length of 2x4 under the 'facing up' slat you want to remove, but under no others, and vertical chunks under each end of the bridge, then hit the 2x4 stringer down to drive the slat up. Not practical where they're closer together, but good for those last ones opposite another slat. It was just too much stooping over and on my knees -- definitely a younger man's method. But effective. Thanks again for the nice video presentation. I think once someone can find a method that suits them, this source of free wood can indeed satisfy most poeple's creative urges, since we're not all out there cranking out fine furniture. But if you need a couple planters or a patio chair, or even a source of cheap wood to learn on, pallet wood checks a lot of boxes. Cheers!

[@stephendownes6331]

Great video, thank you. I have used pallet wood to make different stuff, couple of alternative sources especially in metro Australia is clean ups, old bed slats and frames, break down and sometimes intetesting. Also look out for larger industrial pallets, when machinery is shipped it is often packed with a carrier pallet and usually quite wide and thinck wood. If you have a marine dealer near you, larger outboard engines come on larger timber frames, they struggle to get rid of them. Good luck and keep busting!

[@danmoreton1788]

Another well thought out video that we can relate to. Many good pieces of information that will help me to tear down pallets.

[@Donevigor]

After breaking up a few of different types, I use the pallet buster on stringer based ones and for the ones with square blocks I just hit them sidewise with a sledge hammer when reversed. It pulls out the main big nails out and you can finish it off with a crowbar. For me those two main ways keep most of the wood undamaged.

[@timconnell4570]

A tip from my late grandpa. If you dont have ear cover, OPEN your mouth as you hit as it reduces the noise bounce in your ears. It seriously works 😁

[@und3rgroundman865]

I was glad to hear you say the Euro pallets (the ones I use) were difficult to break apart without breakage etc, since so many on YT just pop them apart with a small pry (as if they didn't just nail them together with small nails 15 minutes before the video). FWIW, the only method I've found reliable is using a wood/metal blade on a reciprocating saw and slicing between the 9 blocks and the straps -then everything else can be popped apart and nasils tapped out easily with minimal wood wastage.

[@possumheadcarpentry]

Separating pallets drives me mad, I haven't tried a pallet buster yet, So far I've only used small sections that I have cut out, that's why the bathroom pallet wood floor is in small pieces, nice vid as usual, thanks for sharing.

[@paulangus715]

Thank you for your Video Mark. When you say tight, I think you can only appreciate a tool more when you have worked hard and then experience how that new tool makes the process simpler! Keep up the brilliant content.

[@warrenrexroad1172]

Thanks for making these videos, they are really excellent. Last summer I spent a fair bit of time pulling nails out of some 100 year old construction lumber and found that some of the nails were buried in the wood with no easy way to pull them out. I picked up a vintage Bridgeport No. 56 nail puller and it made all the difference when I needed to dig something out of a thick piece of lumber. I don't think those tools are still made, but if you ever see one at a garage sale, they are worth picking up!

[@warrenrexroad1172]

@@dainermade I don't think many people have seen them before. My first thought was to link to a picture of one, but KZbin loves to delete my comments with links.

[@heyallenify]

Thanks for the tip on the handheld metal detector. I've been planning to build my own pallet wood furniture as the wood prices are still ridiculously high at present, and I've just moved into an empty house. Not having to replace planer blades due to little bits of metal debris will save more money that I'd otherwise be spending...

[@SujMenon]

Perfect, Mark. I think you covered pretty much all aspects related to pallet deconstruction. Glad you mentioned about the EU pallets, they are a real pain in the.. These days, I use a tracksaw to cut the 2 edges out and muscle out the middle section with a crowbar.

[@SandiRose2008]

My favorite 'Knucklehead" sent me over here!!! And I'm glad he did!!! Subscribed!

[@woodfather]

Great video man and especially good points at the end there for those new to the hobby. Justifying tool purchases for me is painful, I need to stop being such a tightass. But I did the same thing: start with limited tools, put in extra effort and figure out how to 'make do' with what you've got, find a product you can sell, put profits back into new tools. Oh and expect it to never end, there's always more tools just out of budget lol

[@joey7422003]

My two cents I prefer to strike the stringers when using the setting on blocks method which also works on the E-pallets. Also, when pulling nails I like to use a fulcrum under the hammer to pull easier, and sometimes the nails come out straight.

[@darrensworkshop800]

Most of the pallets we get in the UK are the EU ones and yep they are a bugger to pull apart 😓. Got my pallet breaker after the first lot of pallets, as you say game changer 👍. For nails with no heads i use mole grips then stick the crow bar under the grips (pictures in my instergram posts) Another great video full of great info as usual mate 🤙

[@matthewwhitley]

I just bought one of those air gun things that bash the nails out. £38 British pounds and worth every penny (Just got to the part of the video where you talk about it!)

[@gazsto6733]

Pneumatic Denailer is a must Mark, saves those shoulder and arm joints. Great video as always!

[@FixitFingers]

Glad to see you finally crack out the nail blaster! I'd hate to see you stand there... for hours... doing repetitive motions for no good reason... 🤣

[@Wastelandman7000]

Just found you a few days ago and you're putting out really good info. Another trick is to go to smaller hardware stores that carry lumber. A lot of times they have 2 1/2 x 2 1/2" x 3' long individual lumber runners that had metal bands around them. They have a shallow channel down one face for the metal strapping. Where I'm at they GIVE these things away. Best part: no nails.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Big box stores generally sell these, but, some smaller ones just want to get rid of them because they don't have the space to store them.

[@diyforknuckleheads]

Mate!....Brilliant video full of awesome tips 👍👍

[@diyforknuckleheads]

@@dainermade Hahaha...l know...mental 😂

[@RhinoWorks]

some great tips there, mate. thanks a lot. i'm still using a small crowbar to pull pallets apart and it's an absolute struggle most of the time... 😫😄

[@davidbernard7256]

You are the Australian GOD of the pallet world!

[@peterbeyer5755]

Bunnings sells pallet busters, I’m very impressed with mine, but then it’s the only one I’ve used!

[@chriswhitley3283]

That air punch is awesome. Will have to look for one

[@norton-packaging]

Great video, love the stuff your making. Have you tried the reciprocating saw method? Our Uk and EU pallets don’t tend to like brute force much so one solution is to use a bi-metal blade to just cut through the nails and then knock them out with the punch.

[@SmallFryCreations]

Top thought of the day mark!! Super helpful tips!

[@palletsandmore8529]

Great video fella , i have tried every method going for breaking pallets down . like you said make it as easy and as quiet as possible , i spent an entire day with a claw hammer a small crow bar and a bolster , my ears were ringing in no time . I then bought a recip saw sped things up massively , still noisy though . By far the best thing i done was make a pallet buster quiet , easy to use and cheap as chips . keep up the great work and the videos buddy :) .

[@splanzza]

Yaaaay, finally a pneumatic assistant. I’ll be missing those Kilimanjaro size wood pile shots. LOL Nice video as always. To gather the knowledge you presented in this video I browsed and browsed and browsed for a while. You put it all together nicely. One thing I have seen on another palette busting channel (and it works wonders) is a strategically chosen size of a drill bit that goes after those teeny-tiny leftover shards. Especially in the thicker stringers where detector might say 🌵 or the screwdriver pick wont reach! Although there is only three/four types of palettes most of global-palette-assemblers use wire collated nails. And due to sheer force that those nails are smacked into the wood wire gets literally melted and fused into wood. So in my book of wisdom chasing those shards with perfect size drill is fair dinkum genius. And like you said ... trust me, it will save you costly blades. 🤡

[@99tisard]

Nice one pal. Greetings from the UK. Might not want to show yourself breaking down the GKN CHEP pallets. Don't know what there like in your part of the world but up here they do like to chase people down who liberate their pallet stock. All the best mate .

[@lukeamery6516]

Thanks man found the remover

[@dainermade]

Happy days

[@YesiPleb]

Some might not want to get a pallet buster - I tried one - never picked it back up. When I worked at IKEA I was in the warehouse so had access to any broken pallets. As they make and use their own pallets, guaranteed chemical free which was awesome. My neighbour had a pallet buster and I stopped using it (as did my neighbour - he admits he wasted his money on one!) as it was ripping too many pieces of wood up as many pallets were held together with nails that have large heads that were being ripped through the slats. Might not be a problem over there but many here are like it. Instead I use an old car jack from my now scrapped VW Polo. Push the pallet apart, keeps all the nails straight so I can re-use them. It also means that the only pieces of wood that are broken are those parts that were broken in the first place that resulted in work putting it on the scrap pile for me to take home. Once the bottom rails are off (using the car jack) I'd use a large crow bar and a hammer to remove the square blocks. The pallet would then be turned over and like you use the metal bar and a piece of wood to bang the horizontal slats off, I use a similar method. Use the square blocks to stand the pallet on and use my feet to stamp down knocking them off. Hardly any effort needed. I'd then tap the nails through partially, turn the wood over and resting on a block use the crow bar to pull the nails out. Using this method, I get to use every piece of the pallet and the nails (which are mostly annular or screw type) are all nearly straight and can be used again. Where a nail gun has been used a lot of those end up in the bin as they've practically no head and are useless anyway. One tool I've seen you use is the pneumatic nail remover gun - need to get my hands on one of those just to make removing them a lot easier. At 5:00 where you're using a pincher to prise the nails out, use a hammer or crow bar with a wooden block under it to raise the hammer/crow bar up making accessing the head so much easier. Helps keep the nail straighter as well.

[@julietphillips1991]

See Mark, so much good advice...what to do , how to do it, where to find it, how to stay safe, you left out nothing! It is a workout for sure but well worth it! Not where I am though...pine will definitely have to be fine. See you and stay safe.

[@brianshields7137]

A must know trick is when pulling nails with a pinchbar always put your thumb over the top end of the bar because if 5he head of the nail comes off suddenly the bar can hit you fair between the eyes , it's never if it will get you but when . I've salvaged timber of all kinds for over 50 years

[@chriswhitley3283]

I know you probably heard this but you can get a demo saw with a metal blade and run it down the edge between the surface boards and the support blocks. It will break them right down. Then take a punch and knock out the nails.

[@kevinfrench5915]

Here's a tool you missed (but most likely will never find), a 'Kwick Gripper'. This is by far the best tool for removing nails from hardwood stringers, even with broken heads. I had a stack of stringers when my neighbor showed up with this tool. I figured I pulled over a thousand nails from those stringers and only broke off 19 nails. The tool was introduced late in 2013 and reviewed on almost every WWing site but ended up a failure. I have checked the internets all over but can't find it, but if you see it, buy it. It IS my favorite tool to work with even more than the pneumatic nailer.

[@puntabachata]

Dampen/wet the wood first. This will make the wood softer and more flexible, making it easier to pull off the boards with less force. And, less splitting.

[@dgb5820]

Hi Mark I’m at this stage. Outstanding advice especially the metal detector

[@jerrykobylt7387]

Thanks for the video! I wish you all the best.

[@karlpopewoodcraft]

Great tips I wish I watched this two years ago ✌️😊

[@King-Ghidora]

I am in a similar path with carpentry, except that my general lack of tools has made me make my own tools. There are plenty of tutorials for making DIY tools and since I am somewhat mechanically inclined, it has not been difficult. So far I have made a drill press with an attachment for square holes (special drill bit needed though), a pocket hole jig for near horizontal holes and a mini table saw. Making tools has become as enjoyable as making wood crafts, so much so, that I would like to make them at a very small scale. Problem is, that since the tools are from DIY tutorials, I don't own the intellectual rights to them or are there any? I need to make them my own designs somehow. Maybe using more complex wood joints? ???

[@justinbyers930]

Awesome video mate, i made one of those for my pallet buster at my latest day job...it's saves about 8 hours of work too 👍

[@TheGrantAlexander]

Great tips in here Mark! I wish I had the time to take apart pallets, but there is just soo much to do and so little time. If only my job would go away and my house would no longer require maintenance and I would be a pallet punter as well! Keep being awesome!

[@OzSawdustMakers]

Mate you are a bloody inspiration! Some fantastic tips there mate and I think I have to get one of those metal detector thingos and lightning, that was hilarious!!! Cheers mate!

[@OzSawdustMakers]

​@@dainermade Mate it's live n learn when splashing out on tools. Sometimes you realise you didn't need it, sometimes you're thinking how on earth did I live without this?!

[@peterschoemaker9]

Nice informational video! I am gonna ask a metal worker here on the island to make a palletbuster for me!

[@juniusvindex769]

Those pinpointers are £10 in the uk. Not a brag, just a handy bit of kit. I metal detect as a past time. Also use a cross bow and find bolts that I lose 👍🏻 Great video btw, subbed 🇬🇧

[@peterbronxsidetrack1238]

Yep, uncle knackers sent me Now I'm committed, subscribed, cheers

[@shawnnelson8627]

Found that a pair of vise grip plyers work wonders to get the nails out that don't have a head.

[@andrewpeterson7633]

With the Euro pallets, get a chisel or small wrecking bar. Put the wrecking bar about 1/2 way on the Block, hit the bar with a hammer. Yes you will find a few cool nails, if you like to re-use the Nails? Which I do, I don't see the point in throwing something out that can be reused! Those blocks aren't easy to remove, but by breaking them up they are much easier to remove. If the wood near the blocks is trash then blitz through it with a circular saw. The Euro pallets can be used in the garden if you like gardening? Also handy to keep things in! Take a look at the multitude of videos on You tube to do with pallet fences etc If you do not have the ability to make the pallet buster in this video? I got a reno bar from Bunnings, they ain't cheap but they will save your back!

[@TimberWood.Customs]

I made one of those breakers and lol the weld wasn’t great on one side so I broke it lol. Now have to reweld it

[@lifeofching962]

you should show how to build a wooden pallet buster... out of pallet wood

[@dainermade]

I’ll let you experiment hey 😁

[@blakegrif704]

Hey Mark, great video. Watching your videos got me into woodworking in fact. Quick question for ya, when you inevitably break/crack a board what’s your process? Do you just discard it and move onto the next board? Cheers!

[@jwd888]

just made me day in finding out a de-nailer exists.....😁

[@uktony1525]

Enjoyed this enormously and happy to subscribe🙌.

[@mikeking7470]

I have good luck knocking the "dice blocks" off Euro pallets with an 8# sledge hammer, leaves the nails in the slats and runners.

[@The85F0X]

For the nails, I have a palm nailer that I use. It’s super fast.

[@user-fv2lz4wh9g]

i got my pallet buster on amazon for like 60 U.S and for the stringers i like to pull the nails out by butting the nail in a vise thats bolted to my work bench then just lefting up on the end of the bord find that to be the fastes and easy way i tried a big pry bar but the nail heads would always pop off befor they came out

[@bengolding]

What size square tubing is your pallet buster made with? great video also.

[@tonypridham1253]

Great advice, nice one!

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Oh man I don't envy the workload you put yourself through to get a table or bench worth of timber. I can only work at ankle height for about 20secs before I am sweating my guts out 😓

[@jameskeaveny8377]

Great tips! keep up the good work!

[@peterminzenmay5005]

Great stuff but don't be a Richard Cranium like me and buy the Vevor pallet buster they are too narrow for wide boards. Get one made. Made the hall stand table looks sensational and dead easy. Uncle Pete

[@dainermade]

Mine was made 🫡

[@jeannawalsh51]

Where do you get the metal detector from? I’m having trouble sourcing one. Thank you for your videos btw. So much fun that I hardly notice that I’m learning new things at the same time.

[@lochavenwoodworks6578]

Great vid mate. I’m gonna have to find some time and scab around my local industrial area.

[@vtbn53]

@@dainermade They do, but it's 99.91111% pine, mind you I have plenty of uses for pine.

[@lochavenwoodworks6578]

Dainer Design my Bunnings only ever have pine pallets 😞

[@aharp77]

Another great video, thanks so much!

[@tonysherriff9216]

Always good videos and good information thank you. Keep it up👍🏻

[@johnhunter1262]

Great video. I bought one of those nail removers also. I also discovered that you can also drive large nails in with them as well. Cheers John

[@regisfourcade7145]

Merci beaucoup pour cette super vidéo qui semble faite exprès pour moi ! ^^ Surtout le passage sur l'utilisation du PinPointer (le détecteur de métaux dont on vient justement de parler la semaine dernière!). Moi qui avais peur pour mon thickness planer comme je t'avais dit, je vais m' acheter un détecteur très bientôt ... ... (C'est dommage que je ne sache pas t'envoyer les photos de ce que moi je fais avec du bois de palettes.)

[@regisfourcade7145]

google traduction : Thank you very much for this great video which seems to be made on purpose for me! ^^ Especially the passage on the use of the PinPointer (the metal detector which we just talked about last week!). I who was afraid for my planer as I told you, I will buy this detector very soon ...

[@aaronspain3387]

Did you make a video about how to weld one of those pallet busters? I'm kinda new to welding, and have a welder, but am still working my way through it.

[@linkais7077]

ha i use hardwood planks for mine i get way to many pallets of different types to use a pallet buster

[@lesbrown51]

Hey Mark, Another great video. If you're interested I have made my own pallet buster with some inovations. I would like to send some pics. (I have tried but can't do it here.)

[@alxa6421]

Good advice on the metal detector. Which one do you recommend. Cheers Lex. South Australia

[@codelicious6590]

7 meter pallets?!?!? Holy crap!

[@robthomas6773]

Hi Mark been watching your videos great work got me hooked I need to buy a metal detector and one of your nail punches found a lot of detectors no eBay but yours seems to work well so would like to get the same type if you could point me in the right direction and the same with your de-nailer. Could you send me the details on make model and were you purchased them from I live in Western Australia. Looks like you enjoy making the videos keep up the good work. Thanks Again Rob Thomas

[@gremics-gallery]

How do you know what type of wood your collecting in each pallet? Do you more often then not, find most pallets are pine?

[@JamesManCave]

This is how sad I am, the first pallet is called a standard pallet (1200mm x 1000mm) the 2nd one is called a 2way pallet. A euro pallet is 1200mm x 800mm. I take far to much interest in my job! I've tried all those ways, but now I'm a fat older bloke, a circular saw is the best method for me! 😜🤣🙃

[@WILLSPA50]

Hello Mark, may I ask the size of the square tube you used for the pallet buster? I made one going by the looks of yours, using 25x25mm 2mm thick galvanised tube. Unfortunately I for two pallets on and the metal tube tore.

[@WILLSPA50]

@@dainermade thank you very much for the reply 😁 I'll check on the cost of 30x30 and go from there. Contemplating getting the bunnings option instead.

[@WILLSPA50]

@@dainermade thanks mark :D

[@Teuhcatl]

I recently got myself a 4footx4foot pallet with 4 stretchers. The boards on top are roughly 3/8inch I tried taking it apart but the boards are just splitting at the nails. If I cut off the sections I’m left with roughly 9in is there anything I can build out of 9in slats?

[@vtbn53]

To be honest I think MB has been given a hard time, it is infused into the timber as a gas and by the time it arrives at it's destination it has gassed off. MB is still the decontaminate of choice by Australian import authorities, including on some food products. I think it has been banned in the US and so has most of our treated timber concoctions, but we still use them.

[@vtbn53]

@@dainermade I agree though, that it is best to side on the side of safety, but yeah, love to give the pallet wood haters some curry. I like to say that just as there is. in a piece of rock, inside a pallet is a statue of David...

[@vtbn53]

@@dainermade PS: I have almost an identical (diy) pallet buster, but just up the handle, I have a coupling, this makes it easier to stow in the boot, but also allows me to attach a wider fork when necessary.

[@vtbn53]

@@dainermade Exactly, but on mine, due to hysterics, I mean history, the coupling is higher up the handle than it would need to be otherwise (so as to fit in the boot, I now have a ute so that is now moot - I used to have to deconstruct the pallets in situ to get the slats etc into my Civic PITA).

[@Les-yz8yb]

Hi Mark would there be any chance I could get the dimensions of your palette buster I would like to make one up thank you

[@geraldscrooby9404]

Howzit Mark. Great video an know how u feel when wacking the nails out. Still do that as it relieves stress lol. What is the thickness of the square tubing of your pallet buster want to have one made because like you started out with a crowbar I'm still at it with a crowbar. Cheers mate take it easy. Cheers from South Africa

[@geraldscrooby9404]

@@dainermade Cheers Mark for the information. Think gonna see the steel merchants before the weekend an get some material to weld me one up. Like the new toy as well. Keep safe mate 😉 Cheers until next time. Still sending something but postal services not allowing international postage yet. Crazy but have to wait. You should make more tips an tricks vids 😁. Cheers again 🇿🇦

[@aarondcmedia9585]

I got one of those air punch nailer things. Just curious where you got the fittings for it? Looks like 1/4" BSP and 1/4" NPT are incompatible and it's a head scratcher working out how to connect it all up. No info anywhere I can find on my new compressor either :-/ I will be able to work it out, but short circuiting it with your own choices would be a huge help!

[@aarondcmedia9585]

@@dainermade all good buddy, appreciate the time you put into replying.

[@paulroussell]

Good one, Mark. Question: Those metal shards: Were they created by the use of the pneumatic nail punch, perhaps?

[@paulroussell]

@@dainermade I see what you mean now. Got me one of those metal detectors, and a Pallet buster and ordered a pneumatic nail puncher from your links. Cheers

[@ahmedghali3321]

I miss u mark

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

Rubber mallet. Cuts down on the noise and can be used for projects when you want to hammer the wood but want to protect the wood.

[@char63r517]

What is the 'these things' tool? Every time it is mentioned that is what it is called [4:47] or ignored completely [3:52I. I thought you might go over it on the tool summery [5:05] but again, it's the one tool you skipped as if it wasn't there. I don't see it in your 'show more' area, but then again, I don't know what i'm looking for. Nothing there called 'these things'.

[@char63r517]

I found it. They're called end cut pliers among other names. I did a screen capture and a reverse image lookup. Thanks mate 😉

[@RadioRunner]

Mate is that square steel bar 30x30mm 1.6m thick? That's all I can find in bunnings in 30x30 but your bar looks like she might be a bit thicker than 1.6mm? Thanks bud!

[@RadioRunner]

1.6mm* thick haha :P

[@RadioRunner]

@@dainermade Awesome thank you brother

[@a_m3195]

Are the Chep pallets pine or are they hardwood?