This is an octopus carved last year on my Onefinity. Pallets and skids are used as material for all the carvings I do … at least for the most part.
The octopus and its “back” are a single, one piece carving. In other words, the octopus itself is not mounted. It is carved right along with its “back” as one piece of wood.
Material: Pallet/Skid wood Size 16"x, 20"y, 2.25"z Software: vCarve Pro Design: STL file Machine: Journeyman Spindle: Water cooled Carving: Perimeter: .25" end mill Roughing: .50" end mill Finish X: .03" tapered ball nose Finish Y: .03" tapered ball nose Runtime: About.50 hours
Nothing wrong with using pallet wood, but a word of caution for everyone as I was involved in shipping for years.
Are you looking at the stamp that’s on the side of one of the outside runners on the pallets? Every pallet has a black stamp which tells about them and has a 2 letter code which tells how they were treated for bugs.
There are several codes (you can look them up), but most will have HT which stands for Heat Treated, where they put it in an oven. Perfectly safe.
IF you ever come across a stamp that has MB on it. DO NOT use it, burn it or even touch it.
MB stands for Methyl Bromide and is a deadly pesticide. Mostly seen anymore on some pallets from under-developed countries. The last one I saw was a couple of years ago on a pallet that held marble from China.
The pallets I use are from a local roofing/siding company. I do not recall ever seeing one that did not have “HT” stamp. But I will for sure look harder each load.
The only ones I have not yet used are those from the siding part of the company. Those seem to be waterproofed like a fence post you buy that goes in the ground.
