Skid wood grips

[Swindler1]

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[Swindler1]

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[Lefty SRH]

Skid wood? As in pallet wood?

[boltons75]

Talk about a good way to recycle... That was a very nice piece used on that pallet. Great work.

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[pergoman]

Very nice. Spalted, curly, fiddleback, and other fancy grains are often found in the parts of the tree that get cut away from the prime planks sold for higher prices. I too have made some wonderfully figured small wood working projects out of skid wood. I was my source of wood when I got started in the art.
The grips are a labor of love that will last a lifetime.

[I'll Make Mine]

I'm frequently amazed at the wood that's used for pallets. In a way, it makes sense; they need to support a lot of load, so hardwood is the way to go, and many of them are made where the goods are made (China, Taiwan, or India), where all the common everyday wood is what we call "exotic". Still, it's occasionally tempting to crawl down in to the trash compactor to fish out a broken pallet that's been tossed in there, just to get the good end and filler boards...

[Spruce]

Very nice.

You are a very talented and imaginative person.

[Swindler1]

Skid wood? As in pallet wood?\

ayep :bigsmyl2:

[runfiverun]

unfortunatly i have the tools and skill to get to about picture number two before i mess things up.

[Salmoneye]

I'll hit ya on the other site too, but you already know how I feel about your work...

[Dennis Eugene]

You sir,do indeed have talent. Dennis

[Lefty SRH]

I have seen some nicely figured pallet come thru my plant aswell!

[44man]

You have to be kidding! :veryconfu
Some fool used wood like that for pallets! They would get rich selling it for stocks.
As always, I am impressed by your work. I love your eye for wonderful wood.

[jmsj]

AWESOME!
Swindler,
That is probably the best example of "re-purposeing(sp?)" I have ever seen.
Good job, jmsj

[375RUGER]

I've often wondered what those chinamens use for pallets. Now I know they are importing gunstocks without the customs fees.

Nice work as usual.

[44man]

I've often wondered what those chinamens use for pallets. Now I know they are importing gunstocks without the customs fees.

Nice work as usual.
That is American wood for sure. Looks like from PA. One in a thousand trees have figure like that, it is now worth a fortune.
Long ago when I hunted state areas in Ohio there was a huge barn and many out buildings. I got up in the barn waiting for a deer. I looked around and found the barn and all the buildings were made of black walnut. The value of the wood made me sick.
I am so happy Swindler found the wood, he really loves wood like I do.
Pallets are a pain too, they shoot nails everywhere.

[theperfessor]

Nice job on the grips.

Around here all the palet wood seems to be made from what we call pissoak, get it wet and you'll know how it got its name.

[texassako]

Nice grips and pallet find! I miss that part of working near some businesses that had lots of pallets. It is sometimes sad what ends up in low end wood products, but sometimes you have to sell to whoever will take the wood.

[wrench]

Fabulous!:drinks:

[TheGrimReaper]

WOW!!! Just WOW!!! Those are beautiful, Sir!!!

[TXBRILL]

I read somewhere, that when S&W ran low on wood for grips they would go outside and make them from shipping pallets, supposedly the prettiest ones were made from them.

[KCSO]

Beautiful wood there even if it is now... unpalatable???

Some of the pallets have very fine hardwood in them, including some really fine teak. I made a lot of stuff from the pallets my lathe came on, but local onnes here are all cottonwood.

[Hardcast416taylor]

Your nice figured wood reminds me of the 2 pieces of Birds eye maple that I saved from a pallet about to be burned.Robert

[David LaPell]

Wow, excellent look and something you would not expect from a recycled piece of wood.

[gnoahhh]

A good source of nice exotic pallet wood is Japanese motorcycle shops. Parts/bikes often arrive palletized, and I too have grabbed some pretty wood out of them.

[Judan_454]

Nice job.

[TCLouis]

Thems plain PURTY.

I see you like the no-flared shape also.

That straight shape vs the flared makes all the difference on how well I can shoot a Blackhawk, or Super Blackhawk

[**oneshot**]

I recycle pallets into target holders, but your recycling takes the cake.

You have such great vision in your craft.

[Hardcast416taylor]

When a friend got his African lion mount here from being done in South Africa it was boxed and palleted in a native African wood. It had a beautiful multi color gold and shades of brown grain. I made a few knife handles from it and discovered the wood was as hard as a rock to work. Robert

[captaint]

Beautiful work !!! I wouldn't change a thing. enjoy Mike

[tadeus]

Beautiful grips, congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

[waco]

very nice sir!

[Love Life]

You are an artist.

[fatelk]

They look great! I have a bunch of pallet wood in my garage that I've saved over the years. I wish I had the tools to really do something with it.

I've made a few things, but it takes me forever. I did the grips for the Ballestor Molina maybe 15 years ago, out of some scraps of unknown hardwood. Whatever it is it seems to be oily or something. It won't take any finish. The ones for the Ruger .22 were also some unknown scraps.

The AK grip is pallet wood. We used to get a lot of oak pallets at work and I scavenged pieces from broken ones. I have an AK grip or two made from purpleheart also. That stuff is hard to work with, as I recall. I have a couple of big long pieces of purpleheart that I got years ago from a place that sold odd remnant stuff, cheap.
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[Shiloh]

Well Done sir!!!

Shiloh

[EMC45]

Nice grips!

[BCRider]

Swindler, it must have been like finding a special present under the tree on Christmas morning when you found that wood. Free wood is always the best for wood workers isn't it? :D


unfortunatly i have the tools and skill to get to about picture number two before i mess things up.

DON'T GIVE UP! ! ! ! We all made our crude stuff back when we started. And a beginner can be someone at any age. Start with cheap lumberyard wood and work out ideas and skills with stuff which you won't feel bad about when the results are not up to snuff and you feed the learning mistakes to the fire place.

I don't have a lot of tools available at the moment due to house renos. But I still managed to make up some grips for my Ruger SBH using nothing more than hand tools and my drill press which just happened to be out and handy. The only tool we REALLY need is that strong and stable "third hand" in the form of a good bench vise. Other than that a few simple hand tools and some patience.

[fatelk]

Other than that a few simple hand tools and some patience.
The patience part is important. I don't know how many times I just got in a hurry to be done with a project and really regretted it.

[Awsar]

nice job on the grips
made some out of a cedar sweater drying rack found in garbage
keep up the good work

[Thundarstick]

I looked around and found the barn and all the buildings were made of black walnut.


I would bet my favorite pistol the wood was American Chestnut! Prior to the blight it was one of the most common trees in the forrest of that area. I have seen a quilt chest made from American Chestnut salvaged from an old barn that was beautiful, dark wood. It looked almost just like Walnut, almost!


I have made several knife handles from throw away and salvaged wood and a few pistol grips. BTW Beautifull grips!

[John in WI]

That is a beautiful slab of wood--just enough figure and color.

And you took it to the next notch and book-matched it too?

I'm truly impressed!

[Frank46]

Must be improving the quality of pallet wood where you are. Most I have seen were oak. I have a section of red oak planking that was given to me some years back. 2 1/2" thick. That's what is used to be uesed a flooring on tractor trailers, especially ones that have to have the stuff fastened to the floor. Very nice grips, bookmark quality. Frank

[mazo kid]

I've often wondered what those chinamens use for pallets. Now I know they are importing gunstocks without the customs fees. Nice work as usual.
When our damaged maple flooring was replaced, the boxes stated "Made in China"!