Self-dealers sometime come to the need to disassemble pallets or pallets on the boards. The desire to make something from dry and in general, good boards are not overcome.
Suppose you have good pallets and even the idea of something to make it, but the question arises - how to disassemble the pallets without breaking the board? I will try to give some tips on this ...
But first of all I want to ask you not be lazy and take all possible precautions - put on gloves, safety glasses, choose a suitable convenient disassembly space. After all, when there is no danger with injuries and work conveniently and the task is solved easier.
Now tips:
- Where to take pallets.
It is quite difficult to get a good pallet, but there are places ... Share in stores (especially in furniture), in small warehouses, at other outlets, at construction sites - they do not have such large volumes and selling or the exchange of multiple pallets there usually do not want.
- Not all pallets are good.
The fact is that the homemade we will use for "your loved ones" and better take pallets that are used in the carriage of goods within the country from the manufacturer to shops, so to speak domestic and environmentally friendly. I would not recommend using pallets that are used for international transport, especially on ships. There are no guarantees that they did not stand on them and did not shed various chemicals and the like of the nasty.
But this is a lyrics, we proceed from the fact that the pallets are already there and they are suitable.
- What tools for their disassembly on the boards will we need?
- First of all, the hammer is usual or combined with a nail-holder
- Paw, nail, chisel or mount.
- Ideal if at your disposal will be the electricity type DREMEL MULTIMAX with steel cutting blade
- Of course, you need gloves and goggles
We begin to disassemble:
1. The easiest but not the perfect way to disassemble pallets on the boards is to cut them.
To do this, it is convenient to use Dremel DSM 20. This tool allows you to safely cut the board to the section without one hand without the need to remove steel brackets or nails. There is no "Drimel" take the electrolovka, the manual circular, the hacksaw in the end.
I understand perfectly that the option to drink small ducts is not suitable for everyone, and the task is worth "not to break the boards" therefore proceed to the next item.
2. Work on the old man
If you do not have electric Dremela, you can use a hammer and chisel to disassemble pallets to the components.
The order is known to use the hammer and chisel to raise the boards from the supports, then hesitate the boards back, so that the caps or wire rose over them and then pull them out with a nail.
Everything sounds beautiful, but the one who tried to disassemble the pallets will say that in practice everything is not at all. As a rule, the nails or staples do not want to easily leave the board, or raising the ones do not go further, break or break. The fact that the board is thin, and the bar in which the large part of the nail is high and keeps it stronger. If we make an effort, then the board will split or break through a hat than a nail will come out of the support. In addition, the pallets often use twisted nails to pull out which are even harder.
Therefore, we go to the next basic advice.
3. Using the electro chisel. 
If you have an electrostama type Dremel Multimax with a metal blade, then work will go much easier. This tool has a thin and enough long blade that can be thrown under the board and trim nails.
For this, as in the past version, we need a little raise the board with a bit, not much, only to make it easier to enter the blade of the chisels.
Then turn on the device and repel the support nails. And then the case of technology and taste. Hats can be easily knocked out anyone suitable in size, or even leave them in place.
By the way, another variation of this method is the use of a saber saw with a metal blade.
The order of work here is exactly the same, lifting the board (if there is no desire or possibility, and you can not touch it, but to cut the support bar to nails) and then according to plan ...
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I draw an option number three is the most optimal - light and fast way to disassemble the pallets without breaking the board without damaging them with the removal of nails and other manipulations with efforts. We simply break the connection of the boards and the supports of the piping iron, and then we are already working with the residues of nails. I hope the Council will come in handy and you.
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