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I recieved a delivery on a pallet, the pallet is a 1200x1200mm sheet of chipboard that sits on top of 9 100mm legs made of layered 100x100mm squares of chipboard (hope that makes sense). It's all held together with copious annular ring nails. Being 'thrifty' i want to save the sheet in as big a piece as possible for use about the garage, as you do. I started trying to dismantle it with a prybar but it seems the board is going to disintigrate before the nails give (I guess that's the point).
Any ideas on how best to dismantle? Options I've been considering...
- drill out the heads then use the prybar
- try and pry a gap enough to get a hacksaw blade in and cut the nails
- just give up and rip down as much usable board as I can with the battery saw
Get a punch and punch them through.
Or drill the head off then punch them through, either way you'll trash it trying to pull them out.
Actually, if you sacrifice the legs can you just swing a hammer at them until the disintegrate then deal with the exposed nail.
Ahh great yeah, a punch sounds a good idea to try first. Definitely don't care if the legs get destroyed, it's just the nice big sheet I'm after.
rip down as much usable board as I can with the battery saw
If you manage to punch through all the nails you'll be left with the holes, then whatever you use it for you'll have the holes to deal with. Might end up doing 3 times the work and outlaying the cost of filler.
Course if you're painting it afterwards filling the holes wont matter.
just incorporte the legs into what ever your building
Chipboard sheet doesnt last long in many applications in a garage anyway due to humidity
You need one of these,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Faithfull-NAILPULL-Nail-Puller-Lifting-Floorboards-600mm-24-Inch/174629683367?hash=item28a8bd80a7:g:epYAAOSw55NgIVR6
Reclaimed timber yard i used to go to had some, with a bit of practice jobs so easy.
Chipboard sheet doesnt last long in many applications in a garage anyway due to humidity
Valid point, I need a workshop! (to house my recovered chipboard sheet!)
That looks great project!