New Pallet Love seat

Upcycled Pallet Bench

A friend of mine has a dream of a usable back yard suited to entertaining. She also has a desire to make things out of recycled materials with a rustic look.

One day, while visiting, she pointed to a pallet she had found and asked if we could make a bench. I said sure and began designing this bench. We made two, with two more about half done. The hardest part was making 10° cuts on the rear of the seat to attach the backrest. My friend is a physical therapist and had a goniometer, which is a protractor-like instrument with a stationary arm, fulcrum, and movement arm, to measure joint angles.

Goniometer

After marking the first line with the protractor, I cut out the wedge and used it to mark the other two boards. I cut them with a reciprocating saw and a 9in demo blade. The legs and armrests were made from other pieces of scrap wood.

I am on the last day of my Ambulance tour and will be completing the benches tomorrow morning. The next step in this project will be a 12x 12 cement patio. a pallet table, and a rolling house for her pizza oven. We will do separate posts in the future for those elements.