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   mudman | May 11, 2006 05:58pm | #1

   I am not a pallet expert, but my experience is that they are made from rough sawn hard wood. I think that there is not a very exacting standard for the thickness of the parts. So I suppose you could call it a 3x4 but I really think that it is just what ever thickness the rough lumber was (12 quarter or 10 quarter)

   Mike

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   DougU | May 11, 2006 07:36pm | #2

   What mudman said.

   I dont think the standards for pallets are the same as those for Wurlitzer pianos.

   Sorta off the subject but I had a job in a refrigerator factory at one time and the compressors for the refers came from South Am, often times the 2X4 (which seldom was a 2X4) was a nice piece of rosewood, I must have about 35 4' long pieces of the stuff. Probably a lot of other good wood crossed my path that I wasnt even aware of.

   Doug

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   John_D | May 11, 2006 10:16pm | #3

   They must have wondered why you were willing to work all day for nothing, and at night even haul off the trash for free. :)My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   DougU | May 12, 2006 01:00am | #5

   Yea I was willing to work for free! If you've ever had to spend any time on an assembly line(God forbid that should ever happen)you'd know that all the free rosewood isnt enough to keep ya there!

   I didnt take me long to get out of that place.

   Doug

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   John_D | May 12, 2006 01:43am | #6

   I've had plenty of crap jobs, but not that specific one.  It does seem mind-numbingly repetitive.

   I was just left-handedly recognizing your good fortune in spite of the circumstances. :)My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   eddiefromAustralia | May 11, 2006 10:31pm | #4

   Rick,

   To answer your question, 3x4 is a standard timber size, just you don't see too much of it as it's used for load bearing applications on larger construction jobs (bigger than a house)

   Cheers,

   eddie