Pallet/ 55 Gallon Drum Sled

This project is made of material that could be commonly found. It is also a simple project the looks nice and makes a nice sled

- carpenters square
- exacto knife
- assortment of drills
- paint scraper or spatula
- safety glasses
- 80 and 120 grit sand paper and Palm sander
- 2 c- clamps or vise grip
- wax bar
- wood putty
- 2 zip ties
- saw zaw with metal blade
- circular saw
- power drill
- screws
- bench or saw horses
- nail set
- string
- and 2 u- bolts
-pallet
-6 inch piece of baboon

-select pallet
I selected this pallet from my local dump it was originally double in length
- I used the saw zaw and nail set to remove nail from boards
- I then dissembles the pallet so I had 6 boards
- only need the 1x4s and 1x10s you may throw away the 2x4s

- resize 1x4s to 20 inches or with or other board
- clamp 1x4s to end of 1x10s
- then locate and predrill holes for screws
- drill holes
- screw holes into to predrilled holes

- at this time I filled all the cracks and knots with woods putty
- I also filled the space in between the two 1x10s

- I sanded and waxed the bottom of the sled to have less friction while sledding
- I when over the boards the boards with 80 grit sand paper and then 180 grit sand paper
- I then went over the boards with canning wax

I then cut a 20in by 15 in plastic square out of a 55 gallon drum this will turn out to the front of the sled

- First I screw the plastic sheet to the base of the sled
- I drilled two holes on each side of the 1x4s so u-bolts will fit
- I then drilled two holes Parallel to the u bolts on the plastic sheet and stringed zip ties to attach string to
- I them tied a string from one to another and adjusted it to a angle of my liking

- I though a black paint job would look nice on my sled

- I used a bamboo chuck off an old fishing pole
- I then drilled though the bamboo and pulled the strong though
- I then tied a string to each string already on the sled