Another project coming off the printer. Some pallets, based on measuring a few that I have in the wood shed. A standard 40" (I’m assuming 1 meter) square pallet, and a larger and heavier 60".
just about the “standard” pallet is 40" wide by 48" long with cut outs for the forks to go thru on the 48" sided if needed. 40"square is a good size, the 60" is a bit of an odd size. since most truck trailers are now 102" on outside you can fit 2 40 X 48 pallets “sideways” the 48 side towards the front on each row with less space along the middle or sides.
I guess I have nonstandard pallets in the shed then. Both the 40" and 60" are square. I also have some smaller 30x36 ones.
oh they come in whatever size the customer wants to put something on them . the first 5 years as a trucker, I would deliver something like Campbell’s soup to a grocery store warehouse, the soup was loaded on 40x48 pallets but this warehouse had 40" square pallets and racks, so restack 600 cases at 70lbs each onto the warehouse pallets. So glad I don’t do that any more. I like the ones you made, sturdy looking, now you have a side business, selling scale pallets, and you don’t have to do anything to them because there are plastic pallets , about that same gray color too!
I also have a box pallet that some tile came in, that one is 45" square, and 19" tall. I The boxes fit snugly in it.
They have some wood-filled PLA that you can 3d print. I want to get some and see how these look using that.
The pallets look great… On our many trips to York and back, Jane would build wooden pallets
on the trip…
So when are you going to start printing the cases of Beer for the pallets …
Bob, I never knew that pallets were actually ever new. Every one I’ve ever seen were broken, missing boards or half rotten or all of the above (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)Those look good. You really have your printer dialed in.
Dan Hilyer said:
Bob, I never knew that pallets were actually ever new. Every one I’ve ever seen were broken, missing boards or half rotten or all of the above (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)Those look good. You really have your printer dialed in.
And the thing that I remember about pallets was that they were made from OAK - and I could NOT get a nail into them unless I drilled a hole first.
great Pallets Bob, now you need some sacks and pallet jacks
Dennis
Pallets come on all shapes, sizes and materials nowadays.
I did acquire some engineering drawings of a standard pallet jack. Working on turning it into something I can actually print. A lot of the details get too fragile when you shrink it down. The main base of it came out ok, but the rest is too fiddly.
I also printed a pallet box. Came out nice, I think. Now I need to work on a lid for it.
Bob
That box is just what I need for my apple orchard! My father in law was an apple grower in VA and I have “apple trees” (cotoneaster) and a packing shed on my layout
I made small apple crates, but that box is just right for shipping apples on my fruit train. 
Jerry
Those look great. And for once, the print texture looks like it belongs (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Jon Radder said:
Those look great. And for once, the print texture looks like it belongs (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
I’ve never been bothered by the texture from 3d prints. Some scratch-filling primer and paint, and they’re really hard to see. The Venn diagram of people that dont like the horizontal lines on 3D prints and people that think you need to see woodgrain from a scale 300 feet is probably a perfect circle.
Good to know. I’ve not paid much attention since the early printers that were pretty grainy. And yes, wood grain detail is highly exaggerated,. Especially in 1:1 vinyl building products. If I purchased wood for a door that had a raised grain I would plane and sand before painting to make it disappear.
Got the box cover done. I like the way these came out. Stackable, even!
Bob;
They are very nice. They will look right at home in a warehouse or on factory floor - and, of course, on a freight loading platform.
Best, David Meashey
Bob, I would think a piece of 1/16 diameter tubing or rod drilled out to fit a bent up paper clip for the top part of the handle would be great at 10 foot. A bit of yellow paint on the main jack and a black handle would do it.
Great job, Bob. Now you just need all the stuff to go in them (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
