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The Game of Nine Pin

comments (3) April 22nd, 2009 in Reader's Gallery     
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Nine Pin  Set

Nine Pin  Set
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The 9 pins in this game were turned from spalted Maple pallet wood.   The pallets originally held transformers used in the Katrina recovery effort right after the storm.  When the pallets were dismantled and discarded I brought them home for their next life.


Design or Plan used: Nine pin is an ancient game utilizing pin shaped objects of various design.
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philphoto philphoto writes: I used to do the same thing. I was a printer for 20+ years and we got paper in on skids and I reclaimed any thing I could. Those are from skids pallets are lighter weight. Same purpose but some real finds. I had maple, oak, poplar, cherry. Most of the wood was not useful and often they had big nails that were nearly impossible to remove.

I would really like to get some dimensions on those. I have a salvaged cherry tree.

Needless to say I really like your work. A standout project. Turning a throw away into hours of fun. Good Job!
Posted: 4:07 am on April 29th

TheGreenDragon TheGreenDragon writes: Actually, the pallets were quite thick, each piece was 2.5 inches thick. All I had to do was measure off and cut into blanks. Those transformers were of the large variety! Don't think I've ever seen such stout pallets.
Posted: 9:58 pm on April 27th

GEide GEide writes: Wow, that's quite a story. I assume that you had to glue together the pallet slats to create the turning blanks?
Posted: 9:26 pm on April 26th

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