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Reclaiming wood from old pallets to build cigar box guitars can be a satisfying endeavor. Giving new life to those cast-off hunks of wood is fun, but also involves some safety concerns. In this post, I will address things to beware of before dismantling an old pallet and repurposing its parts for your next build.Builder Beware In all of the reading I've done about using pallet wood, I haven't come across any reports of people getting sick from it. But it's good to be at least aware of w …

Using reclaimed materials is all the rage these days, and for a good reason. There is something inherently cool about taking an object that has already had a long useful life - like a roof joist from a 19th-century mill, church or theater - and making it into something new. Be it a coffee table, library shelf, toy box, or musical instrument, creating new items from old materials that have their own story is very appealing.Of course, as builders of cigar box guitars and other handmade/homema …

Yesterday afternoon, Glenn Watt and I hauled about 700 board feet of 150-year-old wooden planks from an old hat factory into Gitty HQ. When I got to work yesterday morning, a reclaimed wood run was not even on the radar.Here is the story of how it came about, and proof of why making connections with people can be so powerful.Those of you who have been following our progress will know that I have been working on using more and more reclaimed materials, wood in particular, in the products we manuf …