Memorial Day Craft Projects

 

Project and Photo from Instructables by BlueBean

 

Getting ready for the first holiday of the summer? Planning a picnic and honor for those who serve our country in the military, police, fire, and emergency. We have a few projects you can create to bring the holiday together with ease and comfort for guests.

You can create a flag using pallets and paint. This will add a great theme to your party. Creating a picnic table will provide a great place for everyone to enjoy the exceptional food and conversation.

Picnic Table and Image from 101 Pallet Ideas

These projects will last long into the hot summer day from Memorial Day, Fourth of July and the summer ending holiday Labor Day. Pallets provide good quality wood and usually weather resistant for your products.

Pallet crafts can include:

Garden Window Box

Skateboarding obstacles

Paintball barricades

Garden Fencing

Birdhouse

Furniture

Flag for the summer decorations

AMC Consolidated developed the company with the principle of recycling and reducing waste. This offers a better use of our products, employees’ time, cost savings, and the environment over all.  The amount of waste produced affects the planets soil, fresh and salt water, and the air.  It is important that we work together to do what we can when it comes to recycling.

Reduce, reuse, and recycle are important factors in keeping the earth cleaner. AMC Consolidated pallets being biodegradable and reusable allows for our pallets to be earth friendly and a sustainable product. We produce high quality pallets meeting local and international regulations. We are the only local pallet yard that heat-treats their pallets for shipment.

AMC Consolidated business was built with the concept of reducing, reusing, and recycling. Please feel free to contact us regarding any of our products, sales@amcconsolidated.com or 1-602-233-9800.

The Best in Wood Products

AMC Consolidated continues to grow and expand from the original product, pallets. We have developed products to bring you the best from pallets to trash collection. Our product line development takes our customer needs and awareness of the planet.

AMC Consolidated provides pallets that meet or exceed industry standards for shipment and storing products. AMC Consolidated wood pallets are made with uses KD-HT green Douglas fir, SPF-spruce pine fir, and some hardwoods. We have on site heat treatment for international shipment. We expanded from this to our mulch, playground covering, and horse arena bedding.

Mulch is a protective covering that allows for vibrant finished appearance, and imitates the ground covering found in a forest. Mulch is one of the most beneficial materials you can do to your soil and plants.

AMC Consolidated provides mulch playground covering. Our playground mulch is in local school districts and housing developments. This high quality product provides much need safety and aesthetics for any play area.

Horse and arena owners have many choices when it comes to bedding product for their horses’ stalls. Wood chip bedding can provide many positive results for horses. High absorbancy this allows for less bacterial growth and keeps ammonia lower. Processed wood provides clean and dust-free chips without toxics or causing respiratory issues.

AMC Consolidated provides exceptional tree trimming services.

Trees provide the with great benefits:

• Energy efficiency
• Minimize conflicts with urban infrastructure
• Reducing storm water runoff
• Improving local air and soil
• Water quality
• Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide
• Providing wildlife habitat and food
• Shade
• Increasing property values,
• Enhancing community
• Attractiveness

Native trees will bring the best benefits to your home and community. There are many Sonoran desert native you can plant in your yard to bring beauty. We will be happy to assist with your landscaping and tree trimming needs.

We produce tree boxes for your nursery needs. These tree boxes allow for your nursery trees to develop, grow, and transport to their forever home. Contact sales sales@amcconsolidated.com for details in your nursery tree boxes.

AMC Consolidated is your location to firewood for your backyard gathering, an evening watching the moon and stars, or camping. Stop in for details regarding our firewood product.

Completing our product line is trash removal. Roll-off trash containers provide a way for large project managers to get all their trash collected and to the dumping facility safely. AMC Consolidated added this service to provide recycling and trash options to our clients.

A Roll-off trash container has four sides, but is open on the top. There is a door in the back that opens and closes. The truck gets its name from the fact that AMC Consolidated delivers the dumpster to your site and roll it off the semi in your yard, driveway, or project site.

Our complete our product line provides many options for your wood products needs while servicing our customers with the best. Contact us today 602-233-9800 in regards to any of our products.

 

Pallets

AMC Consolidated first product was pallets. These slabs that carry products are produced in the industrial area of Phoenix Arizona, but our product can be shipped internationally. We produce pallets that meet our customers’ high standards and shipment regulations.

Pallets have played a vital role in shipment of products since the early 1920s. This development changed the way products were shipped from production to consumer. Wood pallets provide a smooth surface, even weight distribution, and vertical stacking reducing transportation costs and storage. The greatest advantage was the time to load and unload product in regards to shipping. Creating pallets has specific regulations, needs, and purposes.

Producing pallets requires an understanding of what is the purpose of pallets and where they are going to be shipped. There are several types of pallets produced:

• Stinger Pallet: A frame of three or four parallel pieces of timber
• Block Pallet: Utilize both parallel and perpendicular stringers

Pallets can be manufactured under the following names and products:

• New Pallet: Made from new green lumber
• Reclaimed Pallet: produced from reclaimed lumber
• Recycled Pallet: Recondition (used, refurbished) re-manufactured (made from reclaimed lumber), hybrid (combination of new and reclaimed lumber)
• Grocery Manufactured Pallet: most common type of recycled pallet measuring 48”
• Soft Wood: this is the cheapest product, but it is usually good for one use and only lift able by the forklift on two sides.
• Hardwood: This is a more durable and can carry various weights that can be noted by color-coding the pallets.

Construction wood pallets can depend on the use of the pallet:

• General
• FDA
• Storage
• Chemical
• Export; the expected load weight
• Type of wood desired:
  • Recycled
  • Hard
  • Soft
  • Kiln dried
  •  Combo (new & recycle);
• Type of fasteners to hold the pallet together
  • Staples
  • Nails

Types of wood used to create pallets vary in regions in the United States. Northern regions contain the least amount of wood and are mostly hardwood lumber. Southern and Western regions pallets are made mainly from softwoods. Western pallets use the most wood in production.

The reasons for the differences in regions are:

• Wood available in the region
• Industries needing shipment
• Distance that products are being shipped

AMC Consolidated currently uses KD-HT green Douglas fir, SPF-spruce pine fir, and some hardwoods. This provides a strong pallet that can meet your shipping needs and regulations.

Pallets need to be maintained and follow regulations set by: The following organization requires heat-treating and kilning dry pallets, European Union (EU), American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), and National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA).

Treating the wood pallets or skids eliminates the following insects and pest groups:

• Anobiidae
• Bostrichidae
• Buprestidae
• Cerambycidae
• Curculionidae
• Isoptera
• Lyctidae
• Oedemeridae
• Scolytidae
• Siricidae
• Bursaphelenchus Xylophilus

When purchasing or receiving your pallets internationally look for the stamp that ensures your pallets meet the ISMP 15 requirements for treating pests and any certifications from organizations like, ALSC to ensure you are meeting all standards. To keep costs low and ensure pallets are meeting standards ask the pallet company if they are treating their pallets on site.

Here a few items you need to consider when placing a pallet order.

• Pallet delivery address.
• How will the pallets be unloaded: Dock or Ground (Flatbed or Van Trailer)
• What is the minimum quantity per order for this size pallet?
• How often is this quantity ordered?
• Pallet type requested: New, Recycled Or Either
• Approximate Maximum Total Weight to be placed on pallet.
• If you have a special service request: export or pallet disposal needs.
• AMC has the capabilities to heat treat and kiln dry pallets, processes necessary to prepare pallets for international use.
• Kiln drying and heat-treating are the most environmentally safe methods used in the treatment of wood pallets.

If you do not know your exact pallet specs answer these questions:

If you do know your pallet specifications, these questions may be optional

• Pallet Jackable: Yes or No
• Minimum Thickness of Deckboards.
• Maximum Spacing Between Top Deckboards.
• If 48″ by 40″ Reconditioned 4-way, Specify Grade: (1 or A, 2 or B, 3 or C)
• Will Pallet be used in Racking System? Yes or No
• Describe Products to be placed on Pallets.
• Will Pallets Containing Product be Double or Triple Stacked? Yes or No

AMC Consolidated creates, heat treats, repairs, and buys used pallets. We are knowledge and experienced. Please contact us or call 602-233-9800 for further assistance.

Wood Pallets Provide Great Use, Reuse, and Protection

AMC Consolidated provides pallets that meet or exceed industry standards for shipment and storing of products. AMC Consolidated wood pallets are made with uses KD-HT green Douglas fir, SPF-spruce pine fir, and some hardwoods. This allows for AMC Consolidated pallet to be:

•      Bio Degradable
•      Affordable
•      Reusable
•      Durable
•      Heat Treated according to the ISPM 15
•      Recyclable
•      Do not require chemicals for production

Reduce, reuse, and recycle are important factors in keeping the earth cleaner. AMC Consolidated pallets being biodegradable and reusable allows for our pallets to be earth friendly and a sustainable product. Wood pallets reuse can include:

Pallets

• Furniture
• Kitty Litter
• Wood Pellet Fuel
• Potty Benches
• Outdoor furniture
• Composit Bins

Biodegradability of AMC Consolidated pallets provides a product that can be, “broken down in a reasonable amount of time.”  The ability to remain a green company is a priority for AMC Consolidated.

We have taken the time to ensure that our pallets are meeting the ISBM standards and our customers’ needs. Our pallets are created with the process of sustainability incorporated. We heat-treat our pallets according to ISMP 15, we produce our pallets for the ability to be reused, biodegradable, and reduced.

AMC Consolidated produces high quality pallets meeting local and international regulations. We are the only local pallet yard that heat-treats their pallets for shipment. We have sent pallets worldwide and look forward to assisting your company with your material handling needs. Please contact Ed or call 602-233-9800 for further assistance.

Types of Wood Used For Pallet Creation

When creating pallets the type and quality of wood are specific to accomplish the best results for intended use. When considering wood types for pallets the considerations are strength, durability, and recycling.

Types of wood used to create pallets vary in regions in the United States. Northern regions contain the least amount of wood and are mostly hardwood lumber. Southern and Western regions pallets are made mainly from softwoods. Western pallets use the most wood in production.

The reasons for the differences in regions are:

• Wood available in the region
• Industries needing shipment
• Distance that products are being shipped

Wood pallets are produced to be expendable or reusable. Expendable pallets are limited use pallets and not expected to be reused again. Reusable pallets are built strong and durable wood.

Softwood use is a one-time use and often trashed after the first trip. This does not allow for pallet reuse. This wood requires lifting from both sides. Hardwoods provide reuse. The can be returned to the pallet company or resold as used pallets. They provide lifting from all four sides. The pallets usually provide a code for the types of loads they can carry.

Wood pallets can carry the following products:

• General
• FDA
• Storage
• Chemical
• Export if heat-treated

AMC Consolidated currently uses KD-HT green Douglas fir, SPF-spruce pine fir, and some hardwoods. We have the expertise to meet your product shipping needs and understanding of pallet production. We can assist with your questions regarding your pallet order. Contact us today with your pallet ordering needs locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

The Value of The Environment at AMC Consolidated

AMC Consolidated is proud that we heat-treat our pallets. What is the process of heat-treatment? Why is it such an important factor of pallet distribution? In 2002, members of a UN convention developed publication 15 of The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM): this has set regulations to help prevent the spread of diseases and pests. Some of the most common insects that have caused harm through pallet shipment are:

• The Pinewood Nematode native, to Japan and are very harmful to pine trees.
• The Emerald Ash Borer, native to China and have attacked North
• American ash trees.

These bugs are responsible for the depletion of many trees, and likely aided with untreated wooden packaging materials. All wood-based products that are imported or exported other countries must be fumigated with Methyl Bromide, or they must be heat-treated. Chemical treatment can be detrimental to our health and the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a health hazard for the following side effects:

• Short-term inhalation may severely injure lungs
• Long-term inhalation can lead to neurological damage ( both humans & animals)
• May cause cardiac arrest
• Corrosive to skin
• Corrosive to eyes
• Contributes to the destruction of the ozone in the upper atmosphere

Chemical treatment is not practiced at AMC Consolidated. We protecting our employees, the environment, and consumers is a high priority at AMC. Heat-treatment on the other hand is a safe alternative to the toxic process. The heat treatment process consists of subjecting pallets to a constant temperature at least 140^f thirty minutes. The high temperature and longevity the wood must withstand these. Ensuring that any insects or diseases potentially inhabiting our pallets are killed off. The heat-treating process is an uncomplicated one, for it requires only a few basic steps.

1. Pallets are debarked.
2. Pallets are placed in a heat-chamber (like you would place cookies in an oven).
3. Pallets receive a stamp that certify they have complied with ISPM guidelines.

It is important to ensure that all pallets are free from diseases and insects; however, this precaution should not come at the cost of endangering the environment through chemical exposure. Heat-treatment is an environmentally and people-friendly process. AMC Consolidated is the only local company that has an on-site kiln to heat-treat for our pallets. Our process includes “kiln” is a process of drying in order to prevent the wood from mold and mildew. Kiln-drying is the extra step taken to guarantee safe, and good quality wood pallets. AMC Consolidated provides onsite heat-treating pallets for international shipments, Peco Pallets, a place to purchase older pallets, as well as a site for pallet production. We have the knowledge and expertise to meet your product shipping needs. We can assist with any of your questions regarding pallets. Please contact us or call 602-233-9800 for further assistance.

Pallet Terminology for Ordering

When ordering pallets there are many items that must be considered. Understanding the terms will assist with providing you with the exact pallet and requirements needed for your product shipping and moving needs.  This list will provide you with many terms to assist with your pallet ordering process.

 

Terms	Definition
Annular Nail	Pallet nail with annular (circular ring) threads rolled onto the shank
Banding notch	Bottom Inner Lead Board
Bin	Four-sided superstructure to be mounted on a pallet base, with or without a cover
Block	Rectangular, square or cylindrical deck spacer
Block Pallet	Pallet with blocks between the pallet decks or beneath the top deck
Bottom Deck	Deckboards Assembly comprising of the lower, load bearing surface of the pallet
Buttered Deckboard	Inner deckboard placed tightly against an adjacent lead deckboard during pallet assembly
Captive Pallet	Not intended for exchange or trade. Use within a single facility.
Chamfer	Cut made in wood at a 45° angle
Chamfered deckboards	Deckboards with edges of one or two beveled faces, either along the full length of board or between the stringers blocks, allowing entry of pallet jack wheels
Closed distribution system	Shipping system restrictive of movement goods between specific plants and facilities
Collar	Wooden container that transforming a pallet into a box
Cost-per-trip	Cost for one way single trip for pallet
Custom Pallet	A Pallet built to specific design requirements
Deck Matt	Forming deck portion of pallet. Consists of assembly of deckboards and stringerboards.
Deckboard	Component of a pallet deck, perpendicular to the stringer or board
Deckboard spacing	Distant between deckboards that are adjacent to the deckboard
Deckboard span	Distant between supports of deckboard
Deflection	A pallets bending or deformation in a pallet.
Double-face pallet	Top and bottom decks pallet.
Double-wing pallet	Top and bottom decks extending passed the edges of the stinger or boards.
Drive screw nail	Threaded pallet nail that continuously spirals.
Fastener	Joining pallet components nails, staples, bolts etc.
Flush pallet	Deckboards that is flush with stinger or boards.
Fork entry	Deck opening between the top deck or underneath stinger board.
Free span	Space between supports in the warehouse rack.
Hand (wheel) jack opening	Space on bottom deck to allow pallet jack wheels to bear on the floor
Handling	Pick up, movement, and setting down of loaded or empty pallet.
Hardened-steel nail	Nail that is heat-treated and tempered steele.
Hardwood	Hardwoods provide reuse. The can be returned to the pallet company or resold as used pallets
Heat Treatment	Pallets are ISPM 15 treated for international treatment
Helical nail	Threaded pallet nail that continuously spirals.
Inner deckboard	Deckboard located between the end deckboards
International Standards For Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM)	Directly addresses the need to treat wood materials of a thickness greater than 6mm, used to ship products between countries
Joint	Location where connection and intersection of components. They are called center joint, end joint, and corner joint.
Lead boards
Length	The stinger/stingerboard length
Life to first repair
Line load	Weight unit load concentrates along the narrow area across the full length or width of the pallet
Load bearing surface	Pallet area that actually comes in contact with and supports the product.
Non-reversible pallet	Top and bottom deckboards are different.
Notch	Area that is cutout in the lower portion where the fork lift enters the pallet.
Notched stringer	Stinger and two notches spaced for the forklift to enter pallet.
Overhang	Distance deck extends from outer edge of the stringer or board, wing, lip, or distance the unit load extends beyond the deck.
Pallet	Portable, horizontal, rigid platform set as a base for assembling, storing, stacking, handling and transporting products as a unit load.
Pallet Design System (PDS)	Computer-aided design program determining the safe load capacity, performance, life and economy of wood pallets.
Pallet jack	Propelled by hand wheeled platform, lifting device equipped for moving palletized loads
Pallet life	The time period that a pallet is usable for lifting and moving.
Pallet-dimensions	48″ x 40″ pallet that has a 48″ stringer or stringerboard and 40″ deckboards
Panel deck pallet	Composite or structural panel top deck of constructed pallet.
Partial four-way stringer pallet	Notched stinger pallets.
Post pallet	Fitted pallet with posts or blocks between the deck or underneath top deck.
Racked across deckboards	Deflection of pallet where rack frame supports only at the ends of the deckboards
Racked across stringers	Deflection of pallet where rack frame supports only at the ends of the stringers or boards
Recycled Pallets	A pallet that is reused, or salvaged, repaired.
Rental pallet	Pallet that is owned by a third party not the actual owner of the pallet.
Repair	Repair pallet for use again.
Returnable/reusable pallet	Pallet used for more than one use.
Reversible pallet	The top and the bottom of pallet are identical.
Shipping pallet	This pallet is used for one shipment.
Shook	Pallet parts cut to size that can be assembled into a pallet.
Shook grade	Quality of pallet parts relating to the performance of the pallet based on size and defects.
Single-wing pallet	Pallet with the top deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or boards and bottom deckboards flush.
Skid	No bottom deck on pallet.
Slave pallet	Pallet, platform or single, thick panel used as a support base for a palletized load in rack-storage facilities or production systems
Soft nail	Pallet nail with an angle equal to or greater than 47 degrees
Softwood	One-time use and often trashed after the first trip. Made from coniferous or needle-bearing trees
Solid deck pallet	No spacing between deckboards
Span	Distant between stinger or block.
Stevedore pallet	Seaport shipping pallet, heavy duty, or double wing construction.
Stiff-stock steel nail	Nail made of medium-high carbon steel no heat treatment angle between 29 and 46 degrees
Strap slot	Recess or cutout on the upper edge of the stringer. Allow tie-down of a unit load to the pallet deck with strapping/banding.
Stringer	Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components. Outside or center. stringer
Stringer board	Block pallets, continuous, solid board member extending for the full length of the pallet perpendicular to deckboard members and placed between deckboards and blocks
Take-it-or-leave-it pallet	Pallet fitted with fixed cleats on the top deckboards to permit fork truck tines to pass beneath the unit load and remove it from the pallet
Top cap	Panel placed on top of a unit load to allow for tight strapping not damaging the product.
Top-deck of the pallet	Deckboard assembly with an upper load carrying surface pallet
Trip	Handling of a pallet.
Two-way entry pallet	Unnotched solid stingers allowing only one end entry from the ends
Unit load	Product or assembled goods on a pallet for moving, storage, and stacking.
Warehouse pallet	Multiple trip pallets for warehouse use.
Wing	Deckboard end overhang from outside edge of stringer or board

AMC Consolidated provides onsite heat-treating pallets for international shipments, Peco Pallets, purchase older pallets, and pallet production. We have the knowledge and expertise to meet your product shipping needs. We can assist with your questions regarding your pallet. Please contact us for your order today.