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Wooden Turkey Build // Pallet Wood Project
by
Adam Gabbert
(IC: vlogger)
3 Materials
$10
4 Hours
Medium
With Thanksgiving in the air, I figured it was time for an autumn woodworking project. And what's more fitting than a wooden turkey?
That's what I thought, too! Above is a picture of the finished pallet wood turkey. I've also included a video below from my YouTube woodworking channel, showing how I built this gobbler.
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Above is the video I made. Don't forget to let me know if you enjoyed it or found it helpful! Also, there's a link to a 3D model / plans linked in the video description. Alright, now for the fun stuff. Let's build this bad boy.
The first thing I did was rough cut my body pieces on the table saw sled.
Then I glued up the body panels and applied clamping pressure.
While the body panels dried, I cut out all of the other pieces I needed for the glue up. The image above is the head.
This one's the flap under the wooden turkey's beak. I don't know what that's called. :)
Then I glued up the head assembly. I freehanded all the drawings.
After the glue dried, I marked out the circles I wanted for the body pieces.
Then cut them out on the band saw.
I then glued all four pieces together and attached them with screws. I pre-drilled and counter-sunk all my holes before attaching with the fasteners.
Then I did my best to free hand draw and cut out what kind of looks like a pair of turkey feet.
I ripped some legs out on the table saw.
Then I drilled holes in the feet and the bottom of the legs and glued them together with dowels.
Then I cut out the feathers and attached them to the body assembly with glue and screws.
And to wrap it up, I attached the legs and feet to the body. And that's it. Let the glue dry, and you have a pallet wood turkey!
Enjoyed the project?
Suggested materials:
- Pallet wood (I picked it up behind a supermarket.)
- Wood Glue (The hardware store.)
- Drywall Screws (The hardware store.)
Published November 22nd, 2016 11:10 AM
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Hillela G. on Nov 23, 2016I love it! Thank you for the helpful instructions!
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