I was piddling around the workshop the other day and as usual I just want to make something. Well I decided that I would make a air compressor caddy that would afford me a work table on top so I could have someplace to put down the various tools that I used on various projects. I didn’t want to go out and buy some lumber for this so I started looking around for some scraps that would suit the purpose. Did I have any scraps? Hmmmmm. Like most wood workers we just don’t throw out anything unless it is just not worth cutting, staining, or using for drawer pulls. Long story short, I found what I needed and got to work. It wasn’t pretty, but it was functional and it suit my purpose and I got to cut something up. Hooray. Well I will insert the picture once I get my camera to work. I need to get more organized in my scrap pile. You know, two finger stack, five finger stack, and ten finger stack, that’s how many fingers it takes to pick up. Naaaaah, I think I like it just the way it is.
-- Ed E. " Taking one board at a time "
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Karson
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posted 120 days ago
We definitely need pictures.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
GSwoodworker
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posted 120 days ago
This is one of my favorite things to do with scarp. I can’t throw good hardwood wood away. I make more picture frames than I can count. Different sizes, mix of wood, jointery and finishes. Just have to make something in between big projects.
scrappy
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posted 119 days ago
Ed, Just as a sample, My handle is Scrappy for a reason. I have 35 projects posted and the ONLY wood purchased is cut offs and shorts from Saw4fun. Except for the piece of plywood for my daughters DVD stand. Allomst all of my wood comes from pallets.
You can make a LOT from scraps! Keep the imagination going (and the glue handy) haha
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
MsDebbieP
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posted 119 days ago
isn’t “searching” half of the fun?
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Dustin Ward (aka Tearen)
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posted 119 days ago
Yes Ms Debbie! Searching is half the fun. I search for great materials during every lunch hour. If I am not pulling scraps out of local shop scrap bins then I am having a bad day!
What they consider scrap, I consider gold. I will purchase a little bit of exotics here and there, but 95% of everything I make is with scrap materials.