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Milling and Gluing

I rececently changed the configuration of my son's loft bed (that I had previously built). He no longer wanted to be 5' off the ground, so we lowered it. The result was a lot of leftover 2x material, and most of it had holes for the bolts that held it all together. Instead of scrapping it, I decided to rip it in 7/8" strips and edge glue them into panels.

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Here's the milled down 2×4's and 2×6's

Wood Wood stain Plank Varnish Hardwood


Next, the strips spent some quality time with the bar clamps. I'm assembling the panels in 12" or less widths so they can fit through the thickness planer later.

Wood Creative arts Hardwood Plank Wood stain


The final panels. You can see the cross section of the holes. The great part is that when the board is flipped over, you would never know the difference.

Once all the glue up is completed, the next operation will be sizing the thickness with the planer.
 

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#2 ·
Milling and Gluing

I rececently changed the configuration of my son's loft bed (that I had previously built). He no longer wanted to be 5' off the ground, so we lowered it. The result was a lot of leftover 2x material, and most of it had holes for the bolts that held it all together. Instead of scrapping it, I decided to rip it in 7/8" strips and edge glue them into panels.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


Here's the milled down 2×4's and 2×6's

Wood Wood stain Plank Varnish Hardwood


Next, the strips spent some quality time with the bar clamps. I'm assembling the panels in 12" or less widths so they can fit through the thickness planer later.

Wood Creative arts Hardwood Plank Wood stain


The final panels. You can see the cross section of the holes. The great part is that when the board is flipped over, you would never know the difference.

Once all the glue up is completed, the next operation will be sizing the thickness with the planer.
I do the same thing with recycled 2x material.
 

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Milling and Gluing

I rececently changed the configuration of my son's loft bed (that I had previously built). He no longer wanted to be 5' off the ground, so we lowered it. The result was a lot of leftover 2x material, and most of it had holes for the bolts that held it all together. Instead of scrapping it, I decided to rip it in 7/8" strips and edge glue them into panels.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


Here's the milled down 2×4's and 2×6's

Wood Wood stain Plank Varnish Hardwood


Next, the strips spent some quality time with the bar clamps. I'm assembling the panels in 12" or less widths so they can fit through the thickness planer later.

Wood Creative arts Hardwood Plank Wood stain


The final panels. You can see the cross section of the holes. The great part is that when the board is flipped over, you would never know the difference.

Once all the glue up is completed, the next operation will be sizing the thickness with the planer.
sb194,

Oh well, so much for me being clever! I guess there aren't that many original ideas!

This is my first attempt, how do you like your results? Do you have pics?
 

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Milling and Gluing

I rececently changed the configuration of my son's loft bed (that I had previously built). He no longer wanted to be 5' off the ground, so we lowered it. The result was a lot of leftover 2x material, and most of it had holes for the bolts that held it all together. Instead of scrapping it, I decided to rip it in 7/8" strips and edge glue them into panels.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


Here's the milled down 2×4's and 2×6's

Wood Wood stain Plank Varnish Hardwood


Next, the strips spent some quality time with the bar clamps. I'm assembling the panels in 12" or less widths so they can fit through the thickness planer later.

Wood Creative arts Hardwood Plank Wood stain


The final panels. You can see the cross section of the holes. The great part is that when the board is flipped over, you would never know the difference.

Once all the glue up is completed, the next operation will be sizing the thickness with the planer.
It's a good idea and works well. My only project posted to date was done this way. I did a glue up for the entire table top out of recycled pine that came off a barn in Texas. Followed the exact same methodology you are using.
 

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Milling and Gluing

I rececently changed the configuration of my son's loft bed (that I had previously built). He no longer wanted to be 5' off the ground, so we lowered it. The result was a lot of leftover 2x material, and most of it had holes for the bolts that held it all together. Instead of scrapping it, I decided to rip it in 7/8" strips and edge glue them into panels.

Rectangle Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain


Here's the milled down 2×4's and 2×6's

Wood Wood stain Plank Varnish Hardwood


Next, the strips spent some quality time with the bar clamps. I'm assembling the panels in 12" or less widths so they can fit through the thickness planer later.

Wood Creative arts Hardwood Plank Wood stain


The final panels. You can see the cross section of the holes. The great part is that when the board is flipped over, you would never know the difference.

Once all the glue up is completed, the next operation will be sizing the thickness with the planer.
I actually got the idea out of a magazine. I don't have any pics, but I have been happy with the results. Anytime you can reuse wood, it is a good thing.
 

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Glue up and thickness planer.

Over the last week I glued all the strips I milled a couple weeks ago. I ran them through the surface planer today and I have to say that they look really good. Ready for drawer fronts on a future project.

This was the second pile of shavings… I need to get a dust collector.
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Free wood, is it a boon or a bust?

Where I work there are daily shipments of bar stock, aluminum, stainless and other types of steel. These come in ten foot lengths and usually in a pine crate. The crate is just four pieces nailed together to form a long rectangle. Here's some of the wood that I brought home recently:

Wood Hardwood Composite material Flooring Gas


Some of it is in pretty rough shape, but there is quite a lot that is ok. One side is clean, the other side has dirt and oil on it. I'm hoping that the oil does not penetrate too deeply. We'll see.

When the bundles of bar stock are removed from the pine crate, they are laid flat across several pieces of oak until delivered to the CNC machines. I managed to snag of several of these as well:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


Table Rectangle Wood Brick Flooring


The oak is 3-1/4×2-1/2, roughly cut. Some is plain sawn, while some is quarter sawn.

First step will be prep, make sure there are not any bits of metal or other debris embedded in the wood, then a trip through the planer. The only thing I'm not sure of is if this is dry enough to use. Since it is not intended for woodworking, it probably isn't air or kiln dried. Not sure how to find out without purchasing a moister meter.
 

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Free wood, is it a boon or a bust?

Where I work there are daily shipments of bar stock, aluminum, stainless and other types of steel. These come in ten foot lengths and usually in a pine crate. The crate is just four pieces nailed together to form a long rectangle. Here's some of the wood that I brought home recently:

Wood Hardwood Composite material Flooring Gas


Some of it is in pretty rough shape, but there is quite a lot that is ok. One side is clean, the other side has dirt and oil on it. I'm hoping that the oil does not penetrate too deeply. We'll see.

When the bundles of bar stock are removed from the pine crate, they are laid flat across several pieces of oak until delivered to the CNC machines. I managed to snag of several of these as well:

Wood Hardwood Plank Wood stain Rectangle


Table Rectangle Wood Brick Flooring


The oak is 3-1/4×2-1/2, roughly cut. Some is plain sawn, while some is quarter sawn.

First step will be prep, make sure there are not any bits of metal or other debris embedded in the wood, then a trip through the planer. The only thing I'm not sure of is if this is dry enough to use. Since it is not intended for woodworking, it probably isn't air or kiln dried. Not sure how to find out without purchasing a moister meter.
moisture meter + metal detector = good start

looks like a nice snag!
 

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