My neighbor was throwing-away a stair railing and I hate to see oak go to waste:

My initial though is to tear it apart and salvage the square pieces and rip the base into a couple strips. That still leaves a lot of scrap wood, so I’m looking for idea on what I can possibly do with it. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
Thanks,
Greg
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posted 553 days ago
The spindles make good bar stool legs…
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GaryK
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posted 553 days ago
I’d save the spindles. Never know what they will be good for. Modified for a chair…
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Greg Wurst
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I hadn’t thought about using the spindles for stool legs or chair backs. Great ideas, keep ‘em coming!
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gator9t9
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posted 553 days ago
Unless I have no space …...and i always have some space ….I would try to keep all of it ….
I would separate the spindles and the balusters and the newels and the rails and it looks like those could be Maple ….My favorite wood is maple …
save it allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Thanks …
Did you see the Roy Underhill show about the Windsor High Chair ..that was amazing ….
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gator9t9
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Oh If I had read your story about the Stair railing ..i would have seen it is Oak …
thanks again ..
-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."