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Like most of you, I have too much excess material from other projects.

What to do with it all.
1. Burn it. I don't like that idea.
2. Use it. But for what?
3. Recycle it. Isn't that the same as 'Use it'?

I have some ideas, like glue it up into small boards and make something reguardless of what the material looks like.

It will take some time to get things off the floor, so I got to sort by thickness, route the ends for joining, and then glue them up. Run them throught the planner.

Then I may have something to work with.

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Looks like there are some good lengths in that pile. Maybe you should look into making a spattering of toys or small items.
 

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if you had a lathe you would know just what to do with all that scrap, start making segmented bowls.
 

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Send 'em to me!
Or more likely…
  • cutting board
  • small table
  • carving
  • jig material
  • toys
  • scroll-saw type things
 

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That is what I make all my toys out of . I got a couple of pick up loads from a cabnet shop , beem working on the for about 3 years still got a lot left. lots of things in that pile .
Chuck
 

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Jigs and fixtures.
 

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Make pens!
 

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I've got a jewelry box in the queue that could easily make use of some of those pieces.

And the stuff I used for my cell phone charger cord organizer came from a pile that looked an awful lot like that.
 

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make all sorts of stuff… be creative.. not wasteful
 

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Looks like a boat load of tooth picks.
 

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Kirk, It depends on what kind of wood you have. Do you have clamps I mean a lot of clamps. The longer pieces you can joint the edges and clamp them together and make a butcher block top for a workbench or something like that. But they need to be thick pieces. If there small pieces you could make kid puzzles, mind teasers. If you have a lathe then you could make chess pieces etc. But if you find that you put them in scrap bin and haven't touched them in six months then burn them or throw them away. You could get you a wood burning stove or heater for your shop and then uses them in there.
 

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I have a pile that looks like that too. Every once in a while I have to bite the bullet and clean house.
Looks like you need some smaller projects and / or a lot of glue.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/6915
 

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Hi Kirk,

I have several piles that look like that as well. Perhaps I am OCD with respect to cut offs but I only get rid of them under extreme duress. I don't use them a great deal but every so often a project comes along whereby I need one a cutoff rather than slicing up a new board. This alone justifies, at least in my mind, keeping them all.

But you are right at some point you simply run out of room.
 

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Wisewood2 has the rite idea. Trucks, cars, boats and animated pull toys!



All scraps

Lew
 

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Or this,



Lew
 

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Check out my projects on my homesite. I use nearly all drop-offs and "scrap" on small projects. There are several of them posted there.
 

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that right thier my friend is pen turner nervana lmao
 

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What can I say….... I vote for the toys, One can never have too many toys.

Lew your articulated loader looks great.(even with-out the bucket) As does your thing-a-mi-gig, crank thing.
 

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I see pens, bottle stoppers, parts for small boxes, and parts to laminate into bigger parts.

I try not to keep any scrap under 1 BF (softwoods),... hardwoods, if it'll fit on the lathe, it's a keeper.
 

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either way--better to have too much wood then not enough…but maybe invest in a better tape measure…LOL JUST KIDDING…My pile is pretty darn close…and have been thinking about the same thing…

CHESS BOARD…and Pieces…
 
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