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Scrap wood wall

Project by mdf posted 537 days ago 4197 views 26 times favorited 28 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is my second scrap wood wall. This one is made from various lengths of 2×4s ripped in thicknesses from 1/4 to 1in. I put all the pieces through the thickness planer to get one smooth side and gave them a walnut stain. The pieces were then randomly attached to the wall with hot-melt glue. The project was not much fun to do, but I like the result ;)


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GaryK

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posted 537 days ago

That is a really great effect! Nice job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Canexican

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posted 537 days ago

That must of been a heck of a lot of hot glue stick, pretty cool texture.

-- www.woodshopdude.com

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sidestepmcgee

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posted 537 days ago

i like the idea ,great for scraps of any kind.great stain for the 2 bys also.thanks for sharing.

-- eric post, tallahassee FL

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BrianM

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posted 537 days ago

Outstanding! It looks like a museum wall. Actually, it looks like a large piece of modern art in a museum.

-- There is no such thing as scrap wood!, http://www.saltrivergallery.com

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Damian Penney

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posted 537 days ago

Fantastic :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

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bigguy

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posted 537 days ago

Love the effect! I think I would loose my mind doing it!!! Great work.

-- Thank God for sawdust... Ron. Gilroy, CA

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Scott Bryan

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posted 537 days ago

This is certainly another unique wall. The various thicknesses adds an unusual touch to the wall. I am sure that I would not have had the patience to attach this many individual pieces onto a wall despite the nice effect it brings.

Well done. I am sure that this wall is the focal point of the room.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Karson

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posted 537 days ago

Great wall of China. What a view.

Nice job. What kind of time did it take from start to finish?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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CharlieM1958

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posted 537 days ago

Wow…. nice effect!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Jarrod Zion Murphree

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posted 537 days ago

Damn, you’re a patient guy….

Looks awesome though. Is this your place, or was this a commission?

Regards,
Jarrod

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

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Napaman

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posted 537 days ago

wow….this could be the next thing we see on HGTV…get the PATENT!!! lol….this really looks great…the rooms you have shown seriously look like a museum…

you mentioned a walnut stain—-but do the woods vary in variety? how many woods do you think/

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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miles125

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posted 537 days ago

Gives the wall a cool looking texture. Great job!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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jockmike2

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posted 537 days ago

Outstanding, and beautiful, I really like the texture. I’ll bet it was a lot of work. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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runngt

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posted 537 days ago

that did turn out great!

runngt

-- It seem's I just make scrap wood and saw dust most of the time !

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mdf

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posted 537 days ago

Thanks!

I don’t know how long it took to make it, but it was many hours over a period of two weeks. I think there are about 1100 pieces, so it is definitely a tedious task. It is our own place, so I was not too concerned about how long it took. The pieces vary in height so it is a bit of a puzzle. If I had to do it again, I would make sure they all have the same height.

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Rob

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posted 536 days ago

That’s a very stylish wall. This room could be in a decorating magazine. Good job.

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Sawdust2

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posted 536 days ago

Is that what you do to keep from being board in the bedroom?

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

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FJDIII

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posted 536 days ago

Awesome looking wall but I wouldn’t want to be the cleaning lady!

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

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gator9t9

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posted 536 days ago

That is really something ..!

You know …I hope you have better hot melt glue than me ….Cause most of my hot melt glue projects …seem to disassociate themselves after awhile ….

I guess what i am saying is I would not trust sleeping under a wall madewith or constructed with hot melt glue….

I am sure you used much better hot melt than me ..

good luck

-- 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."

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bfd

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posted 504 days ago

Beautiful, Great aesthetic! Very warm and modern.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

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mohkev

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posted 479 days ago

Fantastic idea! Love it.

-- -Mohkev

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woodspar

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posted 478 days ago

Really like the look of that wall.

-- John

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jeanmarc

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posted 471 days ago

Fantastic

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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choppertoo

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posted 158 days ago

Very cool. I will do this in one of the room at my lake place. On your end grain wall you mentioned you nailed the pieces in. If yu did another wall would you glue or nail the pieces?

Thanks.

-- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.. Michelangelo

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a1Jim

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posted 157 days ago

cool

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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sandhill

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posted 110 days ago

Cool indeed!

-- Sell it here> http://woodworkerslist.com

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david9951

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posted 40 days ago

i have no interest in doing this but the end result is stunning

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Mark A. DeCou

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posted 33 days ago

I’m in the middle of building myself a bedroom on the end of our house. I’ve been trying to figure out something inexpensive that I could do to make the room different than just walls of sheetrock. I like F.L.Wright’s concepts of putting several textures and materials in the same room, so I’ve been trying to figure out how to do that. I found this project by stumbling onto it today, and I really like your concept. One idea I have had is to use log cut offs, glueing them to the wall with tile adhesive. Thanks for the idea of using the scrap wood, I think it is a neat concept and looks great,

m

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

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