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| Forum topic by Chardt | posted 111 days ago | 293 views | 0 times favorited | 14 replies | ![]() |
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111 days ago |
I’ll confess, I’m a bit of a packrat. I seldom add wood scraps to the burn pile except pine, or mdf. Scraps of hardwood, I always hang on to. With the idea that I can use if for a new Plane tote, or something. What projects have you made with the leftovers from a previous project? I’m really interested in getting some idea’s in what to use with the small pieces of Purpleheart, Oak, and Poplar I have in my shop. -Carl -- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters. |
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111 days ago |
Mallets come to mind, especially for harder woods. Lew |
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111 days ago |
Hi Carl, I suspect that I’m like most woodworkers and see all kinds of wonderful things in the scrap pile, here are just a few projects I’ve made from my scrap pile. All the best
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111 days ago |
Push sticks and toy cars -- Rick Kruse, Rick's Rustics Handcrafted wood products Grand Rapids, MI |
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111 days ago |
I use scrap hardwoods to turn pens to give as impromptu gifts. I always keep a few pens on hand for those times I forget a birthday or someone does a big favour for me. -- Anything worth doing is worth overdoing |
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111 days ago |
Push sticks, resaw jig for the tablesaw, featherboards, birdhouses, jigs in general, etc. I use a lot of my extra pine scrap for setups, to make sacrificial cuts in to make sure that my router is set up correctly, or my finger joint jig, etc. Once they’ve made the “rounds” in the shop and can’t be used anymore, then they go in a box for the woodburner in the winter. -- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) |
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Check out my projects. I have posted a few made from drop offs & etc. bbqKing -- bbqKing, Lawrenceville |
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Scraps bins or box is useful too. -- Regards, Woodworm |
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111 days ago |
I built a cabinet for stuff in my shop with scraps of 2×6 and 2×4 lumber from a yard shed project. Does that count? Most of my projects are made from scraps which is a bit like always eating leftovers for dinner but never having firsts. -- Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? |
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111 days ago |
I’m a horrible pack rat. I have a kitchen waste basket, two cat litter containers, a Rubbermaid underbed box, two other cardboard boxes and an abandoned porch swing project heaped with scraps. Everything from 2×2x0.5” on up. My main thrust is small box work. I make my own knobs, inlay and now marquetry, I have the perhaps unrealistic goal of using them all up. Someday, if the bottom doesn’t fall out of the economy, I hope to retire to days of puttering around the shop. Or maybe a Viking funeral…=^} -- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade. |
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110 days ago |
I have recycled almost everything that was too small to fit into a project into coasters. I’ll post the project soon, as not all the set is ready. basically i glue together thin stripes of contrasting wood, cut on the mitre saw to horizontal stripes of varying width and glue them together again, but from different batches or flipped. you can see the process in details here -- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep... |
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110 days ago |
I too am a pack rat with many cubby hole full of small piece of wood I will use someday. Key chains and book markers. -- Ron Central, CA |
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I seem to never throw anything away, quite a few of my projects are made from scraps. If you look at my projects, a great percentage of them are made from scrap. -- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1 |
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110 days ago |
Almost everthing I make comes from the “shorts” bin at a local mill or from my own “scrap” bin. I am a cheap packrat. I hate paying retail prices for wood. |
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