Byproducts from a year of scroll sawing

[Frank Pellow]

I started doing serious scroll sawing just about a year ago and it's amazing to me how many cut-off pieces I have accumulated in that time.  My scrap box is just about ready to empty and I took a photo of it this morning.  It's a big box and it was empty when I started a year ago. 

 

I also took a photo of the majority of broken blades and bits that I have "created" in the last 8 months.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

I remember when I use to save bags and bags of that stuff and tried selling to people who had fireplaces but no one wanted it. I now just throw in the trash. Seems like a shame to do but it does add up quickly if doing many projects over a year. Not only scrolling but turning and other woodworking projects. 

 

Have to say sometimes my mind works in weird ways but seeing all your blades gives me an idea and now I have to start saving my old blades. Go figure. 

[Phantom Scroller]

i fill a box and use it to start the wood burner really burns well. Roly

[Lucky2]

Frank, that's a pretty good collection, are you in the habit of saving junk? Just kidding Frank, I think that most of us are guilty of doing this. I know I used to, but it got to be just to much junk hanging around, so I quit. Nowadays, I throw things out, I learned my lesson. It takes to long to pick through the junk pile, to find that little usable piece. I realized that it took to long to find what I needed, and that it was a lot quicker to use new stock. The only wood I save now, has to be a certain size or it goes into the trash.

Len

[amazingkevin]

I started doing serious scroll sawing just about a year ago and it's amazing to me how many cut-off pieces I have accumulated in that time.  My scrap box is just about ready to empty and I took a photo of it this morning.  It's a big box and it was empty when I started a year ago. 

 

I also took a photo of the majority of broken blades and bits that I have "created" in the last 8 months.

i'm proud of you Frank .Keep up the good work.Isn't it satisfying to look in the box and know your trying hard.the piles of wood i hated to throw away but i'm getting old and lose more than i want from moves .keep those pictures coming !

[Frank Pellow]

I appear to have given the wrong impression to some folks.

 

I do not intend to recycle or to reuse the wood in this box.  LIke Roly, I intend to use it when starting fires (in the wood stove in my woodworking shed)).

Edited December 16, 2016 by Frank Pellow

[lawson56]

I have a scrap box also,sometimes I get lucky and someone will want want it to burn,Most of the time I just burn it myself,Just emptied it a few days ago.I save a few blades to use in cleaning out my cuts.

[JimErn]

Frank, I have a Tupperware bin I use for scrap.  One heck of a lot lighter to carry when I have to dump it, I guess I am lazy.

 

I feel better about my blade use though, either I am using them too long or you are cutting harder wood than I am. 

[keefie]

My son comes round and takes all my offcuts and scrap  wood (I get a lot from my woodturning as well) He burns it in his open fire. I told him to buy that machine that compresses all the shavings from woodturning into 4inch diameter logs for burning, but they're too expensive.

[stoney]

Yeah Frank the scrap box can fill up in a hurry.   My problem is what I don't throw in the scrap box.   I make allot of small toys for underprivileged kids so I have a problem tossing anything away I think I might use for a toy.   My small piece pile would look to some people like the stuff should be in the scrap box.   Used blades are another thing I tend to hang onto.   I tend to hang on to blades that are still cutting well but always seem to install a new blade at the beginning of a project.   They also tend to add up. LOL 

Edited December 16, 2016 by stoney

[Frank Pellow]

I have a much larger volume of larger offcuts from my "real" woodworking.  I'm getting better about keeping that wood under control.  Using small (otherwise scrap) pieces for some scroll projects does help.

 

My scroll saw in not in my woodworking shed with most of the other tools.  It is in the basement and the scraps  shown in the box are entirely those created by scroll sawing.

[hawkeye10]

I started doing serious scroll sawing just about a year ago and it's amazing to me how many cut-off pieces I have accumulated in that time.  My scrap box is just about ready to empty and I took a photo of it this morning.  It's a big box and it was empty when I started a year ago. 

 

I also took a photo of the majority of broken blades and bits that I have "created" in the last 8 months.

I don't save any of that ""STUFF"" as I don't burn wood or sell scrap metal. I keep a small waste basket my my side. 

[Jim Finn]

I do not do fretwork.  I do lots of inlay though.  I have cutouts that are different shapes that I have no use for.  I give some of these cedar shapes to a friend that is an artist and I sell the bulk of them to other artists.  I sell it by the pound!  Not really , but I sell a 20" x 15" x 15" box for $10 to them.

[jamminjack]

Frank it might be a good time to start intarsia work.

 

You can always use a small piece of something to go somewhere....