Free wood

[Rob]

This morning a friend of mine dropped off a load of free wood. 

  

 

This is all Rimu from a kitchen refit on an old property.  The builder was going to burn it but luckily my friend saved it for me.  Included in this pile is a beam 7 inches wide by 3 inches thick and just over nine feet long!    It will take a while to sort through but I have already dismantled the drawer boxes and thought I would share my process. 

I don't have a table saw so I use a cordless circular saw and speed square to separate the drawer panels from each other. 

 

After de-nailing, the scraps go into my kindling box or to await paint removal first.  I run the drawer fronts through the bandsaw to remove the dovetail ends and the groove where the drawer bottom sits.  I keep the drawer bottoms which tend to be cheap ply, hardboard or laminate although I don't often have a use for these. 

This picture shows the cabinet sides with drawer runners.  I wet one piece to show the beautiful colour.

Now, after de-nailing,  I have a pile of scrollable pieces ready for milling on the planer thicknesser and sanding before use.

Obviously this has some splits and nail holes but I can often orientate the pattern to work around that.

I hope this helps somebody and inspires people to try reclaimed wood.

Rob

 

 

 

[Scrappile]

Now that is a true friend!

[spirithorse]

Congratulations!
I have seen some projects completed with rimu and it sure
seems to be a nice wood!
God Bless! Spirithorse

[OCtoolguy]

I find a lot of discarded furniture but it's always the cheap particle board kind. Never anything like that.

 

Ray

 

[Rob]

1 hour ago, octoolguy said:

I find a lot of discarded furniture but it's always the cheap particle board kind. Never anything like that.

 

Ray

 

The irony is they are often ripping this stuff out to fit a modern chipboard kitchen in it's place!

Rob

[WayneG]

rob, 95 % of my projects are done with reclaimed wood. I use a tonne of oak, maple, birch, cherry and ash. Mahogany I get at times but I usually save that for special projects...happy re-purposing!

I save the drawer bottoms as well, they make great backings and also can be used for bracelets if they are solid wood.

Edited September 6, 2017 by WayneG

[WayneMahler]

Congrats on the score. Looking forward to seeing what it becomes in the future

 

[wombatie]

I wish I had a friend like yours.        Great score Rob, happy scrolling.

Marg

[Scrolling Steve]

Congrats Rob !....Good get !

[merlin]

Nice save Rob.....I get a lot of old furniture from the sallies....................Rimu and oak mainly......................

[hawkeye10]

11 hours ago, Rob said:

This morning a friend of mine dropped off a load of free wood. 

  

 

This is all Rimu from a kitchen refit on an old property.  The builder was going to burn it but luckily my friend saved it for me.  Included in this pile is a beam 7 inches wide by 3 inches thick and just over nine feet long!    It will take a while to sort through but I have already dismantled the drawer boxes and thought I would share my process. 

I don't have a table saw so I use a cordless circular saw and speed square to separate the drawer panels from each other. 

 

After de-nailing, the scraps go into my kindling box or to await paint removal first.  I run the drawer fronts through the bandsaw to remove the dovetail ends and the groove where the drawer bottom sits.  I keep the drawer bottoms which tend to be cheap ply, hardboard or laminate although I don't often have a use for these. 

This picture shows the cabinet sides with drawer runners.  I wet one piece to show the beautiful colour.

Now, after de-nailing,  I have a pile of scrollable pieces ready for milling on the planer thicknesser and sanding before use.

Obviously this has some splits and nail holes but I can often orientate the pattern to work around that.

I hope this helps somebody and inspires people to try reclaimed wood.

Rob

 

 

 

This is great Rob. You have a true friend. Now you can use the money you saved on free wood and buy your self a table saw. Every once in a while I come up with a truly great idea.  

[Rob]

5 hours ago, hawkeye10 said:

This is great Rob. You have a true friend. Now you can use the money you saved on free wood and buy your self a table saw. Every once in a while I come up with a truly great idea.  

I'm saving up for one.  The Dewalt Dw745 is $990 here! 

[OCtoolguy]

On 9/6/2017 at 11:41 AM, Rob said:

I'm saving up for one.  The Dewalt Dw745 is $990 here! 

I don't have room for a full blown table saw so I bought a used DW745 and a new portable base for it. All in all, I have about $400 in it.

 

Edited September 8, 2017 by octoolguy

[amazingkevin]

On 9/5/2017 at 9:07 PM, Rob said:

This morning a friend of mine dropped off a load of free wood. 

  

 

This is all Rimu from a kitchen refit on an old property.  The builder was going to burn it but luckily my friend saved it for me.  Included in this pile is a beam 7 inches wide by 3 inches thick and just over nine feet long!    It will take a while to sort through but I have already dismantled the drawer boxes and thought I would share my process. 

I don't have a table saw so I use a cordless circular saw and speed square to separate the drawer panels from each other. 

 

After de-nailing, the scraps go into my kindling box or to await paint removal first.  I run the drawer fronts through the bandsaw to remove the dovetail ends and the groove where the drawer bottom sits.  I keep the drawer bottoms which tend to be cheap ply, hardboard or laminate although I don't often have a use for these. 

This picture shows the cabinet sides with drawer runners.  I wet one piece to show the beautiful colour.

Now, after de-nailing,  I have a pile of scrollable pieces ready for milling on the planer thicknesser and sanding before use.

Obviously this has some splits and nail holes but I can often orientate the pattern to work around that.

I hope this helps somebody and inspires people to try reclaimed wood.

Rob

 

 

 

Found wood is treasure in my eyes.