WayneG Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Was realizing last night that i need to do some spring cleaning in my garage soon and I thought you folks would like to see this box of cut offs from my scroll saw projects. Please note that I placed a meter stick along the ledge and from top to bottom so you can see it's a full size trunk. Lots of work to do....I think I may have a problem... Lol Did not know where to post it but thought it would be fun to post here with the hope of others sharing photos and brag of thier scrap wood piles just for kicks. Curious to see Kevins pic... Edited February 7, 2018 by WayneG Lucky2 and lawson56 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 I don't have any scrap wood. I burn scraps. I do have a huge amount of "someday I may need that piece" wood! blights69, meflick, Scrolling Steve and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Heheh I have like 8 boxes of things like that. I hate to throw them out as you never know when you might need a small piece of it in some project. One thing you can do if you have a table saw is to make up glue up panels and make bowls with it. DW amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 I have too much scrap to take pics of LOL - it's in my shed, it's in my yard and it's in my shop/garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Glue them up and cut mini birdhouses, ornaments, or turn pens. I also burn what I can't use. blights69 and Scrolling Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 I think we all have boxes of cutoffs. I always find something to do with them. Dan, you have a great idea. Glue some up with different woods and cut some birdhouses out of them. I might just give that a try Dan. In fact, I got some ambrosia coming today for some bird houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgiro Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 I limit myself to what I keep, after cutting intarsia pieces. It can pileup really quickly. I know there are a lot of folks who take the smallest pieces and turn them into beautiful jewelry. But that isn't what I'm into. Having said that, I do believe the phrase "Ain't no such thing as Scrap Wood." Someone can take it and turn it into a workable piece. A friend of mine uses a lot of exotics in his furniture pieces, but he dumps a lot of cut offs. He adamantly claimed there wasn't much anyone could use his wasted wood for. I took that as a challenge and brought home an apple box of cutoffs from his shop one day. As an intarsia guy, I quickly realized there wasn't much going on in that box but since I also use my cutoffs for segmented wood turning - the box was a treasure trove. The result I took back to him, sort of astounded him as he, also did wood turning, just never thought of segmented pieces. BTW - he doesn't let me have any more cutoffs anymore. lawson56 and meflick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 32 minutes ago, tgiro said: I limit myself to what I keep, after cutting intarsia pieces. It can pileup really quickly. I know there are a lot of folks who take the smallest pieces and turn them into beautiful jewelry. But that isn't what I'm into. Having said that, I do believe the phrase "Ain't no such thing as Scrap Wood." Someone can take it and turn it into a workable piece. A friend of mine uses a lot of exotics in his furniture pieces, but he dumps a lot of cut offs. He adamantly claimed there wasn't much anyone could use his wasted wood for. I took that as a challenge and brought home an apple box of cutoffs from his shop one day. As an intarsia guy, I quickly realized there wasn't much going on in that box but since I also use my cutoffs for segmented wood turning - the box was a treasure trove. The result I took back to him, sort of astounded him as he, also did wood turning, just never thought of segmented pieces. BTW - he doesn't let me have any more cutoffs anymore. Beautiful work now I gave something else to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneG Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 10 hours ago, tgiro said: I limit myself to what I keep, after cutting intarsia pieces. It can pileup really quickly. I know there are a lot of folks who take the smallest pieces and turn them into beautiful jewelry. But that isn't what I'm into. Having said that, I do believe the phrase "Ain't no such thing as Scrap Wood." Someone can take it and turn it into a workable piece. A friend of mine uses a lot of exotics in his furniture pieces, but he dumps a lot of cut offs. He adamantly claimed there wasn't much anyone could use his wasted wood for. I took that as a challenge and brought home an apple box of cutoffs from his shop one day. As an intarsia guy, I quickly realized there wasn't much going on in that box but since I also use my cutoffs for segmented wood turning - the box was a treasure trove. The result I took back to him, sort of astounded him as he, also did wood turning, just never thought of segmented pieces. BTW - he doesn't let me have any more cutoffs anymore. stunning, I only have a mini lathe so this type of stuff is too big for my tools at the moment...I do however make use of what is in my cut off box, mostly I make jewellery with it but this is giving me a couple ideas.. oh yes and that was only one f my cut off boxes, there are a few other ones but they are much much smaller and more for the really exotic woods... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 10 hours ago, tgiro said: I limit myself to what I keep, after cutting intarsia pieces. It can pileup really quickly. I know there are a lot of folks who take the smallest pieces and turn them into beautiful jewelry. But that isn't what I'm into. Having said that, I do believe the phrase "Ain't no such thing as Scrap Wood." Someone can take it and turn it into a workable piece. A friend of mine uses a lot of exotics in his furniture pieces, but he dumps a lot of cut offs. He adamantly claimed there wasn't much anyone could use his wasted wood for. I took that as a challenge and brought home an apple box of cutoffs from his shop one day. As an intarsia guy, I quickly realized there wasn't much going on in that box but since I also use my cutoffs for segmented wood turning - the box was a treasure trove. The result I took back to him, sort of astounded him as he, also did wood turning, just never thought of segmented pieces. BTW - he doesn't let me have any more cutoffs anymore. What a work of art!!!!!!!!!!! You 've got some quality time wrapped up in this one.I wouldn't know where to start!!This piece belongs in a museum!!!!!!!!!! As the goblet, Caesar Augustus drank from .Keep your work coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Oh do I have scraps 2 piles.A big wooden box full and a section under a shelf.Time to do some cleaning.Awesome job tgiro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScollSaw Slasher Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 That is one awesome piece of woodworking. Now I'm kicking myself for getting rid of the lathe because of disuse and need for room for my scraps LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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