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Smart use of Scrolling waste wood


FrankEV

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Nice looking fire pit you made, I also have a fire pit and we I typically make enough scraps to not only have kindling wood but most times enough to have 4-5 fires a year just from my scraps.. yep, I mess up and make that much ornamental fire wood, 😂.. No  kidding aside on a more serious note, some of the wood I get is rejects because of splits / knots etc.. and I work around those bad areas quite easily doing small scroll sawing works so I do generate a few wheelbarrow loads of scraps every year so it's a win win as the wife and kids love to sit around the fire.. makes great family time for us all.  

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3 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Just a caution...walnut shavings/dust will kill plants. 

I plane a lot of walnut. Spreading it along the perimeter of the  shop eliminates weed trimmer use.

Really? I'm putting this throughout my whole lawn then.. save a ton of mower gas too which means more walnut lumber money..😂

Seriously though that is good to know, I knew it's not good for animal bedding as it poisonous to many animals. I take my sawdust to my brothers mill and dump it in his big pile.. but if I have any exotics, walnut, or glued up panels in the shavings I have to leave my bags with him as there are certain places he can take that stuff too but not for the stockyards or the horse farms etc.  

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Nice looking fire pit Frank.  Yes the blocks are heavy.  Dr released me after surgery two week ago since then I have unloaded 150 of the big ones 70 of the small ones and will be going back for another 100 big ones this week.  Sawdust and Vaseline makes great fire starters.  I always carried them in my survival kit.

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You. burn hundreds of acres  every year down there!  I watched the show "Burning Paradise" a while back.  I watched it because my Aunt and Uncle use to live there, way back when it was a pretty small town.  I loved to visit then there.  Glad they  alive to see that happen to the place they loved so much.

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14 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Very nice, Frank... I amusing a lot of waste wood I have for intarsia...

I predominantly use ply for cuttings and pine or poplar for frames, so most if the scrap is not reusable.  I keep a lot of the larger pieces of ply that are large enough for small cutting panels.  However, don't cut to many smaller pieces.  The stockpile is getting quite large.

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1 hour ago, Scrappile said:

You. burn hundreds of acres  every year down there!  I watched the show "Burning Paradise" a while back.  I watched it because my Aunt and Uncle use to live there, way back when it was a pretty small town.  I loved to visit then there.  Glad they  alive to see that happen to the place they loved so much.

That's true Paul but not legally.

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