I'm finding I'm starting to build up quite the collection of small BC
and oak 3/4" plywood scraps as they get too small to be useful in a
cabinet. I hate to throw anything out since I might need a small
scrap someday but it's also taking up valueable storage space that I
could store something I'll use more frequently. Any thoughts on what
to build out of them?
>>could store something I'll use more frequently. Any thoughts on what
>>to build out of them?
I just got rid of a 25" TV box that was filled to brimming with small scraps
like that. I just ran out of room for the thing, so off to the landfill it
went.
I don't really miss it.
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Mark asks:
>I'm finding I'm starting to build up quite the collection of small BC
>and oak 3/4" plywood scraps as they get too small to be useful in a
>cabinet. I hate to throw anything out since I might need a small
>scrap someday but it's also taking up valueable storage space that I
>could store something I'll use more frequently. Any thoughts on what
>to build out of them?
A boix for some of my small scraps?
You don't specify size, but I seem to get a lot of 11" x 12" stuff that is
close to dead useless. Maybe use rabbets to build a saw blade box with inserts
from 1/4" ply scraps? Boxes for any small tools you have to cart around so you
can sh*tcan those lousy blow molded boxes? Step stools for different areas in
shop and house?
Charlie Self
"Health food makes me sick." Calvin Trillin
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Our city FINALLY included green cuttings for composting, and it
includes wood scraps.
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:11:12 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I just got rid of a 25" TV box that was filled to brimming with small scraps
>like that. I just ran out of room for the thing, so off to the landfill it
>went.
Thu, Feb 19, 2004, 2:03pm (EST-3) [email protected] (Mark) asks:
<snip> Any thoughts on what to build out of them?
Yep.
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We all have the same collection of "valuable" scraps...
About twice a year I have a lovely little fire out back...
Invite the bride out so she can bask in the glow of that
burning plywood.... Get a few hot dogs and have a little
dinner while you watch it burn...
You can even make it a "holiday event" and do it during
Thanksgiving or Christmas... The kids love a fire.
Mark wrote:
> I'm finding I'm starting to build up quite the collection of small BC
> and oak 3/4" plywood scraps as they get too small to be useful in a
> cabinet. I hate to throw anything out since I might need a small
> scrap someday but it's also taking up valueable storage space that I
> could store something I'll use more frequently. Any thoughts on what
> to build out of them?
Check out Gregory Jensen's post to abpw "Turning plywood ??"
Puff
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> I'm finding I'm starting to build up quite the collection of small BC
> and oak 3/4" plywood scraps as they get too small to be useful in a
> cabinet. I hate to throw anything out since I might need a small
> scrap someday but it's also taking up valueable storage space that I
> could store something I'll use more frequently. Any thoughts on what
> to build out of them?
[email protected] wrote:
>>Maybe I should put an ad in the Trading Post or something. I just can't
>>escape the damn McIntyre don't-throw-anything-away gene. I saved it from
>>curbside at the last minute and stuck it in my den.
> Boys/Girls Club in neighborhood?
No, but I do have a bunch of Cub Scouts... Hrm...
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Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> scraps like that. I just ran out of room for the thing, so off to
>> the landfill it went.
>
> Anyone in the neighborhood heat with wood? I just put the box out by the
> curb with a "Free Kindling Wood" sign and it is gone in 24 hours or less.
>
> I used to burn a few cords of wood a year to heat. If I have to buy wood,
> it is as expensive as oil and much more work.
Nope. Nobody burns wood anymore.
Maybe I should put an ad in the Trading Post or something. I just can't
escape the damn McIntyre don't-throw-anything-away gene. I saved it from
curbside at the last minute and stuck it in my den.
I'm pathetic.
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Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Boys/Girls Club in neighborhood?
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:46:32 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Maybe I should put an ad in the Trading Post or something. I just can't
>escape the damn McIntyre don't-throw-anything-away gene. I saved it from
>curbside at the last minute and stuck it in my den.
Silvan wrote:
> I just got rid of a 25" TV box that was filled to brimming with small
> scraps like that. I just ran out of room for the thing, so off to
> the landfill it went.
Anyone in the neighborhood heat with wood? I just put the box out by the
curb with a "Free Kindling Wood" sign and it is gone in 24 hours or less.
I used to burn a few cords of wood a year to heat. If I have to buy wood,
it is as expensive as oil and much more work.
--
Ed
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Mark asks:
>I'm finding I'm starting to build up quite the collection of small BC
>and oak 3/4" plywood scraps as they get too small to be useful in a
>cabinet. I hate to throw anything out since I might need a small
>scrap someday but it's also taking up valueable storage space that I
>could store something I'll use more frequently. Any thoughts on what
>to build out of them?
Cut up those scraps and make bundles of kindling firewood which you sell to
sailors who have a fireplace on board their boats.
Don't laugh, it's a lot more common than you might think, especially in
areas like SF Bay, Portland, & Seattle on the Left Coast, any place on the
Great Lakes as well as most of the East Coast, especially anything north of
Charleston, SC.
HTH
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