Scrap Wood

[Eddie_T]

I read on another forum, 'There's no such thing as scrap wood, just pieces awaiting a project.'

Here's an example a doorstop turned from a pecan scrap. I may give it a try. It would make a nice gift.



Many years ago I turned some candlesticks from walnut limbs (out of wife's uncle's woodpile).

 

[Rusty]

I read on another forum, 'There's no such thing as scrap wood, just pieces awaiting a project.'

Here's an example a doorstop turned from a pecan scrap. I may give it a try. It would make a nice gift.

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Many years ago I turned some candlesticks from walnut limbs (out of wife's uncle's woodpile).

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Nice. I have always wanted a lathe. Just don't have room for one. I have almost everything else.

 

[billshack]

I have a wood stove. scrap wood make great kindling .

 

[Eddie_T]

I made some of these years ago from scrap treated wood to keep flower pots from sitting directly on deck or patio.

 

[Eddie_T]

 

[bud16415]

Hey I resemble that remark!

 

[Eddie_T]

I picked this up from the lumberjocks forum.

 

[Eddie_T]

My wife used to have me fit small shelves under sink cabinets to utilize lost space near drains. Cut-offs from other projects worked well for that.

 

[Eddie_T]

I used my largest drywall scraps in closets the smaller ones in the hall linen closet. Turned out pretty well plus was going to get shelves anyway. I used laminate flooring scraps to do the linen closet floor.

 

[Eddie_T]

A scrap wood holder (in progress) for spare rolls of toilet tissue. Half-lap legs, a section of broomstick will be doweled to the top.

 

[Eddie_T]

A small stool made in the past from pallet oak also using half-lap legs. Modeled from a stool a friend purchased in Germany.

 

[Eddie_T]

I have made several of these from scrap. Hobby Lobby sells similar ready to finish for $16.99. I have a couple wall mounted under the eave on my utility room deck.

Wood corbels are another use for scrap wood. Search 'architectural salvage' for ideas.

 

[Ron Van]

I don't know what it is about scrap wood but I can't throw it away! I have tons of it.

 

[Ron Van]

Here’s one of my piles of scrap wood. I had to organize this yesterday because I wanted use some of it to build a wall in my bathroom project.



I needed 4 2x4’s to frame this small partition wall.

 

[Eddie_T]

I forgot to post a pic of my completed spare TP holder,

 

[Flyover]

I should have mentioned, though it probably does without saying, the table I just built was all from dumpster-found wood, except the skirt that was left in my basement by the previous owners.

 

[Eddie_T]

A good dumpster find project might be a knock-down guitar stand for that new guitar.

 

[Flyover]

A good dumpster find project might be a knock-down guitar stand for that new guitar.

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That is cool, though I currently have one more guitar stand than I need, plus I don't put my guitars on stands at home anyway, I hang them on the wall.

 

[Eddie_T]

That is cool, though I currently have one more guitar stand than I need, plus I don't put my guitars on stands at home anyway, I hang them on the wall.

Hanging on the wall is cool, plus readily available. I made a little mandolin hanger and used to keep it on the wall. It made a nice decoration piece as well. I may make one of those stands just to test the build and the utility. I might gift it to someone at the community center weekly gig. I played guitar more when I had a $13.95 Stella lying on the sofa than I did later with nice guitars in their cases.

 

[Flyover]

Hanging on the wall is cool, plus readily available. I made a little mandolin hanger and used to keep it on the wall. It made a nice decoration piece as well. I may make one of those stands just to test the build and the utility. I might gift it to someone at the community center weekly gig.

I hang mine up to save space/avoid kicks and trips, plus having them at eye level encourages me to grab them off the wall and play them more...though I've been pretty good about keeping regular play/practice as a daily habit this year anyway. They would be cool to display but too much of a temptation for the kids, so mine are actually all hanging in out-of-the-way corners in my office and bedroom.

I played guitar more when I had a $13.95 Stella lying on the sofa than I did later with nice guitars in their cases.

Ain't that just the way it goes. I made it somewhat of a point not to own any guitars I was too afraid to take out and risk scratching by playing them.