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Re: What to do with your shorts? - Guest - 10-05-2015
buzzard752 said:
Winter's coming. I burn 'em!
If you throw them in the washer with some Tide, you can use them again.
Re: What to do with your shorts? - Rob Young - 10-05-2015
Hank Knight in SC said:
[blockquote]buzzard752 said:
Winter's coming. I burn 'em!
If you throw them in the washer with some Tide, you can use them again.
[/blockquote]
I do all my washing in Tide.
... go ahead, ask me why ...
Why?
Because it is too darn cold out Tide.
Re: What to do with your shorts? - mikefm101 - 10-05-2015
Wish I had an easy answer. I recently finished a large project so have been making some small stuff from the scrap bin.
Improved some tool storage, including a shrine for my T-handle Allen wrenches:
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" /> A little pencil box for my wife (an artist). I may make more and try and sell these to her artist friends.
" /> The beginnings of two picture frames dimensioned
" /> All of which consumed about two board feet of scrap and I am still left with this mess. This is a LOT of pencil boxes!
" /> I may advertise on our towns freecyle program and let the crafters in town grab a box of it.
Mike
Re: What to do with your shorts? - goaliedad - 10-05-2015
My neighbor has a fire pit. I keep him supplied. Alot of my scrap is white cedar- and I am very careful with laying out my stuff- if it is big enough to use, it gets used pretty quickly. Other woods, I will keep "decent sized" scrap- otherwise, it gets shipped to the neighbor's fire pit.
Re: What to do with your shorts? - Arlin Eastman - 10-05-2015
I am glad you made the distinction of boards instead of wearing shorts.
I have a plastic tub I put them in and with each species marked on the tub.
Re: What to do with your shorts? - ed kerns - 10-05-2015
Lol! Just as I thought, most of you are in the same situation I'm in. I have burned my share of scraps over the years. I've got a buddy who makes wooden toys and he gets a bunch, but mostly it just stacks up. Every time I go to the fire pit I can't help but think about the board foot price of walnut or cherry. I'd be happy to give away small pieces to anyone who can use them, although I would certainly prefer to keep it local.
Re: What to do with your shorts? - Steve N - 10-05-2015
Mike that is how to use shorts/scrap wood. So when you are done the person looking at it had no idea you didn't cut it out of larger stock. Well done.
Every year it is a different do dad, thing-a-ma-jig, or whatnot that I make a bunch of for Christmas presents. For this years adventure shorts of at least 7" up to 9.5" in length are needed, width can be variable because I am going to glue them up to make cheese slicer boards For a board with the "knife mark" already defined, and not needing more than a simple soapy washcloth wipe to clean I see no need for end grain, just a simple cheese board with a do dad attached to do the heavy lifting
Christmas gifts for the "Usual Suspects"
Re: What to do with your shorts? - Richard D. - 10-05-2015
Router bowls
Re: What to do with your shorts? - iclark - 10-05-2015
Before I got back into woodworking, I actually bought some variations of these bread cutting boards and gave them as presents.
Seems like a good use for shorts when combined with some scrap ply.
I thought that I might try making some if I ever escape the vortex.
Re: What to do with your shorts? - Bibliophile 13 - 10-06-2015
I make wooden spoons out of them.