battle of the pieces

Mark asks:

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

Thu, Feb 19, 2004, 2:03pm (EST-3) snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Mark) asks: Any thoughts on what to build out of them?

Yep.

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Mark asks:

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

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.

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.

Check out Gregory Jensen's post to abpw "Turning plywood ??" Puff

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:

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.

No, but I do have a bunch of Cub Scouts... Hrm...