Thread: scrap wood

I have a wood heater in my house. I have not cut/bought firewood for 6 years.

Told SWMBO that when we run out of firewood, the wood heater could go and be replaced by a heat pump. She anticipated that day occuring around 5 years ago.

Amazing the heat output from dry huon pine, king billy pine, blackwood, myrtle, celery top pine and leatherwood.

Kev M

Originally Posted by KevM

Amazing the heat output from dry huon pine, king billy pine, blackwood, myrtle, celery top pine and leatherwood.

Kev M

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Al

Originally Posted by ozwinner

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Al

Looks like a little clarification might be required.

When I mill logs, I rack out most of the cut slabs/boards. In the drying process a certain amount of degradation will occur, not all that is cut can be used. As a result when I sort the dried boards/slabs I become a little mercenary cutting off split ends, knots etc. If amongst the off cuts there are usable turning blanks sizes I keep them down to pen size blanks on figured timbers.

Kev M

Ah! that's better - for a moment there, mate....

Scrap is easy to get rid off... give it away to be burnt or just bin it!

One can always keep them? Well I do anyways but then Im a major hoarder of wood... but then thats just me

actually today I had a moment in the shed as I tripped over the stack of smallish Jarrah offcuts I thought "buggar me! Now ive got this bloody great bandysaw thingymajig just standin there Ive got this chunk of Jarrah thats belted hell outta me little toe Im gonna do some damage!" and within a nano second I had a bunch of smallish thinish strips of Jarrah in me hands! Whaaahoooo!!

Now not sayin its as thin as veneer but its thinish and so good for somethin like that... maybe even a smallish frame? a smallish box? a feature perhaps? who knows but something can be made with it I reckon

One day

I've built various bins that roll under benches or sit in awkward corners to take different size offcuts. See pic of shed http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=23158

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

...... I had a bunch of smallish thinish strips of Jarrah in me hands! Whaaahoooo!!

Now not sayin its as thin as veneer but its thinish and so good for somethin like that... maybe even a smallish frame? a smallish box? a feature perhaps? who knows but something can be made with it I reckon

One day

Hi Shane

Weave the strips, makes an interesting box lid top or front, or sides.

Or you can send them to me......

cheers
Wendy

I used to burn mine to keep the shed warm.

Then I bought a lathe... and froze all winter until I built a sawdust burner.

Scrap wood? Don't have any!

See now? Young Wendys on the ball... thats a truely great idea me young flutterin flower of a timber lovin Bananaite Now if you would just come back to reality and come home to West Aussie we could really arc up a fantasmagorical artypharty thingy make oodles of moola retire to mullumbimbi become hippy yippy yayas and grow much... ahem... sorry lost the plot for a sec

Sawdust burner? Another fine idea ... although I reckon Id be committin suimaside with the other half if I dared burn her rapidly growin to within mountain climbing levels of gardenin mulch starter... sigh sheilas eh?

Keep the ol noggins workin people one can never have enough ideas for those scrap bits layin around the shed eh!

Cheers

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

and froze all winter until I built a sawdust burner.

Wheres the piccys? :confused:

Al

Looks just like a 44gal drum with a flue out the back. 'Cos that's all it is.

This is the reference I used in construction.

I's really like to collect wood but I live on a small (610m^2) suburban block 1km from city centre so no space for much of anything. Can't get anything bigger than a wheelbarrow down the side of the house (hey I once moved 15m^3 of soil that way). My shed is small and I like to keep real wood even down to tiny blocks. We also have another problem - termites! that will eat most wood that touches soil - they have already attacked the new part of the house twice. The old part is saturated with pesticide pre our occupancy in the late 1970's - I don't think they'll be eating that for a few centuries. I have a 10 m long firewood pile along the fence behind the shed that is about 1/4 eaten by termites. I figure if they are eating that they won't attack the new part of the house again. I recently had a big chuck out/rearrangement of my shed but managed to keep most of the wood by putting it on racks or suspended from the floor bearers under the house in a sealed semi cellar. That's where bits up to 3.6m and slabs up to 850mm wide go. I keep most small timber shorter than about 2m in the shed - its either on MDF shelving or suspended from the roof in weldmesh or wooden racks. If I need a shortish bit of timber I just look up and can see most of it there all laid out as a sort of false ceiling. I should maybe post a picture of this set up sometime - once my shed is tidy (see atavar) some time next decade? And I used low flat plastic boxes on wheels under benches for offcuts etc. Big piles I can't help you with - I dream about having big piles! - of wood that is.

Two other ideas for scaps

Set up a box that the kids can rummage through and happily play with - ok supervision will be needed, but the fun and joy of being with them, teaching a few woodwork skills and the joy in their eyes when they build something is just sooooo wonderful.


Second idea - I've been thinking of getting a set of those circle cutters used to drill the holes for door handles and drilling out a bunch of circles from my scraps. Different sizes, poke a dowell up the centre, top it off with a candle holder - whola! one candlestick

cheers
Wendy