Thread: Timber binge ...

Starting doing some cleaning/organising in my workshop today and came to a realisation ... I'm a binge timber collector. I collect timber quite consistently, whether I need it or not. I also keep a lot of stuff I probably don't need or would never find a use for. Anyone else here like me?

As I unloaded the shelves of timber I found some really nice pieces I forgot I had. There's some nice sassafras in there, some huon, plenty of box making pieces, blackwood, blackbean, cheery, etc. All of which I had forgoten about. Now to think of some projects to use it all on.
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In going through it all I discovered a wet/moulding piece of MDF under the bench. (tall piece in the left of the pic)
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Tucked away in the corner is a beautiful slab of huon pine. First piece of nice timber I ever bought. Still too scared to make something of it yet.
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SO, I wanted to ask other addicts out there how you go about organising your timber collections. Things like large slabs, small slabs, planks, shorts, strips that could be used for inlays/stringing and offcuts.

Do you just let it stack up here and there on shelves and hope you can find it later? Do you organise it somehow by species, by size by potential use?

As an aside, I noticed that there are next to no cobwebs near the huon pine pieces but plenty around the other timber.

Cheers,
Af.