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Thread: Offcut storage
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23rd October 2008, 01:39 PM #1
Offcut storage
I have been meaning to build this for ages, finally got around to it. It makes use of the dead space behind the fence of the drop saw bench. It's 2.4 metres long and 400mm deep. There are 5 partitions creating 6 bins, each with a flat bottom and being about 200mm deeper than the one on it's right.
The bench itself is a torsion box - very flat and strong.
The whole thing is made from 13mm chipboard cover sheets scored for free from a joinery, plus a few bits of resawn oregon 4x2 scavenged from a building site. I'm planning to put a cupboard under the bench at the left."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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23rd October 2008, 02:43 PM #2
Nice work silent. I have a couple of bins for off-cuts too. The trouble is I can never use them fast enough so they are just keep piling up faster then I can use them.
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23rd October 2008, 02:48 PM #3
Some of those off cuts are older than my daughter
Yes it's a bit of a problem deciding what to keep and what to throw out. But as I pick up nicer bits of timber, I gradually weed out the rubbish. So one day, when I'm 65, I'll have nothing but cabinet grade timbers in there. At the moment, there is everything from bits of pine and ply through to white American Oak and red cedar.
At the very least, it saves the stuff piling up on the floor until I decide what to do with it."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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23rd October 2008, 04:40 PM #4
Novel idea!
I was a tad concerned about storing upright, ala Bunnies, but I guess that if the lengths are short enough and packed in tight enough it's not a concern.
Certainly takes up less footprint and more accessible than when laid flat.
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23rd October 2008, 04:44 PM #5
Great idea, have a greenie. Now to find the time to make one for myself. I reckon a compressor would fit nicely under the boxes too.
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23rd October 2008, 04:54 PM #6I was a tad concerned about storing upright, ala Bunnies
I reckon a compressor would fit nicely under the boxes too.
Cheers."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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23rd October 2008, 05:42 PM #7
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23rd October 2008, 06:22 PM #8
Really good setup there Silent! Something to think about for my next shed.
CheersAndy Mac
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23rd October 2008, 06:56 PM #9
All my offcuts are MDF....
Great stuff silent!
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23rd October 2008, 08:30 PM #10Member
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Great idea SilentC! Timely for me too - was just wondering the other day what to do with those offcuts in a shed rearrangement.
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23rd October 2008, 11:59 PM #11
Great idea and use of space. Your off-cut storage area is about the size of my new shed! I better not have any off-cuts.
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24th October 2008, 09:23 AM #12
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