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05-21-2012, 07:15 PM #1Forum Leader Corporate Member
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Clean up time
I finally decided it was time to do some thinning out of my cutoff pile.
The stack is a bit over 3 1/2' wide, 2 1/2' high and 5' deep.
This is the stuff that is really scrap and it's headed to the burn pile at my sons house.
Next I have to go through my "Good Scraps" to see what I really want to keep!
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions . . . . .
peteI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Re: Clean up time
Pete, you are a lot more disciplined than I am. I just can't seem to bring myself to do what you're doing: YET!
BillI'll gladly tell you how I do something. Just please don't confuse that with the right way to do it, and almost certainly not the only way..gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)")
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Re: Clean up time
This is part of my wood disase, can't do it unless I am forced to...like making room for a new tool.
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Re: Clean up time
The space in my shop would double if I could just find the discipline to discard the marginal cutoffs. - Ken.
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Re: Clean up time
How many times have we said "Better keep that. I could probably use it for something"?
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Re: Clean up time
I use small stuff like that all the time. If anybody has small scraps, especially of exotics, please let me know. I'd love to have it.
Most people who are into preparedness, didn't get there because it makes sense. They got there because they suffered and chose not to suffer again.
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Re: Clean up time
+1 to what Mike says all the stuff I get is someones castoffs remember one mans scrap is another mans glue ups
Originally Posted by Mike Davis
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Re: Clean up time
Mike / Mark: Y'all wouldn't believe the QSO that gets burned in my BBQ pit.... I'll have to start setting some aside.
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05-22-2012, 06:16 AM #9Forum Leader Corporate Member
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Re: Clean up time
Hey Scott,
Do you ever have 5/4 QS sycamore?
I'd like to turn some 10- 12 inch dinner plates.Most people who are into preparedness, didn't get there because it makes sense. They got there because they suffered and chose not to suffer again.
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Re: Clean up time
I build 10 - 14" boats and you can't pick your teeth with my scraps that get discarded.
Tony
Originally Posted by steelwheel1999
+1 to what Mike says all the stuff I get is someones castoffs remember one mans scrap is another mans glue ups
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05-22-2012, 09:21 AM #11Board of Directors
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Re: Clean up time
Most pens can be turn from scraps that are 5/8" square by 5" long. It ain't scrap until it is sawdust.
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Re: Clean up time
Perhaps we could have a "scrap box" swap or NCWW donation at the next gathering?
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Re: Clean up time
Mike, on occasion I'll have some... Originally Posted by Mike Davis
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Re: Clean up time
I like that last idea, Bill. And here's hoping next time I'll actually be able to make it to the picnic!
Discarding scraps is a huge problem. Or rather, not discarding them. I collect the smallest stuff in paper bags to use or give away as kindling (the "kindling" wood has gotten larger over the years). "Usable stuff" collects -- ever notice that? Some I use for testing router and saw setups, etc. But the "good scrap" bin overfloweth.
RichRich Beaudry - Wood Carver UNC Tar Heel '69, '75 -- "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It means you decide to see beyond the imperfections."
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Re: Clean up time
I agree with Scott. There are a TON of pen blanks and wine bottle stoppers in that pile Pete. Originally Posted by ScottM
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