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I have too much scrap wood. I needed a scrap wood bin. So I made a scrap wood bin out of scrap wood to hold my scrap wood. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by WoodScientist@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
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Scrappiest of scrap wood projects.

The proportions are odd, but it's designed to fit under the landing of the stairs going into the garage. Makes a good use of an otherwise awkward space. Like everything else in the shop, it's on casters to allow for easy movement and cleaning around.

Most of this wood was from the big lifting tower I used to get the dust collector motor into place.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm going to name it Scrappy.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Next episode on Pimp My Wood...

spoilerOr should it be lumber?

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Pimp my timber

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Ermagerd, completely overlooked that, and it fits (hurhur) the scrap def way better!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Name it Chuck.

Wood Chuck.

Cause it’s where you chuck wood

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A fancy storage for scrap?

What, 2 five gallon buckets and a pile leaned up against the wall too good for you ?

What a snob.

😉

[–] dave@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Five gallon buckets? Luxury…

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Came here to say the thing, but the gif says more than the words ever will.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yo dawg

[–] llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I heard u like scrap wood

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So I put scrap wood in your scrap wood

[–] llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

so you can scrap scrap wood while you scrap wood

[–] plaztek@piefed.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Solves two problems; gives you a spot to put scrap, and also gives a use for said scrap.

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also encourages you to keep more scrap.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is key

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I mean, what if I need it someday?

[–] farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

that is awesome

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You didn't say, so I'm asking:

Does the scrap wood bin get made from the scrappiest, least otherwise-useful scraps of wood?

Or do you build it to last using good solid pieces?

And how long do you think it will be before you have a new project that requires a piece you did have, but now it's inextricably part of the bin, so you have to buy new wood?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It gets made from the smallest pieces first. The top and sides are made from many more pieces than you would use if you were making this from newly bought material. As far as the solidity of the pieces, when I say "scrap" I don't mean shitty half-rotted wood. I mean perfectly useful that's left over after a larger project. This isn't 3D printing; we're doing substractive, not additive manufacturing here.

And if there's a piece I simply must have? That would be extremely unlikely, as the whole bin is made from plywood and cheap construction lumber. If I simply need the material, I can just go buy more 2x4s.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"...and when I was done, I found I had no more scrap wood to store!"

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

No Gauls were harmed in the making of this scrap wood bin.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago

I made a vertical one out of scrap wood from an old sandbox we tore up and I put it on castors too. So convenient!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

So what I'm seeing here is I don't have enough scrap wood yet...

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just so you know the scrap piece you need will always be at the bottom

[–] homik@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's why you need separate tiers, so none of the piles are too unwieldy. I mean, what good is a scrap pile if you can't go digging through it when the need arises.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

scrapception!

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

What we have here, is a scrapwood scrapwood bin.

[–] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's awesome.

Also, a huge fan of putting casters on pretty much everything.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's the way to go. I'm not going to say I have a small shop. I'm dedicating most of a three car garage to it. But I'm also not operating out of a giant pole barn. I do have to use the space I have efficiently. And being able to move things around is such a part of that.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

My "shop" is half of a two-car garage. I'm constantly setting up and taking down different power tools, and moving stuff around for each step. But, there's no way I'm parking my car outside.

[–] trainsrkool@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

but if you made a scrap wood bin out of scrap wood to hold your scrap wood, then you have no scrap wood for the scrap wood bin to hold?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This will be quickly rectified, I suspect.

I dunno about OP, but I'm good at making scrap wood.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I make so much of it I keep it in three piles. The small pile is made of pieces less than a foot long, the kind best kept in a bucket or similar. Shown here the medium bin, for pieces maybe up to a few feet long. Too large to fit in a bucket. Too short to fit on a wall mounted lumber rack. Then the long stuff just goes on the lumber rack.

And what I keep is highly dependent on the wood involved. Cheap construction lumber? Small pieces just end up trashed. Exotic woods like ebony? I only buy those in very small quantities for special projects to begin with, so I'll save the smallest of those scraps.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Gift of the magi-ass scrap bin.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With casters on, I'd have probably made it open top instead of side.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I considered that, but I was worried about protruding pieces getting caught on the joists underneath the landing.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At forst glance I thought that was outside. I was like "Uhhhh" hah

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The ducting is robust enough that you could probably operate it outside. It's all 24 gauge galvanized steel. But no, this is entirely indoors.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you have a use for it, it's not scrap. But you can scrap wood yourself into deep and dark hole if you are not careful. I have to fight that fight with odds and ends of metals in my shop. That 2" dia piece of round stock ain't never going to get used even as a door stop....

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's the hoarders problem, but made even worse in a specific context. A hoarder might hoard an old broken lawn mower "in case they need it for parts," but if you're into a craft, you have an obvious and undeniable future use for the material.

Thankfully with woodworking, I have the option of just giving away the scrap as firewood. Can't do that with plywood or any other synthetic material. But solid wood offcuts? They all burn just fine. If we had a wood-burning fireplace, I would burn them myself.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That is a problem with metals, they don't burn real well.

I have a 3"x3"x12" phosphor bronze bar in my shop. I have used about an 1" of it in maybe 15 years. I should get rid of it because I seldom have a real need for a metal like that. But I had one project years ago and this was stupid cheap and overkill for the part I made from it. Now it's worth too much to toss, probably around $500 to $600 as is.