Better than the Burn Pile

I know burn piles are a reality, but it tears the heart out sometimes. Very nice save and build. Always a need for a box.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Nice looking boxes Joey, really like the wood, great way to use up scraps.

-- Randy - If I'm not on LJ's then I'm making Saw Dust. Please feel free to visit my store location at http://www.facebook.com/randy.blackstock.custom.wood.designs

Nice set of boxes, burn pile, I don’t think so, if You have taken these from log to box, that is a Great job turning natures best into jems like these, Your work is always full of craftsmanship and style, Great job, thanks for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

Thanks guys.

Mic, I didn’t take these from log to box unfortunately. I love doing that, but this time it was just scrapes that I had tossed in a box. It’s normally just small cut offs, but sometimes some pieces that are a little larger make it in. I’m just glad I looked through the box before leaf burning time. That’s when the shop gets cleaned out and it would have been a shame to burn these pieces.

-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks

You’re right. It just hurts to burn wood as pretty as that. Nice save, Joey!!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Wow! Glad they didn’t make it to the burn pile. Fine looking boxes.

-- Bryan

I like!

-- If I can do it, so can you.

Sounds like you have a burn pile just like mine, never get’s burned lol. Very nice boxes. Beautiful wood.

Wow, id like to rummage through your burn pile.

LOL. Brian. I use a lot of exotics for my boxes and inlays and end up with a bunch of little pieces. I try to save them because I know they can be used somewhere, but my shop is in our 1 car garage, so the space is limited. I’ve thought about selling the lawnmower to make more room for extra wood.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Joey

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Definitely better than the buning pile.

Some of the wood grain on those is really nice.

Since we can’t burn wood in my area, my cut-off usually endup in the green bin (compostable recycle bin)

-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

I too can’t bear to throw out/burn any wood that has cool grain or color. I have even saved pieces so small they are only good for tiny lid handles after being laminated with other tiny pieces.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

My kind of projects, save scraps from the burn pile! I like them all!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

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OK, I may have gone a little bit too far with scraps! Lance (theDude50) the plane guru explained how to get my ECE plane sharp, sharper than it has ever been before. To try it out a grabbed a piece of redwood and took a couple of passes, took one of the 2’ shavings, wrapped it around a 35mm film canister (it was just laying around) with some glue, after it dried gave it a little tung oil and that is the result, a 2” redwood tube!

I am going to make a top and cover with some other scraps I make. It is really amazing how strong this little thing really is!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

great saves. Never wanted a burn pile myself; there’s always a better way.

-- From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. Immanuel Kant