| Project by kbiniowa | posted 02-24-2012 10:56 PM | 3347 views | 6 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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Perhaps I am a little crazy, but I seem to have a cutoff problem. I collect and save more wood cutoffs than any sane man should. I look at a piece of wood and say, “This is from a really nice piece of hard maple, I’m sure that I can use this down the road!”
Needless to say, I am never short of wood for the fire pit. There is never a need to walk through the woods out back in search of kindling.
The cabinet is made with oak plywood. The shelving and vertical pieces are glued into dado slots. I cut thin strips of red oak and glued the strips to all exposed plywood edges. The cabinet was finished with Danish oil and a few coats of a wipe on polyurethane.
Many cut offs remain in baskets, crates, and empty trash cans in my shop, but the rule for what goes into the cut off cabinet is: cut offs must be a minimum of 3” wide, 12” long, and a nice hardwood.
-- Keith - Iowa
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doncutlip
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#1 posted 02-24-2012 11:05 PM
That’s a fine home for cutoffs, they seem to grow like weeds don’t they
-- Don, Royersford, PA
DIYaholic
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#2 posted 02-24-2012 11:24 PM
Just like clamps, one can never have too many cutoffs!
You cabinet looks fantastic! It even looks better than my livingroom furniture.
Thanks for posting.
-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow! If good things come to those who wait.... Why is procrastination a bad thing?
HillbillyShooter
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#3 posted 02-24-2012 11:37 PM
If I had room, I’d copy it, only in hard maple. Understand about not throwing anything away. I was always taught: “Waste not, want not.” We saved everything on the farm when I was growing up.
-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
Bricofleur
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#4 posted 02-24-2012 11:44 PM
You just solved an issue – storing cufoffs! Storing cutoffs under the workbench is a great idea. I might recondiser my idea of using under-the-bench space! Thanks.
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Serge
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Gabe C.
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#5 posted 02-24-2012 11:47 PM
If you are crazy, then you are certainly not alone. That is a great looking shelf for cutoffs, or countless other things. Nice job!
-- If I could just get this whole "Time/Money" problem figured out...
a1Jim
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#6 posted 02-24-2012 11:55 PM
Very fancy cabinet for cut offs, nice work.
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Roger
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#7 posted 02-25-2012 12:48 AM
holy moly.. break out the china, and lets eat… that is a very nice cutoff rack
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