wood scrap storage?

[larry merlau]

i like most of you, have acquired a growing supply of cutoffs that i cant seem to let go off thinking that it will come in handy on the next project. i would like your ideas of how you store your leftovers, pics would be great for some idea's am trying to get alittle organzed if its possible and at the same time gain some space and make better use of what i have. plywood or lumber both need a new home. thanks for your ideas.

[John M. Cioffi]

Hi Larry,

Here's what I came up with for my needs. This is my own design.
Hope this helps.
John

[Jim Becker]

Larry, I've been using a metal trash can as a cut-off bin for a long time, but am a lot more selective about what I keep any more. The box that John shows, or similar, is a great way to deal with these items...the only reason I don't have one is pure lazyness...

[Frank Pellow]

Hi Larry,

Here's what I came up with for my needs. This is my own design.
Hope this helps.
John

Your bin looks better than the old cardboard boxes that I am using John. I think that I might make one like it -but I would put wheels on mine.

aside: just about everything in my shop has to be on wheels.

[Gary Herrmann]

Larry, I've been using a metal trash can as a cut-off bin for a long time, but am a lot more selective about what I keep any more. The box that John shows, or similar, is a great way to deal with these items...the only reason I don't have one is pure lazyness...

Geez, Jim. I'd never do that.



Mines plastic.

[Bob Oehler]

I too use a old cardboard box and some space under my chop saw. As the winter rolls on the storage gets cleaned out as fires are build. I can rehandle all the scraps and decide who lives and who burns in the wood stove.

Nice figured and/or decent sized pices goe back into a cardboard box the rest
Burn baby burn

take care
Bob Oehler

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I use a couple of 35 gallon trash cans. As I'm working on the ceiling of my new shop, I move them from one side of the shop to the other to get them out of the way?

[Andy Hoyt]

I have numerous stragically located piles in various corners, nooks, and crannies in the shop. It's a freakin' mess!

[John M. Cioffi]

Frank,

How could someone even THINK about something - without wheels?!?!
I can swivel it around the shop;except that it is now jammed & heavy. It sits flat against the south wall,in its own spot.
Everything must have wheels.

Common guys - get rid of those cans & get bin-building!!
Happy rolling.
John

[Wes Bischel]

I have numerous stragically located piles in various corners, nooks, and crannies in the shop. It's a freakin' mess!

Same here - though it's one pile - but still a freakin' mess!! It did start as a nice neat plastic tote bin - the bin is in there somewhere - I think

Wes

[Frank Pellow]

Frank,

How could someone even THINK about something - without wheels?!?!
I can swivel it around the shop;except that it is now jammed & heavy. It sits flat against the south wall,in its own spot.
Everything must have wheels.

Common guys - get rid of those cans & get bin-building!!
Happy rolling.
John

I am confused by your response John. Does your cart have wheels or doesn't it? I certainly don't see any in the picture.

[David Duke]

Heres what I done.
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org...Photos_014.jpg

[Frank Pellow]

Heres what I done.
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org...Photos_014.jpg

WOW! That's what I call organized, David.

[Dan Rider]

I keep smaller peices stacked on two shelves. I've never really been happy with this system, because invariably I end up with curved, tapered, or triangular cutoffs that don't stack very well. It can turn into a big mess in no time, yet I can't bring myself to throw some pieces out. I keep saying, "Maybe oneday I'll build..."

[Charlie Plesums]

I use a couple of 35 gallon trash cans. As I'm working on the ceiling of my new shop, I move them from one side of the shop to the other to get them out of the way?

Now that you are a turner, those cans will empty fast. Anything down to 3/4 x 3/4 x 5 1/2 is called a pen blank. Anything down to 3/4 x 2 x 2 is considered a bowl blank (yes, people like those tiny bowls, and they are great practice). Pieces smaller than that can be glued up before turning.

I do have a trash can for "designer firewood" for my son...captive rings on spindles make great kindling. And if you blow through the bottom of a bowl (everyone does it at least once) it is either called a funnel or kindling.