What to do with left over scraps of wood

[ZUG]

I had some cut-off pieces of chunks of wood that was accumulating, and I did not want to trash them so I found a good use for them - have a look and you too may be able to use something like this -

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

I’ve made a few good mallets over the last couple years. There’s something so satisfying about using the tools you make.

 

[BillKilgore]

I’ve made a few good mallets over the last couple years. There’s something so satisfying about using the tools you make.

And making them from scraps you already have. Very satisfying to turn garbage into something useful for only a little invested time.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I had some cut-off pieces of chunks of wood that was accumulating, and I did not want to trash them so I found a good use for them - have a look and you too may be able to use something like this -View attachment 208249

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[Rifleman1776]

Very good. I do some woodworking and have a personal slogan that is: "There is no such thing as scrap wood". I've made items like yours and turned pens and game calls from small pieces of wood.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

A very neat idea!

 

[Cheyenne River breaks]

Enlighten us on the item in the middle. I don't recognize what it is.

 

[oldwood]

When building a m/l gun, a smaller mallet , and a larger mallet , are prerequisite. Small for delicate work , and larger for when you get pizzt , something doesn't fit , w/o persuasion. Seriously ,patients rules the day , but a big , and small mallet , best Don't forget the inletting black. .........Rubber mallets just don't cut it.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

I knew a woodstore mechant who took scraps, priced them lower than the normal board-food price and sold them for carving stock. Learned from him that purple heart makes a pretty difficult piece to carve and it is murder on chisels and knives... not to mention even carbide saw blades.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Enlighten us on the item in the middle. I don't recognize what it is.

Looks like a scribing gauge to me.

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

Enlighten us on the item in the middle. I don't recognize what it is.

Looks to be a strap cutter.

 

[Old-Duckman]

I knew a woodstore mechant who took scraps, priced them lower than the normal board-food price and sold them for carving stock. Learned from him that purple heart makes a pretty difficult piece to carve and it is murder on chisels and knives... not to mention even carbide saw blades.

Yes, I agree. I have some purple heart where you can actually see white streaks in the grain and I have read that is calcium...that will put a hurtin' on your cutting tools for sure.

 

[ZUG]

Enlighten us on the item in the middle. I don't recognize what it is.

It is a strap cutter - it is adjustable for different widths of straps or belts. It has a #11 X-Acto blade mounted in the end of it that does the cutting.

 

[ZUG]

Looks like a scribing gauge to me.

It's a strap cutter

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Yes, I agree. I have some purple heart where you can actually see white streaks in the grain and I have read that is calcium...that will put a hurtin' on your cutting tools for sure.

I've heard that it has silicon inclusions... as in the sand it typically grows in. Either way, it is ruinous to saw blades and other tools. I've often thought about making a stock from it, but I fear that I will not live long enough to complete that sort of project. Maybe in the afterlife?

 

[lt508th]

Wow! What a creative idea for your scrap pieces of wood - that's awesome! I love the strap cutter!