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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Coffeepot on January 25, 2020, 02:24:29 pm
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...have a box or section of their workshop where they store all the "shoulda beens"?
When you cut and almost complete a nice piece and then a part breaks, or you drill a hole through it trying to put on a hanger, or find some blemish you didn't notice earlier, or it warped, or something that makes it not really fine enough to put in a sale or give as a gift, what do you do with it?
Do you mend it before you go on to your next project or does it go into storage or fireplace?
It's so hard for me to just toss a fine piece of nice wood I spent some time, money and sanding on. So I put it aside in a pile thinking I will return and mend it another day. Unfortunately, that pile is getting bigger!
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I have a storage tub piled with all of the leftovers from my work. You never know when you might be able to fit a small piece into the leftovers from some other project.
In the same way, your pile of 'almost' pieces are known pieces of wood that looked good enough for a project. Even if that piece of wood didn't wind up in the original project, parts of it could wind up in future ones.
No sense wasting good wood.
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I found I was saving so much ‘not quite good projects’ that I was running out of space. Designer firewood is what is going on now. I need the space.
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Yes, space is definitely an issue. Unfortunately, the more you have the more you need... ;D
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Years ago, a local pre-school/kindergarden teacher asked me about scraps that were destined to be throw away, if could have them for here students to glue together. I made sure there were no obvious slivers and gave her all that I had. The kids loved to create things with the scraps and glue. Talk about recycling what I recycled. A win-win for all.
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What a good idea! Thanks.
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Years ago, a local pre-school/kindergarden teacher asked me about scraps that were destined to be throw away, if could have them for here students to glue together. I made sure there were no obvious slivers and gave her all that I had. The kids loved to create things with the scraps and glue. Talk about recycling what I recycled. A win-win for all.
That IS a good idea!