Scrappiest of scrap wood projects.

The proportions are odd, but it’s designed to fit under the landing of the stairs going into the garage. Makes a good use of an otherwise awkward space. Like everything else in the shop, it’s on casters to allow for easy movement and cleaning around.

Most of this wood was from the big lifting tower I used to get the dust collector motor into place.

  • The_v@lemmy.world
    25·
    4 days ago

    A fancy storage for scrap?

    What, 2 five gallon buckets and a pile leaned up against the wall too good for you ?

    What a snob.

    😉

  • plaztek@piefed.caEnglish
    11·
    4 days ago

    Solves two problems; gives you a spot to put scrap, and also gives a use for said scrap.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    4 days ago

    You didn’t say, so I’m asking:

    Does the scrap wood bin get made from the scrappiest, least otherwise-useful scraps of wood?

    Or do you build it to last using good solid pieces?

    And how long do you think it will be before you have a new project that requires a piece you did have, but now it’s inextricably part of the bin, so you have to buy new wood?

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      4 days ago

      It gets made from the smallest pieces first. The top and sides are made from many more pieces than you would use if you were making this from newly bought material. As far as the solidity of the pieces, when I say “scrap” I don’t mean shitty half-rotted wood. I mean perfectly useful that’s left over after a larger project. This isn’t 3D printing; we’re doing substractive, not additive manufacturing here.

      And if there’s a piece I simply must have? That would be extremely unlikely, as the whole bin is made from plywood and cheap construction lumber. If I simply need the material, I can just go buy more 2x4s.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, it’s the way to go. I’m not going to say I have a small shop. I’m dedicating most of a three car garage to it. But I’m also not operating out of a giant pole barn. I do have to use the space I have efficiently. And being able to move things around is such a part of that.

      • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        My “shop” is half of a two-car garage. I’m constantly setting up and taking down different power tools, and moving stuff around for each step. But, there’s no way I’m parking my car outside.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      3 days ago

      I considered that, but I was worried about protruding pieces getting caught on the joists underneath the landing.

  • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    I made a vertical one out of scrap wood from an old sandbox we tore up and I put it on castors too. So convenient!

  • trainsrkool@lemmy.ml
    63·
    4 days ago

    but if you made a scrap wood bin out of scrap wood to hold your scrap wood, then you have no scrap wood for the scrap wood bin to hold?

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldOP
        3·
        4 days ago

        I make so much of it I keep it in three piles. The small pile is made of pieces less than a foot long, the kind best kept in a bucket or similar. Shown here the medium bin, for pieces maybe up to a few feet long. Too large to fit in a bucket. Too short to fit on a wall mounted lumber rack. Then the long stuff just goes on the lumber rack.

        And what I keep is highly dependent on the wood involved. Cheap construction lumber? Small pieces just end up trashed. Exotic woods like ebony? I only buy those in very small quantities for special projects to begin with, so I’ll save the smallest of those scraps.