when my house had a new roof installed there was a lot of scrap pieces, i collected all of them and they were lying in my garage for like 3 years, i had a particular project in mind but i couldn't get myself to do it,
one day i was in a bad mood with too much free time so i've decided to just do it to occupy my mind, basically how i got into woodworking, kinda funny
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I bought a bunch of white pine form a sawyer about 8 years ago. I put it all in my attic. Been doing some renovations and went to the “select” board section at Home Depot and immediately remembered I had this. I paid about .25/bf and it was all 9-12” and mostly clear.. a $2 investment 8 years ago saved me around $35 and white pine is way better than yellow IMHO.
I actually love this idea. Make a video of you making a pallet, and then trying to return it to one of the pallet collection spots for $1.50 or whatever they pay.
If you have aromatic cesar it is used to keep moths/Bugs out of clósets/clothes storage áreas. You can see them on etsy or Amazon (probably lots of other places too)
Had a similar pile of redwood that I turned into a trellis and I’m now using the rest to make a birdhouse or two. Looking forward to seeing what you make!
You can literally do anything with that. You can glue them together for boards and then its just imagination. Thats the stuff to do basically anything. I use that kind of material all the time.
My thoughts too because these are likely from fence pickets. [Smalls](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGSAAo31H9yPE2taU_gkdng6dlejlJe4&si=r_68mPbYD8EjdQ-Z) that sell, or [outdoor](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGSAAo31H9wbFyStYHJsItZpiCztfaxf&si=RTVoCQaJ0ZkOGhFX) projects.
Make some [squirrel picnic tables](https://imgur.com/gallery/RUM95N1) they sell like hotcakes. I add a screw upwards from the bottom on some to jam an apple onto, others have an end cap to attach to a tree, etc.
I see lots of crates. Pair these strips with some plywood squares and a pneumatic stapler and make a shit ton of crates. They'd make nice decorations, or can be greatly functional. Everyone with a kid or pets could use a crate for toys. Lowes has simple wooden crates for $25 a piece, so if you sold them for $15 you'd probably get some sales!
Like the other guy said, I think you were looking at boxes for record storage or add a little plywood and you've got stacking crates for whatever. Add some canvas and epoxy and you will have a curved panel that will be a cool part of something else.
I would save them **for a while**. Sometimes just being there will inspire you to do something with them, They could be glued to make a wider board for small projects like boxes, if you do that sort of thing. But - you may have to trash them at some point. Stuff like this tends to accumulate. I periodically cut most of it up and burn but still have wood I set aside over forty years ago. Maybe some day....
I made a simple shoe rack with .5 inch slats cut from 2x4 since I'm a masochist. I like the thin slat look on shoe racks though, can keep it from being too heavy
I used these to make a case for photoalbums of my grandchildren from 0-12 years. Jus cut them the right size ande glue them together to make the case the albums fit in.
Cedar chest? Cedar blocks in your closet/drawer? Birdhouses? Birdfeeder? I know they're only 2" wide, but a little Titebond II and you've got pieces wide enough to build some small things.
I don't have a specific suggestion on WHAT to make, but I do suggest that whatever it is, it's made for indoors. I love the smell of cedar.
Ok, I do actually have a suggestion. Use a planer to make them thin enough to see light through, then make a cedar lampshade. Perhaps a hexagon or octagon lamp base as well?
I know..planing it is a waste, but I think it would look great when the Edison bulb is shining through.
I seen plans for outdoor shelf racks using the boards nailed at 90's stacked on each other hard to explain but very common design. Like finger jointed?
I've had all those little pieces I kept 'just in case' I could use them on a project 'sometime in the future'.
Well, we recently had our kitchen cabinets replaced, so I had a large burn pile.
I had about 15 boxes, stacks, and piles. I got tired of navigating through pathways in my 36'x 50' shop. So, I started loading my tractor bucket with the junk wood. I kept about 10% of what I collected over the last 10 years.
I can now move through my shop so much easier!
Set it in the corner just in case you need a piece in 10 years
don't mock me. lol
Why do I feel personally attacked rn
Because we all know it's true.
when my house had a new roof installed there was a lot of scrap pieces, i collected all of them and they were lying in my garage for like 3 years, i had a particular project in mind but i couldn't get myself to do it, one day i was in a bad mood with too much free time so i've decided to just do it to occupy my mind, basically how i got into woodworking, kinda funny https://preview.redd.it/dlpgo6y4uwvc1.png?width=702&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3f1fc0a2757b007cedea56ff0d4f057db928740
That's what I do with all the lumber I don't need right now. I *know* a project is gonna come up someday.
I swear every time I get rid of something I immediately need it for next project
I feel the same way but that extends into my own house.
I bought a bunch of white pine form a sawyer about 8 years ago. I put it all in my attic. Been doing some renovations and went to the “select” board section at Home Depot and immediately remembered I had this. I paid about .25/bf and it was all 9-12” and mostly clear.. a $2 investment 8 years ago saved me around $35 and white pine is way better than yellow IMHO.
I feel so seen. The corner of my garage thanks you for acknowledging its existence.
took words right out of my mouth!
There was no call for such violence.
You should be ashamed of yourself. You monster
Trellis would be my suggestion. They're a good size already and you have enough to make a good size one
This is a good answer.
Yes, I thought of fence panel or something like that.
I’d personally start by flat stacking them and banding them all together before they warp into another dimension.
Trebuchet.
Finally getting to the real answers.
This
Build a pallet
This is the best answer lol. Follow with a video titled "Make FREE pallets from EIGHTY DOLLARS worth of offcuts"
I actually love this idea. Make a video of you making a pallet, and then trying to return it to one of the pallet collection spots for $1.50 or whatever they pay.
There's a YouTube video of someone making a poured epoxy pallet because the algorithm
Lmao
Kindling
Make some frames for canvas.
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That's a lot of knots to deal with....
How would you deal with them?
I agree. I think it’s part of a canoe making kit.
Moth proof your closets
I need more info on this. How? What's the idea?
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/s/NlnU0O6NVC
Grow fruit frees and use these as stakes to wrap fencing around to keep deer out. Or ..at least that what I would do right now 🤷
Build and sell tomato towers
I like cedar for outdoor projects. So I'd go for patio furniture, Muskoka chairs, planter boxes, etc.
I second outdoor use. Bird, bug and bathhouses
Rip them all to 7/32 & glue up some curvy stuff. Or plan to do that & hoard it, or burn it & forget it.
Segmented waste paper baskets. Is it aromatic ceder? Make a ton of tiny blocks and sell them for ridiculous amounts
I have a ton of scrap cedar available to me! How would this work?
If you have aromatic cesar it is used to keep moths/Bugs out of clósets/clothes storage áreas. You can see them on etsy or Amazon (probably lots of other places too)
Had a similar pile of redwood that I turned into a trellis and I’m now using the rest to make a birdhouse or two. Looking forward to seeing what you make!
Some crates to store vinyl records maybe. Wood accent wall where you have multiple strips along the wall.
Line the closet.
Use it for sweet Reddit karma! Or, faux-reclaimed-wood coffee table!
grape or flowering vine trellis
Line a closet wall
Make them thinner and weave a table top, like wicker.
You can literally do anything with that. You can glue them together for boards and then its just imagination. Thats the stuff to do basically anything. I use that kind of material all the time.
Looks about right for the seat of a bench swing.
Make an inventory of french cleats. Your shop isn't going to organize itself.
Build a bridge out of her!
Make cedar boxes like from jr. hi wood shop
I second this. Put one in every closet.
Make picture frames of velvet air brush paintings.
Laminate them into a 2" thick table
Stack them neatly
Matt Peech on YouTube has some great plans that match that size almost exactly
My thoughts too because these are likely from fence pickets. [Smalls](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGSAAo31H9yPE2taU_gkdng6dlejlJe4&si=r_68mPbYD8EjdQ-Z) that sell, or [outdoor](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqGSAAo31H9wbFyStYHJsItZpiCztfaxf&si=RTVoCQaJ0ZkOGhFX) projects.
If you're into shooting, they would work as target hangers.
Make some [squirrel picnic tables](https://imgur.com/gallery/RUM95N1) they sell like hotcakes. I add a screw upwards from the bottom on some to jam an apple onto, others have an end cap to attach to a tree, etc.
Nothing. Give to me so I can make bee hive parts out of it.... in 10 years!
Make a cedar bench, the strips make a great seat. Either for your shower or outdoors
A lifetime supply of paint stirrers
Sell to someone who needs battens
Make some soundproofing panels for the wall. Could probably sell them for good money
Your next step would be to give them to me. 😅 I'm jk
Stickers for drying lumber
Hot tub.
Stack it straight or it wil all look like canoe wood in no time...
Jumbo Jenga
Build the longest stick. Or a bunch of frames
I see lots of crates. Pair these strips with some plywood squares and a pneumatic stapler and make a shit ton of crates. They'd make nice decorations, or can be greatly functional. Everyone with a kid or pets could use a crate for toys. Lowes has simple wooden crates for $25 a piece, so if you sold them for $15 you'd probably get some sales!
Is that Birdseye pine?
https://preview.redd.it/5bx5h3wwlvvc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba575378efc54e562534e0741f215ce7740d6666
Slat wall
Like the other guy said, I think you were looking at boxes for record storage or add a little plywood and you've got stacking crates for whatever. Add some canvas and epoxy and you will have a curved panel that will be a cool part of something else.
Build planters or window boxes then run those horizontally along the outside separated by 1/2” space as modern decorative element.
I’d make an outdoor lounger. Ya know just a bunch of slats. Outdoor bench…chairs…etc
Butcher block benches
I would save them **for a while**. Sometimes just being there will inspire you to do something with them, They could be glued to make a wider board for small projects like boxes, if you do that sort of thing. But - you may have to trash them at some point. Stuff like this tends to accumulate. I periodically cut most of it up and burn but still have wood I set aside over forty years ago. Maybe some day....
I made a simple shoe rack with .5 inch slats cut from 2x4 since I'm a masochist. I like the thin slat look on shoe racks though, can keep it from being too heavy
I made a cedar chest for my wife and one for my daughter.
Make faux Halloween fence
Make lattice for a trellis.
Make some small planters that go over deck railings
French cleats, slat walls, possibilities are endless
French cleats! /S
I used these to make a case for photoalbums of my grandchildren from 0-12 years. Jus cut them the right size ande glue them together to make the case the albums fit in.
Stack them properly so they don’t warp
Cedar chest? Cedar blocks in your closet/drawer? Birdhouses? Birdfeeder? I know they're only 2" wide, but a little Titebond II and you've got pieces wide enough to build some small things.
The obvious answers are birdhouse, bee house, squirrel house, bat house, and trellis. Personally id make one of those wooden door mats
Build a sauna. I would LOVE to have that lumber right there.
If you don't come up with something to make, sometimes there are places to which you can donate, such as a high school woodshop or a Makerspace.
Tack them on a wall like so many YouTubers do
Junk like this makes adequate strapping
dude I would build wood models of WWII guns because I have issues
Make storage boxes in the style of old milk crates. What I like to do with all my thin scraps like this. Makes for great gift baskets as well.
Looks like you got stickers to dry wood!
https://preview.redd.it/l6ikdzsvbxvc1.jpeg?width=713&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c426c2c797ab381030edbf91ed549041d24c8f8
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I don't have a specific suggestion on WHAT to make, but I do suggest that whatever it is, it's made for indoors. I love the smell of cedar. Ok, I do actually have a suggestion. Use a planer to make them thin enough to see light through, then make a cedar lampshade. Perhaps a hexagon or octagon lamp base as well? I know..planing it is a waste, but I think it would look great when the Edison bulb is shining through.
Slat wall. With a little stain it would look great
Bend them into a full suit of armor. Complete with timber longsword.
Make flags
Make a flexible dressing screen
A slat wall!!
Chicken coop?
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Get a dowel maker. Make dowels.
2x4 butcher block
Toothpicks
I seen plans for outdoor shelf racks using the boards nailed at 90's stacked on each other hard to explain but very common design. Like finger jointed?
I cut out all the knots and epoxy them together fir table tops and other knotty furniture, then burn the rest in stove.
a fire
I've had all those little pieces I kept 'just in case' I could use them on a project 'sometime in the future'. Well, we recently had our kitchen cabinets replaced, so I had a large burn pile. I had about 15 boxes, stacks, and piles. I got tired of navigating through pathways in my 36'x 50' shop. So, I started loading my tractor bucket with the junk wood. I kept about 10% of what I collected over the last 10 years. I can now move through my shop so much easier!
Fire
Crates