Not Ready 4 Scrap Pile Follies

[LeftyTom]

I read the posts where some members were having good luck finding uses for leftover wood, so I thought I would give it a go. I've been meaning to build a mobile stand for my planer, and a quick measure of leftover ply found I had 23 pieces just the right size for my sides. I cut my top & back to size, and got me some casters and a couple of 2x4's (splicing 12" & 15" scraps together seemed cheap, which is a lot coming from me ). I put in some brackets I scavenged from some pallets at work, and I gotta get me a shelf and a bottom from my leftover-leftover ply. I dunno if I want to put a door on it, but here are the required pics......

 

[TracyP]

That is an excellent use of scraps. You got a stand for your planer and gained some space for some more scraps!!

 

[ScottM]

They are not scraps. Consider them wood that has not found a project to call it's own. :gar-Bi

 

[Rob]

That's my next build, right now my planer is sitting on the floor, when I need it, it goes on a board across saw horses. I was going to build a nice cabinet, but I have some scrap to use up myself.

 

[Bas]

If it's big enough my shop vac can't vacuum it up, it's not scrap. It's stock! Good looking stand, that should serve you well. I recommend a door, or whatever you're storing on the shelf will be covered with dust and shavings.

 

[JackLeg]

Tom: We're thinking similar thoughts. In this month's issue of Woodworker's Journal, Page 58, is a mobile shop table with multi uses. I picked up the casters tonight at HF in Kannapolis.

This just might be my rainy day project tomorrow!

Yours is looking good!

:wwink:

 

[sawduster]

Man I love it when [strike]scraps[/strike] offcuts find their rightful place :eusa_clap

Good job :icon_thum

sure wish I knew how to build something :BangHead:
I tend to just make more [strike]scraps[/strike] offcuts :gar-La;

 

[LeftyTom]

You know how things conspire against you, so nothing goes as planned? Well, I ran out of ply (not even enough to piece together for a door), ran out of woodscrews.....shoot, I even went thru the hardware saved from a good 18 years ago, and could not even find sheet metal screws to install the shelf and bottom! :BangHead: What's a WW'er do in stressful times like this? :help:

I am so ashamed....:XXfridge:

 

[CaptnA]

Outstanding piece. And all the better for the ingenious use of 'parts'.
In my line of work we call that- 'utilization of available resources' and I teach that sort of thing as a management technique in fire department leadership classes.

BAS I'm with ya, my vac can't ingest stock. Everything else is waste
unless I need it for filling by mixing with ca