On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:30:37 -0700, FoggyTown
wrote:

I find that when I get enough scraps I start thinking about ways to
use them inventively. Think of a project that has significant flat
planes (like a night stand, blanket chest or whatever) and mosaic the
scraps in a patchwork fashion. I found the best way to do this is
plane all the scraps to the desired thickness and then glue them on
8mm or 10mm ply panels then cut as desired to make sides, drawers,
tops, etc. It does give a real nice effect.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...t/farrago2.jpg

Pretty similar approach here, although my scraps weren't big enough to
get through the planer (if I had one) or even the drum sander by
themselves (I tried, very bad things happened). So I ran everything
through the bandsaw first, glued up into panels, then ran the panels
through the drum sander on both sides. Here's the result with just
one sealer coat of shellac:

http://krtwood.com/photo/IMGP1912s.jpg

The shellac was a near disaster as the bloodwood was wanting to bleed
(no pun intended) like crazy, and even some of the canarywood which
I've never seen it do. I'm still debating whether to sand it back
down and just go straight to the varnish like I normally do.

Other scrap projects that were not so technically challenging, except
for the bazillion angles on the stars:

http://krtwood.com/photo/IMGP1914s.jpg

Will be a clock. That's a few hundred walnut screw plugs. I made one
of these on a lark last year before the holidays, and while my holiday
sales were dismal that was the one thing people wanted more of. Go
figure.

http://krtwood.com/photo/IMGP1916s.jpg
http://krtwood.com/photo/IMGP1919s.jpg

This is where I started to get in trouble with the mountain of plywood
scraps. Not only are there the front and back pieces of plywood
actually used in the stars, but I had to make jigs to help line up all
the scraps. I could have glued up a big panel of scraps and cut the
star out of it, but then I'd have more scraps left and I think it
looks better this way.


-Leuf