Do you guys do anything special with your old hand plane shavings (other than throwing them
away)? I collect 'em up in a bucket or box, then use them as kindling in my barbecue, or
sometimes for packing material, especially if it's a gift I've made in the woodworking shop.

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"Steve Turner" wrote in message
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Do you guys do anything special with your old hand plane shavings (other
than throwing them away)? I collect 'em up in a bucket or box, then use
them as kindling in my barbecue, or sometimes for packing material,
especially if it's a gift I've made in the woodworking shop.

--
"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

I leave 'em on the floor for a while to polish the floor. Then it's off the
compost pile. The long shavings clog up the impeller on my dust collector so
I stopped sucking them up and use a broom instead...

John

With walnut shavings as with all juglans, I toss them. At the price
of walnut around here though, that usually isn't a problem.

If they are planer shavings, I save cherry, oak and maple for grilling
flavor or for a short barbecue. End pieces, small drops, etc. all go
into the BBQ pile as smoking wood.

It there is a lot of shavings, I use them for compost in my herb
garden, or with a bunch I try to get them on my tomatoes as compost.

If it is sawdust from the saw, I save as much as possible for
refinishing work. For the old fashioned method of using he sawdust as
a mild abrasive, cleaner, and liquid absorbent good sawdust from a saw
can't be beat.

Robert

John Grossbohlin wrote:


"Steve Turner" wrote in message
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Do you guys do anything special with your old hand plane shavings (other
than throwing them away)? I collect 'em up in a bucket or box, then use
them as kindling in my barbecue, or sometimes for packing material,
especially if it's a gift I've made in the woodworking shop.

--
"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

I leave 'em on the floor for a while to polish the floor. Then it's off
the compost pile. The long shavings clog up the impeller on my dust
collector

You too? I've run into the same thing, the shavings are so thin they are
sucked through the cyclone and catch on the impeller inlet grid.



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There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage

Rob Leatham

"Steve Turner" wrote

Do you guys do anything special with your old hand plane shavings (other
than throwing them away)?

There'a a fairly complete list of folk's ideas on my webiste at:

http://tinyurl.com/bwlxby

Have fun!

Jeff

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Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net

"Steve Turner" wrote in message
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Do you guys do anything special with your old hand plane shavings (other
than throwing them away)? I collect 'em up in a bucket or box, then use
them as kindling in my barbecue, or sometimes for packing material,
especially if it's a gift I've made in the woodworking shop.

--
"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/


My better half is an avid gardener and happily takes care of all the plane
shavings and sawdust that comes from my workshop. Most gets spread around as
mulch and gets treated with nitrogen, with some going into the compost bins
along with other materials for more rapid breakdown. ( She has a commercial
type mulching machine which shreds the ever increasing green wastes from her
gardens.) As a result, the level of our block is slowly being built up, -
in another ten years, we might be overlooking our neighbors from the garden.
; )

diggerop

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:26:03 -0600, Steve Turner
wrote:

Do you guys do anything special with your old hand plane shavings (other than throwing them
away)? I collect 'em up in a bucket or box, then use them as kindling in my barbecue, or
sometimes for packing material, especially if it's a gift I've made in the woodworking shop.


Some go to the compost pile after sitting on the ground for 6 months.
Aged, it makes perfect blueberry bush mulch. I've used to cover
muddy areas in the backyard or isles in the garden. I've got a few
extra-large hickory trees and use the dead branches for BBQs.