Ideas for Reclaimed / Re-purposed Wood Projects
 

I am always looking for new & interesting ideas to give old wood a new life.

Would anyone care to share your rustic or reclaimed wood projects, plans, and/or ideas with others in this group?

Below are a few areas of interest... feel free to add your own.

- Rustic furniture
- Vintage furniture
- Rustic decor
- Re-purposed decor
- Unique projects
- Incorporating antiques into projects
- Wood widgets, puzzles, illusions, art, etc.

P.S. I would encourage anyone to help expand each other's woodworking networks by mentioning the various ideas that come out of this discussion. Just be sure to get permission first! Thank you everyone.

Ideas for Reclaimed / Re-purposed Wood Projects
 

"Ben.FWSalvage" wrote in
:


I am always looking for new & interesting ideas to give old wood a new
life.

Would anyone care to share your rustic or reclaimed wood projects,
plans, and/or ideas with others in this group?

Below are a few areas of interest... feel free to add your own.

- Rustic furniture
- Vintage furniture
- Rustic decor
- Re-purposed decor
- Unique projects
- Incorporating antiques into projects
- Wood widgets, puzzles, illusions, art, etc.

P.S. I would encourage anyone to help expand each other's woodworking
networks by mentioning the various ideas that come out of this
discussion. Just be sure to get permission first! Thank you everyone.


I use reclaimed wood for woodworking projects. It's amazing what a
couple passes through a planer will do to a piece of wood.

One of the most imporant purchases for reclaimed wood is a metal
detector. My $20 investment in a little hand model saved me $60 just
last night. Those tack heads were about the same color as the rest of
the wood and easy to miss.

Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.

Ideas for Reclaimed / Re-purposed Wood Projects
 

On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:58:43 -0800 (PST), "Ben.FWSalvage"
wrote:


I am always looking for new & interesting ideas to give old wood a new life.

Would anyone care to share your rustic or reclaimed wood projects, plans, and/or ideas with others in this group?

Below are a few areas of interest... feel free to add your own.

- Rustic furniture
- Vintage furniture
- Rustic decor
- Re-purposed decor
- Unique projects
- Incorporating antiques into projects
- Wood widgets, puzzles, illusions, art, etc.

P.S. I would encourage anyone to help expand each other's woodworking networks by mentioning the various ideas that come out of this discussion. Just be sure to get permission first! Thank you everyone.

Permission from whom and for what?
tb

Ideas for Reclaimed / Re-purposed Wood Projects
 

Puckdropper wrote:

I use reclaimed wood for woodworking projects. It's amazing what a
couple passes through a planer will do to a piece of wood.


Exactly! Reclaimed wood doen't automatically mean "rustic."

With suitable attention, it could end up being Swedish Modern (especially
with enough paint).

Ideas for Reclaimed / Re-purposed Wood Projects
 

On 3/6/2013 4:41 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
"Ben.FWSalvage" wrote in
:


I am always looking for new & interesting ideas to give old wood a new
life.

Would anyone care to share your rustic or reclaimed wood projects,
plans, and/or ideas with others in this group?

Below are a few areas of interest... feel free to add your own.

- Rustic furniture
- Vintage furniture
- Rustic decor
- Re-purposed decor
- Unique projects
- Incorporating antiques into projects
- Wood widgets, puzzles, illusions, art, etc.

P.S. I would encourage anyone to help expand each other's woodworking
networks by mentioning the various ideas that come out of this
discussion. Just be sure to get permission first! Thank you everyone.


I use reclaimed wood for woodworking projects. It's amazing what a
couple passes through a planer will do to a piece of wood.

One of the most imporant purchases for reclaimed wood is a metal
detector. My $20 investment in a little hand model saved me $60 just
last night. Those tack heads were about the same color as the rest of
the wood and easy to miss.

Puckdropper

I have done quite a bit of work with old wood, especially reclaimed
redwood decks. This stuff is going to have nails, tacks, and other
metal objects along with lots of dirt and pebbles. My method included
brushing off (or sometimes washing) a layer of dirt followed by a decent
metal detector. Next sand it (ROS or Belt), the grit being determined
by the amount of imbedded crud.

This should leave you with the equivalent of store bought rough lumber.
If necessary, joint a face then an edge. Plane the other face. You
are now ready to build the piece of your dreams. With any luck.

mahalo,
jo4hn