What do you do with all those scraps of timber?

[benitod]

Make up small parcels and put them on ebay, there will be people who this is useful for. You'll not make much money but perhaps it will be more useful than just adding heat to your house. Another idea could be to joint them together for patchwork cutting boards, as family xmas presents.

Last year I made several cutting boards using a lot of unused pieces of wood that I had in my garage.
They were my Christmas gifts.

 

[flintandsteel]

Scrap to kindling. Good stuff swapped for the occasional bit of turning by a mate down the road.

 

[bourbon]

The be made £100 for cancer charity

Toymakingplans. They don't go above 5 1/2'' wide especially the Mercedes truck. Looks great in the wood finish

 

[pauljhaigh58]

Or these if you have off cuts of plywood these are just off to Santa for two lucky girls

 

[quintain]

I have just seen this thread "scraps of timber" is this the same unknown item such as "left over wine" my wife and I never have either.

 

[benitod]

These are small projects made out of plywood leftovers.
The one on the left is a finished stand for the mobile phone with a portrait of my smaller granddaughter. The other two are unfinished WIPs.

 

[mc281]

Life has rather got in the way of my woodworking in the last few years, and at 75 I'm not sure there is going to be much more in the way of projects worthy of the name. That said, I've accumulated a small stockpile of offcuts that I can't think of an immediate use for, but can't bear to consign to the woodstove. This is mostly very well seasoned Oak, with a few scraps of other hardwoods amongst it. Question is what can I use it for? There's nothing longer than 2ft, nor wider than 6", and nothing greater than 2"-3" in section. Any ideas anyone, please? Not sure I can face cutting it up into door wedges, key fobs, coasters etc. I don't have a lathe anymore, so turned stuff is out.

'Men in Sheds' groups in the UK are always looking for small stock

 

[gwaithcoed]

Made the first one for my daughter for her earings. No complicated joints . I ended up making six all of which have been given away. The oak was given to me by my skip diver. It was paneling from an old pub he was doing some work for.

still have more to make

 

[Orraloon]

Heaps of small projects use offcuts but the pile grows faster than I can use it up. Small boxes, Toys and chopping boards have been mentioned. Board games are another one. I was glad of the offcuts pile during the covid lockdowns.

Regards
John