One-Board Woodworking Projects: Woodworking from the Scrap Pile Andy Standing
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated

Often harvested from old-growth trees, vintage wood tends to be stronger and more durable. Sep 21, 2005 - I looked at a ton of different beds online, picked the parts I liked best, and drew up my plans. I come over here and get reinspired to get busy on some house projects although my hubby works with machines not wood so I may have to fall back on being a carpenter's daughter and teach myself some woodworking skills! I can usually say that I have a very small scrap pile at the end of most builds. Mar 5, 2013 - So yesterday afternoon we braved the cold (although it really wasn't too bad) and dug into the pile of old barn wood we've had sitting on our deck to make a little shelving unit for one wall in our kitchen. Mar 25, 2013 - Less-older wood, such as barn board and other types of aged wood, have value too, depending on its condition and type. Great looking, I am planning on making one for my daughter, but in a queen size (wish me luck) I love woodworking and built my daughter a tree house last year that has a slide, trap door with ladder, 5 windows that open, three that are just fixed Almost forgot, the lumber for the tree house was, except for the treated lumber base, obtained from construction sites scrap pile (with permission). It also has larger grain patterns, a richer color palette, a darker and smoother surface, and other beautiful imperfections that make it appealing to architects, builders, woodworkers and homeowners. I wanted the top to be made from two boards, each 9 inches wide to make an 18 inch square top. Have you ever had one of those days where it seems like you aren't getting anything done? Hope you keep it up even when IKEA IS in town… there's so much more character to DIY projects! The most common sizes you It is best to allow some scrap at the end of each board just in case. Apr 9, 2013 - Any yahoo can have a woodworking blog. I was all set to cut out the rough pieces of my upcoming project, a Shaker side table in cherry. There are three very Rough lumber is sold and measured in 1/4” increments for thickness; when a board is referred to as 4/4, it means that it is 1 inch thick, or four quarters of an inch. Feb 18, 2014 - Whether you use hand or power tools, traditional or modern joinery techniques, there is one thing all woodworkers have in common; wood – the material we work with. Sep 28, 2011 - Get a big pile of wood and make one for everyone you know — paired with a cookbook or a small culinary item, a homemade cutting board would make such a lovely gift. May 8, 2013 - We don't toss out lumber of any kind, not even scraps, so the pile tends to accumulate. To prevent stripping the screws, my husband hand screwed in each one. I build a lot of art furniture from the scrap pile.”. This is from our pile of lumber, we used about 6 – 12” x 46” x 3/4″ Baltic birch used wood shelves; for the 2 horizontal supports, we had to dig further into our pile to find boards the width of the headboard.