'Scraptacular Gallery Challenge' Contest

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tables

ilovemytools, member | March 11th, 20101 comment

Here is a drafting table and a sofa table I made from scraps of hardwood flooring which was ripped up out of a house. They were going to burn it all.

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Practice Dovetail Box

mizzburr, member | March 11th, 20103 comments

This box was made from reclaimed mahogany and red alder. While taking the Joinery and Cabinet Making program at North Island College in Port Alberni, BC, Canada, I decided to make a...

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Walnut poka-dot stool/side table

inybiny, member | March 11th, 20103 comments

This stool was constructed entirely of scrap walnut. The leg consists of small walnut scraps which were ban sawed into discs then glued together with the wood grain running in the same...

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humidor

nickfullerton, member | March 11th, 2010

This is a humidor I made from scraps in my shop left over from years of making furniture, boxes, and guitars. The main wood is Honduran Mahogany I acquired from a bin at PAL lumber in San...

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Oak Briefcase

dbinesc, member | March 11th, 20103 comments

Made with cutoffs from a cabinet job. Both the interior and exterior of the top and bottom are veneered to a piece of 1/8" plywood for strength. The handle has a piece of an old brass...

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glider and ottoman

danielstrack, member | March 10th, 20106 comments

This is an glider and ottoman built for my friends who were expecting their first baby. It is made from scraps acquired from previous woodworking jobs that I have had.

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Laminated Strand Lumber stool

Beenie33, member | March 10th, 20102 comments

Kitchen stool turned from scraps of LSL framing lumber found in a construction site dumpster.

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Queen Anne coffee table

ChicagoMark, member | March 10th, 2010

After a recent project making a bunch of racking for a wine cellar I had a whole pile of cutoffs that i just didn't feel right about throwing away. I decided to make a table top out of them and...

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Upstanding Shell

Briggs Pletcher, member | March 10th, 20101 comment

I found this shell on the beach on a vacation to FL with the family. I was taken with its simple beauty – the lines were so sinuous and flowing – so I picked it up. When I...

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Budding chair legs

myrlp, member | March 10th, 20102 comments

A wall hanging that I made from the side rips of legs for a table and chairs. They looked to good to throw away and this is what I came up with as a use for them.

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bagel cutter

mikestamets, member | March 10th, 20101 comment

a bagel/bially cutter. made from parallam beam ends and scrap ipe from a marina dock project.

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Standing Bear

DaDaugherty, member | March 10th, 2010

I hand carved this Bear and Tree from scrap pieces of Basswood, and made the base with scrap Sassafras

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rocking horses

jdl62, member | March 10th, 20101 comment

made from oak doors that were covered in several layers of paint and were going to be thrown out, I only chipped one planer blade while cleaning

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Stacking Bowls

Sammmmmm, member | March 10th, 2010

These stacking bowls were made from a walnut cutoff and some scrap aluminum bar stock.

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Dulcimer

larrysak3, member | March 10th, 20106 comments

This is a Mountain Dulcimer in a non-traditional shape. Top: Cedar strips left over from building a strip-built canoe. Back and sides: Walnut that a friend was going to feed...

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Scrap Face Boxes

amberbarc, member | March 10th, 20101 comment

Small scraps of exotic hardwoods, quarter inch thick, are stacked and cut on the band saw. I usually cut four at a time. The shadows created in the negative space left by the cuts help outline and...

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Knife Block made from Curly Maple with 1800 Bamboo Skewers

andyet, member | March 10th, 2010

I found a similar knife block on the internet and this is my version. I made it with curly maple cut-offs from another project I am working on. A fun thing to do.

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I used bamboo flooring cutoffs for this project. A router was used to cut the circles and inlay pocket. I made the circle template from plexiglass. Bamboo has a high percentage of silica and is tough...

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fence line illumination

grizz_man, member | March 10th, 2010

this is my bedside lamp. it was shaped and carved to enhance its already natural beauty. its a piece of a fence post that is antique southern heart pine. its around 400 to 600 years old and came from...

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Scrap pieces

DavidWarren, member | March 10th, 2010

Decorative and functional pieces from small scraps

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Wall hanging

Brian_Lamb, member | March 10th, 20102 comments

Made from left over scraps of various wood species. Approximately 5 foot wide and hangs over the couch.

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Banding from tenon cutoffs

tom8021, member | March 9th, 2010

This is the ultimate use of scrap. I collect the cutoffs from doing the tenons and made banding from it. One day I was making tenons and notice all of the pieces and a light bulb went off. Why not...

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Walnut Box

mburke, member | March 9th, 2010

This box was made from a length of black walnut firewood, which came from a huge old tree in my parents' backyard in Western Pennsylvania. It sustained some storm damage a few years back and as a...

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A Classic with a Twist

flairwoodworks, member | March 8th, 2010

The top of this desk was made of 61 individual pieces of walnut salvaged from a set of chairs being thrown out. Maple accents were added to tie the top to the base which features maple legs...

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Congratulations to our three winners! Argyllshire for Eye Candy, larrysak3 for Dulcimer; and Triumph1 for "Home is where the hearth is".

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