I keep making smaller and smaller stuff and then use the sawdust with
glue for filler :-)
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:00:56 -0400, "Kevin L. Bowling"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
>3/4" poplar plywood. Any ideas what to make out of this. I was thinking
>about Christmas presents.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
Wed, Oct 15, 2003, 8:00am [email protected] (Kevin=A0L.=A0Bowling)
claims:
I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
3/4" poplar plywood. Any ideas what to make out of this. I was thinking
about Christmas presents.
One: There is no such thing as wood scraps. Only small pieces of
wood.
Two: Make points with the Woodworking Gods, send that along to me
as a sacrifice to them. As their High Priest, I handle all
administrative details for them. Don't try this at home.
JOAT
I find the best approach is to take life as it comes.
- Death
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 13 Oct 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
"Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jigs are good as others have mentioned, but not for Christmas presents
(unless
> you'll be the recepient of your own gifts!).
I like the jig idea. It's probably too late for me to get started on
Christmas prsents anyway.
>
> I guess you could make some nice things from Poplar plywood, but I
typically
> think of Poplar as a utility wood.
Not in SW Ohio it's not. Probably because the home-builders are too cheap
to buy oak. Used to be they'd buy poplar for painted projects. Now it's
gotten to where the poplar gets the stain and painted stuff gets MDF. The
poplar actually looks very good. They use all the crappy pieces for the
inner plys.
>If your friends or relatives are "handy",
> perhaps they would find these boxes to be useful:
>
> http://waterloowoodworks.com/gallery/misc/PlywoodBox01.jpg
> http://waterloowoodworks.com/gallery/misc/PlywoodBox02.jpg
>
> I got the bright idea for these one day after wondering if my lock-miter
router
> bit could be used to connect plywood at 90-degree angles. The answer is
yes!
> These boxes are made from your standard construction-grade 1/2" plywood,
but
> I've also made them from 3/4" hardwood-faced plywood and either kind works
> great. These have a 14x14" bottom, and 14x10" sides. Nothing but a
lock-miter
> router bit and some yellow glue, and they're TOUGH! Everyone who sees
them
> thinks they're great. I've made a bunch for myself, several for my wife,
and
> several of my friends have started making them as well. They're great for
> holding cutoffs, jigs, tools, and whatever.
Nice boxes. I could probably use a couple of these. I need to build a
couple of benches to use at work too with trays in the bottom to carry a few
tools. I need some circular saw jigs since at least half my work is done
with one. Router jigs! Now theres something I really need. Seems like every
year I do more and more work with a router. Come to think of it I could use
a tool box as well but I think it'd be too heavy to carry into the job.
Maybe I'll wait on some 1/2" scraps for that one.
To all who said there is no scrap wood:
I know that but they were scrap to the builder who put them in the burn
pile. You should see the pile of scraps I'm getting today. (2' x 8', 3' x 4'
and that kind of stuff)
Does this qualify as a gloat?
Thanks,
Kevin
PS: Silvan, I don't really need a catapult. The kids could have a lot of fun
with one though.
I edge glue my 3/4" plywood scraps together to make larger sized plywood
scraps. I find the larger sized scraps more useful. I chose plywood that
has a like or similar face to it and pay attention to the grain orientation
and glue them together with yellow glue. I edge joint the pieces prior to
glueing to get a good fit and run a 1/4" wide by 1/2" deep spline down the
edge with a dado blace, insert insert a 1/4" X 1/2" spline in the groove and
glue them together using clamps. The spline, if inserted in the center of
both plywood pieces will ensure good registration of the surfaces. I have
found that after drying for 24 hours, the pieces have good strength and can
be used for anything except those applications that demand maximum
structural strenght across the glued joint. I have also used a biscuit
jointer to glue pieces together that need less structural strength. It
seems to me that the biscuit jointer is quicker and less fuss although I
feel that it produces a glued joint that has less strength.
"T." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Wed, Oct 15, 2003, 8:00am [email protected] (Kevin L. Bowling)
claims:
I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
3/4" poplar plywood. Any ideas what to make out of this. I was thinking
about Christmas presents.
One: There is no such thing as wood scraps. Only small pieces of
wood.
Two: Make points with the Woodworking Gods, send that along to me
as a sacrifice to them. As their High Priest, I handle all
administrative details for them. Don't try this at home.
JOAT
I find the best approach is to take life as it comes.
- Death
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 13 Oct 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
Steve,
> I got the bright idea for these one day after wondering if
> my lock-miter router bit could be used to connect plywood
> at 90-degree angles.
I tried plain miter joints on oak veneer plywood and figured out that
didn't work worth a darn. <g>
> Nothing but a lock-miter router bit and some yellow glue, and
> they're TOUGH! Everyone who sees them thinks they're great.
> I've made a bunch for myself, several for my wife, and
> several of my friends have started making them as well.
> They're great for holding cutoffs, jigs, tools, and whatever.
They remind me of the wooden boxes that were in hot demand in South
Dakota in the 1970's when I was growing up. The DuPont explosives
delivered to Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD, through the 1950's, were
about the same size as your boxes but made of plain, finger-jointed
wood. Very strong and lightweight. My brother got one and filled it
to the rim with fossils. No problems.
Maybe you should stamp or brand your name on the side to help create
the same demand. <G>
Do you also use the lock-miter on the bottom joint?
-- Mark
"Kevin L. Bowling" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
> 3/4" poplar plywood. Any ideas what to make out of this. I was thinking
> about Christmas presents.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
Glad you asked. See my _Using Those Woodscraps_ site.
http://www.wood-workers.com/users/llhote/index.html
Larry
--
Lawrence L'Hote
Columbia, MO
http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
Jigs are good as others have mentioned, but not for Christmas presents (unless
you'll be the recepient of your own gifts!).
I guess you could make some nice things from Poplar plywood, but I typically
think of Poplar as a utility wood. If your friends or relatives are "handy",
perhaps they would find these boxes to be useful:
http://waterloowoodworks.com/gallery/misc/PlywoodBox01.jpg
http://waterloowoodworks.com/gallery/misc/PlywoodBox02.jpg
I got the bright idea for these one day after wondering if my lock-miter router
bit could be used to connect plywood at 90-degree angles. The answer is yes!
These boxes are made from your standard construction-grade 1/2" plywood, but
I've also made them from 3/4" hardwood-faced plywood and either kind works
great. These have a 14x14" bottom, and 14x10" sides. Nothing but a lock-miter
router bit and some yellow glue, and they're TOUGH! Everyone who sees them
thinks they're great. I've made a bunch for myself, several for my wife, and
several of my friends have started making them as well. They're great for
holding cutoffs, jigs, tools, and whatever.
Kevin L. Bowling wrote:
> I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
> 3/4" poplar plywood. Any ideas what to make out of this. I was thinking
> about Christmas presents.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
>
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Mark Jerde wrote:
>
> Do you also use the lock-miter on the bottom joint?
Yes. I usually cut the joints so the sides go together first, then the bottom
goes on last to tie it all together. If the joints are cut accurately enough,
it all slides together quite nicely and you almost don't need to clamp it
during glue-up.
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Kevin L. Bowling wrote:
> I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
> 3/4" poplar plywood. Any ideas what to make out of this. I was thinking
> about Christmas presents.
I got a wad o' plywood scraps, and I made a bunch of jigs out of it. I
built lots of jigs that have been on my someday list for years, since I had
the material available, and the price was right.
I also built a small catapult out of it. :)
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Kevin L. Bowling wrote:
> I was given some very nice and large (12" x 36" up to 12"x 8') scraps of
> 3/4" poplar plywood.
Those aren't scraps -- way too big for scraps. Those are referred to
as 'offcuts'. Scraps fit in a medicine bottle.
What you've got are future shop-jigs: table saw sled, router/DP/BS fence,
wall-hung tool cabinet, grinder stand, out-feed table...I could go on.
Buy the entire back-issue collection of ShopNotes, you'll never run out
of stuff to build with your 'offcuts' :)
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