Making something with scraps

[Ron Altier]

I toss all left over exotic wood scraps in a box. Even the tiny ones.

After a while I see what I can make by gluing then & turning them. Sometimes I also fit flat pieces together like the butterfly, which is about 3” high

[Gunny]

Beautiful work, I use same method and come up with some exotic looking stuff.

[lew]

Sweet! Wish I had your vision for making things.

[Gerald]

Amazing things can come from scraps just takes a little time, imagination and work. Now I am wondering which of those I am missing. Love the butterfly especially.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

9 hours ago, lew said:

Sweet! Wish I had your vision for making things.

Same here, in my case on the day when the creativity genes were handed out I was absent.

[Cal]

Very cool Ron.  I too really like the butterfly

[Grandpadave52]

+1 to all the above. The ornament is cool...the butterfly is spectacular!! You are a wood artist Ron. Love it when you share your creativity.

[John Hechel]

I cut all our scraps to 2" long then edge glue those blocks into strips, after that the strips get flattend and glued into an end-grain cutting board. I usually get 6-8 boards this way.

 

[kmealy]

No such thing as scraps.  Just wood waiting for the right project.

[Woodman]

On 1/30/2022 at 4:47 PM, kmealy said:

No such thing as scraps.  Just wood waiting for the right project.

I find myself saving everything. A bundle of red spruce trimmings is coming down off its perch among basement rafters next week. 
 

Love the butterfly! “Mariposa”

[steven newman]

Well..that proves it...Butterflies are indeed Free...