Often  I end up with odd shapes/corner scraps/etc. of small pieces of good wood.  For example when cutting a round table top out of a square panel of wood.

Thought I'd salvage some good scraps and glue them up to make a useful small board and this is one result:

A simple tray/dish, perhaps to set on your dresser as a place to put you jewelry on at the end of a day or maybe a candy dish to set out for company.

I don't know what I'll use this for, but I like it better than the raw scraps alone it was made from.   Still need some sanding and a finish. CNC cut the top center and rounded edge, then a trip to my routerr tanle to bevel the sides 11.25 degrees, followed with a 45 degree chamfer transition to the bottom surface. Doesn't show well in this top view. 

Made from 3 scrap pieces you can see if you look closely. 

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Great use of scraps and a pretty cool dish. I vote for the candy idea.😋

One more.

I may have to buy more candy as I have more scraps to use up.  😉

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Great design. Sam's Club, bulk quantities.😉

One more.  Rounded rectangle.  This one from several scraps of walnut. Add in a couple of walnut plugs to cover screw holes.  Might need some walnut stain to even out the colors.

The moulding toolpath in Aspire handled the outer oval roundover.  I had to use the modelling tools to create the dish in the center. There is a 45 degree chamfer on the bottom edge which doesn't show from this high angle shot. 

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On 8/6/2025 at 11:21 PM, Grandpadave52 said:

Great use of scraps and a pretty cool dish. I vote for the candy idea.😋

Looks big enough to hold a donut!

59 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Looks big enough to hold a donut!

4" x 6" outside.   Maybe 1/2 a donut.  😉

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46 minutes ago, 4DThinker said:

4" x 6" outside.   Maybe 1/2 a donut.  😉

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Not familiar with the term "1/2 a donut"😆

37 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Not familiar with the term "1/2 a donut"😆

1/2 a donut is what is left after you take the first bite.  😉

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Sweet "containers"! Smaller bowls, regardless of their shape are really useful and make fantastic gifts.

Another one.  This one from the corners of a round plant stand cutout. Shape roughly echoes the shape of the scraps all glued edge to edge.

Four bit changes required.  Started with a 3/16" end mill to rough out the center areas of the Vcarve toolpaths.  Change one to a 60 degree V Bit to slope the inside edges and make the sharp inner corners. Change two for a 3/16" ball nose bit to use the moulding toolpath to chamfer the outer edge 30 degrees.  Change three to a 1/4" end mill to cut a clearance path for the last bit and profile the shape leaving thick tabs on the corners.  Fourth change was to a side cutting V bit to put V-Groove around the side.

  

Once the CNC was done I trimmed off the perimeter waste using my bandsaw, then used a flush cutting bit to clean off the bottom edge.   Last a chamfer cut using my trim router table and a 45 degree chamfer bit.   Tedious steps making me wish I had an Automatic Tool Changer.   Of course all the bits used would have to have been loaded up first and Z zeroed out. Not bad if I always used the same bits. Sadly my projects vary so much that I don't. 

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This one is just way cool 4D. Who wouldn't want to sample candy from it?

23 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Not familiar with the term "1/2 a donut"😆

It's the situation when you need to pull another donut out of the box

 

This cherry dish was an adventure mainly from using the side cutting (thread cutting) V bit.  One pass on the line, leads in and out, with previous clearance through the perimeter material cut by a 1/4" end mill on the same vector.  Offset away from the edge determined by a drawn up elevation view and careful measurement of the side cutting bit. Entry and exit on an exposed edge.   This is the type of project I set up one day, then sleep on before actually cutting it out.  My dreams usually warn me where problems may be and wake me up to take care of them by adding a new toolpath or changing one.   

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Edited August 9, 2025Aug 9 by 4DThinker

6 hours ago, 4DThinker said:

My dreams usually warn me where problems may be and wake me up to take care of them by adding a new toolpath or changing one.   

My dreams are usually like some lost clips of the 3 Stooges or Ma & Pa Kettle and that's only if I remember any part of them when I'm awake.😜 

Those all look great 4D! Great job!

A little octagon dish.  One scrap cut in half then glued edge to edge to make 5" x 5" x 7/8" thick block.

3D modelling toolpath to shape the inside and outside.   Discovered a little math error in the 3D finish toolpath that left a little ridge on the outside slope. 

Woke up and thought something more dish like would be a good challenge.  This little dish is practice. Hard maple scrap.  Most of it ended up as chips and dust.  😉

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