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Dan Mages
03-11-2007, 11:21 AM
Good morning!

In my continuing battle to get the house ready for sale, I have amassed a small pile of trim scraps (profile shown below) and a stack of drawer fronts that I made The Borg replace after their idiot installers eyeballed the holes for the handles. The trim pieces vary in length from 6-20". Outside of contributing to our nations growing landfills, is there anything useful that I can do with this stuff?

Thanks!
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Bruce Shiverdecker
03-11-2007, 12:11 PM
A couple of questions.

1. Is it wood?

2. what is the dimention from the edge to the first cove?

Bruce
Roy McQuay
03-11-2007, 12:21 PM
I saw pencil and drill bit holders.
Nancy Laird
03-11-2007, 1:59 PM
IF the drawer fronts are real wood rather than mush, and IF they are at least 3/4", they can be chopped up into pen blanks.

Nancy
Jim Becker
03-11-2007, 2:22 PM
Solid wood is fine for small projects and kindling. If it's man-made...you shouldn't burn it, so the landfill is the only option if you can't use it for anything.
Ben Grunow
03-11-2007, 2:45 PM
Have marble races on them.

Sorry, bad joke.
Dan Mages
03-11-2007, 3:58 PM
Have marble races on them.

Sorry, bad joke.
Bruce,

It is red oak and it is 1/4" from the edge to the first cove.

Dan
Bruce Shiverdecker
03-11-2007, 9:46 PM
OK dan. Cut the 1/4" off. Find another wood scrap of different color, about 1/4" thick, Sandwich it between the Red oak and you can make pen blanks.

HOWEVER, Red Oak is NOT the best wood for pens. It has a tendancy to splinter.

You could use it as a Highlight wood in a project.

Bruce