Back when I was a machinist, there was a pattern making shop upstairs in our building. They would throw all of their scrap wood into cardboard barrels and place them in the hallway outside the door for anyone to take. It was probably early eighties when I grabbed the cutouts pictured. There were about 40 of them, 8 inch diameter, 1/2" thick. I used some and glued them up to make parts for a hand drum. The rest got stored. This week, I've been going through my very crowded shop trying to make space. These discs were stacked up in a cabinet, so I took them out and have been cutting useable rectangles out of most of them. I figure I can put my new incra joint jig to use making some small drawers or boxes. The problem is the small curved left over pcs. Most are going into scrap bucket to add to the fire for boiling sap, but I look at some and think, maybe I should cut some little 1/2" × 3/4" or 1/2" square strips out of these. Does a piece of wood have to be thinner than the tablesaw blade before we can part with it? I guess it's the "someday" syndrome.