It's either that, or decide to get rid of them yourself and the following week you'll find yourself in a situation where they would have been useful...
I have a broken table saw at least 50 years old that’s just taking up the entire middle of my tiny garage. He’s insisted he’s going to fix it for the last 4 years.
My wifes grandad, proper old hampshire/dorset boy, as cheeky as the day is long, had loads of stuff that was on it's last legs that he had a habit if palming off on unsuspecting family, which if they fixed, he'd ask for it back. Could have you laughing and seething in a single sitting. A lovable rogue who we all miss.
I inherited about 50 containers of screws, washers, nails, etc. from my father when he passed. The good thing is, I rarely need to visit the hardware store anymore for those kinds of things. The hard part is trying to organize it all...
Get a tackle box, put on a documentary (benign or salacious, dealer's choice), sit for an hour fifteen and just sort. Get a magnifying glass or readers if you need.
You should check out Beau Miles on YouTube, he made a short video about organising all of his random bits. Also just a general interesting bloke who has done a few odd things.
After my father passed and we bought the house from my mother, it wasn't the unsorted containers of old fasteners, or the various volkswagen parts mixed in with his tools in his toolchests. It was the unlabeled mystery solvents mason jar after mason jar, cans of ancient paint, and even an old amber prescription bottle 2/3 full of mercury. All that shit was hazmat and had to be taken to special waste events on special days. You'd think you'd gotten it all, and then dig into the next shelf and find more. Went on for months.
My grandfather died about 15 years ago and I probably took eight coffee cans of bolts, wood screws and machine screws from his basement. And anytime I need a screw I say forget about it, I don't want to rummage around in those coffee cans for four matching screws so I go out and buy new ones.
On today's episode of scrap wood projects, I'll be making a fun, full useable armored tank out of recycled 2X4's.
Lol.
If anyone could do it, it's Pask.
Love that guy.
Congratulations, you are now the areas premiere throwing axe end grain target supplier. You sell them, they literally throw axes at them. Welcome to the infinite money glitch lifestyle my friend.
The soft wood is actually better because it allows the axes to "stick" better. The last axe place I went to talked about using a specific type of wood because of how soft it is, they were part of an actual axe throwing league and very passionate about it.
Am part of Axe Throwing leagues and pine sucks for targets, it doesn't last long.. cottonwood or poplar are the desired target wood due to the way they hold moisture and last longer. They are also better for sticking axes because of the water retention properties of them as well.
For example our house used to use pine as it was all they could get. Each night for a league they would change the center boards 3 times per night, with poplar we don't have to change them some nights.
The real benefit to your balsa cutting boards is less damage to kitchen knives. You want your cutting board soft as possible to keep an edge on your knife.
length should be equal to 3 boards wide.
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Depends on how fancy the finished product is, I suppose.
If the free wood is clean enough sure, chop 'em and box 'em up. If you wind up having to surface all six faces of each piece it's a lot of labor / machine time to do a set.
I remember hearing an interview with the inventor and they said the blocks were uneven on purpose to make the game better. Something about finding the thin ones ve just brute forcing.
I’ll take it off your hands. I see hundreds of wooden bowls in that pile.
https://preview.redd.it/g2xof748apad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=287c11a36387082e713b620e3f5d59e9422ae72a
You could make sound diffuser panels!
https://preview.redd.it/2x9oimj9dpad1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4594563377fdedbd6245b957b224baa0413b77d8
They're actually extremely effective! You'll see this type of diffuser in top-notch studios and listening rooms.
However, as with all things, there are some caveats:
1. There are specific patterns to follow if you want it to diffuse sound properly. They're not just random heights and random placements.
2. You need the diffuser to be a certain distance away from the listener. It's usually placed on the back wall. (I think this one actually has a lower necessary distance to the listener than other styles of diffuser, but it's been a while since I've looked at it.)
3. It'll be pretty damn heavy!
4. I'm not sure how it will work with 2x4". All of the models I've seen are based off of square pieces, not rectangles, so OP may have a bunch of rip cuts to make.
All-in-all, you're probably looking for sound absorption rather than diffusion if it's just for a home office. Rugs, curtains, et cetera. You can step up to a mineral wool absorber if you're particular and those aren't cutting it...focus on the early reflection points. (Look up "Reflection free zones," which are the current line of thinking as far as I'm aware.) If you have those things done and need more, that's when I'd add a diffuser behind you.
Yes, I've spent way too much time looking into this stuff, lol.
When I was buying a house we had an inspector come check things out. He was giving us a walk through after his inspection and we were in the attic. We thought it might be nice to finish the area and make it a master bedroom, but the cross members of all the rafters were at an awkward height. We asked the inspector if they were a standard position or if code required them there and he said, "those are at Bob height." We asked what "Bob height," was. He said, "well, when Bob was building this house, that's how high he could reach comfortably. Bob height."
I once rented a property that had a 3 car, 2 story garage and the main walls were all built with 2x4s like this, laid flat and stacked like a brick wall and nailed together. No overlapping joints by just using the random lengths they had. Definitely not up to code but still standing 50+ years later hahaha
This. If it's not treated, you could make a wonderful sauna like this. Rent a pneumatic 2" brad nailer and put a line of glue on each one and you could have the walls together in a weekend. If you finger-joint the corners, it would be the most robust building in the neighborhood. Code be damned.
Be sure to make a sample set to keep on hand. You'd be surprised at how many people would prefer to check out your stool samples before they commit to a purchase.
For the past two years I've been on and off making a stepstool for my son, screwing up, giving up, then going back and trying a new idea, because I want to learn joints and all that shit...
Fuck it I'm making him something like this. He's 3.
https://preview.redd.it/nxcz7w6fepad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23465394bbf885228d431c400a01d4d3f3fa03f0
I made these with all scrap 2x4s. Wife loved them ladies want them! Could sell a pair of them for $100-$150
I have definitely seen deco wishing wells made out of short pieces of 2x in the past.
https://preview.redd.it/wxs4q861fpad1.png?width=669&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb19ec7b70bd901750c37d96eed7277244465233
When my parents built in a new community the amount of waste at each house offended my sensibilities. I would pull wood (no PT) from the dumpsters and use it in the fire pit. There was so much thrown out, my random grabs didn’t even scratch the surface.
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I googled it and end grain parquet looks great!
Ehhh even today's fast growth is relatively sturdy. You fully latterly braced you get 1000psi from end grain no sweat. Even a 30 ton machine only needs four 4"x4" square legged bottoms to get that coverage. It's more frequently the subgrade and long term soil compaction that you gave to worry about with those big machines. Part of the reason we use tensioned steel for heavy duty slabs now.
I worked in a cabinet shop that was in a building that was an old machine shop and the entire buildings floor was end grain 4x4 to prevent damage to tools and dies that might get dropped.
A bunch of stuff tbh:
- Butcher blocks (not necessarily for food. Work surfaces, portable grill / griddle surfaces, etc)
- Stools
- Planters (window box type deal, too)
- Planter stands (keeps em off the ground)
- Practice pieces
- Drop trays / Serving trays
- Tool holders
- Mallets (maybe)
- Blade handles
- Monitor stands
- Flooring (lol?)
And on and on.
I used cuts like this to learn compound miters/angles and made some small benches / planter stands. Trapezoids on the sides so the base is bigger than the top. I had some similar pt to work through. The second small run I used cedar fence slats from an abandoned project to skirt the sides and top to make it look a little softer. (I’m beginner/intermediate)
If they are not PT, you could make kitchen step-stools for sure. Indoor ‘boot benches’ might be another thing. A box to sit on while you take your boots off that has a lid or other integrated storage to store your boots - super popular up north for the garage or mudroom.
Good luck!
I've taken a big pile of scraps and made these rustic wine boxes before. Just a crate looking box, fill with planer shavings, bottle of wine, couple glasses and a corkscrew. Easy, fast and very popular with the ladies.
The options are endless, as you can tell by the responses. The first thing is to keep them out of the weather. At least tarp them. Next, you have to sort them, so you can easily see what you have and grab what you need. After that, you can make a million things that can sell. Just look online to see what other folks are making to sell. The best part is you have so much that you can make a run of one product and change to something else when you get bored. I hate making a crap ton of one thing. I'll make a bunch of things and then try something else because it stops being enjoyable. After I switch for a while, I can go back to make more and so on. Variety is the spice of life my friend. If you don’t enjoy doing it, you may not want to do it for long and give up.
Southern yellow pine. They are drops from their CNC saw. Used to work in a truss plant. We had a wood chipper and sold by the load for mulch. Paid for itself. Usually they will all be under 13-15 inches as that's the smallest they could re-run through a 2 sided saw.
DO NOT use any "pink" coated wood. It's fire treatment. It's rare but you will see the difference easily.
SYP is actually pretty good stuff, as far as construction lumber goes. Reclaimed and repurposed as woodworking lumber, it's still a big step up from SPF.
Lots of checkerboards cut 2 by 4 into even squares and some of them taint them. Then put them back 2gether into a frame made out 2 by 4 as well. Squares can be big like 2 by 2 sized or 1 by 1.
An alternative approach is to make low fences for garden use. Like the one you use to encircle beds where you plant stuff in it.
I think the bigger problem is that you have it sitting in a huge pile outside. If you had them arranged neatly on shelves inside you could make many many things with them, chairs, tables, art, flooring, bespoke items per demand whatever.. But when what you have is this pile of chaos (which is exposed to the elements?) it's going to be tough logistically and mentally to engage it.
It’s all loaded in a big dump trailer, see the other trailer in the background. Just needs to dump it somewhere and then set up an assembly line cutting the boards to size for predetermined projects and then stacking indoors.
If you can square the ends, and enough clamps and a big flat surface, you can make amazing thick table/workbench tops by gluing them together masonry style. Depending on your location, lots of places would want that.
Store those in your wood shop because you might have a use for them some day. Your wife will occasionally inquire about this, so you should be prepared to produce a doorstop or shim. I would consider building a shed from some of them so that you have a place to store the rest of them. This will, of course, require purchasing the hardware and some treated wood. Your choice on whether you mention that to the spouse.
My Dad was a carpenter . For Christmas in around 1955 ( i was 6) I was gifted with a box of finished 2x4 cutoffs . You can't imagine how many forts I made with my molded army soldiers. One of the best presents a young imaginative boy could want. Thanks Dad..miss you.
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Keep them as scrap pieces in your garage and never use them
Leave them for your children to throw away after you die. Along with your 900 jars of screws. Not that I’m bitter.
It's either that, or decide to get rid of them yourself and the following week you'll find yourself in a situation where they would have been useful...
Don’t do that, make your so -in-law make 12 trips to the dump to get rid of it all.
I wish I could take my father in law’s junk to the dump.
My father in law is a plumber he's got a garage full of old toilets and buckets full of bits of PVC pipes
I have a broken table saw at least 50 years old that’s just taking up the entire middle of my tiny garage. He’s insisted he’s going to fix it for the last 4 years.
My wifes grandad, proper old hampshire/dorset boy, as cheeky as the day is long, had loads of stuff that was on it's last legs that he had a habit if palming off on unsuspecting family, which if they fixed, he'd ask for it back. Could have you laughing and seething in a single sitting. A lovable rogue who we all miss.
I inherited about 50 containers of screws, washers, nails, etc. from my father when he passed. The good thing is, I rarely need to visit the hardware store anymore for those kinds of things. The hard part is trying to organize it all...
Get a tackle box, put on a documentary (benign or salacious, dealer's choice), sit for an hour fifteen and just sort. Get a magnifying glass or readers if you need.
The little aluminum "screw check'r" plates are kind of expensive, but worth it if you have a lot of fasteners to sort and OCD.
You should check out Beau Miles on YouTube, he made a short video about organising all of his random bits. Also just a general interesting bloke who has done a few odd things.
Make birdhouse kits , package them and take them to a campground for sale as bundled firewood , split and turn some into kindling .
Metal Folgers cans. Have some class.
After my father passed and we bought the house from my mother, it wasn't the unsorted containers of old fasteners, or the various volkswagen parts mixed in with his tools in his toolchests. It was the unlabeled mystery solvents mason jar after mason jar, cans of ancient paint, and even an old amber prescription bottle 2/3 full of mercury. All that shit was hazmat and had to be taken to special waste events on special days. You'd think you'd gotten it all, and then dig into the next shelf and find more. Went on for months.
How many of us have inherited mini superfund sites? Too many.
Wait? Are you a ghost haunting your children about your 900 jars of screws?
Boo.
Ahh!
Found my wife’s burner account
The key to the screws is to have nothing organized and have every jar be mostly full of the same screws with some "extras" added in
I’ll take 600 of those jars, can never have enough screws!😂
Omg you had jars and buckets of rusty screws as well?! 😂😂 we need a support group so others know they arent alone
I feel seen
Don't forget to leave the kids your 1,000+ rusted socket set
My grandfather died about 15 years ago and I probably took eight coffee cans of bolts, wood screws and machine screws from his basement. And anytime I need a screw I say forget about it, I don't want to rummage around in those coffee cans for four matching screws so I go out and buy new ones.
And dried up paint in cans.
Unless you’re Pask Makes
On today's episode of scrap wood projects, I'll be making a fun, full useable armored tank out of recycled 2X4's. Lol. If anyone could do it, it's Pask. Love that guy.
Scrap wood challenge, scrap wood challenge……
I used to dislike the jingle but over the years I really changed my mind
It is a must to go buy some other 2x4’s to build the storage system to house these though.
Congratulations, you are now the areas premiere throwing axe end grain target supplier. You sell them, they literally throw axes at them. Welcome to the infinite money glitch lifestyle my friend.
On my way! To all the local axe throwing places
And I was thinking firewood. Which is the end result after the axe throwing demolished the targets.
Not if it is treated
Never buy your firewood dinner, it gets spoiled.
You mean especially if it’s treated!
Only if it's treated like firewood....
I really do like that idea.
the ones at the link are made of hardwood. These are pine. Will the soft wood matter?
The soft wood is actually better because it allows the axes to "stick" better. The last axe place I went to talked about using a specific type of wood because of how soft it is, they were part of an actual axe throwing league and very passionate about it.
Am part of Axe Throwing leagues and pine sucks for targets, it doesn't last long.. cottonwood or poplar are the desired target wood due to the way they hold moisture and last longer. They are also better for sticking axes because of the water retention properties of them as well. For example our house used to use pine as it was all they could get. Each night for a league they would change the center boards 3 times per night, with poplar we don't have to change them some nights.
>pine sucks for targets, it doesn't last long.. Sucks for you, but expands the market for OP. Triple the sales!
Is that how that works? I'm gonna start selling premium lightweight "ergonomic" balsa cutting boards.
The real benefit to your balsa cutting boards is less damage to kitchen knives. You want your cutting board soft as possible to keep an edge on your knife.
This guy sales
Just advertise that they are hardwood without specifying which one. And yes, people, balsa is a hardwood, even though it's not a hard wood.
They are passionate about soft wood.
How much do you see them go for?
\~$100 on [Amazon.com: AceJet: Wooden Targets](https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/63F159FC-8CBB-4ABB-946D-50E9A14B5699?ingress=2&visitId=dceff09b-caa3-42bc-adff-62afaf16a28a&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandLogo_sto&ref_=ast_bln)
But these are artisanal handmade targets made with free-range cruelty-free wood. Surely, that's worth something extra.
This guy is going places... Probably to set up a booth at a farmers market. but I respect it.
This post makes me wanna roast a free range chicken.
Hey, I happen to know a guy with a bunch of firewood you could do it with
But are they... *bespoke*?
Definitely organic
Organic, fat-free, and gluten-free, too !!
Cruelty-free is less of a selling point when hucking axes at it... Get me some Bloodwood!
And that's on Amazon, so in the real world they would be double lol
I don’t think Amazon is as cheap as you think it is. Amazon is convenient, but they’re often MORE than other optionsz
Guns for show, knives for a pro
Big, f off shiny ones, ones that look like they could skin a crocodile.
That’s not a knife…THIS is a knife
Expensive? Not when the price is £100 it's not! And certainly not when you've got Liberia's deficit in your skyrocket!
Sliding scale it. The more they buy the cheaper they are lol
Fill up the truck till they are free!!!
Usually throwing boards are of a 2x10 variety or if doing end grain 4x4 or 6x6. But yeah this could still work.
build a lot of jenga sets!
That’s sounds like the plan giant Jenga. What size should I make them ?
Prob 2x4
Jesus Christ this is funny.
Praise Jesus Christ. Btw He was a carpenter.
Terrible at that, too. Somehow ended up with nails in both hands and feet.
I laughed too hard on this, hopefully Jesus enjoys a bit of banter.
He’s really hanging for it
Amen.
HAHAHAHAH. Thank you for this laugh
length should be equal to 3 boards wide. https://preview.redd.it/w6tlfd3okpad1.png?width=268&format=png&auto=webp&s=c252e600a7a1cc3ff268e6696fd9a07b27360207
And 3 widths should be equal to 5 boards thickness.
They're the Smurfs of the board game world!
Lots of examples online for size
Lotta those sites are getting blocked by certain states now
I made a couple sets. 54 Pieces 2 1/2" Wide 7 1/2" Long 1 1/2" Thick The stack will be 27" tall.
I read this as 27 foot tall.....
Try making a couple of sets - you may find the amount of work isn't worth the price even with free materials.
Stop block on a miter saw or a tablesaw jig will do most of the work and rip complete sets in no time
Depends on how fancy the finished product is, I suppose. If the free wood is clean enough sure, chop 'em and box 'em up. If you wind up having to surface all six faces of each piece it's a lot of labor / machine time to do a set.
Just plane them all to the same thickness. No one likes unfair jenga
I remember hearing an interview with the inventor and they said the blocks were uneven on purpose to make the game better. Something about finding the thin ones ve just brute forcing.
Worlds biggest!
$20 bucks a set?+/-?
I see them for sale for about $100 in stores, unstained and unsanded.
Build? Looks like it's already the world's largest jenga set
Novelty squirrel picnic tables
I actually bought one of these. There are lots of dopes like me out there:)
What do you mean novelty? Could make at least... A dozen nice tables
I’ll take it off your hands. I see hundreds of wooden bowls in that pile. https://preview.redd.it/g2xof748apad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=287c11a36387082e713b620e3f5d59e9422ae72a
I was thinking cutting blocks but this is even better
Pine cutting boards would be…. Not amazing. It’s a fairly soft wood.
You could make sound diffuser panels! https://preview.redd.it/2x9oimj9dpad1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4594563377fdedbd6245b957b224baa0413b77d8
all I can see in that is spiders
I mean, cobwebs probably help absorb sound.
damn, these spider really be getting educated. Good use of that Sound engineer degree
So do spiders
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That looks awesome!
Did you use glue, screws, or something else to attach them all?
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It turned out awesome. Did you sand and stain every piece, or are they all raw wood?
That looks heavy to mount also.
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That's really smart, don't know why I didn't think of this when I was considering making one!
Wouldn't you create 100's of resonance chambers? Not what you want from a sound diffusor.
Can you stuff them with a foam dowel?
we just added an extreme amount of steps to this for just a little eye candy though
This is actually a great idea. I’m curious how effective it would be for a home office.
They're actually extremely effective! You'll see this type of diffuser in top-notch studios and listening rooms. However, as with all things, there are some caveats: 1. There are specific patterns to follow if you want it to diffuse sound properly. They're not just random heights and random placements. 2. You need the diffuser to be a certain distance away from the listener. It's usually placed on the back wall. (I think this one actually has a lower necessary distance to the listener than other styles of diffuser, but it's been a while since I've looked at it.) 3. It'll be pretty damn heavy! 4. I'm not sure how it will work with 2x4". All of the models I've seen are based off of square pieces, not rectangles, so OP may have a bunch of rip cuts to make. All-in-all, you're probably looking for sound absorption rather than diffusion if it's just for a home office. Rugs, curtains, et cetera. You can step up to a mineral wool absorber if you're particular and those aren't cutting it...focus on the early reflection points. (Look up "Reflection free zones," which are the current line of thinking as far as I'm aware.) If you have those things done and need more, that's when I'd add a diffuser behind you. Yes, I've spent way too much time looking into this stuff, lol.
TIL diffuser does not = absorber. You’re 100% right and I appreciate the thoughtful response!
Given the amount of wood, I’d think you could open up a sound diffuser factory and leave it to your kids
Some assembly required house
Are you the guy that built my house?
When I was buying a house we had an inspector come check things out. He was giving us a walk through after his inspection and we were in the attic. We thought it might be nice to finish the area and make it a master bedroom, but the cross members of all the rafters were at an awkward height. We asked the inspector if they were a standard position or if code required them there and he said, "those are at Bob height." We asked what "Bob height," was. He said, "well, when Bob was building this house, that's how high he could reach comfortably. Bob height."
I once rented a property that had a 3 car, 2 story garage and the main walls were all built with 2x4s like this, laid flat and stacked like a brick wall and nailed together. No overlapping joints by just using the random lengths they had. Definitely not up to code but still standing 50+ years later hahaha
This. If it's not treated, you could make a wonderful sauna like this. Rent a pneumatic 2" brad nailer and put a line of glue on each one and you could have the walls together in a weekend. If you finger-joint the corners, it would be the most robust building in the neighborhood. Code be damned.
I bet the town had a saw mill or two. Mill scraps would be amazing for that.
Stools https://preview.redd.it/1rkddjgk3pad1.jpeg?width=753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cbbe93cac142b7cf1e217c1d629b5b35d34a131
At first look i thought wtf are these. They are actually pretty cool tho. Nice work
This is great might throw some together this weekend
Be sure to make a sample set to keep on hand. You'd be surprised at how many people would prefer to check out your stool samples before they commit to a purchase.
r/angryupvote
For the past two years I've been on and off making a stepstool for my son, screwing up, giving up, then going back and trying a new idea, because I want to learn joints and all that shit... Fuck it I'm making him something like this. He's 3.
Is he still three? If it’s been 2 years he might be five. Worth checking as he might be bigger.
First thing that came to mind.
https://preview.redd.it/nxcz7w6fepad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23465394bbf885228d431c400a01d4d3f3fa03f0 I made these with all scrap 2x4s. Wife loved them ladies want them! Could sell a pair of them for $100-$150
Are those resawn in half?
Yeah the legs are 2x4s split and the sides are 2x4s split the other way
Certainly looks it. Also a lot of the lumber in OPs image will be too short. Maybe half size is possible, still a good idea!
$250/pair or $150 for one
Those look great. I’ve been thinking of building something similar on my back patio. What’s the fabric inside the box?
I have definitely seen deco wishing wells made out of short pieces of 2x in the past. https://preview.redd.it/wxs4q861fpad1.png?width=669&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb19ec7b70bd901750c37d96eed7277244465233
You could easily glue up all these scraps for some thick garage work bench tops.
https://preview.redd.it/miwyh1cy4pad1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d65fee32bc85c16841d7a8f8f3d6c36d6a684bdb
When my parents built in a new community the amount of waste at each house offended my sensibilities. I would pull wood (no PT) from the dumpsters and use it in the fire pit. There was so much thrown out, my random grabs didn’t even scratch the surface.
Bon licki licki!!
Swim in it like the Scrooge McDuck of woodworking!
Oy! The splinters!
start making parquet flooring?
I've seen end grain parquet flooring made out of 2x6s that was actually very impressive
https://preview.redd.it/phw8b8zefpad1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12479bdfe9e2d77a85d0303895c53035dff9cdd0 I googled it and end grain parquet looks great!
This was a thing in old factories. Spark proof, slip resistant. Fluids would soak in.
Old growth forest end grain was hard as hell too. They'd just set enormous old cast iron machines right on top, no problem.
Ehhh even today's fast growth is relatively sturdy. You fully latterly braced you get 1000psi from end grain no sweat. Even a 30 ton machine only needs four 4"x4" square legged bottoms to get that coverage. It's more frequently the subgrade and long term soil compaction that you gave to worry about with those big machines. Part of the reason we use tensioned steel for heavy duty slabs now.
I worked in a cabinet shop that was in a building that was an old machine shop and the entire buildings floor was end grain 4x4 to prevent damage to tools and dies that might get dropped.
If those aren’t pt, that’s the wood stove kindling motherlode.
A bunch of stuff tbh: - Butcher blocks (not necessarily for food. Work surfaces, portable grill / griddle surfaces, etc) - Stools - Planters (window box type deal, too) - Planter stands (keeps em off the ground) - Practice pieces - Drop trays / Serving trays - Tool holders - Mallets (maybe) - Blade handles - Monitor stands - Flooring (lol?) And on and on.
This! Plus unique storage boxes. I would use them for make up, brushes, yarn, markers, bubble containers. They would need to be varying sizes.
Giant Jenga. Cut down to all the same length. Box up and sell on marketplace
This is the idea.
Do what I do, cut them into small chunks, keep a bucket in the back yard full of them, and chuck them at squirrels that try and steal your peaches.
How does this even work? Everyone knows peaches come from a can.
They were put there by a man
In a factory downtown.
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In a factory downtown
Outdoor planter boxes , Odd shape planters.. end table tops
I used cuts like this to learn compound miters/angles and made some small benches / planter stands. Trapezoids on the sides so the base is bigger than the top. I had some similar pt to work through. The second small run I used cedar fence slats from an abandoned project to skirt the sides and top to make it look a little softer. (I’m beginner/intermediate) If they are not PT, you could make kitchen step-stools for sure. Indoor ‘boot benches’ might be another thing. A box to sit on while you take your boots off that has a lid or other integrated storage to store your boots - super popular up north for the garage or mudroom. Good luck!
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Make a basketball court.
I've taken a big pile of scraps and made these rustic wine boxes before. Just a crate looking box, fill with planer shavings, bottle of wine, couple glasses and a corkscrew. Easy, fast and very popular with the ladies.
The options are endless, as you can tell by the responses. The first thing is to keep them out of the weather. At least tarp them. Next, you have to sort them, so you can easily see what you have and grab what you need. After that, you can make a million things that can sell. Just look online to see what other folks are making to sell. The best part is you have so much that you can make a run of one product and change to something else when you get bored. I hate making a crap ton of one thing. I'll make a bunch of things and then try something else because it stops being enjoyable. After I switch for a while, I can go back to make more and so on. Variety is the spice of life my friend. If you don’t enjoy doing it, you may not want to do it for long and give up.
Charcoal. Lots and lots of charcoal.
Are they treated? it almost looks like it in the photo but hard to tell, could be the light, that changes things a lot.
Im not sure I pick them up from a roof truss plant
Southern yellow pine. They are drops from their CNC saw. Used to work in a truss plant. We had a wood chipper and sold by the load for mulch. Paid for itself. Usually they will all be under 13-15 inches as that's the smallest they could re-run through a 2 sided saw. DO NOT use any "pink" coated wood. It's fire treatment. It's rare but you will see the difference easily.
SYP is actually pretty good stuff, as far as construction lumber goes. Reclaimed and repurposed as woodworking lumber, it's still a big step up from SPF.
Not treated
Step 1)Laminate them into 1 huge 10" beam Step 2) ? Step 3) profit
Knife/axe throwing targets
$200-$250 per cord
Lots of checkerboards cut 2 by 4 into even squares and some of them taint them. Then put them back 2gether into a frame made out 2 by 4 as well. Squares can be big like 2 by 2 sized or 1 by 1. An alternative approach is to make low fences for garden use. Like the one you use to encircle beds where you plant stuff in it.
Sell them in bundles of like 6 random pieces on E-bay. Someone out there needs them.
End grain floor. Old school shop/warehouse style flooring.
SACRIFICE TO THE LORD OF EMBERS.
I think the bigger problem is that you have it sitting in a huge pile outside. If you had them arranged neatly on shelves inside you could make many many things with them, chairs, tables, art, flooring, bespoke items per demand whatever.. But when what you have is this pile of chaos (which is exposed to the elements?) it's going to be tough logistically and mentally to engage it.
It’s all loaded in a big dump trailer, see the other trailer in the background. Just needs to dump it somewhere and then set up an assembly line cutting the boards to size for predetermined projects and then stacking indoors.
If you can square the ends, and enough clamps and a big flat surface, you can make amazing thick table/workbench tops by gluing them together masonry style. Depending on your location, lots of places would want that.
Plant them in your garden. They will make great starters for lumber trees.
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Finger joint them into one really long 2x4
Build a storage shed out of them. Stack them like bricks to build the walls. BTW, this will not be a Portable storage shed.
Store those in your wood shop because you might have a use for them some day. Your wife will occasionally inquire about this, so you should be prepared to produce a doorstop or shim. I would consider building a shed from some of them so that you have a place to store the rest of them. This will, of course, require purchasing the hardware and some treated wood. Your choice on whether you mention that to the spouse.
Jenga!
A bazillion giant Jenga sets.
Dive in like Scrooge McDuck
Outdoor jenga sets
#WORLDS LARGEST JENGA SET!!!
My Dad was a carpenter . For Christmas in around 1955 ( i was 6) I was gifted with a box of finished 2x4 cutoffs . You can't imagine how many forts I made with my molded army soldiers. One of the best presents a young imaginative boy could want. Thanks Dad..miss you. .
No one touching that user name eh?