that piece of wood your dad kept in the garage | Clems massive hoarding problem

RE: that piece of wood your dad kept in the garage | Clems massive hoarding problem

kmikemoo — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:22:51 GMT

[mention:c1a817edc53a434fb85a9f592f23c825:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] for the "WIN". It feels like... VICTORY!!!

My Dad was a woodworker. When it came time to clean out his house, there was wood EVERYWHERE (no lie). Scraps of every shape, size and type of wood. In his mind, he had gotten rid of most of it. THANK YOU, DAD. [emoticon:ed61750c19dc48c690f9ab33eb8d59de] I hauled away over 2,500 pounds of it. Ever see a gross of wooden yardsticks at someone's house? How about a 1 foot diameter bundle of 1/4" dowels? Just because... maybe. Fortunately, I was able to give the dowels and yardsticks away to another woodworker.
My son will probably say the same thing of me.

Yes, I have more than one piece of wood - but I have a whole lot less than I used to. AND... I'm way more apt to make "that piece" fit what I need it to fit than I used to be.

RE: that piece of wood your dad kept in the garage | Clems massive hoarding problem

genebren — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:43:10 GMT

Well done! You never know when you will need anything. You usually find out shortly after you throw it away.

I have been cleaning my shop up, hoping to finish up some of the long-delayed project in there. I decided to buy a couple of 35-gallon trash cans to hold odd board ends. When my granddaughter came over the other day, she was over the moon with the wood scrapes in the cans, she asked if she could have some of the wood. She ended up finding a nearly perfect cube that she decorated and took home. One man's trash ............

RE: that piece of wood your dad kept in the garage | Clems massive hoarding problem

DAB — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:36:18 GMT

I know what you mean.

When I installed my two monitor VESA mount, I needed a piece of wood to set the clamp so it would tighten.

Luckily I had a piece just the right size.

Hoarding is its own reward.