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storing cut-offs

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storing cut-offs

Cameron

I threw together a 3 1/2-sided bin 20 years ago that has sat under the wing of my cabinet saw for cut-offs, it has always been an overflowing mess in which it is nearly impossible to find anything. Additionally I have a large plastic trash can that has acted as back-up storage which takes up a lot of room. I just added a router table to my table saw and now lost some real-estate and will need to rethink storage (thinking about a box of drawers for better use of that smaller area.) I see a number of different pictures on google for storage, most of which are some elaborate wheeled rack or collection of PVC pipes, none of which look like efficient use of space. I've already got the walls lined with shelving for my different species of dimensioned lumber. I probably need to thin the herd but any home run ideas on how to support my cut-off hording habit in an efficient manor?

Thanks

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Tom Dunlap

There’s a 12 Step Program for us scavengers

The only solution For me is to cut and toss anything that fits into a milk crate. That’s the core of my weekend campfirewood

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Mark Nowicki

A crate next to the wood stove.

When that gets full, a 360L rolling bin outside the garage (shop) door.

My city has a monthly collection of limited quantities of construction, demolition and renovation waste.

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Howard Pollack

I split it for kindling to use in the wood stove. -Howard

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storing offcuts

John K Jordan

I thought cut offs were jeans made into shorts.

Depends on the size. When woodturning, I save even small pieces.

To combat the problem of hiding them for years in the bottom of a bin, I tend to use shallow clear plastic containers, organize the pieces by some method, and stack the containers.

JKJ

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