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Shoutout to my scrap bin for hitting 100 pounds, I did not know I was that bad at measuring
I keep a five gallon bucket under my miter saw for cutoffs and I finally weighed it on the bathroom scale last Saturday. A hundred and two pounds. The bucket itself is maybe two pounds so that is a clean hundred of pure mistakes. The funny part is I only built two things since spring, a set of garage shelves out of 2x4s and a little step stool for my niece, so somehow I made a hundred pounds of waste building a stool. My best guess is I measure twice and cut three times, then cut a fourth time just to be safe. My buddy Dave came over and pulled out a piece that was clearly a foot long and asked why I cut a foot off a board I needed at full length. No answer for that one. So now the bucket sits there like a trophy and I am weirdly proud of it. Anybody else keep their scrap or am I the only one hoarding failure by the pound? And does anyone actually burn through their cutoff pile or does it just grow forever?
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anthony_jackson8d ago
Why would you be proud of a bucket of mistakes? A good woodworker doesn't have a scrap pile, he has a woodstove and a plan, and that hundred pounds just means you're buying lumber to throw away. Measure right the first time and you won't need a trophy for being bad at it.
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