Scrap wood storage

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Scrap wood can overtake your workshop making it feel crowded and disorganized. Here are some guidelines for deciding what cutoffs to keep and what to toss.

This year was the year we were finally going to get our garage organized and under control once and for all! In preparation for this huge spring cleaning, I’ve been looking into all kinds of DIY garage storage ideas. We had some space restrictions so early on I decided that making something was not only...

I am still so thrilled with my newly set-up basement workshop! When I posted about it two weeks ago, I shared a small peek at my solution to storing scrap wood, and today I’m sharing that quick and easy DIY. I don’t know why I didn’t just do it before. My scrap wood “collection” was constantly growing, but with no organization at all. It basically consisted

After building the DIY Lumber Rack, the previously chaotic situation in my garage was looking a lot better. But the 2×4 and conduit lumber rack is ideal for medium and long pieces of lumber. After loading it up, there were still quite a few pieces of short lumber and wide scraps of plywood that didn’t […]

Learn the best ways to store scrap wood and lumber so it doesn't take over your workshop (and it's easy to locate)! | Home Made by Carmona

This compact scrap wood rolling storage cart has a lot of vertical storage on the front for longer & skinnier pieces and more storage on the back for bigger pieces like sheets of plywood. This design is great because it holds a ton of wood and you can really see all of the wood you have. It is skinny so you can roll it up against the garage wall and still park your car or have room for whatever project you are making. Includes a step by step guide with pictures of how to build your own…

We like to stay organized! Check out our nifty scrap wood storage system at the new carpentry campus for Wild Abundance-- taking the time to sort cutoff pieces of lumber by size enables efficiency when you find yourself in need of a piece of wood! Having a sloped bin system like this enables a person to more easily see and the options inside and storing wood vertically allows for quicker access. ⁠ ⁠ Click for our current list of carpentry classes and join the waitlist for first dibs!

Scrap Cart From a Single Plywood Sheet (w/ Plans!): In this project I am going to show you how to take a carefully designed cut list and a 4’ x 8’ sheet of 3/4” plywood and turn it into a really useful cart for scrap material. Check out the video below to see how, or continue into this intractable fo…