Woodwork from Scrap
I wanted to try woodwork. We had so many scrap wooden furniture around. Just with this thought and casual talking with my close ones I was surprised by being gifted with quite some tools for Christmas.
The feeling was just like a little kid having received his long wanted toys. I was going to try to use those tools for the first time. Believe me trying to understand and using those tools are fun. The Basic tools I use for the wood work are a Jigsaw, a Drill, Hammer, Measurement tape, Screw drivers, Level ruler and Pincers. If I need other tools I just improvise depending I am going to prepare.
The first thing I do is to see what raw material I have in hand and then think of different options of how to use them. I use as far as possible all scrap materials which are in good condition. I will then picture the final product – this is a challenging part because the restriction is the raw material I have in hand and will buy only a minimum of the fittings required based on an initial assessment.
Some of the things I made out of scrap are as follows:
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Managed to get a sofa bed and a bookshelf from a scrap cupboard.
I started by dismantling the cupboard and saw that the shelves frames and cabinet floors could be re-used. I then polished the wood and painted them with “Polibois”. This protects the wood against humidity. I then polish it again and then varnish it (I prefer using colorless varnish) which keeps the color in the raw state and gives the final product a rustic look. This part applies for all the wood works I use from scrap.
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Made a table and a holder for bottles out of pellets used for my brother’s wedding.
The pellets were still in good condition. Yet I had to paint it with “Polibois” and varnish it.
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Wooden bed drawers turned into shelves and ancient cupboard shelves turned into decorative shelves
These were ancient wooden furniture of my grandparents which I dismantled. I noticed that the wood used at that time were still in good condition could last for another generation if treated well.
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Decorative shelves and pictures
These are the result of other unused materials we had at home.
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Work in progress
Now we are trying to prepare some decorative stands with Bamboos available in the village.
To conclude – see what you can use from the scraps. Some might turn out to be very useful and beautiful. I urge you to give it a try and enjoy the satisfaction of the final product as I do.
