Odds and Ends

There is such a difficult time in my shop when cutoffs of beautiful woods are destined for the fire or garbage. Thus, my burgeoning boxes of small chunks and sticks of hardwood.

Here are some examples of what I'm doing with them.

A recipe holder with copper clips:


























Random strips of Mahogany, Maple, Padouk, Oak make nice cutting boards:


























And some end-grain Oak and Mahogany make a gorgeous 'butcher block' kind of board:














Musical instruments for the 'kids'. Age not checked.

Tongue Drum: