Making A Tray With Scrap Flooring

Custom plywood floor patchwork design using salvaged recycled veneer ply cut offs.

Making a tray with scrap flooring.

This would make a wonderful gift for the holidays or an upcoming wedding. In this video i go through my scrap bin and make a serving tray. One of my favorite things to repurpose is a leftover flooring plank. Dry fit the tray together and make an necessary adjustments.

Cut all of your boards to length. They come in so many cool finishes they are easy to cut and are lightweight. Why not use up those scraps by making some of these 71 practically free scrap wood projects. Keep the tools of the diy trade safe and secure in this scrap wood tool tote.

These projects definitely won t break the bank and they will keep the scraps out of the trash. If you have a board foot or so of scrap hardwood laying around this is a great project or a cool gift. The bottom tray comes together with brads and glue and offers shelter for hammers and wrenches. To see full diy serving tray plans how to make the sides click here.

Make sure all boards have a tongue and groove. Custom floor using 5 8 plywood. Plus you can buy an entire box for very little money. Essentially all you have to do is cut strips of wood and glue them together.

We made four versions of this design and got smarter with each. If you have a handful of tiles leftover from your re flooring or if you have pulled up a few you can use them to create this gorgeous little serving tray. We used walnut and maple scraps cut at increments of 1 8 in but the variations are endless. A wooden cutting board or serving tray is an easy project that can be completed in an afternoon.

Scrap wood cutting board. With a small piece of scrap lumber you can easily build a handmade cribbage board. 7 repurposing diy s for leftover flooring planks. Today i am sharing seven diy projects for leftover flooring planks i have done in the past.

To figure out the exact size measure the length of the your long piece and deduct 1 8 of an inch. Then measure the length from the outside edge to the inside of the rabbeted edge on your short piece and deduct 1 8. Recently got a chance to put them to use. With the variety of wood scraps i had on hand i was able to create this sunset design goin.

Remove staples and nails from the boards. 71 practically free scrap wood projects if you make things out of wood you know almost every project leaves scrap wood. You ll need a piece of plywood and your tiles along with grout and other supplies.