Woodshop Scrap Cart Guidelines

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I started with this storage “cart” by the wood whisperer that is behind the prominent cart in the picture and a series of shelves on the wall.

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For a home shop you would want to store 4x8 in the big bin but for Asmbly you also segment that side into multiple sizes like the front of the one shown.

For me, the longer offcuts would just get stacked up on the shelves so that I had to remove many pieces before I could even know what was under them or would be too long to store along with sheets in this unit that would only ever be 4 ft on a side and that’s why I built the vertical setup with the 4 bins.

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I may also be interested in advertising types of scrap that are useful to the turning area if/when we change up the cart design.

We are flush with small stuff, but would be interested in anything that is larger than 2” in all 3 dimensions!

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@lukeg between your design and what you posted from the WW, I think there’s a winner in here. @Glory2God what do you think?

@drew.hynes , I love wood turning scraps. I think I could go either way on this one. It’s nice having them separated right now so folks know “This is for wood turning use”. On the other hand, if it would overall save space and if clearly labeled it could work.

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Oh yea, it could still be stored separately, just a sign maybe saying “if you have things of this size, drop them off in the turning area!”

I just figure woodworkers who don’t turn may not be aware of the dimensions that we would get excited about for scrap.

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