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king310

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SAWDUST
« on: April 10, 2013, 08:41:11 pm »
I was busy making sawdust Tuesday. The fact is it filled a lawn leaf bag. All aromatic red cedar that was approx. a 33 gallon trash can over flowing. I have put twice that amount out for trash pickup the last few weeks.
Running rough sawn cedar through the jointer and planer.
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Offline Al W

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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2013, 08:43:03 pm »
Makes for a fine smelling shop!
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2013, 09:46:12 pm »
Love the smell of cedar, if I could have a house smell like cedar all the time I would be in heaven, as a kid I loved going into the lumber store and smell fresh lumber.
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2013, 11:45:24 pm »
I have to agree.  I turned a bowl with Red Cedar a few weeks ago and my shop still smells of it.
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2013, 06:18:55 am »
I wonder of it could be used somehow?

Bag it in mesh and toss in a drawer or closet, spread it around the garden to keep insects away?

Got to be a good use for it, any ideas or has anyone done something with it before?
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2013, 07:31:57 am »
Nothing to beat the smell of cedar, King. The other benefit of cedar, you won't have MOTHS in the workshop. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2013, 08:38:28 am »
My wife is a spinner. she spins mostly alpaca but some sheep wools also. When I have scraps or shaving of aromatic cedar, she puts it in her raw fiber th help protect from moths and other critters.
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2013, 08:44:44 am »
It makes great animal bedding.  I know a guy who made more from the planer shavings than from his cedar projects.
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2013, 09:33:19 am »
red ceder smells great indeed!  love working with it.

they sell little hangers (3/8" thick +/- 2x4") for between clothes here at the dry wash for the smell and the moths!

with some extra ceder oils to refresh the scent.
$5 for the wood and $ 5 for the oil (0.33oz) ......
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2013, 08:18:48 pm »
I also toss out a lot of cedar sawdust. About a 30 gallon bag a month 12 months a year. I had a guy that took it to compost but he has lost interest I guess.
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2013, 01:24:03 pm »
Jim, 360 gallons a year of cedar sawdust. You must be getting close to finishing building your city sometime soon. That's a lot of board feet.

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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2013, 07:01:14 pm »
Yes  I buy rough cedar a pick up load at a time every nine months or so.  360 gallons of sawdust  is a low estimate.
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Re: SAWDUST
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2013, 06:52:48 am »
they used to put it into little lace bags and put them in wardrobes and cupboards
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