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Uses for hardwood waste

3/13/09       
Jim Kidd Member

Website: http://www.robscustomcabinetry.net

We generate a lot of trim from our gang rip saw. We are thinking about getting a grinder and sell it as a fuel. If we do this we would need some kind of a wood hog that could handle cherry, red birch, hard maple, oak, hickory and walnut.

I would like the thoughts of others about what they have done with this waste. Is there a market for wood that is 1/2" by 1" by 8 feet?

Your thoughts,

Jim

3/13/09       #2: Uses for hardwood waste ...
justin wright

Website: http://www.americanlogsandsiding.com

Grade Stakes / Laths

3/14/09       #3: Uses for hardwood waste ...
David

How much are you generating per week or month? If over 20 tons ~ 10,000BF of waste and dust then selling it is probably worth looking into, you could also aggregate all your other clean dust (from solid wood not ply or mdf) it adds up quick. Less than 20-40 tons a month and the ROI for the grinder, DC, and trailer are typically not there.

You may also want to talk to your lumber suppliers, the larger distribution yards and most mills burn or sell their wood waste and may be willing to take your bundles of edgings, I would not count on getting paid for this but it would save you the dumping fees.

3/23/09       #4: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Rastus Snow

Website: http://www.nativelumber.net

Mixing the different species and gluing back together would make for some interesting turning stock, table legs, etc.. Quickest route for my scraps always seems to be firewood. What about those rolltop breadboxes? Sure is hard letting quality lumber go to waste, even if it is just scraps!

4/2/09       #5: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Jim Kidd  Member

Website: http://www.robscustomcabinetry.net

Gluing the strips together is something that we do all the time so we are good at it. I wonder what kind of market there would be from wood turners for pieces of the same or different species of wood. We typically get many pieces that could be glued together to give the desired thickness and we could cut to length.

Thanks for the ideas

Jim

http://www.robscustomcabinetry.net/cable-natural-history-museum.html

4/2/09       #6: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Rastus Snow Member

Website: http://www.nativelumber.net

Jim, Try sending your message again. I couldn't get it to load. Rastus

4/29/09       #7: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Steve Wasem

Website: http://columbusgradestake.com

Grade Stakes in the MidWest is 1/2x1-1/2x length. In the East they are 3/8-1/2x1to 1-3/8 x length. Hardwoods. Customers want one stop shop so you would need to get into other sizes or wholesale. That would make the 1/2x1-1/2x48 worth about 25 cents. Newman makes a small shaving mill to convert into bedding material. We have wholesalers willing to park a semi at our facilities for us to load our sawdust and shavings mixed. A large qty of hardwood the same size with length has quite a few markets.
What part of the country is your factory?

4/30/09       #8: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Jim Kidd  Member

Website: http://www.robscustomcabinetry.net

Thanks for the response. We are located in Superior, WI. Currently, we have a semi trailer that we load the sawdust and moulder shavings into through our dust collection.

We are looking at some piece of equipment to grind the rippings and off cuts into material that can be blown into that system.

But we are also trying to figure out what can be made with some of the wood pieces that still have some value.

Thanks,

Jim

http://robscustomcabinetry.net

5/11/09       #9: Uses for hardwood waste ...
RJParish Member

What would it take to make these strips into dowels?

12/26/09       #10: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Joe Styles Member

Wish I had that trouble. I have a lot of soft wood and little hardwood here. A nominal 1x6 of oak goes for around $6.90 a ft here. I imagine a laminated board would be cheaper. Prolly only $3.50 a foot. I guess shipping wood be expensive though. Hard wood goes for top dollar here on the west coast.

The stake idea is a good one though. If you have a shaper you could run some basic moldings from some of it. If nothing else it will make sawdust for free.

1/10/10       #11: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Valdis

You can buy a wood shredder and briquetting press and make wooden briquettes for heating. Only the machines costs a lot of money!

You can also make wooden dowels if You have lenght of the material over 30 cm.

5/12/10       #12: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Madison

My company manufactures both grinders and briquette presses. We can investigate their fit if you have an interest.

www.weimaamerica.com

5/13/10       #13: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Glen Member

If you are going to grind it, I think you can sell a fair bit of it to mushroom growers.

Oyster mushrooms need hardwood sawdust substrate.

5/13/10       #14: Uses for hardwood waste ...
Steve Wasem

KD you have some of the hardest species to grind up. I'd make dowels on the moulder. There are several used grinders on the market. For small strips check the plastic grinding machines they are cheap right now. I saw some at a Cleveland Industrial supplier for less than $1,000.00 complete with motor. I've ground up hickory with one of these units. Birch is tough.

3/14/15       #16: Uses for hardwood waste ...
charlie

Website: http://www.briquetter.cn/

you can carbonize them first, then make them into charcoal briquette. or press them into pellets directly. we supply briquette press here.

briquette press

 

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