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We could all get rich selling this. Ha!

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LOL!
I'd be a rich man for sure!

And he said it was very expensive wood....not so. It's one of the better values out there right now.

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Pfff, from a blunt 2" wide jack plane by the looks of it..........


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selling african mahogany shavings on ebay. For decorative arts & crafts projects. (I'd suggest potpouri, or scented pet pillows, etc) Creative. Wonder how much brazillian shavings would go for....


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If that stuff moves maybe there's a market for kerfing out there. Need to get the broom and dust pan out.


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Don't throw it away, sell it on Ebay. This should be their new slogan.

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Wow, I had a ton of Zebrawood shavings of similar size.  Only problem with that stuff is the smell ain't so hot.  I looks cool though.  Would have been great for craft projects.

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I think bags of ebony dust are popular with the witchcraft people on eBay.


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Rolling over and scratching my head

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Believe it or not, I have about 60 gallon bags of hickory shavings from when I sawed up a hickory tree. People buy this stuff for cooking when they want a true hickory taste to their BBQ. A friend in the sawmill business tipped me off to it. It seems that the sawdust and shavings are worth more than the boards.


 


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I think someone has been smoking these shavings...... - and perhaps the drapes too......

So my Festool vac bag is worth a fortune...?


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 those might be counterfeit wood shavings you know ... one cannot be too carefull these days ... esp on ebay !     Jody


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No Hesh,  Its all the other stuff in that bag that devalues it.

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Custom sawdust for high end guinea pigs?


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That's It!!! Right before I sell off my shop this spring I am going to convert my brazilian stash into shavings. Might as well do Cocobolo too!!


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I should find out the pricing on ebony dust. There are days when I could shovel it out of the Fadal.

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yeah i guess "watering" brazilian dust with a bit of coco and mad is a great trick :D 

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Does it void the warrenty on you laptop if the wine on the keyboard was snorted through your nose rather than spilled directly from a glass? Isn't there some relevant personal injury clause or something?   

Heh Waddy, I've resawn 6 B&S sets of zebrawood this last week, and I don't see why people think it smells bad at all. It is slightly acrid, but no more so than a lot of other things. It just doesn't fall in the "boy I want to saw this all day because it smells wonderful" family of woods.


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I don't find it that bad either, but I wouldn't put it in the "Gee that smells nice" category.  

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It's Voodoo Man! Stay away from it! Bad, Bad gri-gri!!


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Years ago I used to sell hand plane and jointer shavings to a local pet store for $1 per pound. In many cases I could recoup about half of what I spent on wood for a project by doing this.

On another occasion I re-sawed two large billets of Brazilian rosewood. I swept up all of the shavings and dust that didn't end up in the dust collector and it filled two large garbage bags. Based on what I paid for the wood by weight, those two bags were worth $800 !! I gave them to a local weaver who used it to make dye. She was stoked!!

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It's pretty scary what the value of what ends up on the floor is - even your basic woods, Spruce, Mahogany, etc.  Lots-o-waste in our processes.

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This is one of the best uses of scrapes I've seen... from Maingard Guitars in South Africa.

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What a crock! I sometimes bag up cedar shavings to but under a car seat or in a dresser drawer(put them inside of wife's old pantyhose). This guy on ebay is pushing the limit though!


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Last week there was a dude sellin 3 old torn and tattered skin banjo heads as antiques. "to be displayed or used as wall art". And some dummy was bidding on them. P. T. Barnum was right a sucker is born everyday.

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