USING YOUR SCRAPS

I have found that it is a good idea to use all of the Basswood that you order.  This has become a challenge for me to do.  It is a fun challenge.  About once a month I sort through my scrap bucket, and select out some smaller pieces to whittle.  I then look at the small pieces , and think what can I whittle.  I have developed some criteria for the whittlings that the scrape wood must meet.  The first criteria is that the finished piece must be small enough to fit on the scrap wood.  Next, it must be able to be whittled, with only a knife, and it must be completed within the limits of my attention span.  My attention span is short!  Most of these small items get done with a fifteen minute span.  And finally, NO paint and no sand paper.  The finished piece must be merely dipped in wood conditioner then stain, and polyurethane to finish it.