What to do with scrap wood?

Got a buddy in the cabinet business & he produces a ton of scrap hardwood- beech, maple, oak, alder, etc... 8-10 foot pieces 1-4in wide. Currently he pays to have it disposed of, but i gotta think there is a market for this somewhere. any ideas?

 

Sell it as firewood or just as spare wood

 

10' pieces , 4" wide he scraps ?

 

not a bad idea. wood has been kiln dried, so it burns fast & hot- great for kindling, but not much else.

 

Find a local woodworkers group or school, lots can be made with those cutoffs

 

4in is on high side- and they are never 4in through the entire 10 feet- these are all end pieces cut off to make board square

 

true, but he has so much of it, he could only give 1-2% away to those type of places. ideally, he's trying to make some money off selling it.

 

Oh , like live edge trimmings

1/2 my firewood is lumber scraps , haha , I'm a carpenter

 

need someone who needs scrap on a much larger scale- what about mulch or pet bedding? i have zero experience with either

 

exactly- my buddy does the same- heats his house all winter with it.

 

great idea- same problem. could make hundreds a week... just not a market for it. need someone who needs a huge dumpster full every week

 

I am surprised, places here put it out on a certain day and people race for it. Great for many projects or firewood. There are places that mulch about anything too.

 

OP , if all his scraps are hardwoods maybe there is a wood pellet plant or wood shavings plant near that would pay for the material

 

Try to make a flute

 

hadn't thought about a pellet plant- both ideas are worth pursuing. thanks @OZ-T

 

This seems like a good idea for the scrap and he could make additional money selling the tables. http://www.instructables.com/id/Scrap-Table/

 

High School Wood Shop, Craigslist. That would be great for making writing pens.

 

Pistol grip blanks?

 

I have a small shop, and I give all my scrap (mostly red oak) to a guy I go to church with. He burns it in a boiler to heat his shop with. One man's trash... another's treasure.